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<title><![CDATA[There Be Squabbles Ahead!]]></title>
<link>http://lexiconofsound.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/there-be-squabbles-ahead/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kez</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a band I&#8217;ve wanted to talk about for quite some time, but I was never quite sure how t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is a band I&#8217;ve w<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-199" title="610px-Stolen_Babies_-_There_Be_Squabbles_Ahead" src="http://lexiconofsound.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/610px-stolen_babies_-_there_be_squabbles_ahead.jpg" alt="610px-Stolen_Babies_-_There_Be_Squabbles_Ahead" width="225" height="222" />anted to talk about for quite some time, but I was never quite sure how to go about it.  Stolen Babies is a band that comes straight out of left-field in terms of being original and outright strange.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m finding this band especially hard to classify in terms of genre.  Stolen Babies is a unique blend of avant-garde, metal, goth, industrial, and last but not least progressive.  With songs often featuring unusual  instruments such as accordion, glockenspiel, ozark harp, baby sitar and marimba in addition to the usual guitar/drums/bass/keyboards. It&#8217;s a listening experience you won&#8217;t soon forget.</p>
<p>Lead singer Dominique Lenore Persi delivers an impressive number of vocal styles; from sweet pop, to cabaret inspired theatrics, to blistering black metal styled screams. While certainly not for everyone, I recommend you give their debut album <em>There Be Squabbles Ahead</em> a shot, you may even surprise yourself.</p>
<p>Below is <em>Push Button</em> off their debut album <em>There Be Squabbles Ahead</em>.</p>
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<p>Until next time</p>
<p>- <em>Kez</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Baby Stolen From Hospital While Mom Is In A Coma]]></title>
<link>http://growingyourbaby.com/2009/07/27/baby-stolen-from-hospital-while-mom-is-in-a-coma/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>growingyourbaby</dc:creator>
<guid>http://growingyourbaby.com/2009/07/27/baby-stolen-from-hospital-while-mom-is-in-a-coma/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A South African Hospital is scrambling to find out how a two-week-old baby boy was snatched from a m]]></description>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">A South African Hospital is scrambling to find out how a two-week-old baby boy was snatched from a maternity ward without his nurses or security guards noticing.</span>
<p style="font-weight:bold;">The incident happened on Saturday night after visiting hours.
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<p style="font-weight:bold;">The missing baby was born on July 14 and his mother was discharged soon afterwards.  When the new mom returned to collect him she fell ill ,was admitted and then fell into a coma shortly after .</p>
<p style="font-weight:bold;">Each room in the ward holds two or more infants sleeping in bassinets beside their mothers. The missing baby had been in a room with his mom along with one other baby.</p>
<p style="font-weight:bold;">Police say there were five- to 10-minute intervals between the times that nurses and security guards checked each room.  Video surveillance is only positioned at the entrance of the hospital, not each ward.</p>
<p style="font-weight:bold;">Normally, stolen babies who have successfully made it out of the hospital only get returned when someone who knows the baby thief calls police.
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<p style="font-weight:bold;">Quite often they are women who have recently lost a baby or can&#8217;t conceive.</p>
<p style="font-weight:bold;">I hope that this baby is returned before his mother comes out of her coma.  My heart goes out to this family.
