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FYI x 2

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:16:02 -0500

1. The Clandestine Industries line Don’t Let The Bastards Keep You Down is old. It was released in 2012.

2. The Gray book signing at Book Revue in Huntington, NY on Friday Feb. 22 has been postponed according to their website.

This is what they said to me in an email exchange Thursday:

“As of this morning, the book signing with Pete Wentz has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts. We are hoping to reschedule this event for April or May, keep an eye on our events calendar for updates. http://www.bookrevue.com/events.html”

Links to request My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) on the radio

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:00:34 -0500

All you have to do is click the link, hit the ticky box next the the song, fill in your name (all other info can be skipped), and do the captcha. You can do it for any station listed here.

This list is super incomplete so you may notice your city/state/country missing. It’s not being ignored and you can still pick any station on the list and request the song to help the boys.

Note: not all phone numbers are toll free. Be careful if you decide to call.

AZ:

KRQQ-FM // 93.7 KRQ Tucson

Request Line (520) 880-5000

CA:

KIIS-FM // 102.7 KIIS FM Los Angeles

KIIS Request Lines: 1.800.520.1027

DC:

WIHT-FM // Hot 99.5 Washington

FL:

WSUN-FM // 97X Tampa Bay

Toll Free Request Line (877) 327-9797

WFKS-FM // RadioNow 97.9

Request Line: (904) 739 2979 Text: 333-222

WLDI-FM // WiLD 95.5 Juno Beach

::Request Line:: 1-866-550-9550

IL:

WTMX-FM // 101.9 FM Chicago

Request/Studio Line: (312) 591-6800

KY: WDJX-FM // 99.7 WDJX Louisville

Go here to vote for the Top 5 at 9.

MN:

KDWB-FM // 101.3 KDWB Twin Cities

NE:

KFRX-FM //106.3 KFRX Lincoln

NV:

KMXB-FM // Mix 94.1 Las Vegas

Request Line 702.364.9400

NY:

WKSE-FM // Kiss 98.5 Buffalo

WNKI // Wink 106 Corning/Elmira

Request Line: 607.732.9465 (WINK)

WFLY-FM // FLY 92.3 Albany

Vote for the Top 10 at 10 here.

OH:

WDJQ-FM // Q92 Canton

Call Q92′s Request Line: (330) 450-9292 or 1-800-743-9292

WAKS-FM // 96.5 KISS-FM Cleveland

Request Line: 216-578-9650 -or- 866-585-9650

PA:

Radio 104.5 Philly (no link to mediabase because they use the mediabase page themselves)

WIOQ-FM / Q102 Philly

RI:

WBRU-FM // 95.5 WBRU Providence

Request Line 401.272.9555 866.382.9555

TX:

KORQ // 96Q Abilene

KDGE-FM // 102.1 The Edge Dallas

VA:

WRVQ-FM // Q94 Richmond

WI:

WIXX-FM // 101 WIXX Green Bay

E-mail Top 9 at 9 votes: tommy.fox@wixx.com

Canada:

CJCH-FM // 101.3 The Bounce Halifax, NS

CJZN-FM // The Zone Victoria, BC

Contact info for Your Picks at 6 is here.

Satellite:

SiriusXM Hits 1

fueledbysoundmedia: Fall Out Boy at The Roxy. February 7th, Los...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:45:36 -0500

fueledbysoundmedia:

Fall Out Boy at The Roxy. February 7th, Los Angeles California.

I was one of the few lucky people who were able to go to Fall Out Boy’s first show in LA for almost 4 years. Of course, you’d expect nothing less than amazing. I finally got inside the venue after waiting 18 hours outside, and an hour and a half later, Fall Out Boy comes out. They opened with Thriller, and the crowd was insane. During Sugar, We’re Going Down, Cassadee Pope came up on stage and started singing with them. They ended with Saturday, which was the best song to close out the show. All of the guys looked so happy, they played so well and were so exciting. It was so overwhelming to see these guys in person, because I’d never thought I’d ever see them live. Fall Out Boy has definitely got to be one of the best bands to see live.

Photos and live review by Natasha Mayani.

