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2009/5/25

影响3000年娼妓业进程的3个男人--管仲,柳永,毛泽东(转载)

原来娼妓业是富国强兵之道, 文化艺术之摇篮,社会稳定之良药..

结果被我们伟大的毛主席一口否决了...


德国每年娼妓业营业额40亿马克

13亿中国人, 这一内需要是调动起来,

估计用不了几年GDP就赶上美国了..

尤其是当今金融危机, 房地产都要崩了....

我们中国经济是否该考虑异军突起呢......

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妓女,被称为一种妇女从事的“特种”行业,男人们蔑称为“鸡”,妓:左为女,右从支,在男人眼里,女人本来应该在家相夫教子的,但有一部分人出于不得已的理由青楼为妓,万人为夫,也算是妇女中的一个另类,一个分支吧。其实在母系氏族社会,女人都是万人为夫的,儿女“只知其母,不知其父”就是证明。只是那时候妇女当家作主,性的主动权也取决于女人,男人倒成了女人性的工具。到了父系氏族社会,男女地位发生巨大变化,性的决定权转而取决于男人,女人就成了男人性发泄的工具,被蔑称为“妓”。据说三皇五帝时就有妓女,最早的妓女叫洪涯妓。但在男人为主流的阶级社会里,妓女的命运完全取决于男人,在中国历史上,对妓女业发展进程有重大影响的也是三个男人:


第一个男人是春秋时期齐国的相国管仲。


他被称作妓女业的祖师爷、娼妓神、妓女的保护神、性产业化的鼻祖、中国设立“红灯区”第一人等,原因就在于他在齐国首次设立了“国家大妓院”,这是世界历史上有文字记载的第一次,在此之前,妓女一般以女奴的身份出现,在贵族地主家里陪吃,陪唱,陪睡,虽类似于现在起“三陪”作用的“二奶 ”、“三奶”、“N奶”,但身份地位卑下,称为“家妓”;君主的家里女奴更多,这是“官妓”,至于在街头营业的有组织的妓院则还没有。管仲的国家大妓院称为“女市”,里面的国家工作人员称为“女闾”,管仲在繁华的都城临淄试点开了7家官办的“女市”,其中每一市有“女闾”100人,共700人。管仲的国家大妓院起到了五方面的作用:一是增加了国家税收,管仲置女市收男子的钱入国库,即后世所谓“花粉税”、“花粉捐”,增加了国家收入;二是解决了大量女奴隶的就业问题;三是解决了许多男子无处发泄性欲的苦恼;四是吸引了爱金钱更爱美女的四方英雄来齐国发展;五是进一步规范了娱乐业的发展。齐国之所以能够富国强兵,成为春秋五霸之首,国家大妓院的建立功不可没。既然妓女正规化、合法化有这么多的好处,当时各国就纷纷效仿。妓女们第一次受法律保护,能够正当营业,也非常感谢管仲给她们提供的便利条件,所以称之为娼妓神也就不为之奇了,这个习惯一直影响了中国近三千年。

 

第二个男人是宋朝著名的大词人柳永。


他被妓女们称做“花间皇帝”,受妓女们的拥护和爱戴,上妓院不花钱也能寻欢作乐者,柳永是“前无古人,后无来者”的,其原因就在于他的 “词”好。妓女由纯卖“肉”到既卖“肉”又卖“艺”,柳永虽不是始做诵者,但一定是把妓女由纯操皮肉生涯的行尸走肉变成“高级妓女”、“艺术妓女”的导师,宋代自柳永以后,妓女业发展到了顶峰,以至于惊动了最高统治者皇帝:宋仁宗喜欢柳词,曾对柳永下旨:且去填词。于是柳永成为青楼专业的词作者,自称奉旨填词柳三变;宋徽宗后宫佳丽三千,却独被妓女李师师的风韵迷倒,原因并不在于李师师比后宫的佳丽更漂亮,而是她的“艺术”气质高于常人。柳永活着的时候,宋朝各大名城的歌女舞妓无一不是他的“粉丝”, “兰舟催发,执手相看泪眼,竟无语凝噎”、“衣带渐宽终不悔,为伊消得人憔悴”传遍神州大地。以至于“凡有井水处皆能歌柳词”,他每到一处都受到空前的欢迎,有人供他吃喝玩乐,填的词妓女乐师还会有“稿费”给他。柳永死的时候,卞京城的妓女们出钱为他大出殡,这是怎样的场面啊,全城的妓女停业为他送葬,花枝招展,哭声震天,数里可闻。就是皇帝驾崩,亲娘老子死了,也不会有这么宏大的场面。以后的每年清明节卞京城的妓女都要去给柳永扫墓,俗称“吊柳七”,竟形成了一种独特的风俗。所谓做一行精一行,行行出状元,做了妓女,在无奈中也是有追求的。那就是做全中国最出色的妓女,俗称“花魁”。“花魁”单靠脸蛋漂亮是不行的,需要的是内在的气质,是柳永给了妓女们“苦中的尊严”。

