Recent blog posts about Muse from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/muse/ 2012-02-12T12:26:50+01:00 text/html 2012-02-12T16:42:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4055720/nothing-burns-like-the-cold/
"Marley was dead to begin with." Okay, that is stolen directly from Dickens, but I did use quotation marks. I wanted a dramatic opening, and that is one of my favorites. Winter is holding sway was all I could come up with as my first line, and it's a weak one. I wanted drama, I wanted a "Stella!" moment to describe the change in temperature. It is now is 24 on the Cape and in the teens in Boston. The sunlight has a cold look, a sharpness, to it. The sky is a deep blue but its color [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-11T17:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4054163/surely-as-cometh-the-winter-i-know-there-are-spring/
Last night I went to bed around one in the morning. It was raining enough that Gracie went under the deck to go to the bathroom. That's her new strategy, and I applaud her ingenuity. When I woke up at 10 this morning, it was snowing and it still is. The snow is big and wet. The tree branches are covered, but the busy roads are not. I had to go to the dump, and I needed a few groceries so Gracie and I braved the elements. More people were out than I expected, but the dump was pretty quiet. [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-10T17:24:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4051959/where-is-human-nature-so-weak-as-in-the-bookstore/
Today is the last of the warm days at least through the weekend. The weatherman called the weekend temperature an Arctic blast, but right now the temperatures are predicted to be in the low 202s with some rain turning to snow and accumulating as many as 3 inches. I laughed when I reread this and saw I had written "as many" as 3 inches. That's only a bit more than a dusting in New England or it used to be. This year we all seem to have refined our definition of Arctic and cold and snow storms. Right now it [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-08T18:06:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4046445/weird-al-gets-features-in-a-new-5-second-film/
One of my favorite YouTube channels right now is easily 5-Second Films . Thought there is a limit on time in the project's videos, there's no limit on hilarity. Was that corny enough? Music's greatest satirist, "Weird Al" Yankovic, was actually featured in the YouTube channel's latest episode. Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!]]> text/html 2012-02-08T07:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4044795/nme-awards-2012-le-nomination-vedono-in-pole-position/
Gli Arctic Monkeys , hanno avuto 7 nomination, dopo di loro Noel Gallagher (4 nomination), Kasabian , Florence And The Machine e Muse , con tre ciascuno. La premiazione si terr il prossimo 29 febbraio all'O2 Academy di Brixton, a Londra. Continua a leggere NME Awards 2012 : le nomination vedono in pole position gli Arctic Monkeys... Commenta »]]> text/html 2012-02-06T16:41:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4040887/if-we-had-no-winter-the-spring-would-not-be/
Okay, I am now looking forward to spring training. On February 19th, pitchers and catchers report, and opening day isn't all that far away. Last year my Red Sox shot themselves in the feet; I have higher hopes for this year. Someone has to win something. I have news. My trip to Ghana last year strengthened my love for that country. When I was leaving, I was upset that I had been there for only two weeks, and I swore I'd go back at least one more time. That one more time is in August. I am booked [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-06T16:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4040826/my-favorite-band-reunited/
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It's a sunny but cold winter's day, typical for this time of year. From my den perch, I can see the brown leaves barely fluttering so the day is a calm one. My sister in Colorado got two feet of snow, and it was 3 last night. Compared to her, I live on a tropical island. The house feels warmer today. I know it's psychological as the temperature in the house doesn't fluctuate, but cloudy days make me feel colder. Super Bowl Sunday has finally arrived. Yesterday I saw more men than I've ever seen shopping at the [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-04T22:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4037551/frontregen-ep-that-dance/
Da ich einige Zeit hier nichts geschrieben habe, ist leider auch die zweite Verffentlichung der Wiener mit dem seltsamen Namen etwas untergegangen. Dabei finden sich auf der EP "That Dance" von Frontregen 6 schicke Songs im Spannungsfeld zwischen Bjrk, Muse und Radiohead. Damit wre der Claim auch schon abgesteckt und dem Genu steht dank kostenfreier Verteilung unter Creative Commons Lizenz nichts im Wege, auer der eigenen Faulheit oder mangelndem Speicherplatz auf dem Smartphone. [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-03T17:05:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4035110/clothes-make-the-man-naked-people-have-little-or-no/
