The big news that folks have been paying attention to the other day from Apple’s presentation at the Macworld Expo was the announcement that iTunes will now offer DRM-Free tracks to download off their website. Another one of the interesting features presented by Apple for the new year is the n[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fall Out Boy’
December 16th, 2008 - 5:51 pm § in Perfect Lines
One Last Fall Out…
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 confront[...]
December 15th, 2008 - 4:29 pm § in Perfect Lines
Behind The Back Battles
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[...]
December 14th, 2008 - 4:01 pm § in Perfect Lines
Falling Out if there's no Dance Dance
The New York Times had a great two-hitter of music articles this weekend: *Jon Caramanica’s profile on Patrick Stump, mainstream rock’s “most invisible frontman,” offers some great insight into Fall Out Boy and has given me even more newfound respect for the band. Even as the[...]
December 9th, 2008 - 11:25 am § in Perfect Lines
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. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/jimmy-fallon-announces-late-night-deb[...]
November 15th, 2008 - 1:45 pm § in Perfect Lines
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’[...]
October 31st, 2008 - 12:44 am § in Perfect Lines
Happy Halloween!
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 – R[...]
October 21st, 2008 - 7:19 pm § in Perfect Lines
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[...]
October 16th, 2008 - 12:25 am § in Perfect Lines
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 ch[...]