6.09.2005
Mega Wireless: Convergence ads for late night TV
Mega Wireless, a great commerical sandwiched between two segments of a repeat of South Park ... and now I'm going to check out this new cell service when it starts at the end of the month.
TV + Internet = an ad that works.
TV + Internet = an ad that works.
6.07.2005
Review: Dream Theater Octavarium
Or, Smallville called and they want their soundtrack back
Wrecklessly, I purchased Dream Theater's latest album, Octavarium, without hesistation.
For approximately two minutes, the album took me back to those carefree high school days when I knew that this band could do no wrong.
It was minutes 3 - 75 that were painful.
The blow-by-blow:
The root of all evil: Again, the beginning of the song was powerful. With hope and a smile, I paged through the album's booklet, my ears tingling in anticipation of the great song that was building.
Great song, until it didn't end at 4:00. A nice effort, but just not tight/groovy/rockin' enough for the kickoff. And, the group samples their own past lyrics ... a reoccuring trend with DT.
The answer lies within: No, it doesn't, and neither does Pink Floyd's The Division Bell, which you're trying to evoke here.
These walls: This was a pre-album radio edit freely available online ... It didn't strike me as great a month ago, and bloated to almost 7 minutes, it just strikes out now. The last 40 seconds have a great riff, but I was mostly happy the song was ending.
I walk beside you: The boys had to have been watching season one of Smallville on DVD when they wrote this sing-song Remy Zero/Matchbox 20 number.
Check that, it unfolds like those horrible Queen songs released on "Queen's greatest hits, XII" ... as in, quick -- get this band into the studio to write songs about life before they die. Now, please Jesus, tell me this semi-religious band wasn't writing a song about the Son of Man walking next to someone ... please!
Panic attack: Another pre-album radio edit. The song rocks. Would be fun to hear live. Best song on the album.
Never enough: No, it wasn't. And, am I listening to an AC/DC album (actually, that would help wash my ears of this drek). This song has the same intro and riff that Panic attack has -- just played with a slight twist.
Sacrificed sons: Another 9/11 song. Shockingly, the group samples their music again during a breakdown taken from their 1999 album, Metropolis, Part 2 ("Back on my feet again, I walk into the real world ...")
Octovarium: "Hello?" "Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd." "Will you accept the charges from United States?"
Wrecklessly, I purchased Dream Theater's latest album, Octavarium, without hesistation.
For approximately two minutes, the album took me back to those carefree high school days when I knew that this band could do no wrong.
It was minutes 3 - 75 that were painful.
The blow-by-blow:
The root of all evil: Again, the beginning of the song was powerful. With hope and a smile, I paged through the album's booklet, my ears tingling in anticipation of the great song that was building.
Great song, until it didn't end at 4:00. A nice effort, but just not tight/groovy/rockin' enough for the kickoff. And, the group samples their own past lyrics ... a reoccuring trend with DT.
The answer lies within: No, it doesn't, and neither does Pink Floyd's The Division Bell, which you're trying to evoke here.
These walls: This was a pre-album radio edit freely available online ... It didn't strike me as great a month ago, and bloated to almost 7 minutes, it just strikes out now. The last 40 seconds have a great riff, but I was mostly happy the song was ending.
I walk beside you: The boys had to have been watching season one of Smallville on DVD when they wrote this sing-song Remy Zero/Matchbox 20 number.
Check that, it unfolds like those horrible Queen songs released on "Queen's greatest hits, XII" ... as in, quick -- get this band into the studio to write songs about life before they die. Now, please Jesus, tell me this semi-religious band wasn't writing a song about the Son of Man walking next to someone ... please!
Panic attack: Another pre-album radio edit. The song rocks. Would be fun to hear live. Best song on the album.
Never enough: No, it wasn't. And, am I listening to an AC/DC album (actually, that would help wash my ears of this drek). This song has the same intro and riff that Panic attack has -- just played with a slight twist.
Sacrificed sons: Another 9/11 song. Shockingly, the group samples their music again during a breakdown taken from their 1999 album, Metropolis, Part 2 ("Back on my feet again, I walk into the real world ...")
Octovarium: "Hello?" "Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd." "Will you accept the charges from United States?"
