From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9312 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, July 14 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9312 Today's Subjects: ----------------- pinch your fingers like THIS > wake up with 20/20 vision? ["Fix Blurry Vi] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:26:36 -0400 From: "Fix Blurry Vision" Subject: pinch your fingers like THIS > wake up with 20/20 vision? pinch your fingers like THIS > wake up with 20/20 vision? http://theyavue.ru.com/cc9JzvL9xRuXSUkeGnxIOslAMHdEW0hioa3MzORuqE1QimF0-w http://theyavue.ru.com/hIR7yUth5twlhZHxpFbt42uxxKfBEBq00Qjf8JOjQhCVxbkTgw eclining music industry, Joseph Jaffe of Brandweek commented that such "mysterious marketing measures are what's desperately needed to gain attention in this uncertain era of distribution dilemmas and sagging sales", also commending acts such as Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead for being "more innovative than marketers". Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+, comparing it to The X-Files and calling it "A sci-fi concept album whose end-of-days, paranoia-drenched storyline has been disseminated via the Internet". It also stated: "Amid its carefully calibrated sonic assaults, Year Zero has a number of tracks that will stop you in yours. Sometimes, it's a matter of dropping the volume Even his use of electronics has shifted to a new level Is the truth in here? Dunno, but Reznor's claim that 'I got my violence in high def ultra-realism' sounds like gospel to us." On the fictional world depicted in the album and promotional campaign, the Cleveland Free Times commented that the album's fictionalized world and characters "often seemed heavy-handed and forced", but also conceded that "its clotted claustrophobia suited its subject matter". Ann Powers added, "The songs on 'Year Zero,' each from the perspective of a character or characters already existent in the ARG, draw a connection between the music fan's passionate identification with songs and the gamer's experience of becoming someone else online." In 2008, 42 Entertainment won two Webby Awards for its work on the Year Zero game, in the categories of "Integrated Campaigns" and "Other Advertising: Branded Content ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9312 **********************************************