Post by ninevoltheart on Sept 5, 2010 21:20:43 GMT -8
Note: There is a wonderful recap of all the goings-on here. If there's anything else that should be added to this post, please let me know!
On September 3rd, mychemicalromance.com was changed to something very mysterious...
There are five different stations. (Descriptions compiled from various other sites/communities.)
RFDD (Red, 10) - Typical off-the-air picture and sound.
BLND (White, 6) - A different off-the-air picture with a cartoon mouse in the middle, similar to a concept sketch from TUA. Plays "Insensatez" by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
WKIL (Yellow, 8) - Heat scan of a person's profile with static/radio buzz playing. Bits of a song are audible in the background. The music seems to have gotten louder over time. The heat scan colors change - from red to purple, then blue, green, yellow, orange, and back to red - before the whole thing loops again. No idea if this is new or has been there the whole time. Edit: It turns out that the image is this, a cell phone radiation test. Not sure if it's relevant.
KLSK (Green, 12) - Radioactive symbol rotating counter-clockwise. Plays "A Horse With No Name" by America. ("A Horse With No Name" was originally titled "Desert Song". Coincidence?)
HRBT (Blue, 4) - A random mix of abstract/square/geometric shapes and colors - again resembling off-the-air pictures - with a line through the middle like a heart monitor. Plays random beeping and static.
There are theories that the letters could be anagrams for something or shortened versions of words. "HRBT" = heartbeat, "KLSK" = classic, "BLND" = blind, "WKIL" = we kill, etc. There are also the letters "PTTP" at the bottom, which many have suggested could stand for "Power to the People".
Also, apparently WKIL used to be a pirate radio station in the late 80s. It broadcast metal music before being shut down by the FCC in 1989 because the owner did not have a permit for a transmitter.
Along with the website change, four new Twitter accounts have also popped up in connection to the band:
DrDeathDefying
NewsAGoGo
AgentCherriCola
TommyChowMein
From the link at the beginning of this post: "Dr. Death Defying is the leader (?) of the resistance movement who is hiding (the bio says you'll never find me...), presumably in the desert. @newsagogo is like the corporate entity/evil overlord, cheery disposition, big brother-esque (TVs in the background). Cherri Cola is part a reporter/agent for them. Dr. Death Defying is not following either one of those other accounts but those accounts follow him. We (the fans) are listening to the broadcast on our receiver as part of the resistance."
This tweet from Agent Cherri Cola suggest that time-wise, we're past 2017, with another tweet referring back to 2015. Interesting...
This tweet from Dr. Death Defying mentions "TMGMK". If you reverse it, it becomes "KMGMT" which is a management company. Might just be a coincidence.
As for theories, the most popular one seems to be that something will be happening at the VMAs. The number 9 keeps coming up through all of this ("A Horse With No Name" is about a nine-day journey, 9 clocks in this picture from NewsAGoGo, etc.). The VMAs are on September 12th this year - 9/12. There were 9 days until the VMAs when the website was changed. In this tweet from Dr. Death Defying, 18:30 is mentioned. 18:30 = 6:30, which could be the time for the VMAs pre-show. A performance? News? Something else?
There was also this tweet from NewsAGoGo... A while back, it was rumored that the album was going to be called "Monsters". And "after party" = after the VMAs...?
What do you think all of this means? Speculate, share anything you can find... let's try to figure this out!
On September 3rd, mychemicalromance.com was changed to something very mysterious...
There are five different stations. (Descriptions compiled from various other sites/communities.)
RFDD (Red, 10) - Typical off-the-air picture and sound.
BLND (White, 6) - A different off-the-air picture with a cartoon mouse in the middle, similar to a concept sketch from TUA. Plays "Insensatez" by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
WKIL (Yellow, 8) - Heat scan of a person's profile with static/radio buzz playing. Bits of a song are audible in the background. The music seems to have gotten louder over time. The heat scan colors change - from red to purple, then blue, green, yellow, orange, and back to red - before the whole thing loops again. No idea if this is new or has been there the whole time. Edit: It turns out that the image is this, a cell phone radiation test. Not sure if it's relevant.
KLSK (Green, 12) - Radioactive symbol rotating counter-clockwise. Plays "A Horse With No Name" by America. ("A Horse With No Name" was originally titled "Desert Song". Coincidence?)
HRBT (Blue, 4) - A random mix of abstract/square/geometric shapes and colors - again resembling off-the-air pictures - with a line through the middle like a heart monitor. Plays random beeping and static.
There are theories that the letters could be anagrams for something or shortened versions of words. "HRBT" = heartbeat, "KLSK" = classic, "BLND" = blind, "WKIL" = we kill, etc. There are also the letters "PTTP" at the bottom, which many have suggested could stand for "Power to the People".
Also, apparently WKIL used to be a pirate radio station in the late 80s. It broadcast metal music before being shut down by the FCC in 1989 because the owner did not have a permit for a transmitter.
Along with the website change, four new Twitter accounts have also popped up in connection to the band:
DrDeathDefying
NewsAGoGo
AgentCherriCola
TommyChowMein
From the link at the beginning of this post: "Dr. Death Defying is the leader (?) of the resistance movement who is hiding (the bio says you'll never find me...), presumably in the desert. @newsagogo is like the corporate entity/evil overlord, cheery disposition, big brother-esque (TVs in the background). Cherri Cola is part a reporter/agent for them. Dr. Death Defying is not following either one of those other accounts but those accounts follow him. We (the fans) are listening to the broadcast on our receiver as part of the resistance."
This tweet from Agent Cherri Cola suggest that time-wise, we're past 2017, with another tweet referring back to 2015. Interesting...
This tweet from Dr. Death Defying mentions "TMGMK". If you reverse it, it becomes "KMGMT" which is a management company. Might just be a coincidence.
As for theories, the most popular one seems to be that something will be happening at the VMAs. The number 9 keeps coming up through all of this ("A Horse With No Name" is about a nine-day journey, 9 clocks in this picture from NewsAGoGo, etc.). The VMAs are on September 12th this year - 9/12. There were 9 days until the VMAs when the website was changed. In this tweet from Dr. Death Defying, 18:30 is mentioned. 18:30 = 6:30, which could be the time for the VMAs pre-show. A performance? News? Something else?
There was also this tweet from NewsAGoGo... A while back, it was rumored that the album was going to be called "Monsters". And "after party" = after the VMAs...?
What do you think all of this means? Speculate, share anything you can find... let's try to figure this out!