The Johnny Depp obsession continues, Felis Valiante fights with Dancing For Ribbons for prominence in my head, I used the dreaded Index Cards for the first time ever, and mt PC does not like Holly Lisle's website.
Yeah, so those are the headlines. I currently have a list of every Johnny Depp film that he has been in, so I'm going to work my way through each one (I love the internet, purveyor of free films) This is much more fun than when I had my David Tennant obsession. :)
Project wise, I'm in a bit of a mess. I'm working on two big project at once, and I'm at more or less the same point (the planning/just starting to write point). I've been working on the outline for Felis Valiante all weekend, and I now have a proper complete outline, but lots of questions still unanswered. I used index cards for the fist time ever in my whole life!
Luckily I can concentrate on FV for another week as I'm up to date with my 2 year novel course (which is what I'm writing Dancing for Ribbons for). I guess, when the writing starts, I'll have to alternate the two.
Of course, before I know it, November will be upon me and I'll be taking a month out to write my 100,000 (help!!!!) word long bout of projectile vomiting, which has the working title of 'The Jingle Scissorhands Cat', featuring a scissor slinging, boot wearing grey tabby called Jingles. Don't ask.
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
They're Back!!!
Muse (the best band in the world bar none) are back. And about bloody time.
This morning, Radio one played the first single from Muse's upcoming fifth album , 'The Resistance'. I wasn't there. I was one step ahead. I used Youtube to listen to the song, which is called Uprising. I also found a song called United States Of Eurasia, which at the moment I assume is just an album track.
Here are links to the two songs on Youtube. My review follows below:
Uprising
United States of Eurasia
Uprising -
My first thoughts on Uprising were that it: A) was bloody good. B) sounded like the Doctor Who Theme tune and C) that I found myself singing along to it on the first listen. I'm not sure if my ability to sing along to a song I haven't yet heard once is a good or bad thing. It is either a sign that I am truly connected to the souls of the entire band on a spiritual and mental level, or that Muse's new stuff sounds exactly like thier old stuff. On the second listen, I realised Uprising sounded almost exactly like Knights of Cydonia, from the album Black Holes and Revelations.
United States Of Eurasia -
Slower then Uprising, this track has a lot of piano in it. But it's nice, and very Queen sounding. I have to say I didn't listen to it all the way to the end because it tapered off into a piano solo and I got bored.
Looking at the comments on YT, the tracks haven't been entirely well received. Someone said that Uprising sounded like Lady Gaga with different lyrics, and someone else said that Muse should stop trying to copy Queen.
My personal opinion is that Uprising and USOE are stronger and less 'mainstream' tracks than the first two tracks I heard from Black Holes and Revelations, which were 'Supermassive Black Hole' and 'Starlight'. Uprising sounds like an updated version of 'Knights of Cydonia', and United States Of Eurasia has echoes of 'Invincible' and 'Soldiers's poem'.
As a whole, the two tracks are better than 'good', but not fantastic, although Uprising instantly hit my spot. I hope the rest of the album doesn't sound like a slightly updated clone of BH&R though. I hope there is stuff that echoes songs like 'Microcuts' and 'Time is running out', but I also hope there is completely new stuff on there as well. I hope it is fantastic because I've been waiting for Muse to bring a new album out for 3 years. I hope... And now, perhaps I ought to go before I turn into Morgan Freeman. I also hope I get to go to Sheffield to see them in November. Screw the 100,000 words I'm supposed to be writing for NaNoWriMo. I can see me not getting much done, as I have a hen party weekend to organize, (as my fellow bridesmaids won't pull their fingers out) and go to in November as well.
By the way... I have finished The End Of The Dream. Oh, what a happy day that was!
This morning, Radio one played the first single from Muse's upcoming fifth album , 'The Resistance'. I wasn't there. I was one step ahead. I used Youtube to listen to the song, which is called Uprising. I also found a song called United States Of Eurasia, which at the moment I assume is just an album track.
Here are links to the two songs on Youtube. My review follows below:
Uprising
United States of Eurasia
Uprising -
My first thoughts on Uprising were that it: A) was bloody good. B) sounded like the Doctor Who Theme tune and C) that I found myself singing along to it on the first listen. I'm not sure if my ability to sing along to a song I haven't yet heard once is a good or bad thing. It is either a sign that I am truly connected to the souls of the entire band on a spiritual and mental level, or that Muse's new stuff sounds exactly like thier old stuff. On the second listen, I realised Uprising sounded almost exactly like Knights of Cydonia, from the album Black Holes and Revelations.
United States Of Eurasia -
Slower then Uprising, this track has a lot of piano in it. But it's nice, and very Queen sounding. I have to say I didn't listen to it all the way to the end because it tapered off into a piano solo and I got bored.
Looking at the comments on YT, the tracks haven't been entirely well received. Someone said that Uprising sounded like Lady Gaga with different lyrics, and someone else said that Muse should stop trying to copy Queen.
My personal opinion is that Uprising and USOE are stronger and less 'mainstream' tracks than the first two tracks I heard from Black Holes and Revelations, which were 'Supermassive Black Hole' and 'Starlight'. Uprising sounds like an updated version of 'Knights of Cydonia', and United States Of Eurasia has echoes of 'Invincible' and 'Soldiers's poem'.
As a whole, the two tracks are better than 'good', but not fantastic, although Uprising instantly hit my spot. I hope the rest of the album doesn't sound like a slightly updated clone of BH&R though. I hope there is stuff that echoes songs like 'Microcuts' and 'Time is running out', but I also hope there is completely new stuff on there as well. I hope it is fantastic because I've been waiting for Muse to bring a new album out for 3 years. I hope... And now, perhaps I ought to go before I turn into Morgan Freeman. I also hope I get to go to Sheffield to see them in November. Screw the 100,000 words I'm supposed to be writing for NaNoWriMo. I can see me not getting much done, as I have a hen party weekend to organize, (as my fellow bridesmaids won't pull their fingers out) and go to in November as well.
By the way... I have finished The End Of The Dream. Oh, what a happy day that was!
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