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As some of you know, I go to a Catholic School. I actually like my school a lot, strangely enough. But one thing that does annoy me is just how much pro-life propaganda there is. I mean, obviously, there is going to be some, but the extent they push it to annoys me.

I am Pro-Choice.

I hate abortion.

People think that if you are pro-choice, that makes you pro-abortion. I am not pro-abortion. I don't see how I could be. I hate abortion. I think it is one of the worst things a person can go through.

I could never go through with it myself, except in one scenario. I mean if the pregnancy was killing me. That would only be the right thing to do. Better have a potential life die then to have a potential life AND I both to die. Otherwise, I just could not do it. I couldn't. I don't want some doctor sticking their hand or God knows what in me and killing my baby. No. That is revolting to me. Terrible. And if I ever have a friend in a crisis pregnancy, I would say that I think that they should probably have the kid and put it up for adoption. But whatever choice they would make, I would support them. That's what friends are for.

However, I would say it once, and drop it. Leave it up to them. I would not hold it against them if they had it done. I would not show them pictures of dead babies, or scary videos or threaten them. I could never do that.

See, I can only make these sorts of decisions for myself. I won't make them for anyone else.

My uterus, my choice.

I don't want a Doctor with their hand in it. I DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT THERE EITHER!

That sort of decision is the worst a woman would ever have to make. No one wants to have an abortion. No one.

But the Government has no right to tell you what to do with it. Especially since the government is mostly comprised of men (though the actual Legislative Electorate is 52% female, the Executive and Judicial branches are in the majority male).

Yes, I believe abortion is icky. Childbirth can be too, but I would have someone to love so fiercely and completely that (while I don't have a kid, so I don't pretend to know first-hand, but this is what I believe from the accounts of those who do) it would be more than worth whatever pain I would or could ever go through. But I can't speak for every woman. I won't. I refuse. And for any person to try to make that decision for someone else is disgusting to me.

But, I stopped getting pissed whenever I saw all those stickers and shit in our school. They have a right to believe what they want. And it does not really affect me that much. With or without the stuff they throw at us, I would feel the same way. They are not telling us we are going to Hell if we have one. Overall, I think they go about it in a somewhat mature fashion. While they do go overboard sometimes, they do it with a little dignity. Their pro-life stuff mostly was just having a few post-abortive mothers come in and talk to us about their guilt.

 I even got a kick out of my current morality teacher's attitude towards abortion. She had stickers on her wall that say things like: "IRRESPONSIBLE MEN LOVE ABORTION!!!" "ABORTION: A WORTHLESS MAN'S BEST FRIEND!" "REAL FEMINISTS DON'T RIDE ON THE BACKS OF DEAD BABIES!" "WOMEN DESERVE BETTER THAN ABORTION!"

Talk about the most castrating pro-life stuff ever.

And as she will tell you "I'M A FEMINIST FOR LIFE!"

Now, I do get annoyed when she calls pro-choice people "pro-death." That's annoying.

Or when I got that note in Spanish on the "Silence Against Abortion" day (someone noticed I was talking), it said "You kill babies and you're going to Hell!"

I responded by drawing a picture of a wire hanger and handing it to the person who gave me the note. Under it, it said, "I don't remember doing that, but I do remember my grandmother telling me about finding this sticking out of her friend in the forties because abortion was not legal. So instead of one 'life' gone, it was two lives."

Strange thing is, I don't remember killing any babies.

Anyways, this quarter in Morality, we have to do projects on abortion. Now, usually this is done in partners. When we were told this, I felt relieved. That meant I could do the research and not have to write or say a single thing. My partner could do that.

Except there was an odd number of students in my class. And guess who my teacher decided would work alone because they "were the only one in the class who can think for themselves"?

Moi.

Otherwise the class is like a philosophy class. And I'm the only one who actually can argue with my teacher and follow what she says.

But I digress.

So anyways, my topic was abortificacients like the pill. Fantastic.

So anyways, everyone was provided with links on my teacher's site to look up information. I look at these sites.

Then I Google the pro-life stuff. I am shocked at what turns up. I ask my teacher, she says it is real.

I get told by these sites that in every abortion, there is almost a full baby coming out, that it is dismembered and decapitated, its head crushed. I am told they use a vacuum and the woman is always hurt badly and that sometimes the babies survive and are thrown on the roof and eaten by birds.

Okay. I did not believe that fully. I mean sure, some things remotely like that might happen, but not in credible abortion clinics, and not with all abortions.

So I talk to my psychiatrist, Dr. B. Supershrink. Supershrink is a Catholic. Supershrink went to Georgetown Medical School (Jesuit-run). He said the priests were good, holy men who were easy-going. But they would not teach abortion, so there was some other hospital the students were sent to in order to learn to perform an abortion. Supershrink had actually performed them a very very long time ago. He told me about it a couple of weeks ago when we discussing women's rights. Supershrink also told me he used to "baptize" every baby that died just in case. He then went into psychiatrics and became Supershrink.

So with this in mind, I discuss all this with him. I figure when he performed abortions, they were even worse since it was back in the seventies.

He looks at me and says, "No! Not at all! Those pictures you saw are probably fake. An aborted fetus looks like a piece of skin about this big."

Supershrink proceeded to press the tip of his right forefinger to his right thumb to make a space about half the size of a walnut.

"Now partial-birth abortion? Yes, that is bad. Late term abortion? In some cases. But in regular abortions, not at all!"

This of course directly contradicts all the "accounts" from former abortion doctors on these sites.

I trust my experienced Supershrink over these websites.