“Benzi has joined forces with PLNDR to bring you...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:50:50 -0400

“Benzi has joined forces with PLNDR to bring you “GIRL | TRAPZ”, a twenty six track mixtape displaying Benzi’s unique take on trap music for the masses. Everything from dance classics from 1990’s to today’s big house tunes are slowed down, chopped up, and taken to the hood by an amazing list of producers including exclusive remixes from Jay Fay, Royal-T, Aylen, Van Toth (GTA), Klever, Benzi, DStar, and more! There’s even a grip of new and unheard jams from the likes of Yasmin & Diplo, Bebe Rexha (who did the drops), Silver Medallion, Faux No, and so much more. Download this now and run the tarp!”

Download the mixtape, including a new song from Bebe, here.

The Top Sound Exclusive Interview: Black Cards

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:52:05 -0400

Just a few weeks ago we hit you with a really outstanding EP by a duo fresh on the EDM scene. While Black Cards may be new to dance music, they’re both well known veterans in the music industry, and more importantly, they’re guys who possess a whole lot of talent.

After Fall Out Boy went on hiatus, bassist and music icon Pete Wentz formed Black Cards as his new main project. Originally, the group was intended to be a four-piece band, but after the departure of vocalist Bebe Rexha and guitarist Nate Patterson, Wentz and Spencer Peterson decided to continue on as an EDM production/DJ duo.

Anyway, I was blown away by their debut EP Use Your Disillusion – I had to learn more about these guys; they’re by far one of the most exciting acts to hit the scene in a real long time. So, with that said, we got a chance to chat with Spencer Peterson who was able to provide us with a much clearer picture of how Black Cards formed, the work that went into producing their hit EP, and what the future holds for the rockstars turned superstar producer/DJ duo!

Mike:

Hey Spencer, thank you so much for being with us! I’m sure things are really crazy right now with the release of your new EP.

SP:

Thanks for having us! It’s nice to take a break from retweeting things about our record for a second, haha!

Mike:

So let’s jump right in! Being from NJ, I was real into the band scene back in high school, and I know you were/are the drummer of Hidden in Plain View, but how did you get into music originally, and moreover how did you get involved in production/DJing?

SP:

I started playing drums during 4th grade in the school band and continued that all the way to the Atlanta Institute of Music after high school. Eventually, I left AIM to start touring and recording full-time — that’s what I’ve done ever since.

In 2008 I heard Justice’s ”Cross” and Wolfgang Gartner’s “Firepower“… that changed everything for me. It totally flipped my perspective of dance music. I played the shit out of “Cross,” and got way into the Ed Banger catalog — just finding all this new music I didn’t know about was really exciting. Our friends GRVRBBRS turned me on to a ton of shit too and I ran with it, especially DatA, MSTRKRFT, and the Bloody Beetroots. Then, about 2 months into early-Black Cards rehearsals, Pete texted me real late one night and goes “yo can you make beats?” I had no idea how, but I said yes anyways. I had Logic, but only used it for backing track stuff. The next day I got up and started teaching myself. Lots of youtube tutorials early on, haha!

Mike:

Haha, I feel you on that one. I’d be an absolute failure in life without Youtube. So, with all of that in mind, how did you and Pete link up? What made the two of you decide to start producing after Nate and Bebe left the band?

SP:

We met through mutual friends and touring together back in like 2005. I was on tour with Cobra Starship in 2010 for a while and when we played LA, Pete and I talked about the idea of Black Cards. It started as something completely different then where we are now — that transition took some time to figure itself out. Anyway, during the earlier stages of BC I was digging deeper into producing and we got an opportunity to do a remix for Rihanna through our label. We were in Dubai for a show actually and Pete sang that first verse into my laptop at like 6am, then we did the rest of the track at home. I think it was that aspect of “whoa we can do shit like this whenever and wherever we want and this is fun as shit–” that was so appealing to me. So we started to do a bunch of remixes and after the Major Lazer/Partysquad “Original Don” remix, we decided we wanted to take it in that direction full-time.

Mike:

Such a crazy evolution! But I agree, I think that it’s the fact that you can work on EDM anywhere, anytime that makes it so appealing. So both of you come from rock band backgrounds, what are you finding different about the EDM scene? Are there anythings you dislike in comparison?

