![]() It was a night of stretchy chokers (you know the one), fishnets, silver pant chains, bold eyeliner, dyed hair, black lipstick - the works. After all, the emo punk band’s most famous album, Welcome to the Black Parade, speaks for itself. Thankfully, I had some friends attending a separate MCR performance date, and after a few emails and press requests, I made my way to the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida to report on the band that, in many ways, saved my life.Īs my friends and I drove to the venue, we discussed MCR’s return tour, particularly that Way had come to be known for his eclectic costumes, leading audience members to speculate how exactly they would turn up to the performance? Goth bride? Hawaiian shirt? We didn’t know where to begin.The audience, on the other hand, was dressed exactly as could be expected. In a debate between the festival and the state of Georgia, Georgia won the lawsuit, thereby compelling festival hosts to cancel Music Midtown (understandably) out of concerns for attendee safety. ![]() ![]() The Music Midtown festival was cancelled suddenly in early August 2022, over a quintessentially American debacle in which the festival attempted to ban guns amidst the state of Georgia’s safe carry laws. Yet, MCR never did take the stage in Atlanta. Set to take various stages across the globe in 2020, COVID closures postponed their performances several times until 2022, at which point MCR scheduled concerts and festivals across Europe and North America. From there, the band announced a full tour. The return of MCR was teased by a series of profile pic changes, followed by a formal announcement of a December 20th performance at Los Angeles’ Shrine Expo Hall in 2019. Way would soon return to the world of comics to write the Umbrella Academy series, which led to the eventual release of a Netflix show of the same name. By 2013, the band disappeared from the public eye, stating that Obama’s presidency meant that MCR was no longer needed (MCR was an ideal and not a band,” Way once stated). Started in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, then-cartoonist Gerard Way quit his job to found My Chemical Romance, a band meant to be more than a band. That’s right, after a ten-year hiatus, My Chemical Romance was coming back. ![]() Most importantly, headlining the event would be one of my all-time favourite bands - a band that carried me through the tumults of high school, the trials of chemotherapy, and the general angst of being a human being in this world. After being delayed by financial issues for six years, Music Midtown was set to return with a bang, featuring an incredible lineup over the course of three days. US tickets go on general sale at 10am PST on Friday 7th December 2018.Music correspondent Swathi Srinivasan returns to review a meaningful MCR concert.Ī few months ago, I excitedly forwarded an email to one of my childhood best friends about a music festival in Atlanta. US fan pre-sale: 10am PST Tuesday 4th December 2018. The Chemical Brothers North American Tour Dates:ġ2th May 2019 Mexico City, MX – Pepsi Center WTCġ5th May 2019 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall *ġ6th May 2019 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre *ġ7th May 2019 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium * UK tickets go on general sale at 9am GMT on Friday 30th November 2018 at Visuals Directed by Adam Smith & Marcus Lyall Chemical Brothers UK Tour Dates:Ģ1st November 2019 Leeds First Direct ArenaĢ8th November 2019 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Further dates have also been announced for North America in May 2019.Īdditional details for No Geography including artwork, track list and U.S. No Geography is set for a spring 2019 release and features the exuberant new anthem, “Free Yourself.”įollowing the recent announcement of a headline slot at London’s All Points East Festival and hot on the heels of two sold out shows at Alexandra Palace (their fastest ever selling tickets), The Chemical Brothers have also announced details of their biggest UK Arena tour to date scheduled for November 2019 with shows in Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff, Glasgow and Birmingham. No Geography follows the British duo’s GRAMMY®-nominated 2015 album, Born In the Echoes, which was their sixth consecutive UK No. The Chemical Brothers have announced their ninth studio album, No Geography. UK! Tickets go on sale on sale 9am Friday 30th from:
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![]() They came up with the storyline, wrote a theme song, and had a friend Jon Schnepp design the characters. This was how they came up with the idea of doing a show about a metal band that was vastly more popular than The Beatles had been. They went to metal shows around the same time they were both trying to pitch shows to different networks. Most episodes show the Tribunal attempting to covertly thwart the band by calling in various "specialists", such as "military pharmaceutical psychotropic drug manufacturers", "celebrity depression experts", or various legally compromised characters who attempt to infiltrate the group.