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Prediction: In 2009 there will be...a strong commercial heavy metal revival

In tough times, nobody wants to hear Usher ft Chris Brown croon about the bottle of Bollinger they just poured over some loose groupie in a lame attempt to make music that has meaning in a world filled with BMW repossessions and slumming it with Pierre Jordan Brut.

Metallica are back with Death Magnetic - easily the best album release of 2008 and now another 80's classic outfit AC/DC have hit number 1 on the Billboard chart with their latest offering "Black Ice" smashing that High School Musical drivel into submission.
What's next? Iron Maiden cracking the nod for the soundtrack of the next Bond movie - a proper Guns and Roses reunion resulting in the band strumming the backing track for the next Sony Bravia ad which features many multi-coloured Fenders getting smashed on an ice stage?

Somebody get Phil Wright to stop selling out by doing voice overs for Top Billing and back on late night rock radio. Stop disrespecting Barney Simon with an arb 30 minute show on GO and give the legend his Night Zoo slot back on 5FM.

Recession times call for something a little stronger. Forget slurping on an alcopop to take the edge off after getting retrenched for the third time, it's time for Jack Daniel's slammers with an Absinthe chaser delicately flava'd with a pack of Camel Plain.

No more Amy 'Whine' house - the real gods of rock are back.

Read: Heavy Metal clobbers High School Musical - NYTimes
And: Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on AC/DC and music's latest sales model - Hollywood Insider

The clock in Rian Cruywagen's lounge

Throw in Rian Cruywagen and an episode of Willie Waalie and you've got the early 80's all over again.

If you're old enough to remember staring at this thing waiting for your favourite TV show to pop up onto the screen (barring the usual breaks in transmission that seemed to be a common feature) then this is the clock for you.

This retro TV test pattern clock goes great with that old orange Kenwood blender you got as a hand-me-down.
The polychromatic graphics are printed on a glass dial which has metal clock hands and bevel ground edges for a quality finish.

Relive the 80's here.

[via thecoolhunter]