SP:

The word “tour” is used way differently. For a band it’s like, you pack for 6-8 weeks, get in a bus with all your gear and don’t come home until tour is over. But with the edm scene, if you’re not traveling with production at least, it’s easier to fly around every few days with no specific routing. But I think with festival tours like Identity Festival, dance music is starting to embrace a more traditional touring style and I’m into that, that’s the kind of touring I’m familiar with.

Mike:

We’ve become really close with Amba Shepherd in recent months and she’s actually the one that sent me over your EP a few days ago. Needless to say, I was really impressed. Not that I doubted you guys, but I wasn’t really expecting something quite so intricate as a first EP release.

I’ve done a fair amount of production work myself, and I know it’s not easy to jump into the craft. How’d you guys come out on such a high level? Did you guys teach yourselves, or have you worked with anyone else in the past that’s sort of shown you the ropes?

SP:

I think if we had put these songs out any earlier they would have been premature. Production wise I mean, we wouldn’t have been ready at this point last year. It’s been (and will always be) hours and hours and hours of trial and error.. especially error. “Talk Dirty” went through 4 entirely different sessions before we settled on it. It’s taken countless hours of toying with one sound just to scrap it later, or working on a melody for a thousand hours until you finally land something you’re happy with. All that bullshit is practice for when you finally create what you set out to create though.

When I moved to LA, I hung out at Shiny Toy Guns’ studio and learned a lot from them. Same with the guys in GRVRBBRS, we always nerd on each other. I dork out with friends all the time, I’m always down to talk shop. And also when we’re home it’s studio time, all the time. All those hours eventually add up.

Mike:

Seriously, if I could just find a few more hours in the day to do a little more producing myself…

I really love “Talk Dirty;” it has an amazing grunge that is balanced out nicely by Amba’s cool vocals. How’d you guys link up with Amba? What made you want to work with her?

SP:

I heard her on “Vandalism” by Porter Robinson and immediately fell in love with her voice — it fit that track so perfectly. I wanted to work with her so bad and when we made a wish list for vocalists on “Talk Dirty”, she was #1. Our management reached out to her and I was floored when she said she was into it. She recorded it a few days later in Australia and sent it back — I was totally geeking out on it. Such a sweetheart too, I can’t wait to work on another track together!

Mike:

You guys also worked with Matthew Koma on “End of Pretend.” Ever since his feature on Zedd’s “Spectrum,” he’s become another big name in dance vocals.

In a lot of ways the track itself reminds me of Zedd’s style. We’re you guys inspired by “Spectrum,” and therefore chose to work with Koma?

SP:

Matt and Pete had worked on vocal ideas together near the end of 2011; “End of Pretend” came out of that session. We finished that song before the others, but in the time between completing the other tracks, mixing, mastering, then label stuff , he did “Years” with Alesso, and then released “Spectrum” with Zedd. Matt is a total genius by the way, I feel like this is just the tip of a very big iceberg for him.

Mike:

Oh wow, I had no idea you guys worked with Matt that far back! I agree, he’s ridiculously talented and is going to do huge things in the dance industry and out.

Speaking of inspiration, being that you guys are relatively new to this genre, which artists do you look up to?

SP:

Wolfgang Gartner is a big one for me. Just from a production standpoint he’s bar none — his melodies and structures are incredible. I think Knife Party are great too, as well as Bloody Beetroots, Dirtyloud, Bag Raiders and Madeon to name a few..

Mike:

Looks like you and I see pretty eye to eye when it comes to artists. Gartner is in a league of his own!

I’m really curious to know what’s been the highlight moment for Black Cards so far? It doesn’t even have to be related to the music itself, but anything that happened out on tour, or in the club/festival that was particularly noteworthy?

SP:

Jim Belushi walked on stage the last time we played in Hollywood. I turned around and he was just there, hanging out.

Mike:

Haha, that’s crazy!

So now that you guys have released your EP, where are you going from here? What do you have in store for the rest of 2012?

SP:

Releasing a lot of music and playing a bunch of shows. And gleaming the cube.

Mike:

Thanks again for taking the time guys! Black Cards is going to do huge things, and you’ve got our full support! Be sure to hit us up next time your in the NYC/NJ area!

SP:

Cheers man, thank you!

