Panic at the Disco Release New Lyrics
Panic at the Disco have posted the lyrics of 5 of the songs off their upcoming album, Pretty. Odd., dropping March 25th. The lyrics include the words to “We’re So Starving”, “She’s a Handsome Woman”, “That Green Gentleman”, “Mad as Rabbits”, and the first single off the new LP, “Nine in the Afternoon.”
I’m Up for an Shockwaves NME 2008 Award!
AHhhhhhHHH!! My other blog, TheModernAge.org is one of the nominees for BEST MUSIC BLOG.
Please help!!
You can vote for me (and all the other categories) RIGHT HERE: http://www.nme.com/awardsnominees
Stolen Transmission and Island Def Jam Part Ways
It’s almost Hanukkah/Christmas, so that means it’s time for major corporations to ruin everyone’s holidays by letting people “go.” I’m sad to report that Sarah “Ultragrrrl” Lewitinn’s Island Def Jam imprint, Stolen Transmission, got caught up in the mass firings over at Sony BMG, releasing the label into the wild and free to be “indie” once again.
According to Sarah’s postings on AbsolutePunk, Stolen Transmission will live on–returning to the place of its origin, Sarah’s apartment on the Lower East Side.
Ultra’s only regret? According to her comment on Idolator, “My only sadness is having to leave behind the Oohlas who were upstreamed to Island a few months ago. Our connection with each other is stronger than A&R/Artist, so i’m glad we’ll continue to be friends and cheerleaders for each other.”
Can’t wait to see what ST does next, now that they are no longer fettered by a big ol’ record label. Everyone knows that major labels are aging dinosaurs these days.
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.
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!
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.
Are You Guys on Flip.com?
This is totally unrelated to music, but I was just curious to know if any of you guys were signed up for Flip.com, that new “social networking” website launched by magazine publisher Conde Nast (they publish mags like Vogue, Teen Vogue, etc.). If you are, please look me up and we can be friends! Search for “missmodernage”. (I haven’t figured out how to link to my profile directly.) You’ll see a photo of me fake crying while wearing a striped long-sleeve shirt. 
Bid for Pete Wentz’s Fender Bass Guitar for Charity
According to the eBay auction (which ends Jan 6):
This coming April, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz will have a slammin’ new black-and-red signature Squier® P Bass® guitar model of his own.
Now, Pete is auctioning off one of the basses with all profits benefiting the non for profit organization “Invisible Children”.
The Mission is the ultimate goal of Invisible Children—the resources, skills, and funds that hit the ground in Uganda, providing health care, safety, employment, and education.
Check out the Clandestine logo the bass is sporting! 100 percent of the proceeds from the auction will be donated to Invisible Children.
Strapped for cash but love to test your luck? Check out the contest that Buzznet is running. The winner gets one of the prototype basses!
Muwahahaha! Panic! at the Disco on the Cover of Rolling Stone
First I saw My Chem on SPIN, now THIS! Me very happy this week. Sorry if I’m kinda behind but uh… I never read Rolling Stone. Go ahead, read an excerpt from Panic!’s cover story.
I’m usually a Ryan Ross kinda girl, but I gots to give mad props to Brendon Urie for turning up the heat to the point of my brain becoming an inferno.
Watch video taken after the covershoot:
and the shoot itself:
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My Chemical Romance on the Cover of SPIN
Waaaaahoooo! Billed as the band that saves lives. Yesssssssss.
