mikeatron85

With the other shows apparently featuring only 1 main stage, is anyone else concerned/predicting that LP's set will be cut even shorter? Perhaps to 60 minutes rather than 75? Also, they open these shows with either OSC or APFMH, they'll have the audience wrapped around their little fingers for the rest of the set (provided they keep the energy up of course).

I was convinced LP and Blink would get 85/90 minute sets, so this news was a little disappointing to hear. I don't envy the organisers. People are losing their sh*t all over the Soundwave Facebook page as well as twitter because of the clash between Metallica and Blink/Offspring. Supposedly, at the remaining shows, there is only going to be the one (well two) main stage, rather than the current two (four) main stages. They've also said the headliners will all play one after the other on the main stage. Can't help but wonder why they didn't do that for these two shows. Random!

I wouldn't classify that as a solution. And as I mentioned, the shop stopped responding to emails - so what else was I to do? And though I had good reason for making that comment based on this transaction alone, my issue with PayPal extends beyond this particular case. I only have myself to blame though, since I continue to use their 'services'

Hey guys, Just dropping in to give you a warning about the company EMP that were supposedly distributing the 5" vinyl version of CASTLE OF GLASS. After ordering 5 of these back in December (had to order 5 before they would ship to Australia), the release date constantly changed, to which I received numerous emails from EMP advising of the change. The other day I received an email saying 5 'MAXI CDs' of COG had been shipped. Noticing the 'CD' part of that not actually saying 5" vinyl, I queried with them. They responded that it was no longer being released on vinyl so they sent me the CDs instead - without even asking me! I responded that I was furious they had done this, to which they simply said 'refuse the delivery when it arrives and once it makes its way back to us, we'll refund you the money'. I told them that this wasn't good enough, that they had made a significant change to the order without my consent and that I was just expected to cop the charge until they get the items back in weeks. And guess what? No reply. I've tried disputing the charge with PayPal (who are just as useless), but because the original order was over 45 days ago, I'm straight out of luck.

Did you mean 'No Roads Left'? Because 'No Roads Left' is absolutely different to the version I have on my Minutes To Midnight tour edition CD! This new iTunes version is kind of like the Iridescent single mix - ie, they've added in additional drums to the beginning. Massive WTF?!

I guess I mean irrelevant in terms of the types of movies that are nominated for awards. This year being an exception, I'm quite sure the average box office of the nominated films has been on a steady decline since 07/09? And of course, big box office doesn't necessarily mean great quality... but there are some great movies that have done well at the box office, had universal critical acclaim, popular among the public yet they've been totally overlooked by the academy. And the fact that Skyfall earned what, 3-5 nominations? Irks the living hell out of me (enjoyed the movie, but feel it is severely overrated).

No surprise there Disappointed though, as I really liked that song. Kind of off-topic: I feel like the Oscars are becoming increasingly irrelevant year on year. Anyone else agree?

Bro's GF is going to be spewing. She's over that way end of this month but is back just a few weeks before. AND, she's traveling to Melbourne with us for the Melbourne show, so travel for the band isn't out of the question for her. Would love to be going to this but the remainder of the Aussie tour is already costing me a small fortune... plus, don't think I'll be able to get any additional leave from work Have fun NZers!

Absolutely. Will do it when I get home from work And here you all go http://www.sendspace.com/file/xa0072 If that file expires, let me know and I'll add this to my Dropbox account instead.

I still have the half side-by-side 3D HD rip of this. Would have been awesome if they included it in the frame sequential format on the Blu-ray 3D of Dark Of The Moon though - the quality of the YouTube upload was pretty poor (needed a higher bitrate for the fast moving scenes towards the end of the video).

Hey guys, Bit of an interesting one. 'Razors.Out' from the film that Mike Shinoda scored, 'The Raid', has been listed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a possible contender for a nomination in the category of Original Song at the Oscars: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=97967 Good job Mike! Hopefully he lands a nomination, but I'm not hopeful with THAT much competition Still, nice to be acknowledged by the Academy that he could receive a nom!

Very true, though I'd have to question how much exposure either of those got within the general public. AFAIK, both were internet-only videos that wouldn't have had much exposure in mainstream. Abe wasn't a huge hit either It'd be very disappointing if a song like that wasn't utilised better than it has been so far

I can only hear those effects on the multi-angled version. It wasn't there on the standard broadcast and isn't on the version that I downloaded either. If you listen carefully, those effects are even audible on the presenter talking after the band finishes (on the multi-angle version). Shame, because the mix on this version did sound a lot better than the broadcast version.

My vote goes to a proper video for POWERLESS. Though I'd also be happy with either IN MY REMAINS or I'LL BE GONE (as long as POWERLESS gets a proper single release at some point).

Thought it was an excellent performance of the song (except for Joe's stuff up at the beginning). I know he's said that the best part of a live show is the end (because he gets to go home after that), but goddamn! As others have said, so many stuff ups lately. They NAILED the final chorus IMO - loved how Chester's vocals were much louder in the mix, even though the four singing was rather epic. If you check out gametrailers.com, they are hosting the entire show in parts. Part 5 is the LP performance and it's quite easy to rip a nice quality mp4 from it when you choose the 'progressive' option, rather than 'streaming'.

I thought the band were really on form with that performance. Yes, would have preferred a different track to be played but it was a good rendition of BURN IT DOWN. Why no flamey flames in the first half of the song though?

Is that Dell offer still running? I have an idea.

Good idea - will check out the YouTube version soon. Though I don't expect it to be a problem with the player/hardware - tried it on both the computer (with VLC) and also on my projector using a Samsung Blu-ray player that plays all kinds of files - looked exactly the same. Will report back tonight! EDIT: Just watched the YouTube versions (on a different machine) and the frame rate issue is there. It's pretty minimal but definitely there. I only really notice this stuff as I do a fair bit of video conversion work. Other than that, decent rip. The audio is great

Was watching the 1080i cap posted on lp-bits. You would think (and hope) that a TV station can do a correct frame rate conversion! Though the fact that this version has come from a 25fps broadcast and was shot in NTSC format leads me to believe somewhere along the line, MTV stuffed up

Is the frame rate issue present in all broadcast versions? You may notice that every couple of seconds the image seems to pause for a very, VERY split second (more noticeable on quick-moving crowd pan shots). This usually happens when they try converting source material from one frame rate to another (and could possibly be because it was filmed in Mexico and then broadcast elsewhere with a different frame rate) - only asking as I wasn't sure which region the 1080 rip was capped from. SPEWING the medley wasn't in this version

Showed this to a few people last night - all positive reactions. My mum actually said 'it would have made a good movie' (I didn't tell her it was a tie-in with the game). Seemed to get a few positive reactions on my FB wall too.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/10/medal-of-...upid-conclusion Looks like not everyone is of the same opinion as us...

Exactly how I felt. I think the person who went 3-paragraph spastic at the video earlier might have missed this. It wasn't condoning war at all... simply making the comment that it can be a vicious cycle - representing that in the most plain and simple way. Amazing video. Watched it several times before work, loaded the 1080p version onto my iPhone and took it with me

I just downloaded the Englewood, CO show - WTF. 20 seconds into TINFOIL, there's a scratch/static sound. It's definitely on the track as I've replayed it a number of times. I guess emailing to complain is going to be futile? Then they wonder why people don't want to pay for these things!!!

Thought people might want to check this out: http://penny-arcade.com/comic They suppose that's funny? Their work is weak as f*ck lately. No offence to people who like PA still.