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A fertile ground for the imagination.
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Today, an epic comment from my dear friend Liz regarding Muse, one of my favorite bands, whose show I was lucky enough to see this summer. Muse’s sound is a particularly fertile ground for the imagination, and here I quote Liz’s description of their effect on her:
when i hear them, i envision, for whatever [...]
It’s like I’m famous!
Friday, October 5th, 2007Being relatively new to the blogging world, I’m still shocked and excited by certain experiences. Until recently, they mostly involved refreshing my Google Analytics dashboard to see how many more hits I’d gotten.
This one is new to me, though. Today I received an extremely nice comment about my post on the bedroom band [...]
One-room tunes.
Monday, September 17th, 2007Ever hear and fall in love with a song that’s so obscure and indie that you can’t (il)legally download it yet or find its videos on YouTube? And then tear your hair out because it’s so good and all you want to do is hear it again, but you can’t? And then have [...]
Rocking out with Matt Bellamy & band.
Sunday, August 12th, 2007Swirling lights, colossal confetti-filled balloons, and British accents marked Muse’s appearance at the Agganis Arena tonight. I know fantastic light shows are a staple of most rock concerts, but this was really taking it a step further - with the frontman periodically banging on an open piano displaying strings lined with… LEDs, maybe, flashing [...]
The day Voldemort dies, Snape is redeemed (but also dies), and Harry and friends live happily ever after. I HOPE.
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Oh, I think Hagrid will probably die too. Alas.
I’ve spent the past week in increasingly feverish agitation over the impending release of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. My preordered copy is being delivered tomorrow morning, and I will continue to carefully guard my unspoiled state until then.
Book [...]