{"id":529,"date":"2011-10-13T00:11:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T05:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=529"},"modified":"2011-10-13T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:01:13","slug":"lights-of-ecstatic-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Lights of Ecstatic Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

November is going to be the bestestist month ever. Super Mario 3D Land<\/strong> and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword<\/strong> come out a week apart from each other, and the latter comes bundled with a CD of the Zelda 25th anniversary symphony tour and a gold Wiimote. But besting even my insatiable lust for Nintendo games (and swag, and VGM), I’m going to see Matthew Good in concert.<\/p>\n

If I had a bucket list, seeing Matthew Good live in concert would be damn near the top of my bucket list.<\/p>\n

Van Halen might have been the first act I really liked, but Matthew Good was the first artist I ever truly got into. After getting Beautiful Midnight<\/span> for a birthday or Christmas or something and listening to it every night for months, I was hooked. Napster hit the scene not long after, and I was able to listen to some of Matthew Good Band’s older tracks, but was constantly put out because I wasn’t able to find their previous album, Underdogs<\/span>, no matter how hard I looked.<\/p>\n

Back then I was still fairly green as far a music goes, and I was unsure about asking for the follow-up album, The Audio of Being<\/span>, because I hadn’t heard any music from it (a trait I still have). I really wanted Underdogs, but I ended up getting The Audio of Being for Christmas in aught-one, and I may have listened to that one even more than Beautiful Midnight. I know that for several months, I not only put it on to listen to as I fell asleep, but also listened to it repeatedly as I whiled away my after-school hours on an emulated copy of Picross 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Over the years I’ve lost the vigor to keep up with new CD releases, so whenever I see a new Matthew Good album on store shelves, it’s like a tiny little Christmas for me. The two that really got my blood pumping though, were In A Coma<\/span> and Live at Massey Hall<\/span>. He actually did a tour to support In A Coma right after it’s release, but it was a bar show, and since I was afraid of bars at the time, I didn’t go.<\/p>\n

In A Coma, by the way, is the gigantic 3-disc collection of not only his best work, but new material as well. The first disc is essentially the “greatest hits” disc, with a few new and unreleased songs thrown in for good measure. The second is part acoustic versions of old songs, part Loser Anthems<\/span> (a limited edition EP), and half B-sides. The last disc is a DVD filled with music videos (with commentary), and some behind-the-scenes stuff. It’s essentially the physical manifestation of a wet dream for me.<\/p>\n

Live at Massey Hall is exactly what it sounds like, and the reason I’m so excited to actually go to a show. I listened to both discs of that album every day that I got a chance for at least a month and still make time to listen to it on the long trips to and from work. So yeah, I’m pretty pumped. I thought new Zelda was going to be the event of the year for me, but I think it’s been topped. If the show is anywhere near as wonderful as the live album, I guarantee that I’ll be walking on air for weeks<\/em> afterward.<\/p>\n

So yeah, just wanted to share that. November 7th can’t come fast enough. <\/fanboy raving><\/p>\n

\"\"UPDATE – I just got an email from Chapters that’s going to make Novemeber even better<\/em>. Way, way back in May or June or something I pre-ordered the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ultimate Collection Volume 1<\/em> as a birthday present for myself (as it was due to release mid-September), which is a collection of the first seven original TMNT comics, plus a bonus Raphael issue.\u00a0But then,\u00a0less than a month before the shipping date,\u00a0 I got an email saying it was delayed to January 2012. Sucktastic. Today’s email however, says it has been un-delayed to November 22! Hooray!<\/p>\n

I’ve never been really into comics, but I’ve always wanted to read through the original TMNT series. Even if they never produce another one of these, I’ll be glad to have the first few. While searching for that image, I found out that Kevin Eastman headed up a new TMNT comic series in August (issue #1\u00a0promptly sold out), and that Nickelodeon is producing a new animated series next year. Oh, 2012 is going to be a good year. New Turtles cartoon, new Nintendo console, end of the world. I feel like I’ve forgotten something important though…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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