And trust me; I don't believe everything psych people tell me. In fact, before Supershrink, I had been through five or six therapists/shrinks. I didn't want to go see him at first. In fact, the first time I spoke to him alone, the first words out of my mouth were, "I'm going to be perfectly honest with you, and I was not told I would be seeing you until earlier today. I've been through a million of people already. And I respect you enough to be perfectly honest. The truth is I have no interest in being here."

But I didn't know that he was Supershrink.

I invited him to read my blog last week.

So maybe he's reading this here. If so...

HI DOCTOR B!!!!!!!

He also got me an autographed Christina Ricci photo too. And we lent each other CDs. He gave me a Talking Heads record I did not have and Rumors by Fleetwood Mac. I got him into Muse and MCR.

But anyways, I don't like being lied to. People, whatever your stance is on abortion, good for you as long as you're not shooting people or blowing things up. Or forcing people to do stuff. Or LYING TO PEOPLE! But go march in whatever march you want. If we disagree, fine. You believe what you want. That's how Liberty works.

I don't want the Government sticking its hand in my uterus. The only people who should be in there are the people I decide to create when I am ready to have kids. That's it.

And I do not want to be lied to. I want to learn truth, or I learn nothing. I do not want to swim in ignorance; I want to use my brain well. I want to develop it. Lies stand in the way of that. I will not tolerate people standing in the way of my mental development. I am too young, I have to become smart now or I never will and I will not be deprived of any knowledge or intelligence that I am capable of obtaining.

Agism.

What I mean by that is prejudice towards someone based on their age.

Now I will say that those who have spent more time on the planet generally do know a bit more than I do. Which is why I listen to what people usually have to say. I also usually question it, or argue, but I do listen.

Now, that being said, that does not mean I should be discriminated against for being a teenage girl. Yes, I am fifteen. But that does not make me stupid or even ignorant in every sense.

I'm going to start with music.

Many times, I have been accused of only listening to music that has been fed to me. That I listen to all the following bands: MCR, TBS, FOB, P!atD, 30stm, AFI, A7x, FFTL, Good Charlotte, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, HIM, The Used, Aiden, Saosin, Senses Fail, Simple Plan, Green Day, and Nirvana.

Yes, my adoration of MCR borders on obsessive. Fall Out Boy I find adorable and fun. Taking Back Sunday's latest record I like a little, Panic! not anymore, I have a copy of AFI's Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, and I do own Green Day and Nirvana records

In addition to being told what is on my Ipod, I also get told I know nothing about classic rock music or real punk rock. Okay.

Let me explain why this is a very stupid thing to say:

YOU CAN'T READ MY MIND.

Actually, what you might find interesting is that those who usually brand me as an ignorant teenyboppers are usually indie snobs who's ages range between 17-22.

Adults who are actually familiar with what I actually know and listen to and actually take me seriously when I talk about rock and roll are usually musicians, journalists, and used record store owners ranging in age between 27-65.

And this has nothing to do with my parents. In fact, my dad thinks Iggy Pop is a type of soda.

Now, I know I sound totally presumptuous thus far, so I will explain a little more about me.

I am aware that every kid my age has either a Dark Side of the Moon, Beatles, Rolling Stones, or Ramones t-shirt. However, I don't just listen to your by the books classic rock. I don't just listen to the Beatles, The Stones, Queen, The Ramones, Bob Dylan, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Who, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Blondie, Morrissey and the Smiths, Elvis Costello, The Clash, Little Richard, and Fleetwood Mac.

I know bands from way back when that not even people who were in their teenage years at that band's time have heard of. I won't go on a roll or try to brag. I am just stating the fact that my taste in music is not that which is repeatedly marketed to me by Hot Topic or Pac-Sun.

I listen to your basic classic rock, but in addition I also listen to: The MC5, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Velvet Underground, The Slits, The Talking Heads, Lou Reed, The Damned, Souixsie and the Banshees, Public Image Limited, The Dead Kennedys, Social Distortion, Sonic Youth, The Pretenders, The Pixies, The Manic Street Preachers........................ You get the idea.

I don't pretend to be some kind of rock and roll expert either. I wish I could but I can't. However, I am not an ignorant drone either. I got my old guitar teacher (who is very much aware of my My Chemical Romance obsession) into the Stooges, Patti Smith, and Sonic Youth. This old guy I once met in an airport played guitar with me and when we talked about music, he asked me for some american artists he could look into for his American music club (I was 13). I know a guy who works for my parents who once played with Clapton, and I schooled him on David Bowie records. The old hippie who runs the used record store near my aunt's house (they have the best vinyl, but I can't get it because my dad refuses to listen to vinyl ever again), he actually takes me seriously. A family friend of ours sung for Blue Oyster Cult, and she knows I know my shit. I have gotten people older than me complimenting me on my (though still limited) knowledge of rock and roll.

I don't know shit about metal, and I'm not a "punk." I still am not nearly as well informed on rock and roll as I'd like to be. However, don't tell me I'm ignorant. Don't stereotype me by my age. That has NOTHING to do with it.

I also have decently formed political views which make my dad proud. I also can tell you anything you want to know about the Renaissance, French Revolution, House of Anjou, and House of Tudor. As well as religion, I know a lot about Christianity and religious unrest through history (when I was eleven, my parents and I went to this costume wedding party and I picked out the costumes, some dude asked me if I knew who my dad was dressed as. I replied that he was Henry VIII, that I was Elizabeth I, and my Mother was Katherine Parr. He turned out to be a historian of religious history, and we ended up getting into a long discussion about Thomas More and how much Anne Boleyn contributed to the rise of Protestantism).

Now, I am a stupid kid on almost every point and I have the maturity of a six year old. But don't judge me solely on my age. Or I'll hand you your ass on a platter like I did all those other agists. 

Okay, everything written in red is my input. This is so fucking funny. I wish I were clever enough to make this shit up. It's so stupid.

