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Month: May 2009

See/Hear

May 31, 2009 / Leave a Comment

  Be sure to head over to Bostonist tomorrow for a review of Split/Signal at the Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville. The show paired eight musical acts – including The Books, Cul De Sac, Roger Miller (from Mission of Burma), Caspian, Arms & Sleepers – with eight filmmaking teams to produce an … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Arms & Sleepers, Bostonist, Caspian, Cul De Sac, emo, Mission of Burma, music, Roger Miller, Somerville, Split/Signal, The Books, The Center for Arts at the Armory

Tracking the SDRE Rumors

May 28, 2009 / 3 Comments

So, months after my first post on a potential Sunny Day Real Estate reunion, and having recently come to realize how much of a hoopla my words have caused and the potential anguish I could cause in many an SDRE fan, and the reunion rumors are still bubbling. A little while after some newer rumors … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Brian Perkins, BumberFan, Bumbershoot, Dusty Henry, Ear Eye Nose Candy Blog, emo, Foo Fighters, Jeremy Enigk, Jimmy Eat World, Lee Martin, Marco Collins, music, Myspace, Nate Mendel, Neumo's, Rory Felton, rumors, Seattle, Sub Pop, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sunny Day Real Estate reunion, The Falcon, The Jealous Sound, Twitter, Tyler McPherson

Trek to Fandom

May 27, 2009 / Leave a Comment

What’s the difference between these folks: Well, specific interest for one. Not level of interest though. Each of these photos represents the countless number of fans of everything from Star Trek to anime to the Oakland Raiders to My Chemical Romance. In each one of these, the individuals express their adoration through some form of costume … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: anime, anime fans, Big Fan, Black Hole, emo, fan, fanatic, LeBron James, music, My Chemical Romance, New York Giants, Oakland Raiderfans, Oakland Raiders, Patton Oswalt, Robert Siegel, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Fleet, Star Trek, Star Wars, Trekkie, Troll 2, Vulcan

Situation On Mars: An America Is Just A Word Update

May 26, 2009 / Leave a Comment

A new week, another great musician who’s words and work will be included in America Is Just A Word. Justin Pearson – currently the bassist and half of the vocal team that is grindcore/noise-rock/post-hardcore group The Locust – will be talking to me about his experience fronting the mid-90s emo/screamo/post-hardcore/whatever weirdo term is out their act … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, American Hardcore, Brian Peterson, Burning Fight, emo, grindcore, hardcore, Justin Pearson, music, punk, San Diego, screamo, Swing Kids, The Locust, Three One G

In Space…

May 23, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Just a quick little message to folks out there that use MySpace. You can find this page on it: That’s right, an America Is Just A Word MySpace page. It’s another way to spread the word, but stick to this blog for all the up-to-date updates and previews from the book. But, if you’re on MySpace, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, emo, Facebook, music, Myspace

Objection!

May 22, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Emo is getting a bad rap in New Zealand. First, there was the charge of a gang of so-called “emo killers” threatening youths who basically didn’t even consider themselves emo at Spotswood College; the entire incident appears to have died down and had the basic mark of sensationalist-driven journalism looking to dig up dirt on … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: emo, emo killers, Frank Hogan, Marie Davis, music, My Chemical Romance, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Spotswood College, The New Zealand Herald

Bloody Buddy

May 20, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’d been bidding my time, putting off writing about the new musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Why? I’m not sure really. The musical sounds interesting enough, and The New York Times gave it a sparkling review. And for such a mainstream interpretation of emo, it’s got the idea of the genre in its current form … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Ben Brantley, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Christie Front Drive, Coheed & Cambria, emo, emo musical, Emo! The Musical, Fugazi, Igor Stravinsky, Joey Price, Michael Friedman, music, Populism Yea Yea, Public Theater, Rites of Spring, Spring Awakening, The New York Times, The Rite of Spring, Warped Tour

Interview with Mike Moroboshi

May 20, 2009 / 1 Comment

Continuing with the interview series with artists that will be featured in the forthcoming book, America Is Just A Word, this week I’m offering up snippets from an interview with Shinobu frontman Mike Moroboshi. Most of the bands that I’ve written about in the book so far, and many of the acts I’m drumming up … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, emo, Mike Moroboshi, music, Phat N Phunky, Shinobu

The Morning After

May 19, 2009 / Leave a Comment

And now, a quick break from the usual ramblings and mumbo-jumbo: WordPress has been nothing but a fantastic blogging site. It’s clean and easy to use and whatever you write, whoever writes it, you’re guaranteed it to look great nearly 100% of the time. For me, it’s been fantastic, and will continue to be a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: blogging, emo, Perfect Lines, The Morning After Template, Wordpress

Those Sunny Day Real Estate Reunion Rumors

May 15, 2009 / 5 Comments

Tim Karan had an interview with former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk for Alternative Press posted the day after the release of his newest solo album, OK Bear. What’s interesting was the conversation at the very end of the interview: Is there any truth behind the rumors that Sunny Day Real Estate are … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Absolute Punk, Alex Cook, Alex Crick, Alter The Press, Alternative Press, Anti-Matter Anthology, Bumbershoot, Ear Candy, emo, Ian MacKaye, Jeremy Enigk, Marco Collins, music, Norman Brannon, OK Bear, Paste, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Spanish-American War, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sunny Day Real Estate reunion, The Believe, The Jon Stewart Show, Tim Karan, Travis Hay, Twitter, Virgin Music Festival, Wikipedia
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