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 这里插入引用一下《“北大醉侠”孔庆东笑谈:青楼文化》中的一段话:

 “其实,青楼是文化艺术之乡。唐诗、宋词、元曲、明朝的小说,哪一样能离得开青楼?研究中国文化而企图绕开青楼,或者谈论青楼而不涉及文化,就如同入庙而不访僧,登舟而不问水,至少可说是三分迂阔也

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第三个男人是伟大领袖毛泽东。

这个一心把穷人从苦海中解救出来的活观音,对妓女的命运也是深表同情的。妓女中有因家庭条件贫困而自卖青楼的,有被土豪恶霸逼良为娼的,当然也有贪图享受不愿劳动而把卖淫当做致富手段的另类。新中国建立初期,毛泽东微服私访,曾亲眼看到一个老鸨追打妓女,他怒不可遏,当即命令卫士制止了老鸨的无耻行为,“谁家没有妻子姐妹,任尔等肆意胡为”,毛泽东决定消除这一社会毒瘤,下达了“新中国决不允许娼妓遍地,黑道横行,我们要把房子打扫干净”的命令。一夜之间,北京城224家妓院全部被封闭,随之展开全国性的解放妓女运动。不管妓女们愿意不愿意,不管嫖客们笑与哭,毛泽东用强硬的行政手段根除了风行中国五千多年历史的妓女现象。当有外国记者问时兼外交部长的周恩来总理“中国有没有妓女”时,周总理幽默地说:“有,在中国的台湾省”。


根据“有需要就是合理的”的这一理论,莫非妓女命不该绝?在台湾,妓女团体更是游行示威,呼吁让性工作合法,真是滑天下之大稽。她们的理由是“底层人民活不起、病不起、养不起、读不起、老不起,有很多底层妇女是靠着性工作勉强撑持家计的”。看来,是社会“不平等”造就了妓女,单单靠行政命令无法根除这一社会毒瘤,对妓女这一“洪水猛兽”,是大禹王的“疏”、还是禹王父的“堵”……社会期待着第“四”个影响妓女生存的男人!

2009/5/22

战斗在墨尔本之二十一 -- 来墨尔本大约一年之后的一些生活点滴

来墨尔本快一年了, 生活基本步入稳定. 清心寡欲潜心科研, 为了攒钱买辆足够可靠的车, 每天的小日子清苦而又充实. 当开始逐步融入了这个环境的时候, 心态也随之更加的平和, 随着英语的日渐熟练, 一种恐惧的自我保护意识也逐渐的消退.

本文记载几件最近的各种扯淡事或者有意义的事

* National Instrument的seminar

今天和同事参加了National Instrument(NI)的一个semiar. NI不愧是世界级大公司, 他们自己开发的一套工程控制的软件和硬件甚至都形成了行业规范, 这种本来没有垄断领域而自己创造垄断领域的理念令我非常的佩服! 我们组购买了NI的全套Labview产品,大概上万澳元, 在实验室里部署了全套的数字控制和图形界面和图形处理系统. 因此, NI在墨尔本开会当然会通知我们这种资深用户去了, 因为上次开会我们发现参加会议的很多人其实都很弱, 很多最基本简单的功能都解决不了, 还要花那么多钱买NI的产品并且来培训, 与之相比, 我们的确可以算资深用户了.

之前的那次NI的培训, 在一个高级旅馆里面, 这次则更加的豪华, 在墨尔本市中心, yarra河边的宏伟的Melbourne Exhibition Centre里面, 不过我们是在它的配楼Melbnourne Conventional Centre. 会议内容也很充实, 有各种不同领域的NI产品的应介绍. 给我印象最深的是澳大利亚的一个太阳能发电公司来做报告, 他们是一个七,八年的公司, 170人, 个人投资, 资产60Million澳元, 在澳大利亚各个地方部署了n个太阳能发电站, 都是达到几十千瓦的. 他们还在部署更大的工程,预计2013年完工. 他们的presentation也引起了与会者的浓厚兴趣.

