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    The Minecraft Movie

    By Laughing Man,

    according to Deadline:


    honestly this makes even less sense than The Lego Movie did. Minecraft literally has no story. it's a sandbox video game with even more creative limitations than Lego.
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    got my pre-order copy of The White Album in the mail yesterday (a day ahead of the actual release date), and it has easily dethroned Everything Will Be Alright in the End as my new third-favorite Weezer album. didn't disappoint at all and it feels like they've really recaptured the magic after a string of mediocre-to-awful albums throughout the 2000s.
     
    as such, I figured it was time to update the ol' Weezer collection post.
     

     
    from top to bottom:
     
    - Weezer (blue album)
    - Pinkerton
    - Weezer (green album)
    - Maladroit
    - Make Believe
    - Weezer (red album, deluxe edition)
    - Raditude
    - Hurley (deluxe edition)
    - Death to False Metal
    - Everything Will Be Alright in the End
    - Weezer (white album)
     
    also pictured below are my Weezer T-shirt and officially licensed Weezer Snuggie™:
     

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    [UPDATED] Weezer

    By Laughing Man,

    band just released a new album (their best in years) so it's time to update this.
     
    top CD row, left to right:
     
    - Weezer (Blue Album)
    - Pinkerton
    - Weezer (Green Album)
    - Maladroit
    - Make Believe
     
    bottom CD row, left to right:
     
    - Weezer (Red Album)
    - Raditude
    - Hurley (deluxe edition)
    - Death to False Metal
    - Everything Will Be Alright in the End
     
    also pictured are my Weezer T-shirt (top) and my blue Weezer Snuggie (in the background).
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    Monsters University

    By Laughing Man,

    personally I think a Monster's, Inc. prequel is a bit unnecessary
     
    especially with how bad Cars 2 turned out
     
    (granted, I didn't like the first Cars either)
     
    but
     
    Mastodon are writing and recording a brand new song for it
     
    so there's that
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    ..aaaaand that might just have been one of the best episodes of the entire series, old and new. we're off to an inconsistent start, to say the least.
     
    now that the two-night premiere event is over, we're back to a weekly schedule for the next four weeks. shame it'll all be over so soon.
  10. Laughing Man
    like the title says. I used to update this pretty often but for the past couple years I've only really used it to post music collection updates that nobody reads, with the occasional random musing here or there. I've got a tumblr (which I so can't link here) where I do most of my actual blogging and updates and stuff, but it feels weird having a blog here and doing absolutely nothing with it. I just don't know what to do with it. I'm not exactly the picture of activity on this site (especially considering my interest in Lego/Bionicle is below 0% at this point, so I rarely if ever post in those subforums) but I'm still more active in COT and stuff than I am here in my own blog.
     
    I also used to have it pretty well decked out with graphics and stuff but now it's about as bare-bones as you can get.
     
    so yeah, suggest stuff I can post here, I guess. this blog used to be semi-active and fairly popular and now it's just dead.
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    RIP Scott Weiland

    By Laughing Man,

    was absolutely gutted when I heard the news last night, still finding it hard to accept even now.
     
    Stone Temple Pilots are one of my all-time favorite bands and at least half the reason why was Scott. talented as heck and when he had it together, he was truly one of the greatest frontmen in rock. it felt inevitable that it would end this way given his history, but it's still hitting me pretty hard.
     
    I was just in the middle of finishing up my STP collection, too. I just got one of the last albums I needed on Monday. there were a couple others I was going to put off for a while longer, but maybe now I'll go ahead and pick those up in his honor.
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    Machine Head

    By Laughing Man,

    I got their new album and completed my collection of their only good ones.
     
    nope, I'm not missing any albums at all. third and fourth albums? what third and fourth albums?
     
    from top to bottom:
     
    - Burn My Eyes
    - The More Things Change...
    - Through the Ashes of Empires (US edition with bonus track "Seasons Wither")
    - The Blackening (2-disc special edition with two bonus cover tracks)
    - Unto the Locust
    - Bloodstone & Diamonds
     
    no, but seriously, this collection is technically incomplete. you couldn't even pay me to buy The Burning Red or Supercharger.
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    you can trust me I'm a professional critic
     
     

     
    10. That's the Spirit by Bring Me the Horizon
     
    best hardcore album since Meteora by Linkin Park
     
     

     
    9. Drones by Muse
     
    #OccupySesameStreet
     
     

     
    8. A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay
     
    once again proving why they're bigger than The Beatles. without a doubt the definitive British feels-rock band
     
