Tablet and phone only?

I don't think I can survive my complete daily routines without a PC (Windows/Mac/Linux doesn't matter) yet. Just tried taking care of monthly bills with them. Not exactly an efficient experience like how they wanted you to believe in TV commercials. I prefer going through a few spreadsheets I built for such purpose and at the same time browsing/entering numbers/dates into payment websites. It is still much faster with keyboard/mouse and monitor showing a few browsers/tabs. Worse yet, every month I upload a generated CSV which becomes a spreadsheet on Google Drive. Couldn't get that done with Google's Apps on iOS and Android.

Marty Friedman and his career in Japan

Marty Friedman certainly is NOT a household name here in US, his home country. He's definitely more well-known in Japan, according to the Rolling Stone magazine. He's kinda like the 'Ryan Seacrest of Japan.' Long time metal fans like myself are familiar with his guitar work during his shredding days (with Jason Becker in Cacophony on the Shrapnel label) and as a member of Megadeth. Then he left Megadeth and US and started a new career in Japan as a TV celebrity starring in shows like "Mr. Heavy metal" and "Rock Fujiyama." What a move! The linked article also mentioned his insights on Japanese music from the perspective of a session musician playing there. He thinks the pop music there is more complicated than that in US (more chord changes for example) and pointed out interesting new groups like Babymetal, which put a metal twist on top of a girl group.


Looks like he got quite inspired by his experiences in Japan judging by his new album "Inferno" which features quite a bit of twists and turns rather than straight forward rock.