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<p><a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.pretorianews.co.za/?fSectionId=&#38;fArticleId=vn20090726000157294C890818">SOURCE</a>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]></title>
<link>http://metalmusicmania.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/the-dillinger-escape-plan/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>molco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://metalmusicmania.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/the-dillinger-escape-plan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Dillinger Escape Plan (sometimes abbreviated DEP or TDEP) is an American experimental mathcore b]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ladies and gents... slow runner]]></title>
<link>http://mygirlfriendsjeans.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/ladies-and-gents-slow-runner/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amandamae</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mygirlfriendsjeans.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/ladies-and-gents-slow-runner/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, okay, I promise I&#8217;ll lay off the Slow Runner talk for a bit after this. These guys are j]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Okay, okay, I promise I&#8217;ll lay off the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/slowrunner" target="_blank">Slow Runner</a> talk for a bit after this. These guys are just so awesome, and made my life a little brighter by ending their tour with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/williamfitzsimmons" target="_blank">William Fitzsimmons</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/CaitlinCrosby" target="_blank">Caitlin Crosby</a> here in Chicago at the House of Blues. I mean, whoa.</p>
<p>Last Saturday was Chicago&#8217;s kick-off to the holiday season, the lights festival &#38; parade. Argh. For me this meant many more potential customers at the store and messed up public transit. Luckily my place of employment is within reasonable walking distance from the House of Blues, so I wasn&#8217;t too concerned. When I got off work (shortly after the parade started), I saw I had some texts from Josh, the drummer, asking if I wouldn&#8217;t mind doin&#8217; my thing and working merch. Heck no! That&#8217;s what I do, son! So I scurried over to the HoB and meet up with the lovely fellas I haven&#8217;t seen in months.<!--more--></p>
<p>After some chitchat in the restaurant, we headed backstage. There weren&#8217;t enough passes to go around, but we managed okay. The dressing room was adjourned to another that held at least some of the other bands playing the main stage (my boys were at the Back Porch stage). The main stage acts were Lizzie Borden, Stolen Babies, and LORDI. Um&#8230; can you say awesome? The band members had to pass through our room to get to the stage, and we had great fun watching these TOTAL GOTH guys running around looking like zombies in leather. And supposedly Lordi plays in some kind of armor? That would have been a treat to see. As it was, we were able to sneak onto the balcony and catch some of Stolen Babies&#8217; set. Their lead singer is a chick who screams and plays accordion, and the bass player had a fake severed hand hanging from his mic stand. I couldn&#8217;t understand a word that was sung, but who cares? I got to see a bit of a band called Stolen Babies!</p>
<p>After some confusion about where merch was to be set up, the hostess found us a table off in the corner where no one could see us. I was concerned it was too out of the way, but as it turns out, I had to reason to fear. I laid out the t-shirts, posters, and three albums and got settled in for the night. I had two friends meeting me there, and they opted to sit closer to the stage, but I did switch off merching duties with one of the guys with Caitlin Crosby and Josh and chatted some with my friends Adam and Sam.</p>
<p>I unfortunately didn&#8217;t catch much of Caitlin&#8217;s set because the crowd was still settling and so was I. But her voice sounded fantastic, and the rest of the guys obviously thought she was something special. She seemed pretty perky, and no where near the irritation levels I get from the other female singer/songwriters from L.A. I meet. I&#8217;m looking forward to watching her career grow.</p>