这次会议的伙食跟上一次比起来是差远了, 虽然很豪华, 但是不知道是哪国的食品, 竟然有一股臭脚丫子味, 结果一天都是阴影.

这次会议还一个感受就是英语的听力确实进步了不少, 一年前这种场合绝对会让我一头雾水, 现在呢, 全场做presentation的几个人几乎也没有几个英语是母语的, 有一个俄罗斯人,一个南美人一个印度人, 我考...那口音我居然都能听懂.

照片见相册

 

* 令我无语的自行车

每天骑自行车驰骋在家,实验室, 办公室已经是我的家常便饭. 可是前些天一次吃饭的时候把自行车停在了campus center门口, 回来时候发现旁边锁了另外一辆自行车. 那辆自行车的锁链竟然从我的自行车中间穿过, 导致我的自行车跟他锁在了一起. 我想那就等吧, 也许过一会那个人就推走了. 结果呢....那辆车就在那里锁了一天一夜还没有推走...我想难道是哪个美女想跟我搭讪才故意这样锁的?
不过没有自行车的日子实在痛苦. 于是我只得打了emergency电话, 来了校警, 用瑞士军刀帮我一通翘, 最后发现锁链子跟锁自行车的钢管上有一个螺丝可以拧下来. 这样..我的自行车终于得救了....照片见相册

* 哭笑不得的paypal和ebay

最近帮人在ebay上卖了几件衣服.首先遇到的恶心事是paypal要求我升级帐号, 需要上传护照和bankstatement. 我如期上传后, 他们给我发邮件说我上传的文件是空的. 我想继续上传, 可是上传空间却不够了, 界面里又无法删除我之前上传的文件. 我给他们打电话, 他们客服却说不能看我的文件也不能删我的文件.....而且客服又跟我强调说, 中国护照不能通过验证, 必须是澳大利亚政府issue的证件才可以, 要我到维多利亚州消费者协会开一个临时ID来传给他们.......

我登陆了那个维多利亚州消费者协会的网站, 发现只有卖军火啊汽车啊毒药啊才要在上面在上面注册. 我就是在ebay卖了几件衣服而已怎么会跟这些扯上关系呢. 我想是不是他们要通过这个程序要我报税. 于是我则一个电话打到了Australia Tax Office(ATO), 结果, 政府工作人员告诉我他们也不知道这种情况该不该缴税, 我又看到ebay上的条文也说了个人用户不用缴纳GST税, 让我虚惊了一场. 于是我又打电话给paypal, 这次paypal换了一个人接电话, 这个人却很友好的跟我说中国护照也可以..但是, 我的上传空间又满了, 只得给他们发了传真. 结果到了第二天早上, 帐号终于通过了审批了....

谴责一下paypal这个垄断企业....技术支持和客服做的如此不好

同时感慨一下....我居然连美国口音的英语都听不懂了....第一个接待我的paypal客服就是美国口音, 我发现我竟然有很多听不懂......

* 厨艺大涨..关于翻勺...

由于每天家里四个人一起做饭, 所以最近几个月以来厨艺有了突飞猛进的进步! 平时都忙没有精力琢磨新鲜的做法, 于是我们家四个人同时对翻勺产生了兴趣. 每天炒菜都开始练习....仅仅过了三四天. 我家四个人都先后学会了翻勺. P小姐是翻勺天赋最好的, 我则是最差的一个, 是最后一个学会的. P小姐能将摊开的鸡蛋饼完美的翻一个面, 而我则用锅翻抹布练习了好久, 才学会了基本的翻法. 目前我家每天炒菜的时候, 都能看到翻腾的炒锅和菜!

* 炒外汇炒外汇!

