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Your “Mogwai is Epic Stuff” Song of the Week

CajoleJuice — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:29:33 +0000

Mogwai – Mogwai Fear Satan (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRIC1kbjcwM

PS3 Owners: Please Don’t Subscribe to Qore

CajoleJuice — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:17:30 +0000

You have free online. Don’t throw it away.

If you haven’t heard of Qore, it’s a new gaming show that will be available only on PSN, and a subscription to it will include exclusive content like themes, demos, and betas. And it’s hosted by Veronica Belmont. Here’s a link about it. The fact that it’s hosted by her and I still think it’s garbage should be a warning sign.

It’s $2.99 a show or $24.99 for a year (13 episodes) subscription. Yes, it’s not really that much, but this is only the first step. Yes, it’s half the price of a year subscription to Xbox Live, but the latter is REQUIRED for a 360 owner to play online. You can already play PS3 games online for free. 360 owners are powerless once they own the console. Live is what makes the 360 worth it, but I always hoped free online on the PS3 would help drive the price down, or make MS truly pump up the features of Live somehow (dedicated servers anyone?). Unfortunately, PSN and PS3 haven’t exactly lit up the gaming world, and MS is able to get away with charging $50 a year because Live is vastly superior.

If you subscribe to Qore, you are throwing away your free online forever. Sony will make sure to come up with more online features to put a price tag on. It’s DLC all over again. The only DLC I bought was the COD4 map pack, and I wholeheartedly regret it. Especially now that PC gamers are getting them for free. Learn from my mistake. Do not spend money on Qore. There is plenty of videogame-related content on the internet readily available for free. You can live without those demos and betas. Tell Sony to shove their sly scheme up their ass. All console gamers would reap the benefits. Except Wii-only owners. But they don’t count anyway.

New Muse CD/DVD: H.A.A.R.P.

CajoleJuice — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:05:22 +0000

This Tuesday, Muse released their third concert DVD, and of course, I immediately bought it. On June 16th and 17th in 2007, Muse was the first act to sellout new Wembley Stadium with a pair of concerts. The capacity crowd of Wembley was 134, 457. Even though they’ve supposedly made it in America, they couldn’t quite sellout Madison Square Garden, and that’s probably 1/5 the size. Their popularity in England is absolutely insane.

I do find it somewhat fitting that they were the first huge band to play in the new Wembley, as the band most connected with the old Wembley is Queen, and Muse has been described by many — including myself — as a mix of Queen and Radiohead (maybe with some Rage mixed in there, especially during their concerts).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BBiWfmql0

Yes, that is an awesome performance of New Born with some filthy awesome riff added on. I could just keep posting videos of every goddamn song. But I’ll stop my Muse knob-slobbering now, for everyone’s benefit.

But not before I post this: