Something I Need To Get Off My Chest: Lay Off The ‘Heed!

You’ve been warned – this is soap box time.

I’m a male. I’ve lived for 29+ years, mostly in either Virginia or North Carolina. I am an audiophile. I am a technophile. I love reading, going to the movies, and playing video games. I studied film at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, earning a B.A. in Communications. I worked for 5-6years for CBS Radio in which I worked in promotions and sales. Concurrently to the later portion of my tenure at CBS Radio, I went to school at Johns Hopkins University studying digital technology and the means by which people communicate, for which I will earn a M.A. in Communications this May.

All of the above equates to one thing – my favorite band doesn’t owe me a DAMN THING.

So where is this coming from?

Year Of The Black Rainbow

This Tuesday, April 13th, brought the release of the fifth Coheed and Cambria album – Year Of The Black Rainbow.

“Harbinger of doom and art critic. Your evil knows no bounds” – from Year Of The Black Rainbow, the novel companion.

Coheed and Cambria has been called many things throughout it’s career – rock, emo, prog-rock, alt-rock – the list can go on. I think that it depends on the album you’re listening to which determines the sound. Unlike most bands, Coheed and Cambria uses their albums to tell a story, each album providing a little bit more information than the last. Serving as a prequel to the other four albums, Year Of The Black Rainbow provides the origins of characters established in The Second Stage Turbine Blade, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol 1: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness, and Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow.

The Willing Well: Part 2

Second video.

The Viral Campaign Begins

Coheed & Cambria have gone viral.