Sometime randomly in the interview....

Interview on the DL.

Andrew White: You just live your life....

Sarah DL: Well that's what you're doing, right! Exactly!

Nick Hodgsen: Let's talk about My Chemical Romance!

Huh? Oh, Hello.

SDL: ...Ummmmmmmmm..... Do you hate them? As much as I do?

Hate? Ooooh, strong word.

RW: Why?

SDL: Well I don't hate them. I just...

Wait, what? I'm sorry, you seem to be a bit confused. Could you repeat that?

NH: They're the same as anyone, man

SDL: Well I don't hate them...

OK. Thanks.

NH: *holds up peace sign hands* Peace on Earth. Peace on Earth and the Black Parade.

SDL: I..... just.. don't... really care for them... and their music... that much.

And.... Like... You're Not... Funny.... And stuff...

RW: Neither do I

Sorry your drummer brought them up....

Simon Rix: We don't hate them

Oh good. Hate is such a strong word. Right Sarah?

Andrew White: Yeah... We just don't fancy their music.

Right. Then why are we discussing them?

SDL: Yeah.. Well I'm sure if I met him, we'd have a great time, we'd hang out...

RW: Who?

SDL: Gerard..

AW(interrupting): Sing about My Chemical Romance, then

SDL (trying to get a word in): The lead guy..

At this point, I kind of pity Sarah. Even she does not seem to understand what the fuck they are doing this for.

NH: *In bad imitation of Gerard* *sounding like the guy from the Bee Gees* Blah blah! A young Boy! My blah blah!

I get it. The trick is to stop squeezing your testicles

NH: It's too serious... It's boring!

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Okay, this is me now. Back to black. Like Amy Winhouse. Ha! (fuck I want her cd)

Alright.

Judging by this, The Kaiser Chiefs have not listened to any other songs by My Chemical Romance. If they had, they would have heard the following songs:

Headfirst for Halos

You know what the do to guys like us in prison

Kill All Your Friends

Dead!

Teenagers

Blood

I mean, I would not really call those songs "too serious" or "boring" would you? And, um yeah, there are no boring MCR songs. But I suppose if you're the Kaiser Chiefs, and all you write are hooks for fear of being "boring" then I suppose you're threatened by anyone who does catchy but serious music. Different? Yes. Boring? No. If they bore you, don't talk about them. Why bring them up? They have nothing to do with you. No one asked you. Even after you brought them up.

Seriously, Sarah was discussing their singles and how they both involve rioting. And then randomly the drummer brings MCR up, out of nowhere. Just to diss them, I guess?

Let me guess, he did this randomly because Noel Gallagher made fun of them for wearing make-up, and now, to try and get him to like them, he randomly disses another band famous for wearing makeup who are an easy target because they often get dissed by indie people and are linked to "emo." And to make it even easier, he did it on the show which took Kasabian's side against MCR and made fun of Gerard's response.

And you know how I know exactly how much of a wuss this guy is? Because immediately after bringing them up, he was just like "We just don't fancy them." And was all "peace love." But then after Sarah made the hate comment, he started dissing them because he figured it was safe.

I'm not even going to rag on Sarah even though her show is not funny  and she makes bad jokes because 1) She did not start anything and this was not her fault 2) She did not diss Gerard and at least gave him a little credit 3) She did not instigate this and 4) She was obviously played and bewildered here and tried to tone things down.

I don't even dislike the Kaiser Chiefs. They're pretty good. I don't think much of the singing, but they are a good band. I mean, I don't think they stand out that much from a lot of the other indie bands, but they do stand out a little because they are one of the better bands. But my God, what a pathetic, low, ridiculous, cowardly thing to do. Not to mention uncalled for. And I don't mean so much the band as much as the drummer. The other guys seemed just as surprised as Sarah.

And I was not even looking for MCR stuff! I was looking for Kaiser Cheif feeds on google!

Seriously though, I think Nicky is a bit of douchebag here. I mean seriously. But then again, I don't expect much from a guy who was "chuffed to bits" about Noel Gallagher dissing him. It's like a Freshman in High School being all broken up about the fact that they are not eligible to be nominated for prom king/queen. Every band gets dissed by Noel Gallagher at some point. Go off and cry about it, pussy.

Though I suppose when you are squeezing your balls as hard as you are, you can't really use them to say stuff like that to the person's face.

*laughs* What an idiot.

Link: http://www.spinner.com/2007/03/28/the-dl-kaiser-chiefs-beef-with-my-chemical-romance/

On another site, thought of course I'll still blog here. I am not sure though. Blogspot looks like a cool place. I just think if I blog on other sites too I could interact with more people. But I don't know.

Anyways. Love you all.

XOXOXOXOXO

British pop star LILY ALLEN has branded her American fans "backward". The SMILE star has spoken out against the audience at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, where she performed two shows earlier this month (MAR07) - insisting the US represents everything she hates. She says, "It's all very weird here. They're all backward in Texas but not as much as they are in Arkansas and Wyoming where I'm going soon. "I can't really speak for the American population - I'm so far away from anything they are and stand for."

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Eurotrash.

Okay, I know that people from Europe are generally not trash, and I hate using that term, but she is Eurotrash. Very few people are Eurotrash, but that is what she is.

Newsflash, Lily Allen, if you knew enough about my country to be qualified to even comment (which you are not), you would know that in America, the only things we stand for as a country altogether is  Freedom, Good, and Love. Other than that, um, no. You see, Dumbass, we are a country of immigrants. As a country of immigrants, we have hundreds of different types of people with hundreds of different beliefs. We also tend to varie from region to region. Arkansas, Wyoming, and Texas are places generally of more "conservative" views, but that does not make them stupid. Sure, there are plenty of stupid people in this country. There are plenty of stupid people EVERYWHERE. But one thing  can say, having met some people from Wyoming, Texas, and Arkansas PERSONALLY, is that they are NICE people.

