SPIN Magazine interviews Gerard about the new album
posted by Jeff on Dec 23, 2009 05:45pm

Peter Gaston of SPIN magazine recently sat down with Gerard to talk about the new album.

"...The album has many themes. That a band and an audience can be immortal through rock'n'roll, even if just for one night. The power of believing in something. Being a survivor, running away in a positive way, leaving home in order to come back. Having a number of themes actually made it harder to piece the record together..."

Click Here to read the entire interview.

You will be missed...
posted by Jeff on Dec 29, 2009 09:26pm

Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Born February 10, 1981. Died December 28, 2009. Rest In Peace.

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TUA makes WWJW's 10 Best Comics of 2009:

3. UMBRELLA ACADEMY: "DALLAS" (#1-6) - This fantastic series comes from Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance. This story follows the events of "Apocalypse Suite", the first arc in this series. Certainly a better story, it delves more into what makes these characters tick, and how broken they are. Also it features time travel, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of JFK (both preventing and ensuring it happen). The story has many twists and turns, but it all really boils down to the characters, as all great stories do. This series is one big reason why I believe that comic books should be seen as literary works.

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Top 20 Comics of the Year:
1. Chew
2. Incognito/Criminal: The Sinners
3. The Umbrella Academy Dallas
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Rock bands dressed in black military jackets, pummeling drums, strumming guitars and belting their despair to heaving, adoring crowds–it’s not a scene one typically associates with Wordsworth, Goethe or Byron.

Yet there is a connection somewhere, argues Craig Schuftan, an Australian music writer who has spent years exploring the links between popular music and so-called "high" culture. For his second book, "Hey, Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone", he set out to find the lofty roots of rock music. In particular, Schuftan noticed a relationship between the 19th-century writers and thinkers of the romantic movement and the band My Chemical Romance.

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