Graceforworldleader's Journals

Oh shit.

So this is what happens when you ignore Buzznet emails...log on after 8 months..and get flooded with comments, notes and friend requests.

I should just delete my Buzznet account, or redirect my Tumblr updates to here too. Funky.

It's true. There's a Baby Way coming.

"Breaking newsâ�¦ Mindless Self Indulgence announced by MySpace bulletin this morning that their bassist, Lyn-Z, is pregnant. Why is this exciting to anyone except me and a bunch of other MSI fans? Well Lyn-Z is the wife of Gerard Way, the frontman of My Chemical Romance. Yupâ�¦ weâ�™re getting a Waylet in the late Spring (Northern Hemisphere). How completely awesome! Congrats to Gee and Lyn-Z."

Taken from: http://wherethewildthingsare14.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/our-chemical-baby-and-why-the-mighty-boosh-owes-smashing-pumpkins/

Well, I guess its official. No more rumours or anything. Gee Way and Lyn Z are expecting! I really didn't see this one coming though...especially when they're both so busy recording and performing etc. But congrats to them anyway! I can't wait ^^

I wonder if Ray and his new lady are going to do the same? Haha!

2007 EVANESCENCE ALBUMS?

WHAT
THE
HELL
PEOPLE OF BUZZNET?

I was tidying up my Evanescence on iTunes tonight and was looking up their discography on le internet. This is where I stumbled upon some interesting and shocking information:
Evanescence relseased two albums last year, consisting of remixes and re-recordings of old tracks? HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? I am not sure if these are legitimate, or if someone has just downloaded Audacity and gone a bit wild with the remixing, but I am leaning towards it being official. After all, there are some pretty old tracks on there and the album art looks pretty professional...

All I have to say is that I'm a little bummed that I only just found out. However, I am already on Amazon and I'm already planning on how to sweetalk my mother into getting them for me.
They are called "In The Shadows" and "Justice". Here are the track listings:

IN THE SHADOWS
01 - Away From Me
02 - Bleed
03 - Anything For You
04 - Forever You
05 - Before the Dawn
06 - Surrender
07 - It Was All a Lie
08 - Breath No More
09 - Exodus
10 - October
11 - Goodnite
12 - My Immortal Acoustic (Bonus Track)

JUSTICE
1.- Anything For You
2.- Before The Dawn (Demo)
3.- Breath No More
4.- Bring Me To Life (Demo)
5.- Everybody's Fool (demo)
6.- Goodnite
7.- Haunted (original)
8.- Heart Shaped Box (nirvana cover)
9.- Lies (Remixed)
10.- Listen To The Rain
11.- My Immortal (Piano - Vocal)
12.- October
13.- Orestes (a perfect circle cover)
14.- Surrender
15.- Taking Over Me
16.- You
17.- My Immortal (Reggaeton Version Remixes)
18.- Going Under (Reggaeton Version Remixes)
19.- Bring Me To Life (Reggaeton Version Remixes)
20.- Going Under (Melody Edit Remixe)

AN EVANESCENCE MIRACLE

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! OH MY GOOOOOODNESS! This is like music to my ears (hopefully that statement will be literal soon!)
I was on ultimateguitar.com (Well, I wasn't. My boyfriend was and he showed me this - what a legend) and read an article titled - brace yourself - EVANESCENCE SINGER TALKS NEXT ALBUM!
Not even joking. Here is the article:

Evanescence singer Amy Lee, who is busy writing new material, recently talked with Spin.com about the group's messy split with guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray, writing a solo album, scoring films, and "Sally's Song", her contribution to "Nightmare Revisited", the new collection of covers from Tim Burton's 1993 film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
On the split with LeCompt and Gray:

On the state of Evanescence:
"It's a difficult situation, as is every dramatic situation our band has gone through. John [LeCompt, guitar], Rocky [Gray, drums] -- we outgrew each other. When they joined the band, Fallen was just completed and they were excited to be a part of something really big. From the beginning, their musical styles were very different from Evanescence. I think to a degree they got bored or frustrated. They weren't part of the creative process and were like, 'Why are we doing this?' Their writing just didn't work for Evanescence, and I have to do what's best for the band. I've had a little bit of contact with John since and it was positive. Very few bands have been able to maintain their original members forever."

On new songs and a solo album:
"I need to show that Iâ�™m more than a one trick pony. I'm writing here at the house by myself and it's been really good. But I'd really like to do something different next. [The new songs] are definitely different. I feel like I'm going back to my really old roots. They have more of my folky and Celtic influence than ever before. And it's not all sad -- it's nothing I would categorize as Evanescence."

On scoring films:
"My biggest dream from the beginning -- besides Evanescence -- is scoring film and writing music for film. And I've definitely had that in my head and have been trying to connect with the right people to get involved with the right project. I really feel like it would be great to get into a project that's bigger than myself and be the creator and not necessarily just the performer."

