MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT......

My previous post was......basically about the history of linkin park....and this post is on the latest album of LP.......i.e Minutes 2 Midnight.....

It's a really a new sound to Linkin Park, but a lot of it sounds, just like most of the reviews say, pop-rock with a hint of hip-hop, styles that we are almost not used to listening out of Linkin Park. The nu metal style that has been their trademark and their magnum opus (Linkin Park is allegedly the band that started the genre) has been left out of the album. This becomes evident at the third track, "Leave Out All the Rest", which sounds more like a pop ballad than a Linkin Park masterpiece. The second track, "Given Up", introduces us to a louder-than-ever and more mature (though not necessarily in a good way) Chester Bennington. The fourth track, "Bleed It Out", sounds more closer to Linkin Park, with Mike Shinoda and his MC vocals, as well as Bennington's catchy choruses. After the excitement, we sink into a mellow song more reminiscient of "My December", "Shadow of the Day", which also sounds like a pop ballad. The single, "What I've Done", is still pretty good.The highlight of the album, in my opinion, is the singing in the next 2 tracks. We would never expect something political from Shinoda nor Bennington, but they bring it out, with Shinoda's "Hands Held High" leaving more of an indelible mark than Bennington's "No More Sorrow". Both songs of militaristic (funeral?) beats and drums, with Shinoda delivering an epic performance.Sadly, we return to the rest of the album for 2 tracks, "Valentine's Day" and "In Between", with the latter sounding more of a ballad than the former, which isn't so bad, but still not indicative of Linkin Park as we know it. "In Pieces" and the last track of the album, "The Little Things Give You Away", give us some hope that the Linkin Park we know is still there, even though Chester Bennington dominated the vocals in these 2 songs and even over the entire album. .So,if Linkin Park return to their nu metal roots, that would be better......but still.....this experimental album was GOOD......

LINKIN PARK-History.....

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Hey...guys....i am a DIE-HARD fan of LINKIN PARK..... and
in my opinion its one of the best BEST ROCK BANDS u'll ever hear......
so i decided 2 put the history of linkin park on my blog......

Linkin Park is a six-piece nu metal band from California.

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Music
The music of Linkin Park is a mix of alternative metal, rap, electronic, and hip-hop sounds. Like others in the nu metal genre, their sound has been criticized as being overly commercial and mainstream-friendly........but dat doesn't matter.....they're still d BEST!!!!!!!!

Band History
Linkin Park began in the surroundings of Mike Shinoda's bedroom studio, where he and friend Brad Delson recorded the band's first material in 1996. The two had attended Agoura High School together in Los Angeles-suburb Agoura Hills, where they met the band's drummer, Rob Bourdon. Shinoda met up with DJ Joseph Hahn while studying illustration at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Delson shared an apartment with bassist Dave Farrell, who left the band after college and returned a year later. At this point, along with vocalist Mark Wakefield, they named themselves Xero (after revising the former name Super Xero) and recorded several demo tracks. They were never signed and the project floundered.

Shinoda advertised for a vocalist, choosing Chester Bennington, a transplanted Arizona native who started making records when he was 16. They immediately started to write and record music.

At first they called themselves 'Hybrid Theory' after the addition of Bennington (the idea being that they were a hybrid of hard rock and rap), but due to a trademark issue with a band called Hybrid they were forced to change their name. Some discarded ideas were Clear, Probing Lagers, Ten PM Stocker and Platinum Lotus Foundation. Eventually, they settled on Lincoln Park, suggested by Bennington because after band practice he would have to drive past Lincoln Park in Santa Monica to get home. However the domain "lincolnpark.com" cost more than the band could afford, so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park.

Working with an independent label, the band recorded the album Hybrid Theory EP, which featured "Carousel", "Technique", "Step Up", "And One", "High Voltage", and "Part of Me".

After being signed to Warner Brothers in 1999 their first album, Hybrid Theory, was released in 2000. It was the top-selling album in the United States and New Zealand in 2001, with the hit singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling", "Papercut", "In The End" and "Points of Authority". The album was notable for its absence of profanity, in contrast to many other nu metal bands' songs.

Linkin Park were part of the Ozzfest in 2001, touring along side Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Crazy Town, Papa Roach, and Disturbed. Linkin Park also created their own tour - Projekt: Revolution, and on it have toured with Cypress Hill, Adema, DJ Z-Trip, Xzibit, Mudvayne and Blindside.

In 2002, they released a hip-hop remix album of their Hybrid Theory album, called Reanimation, featuring many underground hip-hop figures, with an artistic direction mainly dictated by Shinoda and Hahn. They also released a remix version of their song, "Points Of Authority".