<p>Then came my reason for living that night, my Slow Runner boys. Their guitarist Scott was back in Charleston diligently working to get his degree without futher delays, so William F. sat in for some rock. Otherwise they played as a trio. Adam turned to me right as they started and asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s one of your favorite songs by them?&#8221; At that moment SR broke into &#8220;Long Division&#8221; and I could reply like I was in a movie, &#8220;This one!&#8221; As far as the set goes, they played everything I wanted to hear except &#8220;You&#8217;re In Luck,&#8221; and that&#8217;s just fine. Loads of great energy, Michael was charming as ever, and the crowd REALLY enjoyed it. And you wanna know how I know the crowd REALLY enjoyed it? We sold more merch that night than any other stop on the tour! Go Chicago! And I love it when the staff from the venue comes over the buy CDs. Those poor people have to deal with so many awful bands and fans, and for them to fork over tip money to buy TWO CDs really says something.</p>
<p>My guyfriends seemed to take a shine to Jonny, the bass player. Most guys do. He&#8217;s a man&#8217;s man in the indie music world. I think it&#8217;s mainly got to do with the handlebar mustache that has become legendary in the Southeast. He&#8217;s also a married father of three who lugs a stand-up bass all over the country and seems to always have a bourbon and water at hand (and can manage to procure it even if the venue isn&#8217;t as forthcoming with providing it on the rider). Yep, buff.</p>
<p>Mr. Fitzsimmons is a very mellow singer/songwriter, and by the time his set started I was fading a little. I don&#8217;t have the stamina I used to. But I pushed forward and made it through. SR sat in for a few of his songs, and I kept grabbing the display copies of his album on the merch table and mentally checking off the songs I liked and which album they were off of. I decided I needed to get his album <em>Goodnight</em> first. Definitely something for the Iron &#38; Wine/Jose Gonzalez crowd. He&#8217;s also got some distinctive facial hair (a beard of GREATNESS) and challenged Jonny to an applause-o-meter contest to see who had the better folical features. William won, but only by a little. I mean, he does have t-shirts with a drawing of his beard on them.</p>
<p>It was great to see my old friends again, hear them play, and discover some new bands to check out. (I also heard Josh give a solid endorsement for Duncan Sheik&#8217;s <em>Phantom Moon</em> album, so that&#8217;s been added to the list.) And just to top it all off, the boys gave me cab fare because we got out so late, so I got home quickly and safely. And thus my winter hibernation was put off a little bit longer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stolen Babies - <em>There Be Squabbles Ahead</em>]]></title>
<link>http://ipsevenenabibas.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/stolen-babies-there-be-squabbles-ahead/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yap</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ipsevenenabibas.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/stolen-babies-there-be-squabbles-ahead/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Que pensez-vous d&#8217;ouvrir ce blog en musique ? Et je vous propose pour ce faire un petit coup d]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reseña del Mes: "There Be Squabbles Ahead" (Stolen Babies) (2006).]]></title>
<link>http://munguis.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/resena-del-mes-there-be-squabbles-ahead-stolen-babies-2006/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>munguis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://munguis.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/resena-del-mes-there-be-squabbles-ahead-stolen-babies-2006/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Los Stolen Babies son una banda californiana que ha sido encasillada bajo la &#8220;etiqueta&#8221; ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>L</strong>os <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Stolen+Babies" target="_blank">Stolen Babies</a> son una banda californiana que ha sido encasillada bajo la &#8220;etiqueta&#8221; de metal avant-garde. ¿Qué es metal avant-garde? En pocas palabras es una variante del metal caracterizada por la experimentación, el uso de instrumentos y estructuras ajenas al metal, pero sobre todo, propone una INNOVACIÓN sobre un género que, al igual que otros, tiene muy poquito hacia dónde moverle. Sin embargo gracias a los variados proyectos &#8220;avant-garde&#8221; de <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Mike+Patton" target="_blank">Mike Patton</a> el metal aún vive y colea.