之前我在博克上总结了我炒外汇的总结之后, 我开始运用反等价鞅策略重新进入市场, 并且在一个论坛上跟随一个高手的指导做中线单. 效果相当不错. 目前的成绩是, 三个月, 翻了3倍, 并且还在稳步增长, 略有波动. 与我两个月翻一番的计划出入不大. 我想当我坚持了6-7个月翻了3番--也就是8倍的时候, 就可以认为我的策略体系是可行的. 同时我也打算继续用计算机模拟一个完全随机的市场对反等价鞅策略是否可以稳定盈利, 也就是说当把一个线性的随机振荡映射到一个指数函数的随机振荡之后, 有没有可能在指数函数的大幅波动之中线性的持续的截取差价. 这个工作放到annual report之后再做.

比较有意思的是最近得知了我们系的那个高级technician, 那个瘦高个苏格兰老头原来是一个炒股高手, 他也懂得反等价鞅的原理. 而我的小老板则坚信股市不能赚到钱. 但是在和我讨论了反等价鞅策略和凯利公式后, 他居然也对此产生了兴趣, 还不时和我讨论. 他认为不确定性原理, 不仅是量子力学的基本假设, 同时也是世间万物的一个基本规律, 包括股票市场. 所以, 我们永远不能预测市场, 但是我们可以"玩概率"...世间万物都是一个概率的某种体现.... 我的同事也每天蠢蠢欲动....于是我就有一种把周围的人全部拉下水的快感......低调....保留人品..

* 关于爱情...

我那健康的积极的向上的爱情理想...何时才能结出果实呢....

* 墨尔本的清晨

今天早上开会, 赫然看到了下雾的墨尔本. 在火车上则是头一次体会到上班高峰期的墨尔本, 火车里面人贴人, 跟北京地铁有一拼了. 自行车就休想搬上火车了.....到了flinders street, 看到火车站出口汹涌的人流, 想到大老板跟我说, 墨尔本在西方国家里人口密度算是很大的了. 我想既然火车都能跟北京地铁比, 也可见确实是很大了. 但是墨尔本虽然人口密度这么大, 却一点也不让人感到浮躁, 没有人一路小跑, 感觉大部分人都很安详自在的上班. 到下午5点多就下班了. 中学生们3点多就放学了....之后就是家庭时间. 如此的温馨.....我想我什么时候能搬到city住一段时间呢....


待续

 

 

 

2009/5/13

不怕天黑, 只怕心碎

越忙, 压力越大, 越是有欲望写流水帐.....
 

annual report迫在眉睫, 还有一篇文章要写....很久没晚上去办公室加班了...

俺们老板发了一篇Science, 于是学校就把实验室的隔壁也批给我们组了...我想, 如果再多发几篇, 是不是整个69号楼都要批给我们组了呢....

实验室的庞大的体系正在一点一点的构建, 感觉就像是一个庞大的文明从茹毛饮血一点一点的演化到繁荣灿烂.

电脑一台一台的增加, 设备一台一台的增加. 到现在为止, 我和同事zheng同学两个人一共在一起运行着8台电脑----实验室3台, 我办公室2台, zheng同学办公室1台, 我们还一人一台笔记本....电脑之间互相远程操控..... 

墨尔本的冬天, 我开始穿羽绒服了, 虽然去年我只穿普通夹克. 我想, 是需要更多的安全感了吧

开始一遍一遍的听<虫儿飞>  ...."虫儿飞, 虫儿飞, 你在思念谁..天上的星星流泪, 地上的玫瑰枯萎, 冷风吹, 冷风吹...只要有你陪"

"不怕天黑, 只怕心碎"

已经厌倦漂泊, 想要安定的港湾了, 我的港湾在哪里

最近发生的一系列的事, 自己的, 别人的, 澳洲的, 国内的, 一件一件, 徒增叹息...人生少不了阴差阳错和悲欢离合, 时间无法反演, 存在的就是合理的. 身边的朋友, 各有各的忧愁, 只有夜空里静谧的月光和星光静悄悄窥视着一切. 蓦然发现猎户座已经不在傍晚的头顶上的天穹了, 换成了一个我不认识的星座.

斗转星移...

澳洲冬季夜晚的冷风, 和家乡的冷风不是一个味道, 再加上窗边的风铃, 漫天都是思念..

买车...看来又得往后拖了.....

还是期待七月, 期待港湾

不怕天黑, 只怕心碎..........