Oh I get that you think its cool to hate on our country these days because of President George W Douche and tired redneck stereotypes, but guess what? You trashing all of us like that makes you pathetic. Ok, maybe I'm a backwards American, maybe because of my nationality, I'm dumb. Apparently in this country there is something in the air that lowers the IQ, right?

However, at least I have more brains and class than to scream "I'm more famous than all you cunts!" in a club where there are plenty of people to take my picture. At least I am not as unclassy as to trash a dressing room. At least I am not so barbaric as to threaten to strange someone because I did not like their documentary.

I'm sorry, last time I checked, that type of behavior was not exactly "forward."

I might be a white-trash American redneck from Virginia, but at least I'm not a Whiney, spoiled, skanky, volatile, drunk Euro-trash cunt.

Don't get me wrong, I'm quite the Anglophile, so why does she have to be from there?

And Lily, if we really are too "backward" for you, why are you still here touring? Why aren't you literally, as you put it, "far away?"

Okay, let me say this: I don't like our president or his administration. I don't like either party in our two-party system, I don't like how some people act here, and I do not like how our country is run. I don't like this war. But you know what?

I'm glad to be here. I am HAPPY to be American. I mean, despite the bullshit, my country is pretty cool. I mean, we started punk, we invented jazz and rock and roll, we have Oprah, we've been refuge to millions and millions of immigrants, we were the reason the good guys won the second world war, we have rights, we're hygenic, and we are quite nice. And we can laugh at ourselves and say whatever we want.

We are not all like Paris Hilton or Dick Cheney.

We're not the BEST country, but we are not shits.

Fuck, I've been to a few other countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Austria, England... And I don't think we are better than them. But I don't think we're worse either. We just have a lot of nukes.

Just go away Lily, you are a trend follower, a fraud, and a slob. And you have no idea what you are talking about.

When our artists go into the UK, they are always nice. They have the class to be so. They don't trash-talk the UK.

Lily, you trash-talked the US, and your opinions were not even valid. You can talk about your own country, but don't say shit about mine. Yeah, maybe Smile and Alfie are cute, but what are your accomplishments compared to that of the United States? Or even those particular states.

You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Most of your "backwards" fans from Texas probably had to sweat blood at their job. just to see you. And this is how you repay them.

Also, I heard your live show is not too good either, so what good are you? Maybe you work on your performance and focus on your music, you know, your J-O-B. Then you can start discussing other shit.

PS: Backwards people unite. Sometimes, if you look in other directions, you understand far more.

Seriously, last week, I had her and my Dad watch Red Eye. Now she is in love with him. She TiVoed Breakfast on Pluto and suddenly knows all this shit about him. It's almost weird. Like his wife's name, his education, background. I thought I was a fangirl, but she's like, "Oh, Wendy, we have to go see The Wind That Shakes the Barley.' But first, this weekend we have to go to the video store and rent all his movies and watch them. She's even willing to watch 28 Days Later, and she HATES zombies/gore.

I can't stop laughing about it. It is way too funny. I've tried to get her into some other hot british/irish guys, but it's weird. She says "I have not been like this in so long, this hasn't happened in a long time for me." Ew.

I asked her if it's as bad as her teenage obsession with George Harrison. She says no. So until then, Mr Murphy is safe.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

But at the same time..... ewwwww.

Cause, you know, I was a fangirl of his for a while. Now not so much.

BELLAMY WAS STALKER VICTIM

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MUSE frontman MATT BELLAMY was forced to change his personal contact details after fans began bombarding him with chilling threats. The PLUG IN BABY rocker was left in a state of shock when troubled fans began leaving him telephone and email messages in which they told him they would commit suicide if he didn't sleep with him. But Bellamy had no intention of making his devotees' deranged dreams come, and promptly switched his phone number and email address. He says, "I had to change mobile number and email address because I was getting some serious amounts of stuff, people writing to me saying that they were going to kill themselves if I didn't f**k them. "I can't think of anything more unattractive than someone wanting to have sex with who you are onstage."

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Once again, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Why the Hell did he have his phone number and email open to the public?

I mean, really. Okay dude, you're a chart-topping rock star who was named "Sexiest Rocker" by Cosmopolitan two years in a row. NME decides you're the Sexiest Male alive. And you have this stuff out?

Poor guy though, yuck, why would a person do that to someone? If you want to have sex with someone, the best way to do that is to meet them, find out if you're compatible, go on a few dates, and try to look nice or something. Calling someone up and going, "Hey, guess what? I want to sleep with you NOOOOWWWW!!! And if you won't fuck me, I'll KILL MYSELF!" Like some ritalin-deprived (or over medicated) four year old in a restaurant.

"I want my ice cream NOW!!!!!!  If I don't get it, I'll DIIIIIIE!!!"

I mean, it's one thing to tell someone they are hot. It's another thing to tell them "I want to fuck you" randomly. It's a whole different fucking ballpark if you tell them your suicide will be their responsibility if they won't screw you."

Could you imagine? How many people did this? I mean, one man can only have sex with only so many people. Do you think these people knew each other, or did they think they were the only ones?

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

What a fucking stupid thing to kill yourself over. Literally.

It's Uncle Jiggy and the Jigga Man!

