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Evening children, welcome to Clippings & Scribblings, a news entry with editorials. I’m Sketch E. Whiteface, and I’m an alcoholic… err, close enough.
In the musical metallurgy realm, if not already aware, the masked nine-piece band Slipknot is back and with full force with a new album dubbed “All Hope Is Gone” coming out this Tuesday. The band started performing for the first time in nearly two years in July on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour with Disturbed, Dragonforce and Mastodon. I attended the show in Mansfield, MA and breathed chaos from the energy exhumed, it was pure gold. If you’ve been keeping track of the tour or the band you would know that Slipknot’s DJ, Sid “0″ Wilson, had injured himself during on of the shows. In the body of their set he jumped off one of the raised platforms and broke both his ankles. Whereas some would put off the rest of the tour they marched on through and Sid was confined to a wheelchair until healed properly. They’ve gone through much worse injuries (especially Wilson), such as concussions, severe burns, lacerations and other often life-threatening bumps. However recently they’ve acquire a rather large set-back, an issued statement from the band apologized for the fact they will have to cut their appearances at the Reading & Leeds Festival in England and their European tour due to drummer Joey “1″ Jordison broke his ankle. Apart from canceling of a tour they subsequently had to cancel several appearances in light of the incident.
In other unfortunate news for entertainers canceling things, the highly anticipated “Ghostbusters” video game expected to be released this October is CANCELED. I’ll give you a few moments to finish crying and throwing your computer chair out the window. Activision was due to be the distributor behind the cult classic based game but dropped it and several other titles.  While franchise games such as “Crash Bandicoot” and “Spyro” where sold to Activision by Vivendi Games the interactive sequel to an iconic film series was left in the dust. However all hope is not gone for this game for the developers are searching for someone to release it and have assured fans that it will be released. Now on the commentary for this: are you fucking kidding me? You pass up something that’s existed for 25 years to something that’s been around only 10 aimed solely at kids? And keep in mind, the “Ghostbusters” game features the original cast and was penned by Reitman, Aykroyd and Ramis. This is more or less the sequel everyone’s been hoping for and courtesy of schmucks with calculators it’s left out in the desert with a canteen and a compass.
And now for more theoretical blabberings. Last weekend the nerd orgasm known as “The Dark Knight” was taken over at the box office by Ben Stiller comedy “Tropic Thunder“. However as it lowered to the number two spot it also arised to the number two spot at the all-time box office having earned $475 million dollars passing “Star Wars: A New Hope” and settling just under “Titanic” which holds the record at $600 million (for some reason.) Currently on IMDb.com the Christopher Nolan directed comic-book movie is holding it’s place at #3 on the top 250 highest rated movies, and also broke the record for being #1 after only two days of it’s release. Since the weekend prior it made it’s box office jump by a good $40 million and this fan has a strong belief that it will knock the boat over. I plan to toss another seven bucks into the pot this weekend and I strongly encourage you to do the same. One more hill to get over, people. Come on.

=Sketch/Ed

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Monday and Tuesday I was at the An Event Apart conference in Boston, Mass., and I’m still buzzing about it. Soon I’ll have my condensed notes up for your enjoyment, as well as some trip specific observations.

Hopefully with everything I learned, I’ll soon be able to rock this shirt with complete and utter confidence.

In the meantime, I did tweet like a fiend during the conference itself read up for some of my keen as-it-happens reporting in action!

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely
2. Hot Chip - Made In the Dark
3. Poe - Amazed
4. Folk Implosion - Kingdom of Lies
5. Das Pop - Fool For Love

This mix is kind of all over the place. From the plantive and hurt sounds of Neutral Milk Hotel and Folk Implosion to the sweetness of Hot Chip’s Made in the Dark and closing out with Das Pop’s high-powered Fool For Love, this mix is meant to evoke emotions.

(Didn’t check all tracks for consistancy, please let me know if any are wrong or screwy and I’ll be sure to fix it ASAP.)

gawkermedia - like crack
I ate a hot pocket earlier
it collapsed part of my soul
cult leadership is tough with so many alternatives to be had.
I’m contemplating talking about a serious subject
that came to mind through a dubious link
conspiracy theory is weird, the truth is usually weirder.
Hey how many five year olds can you beat up? No really.
oh and don’t bother with the booze test. broke every time I tried it.

I gotta dollar store eagle on my shoutcast box
he’s got stubby feet and a busted tail
His flag looks just like cake

Lost my cool but found it again,
it wasn’t misplaced so much as set aside for the sake of proper ventilation
what’s a good cure for shoulder pains?

Today was just seriously unreal.
Much more of this and I don’t know what I’ll do.

Woke up freaking late.
Stupid alarm clock!
I should get a new one.
Felt all stuffy and wheezy again this AM.
Not good.
Today isn’t half over yet. I feel so dreadfully unaccomplished.
Still there’s always a chance for things to improve.
Perhaps it’s dim-witted optimism, but so be it.

Snow on a Tuesday?
Despite warnings I had no idea.
Good thing I bundled against my better suspicions.
Earthquake too
For real, in an area not known for them.
My world is a series of kaliedoscopic quantum reality tunnels?
I’ve adjusted to that as a possibility.
Doesn’t make it very fun
For a day consist mainly Smurf Piss Blue and Baby Puke Green
Still who hasn’t had one of those days?
Life sure is odd.

Last Tuesday, Next Generation released a list of the top 100 selling video games of 2006. It is an interesting read. Especially if you don't just skim through for the games you bought yourself. Take a moment to read some of the review snippets next to each game, and then reflect on how many they actually sold. It only goes to prove that name recognition often means a great deal more than playability when it comes to actual game sales. I myself found the top 10 games very shocking indeed.

On a slightly more personal note, apologies for my conspicious lack of posts! I've been downright swamped with projects, both work and personal. Tonight or tomorrow I'll be bringing the kitty (I may or may not have mentioned previously) and I'm pretty excited about it. I will of course innundate you with pictures of cats. As if the internet didn't have enough already.