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En un lenguaje un poco mas comparativo los Stolen Babies pudieran ser el resultado de unos <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Yeah+Yeah+Yeahs" target="_blank">Yeah Yeah Yeahs</a> con muchos más huevos (además de un bajeo consistente) con un toque de la influencia del &#8220;dark cabaret&#8221; de los <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Dresden+Dolls" target="_blank">Dresden Dolls</a>. Fuera de eso, los Stolen Babies son una banda bastante auténtica que ha sabido sumar una gruesa cantidad de seguidores, sobre todo por la actitud y energía que suelen derrochar en sus toquines.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El disco ofrece el primer obstáculo para determinar si es para ti o no: &#8220;Spill!&#8221; si ni los gritos de la vocal (Dominique Persi) ni el atasque de instrumentos te desagradaron, pues ya estás del otro lado, de lo contrario tal vez debas oir las siguientes canciones para juzgar por completo el disco. <em><strong><a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/26/188528/musica/02.%20awful%20fall.mp3" target="_blank">&#8220;Awful Fall&#8221;</a></strong></em> muestra una cara ligeramente mas accesible acompañada por una firme y pegajosa línea de bajo, en esta ocasión Dominique deja de gritar y muestra un tono un poco más amigable cantando al ritmo de la canción.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Las influencias carnavalezcas destacan en los siguientes tracks, &#8220;Filistata&#8221;, &#8220;A Year of Judges&#8221; o &#8220;Swint? or Slude?&#8221; pueden hacernos sentir en un circo al estilo <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton" target="_blank">Tim Burton</a>, lleno de seres anormales, tétricos y enfermos. <em><strong><a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/26/188528/musica/05.%20so%20close.mp3" target="_blank">&#8220;So Close&#8221;</a></strong></em> se acerca peligrosamente a territorios del mismisimo POP, sin embargo sale airosa del coqueteo como una canción sólida digna de pertenecer al playlist de la fiesta del anfitrión conocedor. <em><strong><a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/26/188528/musica/08.%20mind%20your%20eyes.mp3" target="_blank">&#8220;Mind Your Eyes&#8221;</a></strong></em> es una excelente pieza de metal con un Gil Sharone empleándose a fondo en la batería (de ahí que los <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Dillinger+Escape+Plan" target="_blank">TDEP</a> lo hayan invitado a echarles mano en su más reciente <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Dillinger+Escape+Plan/Ire+Works" target="_blank">&#8220;Ire Works&#8221;)</a>. Después &#8220;Lifeless&#8221; puede adormilar un poco con esa balada a lo Evanescense (aunque claro, no TAN culero), pero <em><strong><a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/26/188528/musica/10.%20tall%20tells.mp3" target="_blank">&#8220;Tall Tells&#8221;</a></strong></em> te despierta con ese metal combinado con trompetas, no es algo que se escuche muy seguido, pero en este caso se escucha muy bien. &#8220;Push Button&#8221; sorprende por su fiereza mientras que &#8220;Gathering Fingers&#8221; es un claro ejemplo de cómo se puede experimentar con el metal. Finalmente &#8220;The Button Has Been Pushed&#8221; concluye con este inesperado y bizarro carnaval. No es el clásico disco que le gusta a toda la gente (generalmente nada de lo que recomiendo lo es <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  ), sin embargo puede ayudarte en tu búsqueda de algo desafiante que se desprenda un poco de toda la tendencia actual.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hasta el otro mes, donde les hablaré de un disco de mi banda favorita.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¡Quémate un disco! (4).]]></title>
<link>http://munguis.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/%c2%a1quemate-un-disco-4/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>munguis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://munguis.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/%c2%a1quemate-un-disco-4/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El disco que todo mundo esperaba para este final de semestre. Enooooooorme. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>E</strong>l disco que todo mundo esperaba para este final de semestre. Enooooooorme.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>01. <em>&#8220;And the Bit Just Chokes Them&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Cursive" target="_blank">Cursive</a>.</p>
<p>02. <em>&#8220;Discipline&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Nine+Inch+Nails" target="_blank">Nine Inch Nails</a>. (puro ritmo)</p>
<p>03. <em>&#8220;So Close&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Stolen+Babies" target="_blank">Stolen Babies</a>.</p>