It is so cold (how cold is it?) that my computer has been freezing on me, and the air turns blue when it does. It has been a struggle this morning to get up and running. Gracie is so used to me and my computer tirades that she slept through it all. Now the computer wants to turn itself off to update. I won't let it. I am in charge. So there, HAL. Winter has returned, and it really is cold. The temperature says 30, but the weatherman said it feels more like 20. It is, [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-02T16:03:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4031979/it-happend-one-day-about-noon-going-towards-my-boat/
If the groundhog lived in these parts, he wouldn't have seen his shadow today. He'd have seen a sky filled with light gray clouds which cast no shadow. From my window, it looks cold out, but it is 43. I figure this sense of feeling cold has to do with the missing sun. When it shines, I have an illusion of warmth. In my garden, the shoots of the dafs are above the ground. I can even see some buds. Yesterday the local paper had a picture of croci (crocuses if you don't like the Latin [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-31T16:48:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4027086/mothers-are-the-necessity-of-invention/
The day is warm by winter's usual standards. It's 49, but there is a little breeze which makes the day feel colder. On days like today I'd love a jacket like the ones I had as a kid. With those, each sleeve had a jersey cuff inside which kept the wind at bay, and all the jackets had hoods attached. Nothing is worse than ears which are red and frozen. We always walked to school and never thought twice about the weather. Most families had only one car, and it left early to work with the dads. In [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-30T19:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4024742/alesia-free-mashups/
Le trio franais nous livre une srie de quatre mashups pour notre plus grand plaisir. On retrouve donc Muse mlang au titre ponyme du dernier EP de Skrillex, Afrojack dans l'une de ses dernires tracks galement, avec le tube de Calvin Harris, Awooga, Pendulum avec le regrett Mehdi et son Signatune, et enfin la trs [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-30T16:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4024073/universal-steals-music/
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Today will be a short post as I have to go to Boston. In days of yore, I used to go to Boston fairly often and never minded the trip. I'd meet friends, see a play, go out to dinner or shop. Now that I have all the time in the world, I begrudge the trip. I'd much rather sit at home and travel the Cape roads. When I was a little kid, my mother didn't drive. If we wanted to go to Boston, it meant walking up town and picking up the bus to Sullivan Square. Once [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-27T17:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4018891/in-actual-life-i-am-a-grumpy-old-bag/
The wind is blowing, and it's pouring rain. My computer decided it wanted to ignore me so it froze several times. I cursed each time and screamed in frustration once. I must scream a lot as Gracie never stirred from her nap. She just kept on snoring. Today I am grouchy and tired. My guess is the lack of sun is finally taking its toll. It's warm at 52 but what good is warm when it's so wet? I do love the rain, but I've had enough of it the last week. It rains the whole night or the whole [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-24T16:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4010835/i-dont-make-jokes-i-just-watch-the-government-and/
A mighty rain fell all night and pounded the roof. It was a sweet sound to me, and I easily fell asleep. This morning when I went out to get the papers, I saw the snow was just about gone. Only a few small piles remain, and they won't last long. It will be 50 today. No sun again this morning, just a gray sky, but the sun will be by later. I'll be happy to see it after so long. The Bruins were at the White House yesterday to be feted by the President for winning the [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-23T17:49:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4008031/if-my-mother-put-on-a-helmet-and-shoulder-pads/
When I woke up, I thought it was raining. I could hear drops falling to the deck from the roof, but when I came downstairs, I saw it wasn't rain at all. It was the sound of snow melting from the eaves and the roof. It is 42 and will stay warm for the next few days. We are back in the middle of our strange winter. My headache is gone and my teeth have stopped aching. The Patriots' AFC game yesterday was the culprit which caused the pain. It was an amazing game, not a good game, [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-22T17:44:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4005625/it-looks-like-something-out-of-whittiers-snowbound-julia-said/
About 8 or 9 inches of snow fell yesterday. The stuff is pretty, no question about it, but pretty never lasts long enough. I got plowed out last night by my factotum but a bit more fell, mostly from the ocean effect. Because it was warmer earlier this morning, the new snow melted off the walkway, the car windshield and the roof. Icicles now hang off the roof edge. They look like teeth needing orthodontia. It's cold, only 31, and the sky is gray cloudy. I'll watch the Pats play the Ravens this afternoon. If I had tickets [...]]]>