-Mike @3nVMusic

l-e-a-t-h-e-r-m-o-u-t-h: fuckyeahpetewentz: icecreamhdaches: (...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:46:29 -0400

l-e-a-t-h-e-r-m-o-u-t-h:

fuckyeahpetewentz:

icecreamhdaches:

(Original question is part of 2 tweets. Should be, “Since you’re the target… “)

This is something I’ve attempted to address multiple times (on my own tumblr) and the defense tends to be either it’s a harmless joke or that it’s out of love. Maybe some combination of both. Whatever. Doesn’t matter what the defense is for calling him a faggot or a fag, it’s never good enough because there is no okay reason for doing it. There is no way to justify it. Nothing you can say makes it okay. It’s not a funny joke. It’s not a term of endearment or a pet name. It’s a word that has a lot of negative connotations and hatred attached to it. It doesn’t cause warm, fluffy feelings for those on the receiving end. It hurts.

Pete has been an ally for as long as I can remember. As someone who isn’t straight, I’ve always felt really lucky to have him as one, to have him speaking out against homophobia. It weird to see the same people who jump all over the “Gay is not a synonym for shitty…” quote throw faggot around at Pete like it’s nothing. Calling someone a faggot makes you no better than someone who calls something they don’t like gay.

The dude has been ridiculously good to fans for years. Way too good us. Way better than any of us deserve especially considering how a good chunk of the fanbase treats him. There it is black and white, Pete does not like when fans call him a fag/faggot. Have enough to respect for him to stop doing it. (And I shouldn’t have to say it, but I probably do: don’t attack him for anything he said above. You don’t have any right to tell him how to feel and he has not said or done anything to deserve being attacked. Above or recently or ever really.)

Side note to Pete: Because I know you lurk. Sorry again for even having to ask. Still feel terrible that this is even a thing. You deserve better.

well said.

Okay,exept some of the kids that use ‘faggot’ in an everyday context are going to be gay kids who’ve had that thrown at them.I know you can’t cater a message like GINASFS to say ‘This is only appling to the 100% straight and cis people who have never been bullied or tourmented’,but you can’t tell a person that they can’t take back their slur and use it in a way that doesn’t hurt them.The word ‘fag’ will never be an insult to straight people.Never.Even if someone is insulted by it,the person using the slur itsn’t really insulting you,they’re insulting gay people.It’s not even an insult.That’s the point of reclaiming slurs,to stop them being insults to us and to either put them into disuse or make them into something else.I know that I can’t claim that the people online that use these terms are gay anymore than you can claim they’re straight,but no one gets to take that away from people that feels better by taking words that have hurt them and stripping them bare.

Bar that,Pete seems annoyed by the whole thing by the people that see it as an insult.It’s not.Me insulting a straight person by calling them gay should be as effective as me insulting a blonde person because they have blue hair.Faggot isn’t an insult.I’m a huge fucking faggot,and I have been all of my life.The word is nothing because I’ve decided to make it nothing,because if I didn’t,I’d be in a worse position.

td;lr nothing in what I said was ment to relate to the thing with Pete personally,I just felt I should point out to you that 1) if people want to re-claim their slurs,then no one has the right to stop them and 2) considering ‘faggot’ an insult is kind of homophobic.

Maybe it’s different for kids now. But when I was a kid, which was around the same time Pete was a kid, being called a fag wasn’t just harmful to the gay kid. It was harmful to the straight kid everyone thought was gay. It got you bullied and beat up. So the word being thrown at a straight person who maybe heard it as a kid and still remembers that is going to hurt.

Calling Pete (or any stranger on the internet) a fag is so not the best way to try to reclaim the word. You’re (general you, not you specifically) just going to blend in with people who actually hate him and are using it as a slur. There is no way for him to know who is who.

