So Jilli, did you see MCR on SNL this weekend? They were all epic and agitated.

No. I'm going to search on YouTube for the performance when I have some slack time tomorrow.

Jilli ... didn't you know The Black Parade video is on the official MCR site?

Yeppers, I did. But I'm perfectly willing to watch it whenever someone posts a link to it.

I think this album is going to be a big commerical success for them.

The reviews have been really good. So, y'know, it's not just my obsessed squee-ing saying it's a good album! Other people think so too!

I think this album is going to be a big commerical success for them.

I saw the video several times on Dutch TV, alongside videos for other pop hits by the likes of Scissor Sisters, James Morrison, etc.

I've never listened to MCR before, but I iTuned it last night and listened to it on the train this morning. My morning commute was really brightened by cheerful music about death and what-not. (No, really.)

What do their other albums sound like?

That's kind of their sound. It's at its best on this album, I think, but if you liked this one, check out their other stuff.

Crap. I'm gonna need an 80 Gig iPod pretty soon. And my Mac Mini (where all my music resides) is running out of space too.

What do their other albums sound like?

The independent radio station I listened to when I lived in VT used to play stuff from their last album all the time and it never really grabbed me. I don't know why. But I really like this one, so I may have to go back and re-listen.

I've had "Welcome to the Black Parade" in my head for days now. In a good way.

What do their other albums sound like?

Both of their previous albums are a little punkier sounding, a little rougher. The songs are still very catchy, and with a fun sense of drama to the lyrics, but nowhere near as cohesive as The Black Parade.

I think I got this link from Slate, not anyone here. Anyway, here's a fascinating article on the iPod shuffle mode.

Ha! I often notice that my iPod seems to favour certain bands. One day, out of a dozen songs, it played 6 songs by a band of friends of mine. I was waiting to run into one of them for the rest of the day.

It rarely plays songs by the same artist in a row, but it will often play them one song apart.

I often get concurrent songs that seem non-random, such as when, on my drive from AL to TX Monday, I heard Camper Van Beethoven's "Interstellar Overdrive," followed by Syd Barrett's "Baby Lemonade," followed by The Television Personalities' "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives".