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…]
The best live shows of 2008
*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…]
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…]
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…]
Philstar.com features an interesting piece by Boy Abunda, who goes as far as to call the individually-influenced news reports by broadcast reporters “emo-journalism”: “It was in Anderson Cooper’s Dispatches From The Edge that I started to re-think about the traditional notion that newscasters are not supposed to show emotions, that they are simply mouthpieces of … [Read more…]
Stereogum is previewing the newest song by The Appleseed Cast on their weekly Gum Drop posting. Titled “Raise the Sails,” the song hearkens back to the band’s Low Level Owl days, with patient, drawn out instrumentals that make the slow-bursts and waves of noise all the more moving. Take a peek over here. The band’s … [Read more…]
The Village Voice wrote that a secret show by Fall Out Boy in NYC’s Washington Square Park was shut down by police earlier today. This prompted Patrick Stump to perform some a cappella renditioning of the band’s material, not unlike the highly politicized and potentially-violent confrontation that Rage Against the Machine had this summer at … [Read more…]
At number 9 on the AV Club’s “Worst Films of 2008” list, the premise for “Good Dick” and one of it’s main characters sounds a bit off… too off: “Ritter is the kind of cutesy emo-boy who sleeps on Palka’s couch, then wakes up early so he can tie a string to her foot, attached … [Read more…]
How about this quote from The New York Times on Caroline Kennedy’s attempt to gain Hilary Clinton’s Senate seat: “Already, some other Democrats have pointedly questioned her credentials for the job. Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, said last week that he didn’t know what Ms. Kennedy’s qualifications were, ‘except that she has name recognition … [Read more…]