īrendon Small's show Home Movies ended its run in 2004, which freed Small to spend time with writer friend Tommy Blacha. Salacia consistently overrules him to prevent this from happening. General Crozier, the military leader in the group, appears to desire either the death of the band's members or the dismantlement of the band itself, but Mr. Salacia", works off the premise that Dethklok's unusual powers are the result of an ancient Sumerian prophecy about an " Apocalypse of Metal". ![]() The Tribunal, led by a mysterious character named "Mr. Typically, episodes involve the Tribunal attempting to maintain and perpetuate public ignorance and rampant consumerism whenever Dethklok's antics inadvertently threaten to upset the status quo. The band's unnatural popularity and trail of destruction has attracted the attention of an Illuminati-style group, known as The Tribunal, dedicated to monitoring Dethklok's activity and plans. Some actively seek to kill Dethklok, because of all the death their idiocy causes. In the episode "Dethgov", fans of Dethklok lynch the governor of Florida after he refuses to establish a holiday for lead singer Nathan Explosion, whom they then proceed to elect as governor against his will the karma gets them in the end, as Dethklok turns the state into a hellhole and makes the citizens demand Nathan's execution in hypocrisy. The band's popularity is such that impressionable fans will do anything for them, even if that means death, which is usually the case. The band is shown to have a callous disregard for the safety of their fans, as shown in the first episode where they pour scalding hot coffee over concertgoers. Dethklok concerts are so notoriously dangerous that those attending are required to sign "pain waivers" at the entrance, releasing the band from legal liability in the very likely case attendees are killed or maimed. The members of Dethklok tend to cause disaster wherever they travel, and anything remotely associated with them likewise attracts chaos. In fairness, the reason they are criminally negligent and guilty 2nd degree murderers, is because Dethklok are morons who have little to no common sense about daily life being unable to even fix their own meals, or handle finances. Organizations worldwide, ranging from governments to businesses, go out of their way to avoid hindering Dethklok, to the point that the band is allowed to maintain its own police force and can get away with any crime imaginable with virtually no repercussions. If Dethklok endorses a product or service, competitors are quickly driven out of business. Their manager/nanny is Charles Foster Offdensen. The fictional band members are Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Pickles, William Murderface and Toki Wartooth. Series creator Small described them as "like the Beatles, just a thousand times more dangerous and a billion times more stupid". In the series, Dethklok is a death metal band that enjoys a level of popularity unheard of in reality, ranking as the seventh-largest economy on Earth by the end of the second season. In 2021, Adult Swim announced a direct-to-video film had been greenlit the film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar was released on Augon Blu-ray and digital. The animation was often carefully synced to the music with the chord positions and fingering of the guitar parts shown in some detail. The music, written by guitarist/creator Brendon Small, was credited to the band and featured in most episodes. The show was widely heralded as both a parody and a pastiche of heavy metal culture. The television program centers on the larger-than-life melodic death metal band Dethklok, and often portrays dark and macabre content, including such subjects as violence, death, and the drawbacks of fame, with hyperbolic black comedy. ![]() Metalocalypse is an American musical adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim. ![]() Just two weeks ago, we celebrated the opening of our first pizzeria in Yerevan, Armenia. Food delivery drones are everyone’s friend, although that on-board camera could easily get kind of creepy. International Franchising at Dodo Pizza I 17 markets, 900+ stores, 831m USD system sales. ![]() On a more serious food-related note, an intrepid journalist has a smart plan to use drones to report farm abuse.Īll these things go to show, it’s not drones themselves that are good or bad, it’s how they’re being used. It’s not even the first pizzeria in the world to offer drone delivery, an honor that goes to Francesco’s Pizzeria in Mumbai. On April 1, at the Dodo Board of Directors meeting, we decided to close Dodo Pizza in China. This is just the latest in a recent line of drone delivery forces that offer everything from sushi to champagne. There’s a system in place so that if someone pulls the cable, the cable breaks away and the drone is programmed to fly back home to safety, according to IBT. The tannoy crackles pretty frequently: since 2012 the number of outlets has increased from eight to 442. When a crackle comes over the office tannoy, staff know that Aliona from reception is about to announce the opening of another Dodo Pizzeria. It then lowers the pizza for delivery using a cable. From its base in Moscow, the company is expanding into new markets. As of July 2023, the company has 841 pizzerias in Russia and 90 in 17 other countries ( Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, United Kingdom, Germany, Nigeria. Its headquarters are also in Syktyvkar, as well as in Moscow. The Dodo pizza chain now operates in more than 70 cities in. The corporation was founded in Syktyvkar, Russia. Russian dial-a-drone pizzeria enters U.S. They create 'Dodo IS,' a self-developed IT system for managing a pizza delivery network. Dodo Pizza is a Russian pizza delivery franchise founded in 2011 by Fyodor Ovchinnikov. If your pizza doesn’t arrive in 60 minutes, it’s free.Īs for drone theft dangers, each drone hovers 20 meters (65 and a half feet) above the ground. Dodo Pizza delivers IT solutions, a contemporary brand, and a fair and radically transparent franchising system. Then, the manager will call you to make sure you actually receive the pizza (and not your punk neighbor next door who’s always scamming your delivery guys). The drones have cameras on board, so the manager can see when the drone gets to its scheduled delivery. They can’t process credit card transactions or handle cash yet, so hungry customers have to place their orders and pay over the phone or online via credit card.