<p>04. <em>&#8220;Highly Suspicious&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/My+Morning+Jacket" target="_blank">My Morning Jacket</a>. (bizarramente adictiva jaja)</p>
<p>05. <em>&#8220;Grapevine Fires&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Death+Cab+for+Cutie" target="_blank">Death Cab for Cutie</a>.</p>
<p>06. <em>&#8220;An Animal in Your Care&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Wolf+Parade" target="_blank">Wolf Parade</a>.</p>
<p>07. <em>&#8220;Playhouses&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/TV+on+the+Radio" target="_blank">TV on the Radio</a>.</p>
<p>08. <em>&#8220;Lonesome Organist Rapes Page&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Dresden+Dolls" target="_blank">The Dresden Dolls</a>.</p>
<p>09. <em>&#8220;An Honest Mistake&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Bravery" target="_blank">The Bravery</a>.</p>
<p>10. <em>&#8220;Do Me a Favour&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Arctic+Monkeys">Arctic Monkeys</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">11. <em>&#8220;The Golden Age&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Beck" target="_blank">Beck</a>. (del super-ignorado <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Beck/Sea+Change" target="_blank">&#8220;Sea Change&#8221;</a>)</p>
<p>12. <em>&#8220;Hell Is Chrome&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Wilco" target="_blank">Wilco</a>. :&#8217;(</p>
<p>13. <em>&#8220;Witch&#8217;s Web&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/...And+You+Will+Know+Us+by+the+Trail+of+Dead" target="_blank">&#8230;And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead</a>.</p>
<p>14. <em>&#8220;Dragón&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Zurdok" target="_blank">Zurdok</a>.</p>
<p>15. <em>&#8220;Shitkicker&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Atomic+Bitchwax" target="_blank">The Atomic Bitchwax</a>. (yeah dude)</p>
<p>16. <em>&#8220;Bummer&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Monster+Magnet" target="_blank">Monster Magnet</a>.</p>
<p>17. <em>&#8220;Omega Glory&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Dozer" target="_blank">Dozer</a>.</p>
<p>18. <em>&#8220;Quincy The Pigboy&#8221;</em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/Orange+Goblin" target="_blank">Orange Goblin</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Today's Listening]]></title>
<link>http://jshopa.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/todays-listening/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Stolen Babies: There Be Squabbles Ahead &#8211; Take one part Mars Volta and mix with one part Mr. B]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[if your girl screams like this]]></title>
<link>http://nexuslex.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/if-your-girl-screams-like-this/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nexuslex</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nexuslex.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/if-your-girl-screams-like-this/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[you are either doing something very right or very wrong, is Rattenmann´s headline trying to capture ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[L'INCREDIBILE PIANO DI FUGA DI DILLINGER]]></title>
<link>http://baronedelmale.com/2008/03/23/lincredibile-piano-di-fuga-di-dillinger/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mimhe</dc:creator>
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22/03/2008<br />
Vidia Rock Club (Cesena)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Devo dire che l&#8217;attesa non era poca, per un motivo o per l&#8217;altro la venuta dei The Dillinger Escapa Plan in Italia scivolava da un po&#8217; di tempo mettendo da parte la speranza di vedere (o ri-vedere) gli alfieri del math-core nello stivale. Ed invece ecco sopraggiungere la buona novella “22 Marzo 2008, The Dillinger Escape Plan &#8211; Poison The Well – Stolen Babies @ Vidia Rock Club UNICA DATA ITALIANA”&#8230; e chi se lo perde?!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Il tempo passa ed il 22 marzo si avvicina fra gli ossessivi ascolti dei vari “Ire Works”,  “Calculating Infinity” e “Miss Machine” intersecati dalle produzioni di marca “Poison The Well”. Tutto fila a gonfie vele a tal punto che fatico a credere che il giorno prima del live termini con l&#8217;ottimo concerto dei Dead Meadow in contemporanea ed in antitesi alla mondovisione della “Via Crucis”.  Le ore continuano a trascorrere, la mia “prima volta” con i DEP si avvicina gradualmente: il Vidia promette una gran serata e le ultime positive note dei “Figure Of Six” (band metalcore italiana investita dal non facile compito di aprire le danze), malgrado sembrino facenti parte di pezzi un po&#8217; troppo piatti, ne sono la conferma. I giovani romagnoli finiscono la propria session ed i tecnici del locale cominciano a smontare per il cambio di palco, i tempi morti fra una band e l&#8217;altra sembrano non finire mai ed in effetti sono davvero lunghi, passano più di trenta minuti prima che si spengano le luci e salgano sul palco gli “Stolen Babies”.<br />