In 2003 their new studio album was released, titled Meteora, which debuted at #1 in the US and UK, and #2 in Australia. It contained the singles, "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From The Inside", "Lying From You", and "Breaking The Habit". Later in the year, they joined forces with fellow nu-metal band Limp Bizkit and Metallica for the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. From this tour, Linkin Park released a new CD/DVD set called Live in Texas. This set contains tracks from their three previous records, and was filmed on location at their Summer Sanitarium performances in Dallas and Houston, Texas .

In 2004, Linkin Park created the Meteora World Tour. This tour included Linkin Park, P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Story of the Year.

In 2004, Linkin Park was touring with Snoop Dogg, The Used, Korn, and Less Than Jake on the main stage, and No Warning, Ghostface, Funeral for a Friend, M.O.P., and Downset on the second stage as part of Projekt Revolution 2004. They also had a travelling DJ, Z-Trip with them, along with Irvin the Urban Action Figure.

On November 30, 2004, Linkin Park released Collision Course, a collaboration with rapper Jay-Z featuring rap-style remixes ("mash-ups") of songs from Meteora and Hybrid Theory using lyrics from Jay-Z's repertoire. Collision Course debuted at #1 in the US, but peaked at #17 in the UK. In the Netherlands Collision Course topped the charts at 7th place. Their first Collision Course hit single, Numb/Encore, reached #1 at the Free Record Shop Download Charts in the Netherlands.

On the eve of its initial public offering in May 2005, Linkin Park demanded to be released from its contract with Warner Brothers Music on the grounds of a lack of confidence. The band is in negotiations with the label over a new record contract. Linkin Park still has four albums outstanding on its 2000 record contract. [1]

Linkin Park is currently writing and recording a new album, set to be released in 2006 (although work has been stopped due to the contract re-negotiations). Mike Shinoda is also in the process of releasing a hip-hop side project under the moniker Fort Minor. It reportedly features several well-known underground rappers, including Gift of Gab, and will be released on September 12th, 2005.

On July 2, 2005 Linkin Park preformed in Live 8 at Philadelphia, USA, performing part of their set with Jay-Z.

Members

• Chester Bennington (vocals / guitar)



• Mike Shinoda (alias: Fort Minor) (vocals / sampling / rhythm guitar, keyboard)



• Joe Hahn (aliases: Chairman Hahn, Mr. Hahn) (turntables / samples)



• Brad Delson (guitar)



• Rob Bourdon (drums)



• David 'Phoenix' Farrell (bass)



• Alic Stone - Chief Production Manager



• Kenny Hausauer - Extra Screamer



• Vernon Goodwin - Bag Pipes

Awards and nominations

• Won Favorite Artist - Alternative Music; 31st Annual American Music Awards; Sept 16, 2003
• Won Best Group, Best Hard Rock; 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards. Nominated for Best Website.
• Won Best Foreign Rock; Swedish Hit Music Awards; November 17th, 2002.
• Won Best Rock Video; 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (In The End).
• Nominated for Best Video of the Year (In The End), Best Group Video (In The End).
• Won Best International Nu-Metal/Alternative Artist; ECHO 2002 awards in Germany.
• Won Best Hard Rock Performance (Crawling); 2001 Grammys.
• Nominated for Best Rock Album, Best New Artist.
• Won Best Foreigner Artist of The Year; Finland's 2001 Emma Awards.
• Won Best International Newcomer; 2001 Kerrang Awards.
• Nominated for Best Video, Best Album, Best Band in the World.
• Nominated for Favorite Artist - Alternative Music; 30th Annual American Music Awards; Sept 1, 2002
• Won Best Rock Video (Somewhere I Belong); 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.
• Nominated for Best Rock Video (Breaking The Habit); 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
• Won Viewer's Choice Award (Breaking The Habit); 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
• Won Song of the Year — Rock Alternative Radio (Numb); 2004 Radio Music Awards
• Won Artist of the Year — Rock Radio; 2004 Radio Music Awards

In the end, i hope dat these facts would b crawling in ur skin.....and will definitely help in Breaking da habit......of listening 2 the songs without knowing abt their history........i know u must b thinking dat this guy has gone crazy.........but what can i do???........as i am feeling quite Numb at my home........so i decided 2 write all this stuff in the Shadow of the Day.......but after writing all this stuff......i am feeling dat...... What I've done?????......coz after reading all this no one will b visiting my blog again....

CHAT ROOM...

