I remember when we started with 1 view. Oh how days fly by. Thank you for visiting and keeping this site alive!
Labels: site
The Banner Design Contest is over. It's over 00: 00 am 29th November 2008. A big thank-you to everyone who participated in this Contest and everyone who keeps close eyes on this. The result will be announced as soon as possible!
On another note, THE LPU 8 CD IS MADE OF WIN. I know a lot of people have been shocked, a lot of complaints have been pulled off, Mike himself even posted an apology on the LPU mb.
I want to assure you that our only intention with the LPU CD, as with all our fan club endeavors, is to create a fan club that you can enjoy and is worth your time. If anyone was let down by the CD, I sincerely apologize
-m
Personally, I love this CD, I dig it music-wise and visually, and I believe that Mike do not have to apology for the band's music and great humor because some fans don't know how to get a good laugh. After listening to 4/6 songs from this CD, I can say this is one of the most adorable and creative things that the LPU and Linkin Park in general, and Mike and Chester in particular have ever pulled off. So love it or leave it, but never forget to open your mind and please, keep an eye on modern art, kthx.
Some images of the CD's cover, on which you can see crazy-looking Chester's head and a jumping Mike. Look at those bright colors! How can someone hate bright colors?
Pictures credits go to LPlive.net and LilIverson09.
Is it me or the CD's art is totally inspired by
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and
Takashi Murakami's Superflat style (Mushroom Army, anyone?). This is so. so. so. glamorous.
Labels: contest, linkin park, LPU, news
Big update on fanarts:
Two by rose4tragedy, a new talented face
One by ShireRock
Two by Kornkob
One by TYshangshan
Also, some sexy pieces (adult content warning) by madebyDun and BloodyButterfly
[+]Tongue fight by BloodyButterfly
[+]Happy time by madebyDun
[+]Red-handed by madebyDun
[+]Good night 2 by madebyDunA quick reminder to anyone who intended to join the
BANNER DESIGN CONTEST: you have 4 days left -
midnight November 28th 2008 (PST time) is the deadline. It's time to spruce up your work and send it to us. Remember: one entry per person, and you have to be a member of the Bennoda MB: Mushroom Army to join; your entries must be sent to the admins by PM (
nictastic. - Nicole, Shinoda Godfather - Ann).
MySpace CountdownsLabels: contest, fanart
August 1st 2001, Cleveland, OH, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: one of the slashiest show in the Bennoda history - nuff said. Brought to you by yours truly: original high quality DVD file of this performance is now available for download on Bennoda.co.nr. One click and this sexy beast of a performance is yours.
Download
HERE (.vob file, 115.87 mb). Thanks Naz for this video, you rock my socks baby!
Sample screencaps:
Thanks Autumn for two amazing HQ pics from
MySpace's 2nd Anniversary Party show, Dodger Stadium, LA, CA, October 29th 2005. You're the queen of this photos hunting job!
Tho some of us (including me) are over the 'VOTE FOR LP!!11!!' phrase quite a long time ago, I think it would be really nice of you to vote for LP in their third round against
Paramore for Fuse's Best of 2008 video:
CLICK THIS LINK - you don't have to register or anything, just click Linkin Park and vote. Easy peasy? (promise me we won't lose for Paramore >:0 )
Labels: HQ pics, media, vote
Mike update his blog with some
new Lost In Translation. Some noticeable 'Lost In Translation' this time
[+]Go Gay
Lost In Translation-English Dry Cleaner?
[+]Cream Collon
Lost In Translation-Chester said, "Colon Cream?"Is he trying to tell us something?
. More Lost In Translation photos
hereOn another note, Loveline.com announced that
Linkin Park would be their guest this Wednesday, November 19th 2008. Since Linkin Park's last Loveline appearance with Mike and Chester was such an amazing experience (you know why: [
+], [
+], [
+]), can we expect something that lovely this time? Anywise, Loveline listeners, if you catch something interesting on Wednesday night, don't forget to report to Bennoda.co.nr!
Don't forget to add these Bennoda fanarts to your favorite:
[+]Teresa colored two of her old pretty fanarts:
Wedding Kiss and
Losing Virginity [+]Tyshangshan has a new steaming hot fanart up - it may burn you:
In The Studio. This totally left me speechless
[+]madebyDun has another series of Bennoda fanarts:
check it out>>ADULT CONTENT WARNING<<Labels: fanart, linkin park, loveline, Mike's blog, news
HE DID IT! The blog post is back!