Jay-z: Yo, Im a puttin you on my new album
Gerard: I thought you wuz retired, Yo
Jay-z: I'ma comin' back, Son
Gerard: Word. So y'all want us on your new tracks? Doin what? Singing? Instrumentation? New hooks? Production?
Jay-Z: Nah, Man, I wanna do some fly name checkin'
Gerard: For real Dog?
Jay-Z: Yeah, Nizzle! Ima think I got a chemical romance/ two left feet and den some fly line where I say sumthin bout the Black Parade!
Gerard: Woah, son! How do y'all know about that, shiz?
Jay-z: Iza got my ears to the ground, G! Besides, I just told you I'ma comin back, so we're even, as I see it. We cool?
Gerard: We cool, Jigga, we's cool....

Jay-Z: Tight, Boy, By the way, those are some sharp-ass threads

Gerard: Yeah, I'm rockin' the D+G

Gender politics. I know, it seems like such a stereotype for the opinionated female blogger to brush over this subject, but there are two points I'd like to make that seem to circulate around one thing: Appearance.

No, this is not a bulimia/anorexia body type entry.

This is about people looking down on people who have a great love and interest in fashion. I'm talking the whole shebang: shoes, clothes, hair, makeup, jewelry.... All that. People sniff and go "Ugh, why does she care about things she does not need when she should be caring more about political issues." Now while I think every person should know about what is going on in the world, I don't think that it's a bad thing for a person to love fashion. Why? Well, if someone has a deep fascination with that, it's a good thing. If any person gets to wrapped up in anything, from politics to fashion, it breeds hatred of certain things, right? But what is more harmful, having a deep, passionate hatred of some person's shoes, or a deep passionate hatred for someone's beliefs?

I think that any strong negative feeling, or any strong feelings for that matter, should not only be directed at stuff like politics, religion, social causes, etc, but also towards stuff that is really very trivial. Why? Because then there is a balance. Not as much negative energy invested into any one thing, or if there is, in something that doesn't matter anyways so you don't hurt anyone as a result.

Now, here is something else, this is where gender politics come in:

What's the big deal about guys wearing eyeliner?

Seriously.

No one has a problem with girls wearing it, do they?

And yes, on some guys, it doesn't work, but it doesn't work for some girls either.

And it's not like guys wearing eyeliner is all that new, Rock stars have been wearing eyeliner almost as long as women have been wearing pants. True, look it up. Little Richard, Lou Reed, David Bowie: All wore makeup. So why is this just now becoming an issue?

Hello?

Pretty brief, but I think I stated my case. There is not much else to say

Stereogum just updated:

UPDATE: Good news Muse fans! We've just received word and the story ain't true. Panic!'s still looking for a producer. liv wins the award for Best Bullshit Detector.

Link:

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/004835.html

Oh thank Jesus

I'm sure Oasis fans far and wide (or the ones that read this blog, so considering my audience, none) will hate me for this.

I was reading some of my past blogs, especially the ones regarding Kasabian, Beth Cameltoe, Lily Allen, and all them the bands/artists who start feuds, and I noticed something. All these artists/bands seem to have something in common.

They all have been known to hang with the Gallagher Brothers, Blowhard (39), and Douchebag (34).

Here are the Gallagher Brothers of Oasis, below:

Anyone else think the two are trying to look like John Lennon at all? Funny, because appearance aside, they don't seem to be emulating many of Lennon's peaceful attitudes, but I digress.

Now, we all know that more or less, Oasis is a considerably successful band. They stil sell records and people still go to their shows. Lots of artists look up to Blowhard and Douchebag. Their debut, Definitely Maybe, was the fastest selling British Debut in history. Most of their records have recieved considerable critical success and they are credited with returning British Guiter-Pop to the mainstream.

Nice Job.

Though, unfortunately for them, they are arrogant as fuck and it has cost them drops in sales, respect, and success.

Oasis really isn't a band as much as two pissy brothers and their back-up musicians-of-the-week. They fight. A lot. And not just with each other. I could not possibly list every single artist Blowhard and Douchebag have attacked, that would take far too long and there is only so much longer I can put off finishing the rest of my bio homework. Let me just say they've insulted and/or started shit with (off the top of my head):

George Harrison, Thom Yorke, Bloc Party, Robbie Williams, Blur, Oasis, The Gallagher Brothers, Phil Collins, George Michael, Kylie Minogue, Hip-Hop, Every Record Buyer Under the Age of Sixteen, Keane, The Kaiser Chiefs, Sum 41, The White Stripes, Green Day, Blowhard Gallagher's Seven Year Old Daughter, Bono, Paul Gascoigne, The Entire Population of The United Kingdom, INXS, and Starsailer.

*gasps to catch breath*

Now, while this may seem quite funny (and it is), this is not just a matter of two pissy middle-aged men who like to rip off the Beatles and get drunk. Then start shit with people. This might actually be leading to an actual problem.

Unlike, it seems, every other single person to ever put a record out, there are actually artists who have managed to earn Blowhard and Douchebags exclusive priveledge of not being shit on. Some of which are as follows:

Kasabian, The Killers, Lily Allen, and The Gossip.

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There seems to be a pattern, no?

Is it me or do these artists who have become part of the Gallagher clique seem to have develope a talent of saying stupid/nasty shit about people?

Let's see.

Kasabian: Babyshambles, The Test Icicles, The Automatic, The Strokes, My Chemical Romance, Elton John, Justin Timberlake

The Killers: The Bravery, Fall Out Boy, Fall Out Boy again, Panic! at the Disco, Green Day, and the entire so-called Emo genre

Beth Ditto: Victoria Beckham, My Chemical Romance, Non-Obese Women, Her hometown, NME

Lily Allen: Corrine Bailey Rae, Jet, Victoria Beckham, The Kooks, Bob Geldof, Kylie Minogue, British MTV, The Streets, Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Apple......  and 29043572327284 more people I can't remember.

Notice a pattern now?

I'm just saying is all...