ĭodo Pizza has all their bases covered on both pizza and drone theft, too. The International Business Times reports that these tiny, unmanned octocopters can carry up to 5 kg (11 lbs.) of weight, at speeds of up to 40 kph (25 mph). ![]() With that said, this is New York, and there were a lot of people in the lounge – a mixture of business people and tourists. Since then Charlotte, New York- JFK, and San Francisco lounges have reopened. American Express is slowly reopening lounges with the first lounges in Seattle and Philadelphia reopening on October 5, 2020. This is a very large lounge, but was extremely busy on the Thursday morning that I visited. The American Express centurion lounges have been closed since Madue to the covid pandemic. This lounge does have showers, 2 I believe – but they were in use during my visit, so I didn’t get a chance to look at them. The Wifi worked for me, and was fairly good during my visit, I was getting around 30mps up and down. In all honesty, I didn’t find too much that I wanted – but for ‘normal’ people who do like breakfast, I guess there was plenty of choice from hot/cold/healthy options!Īs usual, Centurion lounges have a self-service food such as sausages, potatoes, french toast, tomatoes, etc – there is no menu to order from. Starting in February 2023, The Platinum Card from American Express guests will be charged a 50 guest fee. The policy above will remain in place through Jan. FoodĪnyone who knows me will know that I don’t ‘do’ breakfast. Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card card members can bring up to two guests each into the lounge with a 50 per guest fee required upfront. One thing the Centurion Lounge prides itself with (rightly so) is an extensive bar – and even though I was visiting at breakfast time, the wine list was available from 8:00 (or 10:00 on Sundays). Unfortunately, these rooms can be abused by people – but it’s the thought that counts, right? Food and Drink DrinksĪs usual, some of the drinks in the lounge (coffee, juices, etc) are self-service. ![]() ![]() One of the things I really like about Centurion lounges is that they have rooms for calls and some quiet time. There are a number of areas to work from, including a printer! There is large dining area, close to the self-service food area. There are plenty of areas for relaxing with a drink – including the really great ‘pods’!
![]() While Supercell's biggest rival, King, has just floated on the New York Stock Exchange – albeit with shares dropping 16% following their debut – Supercell opted to take a $1.5bn strategic investment from Japanese companies SoftBank and GungHo in October 2013 to fuel its ambition to become "the first truly global games company".īoom Beach's performance on the App Store will be watched carefully by the games industry to see how Supercell is progressing along that road. And if you want to make an industry for the long-term, if you can't create fun games, there's no future." "Games are still a form of art, not a form of science. He also criticised unnamed rivals who he saw as reducing game design to a formula. "When you prioritise engagement and retention – making a great game that people play often and want to play for a long time – they are happy to pay." "The huge irony here is that if the monetisation is not your number one priority, that actually leads to better monetisation," Paananen told The Guardian in July 2013. Supercell's CEO Ilkka Paananen has talked publicly about the company's determination not to fall into the trap of thinking more about "monetisation" techniques than about gameplay – an accusation that has regularly been levelled at the free-to-play industry by some gamers. The company reported a profit of $464m for the year. It ended 2013 with 132 staff, with overall revenues of $892m meaning $6.75m per employee. On a pure headcount basis, Supercell is currently one of the most profitable games companies in the world. That matches the release strategy for Clash of Clans and Hay Day, which launched for iOS in the summer of 2012, then for Android in October and November 2013 respectively. But not all problems that occur with Boom Beach are due to errors by the developer. Like the two previous games, it is free to play, but makes its money from in-app purchases of its virtual diamonds currency, ranging from £2.99 to £69.99 at a time.Īndroid gamers will be frustrated at the news that for now, Boom Beach is only available for Apple's iPhone and iPad. The app Boom Beach comes from the developer Supercell and is usually this responsible for fixing problems. Note: A network connection is required to play.The difference this time is that the setting is modern military, rather than fantasy: goblins, wizards and barbarians have been swapped out in favour of riflemen, medics and tanks.īoom Beach has been available in beta in Canada for several months, as Supercell tested and refined the game before launching it globally. Under our Terms of Services and Privacy Policy, Boom Beach is allowed for download and play only for persons 13 years or over of age. Join other players to form an unstoppable Task Force to take on co-op missions ![]() Face fearsome Blackguard Bosses and uncover their evil plans ![]() Explore a huge tropical archipelago and discover the mysterious power of the Life Crystals Battle for control of precious resources to upgrade your base against enemy attacks Play with millions of other players, raid hundreds of enemy bases for loot If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. However, some game items can also be purchased for real money. PLEASE NOTE! Boom Beach is free to download and play. Create a Task Force with players around the world to take on the enemy together. Attack enemy bases to free enslaved islanders and unlock the secrets of this tropical paradise. ![]() Welcome to Boom Beach: come with a plan or leave in defeat!