Process the progress

[brynnmck]

So I'm now in that place where I haven't posted for a while and now I have ALL THE THINGS to post about. Eep. Part of the reason I haven't posted is that I have been plagued with guilt over not finishing my Galentine's Day requests yet, so not only am I letting down my friends, but I'm letting down Leslie Knope and WOMEN EVERYWHERE. Sigh. However:

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[brynnmck]

I can totally see him producing, too! But like you said, when you're that good, it seems like a waste not to ALSO be doing the thing you're so good at, and it would surprise me if he gave up playing completely. We'll see!

my secret wish in my heart of hearts is for a Ray Toro blues album. Ian Crawford can guest star....

Oh my god, YESSSSSS. Where do I contribute to THAT cause?!

that time at bitchin party where we were in a little corner of Ray Love and desfinado kept punching me at every solo.

I loved that so much! I'm so glad we got to have that experience! <33333

[ladyfoxxx]

I had already copied this section of text to comment:

though I have to say my greatest fear about all of this is that Ray will just drop off the map and I will never have another panty-melting, soul-searing Ray Toro guitar solo in my ears again

OF COURSE you C&P'ed the same one! FandomMFEOOOOOO. Oh god I hope Ray doesn't drop off the radar completely. I kind of want him to keep mixing and producing so I can indulge my competency kink in him being That Awesome Producer guy.

And there is always a chance he'll guest on a Death Spells show. It's not actually a stretch...

[brynnmck]

I have a HUGE competency kink about Ray being Awesome Producer Guy, so I agree that that would be Good Times. :D

[desfinado]

hich made me cry not exactly because I was sad about the band breaking up, but because it reminded me of everything that was so fucking amazing about them: the sincerity, the integrity, the awareness that what they were saying mattered, and the desire to use that power for good.

Oh my god YES THIS. the glorious, epic, everything-I-ever-wanted-and-more pillow-and-pajama-clad flailing over Reading and the iTunes festival last year after Bitchin' Party; the transcendent moment when [personal profile] mistresscurvy, [personal profile] amazonziti, desfinado, entropical87, [personal profile] catwalksalone, and I all collapsed into laughter upon being informed that "my mother is a fucking SAINT." I get to keep the stories I read and adored, the stories I wrote and was proud of. And most of all, I hope very much that I get to keep the fabulous friends I met because of this fabulous fandom, and the friends I got to know better

[brynnmck]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I'm so glad it resonated with you! ♥ I mean, I am absolutely REALLY sad that they broke up, but my fannish experience with them feels so FULL, and I am so grateful for that.

[troyswann]

I get to keep so much that it's hard to cry too much for what else I might have had. There was absolutely room in my heart for more MCR love, but that doesn't mean it wasn't already full to the brim.

You are a very classy chick, y'know that? "Classy" doesn't cover it. Your heart is awesome.

And I'm sorry your shiny, lovely thing has grown away, but artists are artists and there will be more art. They're weird like that. I have faith. And remember how you had the same worry about Trent and then he turned up with the "Who the fuck is Hugh Dillon?" t-shirt on right in front of your actual face? Keep the porch light on, is what I'm saying.

[brynnmck]

Aww, thanks. I know everyone is going to deal with this differently, and I am sad to know that the band's breakup might mean that some people--especially teenagers--who might have really appreciated their messages might not get to hear them now, the memory of pop culture being what it is. I do think they were a truly important band in that way. But, as you say, they will hopefully find other ways to communicate, and I will definitely be following closely to see what those might be!

And yes, I will ABSOLUTELY be leaving the porch light on. The Headstones are very inspiring in that way, as in many others! :D

[hieronymousmosh]

Ouch. I just bookmarked Kitty's tweet, that really is just perfect.

[brynnmck]

I thought so, too--her whole metaphor about the artist knowing when the painting is finished put this whole thing in a perspective for me that I completely understand, and am at peace with. But I also appreciated that she acknowledged why it's difficult anyway. I love her!

[rosalui]

Thanks for this entry. <33333333333333333333