I don't know of anyone that self-identifies as emo. Probably because the label is flung around a lot as an insult.

Yeah that's the impression I got recently when I mistakenly attempted to affix that label to a Fall Out Boy song. No "emo" kids were quoted in that icky article and I've never heard someone say, "I am emo."

I read the article and @@, as one would expect.

In most definitely non-emo, non-@@ news, I got to see Eric McFadden play last night. He stepped in on a couple songs for The Kehoe Nation, and was, predictably, awesome. It was like a master class on rock guitar.

I was talking about that article with my mom and quoted her some Fall Out Boy lyrics to try to explain why some (insane) people might think certain music promoted suicide.

The ribbon on my wrist says 'do not open before Christmas'

Mom said "what's so bad about that?"

I said, "he's singing about opening his wrist."

"ohhhhhhh" She replied, "I thought he was giving himself away as a present."

I wuv my mom.

Baltimore-centric post on WFMU's blog.

Baltimore-centric post on WFMU's blog.

Thanks, Tom! Baltimore is very much the Thing right now I guess.

I wound up on Toro's barricade at Madison Square Garden too.

Dude.

God wants me near Ray Toro. This much is clear.

I'm tempted to blow off work for a little while and attend tomorrow's city council meeting because of this proposed ordinance: [link]

ETA: Ha, ordinance tabled. Go team.

Listening to Portishead's Third and suddenly hankering for a version of "Glory Box" that I'd found on Napster way back and have since lost, and I can't find the song again. It's not the live version (Roseland NYC) and it's not the original from Dummy. It was more hard and aggressive. Anyone know of which I speak and where to find it?!

Third is okay, it's Portishead, no doubt, but more of the shrill keening that I liked least about the band, and a dash of Beth Orton, which is okay in it's small dose, and a sad loss of the triphop sampling thing they did that I loved so.

I saw Leonard Cohen last night, and he is a god among men. He was in fine voice (seriously), and his band were amazing, as were his back up singers. His version of Hallelujah made the crowd jump up for a standing O. (Not the only one last night, but the only one for a specific song.) Who By Fire and First We Take Manhattan were my other favourites.

Set list:

First Set
Dance Me To The End Of Love
The Future
Ain't No Cure For Love
Bird On The Wire
Everybody Knows
In My Secret Life
Who By Fire
Anthem

Second Set
Tower Of Song
Suzanne
Gypsy Wife
Boogie Street
Hallelujah
Democracy
I'm Your Man
Take This Waltz

First Encore
Heart With No Companion
So Long, Marianne
First We Take Manhattan

Second Encore
That Don't Make It Junk

Final Encores
Closing Time
I Tried to Leave You