There's the knee-jerk defensiveness you might develop when you mention you're a fan of one of these bands. People will mock you for listening to teeny music.

I generally say "I listen to music I'm way too old for." Which is bullshit, but then they laugh and we change the subject.

I totally wouldn't have thought that MCR was teen-y music. Of course, that's due largely to the fact that I'm suck back about a decade ago, when teen-y music was Backstreet Boys et al. Or 2 decades ago, in the heyday of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson.

MCR seems so different from those bands that they just don't seem "teen-y" to me.

Anyone like Sia? I'm totally obsessed with her recent album, Some People Have Real Problems. She's probably most famous for "Breath Me", which I guess was played at the end of the Six Feet Under series finale? Anyway, that's on Colour the Small One, which I just downloaded yesterday, and like OK so far. Also, her cover of "Paranoid Android" (from the Radiohead tribute album) is awesome.

Those are the two songs I know of hers, tommyrot. Heh. I also have a Zero 7 song she did the vocals for.

WTFF? Joy Division limited edition Microsoft Zune.

I know! It's been funny seeing various blogs do artists'  renditions of what it might look like.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the digital music playing device

Heh.

OK, bandom must be really viral, because I have been off the board for about a week, week and a half because I was doing a show. I was able to go on-line, though, and I have been inhaling Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump fanfiction . And have now decided I want to listen to the music (yes I realize this is backwards.) And now I can!

Also, one of the costumes for the show I just did was inspired by this [link] picture of panic at the disco. I made the jacket and shirt the boy on the far right is wearing. (is he Ryan?)

The one on the far right is in fact Ryan, and that jacket is FANTASTIC.

Yup, the boy on the far right is Ryan.

They were totally baroque circus chic for that tour. I loved it.

Anyway, my current fave Sia song is "Soon We'll Be Found" on Some People Have Real Problems. It's available on iTunes and eMusic.

I read a review of Sia's album on Pitchfork, but I haven't pursued her music. Good to know you like it.