It is my belief that once these artists first made friendly contact with the Gallaghers, they were infected with a virus we will call Gallagher Syndrome. It is my belief that it is spreading. Therefore, I propose this:

Handle all Oasis albums with plastic gloves, do not approach the Gallaghers without wearing a rubber suit, a helmet, goggles, boots, gloves, and a gas-mask. You might want to carry a shield to. And a fire-arm

I will NOT lose the gentlemen of Muse, MCR, FOB, Head Automatica, and TBS to this. I WON'T!!!

Article:

Rocker Matt Bellamy has slammed artists more concerned with celebrity than their music and fans.

The Muse frontman is disgusted by bands who bask in the limelight of media attention rather than capitalising on success by returning to the recording studio.

He says, "There are bands whose conception of 'making it' circulates entirely around all the stuff outside the music. I do occasionally meet these people. I'm not naming names, but you do think they live in such a different world to us, even though some of them are on the same kind of level as us.

"Muse don't really have that, we're just not big consumers of that Hello! magazine world."

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Not naming names. Ugh, I LOVE that.

You see, most rock stars who are pissed about things some other musicians are doing usually DO name names. You know what I mean. Beth Ditto slamming MyChem (and not even being accurate), Oasis slamming Thom Yorke, Oasis slamming Everybody On The Panet. Kasabian slamming Everybody on the Planet. Lily Allen slamming Everybody On The Planet.

They all name names. Bellamy doesn't. I also notice all the above artists that I mentioned slamming people by name seem to be the ones he's talking about (though, of course, not naming names). So kudos to you, Bells, for not being an Asswipe but still managing to voice your (good) opinion.

Hopefully, in Nepal, but probably Mexico.

If Mexico, she'll drink the water and end up looking like this:

Oh, wait, she already does, doesn't she?

Hmmm..... Maybe like this?

No, that's mean. Gollum doesn't deserve that. But that will be what her kids will look like. Because she'll end up having about 9236429632834 of them. And all the time she'll be crying "I'm Punk! I swear!"

There you are, Honey.

No, I mean it. His idiocy is just breathtaking. It deserves a soundtrack, a tribute band, and it's own sidekick (well I guess you could say it's the sidekick to the brainlessness which are the Gallagher Brothers, Blowhard and Douchebag, but that's besides the point) . He's like, some character Will Ferrall made up for one of his films. Angry British Rocker: The Chronicles of Sergio Pizzorno. He's like, a parody of Blowhard and Douchebag, who are basically a parody of themselves. I mean, what he said about  my favorite band aside (which was gay as fuck). Not even talking about his feuds with The Strokes or Keane or Pete Doperty (not misstyped), or everyone else on the planet.

I'm talking about what he said about Elton John.

Recently after Elton the brilliant, wonderful, hysterical, legendary, fantastic piano diva called  Blowhard Gallagher "an absolute shit," Sergio Pizzorno of course decided to jump in!

"Elton's just a fat man in a tracksuit."

Did Elton John pay him to say that? Or was it the record company, in an attempt to make Sergio look so stupid he'd have hide his face for years ( oh, wait, I forgot, the beard, got that covered, but that should be hidden as well), like Mariah Carey? Only without the comeback album?

Let me explain why Sergio Pizzorno calling Elton John a fat man in a tracksuit is so very very, um, tonto.

Something Elton John said 600 million years ago: "They can call me a fat old cunt, they can say I'm an untalented bastard, they can call me a poof, but they mustn't tell lies about me."

Now let's playback Mr Pizzorno: "Elton's just a fat man in a tracksuit."

Brings a tear to my eye.....

But that's not all.

The Rocket Scientist then of course followed this up with this necklace of gems:

"Whereas anything that comes out of Noel's mouth is absolute genius.
Noel is the last man you want to start with. He's so quick he can destroy anyone. Elton John should watch out."

Excuse me for a second, I have to go dance.

To Crocodile Rock.

Oh Sergio, how wonderful life is now you're in the world. I mean it. You brighten up my day. I really thought the high point was when Gerard Way ousted you on your dehydration, poor wording, and lack of testicles, but this is just yummy. Almost as yummy as Rocket Man.

Let me think for a second.........

Okay, I could think of a few things Blowhard could say that could possibly scare Elton John. But they would all have to be threats.

List of Threats that Blowhard Gallagher Could Make That Would Scare Elton John:

1. "If he doesn't shut up, I'll tell lies about him" (this one is most likely, considering Blowhard might wish to clue Serge in)

2. "If he doesn't shut up, I'll make him brush my unibrow."

3. "If he keeps talking, I'll keep talking."

4. "If he keeps talking, I'll keep making music."

5. "If he keeps talking, I'll have Douchebag sing outside his window."

6. "If he says anything mean ever again, I'll sick Lily Allen and Beth Ditto's Camel Toe on him."

7. "If he keeps talking, I will steal all his spectacles and burn every pair and spectacle-maker in the world so he can never wear them again and be forced to get contact lenses."

Now that I think about it, maybe Sergio is right in a way; maybe Elton John should watch out.

But not in a battle of wits! I mean, come on, what could Blowhard actually say? That Elton should catch AIDS and die? Um..... unlikely... considering the fact that despite being gay, Elton John knows everything about AIDS and knows exactly how to avoid catching it.

Or will Blowhard just say he's a talentless poofy old cunt in spectacles?

Please, everything Blowhard says is genius? After I read that, I went back and did a little research, and none of Blowhard's quotes struck me as that witty. Or funny. I mean, compared to Douchebag, of course, this guy is the second coming of Insult-Christ, but toddlers don't matter anyway. I mean, I know Blowhard wrote Wonderwall but that was a million years ago.

Oasis stopped having real huge hits around the same time Elton did, only Elton had had a #1 hit a year since 1970. Oasis? Um, about, like, 1994?