As I said to someone else, this isn’t about reclaiming a word. It’s about treating someone with respect. Something fandom is absolutely terrible at when it comes to Pete. If someone says they don’t like you calling them something, you shouldn’t call them that. Doesn’t matter what the word is or what weight the word carries for you. What matters is what weight it carries for the person you’re calling that word. And reclaiming a word means nothing if it’s still hurting the people you’re throwing it at.

sassypatrick: fuckyeahpetewentz: icecreamhdaches: (Original...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:43:57 -0400

sassypatrick:

fuckyeahpetewentz:

icecreamhdaches:

(Original question is part of 2 tweets. Should be, “Since you’re the target… “)

This is something I’ve attempted to address multiple times (on my own tumblr) and the defense tends to be either it’s a harmless joke or that it’s out of love. Maybe some combination of both. Whatever. Doesn’t matter what the defense is for calling him a faggot or a fag, it’s never good enough because there is no okay reason for doing it. There is no way to justify it. Nothing you can say makes it okay. It’s not a funny joke. It’s not a term of endearment or a pet name. It’s a word that has a lot of negative connotations and hatred attached to it. It doesn’t cause warm, fluffy feelings for those on the receiving end. It hurts.

Pete has been an ally for as long as I can remember. As someone who isn’t straight, I’ve always felt really lucky to have him as one, to have him speaking out against homophobia. It weird to see the same people who jump all over the “Gay is not a synonym for shitty…” quote throw faggot around at Pete like it’s nothing. Calling someone a faggot makes you no better than someone who calls something they don’t like gay.

The dude has been ridiculously good to fans for years. Way too good us. Way better than any of us deserve especially considering how a good chunk of the fanbase treats him. There it is black and white, Pete does not like when fans call him a fag/faggot. Have enough to respect for him to stop doing it. (And I shouldn’t have to say it, but I probably do: don’t attack him for anything he said above. You don’t have any right to tell him how to feel and he has not said or done anything to deserve being attacked. Above or recently or ever really.)

Side note to Pete: Because I know you lurk. Sorry again for even having to ask. Still feel terrible that this is even a thing. You deserve better.

well said.

This is a very good argument, but I think the only way the LGBT community is going to be able to reclaim words like faggot is if they change the connotation of it. We’ve already mostly reclaimed queer, why not faggot next?

Pete Wentz has absolutely nothing to do with reclaiming the word. Not a damn thing. You (general you, not you specifically) calling a stranger a faggot is not reclaiming the word. Pete is not your friend. Yes, my gay brother and his gay friends call each other fags sometimes. And they can do that because they’re all gay friends (straight friends don’t do this because respect). He would not call Pete a fag because Pete is not his gay friend. There’s a big difference.

And you know what? Even if Pete was your gay friend, it wouldn’t matter because he has said that it’s something that bums him out. It’s something he doesn’t like. This isn’t about reclaiming a word, it’s about respecting another person and treating them like a human being for a change.

(Original question is part of 2 tweets. Should be, “Since...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:57:30 -0400

(Original question is part of 2 tweets. Should be, “Since you’re the target… “)

This is something I’ve attempted to address multiple times (on my own tumblr) and the defense tends to be either it’s a harmless joke or that it’s out of love. Maybe some combination of both. Whatever. Doesn’t matter what the defense is for calling him a faggot or a fag, it’s never good enough because there is no okay reason for doing it. There is no way to justify it. Nothing you can say makes it okay. It’s not a funny joke. It’s not a term of endearment or a pet name. It’s a word that has a lot of negative connotations and hatred attached to it. It doesn’t cause warm, fluffy feelings for those on the receiving end. It hurts.

Pete has been an ally for as long as I can remember. As someone who isn’t straight, I’ve always felt really lucky to have him as one, to have him speaking out against homophobia. It weird to see the same people who jump all over the “Gay is not a synonym for shitty…” quote throw faggot around at Pete like it’s nothing. Calling someone a faggot makes you no better than someone who calls something they don’t like gay.

The dude has been ridiculously good to fans for years. Way too good us. Way better than any of us deserve especially considering how a good chunk of the fanbase treats him. There it is black and white, Pete does not like when fans call him a fag/faggot. Have enough to respect for him to stop doing it. (And I shouldn’t have to say it, but I probably do: don’t attack him for anything he said above. You don’t have any right to tell him how to feel and he has not said or done anything to deserve being attacked. Above or recently or ever really.)

Side note to Pete: Because I know you lurk. Sorry again for even having to ask. Still feel terrible that this is even a thing. You deserve better.

