We've been here before, I remember it well, 2006, the emergence of theblackparade.com and the amount of anticipation and hype created by a single phrase "the Black Parade is coming." and that was only one website, only 5 words.
Well, it's bloody well happening again, the Official Site has become a sort of hand-held TV... thing, with 5 channels listed. Also, there have been some very interesting twitter accounts springing up. But you know this already.
Here are my personal theories:
Channels
RFDD: I'm not sure where to start with this one, the image itself is a simple test card and apparently, it's the same test card that was shown for 2 seconds before the Soviets broadcast images of Area 51 on American TV. The title Acronym I'm really not sure about, my friend suggested "Really Funky Dancing Ducks" but somehow, I don't think that's true. I would like it to be, though. There was a suggestion about it meaning Restriction Fragment Differential Display. Which, after a bit of intrepid Googling, I realised is the most complicated thing in the world. What I can discern before my brain started to go to mush is that it either seems to be something to do with preserving food at a molecular level, or removing DNA. Sorry, I was never good at science.
BLND: Immediately I thought blind. With the overall feeling of the website being one of desertification and an atomic wasteland, I immediatley associated this with blinded by radiation. The image for this is not something I like looking at for too long XD This has been widely attested to be a testcard from Brazil, it being broadcast with that same musical accompaniment too.
WKIL: we kill is what I thought when I first saw it. There's talk that this was a pirate radiostation in the '70's, that was shut down due to a lack of valid licensing. The image has thrown up a lot of theories, it seems, on the surface at least, to be that of a man in profile losing then gaining temperature as shown by thermal imaging. A pair of good eyes will tell you that the temperature gauge ascends far higher than any human could survive. Two links came out of this: firstly, was this article about altzheimer's and the images are eerily similar. There was also a theory that it was some sort of alien? Area 51 theories can be found here.
KLSK: Classic? This shows us an image of a rotating Radiation warning sign, two of the blades are covered in what looks to be blood, the other blade has KLSK written on it in marker. The song playing in the background is "A Horse With No Name" by America which is an allegory for drugs, I'm told. The title for the song in preproduction was Desert Song, now, does that ring any bells? Hm? It's also about a 9 day journey, so perhaps something will happen in 9 days?
HTBT: Heartbeart. The final channel, showing an image a digital camera shows when refocusing and a heart monitor in the background. Is it just me that thinks that the heart rate sounds strange? Out of sync, almost. Perhaps this comes back to the radiation/altering DNA via radiation theories. i.e. this person is being treated for radiation sickness or somesuch? I don't really know the symptoms, (other than your body goes to hell) but surely it's plausable?
Right. I really need to continue my every day life, so when I get back I'll update with some more of my pet theories on the Twitter Accounts.
But in closing I will link you to this, The Quiz Broadcast which is what this whole debacle reminds me of, I'd imagine My Chemical Romance haven't been watching a British comedy series, but still, an album inspired by a Mitchell and Webb sketch? I'd be in heaven!
- Katie xx
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