Read Mike Shinoda's newest blogpost about Gay Marriage/ LGBT rights
HEREThis post was posted, then deleted, then posted again. Mike didn't voice his opinion, but with this post, and his family's donation to NoOnProp8, I think we can safely assume how Mike think about this.
November 12, 2008
I'm going to go out on a limb on this one. Opinions of the commentator aside, let's talk about the issue of gay rights in the following piece. The following was an opinion piece on Keith Olbermann's show:
I am pretty sure this conversation is not going to fit in the comments section here on MS.com, so: to the first commenter, please start a new thread on linkinpark.com for discussion on this topic. As a reminder: flaming, slurs (including ones directed at sexual orientation and race), and intimidation will result in a ban of your account, so be respectful.
Thoughtful, intelligent contribution to the topic is the only kind I want to see. Think carefully before you post.
mike
As requested by Mike, Ana (lp_fm_fan) created
a thread on the LPMB where you all can discuss on this. Thank you Ana!
Just in case someone would want to save Keith Olbermann's amazing speech, you can download
HERE (.flv file, 23.58 mb).
Full text of Keith's special comment
HERE: Gay marriage is a question of love.
Mike also mentioned Chester's back injury and his recovering in
a previous post:
Chester's back is recovering well. He is still scheduled for regular visits to the doctor, but he's able to go about most of his daily routine. He had a scare the other day when he was recording a vocal; in the middle of a take, his back seized up. he thought he might need to go back to the hospital, but after some rest and doctor's advice, it relaxed again. Things are looking good. Thanks for your support!
Amazing news! Thanks for your update, Michael.
Labels: Mike's blog, news, prop 8
New blog post on mikeshinoda.com:
New Linkin Park Album In 2009?
November 10, 2008
We're working on the new Linkin Park album right now. Will we have a new album out in 2009? Absolutely!
And, of course, by "Absolutely," I mean, "Absolutely, as long as things go smoothly and the ideas are flowing, and we don't hit any scheduling problems or massive writers block."
Jokes aside, the pic below is from my studio; Chester and I were listening to all the demos I've been writing in the past 6-12 months in busses, studios overseas, and my studio.
When we're out on the road doing shows, I generally keep the music on a safe hard drive, in a format that you can't download onto your iPod (gotta be careful). I also don't like playing stuff for anyone unless I feel like I've given it a proper amount of love. That means I go for months where I write stuff and don't really play it for anyone.
This week, we went through about 35 new demos, most of which had only had my hands on them thus far. The process is a little scary; it's like saying, "here are the songs that I think should make up our next album." Luckily, nobody hates the songs (at least most of them!), and we're looking forward to getting started on this album in the coming months.
I just did an insightful interview with a gentleman named Mikael Wood for a piece in an upcoming issue of Revolver magazine. Check for it in the coming months, I think it was an '09 music preview article.
This is music to my ears! Wait, it's real music, not just words! Can't wait for the new album and said upcoming issue of Revolver. Chester, what were you smiling so lovingly at?
Labels: linkin park, news
In order to make our community more active and encourage everyone to get more involved with the site as well as the forum, we decide to hold a
BANNER DESIGN CONTEST: use your amazing photoshop/ drawing/ whatever-you-are-good-at skills to help design our message board's banner. The grand prize is 10.000$ and a journey for two to Las Vegas and having dinner with Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington from Linkin Park at Ceasars Palace!1!!
Well, kidding about the prize. The only prize you have is being announced as the winner of the contest and covered with glory in the name of Bennoda love! Epic enough?
The rules are simple:
READ THE OFFICAL RULES HERE
1. Keep it PG. No sexual content included because your design would be
displayed in public and we do not want any parents or so freak out when
you accidentally browse the forums.
2. The width of the banner must be x730 and the height x300.
3. You can either make banner with pictures or draw your own art work!
If you use someone else's picture, credit them; if you can not trace
down who took that picture, notice it to us. If you submit your
artwork, make sure it's 100% yours.
4. You can only make one banner. One submit per person, so choose
carefully what you want to submit.
5. Since the layout has been chosen through polls on the message board,
your banner should match the layout. Check out the chosen layout HERE
6. The deadline is 28th November 2008, by midnight PST time.
7. You have to be a Bennoda Message Boards: Mushroom Army member to
submit your work. Submit your entry by PM-ing Nicole (nictastic.) or me
- Ann (Shinoda Godfather). By this way, we can make sure that no one is
stealing ideas from another, and the winner entry would be kept secret
to the end of the contest.
8. Once you submit your work, entries will become Bennoda.co.nr's
property.