On Nightmare Revisited:
"The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way. [When I was young] I literally would sit in my bedroom and sing 'Sally's Song,' or in the car driving to school. The best part about it [recording the song] was that I had no restrictions or direction or anything. I picked the producer, who's a friend, and we just made the song however we wanted together. [We recorded the song] three months ago, in Fort Worth, TX."

(http://www.spin.com/articles/evanescences-amy-lee-its-not-all-sad)

I'm really glad that Amy hasn't given up her career as a musician, and that she's trying new things like writing music for films and experimenting with different styles and genres. Although I would really like EV to just get back together and whip together another awesome album, I'm really happy that Amy is pursuing some of her personal goals. I'm really looking forward to hearing Amy's new material, and I will definately be on the lookout for any of her upcoming work!

EVANESCENCE UPDATE!

Hi Everyone!

Okay so last night I stayed up to watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, because Amy Lee was the musical guest, accompanied by Tim McCord of Evanescence. The episode was about two days late because I'm not in America but hey, at least I saw it!

Amy was amazing, and performed Sally's Song from the album Nightmare Revisted - a re-release of the soundtrack to the hit movie Nightmare Before Christmas. Get the album now if you have not already done so, it's wonderful.
Amy Lee's voice hasn't changed at all, and she's just as pretty as she always was ^^ Although, I don't know what the hair stylists and wardrobe people were doing...maybe Amy designed the outfit herself. Well, regardless of who dressed Amy Lee that night, I was not feeling the vibe of the whole outfit. Whatever was in her hair..a hairpiece of flower or whatever, was just weird.
But what's most important is the music. Amy played the piano and sang (AMAZINGLY), and then swivelled around and started playing the harp. I've never seen her play the harp before, but she did it very well. I couldn't play the harp if my life depended on it...

I will be posting a video of Amy's performance on buzznet so you can check it out there ^^

TC'08

Ahh, hello everyalls. It's been ages since I've hit Buzznet, but I'm cool now so it's all good. (In a bit of a gangsta mood...)

Well, tonight I sat down for two hours and watched the 2008 Teen Choice Awards. It was an alright show hosted by Miley Cyrus *gag*, and featured The Jonas Brothers (of course), Mariah Carey, Fergie, the ACDC dance crew, and heaps of other celebrities. I think the show was put together really well, and I was amused at Vanessa Hudgens' inability to speak properly XD
I was a little disappointed that Miley Cyrus' dance crew 'MNM WITH A Z' beat the ACDC dance crew in the dance off. Seriously, ACDC were so much better!

In other news, a lot of people have been telling me that Travis Barker, former drummer of the former band blink-182, is dead. Sources say that he died in a tragic plane crash, although I am pleased to say that this is not true. Travis was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, and is expected to have fully recovered in a years time. Unfortunately, Travis' personal assitant and security guard died in the crash. Look it up on Wikipedia if you're really that interested.

The new I Am Ghost album "Those We Leave Behind" came out in Australia today! I am so excited, the previews that I've heard are fantastic. Looking forward to buying it soon!

That's all I've got right now..><

Gabe Saporta = Modern Day Romeo?

Well, my mother made me stay home today because of a reaction I had to an injection from yesterday afternoon *frown* So I am home alone today, and I have been studying for a physics exam since about 8am up until...15 minutes ago (1pm). I have since decided to give my brain a rest..

I was watching Channel [V] the other day when Gabe Saporta and Ryland from Cobra Starship were being interviewed. Gabe looked kind of geeky with his checkered shirt, dark blue hoodie and massive nerd glasses, but he said some pretty funny things such as:
"When I was six my dad was explaining to me the like, male reproductive system and he was kind of shocked to hear that I knew how sex worked."
I laughed. What a Gabe thing to say.

From what I've read, there's a bit of confusion as to who Gabe Saporta is dating at the moment (why people care, I have no idea). There was a rumour going around about Gabe dating Victoria Asher, the keytarist of Cobra Starship. I find it really hard to believe that Gabe and Vicky-T were/are dating because I saw in a CS interview that Gabe was talking about missing his girlfriend while they were on tour. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Vicky-T is the keytarist, then she'd be on tour too. St00pid.

A comment by someone called "Alicia" on this rather interesting website I am currently looking at made me laugh out loud:
"Yeah. Gabe and the keytarist aren`t going out. I went to the warped show and he said just a few nights before, she made out with one of their back-stage behind the scenes dudes, and that it totally broke his heart cause hes been trying get at her for a long time. He molests her a little bit when he preforms one of their songs, but thats it."

LOL.

A lot of people are saying that Gabe is dating a girl called Bianca Duenas and that they live together in NYC. This is a little easier to believe, and I think it's true. The New York Times wrote an article about the $739,000 loft that the couple bought together, claiming that Gabe was drawn to the 'high ceilings'.

