Today was supposed to be the first day that I started this  “no music” thing, to be honest I was keeping it up; I had my updates from part of the day already written, and I was waiting on a thumbs up from flowmo about and HTML issue; and well I broke it.

I found out something horrible (I really don’t want to go into details at the moment, maby when I’m not considering going down to starbucks and ordering a venti cup of espresso to distract me from my feelings.) Anyway, I’m a bit upset right now and I really just can’t so I’ll just be listening to Imogen for a few hours untill I pass out from exhaustion. The “No Music” project will have to wait, at least untill I’m out of a spiralling depression. I’ll keep you posted.

Still, here are my posts that were in progress and ready to be posted from earier today (when I was creuly ignorant of my sad realities;) consider them a sneak peak for the full project coming…coming…

6:30 am: I drove from my grandmother’s house up to where I live this morning, (I was staying over to take care of my cousin for the night) and I felt a bit odd driving quietly alone. Topping this off was my quiet breakfast, also alone; the quiet really reminds me that I’m by myself, it’s a bit eery. Well, I’m sure it will improve later in the afternoon after I get home.

10:46 am: I just got back from my math class (I’m taking summer courses to get a start on the fall as part of this scholarship.) I’m feeling really sleepy, the lack of music is making it hard for me to stay awake; I can’t sleep, I have a 2pm class, and if I sleep now I’ll be groggy and unable to focus…then again…that’s not much worse than I am right now…hmmm those covers…they look oh so tempting….

1:14 pm: I managed to resist the urge to sleep, my friend rex is helping me stay awake (on msn.) It’s odd I have been having this strong desire to reach for my headphones everytime I sit down at my computer, I think If I wasn’t on msn I would probably end up getting tired again… I have a 2 pm class, which will probably keep me entertained, what I’m really dreading is this evening, I’ll end up in front of my computer untill I go excercise, that will really be the test for me; now that I think about it, I’ve never excercised without my ipod… (I really hope that I can actually bring myself to do it without it, I knew I’d be putting my mental health on the line, but not my physical body….hmmm….)

I never really considered myself to be one particularly addicted to music; I mean yea occasionally I listen to pandora now and then, maby buy a song or two on itunes, but I never really considered myself into music. Like most everyone else, I have an ipod, but most of the time it stays home except for the few rare occasions when I take it with me on a trip to watch video or catchup on my podcasts, but I never listen to it compulsively like those people I see on my campus or at starbucks. No I am not a music addict; so I thought hey, seven days, how hard could it be? When I mentioned this little experiment to the people on EB I got comments like:

“I probably wouldn’t last a few hours without it. My zune is my constant companion.”

“is it possible to go through that for 7 days?”

“I could never do such a thing.”

“I would kill myself that way…The idea only makes me sad… Ash, you just made me sad”

So I was a bit stuck, and now I’m a bit nervous; it got me thinking, are people addicted to music? Am I addicted to music? No; that’s impossible. But I will admit I’m apprehensious, maby it will be easy, maby it will be hard, but I’ll do it anyway, for 7 days, or in other words; 168 hours, 10,080 minutes, or 604,800 seconds…without music. The rules:

No use of my ipod. Period. Not even for video. (so no temptations)

No using my ihome to wake me up to music. (as a way to prevent accidental hearing I’ll use my phone as an alarm in the mean time)

No using itunes on my computer.

No music in my car (whether I’m driving or not.)

Any music in games must be turned off if I can, if I can’t the sound must be muted. (not a problem as I’m playing FF7 right now)

As for TV and movies (and more importantly my anime) and musical parts must be skipped or muted over; (like the beginings and the endings) and no musicals (not a problem, I haven seen one in a while but still IT’S A RULE)

No using pandora, online radio, or any other music site.

(if you have more suggestions for rules, comment)

Wish me luck…I hope I won’t need it.

There is no doubt that poetry is emo, it goes hand in hand with the emotion, fashion, and overall stereotype. It’s so ubiquitous that we even have a whole forum dedicated to it.