įight the evil Blackguard with brains and brawn in this epic combat strategy game. ![]() The name says it all, it is a brick-busting game. Plus, there are power-ups to help you along the way, including spells that have spectacular effects. With over 200 levels to play through, each with its own unique mission, you’ll never get bored. ![]() The game features a huge variety of missions and boss fights in beautiful graphics for players to enjoy. You play as a hero who throws balls at bricks and monsters to destroy them. If you’re looking for a fun and challenging breakout game that takes place in a variety of different kingdoms, then Brick Breaker Hero is the perfect game for you!īrick Breaker Hero brings a new tweak to the breakout genre. Playzool is an indie game developer.Top Brick Breaker Games Brick Breaker Hero About the Creator:Bricks Breaker is created by Playzool. Players need an Android or IOS phone to play, so watch for game requirements, although the game itself is free. Another way to earn rubies is by getting more points, and if a player is at level 7 or 10 for example, an easy way to earn points is to go back to an easier level, as your total score will be comprised of all levels earned. Ad videos will generate as many as 10 rubies per ad watched if a player does not want to buy rubies. This is basically a one-shot game, and points add up increasingly as bricks are knocked off.Īn easy way to gain points is to watch an ad after each game. ![]() Most players try to shoot the balls between the gaps in the bricks so they bounce as many times as possible. The as a consequence, the more moves a player makes, the more points they earn. With Rubies, you can change the size of the streaming balls, which makes the game more fun.įor every move a player makes they rack up points. Earning enough points lets a player secure rubies and it's also possible to buy rubies if you wish. Since there are hundreds of levels, it gets increasingly more difficult to advance from level to level, and most people resort to one of the many Brick Breaker hacks on the internet. The idea is to rack up as many points as possible by bouncing the balls, Tetris style, for as long as possible. There are three ways to play, a Bricks Breaker game that determines your levels of play, an endless, classic game, and a 100 ball challenge.Įssentially, in Bricks Breaker, a stream of balls moves at lightning speed to wherever you have laid bricks. Once you get the hang of this you will fly through the levels.īricks Breaker is sort of the original Atari Game Pong only on steroids, crossed with Tetris. ![]() So that you will hit multiple blocks at once. The trick is to bounce the balls strategically against the bricks and walls. So you can shoot hundreds of balls each turn. For example level 3 gives you 50 balls to start with but if you hit the multiplier ball this will be multiplied, and if you hit another multiplier this will also be multiplied. Now we hear you think, but a hundred times is very much? You will get a high number of balls in each level. If it says 100 you must hit it a hundred times. This number is the number of times you have to hit it with your balls. Each brick will have a number on top of it. The goal is to clear all bricks in the level. This gives you a grand total of 3000 brick-breaking levels. This original version does have 30 packs with 100 levels. Bricks Breaker is the original brick breaker game with multiple balls. ![]() He gave advice on dark web scans on Miami's NBC 6, discussed Windows XP's demise on WGN-TV's Midday News in Chicago, and shared his CES experiences on WJR-AM's Guy Gordon Show in Detroit.Ĭhris also ran MakeUseOf's email newsletter for two years. In addition to his extensive writing experience, Chris has been interviewed as a technology expert on TV news and radio shows. The company's project was later reportedly shut down by the U.S. ![]() A wave of negative publicity ensued, with coverage on BuzzFeed News, CNBC, the BBC, and TechCrunch. At CES 2018, he broke the news about Kodak's "KashMiner" Bitcoin mining scheme with a viral tweet. Starting in 2015, Chris attended the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas for five years running. His work has even appeared on the front page of Reddit.Īrticles he's written have been used as a source for everything from books like Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff, media theory professor at the City University of New York's Queens College and CNN contributor, to university textbooks and even late-night TV shows like Comedy Central's with Chris Hardwick. His roundups of new features in Windows 10 updates have been called "the most detailed, useful Windows version previews of anyone on the web" and covered by prominent Windows journalists like Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley on TWiT's Windows Weekly. Instructional tutorials he's written have been linked to by organizations like The New York Times, Wirecutter, Lifehacker, the BBC, CNET, Ars Technica, and John Gruber's Daring Fireball. The news he's broken has been covered by outlets like the BBC, The Verge, Slate, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, ZDNet, The Next Web, and Techmeme. Beyond the column, he wrote about everything from Windows to tech travel tips. He founded PCWorld's "World Beyond Windows" column, which covered the latest developments in open-source operating systems like Linux and Chrome OS. He also wrote the USA's most-saved article of 2021, according to Pocket.