     

     
    7. Wilder Mind by Mumford & Sons
     
    a nurse once told me I look like Marcus Mumford. no joke. I'm not even a dude
     
     

     
    6. Got Your Six by Five Finger Death Punch
     
    haven't heard black metal this kvlt since their last album
     
     

     
    5. Dale by Pitbull
     
    liked him better when he was playing Rufus on Kim Possible but his music stuff is pretty good too. can't wait for the prequel album, Chip
     
     

     
    4. Purpose by Justin Bieber
     
    shhhh Justin bb it's ok. I forgive you
     
     

     
    3. Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz by Miley Cyrus (and presumably her dead petz)
     
    it's, like, art and stuff. and if you don't like it you're probably just a misogynist or something
     
     

     
    2. Wake Up! by Pope Francis
     
    pop-rock more like pope-rock
     
     

     
    1. The New Calassic by Cal Chuchesta
     
    pure fire
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    what's this? a new entry on Scythey's blog that isn't a music post, some kind of bait-and-switch, or unfunny attempt at humor? I know, I'm disappointed too. never mind, it has all those things now. crisis averted.
     
    first things first: this is officially my new proudest moment on BZPower
     

     
    second things second (see, I can count): I got a drawing tablet and have dipped my toes into the abyss you call art. personally I think I'm pretty terrible at it but I started an artblog anyway (if you're dedicated enough you'll find it) and apparently people like my stuff enough to ask me to do art for them. I got the amazing opportunity to do the interior artwork for an actual upcoming music album that will be printed in an actual physical CD booklet, which is an actual dream come true for me.
     
    third things third: speaking of amazing opportunities, two days ago I submitted a write-up for possible inclusion in a special featured article on a popular music site and today it was approved for publication. it's a large project that will feature a bunch of other writers and so far they've only got half the people needed so there's really no telling when it'll actually be finished, but still. also pretty much a dream come true.
     
    and fourth things fourth: because this wouldn't be a good entry on my blog without some kind of music hype, new Katatonia album comes out this Friday and I should get my pre-order of the 2-disc limited edition by then. potential Album of the Year h y p e.
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    two albums. one day. 09/03/13.
     
    Pain Is Beauty - Chelsea Wolfe
    third standard studio album from the gothic alternative singer-songwriter, promises to have more electronic and industrial elements along with her trademark dark blend of folk, experimental music, and trace elements of doom metal. absolutely psyched for this release, especially considering her previous album Apokalypsis is one of my favorite albums of all time.
     
    Hesitation Marks - Nine Inch Nails
    speaking of all-time favorite albums, the new NIN is looking more and more like a throwback to the wonderful Downward Spiral era of the act's history, utilizing the same graphic designer who did the all of the artwork for that release as well as reusing the Downward Spiral-style typeface and lettering on the cover of Hesitation Marks' first single, "Came Back Haunted". really enjoying that single as well, especially because it reminds me of a fusion between the more accessible moments of The Downward Spiral (which were few and far between) and the catchier stylings of With Teeth (an album that, in my opinion, gets more criticism than it deserves).
     
    so yeah. September 3, 2013. going to be an amazing day.
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    like whoever thought this was a good idea.
     
    for once, can't we please just continue a long-running franchise without rebooting it?
     
    Rise of the Machines and Salvation were pretty bad, but really, does it need a full-on reboot? couldn't they do what the Child's Play franchise (not the best example, I know) is doing and just disregard those movies and do a faithful sequel with a similar tone and style to the first two?
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    these arrived today.
     
    took advantage of Fake Four's sale at the last moment and got these three CD copies of Flowers for My Father by Sadistik for just the cost of shipping.
     
    absolutely stunning, beautiful album and one that I'd recommend to anybody regardless of whether or not they like hip-hop. I'm not particularly big on the genre but this is without a doubt my favorite album of the year so far.
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    controversy!

    By Laughing Man,

    so I guess our definition of "controversy" now is "a lot of people talked about a thing"??
     
    I've gotta say, the whole grammar thing is by far the least controversial controversy in the history of BZPower. it felt more like a BZPower fad than it did a controversy, just a bunch of people posting blog entries on the same subject while other people commented on them. unless I missed, like, an entire entry where some kind of fight broke out, all the comments and entries I saw were completely rational.
     
    setting the bar for BZP drama pretty low there, guys. I feel like this entry is gonna end up more controversial than the "controversy" that inspired it.
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