In light of this I have decided to periodically post a poem or two for the blog; tell me what you think of this excerpt from Conrad Aike’s 1953 preludes series entitled “Preludes for Memnon.”

“I read the primrose and the sea

                                    and remember nothing

I read Arcturus and the snow

                                    and remember nothing

I read the green and white book of spring

                                    and remember nothing

I read the hatred in a man’s eye

                                    Lord, I remember nothing.

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It’s now possible to completly re-design your profile on emo bucket using premade layouts and CSS.

The CSS Control panel gives you full access to customizing the look and feel of your profile, and you can now add flash and other images to your profiles About Me section and your “Here For” section.

In the near future there will also be a layout generator in the control panel making it extremely simple to edit your profile..

There’s a lot of new features on the way people…….

<3 flowmo

Wow…..

Some idiot named flowmo fawked the registration up and no one noticed until today.. So if you tried to register in the last 3 days and you couldn’t, it’s wasn’t because we didn’t want you joining..

Or was it?

<3 Flowmo

Oh yes, we all love Hot Topic, sandwiched between an Abercrombie and a Hollister, they are our shining light, our only glimmer of hope, in a mall filled with preppy and self-indulgent clothes, but the fact that they are the ubiquitous symbol of scene fashion, doesn’t mean that they haven’t had their misses…

The gold phase:

Just last season someone over at our favorite retailer decided that the words “goth” “emo” and “indie” translated as “gold” “hip hop” and “gangster” and not even our impulse to love all things shiny could save these travesties of fashion:

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The Following information was found at: http://www.warpedtour.com
And Is listed here to save you the clicking of an extra page to get the information.
And to make me look useful. But mainly to save your finger strength from the clicking.

                       June Tour Dates:
               20, 21,22 (CA)
 25 (AZ)
26 (NM)
28 (VT)
29 (CO)                                   Bands(Currently) Playing at The June Tours:1997                               COH!3
A cursive Memory      Action Design
A day To remember   Against Me!
The Aggrolites             The Academy is…
The All-American Rejects
The Audition                Alesana
Anberlin                        Angels and AirwavesAugust Burns Red     As I lay Dying

Beat Union       Between The Trees
The Briggs       Broadway Calls
The Bronx       Charrolete Sometimes
Cobra Starship The Color Feud
The Devil Wears Prada
Entice              Ever Green Terrace
Everytime I die
The Fabulous Rudies    

Family Force Five (Except 19,20,26)
Farewell
Forever the Sickest Kids  From First to Last
Gym Class Heroes         Greely Estates
The Higher                   Horrorpops
Hunter Revenge            Jefree Star
Kate Perry                    The Lordz
Lost Point                     Love Equals Death
The Main                      Mayday Parade
Mayleene and the sons of Disaster
Miricle Dolls
Norma Jean                   Oreska
Panthon                        Peirce the Veil
Protest the hero             Reel Big Fish
Relient Kay                    Say Anything
Set your Goals               Shwayze
Stick to your Guns          Story of the Year
Street Dogs                         Tat
Treaty of Parice              Your Heighness Electra
Valencia                        We The Kings

 Updates will be made accordingly.

After a year and a half hiatus, the popular punk band Alkaline Trio are in the recording studio making their new album Agony and Irony which is out on July 1st. The band said that that with this particular album they wanted to go ‘back to their roots’ with songs closer to their early work. Alkaline Trio also stated that the music will still be dark like 2005’s Crimson but in a different way. You can check out one of their new songs on their myspace Here

Alkaline Trio’s music was popularized by their fast tempos, additively catchy choruses, and dark themes. This included things like: Alcoholism, fire, and death. The band had been around since 1996 and if you haven’t checked them out I strongly suggest you do.

Another popular band recording are The All-American Rejects releasing their third album. They stated that they won’t try anything revolutionary and are just trying to ‘go with the flow’ with this album. AAR are trying for a more ‘real’ sound, and said they are going to make every song count. The album should be released sometime mid September if ‘all goes as planned.’

