Three years ago today I ripped open a little cardboard package that had arrived while I was at work, took out the cd that was inside, and put it in my cd player to play. I sat myself down next to it, there at my dining room table, and that was it. That was the last thing I did before I heard The Black Parade for the first time ( Read more... )

I just realized the other day that I've been so focussed on acquiring the CDs on my wishlist, I haven't really been actively exploring any new music.

Help me out: What are you listening to? Any recommendations?

So it's a good thing I got a nice solid fix of the stuff last night, courtesy of the lovely mrs_batman who dragged me along with her to the Deck the Hall Ball up in Everett. (I say "dragged"...but really, it was my Christmas gift from her! *grin*) We met nessime_lisen there, and had a great time gorging on music, chatting, giggling, squeeing, and -- at least on my part ( Read more... )

It's the four-month anniversary of the release of "The Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. Just four months. And now MCR is finally taking The Black Parade on the road, and the music will be deliciously alive and chaotic and transformative. But the music that exists on this CD has already taken hold of me, and I've been marching in the Black ( Read more... )