Riots in Greece
The youth of Greece have been rioting…
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Breaking: The Roots & Jimmy Fallon
If the thought of Jimmy Fallon filling in Conan O’Brien’s shoes was… well, the last thing you would have thought, here’s something even more absurd: The Roots will be Fallon’s house band. Ummm… what? Now Carson Daly will have to one-up Fallon. But how? Fall Out Boy perhaps?
The name says what it is & EMario Kart
*Emo act CalPop released their album online and their track “Missing Song” appears to actually be missing from sites like LaLa. Funniest irony to hit emo titles since Reggie and the Full Effect’s album “Promotional Copy” was accidentally given away for free at record stores. *Apparently some joke YouTube song about Mario Kart is qualified … [Read more…]
Emo Boy: The Movie
Time to take WordPress’s newly-established “QuickPress” to press with this little byte: Reuter’s reports that Stephen Edmond’s “Emo Boy” comic book will be turned into a movie with a “crucial” musical component that will be “in the tone of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’.” Read it and, yes, weep: http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE4B40RG20081205
Happy Thanksgiving
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdIoFNt-BR4] I couldn’t make it halfway through that. This kid’s exhibits the kind of faux-youthful depression that Charlie Brown does, although ten times less endearing. Speaking of Charlie Brown, here’s a real treat: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p101CHrWR7s] Happy Thanksgiving!
90s Emo Is Back and More
In quick news bites… *The Get Up Kids have a reunion show in Kansas City this Sunday. *Blake Schwarzenbach has a new band called the Thorns of Life, who will hopefully be touring soon. *The Phoenix rags on Joe Biden for his association with a certain Fall Out Boy. That’s so low it’s just sad.
Can't Spell "B" without an "E"
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…]
Vote Or…
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]
Kanye Wemo
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…]
From Fall Out Boyz to the Man
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…]