tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16935916628094790382024-02-02T08:30:44.010-07:00Music Made Me Do ItMary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-11404303487164476062013-07-07T13:53:00.000-06:002013-07-07T13:53:27.376-06:00It's been a while<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Obviously a lot has changed since I last updated this blog.
It’s been almost two years. I’ve changed mentally, physically, and emotionally.
I’ve grown up, finished my first year of college and finally learned how to
love myself. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m not as anxious as I used to be, I’m much more ready and
excited for the future. I actually know what I want to do with the rest of my
life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course, a lot of not so good stuff happened as well. My
favourite band broke up and broke my heart, I was unable to get a job this
summer, and I moved back home which spiraled me into a sort of mini
depression. (At least Fall Out Boy came back).<o:p></o:p></div>
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I figured I might start blogging again. I’ve seen some
people do it and I’m jealous because they have stuff that they can go back and
read years into the future. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So this is it. I’ll post everything here from my thoughts to
music and concert reviews to maybe the odd bit of photography. We’ll see. This
could be fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Xo mary<o:p></o:p></div>
Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-91614632061137936052011-10-07T21:56:00.001-06:002012-02-14T13:50:23.976-07:00Lights - Siberia - Lights Music<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/LIGHTSiberia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kca="true" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/LIGHTSiberia.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Siberia</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> is the second studio album by Canadian musician Lights, released on October 4, 2011. It was preceded by the first single off of the album, “Toes”. Artists making guest appearances on the album include Canadian electronic band, Holy Fuck, and rapper Shad. Lights indicated a dubstep influence on the album, stating “I don't think I've incorporated it totally, but there's a lot of dubstep in there. I've been listening to Skream, Benga and all the stuff they did with Magnetic Man and Skrillex too. The heavy beats and the sparseness, it hit me in a really special way.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">While this album might be heavier and might feel like a departure from the poppier feel of her first studio album, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Listening</i></b>, from the first song out off the album, “Everybody Breaks a Glass” (ft. Holy Fuck and Shad), Lights assures fans it isn’t, “I've led off with the most extreme one. I mean there are songs on the record that are much grittier and much darker, but there’s poppier moments too. I've put one of the most different ones out first.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">This album is definitely worth your hard-earned dollars. It might be different from what you’re used to from Lights but a good always artist always changes their sounds, if they didn’t then it’d be incredibly boring and safe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Fun fact: “Day One”, the final song on <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Siberia</i></b>, was the last 9 minutes of Lights’ and Holy Fuck’s first ‘jam’ session, completely live electronics.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My favourites: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">“Cactus in the Valley” and “Flux and Flow” (ft. Shad).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">(Quotes source: <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/lights/58468">NME</a>)</span><br />
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-mm</div>Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-53294241573792015202011-05-13T18:37:00.011-06:002011-06-13T00:11:54.304-06:00My Chemical Romance, Neon Trees and The Architects / MacEwan Hall / Calgary, Canada / April 6, 2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://unionevents.com/content/images/full/LN_MCR_Cal_11x17_4c_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="http://unionevents.com/content/images/full/LN_MCR_Cal_11x17_4c_02.jpg" t8="true" width="206px" /></a></div><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">April sixth was the day that Crash Queens, Motor babies, and Killjoys alike gathered. Even though the show was in Calgary there were people from Vancouver, Winnipeg, and everywhere else just to see their favourite band perform.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The fans, also known as the MCRmy, bonded and cards were handed out for lead singer, Gerard Way’s birthday just three days later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The last time My Chemical Romance graced Calgary with their presence, it was nearly four years ago with their Black Parade World Tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They played the Saddledome and it was a theatrics filled show with all the pyro you could imagine.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">This time around they opted for the small and intimate venue, MacEwan Hall for their World Contamination Tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hall was the perfect place to have the show because the new album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys</i> had an apocalyptic theme to it. The venue had an industrial feel to it that fit the theme perfectly.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The first band to perform was The Architects. Formerly known as The Gadjits, this band opened the show with a bang. The Architects brought a heavier sound the table than one would have expected for the first warm-up act. They had excellent stage presence and seemed to really enjoy being there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a surprising punk sound and the crowd seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The next band was Neon Trees known for their hit song, </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Animal</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though this was an MCR show, the fans were really into Neon Tree’s act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lead vocalist, Tyler was strutting around on stage and the guitarist’s were showing people what they could do, feeding off the crowd’s energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The band had a female drummer, Elaine, and she was mesmerizing to watch. Sitting quietly in the background, she let her sticks show us just how talented she was. The anchor of any good band is its drummer, and she did her job extremely well.