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Welcome text here. Operation: Mindcrime is the third studio album by the American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on May 3, 1988. The album was re-released on 6 May 2003 with two bonus tracks, and in 2006 as a deluxe box set.

It is a concept album and a rock opera, its story following a recovering drug addict who becomes disillusioned with the corrupt society of his time and becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders. In January 1989, it ranked at No. 34 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".

The album was certified by the RIAA as 'gold' a year after its release, and it was certified as 'platinum' in 1991. A sequel, Operation: Mindcrime II, was released on April 4, 2006.

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( MAY 3, 1988 )

The album begins with the protagonist, Nikki, in a hospital. He lies in a near catatonic state, unable to remember anything but snippets from his past. Suddenly, Nikki's memories come flooding back in a torrent. He remembers how, as a heroin addict and would-be political radical frustrated with contemporary society due to the economic inequality, corruption, and hypocrisy around him, he was manipulated into joining a supposed secret organization dedicated to revolution. At the head of this organization is a mysterious political and religious demagogue known only as Dr. X, who manipulates Nikki through a combination of his heroin addiction and brainwashing techniques to become an assassin.

Whenever Dr. X uses the word "mindcrime", Nikki becomes his docile puppet, a state which Dr. X uses to command Nikki to undertake any murder that the Doctor wishes. Through one of Dr. X's probable associates, a corrupt priest named Father William, Nikki is offered the services of a prostitute-turned-nun named Sister Mary. Through his friendship and growing affection toward Sister Mary, Nikki begins to question the nature of what he is doing, seeing that Dr. X has his own nefarious agenda. Dr. X takes notice and, seeing a potential threat in Mary to his cult of personality, orders Nikki to kill both her and the priest. Nikki goes to Mary's church and kills the priest, but, after confronting Mary, he fails to comply with the command to murder her. He and Mary decide to leave the organization together, and Nikki goes to Dr. X to tell him that they are out. Dr. X, however, reminds Nikki that he is an addict, and that he is the one who can provide him with his daily fix. Nikki leaves, conflicted and uncertain, and he returns to Mary only to find her dead.

Nikki cannot cope with the loss, as well as the possibility that he himself may have killed her without knowing it (whether her death occurred at his hand or at the hand of someone else such as Dr. X is left deliberately ambiguous), and he begins to succumb to insanity. He runs through the streets calling her name. The police arrive and attempt to subdue him. A gun is found on Nikki, and they take him into custody under suspicion of Mary's murder and the murders he committed for Dr. X. Suffering from an almost complete loss of memory, Nikki is put into a mental hospital, where he sees a news report on the recent spree of political homicides. This jogs his memory and returns us to the beginning where he remembers what has happened and begins to tell his story.

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Clerihew Poetry, Hetalia Style

May 9, 2012 21:29:03 GMT -5

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Post by Stefan "Serbia" Stojkovic on May 9, 2012 21:29:03 GMT -5

Clerihew poems are short, four line poems of rhyming couplets. Originally meant to be humorous poems about historical figures, I have adapted this to be country names. The country name (or historical figure) is one of the rhyme schemes. Also, there is an ounce of fact in them. I had to write them for my History class and decided to make some for the Allies and Axis powers from Hetalia. If you guys like them, I'll do more. However, I'm only doing countries because I don't know the history for every province and city in the world.

I'm not trying to offend anyone with these, merely enjoy history and poetry. Also, the history used may not be really obvious. Some of the poems involve trends and are in a way, mocking aspects of the country (France). There are some current events thrown in as well. Enjoy!

Land of the free, home of the brave
The rest of the world to save
Super Americans
Often act like harlequins.

Occupied in 1940
Lost the election was Sarkozy
From the cultured nation of France
Military favors a losing chance

Ancient is the nation of China
He builds nests for passing by myna
Now the most populous country
He wasn’t always nearly so lucky

Most know for Princess Anastasia
She comes from the country of Russia
When the tsar was in power
The people before him would cower

From the knights of King Arthur
To the greatest naval power
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Globally, every place was marked by his hand

In a parody about pre-war Germany
David Low depicts three boys in harmony
From the Prussian Empire to the Treaty of Frankfurt
Europe only wants to see Germans get hurt

Benito Mussolini
Ruled a fascist Italy
The famous and rich Empire of Rome
Left in a historian’s thick tome

Country where the sun rises
Its emperors possess no vices
The island of Japan
Making cars and games it alone holds all the plans

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In the United States, the album was certified Gold a year after its release, and certified Platinum in 1991.[8]

The band shot a one-off promotional video in 1988 for the song "Speak" using performance footage. It did not include a dramatization of any of the story's concepts.

The song "I Don't Believe in Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 in the category "Best Metal Performance".[9]

During the tour promoting the 1990 album Empire, Operation: Mindcrime was performed in its entirety. The stage show featured video, animation and guest singer Pamela Moore as Sister Mary. A recording was released as Operation: Livecrime. The story was initially explored in a series of video clips for MTV in the 1989 VHS video, Video: Mindcrime.

In 2006, Operation: Mindcrime was re-released as a deluxe box set, containing the 2003 remaster, a live CD with the album played in its entirety at the Hammersmith Odeon on 15 November 1990, and a bonus DVD containing the 1989 Video: Mindcrime and bonus clips.