The Modern Age

I’m devoting today to great songs, bands I just discovered I like, and anything that makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
First up, the totally awesome cover version of “Forever Young” by Youth Group which was featured on one of The OC soundtracks (number 5…apparently). This weekend, during our drive up to Montreal I discovered that [...]

This morning Patrick from Fall Out Boy appeared in the Live Lounge on Jo Whiley. Poor little Patrick was the only one in the Maida Vale studio–his bandmates were most likely sleeping off the jet lag or taking promo pictures of their peens. (According to Pete Wentz’s latest FOB Journal entry, he hasn’t slept in [...]

In your weekly dose of “oh no they didn’t”, Pete Wentz cannot leave well enough alone and has decided to take on The Bled Perfect’s James Munoz and compete for “Best Peengate Parody Photos” in order to pimp out The Hush Sound, a band signed to his Fueled By Ramen imprint, Decaydance Records.
In photos released [...]

Jeff totally made my week by pointing me to this My Old Kentucky Blog post that links to MP3s of 25 cover versions of Joy Division’s most well-known song, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. Which was I most stoked to see? Uh…the Fall Out Boy version. Um, I’m not kidding.

While dispensing vital dating advice to Jane, Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz made the following comment:
People meeting on MySpace, I think it’s just the most terrible way to get to know somebody.
GOLD! That is my favorite quote of the week. Do you agree/disagree with that statment?
Oh, and for the record, Pete prefers “chance encounters”…let’s just [...]