Ĭhris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. You can search for a type of application like "video player" or a specific application name like "VLC." Click the download button, enter your password, and the package manager will do the rest.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. Use this interface to search for packages and install them. On Ubuntu, the included package manager is the Ubuntu Software Center - look for the orange shopping bag icon on your dock. Select your desired package and your package manager will automatically download the package, grab any other software packages it requires, and install them all. Your Linux distribution likely provides a nice graphical frontend for this system. Most of the software you'll want to install on your Linux distribution is available in its software repositories. Related: How Software Installation & Package Managers Work On Linux Install Software From Your Distribution's Repositories There's one place you go to to install most of your software and software updates arrive in one consistent way. A typical Linux distribution's software installation system has a lot in common with an app store. ![]() Once you get started, you’ll find the reloading data to be an invaluable resource. If you’re thinking about learning how to “roll your own” ammo, check out the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center for some beginner tips. New powders may be released, or newer formulations of existing powders might change the safe minimum and maximum load amounts.įor these reasons, I like getting my reloading data straight from the horses mouth so to speak. ![]() Reloading manuals have similar information but can quickly go out of date. It’s a handy tool, and I use it all the time. The Hodgdon Reloading Data Center also provides other critical information like the maximum length of the completed cartridge and the length to which I should trim the resized. As long as I construct my cartridges with at least 21.0 grains of H322 and less than 22.4 grains, I’m in safe territory. This represents my safe range of powder charge. 223 Remington as the caliber, 55 grains as the bullet weight, Hodgdon as the powder manufacturer, and H322 as the powder.Īfter hitting the “ Get Data” button, I’ll get results with Starting Loads and Maximum Loads. Hodgdon Reloading Data CenterĪfter entering the Rifle Reloading Data section, I enter values in the first four steps. To find out exactly how much powder to use in my loads, I can start a rifle load recipe search. I happen to have some Hodgdon H322 powder. Here’s how one might use the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center. ![]() As long a you stay within their published minimum and maximum recipes and follow procedures exactly, you’re good to go and will be constructing safe cartridges. In the lab environment, pressures can be measured to ensure that load data does not exceed industry specifications. The folks at Hodgdon have tested safe minimum and maximum loads for thousands of bullet and powder combinations. But first, remember that when assembling your own cartridges, never, ever, ever guess at load recipe data or use recipes from an unknown source. The presented through their Hodgdon Reloading Data Center online tool, the website contains thousands of tested and proven recipes for handgun, rifle and shotshell loads from three different powder brands: Hodgdon, IMR and Winchester. I’m glad to see the folks at Hodgdon providing more education in the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center, but for me, the even bigger value is the load recipe information. Watch the videos, then read my book or any other, and things will make a whole lot more sense. Heck, I wrote an entire book on how to get started reloading. The videos aren’t intended to be an immersive reloading training program, but rather an introduction. Insanely Practical Guide to Reloading Ammunition It’s a great way for new reloaders to understand the additional detail that they’re reading in the manuals. In this case, the video walks through the process of reloading a spent 12 gauge shotshell using a MEC Sizemaster Shell Press, reloading machine. As with the pistol and rifle videos, seeing is understanding. Last in the first batch of videos ( above) is an overview of the Shotshell Reloading process. So far, there are three new videos to complement the written introductory and tips and tricks information in the Hodgdon Reloading Center. There’s a lot of energy being released when we pull a trigger, so extreme caution in both the process and the load data recipes is in order. They key word here is “ safely.” Even lowly handgun cartridges operate at extremely high pressure, usually in the neighborhood of 20,000 to 35,000 pounds per square inch. They’ve published tons of reloading recipe data for years, but now they’ve launched a series of videos to help teach people the art and science of safely making their own ammunition. Helping folks learn the process is exactly what the Hodgdon folks are doing now. But before that load recipe data means much, you need to learn the process and science of reloading. For example, one of the companies that provides reloading powder, Hodgdon, freely provides all sorts of safe and well-tested load recipes for Hodgdon, IMR and Winchester powders. |
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