News Flash: Dangerous “Emo” Trend Might Take Hold of Your Impressionable Teen
…AND IT WILL RUIN THEIR LIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVESSSS!!
Don’t believe me? WATCH THIS:
My friend Emily sent over this Idolitor link to a video of a news piece by a Devils Lake, North Dakota station WDAZ in which they reveal a “dangerous trend” among area teens–it’s something called “EMO”, and if you aren’t careful, your child could be sucked into this destructive and extreme behavior. Kids wear “dark clothes and dark hair”…”that covers half your face” so that you “only see the world in half-view”.
OH. MY. GOD. These people are super retardo crazy.
I think I need to point out a few things about what is so crazy/funny/ridiculous about this video:
1. The area in which this is being broadcast is Devils Lake/Grand Forks, which is humorous in itself. But the scary thing is that this particular area (Devils Lake) in North Dakota was the home of the now (in)famous evangelical Christian “Kids on Fire” summer retreat documented in the Oscar-nominated film Jesus Camp. You know, that place where Pentecostal child pastor Betty Fischer made kids cry for the sins of the world out of deranged devotion for the Lord, where kids spoke in tongue, fell on to their knees, and hypnotically prayed to God. In other words, this town is seriously into Jesus, and sometimes a little TOO serious about everything.
2. The report insinuates that “emos”, as they call them, carry around and consult a point card in order to tabulate how “emo” they are. On screen they show a list called the “The Emo-Scale” that list things you can get emo points for like if your coffee is black, you wear tight clothes, or “the jackpot”–if you have tried to commit suicide. Obviously this list is a JOKE and is not serious, b/c if you’re so emo, you’re not going to have any friend to compare scores with anyway, so WHAT IS THE POINT? Seriously, who’s walking around talking about how depressed they are as a “bragging right” and being seen as cool for doing so?
3. How did no one notice that one of the girls interviewed not only has Fall Out Boy’s “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race,” BUT SHE SAYS HER NAME IS CHELSEY WENTZ!!! Hahahahha. Come on, what are the odds that this high school chick is going to be playing FOB during a piece about the “dangers” of emo music with a last name like Wentz? This is ridiculous! That is the most amazing prank for this amazingly stupid news story. I can’t imagine that’s her real name–if it was God playing a funny ha-ha joke on all of us.
Let us pray…
UPDATE: According to an email I got from Maura, the Associate Editor at Idolator, “she’s apparently real — i googled her name and got a bunch of grand forks HS field-hockey writeups.” Ahahahaha.
The Academy Is… More Rockin’ Than Ever!
Check out the video preview for The Academy Is…’s new song “A Big Mess” on the Fueled By Ramen YouToooobe page (link via Buzznet’s music blog). I think it sounds totally awesome!
The full-length video is directed by Daniel “Cloud” Campos, who is well-known for being one of Madonna’s super-hot backup dancers.
Check him out dancing:
And making/eating a sandwich (LOL):
But back to TAI… I just got a little lady boner looking at the adorable William Beckett. Is it wrong that I just said that? Sorry guys, but he’s looking mighty fine with his shorter, shaggier, rocker-boy hair.
Their new album Santi comes out in April 2007.
I Will Jump Off a Building If I Have to Read the Word “Guyliner” One More Time
NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: NO MORE USING THE WORD “GUYLINER“!!!
You could not escape the phrase if you read through the issue of Rolling Stone with Panic! at the Disco on the cover, nor can you read anything about Pete Wentz or Jared Leto in the mainstream media that does NOT mention the term. Even Dan Keyes of Young Love cannot escape the “will you wear guyliner” question.
Remember that cringe-worthy SNL promo with Cameron Diaz and Greenday with the nod to the “G-word”?
But I fear that this term has unfortunately failed to meet the saturation point just yet. According to my internet searching, in fall 2007 a cosmetics line for men will launch called…you guessed it–Guyliner. But it seems as though British chain store Superdrug has already beat this company to the punch, having released the “Guyliner” line of men’s kohl under the same name in the summer of 2006.
All-American Rejects: Recording and Video Blogging
The All-American Rejects are currently on break from touring in order to work on some new material…and video blog. Check out these two recent entries about “Shark Leaf” and behind the scenes sneak peeks.