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">After a daring thirty minute set change, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Look Alive, Sunshine</b> started to play over the speakers as the band took the stage. They started off with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Na Na Na</b>. The show was an amazing and during it the crowd was sent into a fit of dancing, fist pumping, crying, and singing it for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Planetary (GO!)</b>, a song that has been known to send fans into a frenzy, the MCRmy was jumping and dancing as if they couldn’t get enough. The crowd’s energy was infectious and it even got non-fans screaming and singing along.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">It seemed that for every song off their new album, My Chemical Romance treated the crowd to an old favourite. They played <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Famous Last Words</b>, one of their biggest hits, and the crowd roared “I am not afraid to keep on living” as if their lives really did depend on it.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Lead singer, Gerard Way </span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">asking to see which audience members were experiencing their first MCR show and thanking the older fans for being nice to the new ones, stomping his booted foot on the elitism experienced at many other shows; rhythm guitarist, Frank Iero, known for his excessive movement on stage was more laid back; lead guitarist, Ray Toro, who is an amazing guitarist often being compared to Slash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The star of the show though had to be bassist Mikey Way. Mikey, known for his shyness and tending to stay at the back of the stage was up front and center. During the final song <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Kids from Yesterday</b>, Mikey got a solo staying on stage with tour drummer, Mike Pedicone. He made eye contact with the crowd and showed everyone the rockstar he truly is.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My Chemical Romance’s North American </span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">tour</span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">will continue until late May before the band will depart for a short run of European festival shows.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">- mm</span></div></div></div>Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-10851627689926012842011-04-11T10:39:00.007-06:002011-06-03T11:42:50.447-06:00Stay Beautiful<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I have Scoliosis. It’s where your spine curves. I’ve had it my whole life. I’ve gotten more than twenty surgeries because of it. It makes me look like a hunchback. I’ve been fortunate, until now, to go to school with the kindest people. People that don’t make fun of me for my disability. People that don’t judge a book by its cover.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I entered high school last year a bit nervous but grade ten went by fine and this year I’m in grade eleven. This year was the first I’ve been bullied about my disability. I was called a hunchback by someone who doesn’t know anything about me. Someone who doesn’t even know my name. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I didn’t know about this until last night. I cried for two hours straight last night and this morning I confronted the person who denied it. Bullies do that, they always deny what they’ve said. It could be worse though. He could’ve called me a hunchback to my face.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My school has about 1,700 students. There are tons of kids with disabilities. You’d think they’d be used to it by now, seeing as they’ve been going to school for seven months now. I guess not.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I used to be the little girl who wondered why she didn’t have any real friends. I was the little girl who never had a proper childhood because she was in and out of hospitals. Even now my self esteem isn’t the highest. Hearing that someone could be so cruel broke me. Every day I have to see the scars that litter my back. Every day I have to deal with what I have. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Bullying is not funny. Bullies do not have a happy ending. They end up alone when high school ends, all their friends having matured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bullies end up sad, lonely people while the victims of their abuse go do something amazing. The victims find a way to change the world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">For those who have been bullied about their looks or anything else about them, remember this. Don’t let anybody tell you who you have to be and what you have to look like. You’re beautiful just the way you are. Stay beautiful and keep it ugly.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And then the hour came up and the guys came on stage. They were wearing the clothes they've been wearing for all their concerts except Frank stood out in a bright red hoodie. Gerard had red paint down his neck and on his hands, similar to how he did in the Na Na Na video.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Here's the setlist for those who missed it:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Look Alive Sunshine (Pre-recorded)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm Not Okay (I Promise)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Planetary (GO!)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">House of Wolves</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Desolation Row</div><div style="text-align: justify;">SING</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Give Em Hell Kid</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mama</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Only Hope for Me is You</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Teenagers</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ghost of You</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Famous Last Words</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Helena</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Kids From Yesterday<br />