I think they make a nice couple :) After all the criticism and gossip I've read on the net about Gabe's love life I think that we should just give him his privacy. I don't care if he's dating Bianca or Vicky-T - I'm just grateful he's not dating William Beckett from The Academy Is...
O_O

NIGHTMARE REVISTED!

OKAY! The moment I have been waiting for has FINALLY arrived. NIGHTMARE REVISTED HAS BEEN RELEASED! If you don't know what it is, it's basically a new version of the soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas with alternative tracks. It's so awesome.

My favourite track has to be Sally's Song by Amy Lee (I wonder why...) Seriously it's so beautiful. I was starting to die of lack of new Amy Lee songs, so this is my saviour. I've only heard the sample tracks...I must have the whole album NOW or I will DIE. FOR REAL.
The new soundtrack features artists such as Rise Against, Marilyn Manson (performing This Is Halloween, of course), All-American Rejects, Plain White Ts and Korn. I can't wait to get it...but the sample tracks will have to do. Here's the link if you want to listen to them too:

http://www.hyfntrak.com/nightmarerevisited/AFF60153/

I'm so excited. To hear Amy's voice singing something new is literally music to my ears. *content sigh*

Lies and Deceit.

Hello everyone, it's been ages since I've updated my journals O_O I recently got back from a school camp that lasted for five days consisting of a considerable amount of hiking, mountain biking, canoeing and abseiling. It was both mentally and physically challening - I have to admit that I'm glad to be home.

I haven't been up to much since I got back. Yesterday I got up early to get on the bus with Vanina (vaninais) in order to get to Brisbane and play the last hockey game of the season. After that I came home and lounged around waiting for my boyfriend to turn up. When he did we didn't really do much except watch TV, play truth or dare and look up the history of breastfeeding on Wikipedia (don't ask...)
I spent today with my mum, shopping. I went to a CD store to ask about Avenged Sevenfold's new album but the clerks were like "WTF?" So I bought "Avenged Sevenfold" (the album) and said I'd be back when the new new new one came out. I was informed that it came out last Friday - obviously not!
Vanina and I were talking about what we would do if we met A7X backstage at one of their concerts. We both said we'd hug Syn, Matt and The Rev, and maybe hi-five or hug Johnny Christ and Zacky XD As you might of noticed, Van and I aren't huge Zacky Vengeance fans...

At the moment I'm really into Tegan and Sara, which is really straying from my preferred genre/genres. I like their electro beats and almost monotone voices, with my favourite song being "Are You Ten Years Ago?" I am also obsessing over the violinist, Andre Rieu, at the moment. His cover of the Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet is so beautiful! I cry almost every time I hear it.

I really love Pete Wentz's shoes...especially his Ferris Bueller shoes. I saw on ahomeboyslife.com that he's got his hands on some pee-coloured supras too, they are epic.

He's kind of a freak and he's not that attractive but damn, those are some awesome shoes.

30 Seconds to Being Sued

So apparently, Jared and Shannon Leto of the band 30 Seconds To Mars are being sued by Virgin Records (America) for "failure to come through on a five-album deal.
The band was doing well, hitting a homerun with their self-titled debut, followed by A Beautiful Lie in 2005. But despite the success of the two albums (plus a few deluxe and limited edition versions of A Beautiful Life), the band were/are short of their album quota. A 30STM rep came to the media stating that the victims in the situation were really the guys of the band, who had apparently not been appropriately paid for their album success.

I think this whole thing is stupid. The guys should be given more time - I'm sure they've got lives outside of the band. Producing a successful album takes time, it's not just a matter of slapping a few tunes together with some catchy lyrics, unlike some bands (not pointing any fingers...*shifty eyes coughgoodcharlottecough*) have been doing lately.
Look at Simple Plan, it took them FOREVER to realease their latest album. And don't even get me started on how long it takes Evanescence to release albums (although when they do, all is right in the world!)

A fair bit has been happening in the music industry lately. I was on Pete Wentz's ( from Fall Out Boy) blog the other day (don't even ask me why), watching that retarded video he made with Miley Cyrus.
"I hate emo boys who call themselves emo!"
Well I hate you, Miley.
Honestly, I don't see much in Miley, or in Pete. But that's just my opinion. At least Pete has originality, and personality. He's not just some teenybopper Disney bi-product. Personally, I prefer Patrick Stump to Pete Wentz, because he has style and an awesome voice. He's also kinda weird...lol.

I'm over the whole Miley-Cyrus-Hannah-Montana thing. I hate her face, her accent, her voice - everything. And the stuff she has been doing lately really isn't that great for her tween fans. I mean sure, she's allowed to make mistakes just like other teenagers but seriously, she could try to keep it under control. That whole thing with Nick from the Jonas Brothers was a bad move - why would you make a bad end in a relationship public? I'm sure Nick was happy to know that his alleged ex has been the media about their 'secret' relationship.

Ehh whatever. I'll be surprised if we're still talking about her in 10 years...