Some notice: since it's going to be the holiday banner, you'd better
make it Christmas-holiday-ish. And we would appreciate it if your entry
does not have any copyright or trademark symbols on it
If you're still confused, feel free to ask and discuss in
this thread. JOIN THE CONTEST?
Mike/Chester time: some fanarts by our brilliant friends. TYshangshan comes back with two sexy artworks:
Sketch II: Fighting
Sketch III: In bed
>>adult content warning<<Also, madebyDun has many new adorable fanarts up. Click the picture beneath (
Lick My Park by madebyDun) to browse her gallery!
Labels: contest, fanart
Some Linkin Park news because this is so awesometastic. In the latest interview with MTV, Chester revealed a lot about their new record. According to him:
I can tell you that it's our first stab — and perhaps our only stab, depending on how good we do — at creating a concept record, so there are a lot of things that are going to either free us up in a lot of ways or restrict us in a lot of ways. In terms of describing what it sounds like ... it sounds like peanut butter and jelly. It's sounding delicious."
He said the idea of a concept album was presented to them by a friend. A pleasant surprise is that they plan to enter a recording studio
before December, and Chester estimated that it will take
six weeks to record the new album. Sound like they already have the machine started and Linkin Park fans may have the next album in very near time! Talking about choosing a producer for this special album, Chester said they're
open to working with Rick Rubin again, but yet to decide who will help them out with this album. I'd say Mike should co-produce this album like he did with MTM?
Hopefully, the new Linkin Park record will not put Chester's solo album into delay: the guy already revealed about
working with producer Howard Benson. Talking about Dead By Sunrise (or maybe just Chester Bennington, who knows?), the singer also mentioned his musical
and more than that significant one Mike Shinoda:
"I wanted to make sure the record was different from the Linkin Park record," he said. "It's not as hard as it sounds. If you take Mike [Shinoda] out of the equation — because I personally feel he's created our signature sound — it automatically sounds different. It's more of a standard rock record. There are elements to it where you can tell where the inspiration comes from, but it's pure rock with melody."
Have to agree with Chester on this one, and I hope everything will work out smoothly for his solo career!
Read the whole article
HEREDownload the MTV interview where Chester talked about Linkin Park's new record, his solo album and Mike (can't skip this part, can we?)
HERE (.flv file, 4.9 mb). Notice that this is Chester's first appearance after his back injury - I have to say he looks great (adore his shirt!).
Labels: linkin park, news
Firstly, I want to congratulate Senator Barack Obama on his victory in the US election - now may I call
President Obama. As much as I try to avoid voicing my personal political view here, I believe this is a turning point in the US history and it also has a large impact on the world's history. The world is going through a hard time: an economic crisis that is assessed to be worse than the 1930s' Great Depression, wars and armed conflicts that are still not yet solved properly, natural disasters and environmental issues. For all of that, I feel grateful to someone who can bring hope back, who can make people scream in tears "Yes we can" when we all know we still have to face a lot of problems. I believe that yes, we can, we shall overcome this rough time and get to a better future.
Secondly, I feel disappointed to have to inform you all that
California Prop 8 "Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry" has passed with 52,5% vote approving this Proposition. We know that this is unfair, but this is just a small loss. The fight is no way over yet. I will quote President Obama on this one
"While we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can."
Yes, we can, we shall overcome all of this injustice and discrimination because there is still love, and there is still hope. This is not just about a lone California state, or the lone US, this is about all of us, about the world, our future, our kids. I hope you all will listen and give a hand in this long hard fight - we need every single one of you.
Last but not least, some small information on Linkin Park's donation for opposing Prop 8:
ANNA SHINODA $3,700 SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403 SAME NAME Oppose
ROBERT BOURDON $250 SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403 SAME NAME Oppose
ELISA DELSON $1,500 SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403 SAME NAME Oppose
JOSEPH HAHN $1,850 SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403 SAME NAME Oppose
Thanks Linkin Park (together or apart) and their family members for their support in opposing Prop 8. Even though we did not succeed this time, we still appreciate your donation very much. :)
You can search for the Prop 8 (for and against) contributors
HERE. Thanks Enigmatic on LPfiction MB for the link!
On a quick note: According to
Mike Shinoda's blog, his second JANM art show, Glorious Excess (Dies), which was scheduled for January, will be postponed. Shinoda expect to open the show in late 2009. Well, another not so good news today.
Two small Bennoda pics to cheer yourself up, hopefully:
Thanks Ana for the pic!
Labels: linkin park, news, prop 8
