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Month: December 2008

9 Things To Look Forward To in 2009

December 31, 2008 / Leave a Comment

2008 is almost gone as the New Year will arrive in a matter of hours (or it may have already arrived depending on when you read this). So, in anticipation for the number of times I’ll forget to put “2009” on whatever documents need a proper year, here’s a little listing of 9 things I’ll … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, 2008, 2009, 33 1/3 book series, Barack Obama, Belly, Bromst, Christopher R. Weingarten, Clarity, Clarity Tour, comic book, Continuum, Cormac McCarthy, Dan Deacon, Dear Science, emo, film, Food For Animals, hip-hop, In Defense of the Genre, Inauguration, It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back, Jimmy Eat World, Max Bemis, music, New Year, politics, President of the United States, Public Enemy, Return to Cookie Mountain, Say Anything, Spiderman of the Rings, Surprises, The Road, The Road movie, The Wackness, TV On The Radio, Watchmen

They Said It…

December 30, 2008 / 3 Comments

Roundup of various end of the year music lists…

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: About.com, Alexandra Cahill, Allmusic.com, Alopecia, Amazon.com, Amy Lindsey, Ann Powers, April, Associated Press, Baltimore City Paper, Belly, best albums lists, best albums of 2008, Billboard, Blender, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chris Barton, Chris DeLine, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cokemachineglow, Cortney Harding, Culture Bully, Dear Science, Drowned In Sound, Edna Gundersen, emo, Entertainment Weekly, Eric Mahollitz, Erik Thompson, Escapers Two, Fact Magazine, Food For Animals, Friendly Fires, Greg Kot, Heather Phares, HLLLYH, I Guess I'm Floating, I Rock Cleveland, Ice Cream Spiritual, James Christopher Monger, Jessica Letkemann, Joan Anderman, John Bush, Jon Pareles, Jonathan Cohen, Josh Keller, Justin Harris, Katie Hasty, Kelly Hilst, KEXP, Kyle Johnson, L.A. Times, Largehearted Boy, Limewire Music Blog, Margaret Wappler, Matt Collar, Melissa Trejo, Michael D. Ayers, Mojo, Morgan Chosnyk, Morgan Kluck, MTV, music, Music Blogs and Sites, Nate Chinen, Neon Neon, New Haven Register, New York Observer, New York Times, NME, NPR Listeners Poll, NPR Second Stage, Parts & Labor, Paste, pictures for sad children, Pitchfork, Ponytail, Q Magazine, Receivers, Robert Thompson, Rolling Stone, Sarah Rodman, Spin, Stainless Style, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Stereogum (Gummy Awards), Sun Kil Moon, Susan Visakowitz, The AV Club, The Dodos, The Mae Shi, TIME, Tiny Mix Tapes, Troy Carpenter, TV On The Radio, Uncut, USA TODAY, Visiter, webcomic, Why?, WOXY

Lionize the Losers

December 29, 2008 / Leave a Comment

The NFL regular season wound down yesterday, which left me pretty excited seeing as the Baltimore Ravens have made the playoffs and have a pretty good chance of taking their season beyond their Wild Card spot. The Detroit Lions have finally gotten national attention where there was none previously by becoming the 1st team to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, emo, football, grunge, loser, Manowar, music, New England Patriots, NFL, Nickelback, sports, Sub Pop, Wild Card, winless, worst emo band

Want To Write A Book About Your Favorite Band?

December 27, 2008 / 3 Comments

Continuum’s 33 1/3 series is by far the best collection of books on rock records… In fact, it’s pretty much the only one that continually publishes works on a strong range of albums. They’ve gotten a strong showing on numerous “best of” listings for 2008 for a number of books on records such as Black … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 33 1/3 book series, Black Sabbath, Brand New, Celine Dion, Continuum, emo, John Darnielle, Let's Talk About Love, Master of Reality, music, Pinkerton New Years Eve, Say Anything, the Mountain Goats, Thrice, Weezer

Merry X-Mas

December 25, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Here are some interpretations of holiday classics by a couple o’ emo acts, and some interpretations of emo on Christmas day, some of which have been literally uploaded from YouTube within the past 24 hours or so (I apologize in advance if they are of poor quality – I’ll admit I haven’t watched these videos … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: A Very Emo Christmas, All I Want For Christmas Is You, emo, Emo Christmas, It's An Emo Christmas Charlie Brown, music, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Twelve Days of Christmas, YouTube

Have Your Emo Spayed or Neutered

December 24, 2008 / 1 Comment

You have to wonder about the future of journalism when the teen journalism site The Tattoo features a travel article that begins like this: “Do you often find yourself too sad to tie your shoelaces? Do you ever slave over your hair to flip exactly the right way to hide your sorrow stricken eyes? Have … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: aunt, emo, How to fix an Emo teen, Korea, Minha Lee, The Tattoo

Best Concerts of 2008

December 23, 2008 / 1 Comment

The best live shows of 2008

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: After the Jump Festival, Baltimore Round Robin, Baltimre, best concerts of 2008, Boredoms, Boston, Brooklyn, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, Double Dagger, Dr. Dog, Drive By Truckers, Edie Sedgwick, emo, Extra Life, Feet Night, Future Islands, Iron & Wine, Liars, Mark Kozelek, Mass Art, MFA, Mission of Burma, music, New York, No Age, Northampton, Noveller, Nuclear Power Pants, Orpheum, Oxfam Cafe, Paradise Rock Club, Parts & Labor, Pattern Is Movement, Pearl Street, Philadelphia, phonograph cylinder, Ponytail, Red House Painters, Rickenbacker Park, Shudder To Think, Siren Music Festival, Smartgrowth, Somerville, Subtle, Sun Kil Moon, Talking Head, The Deathset, The Hold Steady, the Middle East Upstairs, Thomas Edison, TV On The Radio, Union Square, Videohippos, Vs., Why?, Wilbur Theater, Zach Hill

Names So Bad You'll Want To Bang Your Head (Just Not That Hard)

December 22, 2008 / Leave a Comment

*The AV Club’s annual listing of odds and ends band names has its own devoted section for emo groups. Best/worst name? It’s a tie between Your Kisses Cause Crashes and Blue Skies for Black Hearts. *The Guardian notes a report by the University of New South Wales that says too much headbanging can be bad. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: AV Club, Blue Skies for Black Hearts, emo, headbanging, music, The Guardian, University of New South Wales, Your Kisses Cause Crashes

Your newest family stereotype

December 22, 2008 / Leave a Comment

The Arizona Daily Star’s Carrie Wells has penned the newest family stereotype in a quick piece on theungiftables.com. What does your crazy uncle (or aunt) peg you as? An emo nephew (or niece) of course: “Every year, you have the same dilemma: What can you possibly get for your nosy neighbor, your emo nephew, your … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Arizona Daily Star, Carrie Wells, emo, emo nephew, theungiftables.com, Underoath

The Best Gifts… for those who didn't get them

December 19, 2008 / Leave a Comment

A New York Times article on gifts gone awry reminded me of what is perhaps the one funny thing I’ve ever seen associated with Mad TV: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7IxliAPjAk] Now really, a Tickle Me Emo would be amusing for a little more than a few seconds, right? Otherwise, how would you be able to explain why folks … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: bad gifts, Christmas, emo, Mad TV, New York Times, Tickle Me Emo
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