Kanye West + Fall Out Boy Remixes “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race”: Let Your Nuts Hang Out
Uh… you can find it ova at Friends or Enemies. The rap talks about not understanding what “…Arms Race” is about and there’s some mention of FOB wearing tight pants so their nuts hang out. Er.. don’t ask me. Oh Kanye, you so crazy. Link via ONTD.
And for your giggling pleasure, the full lyrics:
Now I don’t know what the hell this song is talking ’bout
Do you?
She said ‘yeah, I’ve been spending all day tryin’ to figure that out,
You too?’
The arm race made ‘em raise their arm and race straight to the top
Who knew?
Right now they got the number one spot do you want that?
Me tooOne thing I gotta call out boy
Take a look at Fall Out Boy
‘Cause they ain’t black when they get money they don’t ball out, boy
They just buy tight jeans
‘Till their nuts hang all out boy
They figure they dress tight so we ‘gun dress tighter
He dress white so we ‘gun dress whiter
So in spite of anything you might of seen or heard–this scene occurred
Word.
Why Is Pete Wentz Shirtless on the Cover of Rolling Stone?
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
The new cover of Rolling Stone has been revealed–and Fall Out Boy are the cover boys. Oh, and you might have noticed something a little bit disturbing…
PETE WENTZ IS SHIRTLESS. WHY? WHY? AND WHY? How did the photographer and/or stylist work that out? Everyone shows up to wardrobe and Pete’s rack only has pants?
PETE: Hey guys, what happen to all of my shirt selection?
STYLIST: Oh right.. sorry Pete, all of the shirts we ordered in your size got lost.
PETE: Huh?
STYLIST: Yeah, weird, I know. You’re just going to have to go topless?
PETE: Why? Can’t I just wear this Clandestine Industries shirt I have on right now?
STYLIST: No.
PETE: Why?
STYLIST: Because it has that big stain on it?
PETE: What big stain? ::looks down::
STYLIST: That one ::stylist bumps over a PA running by with a cup of fruit juice, the contents of which fall onto Pete’s shirt::
PETE: Aw man!
PHOTOGRAPHER: You’re just going to have to go topless like we first suggested.
PETE: Well… Ok.
SILVER JACKET ON PETE WENTZ. WHY? WHY? AND MORE WHYS?
Oh, and to whoever wrote the cover line “The Secret Torment of America’s Hottest Band”, LOLZ.
Watch this “behind the scenes” video about the story. Watch out for Pete saying that FOB is “more of a rock band” than Panic! at the Disco. (Oh burn?) Oh and he also admits to “blogging pretty hard”…total. hardcore. blogging.
HELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
Fall Out Boy on the Cover of SPIN
Saw this walking down the street yesterday.
Fall Out Boy on the cover of SPIN.
Swimsuits! at the Disco aka Why Is Ryan Ross Not In Briefs?
Have you SEEN the photos of the Panic! at the Disco boys with model Julie Henderson for the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated? Have you SEEN how ridiculous they are?
I don’t know who thought it was a good idea to make the swimsuit issue the “music” issue… they have a whole series of seemingly random pairings of musical artists with random model chicks in bikinis. Now if they had the boys in swimsuits as well, now THAT’s a feature I can get behind. Why is it, of all the musicians they pegged for this swimsuit issue it is ONLY the ONE female artists they picked (Beyonce) that appears in a skimpy swimsuit. The closest the male musicians come to being in briefs is Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, but how is that fair? You couldn’t PAY that man enough to actually wear a shirt that fully clothed his torso. Oh and Jimmy Buffet in a surfer body suit does NOT count. (Nor should it be allowed.)
I CALL BULLCRAP AND SEXISM ON SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.
Pete Wentz Reveals Underwear Preferences to British Journos
Check out this 4-and-a-half-minute video interview that the Guardian UK did with Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz. He recommends that a Taco Bell open up in Birmingham and expresses his love of gossip mags, his hatred of George Bush, the joy he gets when his pee looks and smells weird, and his favorite type of undergarment:
“I like this one that’s in between the boxer brief and the brief. I think it’s called a sports brief. I like that you don’t get–’cause I wear really tight pants–that I don’t get an underwear line on the pants on it, you know, whatever. I’m kinda a little bit girlish as far as that goes. And this says “UK XL”, and I’ll be honest, I just don’t wear an XL. ::Chuckles:: I wear “SM”–small.”
