For those that caught Bruce Campbell’s latest B-movie flick, My Name Is Bruce, it’s, well, a Bruce Campbell movie… though some of the jokes were a complete miss and would have benefited the movie had they not been written in the first place. In any case, one of the movie’s driving characters is a young … [Read more…]
Tomorrow/Today is the election. I won’t put in my two cents on the political situation considering there’s already enough out there. Instead, here are a couple of images that would suffice for this blog… If you can, go and vote! Remember when this was an actual campaign used to confront political apathy? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vCyQRBEwU]
To celebrate Halloween, a quick little post with a couple covers of a purported favorite film among emo kids (and here I thought most people of our generation who grew up with it had a basic fondness towards the movie) by a couple of famous emo acts. Here goes… Panic! At The Disco – “This … [Read more…]
It’s been a number of days, but Stereogum’s post on Kanye West’s “Coldest Winter” caught my eye for oh so many reasons. Of course, images offer the best summation. Thanks Stereogum: The post offers an interesting look at the perception of emo today. Given that Stereogum doesn’t play into mainstream music standards and often prides … [Read more…]
It seems like Fall Out Boy really are that boy band in emo as each release progresses. Take for example, “What A Catch, Donnie” off the group’s forthcoming album, Folie A Deux: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YkguquIq2Y] You’ve got to give the Fall Out Boyz a good chunk of credit. They’re beating My Chemical Romance at their own game … [Read more…]
What do you get when you mix emo with childhood? Happiness, of course! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX9zzr_xEnk] I honestly wish Yo Gabba Gabba! had been around when I was a kid – you can only watch Sesame Street for so many hours. And may Jimmy Eat World continue to confound critics of emo with their creative choices and … [Read more…]
*The Onion had a great “archival” issue online, which featured this hilariously-poignant piece on the “dangerous” lyrics of an opera performance: The Onion always has a great way of not only poking fun of society but media as well; I would be cramming the point down the provincial throat if I were to further explain … [Read more…]
Translation = still sick. So, I’ll do a quick recap of the recent shows I saw this weekend in a spare, odds ‘n’ ends sort of way. Baltimore Round Robin Tour at MassArt, Feet Night (October 3rd) Performance Rotation: The Deathset Adventure Nuclear Power Pants Lizz King Double Dagger DJ Dog Dick Videohippos Height Future … [Read more…]
Sorry for the lack of posting, I’ve been a bit under the weather. But here’s some quick stuff to throw at you, although none of it necessarily emo related. Here goes… *In preparation for the kickoff of the Baltimore Round Robin today/tomorrow at Mass Art, here’s an excellent article the New York Times wrote up … [Read more…]
After a bit of a delay, I finally present to you my review for TV on the Radio’s Dear Science,. But I’ve decided to offer up something entirely different in the way of reviews by focusing on the one pitfall of music critique I cannot stand yet find myself using at times: comparison. It’s quite … [Read more…]