Hey guys if u r bored with ORKUT.......then this is the place 2 be.............come here and share ur views...................either by revealing ur identity or by being anonymous.................
so enjoy .........and do all the bakwaaas u can..............yo!!!!

YAMAHA YZF-R15....on the roads.......

Hey, guys........yesterday.....i had a glimpse of newly launched YAMAHA YZF-R15......

and i was totally taken aback by watchin its sleek design.........i mean....firstly i thought dat.......its either CBR or R1(as both are almost same in design).........but when i watched it closely........i found dat its R15.....

frankly speaking.....i found the bike 2 be really-2 coooooool!!!............it had that superbike touch.........and as far as my knowledge goes...........i think it costs abt Rs. 95,000/unit............which is worth spending.......jst 4 the sake of looooooks........

As far as the technical....aspects are concerned.......there are many features which stands out R15....4m other bikes........some of dem are:::::

Liquid cooling for engines for providing stable performance, reduce vibrations, and offer a high quality ride. DiASil Cylinder delivers better heat dissipation and less weight. Fuel Injection in Yamaha R15 has two components. One is the sensors that gather information on the engine’s operation, and other is the fuel supply system that supplies gasoline. Deltabox Frame forms the basis for riding comfort and handling performance, this is usually seen in Yamaha R1 bikes.

Besides dat it provides u with a TOP SPEED of 150km/hr.........which is much more than any other bike belonging to 150cc segment.....

well....u can chk out ...other technical details at its official site......http://www.yamaha-motor-india.com/product/r15/specs.html

So.....guys, i know u must be regretting on ur decision of buying a pulsar220....or a karizma...........6 months ago.......but dats how the BIKE MARKET is........u buy a bike(which is considered coolest at dat point of time).......and 6 months later u find urself on the road.........with 10 other bikes(of same kind)......zooming past u............and then u start craving 4 the latest BIKE..........bt nywaysss....dats how it is........I m also doin d same.....

So, my final word 4 u all is dat......do watch it live.....to believe how cool the bike is!!!!!

Wanna know the SECRET behind DAVID BLAINE's magic????

Hey....guys.....if u've ever watched a DAVID BLAINE's magic show on .....AXN......then u must have found that how unbelievable his magic is.......but it's high time now......i can't let u guys.... fool around with him...........so i've decided to reveal some of his tricks......which have been fooling u for a while....

David Blaine And The Balducci Levitation
Effect: The magician raises his arms up by his sides and slowly appears to rise a few inches off the ground for a little while before returning to earth quickly.
Balducci Method: The Balducci method involves positioning your audience about 8 to 10 feet away at a 45 degree angle .You need to keep your audience small so they are within this field of sight.
This is a very restrictive angle trick and it is essential that the angles are practiced, preferably with a friend or in front of a mirror.
The Balducci levitation involves pretending to float off the ground by going on to your tip toes on just one foot ( the one furthest from their view ) while the nearest foot is raised a little off the ground.
This looks fantastic as the foot on your tip toe is hidden by your trousers, the nearest foot and the angle they are watching at. You only rise a few inches off the ground but the impression is fantastic. This trick is all in the presentation with you appearing to rise slowly, wait for a second or two and then return to the ground quickly so as the audience do not have time to figure the trick out.

David Blaine Version : David Blaine used various camera shots in his TV special with the audience reaction being filmed close up and linked to other clips of him in mid air with some of the angles showing the Balducci levitation .
The view that shows him rise a good few inches in the air and does not show the audience, would possibly have been done with a bar attached to a pivot like a seesaw.
The end of the pivot could have had a hook which clipped onto a harness attached to his belt and a member of the crew would have pushed down on the other side of the bar lifting David up in the air. The camera angle would have hidden the props.
This film would have been mixed in with the audience clips in the studios later.

So....guys wat do u think.....hw was the trick???????

How the PYRAMIDS were built???

Well.........it has always been a mystery.......dat how the pyramids were built???.......without the use of cranes and other important equipments.......

How the workers were able to move the 2000kg block up the pyramid?????........

So.if u have been thinking abt these questions for long...........then here's the answer.......

There are many theories about how the pyramids were built. Some are very unbelievable and others are very possible. One of the most odd and outrageous theories it that aliens built the pyramids. This is a completely dumb idea, since we have proof that the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. So, therefore, credit should be given were it is deserved.