 

2009/5/11

期待七月

[ar:卢中强]

[by:炫网资讯 liuxuan.com]
七月
词 曲:叶风卢中强
演唱者:卢中强
那一年的寒风中,你化了很浓的妆
第一次牵我的手啊,却装作老练的模样
你等我说,等我说你漂亮
哦,真的,我真的很想
又一年的夜色中,我遮住星星的光
第一次吻你的脸庞,多少有些惊慌
你等我说,说你是我的唯一的港

哦,真的,我真的很想


七月的无奈,我们尽量不去想
你说你的山,我说我的水乡
七月的无奈,我们尽量不去讲
哦,真的,也许真的很傻

那一年的大雪中,你轻轻敲我的窗
告诉我你堆的雪人,很像很像我的模样
你等我说,说我真的感动啊
哦,真的,我真的很想
又一年的大雨中,你倚在我的肩上
让雨水渐渐洗去,两情很真的脸庞
你等我说,说我爱的好疯狂
哦,真的,我真的很想
七月的无奈,我们尽量不去想
你说你的山,我说我的水乡
七月的无奈,我们尽量不去讲
哦,真的,七月真的很长
哦,真的,七月真的很长
哦,真的,七月真的很长
哦,真的,七月真的很长
哦,真的,七月真的很长

2009/5/5

101 rules for power metal, 转载, 太精辟了!

