Someone wrote a review of Muse's new album, and naturally I had to review the review:

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/111161-muse-the-resistance/

Maybe if the writer focused less on comparing Muse to bands from different genres with different goals, she would have liked the album more. I admit, it's not one of their best, but it's not like they pulled this idea out of thin air, or tried to "copy" other musicians who do concept albums. Bellamy's been wanting to do one since pretty much the beginning, and conspiracy theories have been a constant theme since day one. I have no idea why the author of this article finds "senseless amounts of absurdity" a bad thing when it comes to Muse, because their lead singer/songwriter talks about "alien invasions, cosmic deathtraps, and good old human megalomania" in practically every single interview he does. Hell, he kept himself in isolation in the mountains for a month or two to write some lyrics and to absorb the natural elements-- the guy is batshit. I feel like the writer of this article is trying too hard to place Muse in the realm of normal music. For crying out loud, comparing them to My Chemical Romance because "Bellamy inexplicably assumes Gerard Way’s earnest top-of-his-thin-lungs bellow over pummelling guitar riffs resplendent with all the tragic melodrama of Twilight"??? Has she ever LISTENED to Muse? They've been doing that shit since before Twilight and My Chemical Romance were even created. This article bothers me because the author completely dismisses all the very Muse-like elements in this album as lazy, copy-cat garbage. If you don't like what the band stands for, you're not going to like the music.

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WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT!!!! We are having a premiere on Thursday so if you can come to that, you should wait. But if you can't, then WATCH IT NOWWWWW!!!! (For those who don't know, this is the Video Field project I've been bitching about for the past month or two):



ETA: BEST b0st0n post EVER (warning: NOT dial-up friendly! Best part of the post is the comments): http://community.livejournal.com/b0st0n/6587297.html

Sorry for all the posts today, but I just wanted to let everyone know I have 3 Dreamwidth invite codes! First come, first serve. Leave me your e-mail address-- comments will be screened.

No more left, sorry!

This weekend was full of awesome! EVVYs were great (one more show to go in two weeks!), last night was great (from cops breaking up the Kevin Bright party to huggasms to ridonkulously long 7-11 trips to eating Dibs and watching Always Sunny with some of my bestest friends), and today was extraordinarily lazy. Now I'm going to watch Robin Hood and chill out before cracking down on finals.

I did this about a year ago and it was pretty successful, so I'm doing it again. Comment away!:

Leave me an anonymous comment pouring your heart out. Say anything. Tell me your stories, your secrets, those things no one ever asks but you wish to tell. Tell me about your love, your hate, your indifference, your joy. Tell me about what's inside of you when you're reading through these entries on your friends list, and tell me why you continue to come back here. Tell me anything and everything.

Nominated for 2 EVVYs!!! Life = complete.









Okay, not really. But it's really cool and I'm really excited (especially since one of them was a total surprise-- someone else submitted it)!!!

Vampires in Boston? WTFery: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/cnn-news/19020075/detail.html

This is amazing:



And this my video from into to studio tv last year with the most intricate lighting set-up EVER (I seriously used almost all the lights in Studio B for this). Not my best lighting job though, just the most complicated. Melanie is in it!:

This is obviously not what we shot today (which went really well, by the way!), but this is the pilot episode we shot in our VM241 class last semester that I FINALLY got around to uploading. Different actors, different format, different setting, same general idea. Watch, please!! :]

This makes me want to puke, and I have no idea how I didn't hear about this before now:



Seriously? SERIOUSLY???

I found a sweater that is knit perfectly and fits me perfectly, and I would be sorely disappointed if someone bought it before me.

Poll #1270758 Saint or Sinner
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I have to dress as a saint or sinner on Friday night. Who should I go as?

I love my birthdayyyyy!

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