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- mm</div>Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-90915107982313861612010-11-22T19:04:00.013-07:002011-03-19T09:23:11.622-06:00Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65KzqoQMBb7MBsor4UATrN2C-Sn8kzTWFZ-KN3sXZfHNAwLhNIPGv2Ng9t-DxHpO9WofJzSq3Ybpnrq_vn4xhs_WtiUsNngnyV2wpSg_4x_YLFpXyYcyo8F6sFju2cAVR-ZKny3-6DK8/s1600/My-Chemical-Romance-Danger-Days-The-True-Lives-Of-The-Fabulous-Killjoys-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65KzqoQMBb7MBsor4UATrN2C-Sn8kzTWFZ-KN3sXZfHNAwLhNIPGv2Ng9t-DxHpO9WofJzSq3Ybpnrq_vn4xhs_WtiUsNngnyV2wpSg_4x_YLFpXyYcyo8F6sFju2cAVR-ZKny3-6DK8/s200/My-Chemical-Romance-Danger-Days-The-True-Lives-Of-The-Fabulous-Killjoys-300x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>On another, happier, note. I am pleased to announce that My Chemical Romance's new album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is now out. I'm currently listening to it as I type this. I'm going to post my review in a second which you'll find nothing but positive things.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here's my review:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s been four years since My Chemical Romance put out <u>The Black Parade</u>, but don’t worry, they’re back!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their new album <u>Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys</u> came out on November 22<sup>nd</sup>, and if I wasn’t getting it for Christmas, then I would’ve been the first in line.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">All the My Chemical Romance albums have all been concept albums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love</u> was about two Bonnie and Clyde type characters who are eventually gunned down in the desert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge</u> was a sequel of sorts to the first album.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>The Black Parade</u> was about a man who was dying from cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">This album might be their most creative yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally set to be a comic book written by lead singer, Gerard Way came up with along with comic book artists Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan it turned out to be their next album.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s still being written as a comic book, don’t worry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">It’s 2019 and it all goes down in Battery City, California and the surrounding zones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Better Living Industries (also known as BL/ind which is run by Korse and his draculoids) run Battery City, controlling the minds of its habitants into thinking that they don’t need companionship or anything else, only the pills that BL/ind is ready to offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to make sure your soul is safe after death, they also advertise a Soul Protection Plan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">The Killjoys, made up of Party Poison (Gerard Way), Kobra Kid (Mikey Way), Fun Ghoul (Frank Iero), Jet Star (Ray Toro), are here to stop BL/ind from destroying humanity and have a wild time while they’re doing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helping them are Dr. Death Defying, Grace, and Show Pony along with all of us Killjoys.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">We first knew something was up when several twitter accounts started up: Bob Fillmore, Gary Levko, Tommy Chow Mein, DJ Hot Chimp, Agent Cherri Cola, Party Poison, NewsAGoGo, Dr Death Defying, and the transmission page- Transmissions19.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">We first got a chance to listen to the album when Dr. Death Defying posted his listening party on YouTube and I am excited as ever to tell you about the fun tracks that are on this album.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">The album starts off with Dr. Death Defying starting off his radio show and then we make the easy transition in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong>Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)</strong> which is the first single off the album and gives us a good introduction into the Killjoy’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an upbeat song that surely going to get stuck in your head with the repetition of Na, Na, Na and the catchy beat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Next we have <strong>Bulletproof Heart</strong>, a personal favourite of mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It starts off as a slow song but then it picks up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a kind of futuristic sound the Killjoys are looking for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the theme song for the triumphant runaways.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The second single off the album is <strong>SING</strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you hear <strong>SING</strong>, you think of everyone getting together, holding hands, and singing it loud and clear for the world to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The song basically tells you to express yourself, in any way possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">It’s one of those emotional songs that are on every album and has been compared to <strong>I Don’t Love You</strong> and <strong>Ghost of You</strong> from the band’s previous albums.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We hear the alarm sounding and then <strong>Planetary (GO!)</strong> starts up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world is ending and they’re always being chased by BL/ind but the Killjoys don’t care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just party and have a good time while they still can.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong>The Only Hope for Me Is You</strong> is about when you’ve seen so much horror and destruction that you’re finally on your way towards a little bit of hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a song that you can play multiple times in a row without ever getting sick of listening to it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Party Poison</strong> starts off with a Japanese woman rambling on and then the fun starts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It used to be <strong>Death Before Disco</strong> before it was renamed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One might think it would be all about partying but it’s all about<strong> Party Poison</strong>, a potent substance, enough to kill all parties.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong>Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back</strong> is one of several songs that are sort of a uniting force for the gang in the Zones as well as for the band and the fans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It says that we can do whatever we want without any consequences if we have the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This song reminds me of the band’s older work and is one of my favourite songs on the album.