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La band ora è pronta, l&#8217;impatto scenico a metà fra il circense ed il decadente e fa ben sperare anche se l&#8217;eccessiva artificiosità della strumentazione (bidoni di latta, tastiere, controtastiere, fisarmoniche etc&#8230;) mi fa sorridere e rendendomi piuttosto scettico nei confronti della performance che sta per iniziare; il live parte e i cinque “pagliacci” cominciano a suonare&#8230; non male anche se l&#8217;attesa per quello che accadrà a breve li oscura, riesco solo a definire delle linee guida con cui strutturare il mio giudizio sulla band: un calibrato mix di “Dresden Doll”, “Mudvayne” e “Sleepytime Gorilla Museum” molto molto “Mr. Bungleiano” in cui si distinguono la brava e carina “front-girl”, il discreto e “non-morto” bassista ma soprattutto un “terremotino sedato” alla batteria (non a caso il tizio in questione è Gil Sharone dei Dillinger). Gli Stolen lentamente esauriscono le cartucce portando a compimento uno “spettacolino” in definitiva simpatico, gradevole ma un po&#8217; fine a se stesso e forse penalizzato dall&#8217;amplificazione della chitarra decisamente da rivedere e quasi inesistente. Altro cambio di palco, altri trenta minuti; conscio dei tempi sta volta ne approfitto per andare a prender da bere, la fila al bar è lunga ma non è un gran problema infatti quando torno avanti al palco ci sono ancora degli “operatori del suono” alle prese con fastidiosi fischi. Dopo ancora qualche minuto ecco arrivare il momento dei “Poison The Well”, al “pronti-via” manca solo il vocalist. Lo show inizia e quando da dietro l&#8217;impianto salta fuori Jeffrey Moreira si avverte subito che qualcosa non va, la voce è bassissima; lo screamer della band di Miami fa cenno verso il mixer di alzare il volume, questo avviene, ma forse eccessivamente, e da quel momento il cantato sarà irrimediabilmente compromesso. I PTW nonostante tutto non perdono un colpo ed allestiscono un concerto di altissimo livello, il pogo impazza ed il pubblico sembra un mare in tempesta; la scaletta proposta dalla band alterna alla perfezione pezzi più vecchi a quelli dell&#8217;ultimo album e quando sul finale parte il riff di “Nerdy” è l&#8217;apoteosi: i chitarristi si esaltano e con loro arriva la grande risposta degli spettatori del Vidia. Un live stupefacente in cui l&#8217;offerta dei nostri ne esce a testa alta mostrandosi molto più core di quanto non sia su disco ed annullando la parola “emo” dall&#8217;etichetta (emo-core) che troppo spesso si attribuisce erroneamente ai loro suoni.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Gli standard della serata che fin qui si mantenevano su livelli molto alti non facevano che riempire il cuore di aspettative per il gran finale e, pensare che stava per toccare ai The Dillinger Escape Plan, sviliva tutto ciò che era accaduto fin a quel momento; così eccoci all&#8217;ultimo cambio di palco&#8230; come al solito approfitto della tempistica dilatata per andar a prender da bere, al mio ritorno i tecnici sul palco stavano piazzando degli strani minipalchetti e si affrettavano a togliere tutto ciò che era di troppo dal back-line mentre uno strano tipo in compagnia di Jeff Tuttle e Liam Wilson provava gli strumenti&#8230; arriva anche il batterista ci siamo&#8230; manca solo Greg Puciato, di colpo il palco si svuota completamente e le luci calano&#8230;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">A questo punto bisogna che faccia una premessa: era la prima volta che vedevo i DEP dal vivo, certo mi attendevo una grande band, ma legata agli standard di perfezione che il mio cervello fino a quel momento contemplava. Vi dico solo che a fine concerto questi standard sono andati a farsi fottere a causa dell&#8217;immensità dell&#8217;evento.