不听power metal的人是不会理解这100条的.......
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1. You have one goal: be epic.
2. Let no sound be lonely. If there's a guitar solo, harmonize it. If there's singing, make it a choir.
3. Keyboards offer a way to add thousands of different textures to a song. Find two of those that you like and use them on every song you write.
4. In a power metal world, everything steel is good, and anything good must be compared to steel.
5. You are not bound to sing about Satan, evil, and/or darkness.
6. You are bound to sing about dragons, freedom, and/or power metal.
7. Remember how no sound should be alone? Same goes for albums. Everything can have a sequel!
8. You are allowed to be blonde.
9. Swords enhance your credibility and your performance. Be sure to carry one regardless of whether or not you know anything about using one.
10. Pick a theme and stick to it. Manowar are warriors of true metal, and they don't get to sing about anything else. Rhapsody has their Algalord chronicles. Hammerfall has their steel, hammers, and templar. Running Wild has pirates. Blind Guardian has Tolkein. None of them are allowed to sing about anything else.
11. If you have to sing about something else, put together a side project to do it. Avantasia is the perfect model.
12. Ballads are permissible.
13. That doesn't mean your ballads can suck.
14. The longer a song is, the more epic it is. See rule #1.
15. More solos means more epic.
16. If at all possible, be Michael Kiske.
17. If this is not possible, pretend to be Michael Kiske.
18. Your album cover should include at least one of the following: fire, steel, weird glowing magical items, irregularly muscular men, fists thrust into the air, weaponry, magic creatures (preferably dragons), or bright beams of light around somebody/something.
19. 'Grim' and 'necro' don't apply here; they just make you look silly. Now go back to singing your 20 minute epic about dragonslaying!
20. Power metal depends on power chords.
21. 16th notes are the only notes.
22. Unless you're singing, in which case you are not permitted to hold a note for any less than 2 bars.
23. Keyboards get solos, too.
24. If you can't be Michael Kiske, you can at least be Timo Tolkki.
25. Actually, don't be Timo Tolkki.
26. In case you didn't know, "symphonic" is synonymous with "epic." See rule #1.
27. Just because 300 bands before you have already done "epic," there's always room for more.
28. Songs come in two tempos: metal and ballad.
29. You are officially the only group of people who can refer to themselves as 'mighty' without being laughed at. Much.
30. Audiences need to be able to sing along. Make it catchy.
31. Sing in English, even though your fan-base will be comprised entirely of Brazilians, Germans, Japanese, Swedes, and Finns. See rule #30: if it's not catchy, it's harder to sing in a language that is not your first.
32. Play in as many bands as possible. More side projects and guest appearances means more epic!
33. Tight. Pants.
34. You don't have to detune your guitars.
35. Though you probably should drop them a half-step.
36. Unfortunately, you need at least two guitar players. How else are you going to have dueling guitar solos?
37. Keyboards may substitute for one guitar player, as long as they can solo.
38. Fortunately, you don't need a bass player! Or at least, you never have to use the same bassist twice.
39. Begin all songs with one big swelling chord on the keyboard.
40. Acoustic guitars are allowed. Sometimes.
41. It's not a tour, it's a crusade!
42. Layer your vocals, hundreds upon hundreds of times. Don't worry about them live.
43. Never use mundane words in your lyrics. Nothing is epic if you don't use words like "majesty," "glorious," "magical," and so on.
44. Wizards! You need wizards!
45. Although your costume does not require corpse paint, it will require a cape, lots of jewelry, and the aforementioned swords.
46. Unless you are Manowar, in which case you are too metal for clothing.
47. Come to think of it, don't be Manowar.
48. Wear armor if at all possible. Hammerfall can give you an idea of the variety of acceptable armors, ranging from leather to ring-mail.
49. Songs don't begin at full speed. Gradually work your way into an epic frenzy.
50. Hail true metal!
51. Acoustic guitars are for intros and bridges. Then crush them with steel.
52. Epic. Tight. Pants.
53. Higher vocals are epic vocals. Female lead singers are great for this.
54. So, male lead singes should sound like female singers. See rule #52.
55. True warriors can tell the difference between albums.
56. Concept albums are totally epic. Nobody will ever see it coming.
57. Liner notes must include pages of backstory, either of your epic saga of conquest over dragons and evil or of your epic battles with alcoholism while recording the album.
58. Drugs aren't metal.
59. Beer, however, can be served in all kinds of true metal ways.
60. "Flagons of ale." It's appropriate to your fantasy-riddled lyrics, and it almost looks like "dragons," so you score extra points.
61. Since you can't get away with grunts, growls, and other troll-like noises, you will have to sing.
62. Your accent will show as a consequence.
63. To compensate, sing about killing trolls. Preferably with the swords that you carry onstage.
64. More sequels = more epic. See rule #7.
65. Guest vocalists, guest guitarists, and any special appearances from outside your band will make your sound more epic, even if the track sounds just like all the other songs on the album with an extra solo.
666. Norsk Arysk Blak Metal! Rahhh!!!
67. Begin songs at half-tempo, and then, when listeners least expect it (i.e. at exactly the same time it happens in all your other songs) kick into full speed complete with double-bass and power chords.
68. Bass players: one note. Really fast.
69. But include one enormous crazy-ass bass fill before the chorus, even though the production will bury you so far in the mix that most people won't realize your band has a bass player.
70. Just because you don't play black metal doesn't mean you can't use Tolkein.
71. Whenever you short of ideas, pick up your Dungeons and Dragons books. You might as well be the first band to sing about owlbears.
72. Never leave Europe.
73. For purposes of rule #72, Japan may be counted as part of Europe.
74. Oh, and South America was colonized by Europeans, so it can count too.
75. Orchestras make a great addition to your album. Since you can't afford one, find a new patch on your keyboard.
76. If your live album does not have the crowd singing all the harmony parts for you, you aren't epic enough to justify a live album.
77. If you are European, use as many archaic English words in your lyrics as you can. Obfuscation is epic!
78. If you are South American, your lyrics should be closer to standard English, though nobody will ever read them.
79. If you are U.S. American, you probably aren't actually a power metal band. Sing about tanks, or something.
80. If you are Italian, write some lyrics in Latin. Your American fans won't be able to tell the difference between your Italian lyrics and your Latin ones, but Latin is epic.
81. Remember, shaving is epic, haircuts are not.
82. Entire albums must be recorded in the same key.
83. For that matter, entire careers may also be recorded in the same key.
84. Guitarists, remember: dun da-da dun da-da dun da-da…
85. Make your band logo very angular, but perfectly legible.
86. More than a logo, you need a mascot.
87. He need not be distinguishable from Eddie, but he does need to be on all your album covers.
88. At your first gig, if you feel a "rising force", do be sure not to get it all over your audience.
89. Record your best songs unplugged, and sell them as an EP.
90. Do not expect anyone to buy the EP.
91. Remember, power metal fans are not gay. They are just comfortable with their masculinity.
92. Sing along.
93. Don't get caught singing along.
94. Glitter is not epic.
95. Neither is body oil. See rule #47.
96. If you see a black metaller in the woods pretending to be a troll, see rule #9 and rule #63.
97. In your liner notes, thank everybody you toured with, even if they're Stratovarius.
98. Complain about Stratovarius constantly even though you've bought all their albums and listen to them more than anything else in your collection.
99. Power metal must be pure; do not mix it with other metal styles.
100. To repeat: be epic.
101. I ran out of funny things to say way back at rule #52, but any less than 101 rules would so not be epic.