Guys, this is one of the most incredible emails I’ve ever received. I simply must share it with you. Old friend and sometimes reader MH graced my inbox with his presence … chastising me for once again being late to the Iron Maiden party …

dude this is your best friend calling. Via internet. I was reading your blog for once, (love it! –ed.) and–have I NOT BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU SINCE 8TH FREAKIN GRADE that Iron Maiden is the best band ever?? I’m coming up there to that wine store on Monday so you can live-twitterwineblog about me telling you yet again, two decades later, that Iron Maiden is the best band ever and I, and I alone, along with VH1, deserve the credit for you knowing this.

Monday is shaping up to be a true red-letter off-the-hook banger. Iron Maiden + Wine Store + best friend who’s been trying to get me into Iron Maiden since 1986? Are you kidding? They might have to slow down the earth’s rotation just so we have enough time to process everything that’s about to get set off on Monday.

I just hope MH remembers to bring that “Live After Death” cassette he’s been rocking since the Reagan administration …

Monday can’t come soon enough!!!