Toxic Web v4.0

…and it didn’t last long again.

I asked only a little over two weeks ago how long the “pure magic” as Eddie described it after the first rehearsal would last for the reformed Van Halen.

At the same time Diamond Dave was telling Rolling Stone magazine…

God willin’, and the creek don’t run dry, just like Grandma Roth used to say…Barring any act of God or Ferrari … yeah. I have hope and faith, and that’s more than just the name of a couple of strippers from Albuquerque. - David Lee Roth

It looks like the planned 40 date tour of the US scheduled for this later this year is off – or postponed indefinatley. And there’s talk that the band’s performance at next month’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony may not go ahead as planned.

Spent a bit of time since the reunion was announced listening to some classic old Van Halen shows – including Goldenwest Ballroom ‘76, Magic Mountain ‘77, Live In Largo ‘82, Cow Palace ‘84. But I really didn’t get my hopes up that we’d see the return of the glory years

You Really Got Me – Montreal ‘84 – NSFW

Unchained – Oakland ‘81

Sinners Swing – 1981

Hear About It Later -Oakland ‘81

So This Is Love? – Oakland ‘81

So This Is Love? – US Festival 83

Hot For Teacher – ‘84 is it Donnington?

Eruption – an early one going from Frankie into “You Really Got Me” with his Ibanez Destroyer

…as WordPress goes to version 2.1.1.

30 days after WP upgraded to v2.1 a few bug fixes, roughly the same number as days, have been well fixed. Most are minor bugs so this is a low-to-medium priority update, with the following files being those changed.

• wp-includes/post-template.php
• wp-includes/cache.php
• wp-includes/formatting.php
• wp-includes/category.php
• wp-includes/post.php
• wp-includes/version.php
• wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/wp-scriptaculous.js
• wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_config.php
• wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-mce-help.php
• wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php
• wp-includes/capabilities.php
• wp-includes/cron.php
• wp-includes/functions.php
• wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
• xmlrpc.php
• wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
• wp-admin/admin-functions.php
• wp-admin/custom-header.php
• wp-admin/options-general.php
• wp-admin/edit.php
• wp-admin/index-extra.php
• wp-admin/options-reading.php

Latest version WordPress download page.

Version 2.0 has been upgraded from 2.0.7 to 2.0.9 for those that haven’t taken the plunge to 2.2.

With the following files being updated.

• wp-includes/cache.php
• wp-includes/wp-db.php
• wp-includes/version.php
• wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-mce-help.php
• wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php
• wp-includes/classes.php
• wp-includes/functions.php
• wp-includes/rss-functions.php
• readme.html
• wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
• wp-admin/link-import.php
• wp-admin/link-categories.php
• wp-admin/user-edit.php
• wp-admin/options-permalink.php

You can get this version at the WordPress Release Archive.