I found this in my email today. Harknell wants to get one to connect it to his iPhone.

T_T Why? I don’t know. He doesn’t listen to music on his phone.

Awwww! :D

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The entire internet seems to be talking about Michael Jackson’s death. Some people are sad, some angry. I am TIRED of the drama so I am NOT going to talk about what I personally think in this post because I just wanted to explain a sociological concept. This article is judgement neutral.

I have heard people asking the question – “Why do so many people still care about Michael Jackson?”

People caring about Michael Jackson today have nothing to do with what he became in his later career. People are upset because when you are a child you tend to think that the pop stars and things that you grew up with are constants. They aren’t real people. They exist in a void. When you hear a song that you listened to when you were a child, memories of your life come flooding back to you. Music connects with humans on a deeper level than many things.

Michael Jackson’s death is really the primal signal to many people that we too are getting older. The world is different. That is why it resonates. The people who are upset aren’t crying for an alleged child molester*. They are crying because they have just been shown via pop star metaphor that their life is progressing and changing. Things change. Eventually we all die. Events like this just make it harder to be complacent about that fact.

* I must emphasize “alleged” here. As far as I know it was never proven? You never know what the media is going to say about someone for ratings. Regardless, I am not the person to make a judgement because I don’t have all of the information. I live under a rock.

Cracked.com has a hilarious piece up about metal! Click to see the metal flowchart up close and/or click the link to see the full piece.

I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time.

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Universal Studios has released a theme and 3 icons for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. USHollywood will have Jigsaw from “SAW” and Michael Myers from “Halloween”. USFlorida will have Jigsaw from “SAW”, “Chucky from “Child’s Play”, and The Wolfman from the upcoming film “The Wolfman”.

“For 23 select nights this fall, modern horror films are “Ripped from the Silver Screen” to frighten guests at what promises to be the most feared Halloween Horror Nights ever. Other horror films and characters from the movies, including completely re-imagined Frankenstein and Dracula concepts, will also be integrated into this year’s event.”

This seems to be getting mixed reviews. I am hearing everything from “AWESOME!” to “Ripped from the SILVER ASS.” Universal Studios did do the classic monsters a couple of years ago, so this is a bit of a retread.

I must admit that USF set the bar high last year. Their original character “Bloody Mary” totally captivated many horror fans.

Here is my video of Bloody Mary:

I fear we have the economy to blame for the film tie-ins. Names get attention. My initial feeling is that this is a decided step backward. I am not too worried, though. This is is just the beginning. I will give it a chance as more details unfold.

I am sure that whatever they pull off for this year will be awesome. The houses at US are the best I have ever been to. I just wish they had put up at least 1 original character in the first wave. Ah well. I do absolutely love the SAW franchise.

What do you think of Chucky, Jigsaw, and Wolfman?

(Thanks to Outkastz and Devilman for finding the logo.)

Here is the link to the HHN website.

“Team Cybergeist is the solo/side project of Angel Bartolotta (best known as the present/past drummer of such bands as Dope, Genitorturers, PIG, Crossbreed, Switched, The Undead, Rikets, and many others). With this project, Angel brings a collective of musicians from all around the world together to create music through the internet. It is also an outlet for all of Angels remix projects.
Angel is currently at Redline Recording Studio (Venice, FL) putting the finishing touches on his first full-length album titled How To Destroy Something Beautiful…

How To Destroy Something Beautiful is scheduled for a late-2009 worldwide release… “

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