Then, there are many theories about how the Egyptians built the pyramids.
One theory is that the egyptians built one large ramp. This was quickly ruled out because the ramp would have to be a mile long in order for the slant of it to be feasable. The ramp would have used more material than the pyramid itself..........he he...
A second theory claims that there was a singular ramp spiraling around the pyramid. This will clearly not work because in order for the ramp to extend from the bottom to the top, the way the ramp would be, you wouldn't be able to cover all of the area and you would have a rather lacy pyramid. The angles would we so sharp that you wouldn't have been able to move two ton blocks around corners.
One well known theory as to how the pyramids were built is that of Mark Lehner's. Lehner works at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute. Lehner has spent much of the last 13 years excavating at the site of the Great Pyramid and let loose a team of diggers on a field covered with garbage.
Lehner's theory, liked by many people, is the theory of Tafla. Tafla is a clay that is very strong when it is dried but is easily destroyed by a pick ax. When Tafla is wet it is very slippery and could have been used to move the 2 ton blocks. With a ramp of Tafla, a big crew could move the 2 ton blocks up the side of a pyramid. A pole was in a corner of the pyramid could swing the blocks around. This was proven by a NOVA experiment on a smaller scale.
Well I think this is the most logical theory with one exception: it still doesn't cover enough of the pyramid's area. It is believed that there were four ramps spiralling upward, each starting from one of the four corners. All other theories we've seen have been disproven in some way. No one really knows for a fact how the pyramids were built — they can only make practical assumptions. Lehner's theory has an explanation for everything and has been proven by NOVAk. There is no way to determine that it is true, but of the theories we've seen, it is by far the best.
You can make your own decisions as to who you think built the pyramids or how you think they did it. Just try to think things through completely and look for any possible setbacks........

SPEED OF LIGHT-No more the limit......

Scientists claim to break the speed of light-barrier

If zooming beyond the local speed limit is punishable by law, then some scientists may have a gargantuan speeding ticket to pay.
In a controversial experiment reported in this weeks journal Nature, scientists at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey claim to have broken the ultimate speed limit -- the speed of light. Though hotly contested, some say this achievement could dramatically increase the speeds at which we can send and receive information.
Taught in physics classes the world over, Albert Einsteins theory of special relativity holds that no object or information can move faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, or 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second. But NECs Lijun Wang says he created an experiment in which a light beam raced through a gas-filled chamber so quickly, it exceeded the speed of light by a factor of 300. Whats more, the light pulse appears to have left the confines of the chamber before it even entered a seemingly impossible occurrence according to theories of causality, which predict that causes must always precede their effects.
"It sounds crazy, but this can actually occur," said Raymond Chiao, a physicist at the University of California at Berkeley. Chiao, one of a group of researchers who have been working to break the speed-of-light limit, explained that although a common object such as a baseball could never be flung faster than the speed of light, pulses of energy with certain complex properties have been known to bend the rules.

"It sounds crazy, but it actually can occur."

In fact, several recent experiments, including one done by Chiao earlier this year, have pointed to energy pulses zooming faster than light speed. Yet each of these experiments has been encumbered by severe limitations on measurement or observation of the energy pulses. In contrast, this latest experiment is being touted by some as the most dramatic example yet of light breaking its own speed barrier.

"The effects are much larger and more spectacular" than previous observations, said Chiao.
In Wangs experiment, a pulse of light passed through a small chamber filled with atoms of elemental cesium. A light beam traveling through such a medium has two different velocities a velocity for the individual light waves in the beam and a group velocity for the entire beam. Oddly, some light waves in the beam can actually travel backward for miniscule amounts of time, creating a sort of "tail" behind forward-moving waves. As such, a light wave and its tail can leave the gas cavity at different times, creating the effect that the light beam has left the cavity before its even entered.
Confused? Youre not alone. In fact, even scientists who are familiar with this area of study are unsure about the details of Wangs experiment. And many scientists said the experiments results are still open to interpretation.

William Happer, a physicist at Princeton University argued that several specific problems exist with the experiment, including the fact that pulses get distorted when passed through any media other than a vacuum, or empty space. In addition, he said Wang and his colleagues performed the experiment in a way that doesnt tell the whole story, and that it can be interpreted incorrectly. "This is anything but dramatic," said Happer. "If you look at the data, theres essentially no evidence that [the beam] is going faster than the speed of light."

Whats more, most scientists agree that even if such a beam can be proved speedier than light, it would probably not be able to carry any information. Such a feat could conceivably allow data to be sent back in time, thus violating laws of causality and sending quantum physics into disrepair.
Others are more optimistic as to the possible benefits of Wangs experiment. "For some applications, for example, to computer circuits, this might be very important and useful," said Chiao.