Sergio, if Blowhard is such a genius, then why doesn't he know what a paintbrush is? Why would he be willing to sell his kid? And why do you want to be like him?

I mean, it's bad enough your name is "Sergio." That's basically a name that tells everyone that you're either really unfortunate, or dumber than a box of hair. Or both. And considering that facial furniture, you don't need to open your mouth for me to go with both.

I think the lesson to be learned here children is that it is better to be percieved as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

That goes to you too, Brandon Flowers. But I won't rag on you because you apologized and have somewhat shut the fuck up. Please give Jared Leto and Lily Allen the name of your Gallagher Syndrome Rehab Facility. They will thank you for it.

Chapter Two: The Messiah’s Belt Buckle Just Crapped on My Shoe.

Gerard Way, the Messiah of alphabetical positive adjectives, his band My Chemical Romance, and his legions of fans, had a brother. His brother was called Mikey Way and was very much an adorable specimen of a bass player. Mikey Way did not have a lady friend, instead, he had something better: A Lady. Now this lady, called Alicia Simmons, was also friends with Eliza Cutz. In fact, she and Eliza Cutz were very close. They even had a website together with some other people who through no fault of their own, caused other people to go absolutely batshit through their blogs. Simply for being friends with certain famous rock stars, they got lots of attention. Now their website, called World’s Most Hated, was designed to help them be recognized for their talents, not their friends. Unfortunately for Eliza, her careless blogging had made this quite unhelpful to her. You see, her friends Alicia and Sarah Dope, thanks to their openness, were able to be accepted in other websites. One such website was called Buzznet. Buzznet was a place flooded with MCR fans. Eliza liked this, so she joined too. Unfortunately for her, she blogged there some more and once again batshitting commenced. Completely bewildered, Eliza left with this poorly-planned note “You guys know why I have to leave.”

Gerard had once had a belt with a custom made buckle shaped like a bat. If this bat were real, it would have had to have had quite a lot of bad burritos to equal the amount of--- well--- you get the idea……

All this was mostly happening in the area of Buzznet devoted to Gerard; Mikey; their friends Ray, Frank, and Bob; and their band My Chemical Romance.

The night after, Gerard and his band took the stage again to play their wonderful music. The show was flawless, but that did not mean Gerard did not err. For though his voice was perfect, he had made a grave mistake for which he had no idea there could even be circumstances. He traded his bat buckle for a ring.

In the area of Buzznet devoted to My Chemical Romance, there was a forum. In this forum, pictures of him wearing the ring surfaced. Once this happened, things happened to a degree of terror and panic that was worse than if Gerard had made his belt buckle drink the water in Mexico.

This is getting bad. We have more of this shit then we have posts in the singalong thread.

That's bad.

OK, maybe this chick is just a total space cadet. Maybe she is an attention whore. Maybe this is all just the strangest coincidence.

Maybe Marilyn Manson is behind this because a) he's pissed at Gerard for stealing his makeup style (wtf?) and b) he wants us to pay less attention to his divorce.

But I will not let him triumph. I triumphed over Mikeyfreak, MD Chapman, and my bio test last week. I shall triumph again with the magic of storytime.

The Legend of Geriza Waytz and the Buzznetters:

Once upon a time there was an awesome, beautiful, crazy, dashing, exciting, funny, great, handsome, intelligent, jokey, kind, lovable, magically-delicious, nice, original, pale, quiet, rocking, sexy, talented, unvolatile, victorious, weird, xenial, yummy, zealous rock star named Gerard Way. Gerard Way was a messiah to many kids in many ways. Gerard also had a lady friend named GWLF. But during the recording of his band's third record, Gerard had to leave GWLF. After he left her and the new record was done, Gerard became incredibly successful. Gerard, during his success, became very open about the fact he was no longer with GWLF, hoping he would set people who were wondering who GWLF was at ease. But he did not realize what would happen. For, during this time, he had a chick-buddy called Eliza Cuts. Eliza Cuts was aptly named, for she cut hair. But another thing she did was write blogs. Now Eliza, for all her prowess in the hair-cutting area, was not a very careful young lady who did not realize some of the possible ramifications of her writings. And due to her lack of knowledge, she unknowingly caused many people to go absolutely batshit crazy. Realizing what she had done, but not exactly how she had done it, Eliza gave up her blogs. But since she had made another mistake, the people who had gone absolutely batshit went absolutely batshit again. This time, it got to the point that those who did not go batshit originally went batshit because the other people who went batshit would not stop speculating as to whether Eliza was the new GWLF. And there was much defecation.......... Much defecation of bats.......


I will continue if you wish.

Article:

THE GOSSIP frontwoman BETH DITTO has blasted bands who sing about their afflictions, including MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, as "attention seeking". The STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL singer believes such groups are far from oppressed and manipulate their status in a bid to win over more fans. She says, "Those people who name themselves as the voice of the oppressed aren't really. "Those kind of bands annoy the p**s out of me."
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Bitch, please. Before you say shit like that, do a little research. Yeah, WE kind of named them as our saviors and shit. US. THE OPPRESSED. THE FANBASE. They originally meant to save lives AND ARE DOING A GOOD FUCKING JOB OF IT. Besides, MCR have always said their label treated them well and have pretty much gotten along with nearly everyone. They sing about that stuff because they are trying to raise awareness and help people. Yeah I realize Noel Gallagher told you that you had the best voice in rock, but that does not mean much. And you know what? Considering all the false shit that has been written about mcr, they deserve to oust it. If you are annoyed, then don't listen.

I rather think you, shooting your mouth off and slagging people whilst chirping about how the volatile has-been guitarist of Oasis said you could sing well, is rather a cry for attention.