If you don’t know who the All-American Rejects are you should. The bands first album wasn’t a huge success but the song Swing Swing. The song garnered much popularity but many supposed the band was a one hit wonder. However with their second album came Dirty Little Secret. Move Along won two categories in the 2006 MTV music awards.

Finally the band Anberlin is also in the studio making an album. This will be a follow up to their 2007 Cities. Frontman Stephen Christan stated ‘Luckily, this album is gonna be the best work of our careers.’ A new contract with Universal will allow them to make the album exactly the way they want to. The album is currently unnamed but is set for August 1st.

Anberlin has released many singles including: A Day Late, Paperthin Hymn Godspeed, and The Unwinding Cable Car They’re a great band and I strongly recommend them.

Be sure to check in soon, I’ll be posting Alternative Magazines ‘100 Bands you need to know in ‘08′.

If you have any news for upcoming albums, new bands, or band break ups, PM me on the forums or send me a message on my myspace

-Xenomorph

So you’ve been checking out the local emo scene, and think your ready to take over the local scene. Don’t worry, your not alone.

And your never going to do it without the 10 must haves for the up and coming scene kid:

1. Directions to the nearest thrift stores

Fuck abercrombie, fuck pac sun. Your going to a thrift store to get almost everything you wear from now on. That is, if you really want to be scene.

2. Snake Bites

Snake bites are sick! They look awesome and are totally scene. If after seeing this, you have the sudden urge to go outside and get bit by a snake, your not ready to take over the scene.

3. Skinny Jeans

You want to call yourself scene? I hope you have at very least one good pair of skinny jeans. Dickeys work. OR you can learn how to make your own skinny jeans.

4. PETA Membership

Scene much? Well let’s see your PETA membership card. Why do you need one? Uh. Cruelty to animals is sad. It’s mean. Damn. You’ll either join PETA or straight up go vegan. Or if your really scene, say screw the animals, they don’t know what suffering is until they spend a day in your shoes. Right?

5. Flair

Okay. I have to admit, I’m watching Office Space right now. (If you have never seen it, go watch it now!) If you want to be scene, you need “flair”. Bracelets, buttons, studded belts, scarfs, all that stuff. You can get some idea’s on Emo Bucket’s galleries, so I won’t bother mentioning all the cool accessories you could go buy.

6. Icons

What would the world, or any myspace profile, be without emo icons. Your right. It would suck. Every up coming scene kid needs some emo icons to plaster on their profiles, as their avatars, in their sigs, anywhere and everywhere.

7. The (5) Things Every Scene Kids Need

Ohh… What are the 5 things ever scene kid needs? I guess you missed our previous post. You need to go read it… now.. Come on, It’s Right Here.

8. (8) Really Emo Games

I can’t think of a better way to waste my free time than playing some really emo games. Wondering what 8 of the most emo games might be? Check them out.

9. Tattoos

Expressing yourself has never been easier. Just save $100, find a reputable tattoo shop in your area, and set up an appointment for an hour of self harm. It’s like cutting yourself thousands of times in one sitting.

10. A Digital Camera

Myspace mirror shots. Showing the world how scene you are. You need a digital camera. Old school looking cameras are best for mirror shots, or extremely new trendy cams. Whichever. If you don’t own a digital camera, and won’t own one for awhile, you need to make some digital-camera-having-friends with the quickness.

Recently the planets aligned, a white bunnie crossed my path, and I found a beautiful, caring, (and emo,) girlfriend that I can call my very own. I have no idea how this could have happened, it should have been impossible but oh well, I’m not complaining…

So, in response to the cosmic forces at work I have decided to take inspiration from my newfound experiences and write a series of pieces on emo love. I plan to write a trilogy to be released one at a time over the next week or two, so say tuned and brace yourself for all of the spine tingling, earth shattering, and heart breaking analysis of how love develops between two emos.

(oh and don’t worry I won’t subject you to stories about my love life, I’m too emo to be that mean.)

Update: I know I did say that I would post my series in a couple weeks, but I did not realize how much my AP exams would ruin my free time, I promise promise PROMISE I will get them out as soon as I can. *sincerity*