raspy Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 http://launch.yahoo.com/musicvideos/lists/top.asp?p=5 Let's make it #1 !!!! I mean TIRO in TOP 100 Videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucy_jocey Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 So does anyone else find it exciting that there is now an American and a UK version of the main site? I guess the Western hemisphere now exists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiohead_1007 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 i tried to order origin of symmetry a few weeks ago, and they told me it was out of print and i couldnt buy it. i was like "WHAAAA-T!"..but they're becoming mighty popular here in los angeles. they're show sold out in minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Hmm, that's strange, I'm sure you can still buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nishe Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 ooooh my!!!! i am fucking back people, i know no one actually noticed my absence but i've been hurting without the internet, i know i'm really far behind but i'm still in shock over the show, which was amazing of course and Ed, you're awesome and thank goodness you were wearing a blatent hockey shirt or else i'd never have seen you, anyway, it's awesome to be back, Cheers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apya Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 i tried to order origin of symmetry a few weeks ago, and they told me it was out of print and i couldnt buy it. i was like "WHAAAA-T!"..but they're becoming mighty popular here in los angeles. they're show sold out in minutes! I just picked up a copy for my sister at virgin in chicago, like, 2 weeks ago. I'm sure there are copies around, you just have to find the places that stock them (imports). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkaa Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 i tried to order origin of symmetry a few weeks ago, and they told me it was out of print and i couldnt buy it. i was like "WHAAAA-T!"..but they're becoming mighty popular here in los angeles. they're show sold out in minutes! I gave up looking for OOS in the stores, the only place that had it for a while was Amoeba, yep yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istya Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 All the Virgin stores I've been to carry OOS...but you're better off looking in independent shops that get imports. Lana! Took you long enough. I'm excited about that too, Saucy_jocey! It means there are enough people over here to warrent separate news sections! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Or better yet, just get it over the internet, and save yourself the hassle of going to a bunch of stores to look for it. I live nowhere near a Virgin or a Tower, or any cool indie record place, all I have are Best Buy and the devil stores: FYE, Spec's, etc. Lana!! I did notice your absence! Welcome back! Where were you?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istya Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Oh, again I feel like a proud parent. In the latest edition of Filter magazine, Muse make their *PROPER* American press debut (that half-assed review of Absolution in Rolling Stone is nullified due to poor journalistic effort). The article can be read here I find this article to be wonderful sylistically and intentionally. They not only mentioned all the other albums Muse have put out (admittedly, there's no "The" before OOS, but at least they're trying), but they are working to prove accusations Rolling Stone and others are trying to pass off. Very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Eek, I can't really read it, because Angelfire says it doesn't follow their terms or something. =/ I think I'll go Filter hunting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istya Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Yeah, sorry about that, Steph. Angelfire hates me. But it waits until after I leave to exact revenge so I don't suspect a thing. It's fixed now, hopefully. There was a pretty amusing review of Absolution too. I'll type it up in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Those sneaky bastards. Aww, but the picture is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half Life Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Yeah, sorry about that, Steph. Angelfire hates me. But it waits until after I leave to exact revenge so I don't suspect a thing. It's fixed now, hopefully. There was a pretty amusing review of Absolution too. I'll type it up in a bit. *Wanders into American Muse fans thread* Thanks for posting the Filter article. I saw the review of Absolution in Filter as well - pretty good, I thought. Yes, wasn't the Rolling Stone review a complete load of rubbish? I think the reviewer just listened to the first proper track and the last, and repeated a bunch of mindless assumptions. Bah. *Leaves quietly* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucy_jocey Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Decent article.... glad to see them getting some positive PR. Now where do I fetch me a copy of one of these??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillilasiangurlie Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Where have you been, Alana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istya Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Decent article.... glad to see them getting some positive PR. Now where do I fetch me a copy of one of these??? I got mine at Barnes & Nobles, but Borders probably carries it as well. Yep, Half Life, that RS review was truly horrible. And not because they didn't like it; obviously there are people who don't like Muse, but that's not the same as being ignorant. In order to truly dislike something, you have to be educated. The reviewer sounds as if he merely copied down a tracklist (although, he didn't even do that properly), typed "Muse" into a Google search, and read that people say they sound like Radiohead. For everyone who doesn't have access to Filter, here's their review of Absolution. Muse Absolution Warner Brothers 90% Stop theorizing about Roswell with your internet buddies, turn off the Sci-Fil channel, put down the bong and imagine this: an apocalyptic rock opera borrowing equal parts from Bends-era Radiohead, Queen's soundtrack for Flash Gordon, Billy Corgan's most glorioiusly bloated moments, and Dr. Strangelove. Muse's third studio set, Absolution, is a massive concept album that is so gluttonously huge-sounding that it makes The Wall sound like a Sebadoh record. Opening to the militaristic rhythm of goose-stepping boots and a hoarsely shouted command, the record explodes into the second track, "Apocalypse Now" (AN: technically incorrect...), with lead singer Matt Bellamy howling, "It's time we saw a miracle/Come on it's time for something biblical," as the music builds into an orchestrated monster. "Time Is Running Out" follows, full of buzzing base and terse drum patterns, while the paranoid frontman continues to rant and rave about Doomsday. But then there's "Sing For Absolution," a swooping and soaring ballad that starts as a prayer and ends as a confession. Then they switch gears back into high with the furiosly riffed "Stockholm Syndrome" and the menacing electricity of "Hysteria." In fact, throughout the 14-song set, the threesome is constantly swerving from whispers to screams like this, but they always maintain a fevered intensity. With Absolution, Muse paint a world filled with questionable crusades, nuclear proliferation, and faceless oppressors. How much of this you believe is fiction depends on how much of an optimist you are. And just as Nero played his violin as he watched Rome burn, you get the sense that Muse want to be playing the last show on earth as mushroom clouds bloom around them and the ground scorches beneath their feet. If this is the soundtrack to global annihilation, then pusing the red button never looked so tempting. -Nevin Martell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmh2006 Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 I am so pissed. Muse was in St. Louis a few days ago, less than a week. I just found out about it today! *hits self in head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Muse Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 I'm sorry... don't mean to make fun of you or anything... it's just that it sounds as though you've been living in a cave or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucy_jocey Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 haha... cave... too much muse.... wait, is that possible??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSG Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 ah, more muse in the local press. there's a little feature on them in a weekly boston mag (the weekly dig). article doesn't say much we don't know already (thankfully, it dismisses comparisons to radiohead), but here's the following from chris on muse's boston show: "our first show in new york was like an industry type crowd. this boston gig felt like it was the first proper gig. our last album didn't come out here, so we didn't know people would be aware of us. we were kind of expecting to play to half sold-out venues. we didn't expect people to be jumping around and crowd surfing. that's the first time that's happened to us in america.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSG Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 FINALLY i converted someone. my friends usually don't listen to me, but i told one going to coachella to make sure to check out muse, and i heard from her that she thought they were awesome. well, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istya Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Excellent. Honestly, if all else fails, their live act can do nothing but amaze. My brother's friend thinks their "fucking ace" because he was over while I was watching Hullabaloo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaltloo Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 I'm back home. I'll start uploading pictures in an hour or so, I believe. I was in the third row, nearly dead-centre for Muse. *beams* Amazing. Simply amazing. Once I gather myself (Maybe tomorrow?), I'll write on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSG Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Honestly, if all else fails, their live act can do nothing but amaze. exactly... now my friend wants to go to their show in LA tomorrow night, but it's too late for her to get tickets. well, i guess that's what she gets for ignoring what i've been saying 'bout muse for the past few years... and welcome back, mark. yes please, show all, tell all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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