I realise that since you are a big girl, that people are going to respect you for it. That you are so cool and brave to flount your body mass. But that does not give you the right to rip into other people because you have helped no one with your cellulite and spandex. Ask us if MCR are doing their jobs right before you judge them.

 And we know you're pissed you lost sexiest female to Kate Moss, we heard you rant about that too.

By the way, mind your cameltoe, no matter what a girl's body type, that is unacceptable.

Well, she sucked overall at presenting, apparantly. And we're not the only people who tink so.


Article:


YOU'RE NO USE, LAV
By Alice Walker & Emma Donnan
LOUDMOUTH Radio 1 DJ CHRIS MOYLES has laid into NME Awards presenter LAUREN LAVERNE.

The breakfast show star reckons she was so bad at hosting the awards this week her career as a telly presenter is over. He said: "Remind me to send Lauren Laverne some flowers to mark the end of her presenting career."


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So yeah. Ain't Karma a bitch?

Ms. Laverne, just so you know, calling a few million people "emo freaks" is not exactly a very nice/good thing to do. That's kind of like calling every person who follows the prophet Muhammed "terrorist freaks" or calling Mormons "polygamist freaks"

Of course, if she did say the thing about Mormons, Brandon Flowers would probably have rushed the stage and killed her with his mustache.

Link to Article: http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/03/0206.cfm

Article:

Good Charlotte Think "Rock Critic" Bands Don't Affect Pop Culture
Friday March 02, 2007 @ 06:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte know they aren't the world's most critically acclaimed band. So instead of trying to appeal to an audience bent on hating them, they've fully embraced their pop leanings on their new album, Good Morning Revival.

The record finds the band in a much more comfortable place than 2004's The Chronicles Of Life And Death, and they even seem to accept why so many people hate them.

"I remember one of the first reviews I ever read about our band when we first came out, they were like, 'They're a manufactured band and they'll be gone tomorrow,'" guitarist Benji Madden recalls. "At the time, I was young, I didn't really understand it and it really upset me.

"I mean, we're just kids from Maryland. We're just having fun, and all of a sudden we get thrown out into the world, and they're like, 'You're not good enough.' Damn! What did we do wrong?

"Now, I appreciate it so much, because if we had come out and people had been like, 'This band is like the second coming,' then our heads would have gotten a little big and we wouldn't have the work ethic that we have. Now it's like, 'OK, I get it.' If I was a teenager in the '70s and I was listening to music then, and I was reviewing my band, I'd probably say some of the same things."

By learning to understand who they are as people and musicians, the guys in Good Charlotte were able to make some of their most unabashedly catchy music yet.

"When you're young, especially when you're making music, everything turns into aggression," the Madden twin explains. "When you get older, you take things a different way and look at things a different way, and we show that on this record. We've learned a lot over the years and this record's, you know, us."

The band have undertaken a bit of a stylistic change since we last saw them, buying a few suits and getting a new look that's usually reserved for bands such as Interpol rather than pop-punk heavyweights. This will invariably lead to more flack thrown their way, but Madden doesn't seem to care.

"I appreciate when someone takes the time to listen to our record and actually have an opinion that you can tell is educated, otherwise they just sound like they're 15 and they're going, 'NSYNC sucks!' Hey, I did it too. I get it. I read a lot of things here and there, and with some people it's like they didn't even listen to the record, they just want to hate it.

"When I hear some of these bands that everybody love or the critics love, there'll be bands where their music is more experimental. Maybe the time signatures or whatever are weird, and everyone makes a big deal. When I look at some records that have gotten good reviews, personally, I don't really get it. I don't think they're talking about much."

The guitarist looks to his contemporaries as the real trailblazers in the current music scene, though he understands why the biggest names might receive the most heat from critics.

"I think what My Chemical Romance did this year had more of an impact on pop culture than a lot of bands that people consider cool. I listen to what My Chemical Romance is singing about. To me, I feel like they're making more of an impact on pop culture than one of these cool bands who might have a couple records.

"When you look at rock music, there aren't a lot of stars right now. There aren't a lot of people you can associate a genre of music with, and my brother is one of them. We have a distinct look, or like, Gerard Way, you see him and you recognize him. So where is most of the negative stuff gonna be thrown?

"I don't know whether we're the most pop band in rock or whether we're the most rock band in pop. All we can do is, like, what we like, and people come and go. That dude that's dissing you in the scene or whatever, in five years he's gonna be driving a BMW and taking his dog for a walk. If you let that define where you go with your career, you're gonna be disappointed."

—Shehzaad Jiwani

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Yeah, dude? I don't know if anyone told you this, but, um, The Black Parade was named Album of the year by Blender, 20th best record by Rolling Stone by Rolling Stone, and 11th best by NME. MCR were voted best international band by NME last night. Their new record has gotten reviews mostly in the 4 to 5 star, B+ to A+, 8-10 range. Rock critics for the most part love them. True, you guys don't get the best reviews, but MCR? Um, yeah, pretty well recieved. Sure, not by Kasabian or people afraid of anything that anyone might deem "emo," but those people are not rock critics.

Sorry, but what was your point?

Oh, wait, the "recognition" thing. Well, no, for the most part, no one really thinks of rock music when they see your brother. They think of Nicole Ritchie. And I do believe in the "famous for rock" area Billie Joe Armstrong and Mick Jagger are better known then Gerard. Fuck, Pete Wentz gets more press coverage. So, um, what was your point?

Also, Pop Culture is not the target zone here. Rock Culture is. Last time I checked celebrity was not what was important.

Or were you just name-dropping?

Oh yeah, you were, weren't you?

Le sigh.

they gave muse best british band but used this phrase in their report on the website:

"drummer Matt Howard"

Don't believe me?

Here's the link:  http://www.nme.com/awards/news/26771