Seeing Brand New live is similar to what I imagine a cult meeting must be like ( Read more... )

( Brand New @ Wembley Arena, London )

Ha. I'd forgotten that I downloaded about ten crappy recordings of Brand New's 'Seventy Times 7' live, because I thought I'd find... I don't know, a version where Jesse professed his deep and true love for John Nolan.

I'm continually amused by the fact that, when I first listened to Cobra Starship's 'The Scene Is Dead...', I said, man, Gabe's ( Read more... )

I realize I have no objectivity on this subject, since Brand New are my favourite band, but I can't help thinking they are proof positive that you can be a successful band without selling your soul to the machine ( Read more... )

I am going to see Brand New at Wembley in January. Is anyone else going? :)

Semi-relatedly, I am still not over this cover. *__* It hurts me that the crowd is not more receptive to Jesse playing 90s Liz Phair and not changing the lyrics. I've been craving Jesse/John fic more than usual recently. I want fic where John is happily married and Jesse ( Read more... )

Here is a post full of randomness that I will tie together with the statement, "music that I like and the (batshit) musicians that make it".

I am very excited for the new Brand New album next month. BN is a band that I am forever worried is on the verge of splitting up, so I am shocked/happy that they've actually made it to album #4. YEAH. :D! ( Read more... )

Apparently I am in bandom for the drama, because this week's shenanigans have made me interested in Panic! (yeah, exclamation point, bitches!) for the first time in three years. littlerhymes summed up a lot of what I've been feeling, so I'll just link to her post: That disconnect between fannish perception and reality, particularly Ryan and Spencer's supposed ( Read more... )

Someone posted a pretty great Brand New primer. It's well-researched! There are footnotes! (Note: I tend to be a bit *eh* when people directly attribute the breakdown of TBSv1.0 to Adam and Michelle splitting up. If you've ever listened to 'A Slow Descent', you should be able to figure out a better explanation for why John left the band. But I'm ( Read more... )

I am reading DP Lyle's Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions For Mystery Writers. It is awesome! Gruesome, but awesome. I do not really consider myself a mystery writer, but characters in my stories frequently seem to end up dead, so it's handy stuff to know. Recommended to the morbidly curious! :D (Of course, as a ( Read more... )

So, actually. Brand New's random new release doesn't make me happy so much as it makes me suspicious that they've been holding out on us and have, in fact, recorded proper versions of ALL the demos, but they're just not GIVING THEM TO US ( Read more... )