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The Devin Townsend Project, Ki

Yeah, yeah, yeah another "genius," he says.

But this guy rocks.

& he used to rock a fantastic skullet:

. . . & for contrast, a more up-to-date pic:



Check out his youtube videos (NOTE: some language is quite certainly inappropriate) for some absolutely killer guitar playing.

This album is the 1st in an expected 4-disc arc. Addicted came out last year, then comes Deconstruction & finally Ghost, both of which are tentatively scheduled for next April.

Townsend calls Ki "tense, quiet."

Yeah, kinda.

Completely unlike his other stuff, in other words.

For some variety, see the Vai album Sex & Religion--on which he handled the vocals--or Strapping Young Lad, his extreme metal project.

Oh, & the solo album Ziltoid the Omniscient, a--yes, I am serious--rock opera about an alien who comes to Earth looking for a good cup of coffee.

Link for "1st Transmission" from Ziltoid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viaRKlgQo3E

Enjoy.


Juniors:
Soundtracks & poems & essays, oh my . . .

You brought in your "1/2-drafts," & I stamped them.

You began your notebooks of poetry w/ 10 questions to answer for any poem, brought to you by the good folks at Barron's [AP Lit & Comp Prep Guide].

We read "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer."

We'll talk more about that one tomorrow.

Sophomores:
You submitted your "Antigone Quotations," the collection we began when we began the poem, the ones we gave you in class (for the Prologue & Scene 1), the ones you completed over the weekend.

You got a head start on tomorrow's "big quiz" w/ some bonus points in an open-note preparation "quest."

It was good.

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