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The next song has a psychedelic, <strong>Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds</strong> feel to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong>S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W</strong> is the police force in the zones that are after the Killjoys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s probably the most themed song from the album and is telling all the Killjoys to run from the <strong>S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W</strong>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong>Summertime</strong> is an anthem about summer I can see people playing on their stereos while they’re driving around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a slow, love song for the runaways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the lyrics say; <em>you can run away with me, anytime you want.</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong>DESTROYA</strong> starts off with the steady beat of tribal drums in the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s probably one of the more wild songs on the album, releasing all the pent out aggression that the Killjoys have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">Killjoys sometimes had to strap on draculoids masks and that’s what <strong>The Kids From Yesterday</strong> is about, remembering what we were like when we were kids and how much we’ve changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s one of those songs that makes us think about our pasts and if everything went the way we wanted it to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">My Chemical Romance was one of the first bands to make vampires seem cool so Twilight offered them a lot of money for them to record a song for the movie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Refusing to sell out, My Chemical Romance made all their fans proud and refused the offer, instead writing <strong>Vampire Money</strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The song's about vampires becoming too ridiculously popular and handsome instead of the fearsome creatures they actually are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the lyrics say, “<em>Sparkle like Bowie in the morning sun</em>” and “<em>Play it right and drive a Volvo car</em>.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">And that’s it Killjoys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all you get until the next album which I’m already excited for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or their World Comtamination tour which is coming up so make sure you get your tickets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were three other tracks I forgot to mention (<strong>Look Alive Sunshine, Jet Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report, Goodnite Dr. Death</strong>) but they were only Dr. Death Defying’s tuning back in to give us updates from the zones.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So are you ready Crash Queens and Motor Babies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hold on tight Killjoys, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.</span><br />
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I want to give credit where credit's due. <a href="http://venomousformaldehyde.blogspot.com/">Cassie the Venomous</a><br />
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- mm</div>Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-36184871692058350012010-11-22T18:56:00.006-07:002010-12-28T12:44:49.044-07:00Sea of Red<div style="text-align: justify;">Today a good amount of people in my school were wearing red for a boy who recently passed away. When they announced his death a week ago it made me remember grade eight when they announced that a really good friend of mine had passed away.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know it sounds wrong but I was almost relieved that the boy who passed away wasn't known to me. I don't know what I'd do if he was one of my friends. When my friend died almost three years ago I remember sobbing so hard. He used to be the most optimistic and friendly person. It's like Billy Joel says, only the good die young.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I remember seeing my friend in the coffin and then when they lowered him into the ground it hit me hard that he was never coming back. I sobbed like I've never sobbed before. And the worse part is, a week before his death I was telling one of my friends how I'd never been to a funeral.<br />
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Losing a loved one is always hard. I wasn't too particularly close to my friend that died and it hurts to think what would happen if one of my best friends or family members had died. <br />
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I don't want to personalize this blog, I want to let the people out there who have lost a loved one that they're not alone and that plenty of people lose someone. It's not good to keep the sadness inside of you. You're allowed to cry. Try and remember the happy things about that person, don't focus on their death. Remember all the amazing things you did before they died. That helps too. Also talk to people who were also close with that person, they're probably feeling the same way you are.<br />
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- mm</div>Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693591662809479038.post-123733391971541442010-11-19T20:43:00.006-07:002010-12-28T12:45:02.398-07:00Hi!<div style="text-align: justify;">So, as you see over there ----> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">my name is Mary Massacre and I love My Chemical Romance. Well that's not nearly all of me. To help you know me a little bit better I've written up ten facts about me. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">1. I'm 4' 9" and I'm not growing anymore</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">2. I have Scoliosis and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">3. I can bend my knees backwards</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">4. I'm a My Chemical Romance fanatic which won't be changing anytime soon</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">5. I love to write</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">6. I have morbid thoughts</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">7. I have a weird obsession with scene kids</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">8. I get emotional really easy</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">9. I am extremely paranoid</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">10. I hate physical activities (gym, sports, etc.)</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoyed my first blog post, I know I have, and that you'll continue to read my posts. I might not update everyday but I will update often. And by the way, I know my layout is horrendous but, don't worry, I'm working on a banner in my media class to improve it a bit! <br />
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- mm</div>Mary Massacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432916418269893622noreply@blogger.com0