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Say Anything

Who's the American Idiot?

April 22, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The Green Day-inspired rock opera, American Idiot, is now open for business. And the reviews are good [via The New York Times]: A pulsating portrait of wasted youth that invokes all the standard genre conventions — bring on the sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, please! — only to transcend them through the power of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day, Kidz Bop, Michael Mayer, MTV, music, New York Observer, punk, Say Anything, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times

Will Max Bemis no longer Say Anything?

February 15, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Max Bemis took to Twitter just a little while ago with one long, oft-rambling ode to the pangs of posting things on… Twitter. Part of Bemis’ cathartic, well-intentioned rant included a curious take on the future of Say Anything, the excellent band Bemis fronts: To let you guys in on some stuff that’s semi personal, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Alternative Press, emo, Max Bemis, music, pop-punk, punk, Say Anything, Tim Kinsella, Twitter

The Decade In Emo

December 23, 2009 / 7 Comments

It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.” But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of the word in the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, A Decade Under The Influence, Abercrombie & Fitch, Achilles Heel, Algernon Cadwallader, Atmosphere, Bleed American, Brand New, Chris Carrabba, Coheed & Cambria, crunkcore, D.C., Dashboard Confessional, Dog Problems, Drive Like Jehu, emo, Emo: Where The Girls Aren't, emocore, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Fall Out Boy, Fugazi, Hardcore punk, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Jawbox, Jessica Hopper, Jimmy Eat World, Maritime, Monument, music, My Chemical Romance, New York Times, Owen, P.O.S., Pedro the Lion, Pop music, post-hardcore, Punk Planet, Rhymesayers, Rising Tide, Rolling Stone, Sage Francis, Say Anything, screamo, scrunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday, The Appleseed Cast, The Argument, The Format, The Get Up Kids, The Guilt Show, The Promise Ring, The Used, Thursday, Tim Burton, War All The Time, Warped Tour, Wood/Water

Hannukah, Modern Judaism and Musical Mensches

December 15, 2009 / Leave a Comment

It’s the halfway point of Hannukah, and it’s unexpected presence on the calendar has marked a sudden disconnect I’ve had with the Jewish community. For most of my life, I’ve been surrounded by aspects of Judaism and Jewish culture, be it growing up attending temple, my various stays in Israel or attending a university with … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, Adam Drucker, Adam Sandler, Alive With The Glory Of Love, Alopecia, Billboard, Christmas, DoseOne, emo, Generation Y, Hannukah, Hospice, Ice Cream Spiritual, Israel, Jeremy Hyman, Jewellery, Judaism, Knocked Up, Matisyahu, Max Bemis, MC Paul Barman, Mel Brooks, Mica Levi, Micachu & The Shapes, Molly Siegel, music, Netflix, Peter Silberman, Ponytail, Regina Spektor, Saves The Day, Say Anything, Seth Rogen, Steven Lee Beeber, Subtle, The Antlers, The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's, Themselves, Treblinka, Why?, Yoni Wolf, Young Frankenstein

The Best Albums of 2009

December 14, 2009 / Leave a Comment

The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Albums of 2009. As I’ve mentioned previously, there are a lot of pitfalls for “best of” … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Animal Collective, Attention Deficit, best albums of 2009, Bitte Orca, Brand New, Brandeis University, Bromst, Chums, Curse Your Branches, Daisy, Dan Deacon, Dananananaykroyd, David Bazan, Deastro, Dirty Projectors, electronica, emo, Family, Fuck Buttons, Future Of The Left, Grizzly Bear, Harlem Shakes, Hey Everyone, hip-hop, Hospice, indie, Japandroids, Jeremy Enigk, Jewellery, Merriweather Post Pavillion, Micachu & The Shapes, Mika Miko, Moondagger, music, Never Better, New Leaves, OK Bear, Owen, P.O.S., Phoenix, Post-Nothing, punk, R&B, rock, Say Anything, See Mystery Lights, Tarot Sport, Technicolor Health, The Antlers, The xx, These Four Walls, Think About Life, Travels With Myself And Another, Veckatimest, Wale, We Be Xuxa, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, YACHT

Too coincidental to 'Say Anything'?

November 5, 2009 / Leave a Comment

The Daily Swarm tossed a quick story about a “Mobler,” aka a Lloyd Dobler-themed flash mob that went down in NYC on Tuesday. Apparently Twentieth Century Fox put together a little gimmick to point people in the direction of the 20th Anniversary re-release of Cameron Crowe’s 80s teen rom-com Say Anything…. Mobler members dressed like … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Cameron Crowe, emo, Entertainment, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, film, flash mob, In Your Eyes, Lloyd Dobler, Max Bemis, mobler, Movies, music, Peter Gabriel, pop-punk, Save Ferris, Say Anything, The Lloyd Dobler Effect, Twentieth Century Fox

List-less

September 4, 2009 / 1 Comment

Isn’t it a little to early for those end-of-the-year or end-of-the-decade critics list? Didn’t September just roll around? August hadn’t even ended before Pitchfork rolled out it’s top singles of the 2000s. Doesn’t it all seem a little too, well, soon? It’s still just September! There are four full months left in the decade! Some … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: A Day To Remember, Coheed & Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, emo, Garageband, High Fidelity, Jeremy Enigk, Jimmy Eat World, Maritime, music, New Found Glory, Pedro the Lion, Pitchfork, pop-punk, Say Anything, Senses Fail, Stephen Ortiz, Taking Back Sunday, The Daily Campus, The Used, top ten list, UConn, Yellowcard

It Had To Happen…

July 28, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’m referring to a Get Up Kids interview featured on The Drowned In Sound website. Though it’s only been online for a matter of hours, it’s attracted a wave of attention for a rather misinterpreted quote that goes to the tune of GET UP KIDS APOLOGIZE FOR EMO on several other news sites reporting on the interview. It’s … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Alternative Press, Bamboozle, Brokencyde, Cap'n Jazz, crunkcore, Drive Like Jehu, Drowned In Sound, emo, Fugazi, Jim Suptic, Max Bemis, music, Pitchfork, Rocket from the Crypt, Say Anything, scrunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Superchunk, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Tim Kinsella, Vagrant

I'll Sing Anything for a Buck…

April 22, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Nine Inch Nails/A Perfect Circle drummer Josh Freese may have grabbed headlines for his unusual promotional tool for promoting and covering the costs for his new album, Since 1972. For a certain price, you could get anything from a digital download of the album ($7) straight to a weekend with the man himself, mini golf … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, A Perfect Circle, America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Clarity, Clarity Live, David Foster Wallace, Devo, emo, griot, Infinite Jest, Jimmy Eat World, Josh Freese, Max Bemis, music, Napster, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, RCA Music Group, Say Anything, Since 1972, The Cocker Spaniels, Tool, West Africa, YouTube

597-Way Tie For Most Eclectic Proposal

January 12, 2009 / 1 Comment

The 33 1/3 blog released the final list of the nearly 600 potential books on a wide variety of albums that Continuum received after the call for open proposals a little while ago. Needless to say, it’s quite a list. It’s interesting to see what albums people are passionate enough about to fill an entire … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 33 1/3 book series, Continuum, emo, Exile in Guyville, Fall Out Boy, Fugazi, Jawbreaker, Jimmy Eat World, Kris Kross, Liz Phair, Lungfish, music, Nothing Feels Good, Pitchfork, Say Anything, Slint, Spiderland, The Promise Ring, Tom Scharpling, Totally Krossed Out
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