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">La “voce fuori campo” di Puciato ancora dietro le quinte fa da preludio all&#8217;inizio dello stage, entra la band e si parte, prima mazzata, Panasonic Youth e il palestrato frontmen che schizza a farsi una passeggia sulle capoccie del pubblico (esattamente come nel celebre filmato al Virgin mega store), i DEP sono un frullatore, il mio cervello non ce la fa stare dietro a tutte le informazioni che la band spara alla velocità della luce. Chitarre che volano ad ogni angolo e nel mentre dai loro amplificatori escono frasi pazzesche, il pubblico è in delirio e la band non si ferma un attimo: “43% Burnt”, “Fix Your Face”, “Lurch” il Vidia è l&#8217;inferno ed i musicisti sono in forma strepitosa. Quando arriva &#8220;Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants&#8221; la gente impazzisce più di quanto non lo fosse già e Weinman e soci fanno capire che quello “non è un posto per vecchi”, l&#8217;obbiettivo dei cinque sembra quello di continuare a frullare a discapito delle parti più puramente “fusion” che non trovano spazio. I Dillinger continuano a spinger sull&#8217;accelleratore ed il palco si trasforma in una città da scalare, i nostri sembrano essersi trasformati in King-Kong ed amplificatori ed impianto in grattacieli su cui arrampicarsi, le note intanto si sprecano e la qualità del suonato non accenna a diminuire; i pezzi di “Ire Works” reggono molto bene l&#8217;impatto live meglio di quanto non facciano su disco. I ragazzi del New- Jersey pare vogliano dimostrare di essere la miglior live-band, almeno, degli ultimi dieci anni. Il concerto procede fra pezzi vecchi e nuovi: “Black Bubblegum”, “Sugar Coated Sour” e via discorrendo fino ad un finale impensabile in cui Puciato sembra voler superare ogni “barriera architettonica” del palco e dopo un rapido test si trasforma in Stallonne di Chliffhanger: scala per l&#8217;ennesima volta le casse laterali del locale romagnolo e mira a quelle che calano dal soffitto, prima una scossa poi uno strattone alla catena che tiene sospesa la strumentazione e dopo qualche secondo si trova appeso sull&#8217;impalcatura posta appena sotto il soffitto. Il pubblico delira ma la perizia tecnica dei musicisti non diminuisce. Al finale manca pochissimo e la band è disseminata qua e là in tutto il locale. Non ricordo esattamente quale sia stato l&#8217;ultimo pezzo, mi sembra  “Sunshine the Werewolf”. Quando i DEP smettono non riesco a prender coscienza di quello che avevo visto ed i miei neuroni faticano a tornare al loro posto dopo esser stati presi a schiaffi per più di un ora, ancora adesso a meno di ventiquattrore le orecchie mi continuano a rimbombare ed il mio cervello non si da pace e non si capacita di aver assistito davvero tutto ciò da una delle migliori band in circolazione, se non la migliore in fatto di live.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Chi c&#8217;era potrà dire: “Ho visto cose che voi umani non potete neppure immaginare!”</p>
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<link>http://chickensforrent.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/new-music-stuff/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chickensforrent</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So as many of you know, I don&#8217;t really ever listen to the radio.  If I like a song, it&#8217;s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So as many of you know, I don&#8217;t really ever listen to the radio.  If I like a song, it&#8217;s usually one that&#8217;s been out for at least 6 months to a year, but it my mind it&#8217;s new!   Well I&#8217;ve been listening to some music here lately that you should all check out if you get the chance.  You&#8217;ve probably already heard most of it, but humor me.</p>
<p>Amy Winehouse- I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d like her, but I saw her performance at the Grammys and thought, &#8220;Wow, she&#8217;s not that bad! She&#8217;s actually pretty good!&#8221;  And she looked absolutely terrified when she won a Grammy.  It was pretty amazing.  If you&#8217;ve never listened to her, check her out!</p>
<p>Stolen Babies- My friend recommended this band to me, and I liked it from the beginning.  To me, it&#8217;s like Panic at the Disco meets Flyleaf.  Check em out.</p>
<p>Arctic Monkeys- Weird, but good.</p>
<p>Panic at the Disco&#8217;s new song- Nine in the Afternoon.  Go watch the video.  It&#8217;s pretty great.  I actually think I like it better than the old stuff.  I LOVE the old stuff, but this new song is pretty awesome.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all for today!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Lacuna Coil News Update.]]></title>
<link>http://viaheadphones.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/big-lacuna-coil-news-update/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kortney E.</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lacuna Coil can be seen soon on the Jagermeister Music Tour along with Stone Sour and Shadows Fall w]]></description>
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