Six Celebs Speak Out About Mental Health

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:11:36 -0400

Posted by Rachel Mendelson

Their lives may be far from ordinary, but actors, musicians, athletes, and writers have emotional and mental health issues just like the rest of us. When a celeb opens up about depression, anxiety, and mental disorders, it can have a major impact on the way people think about these issues. That’s why it’s so great that these celebrities came forward and shared their stories. We hope their strength and courage will encourage more people, famous or not, to reach out for help when they need it.

Pete Wentz

“One of the biggest things for me was being honest with everybody about it. And let them know, like, you know, there are gonna be times when we’re gonna have to slow down so I can just make sure everything is intact. The second step was finding somebody that I could talk to, but that I was going to be honest with and that not necessarily that they had all the answers for me, but, like, that I could get it all out to them and then, like, together we could piece things together. I found that talk therapy with this guy has been the best thing that I’ve had.”

Read the whole article here.

source

Pete Wentz inherits his dad’s summertime traditions

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:37:09 -0400

By PETE WENTZ Daily Splash columnist August 2, 2012 9:12PM

I remember looking back at a baseball ticket from August 9, 1988: the first night game ever held at Wrigley field. I remember the way my Dad had always made summers memorable for me; he took me to Wilmette Centennial Pool during the day and to Baskin-Robbins in the night, where at the former I was heaving my nachos into the boys’ bathroom at the anxiety of the local high dive, and at the latter he let me taste flavor after flavor and I cracked my kid teeth on frozen gumballs in bubble gum ice cream.

I remember Gillson Beach and getting in the backseat of my parents’ station wagon and trying to dodge the lava-like heat off of the metal of the rear seat belts. I remember being stuck in the middle seat of my dad’s company car listening to the oldies station (which might not have been old at the time) as we tore across the country to the beaches of the east. I was my dad’s vigilant listener, his muted advisor, his constant companion. I wanted to be him when I grew up.

I understand and remember this with an appreciation that can only come from finally being a dad myself. All of us dads have a little bit of Clark Griswold crammed into us that comes out in the summertime. This month, I packed my kid into the car and drove south to San Diego to get to Legoland. We stuffed the car full of Berenstain Bears books and road-trip snacks, which were alternated until the nap of all naps happened mid-book — his mouth ringed in sugar crumbs. At this point, I cursed every single driver on the southwest coast of the United States. But seeing his face as we ran into a life-sized Bob the Builder made out of Legos was worth every second.

I thought of my own old man driving me across the country to Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and the company I provided him — I was his sidekick. Now I have my own. I thought of the times my son and I have spent in the heat of the valley at the Los Angeles Zoo as we trekked back and forth. I always grill him on which animal is his favorite before we settle in the gift shop on the way out. A light goes off in your head when you hear yourself asking someone the questions you were asked decades ago.

The saying is that at some point, “We become our parents.” It’s beyond true; we do become our parents. I think the saying is meant as a joke or a lighthearted warning sign on the road of life. But I finally get it, and it’s a great thing for me. If I come anywhere close to my summertime dad, then I’ll be OK with that version of me… the best version of me.

Pete Wentz donated his fee for writing this column to humaneafrica.org.

Pete Wentz Meets Local Obama Supporters Fall Out Boy bassist...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:20:52 -0400

Pete Wentz Meets Local Obama Supporters

Fall Out Boy bassist appears at Obama for America event in Bay Village

Article and video here.

Pete Wentz Meets Local Obama Supporters Fall Out Boy bassist...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:17:00 -0400

Pete Wentz Meets Local Obama Supporters

Fall Out Boy bassist appears at Obama for America event in Bay Village

By Melissa Hebert

West side Obama For America supporters got a little star power Saturday afternoon as Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz appeared at a group gathering at Bay Village Police Department.

About two dozen Obama for America volunteers from west shore communities were at the event.

Wentz, whose parents met while working on a senatorial campaign for Vice-President Joe Biden, was also involved in Obama’s 2008 campaign.

A new motivation for him, Wentz said, has been his son, Bronx, who was born to Wentz and former wife Ashlee Simpson in late 2008. Check out the video for what he had to say about fatherhood, young voters and the 2012 election.

From Bay Village, Wentz was heading to an appearance in Canton later Saturday and then returning to his Los Angeles home on Sunday.

Cristina Burnett, 16, of Westlake, came to see Wentz, being a big fan.

“I saw that even though he’s famous, we can make a difference, too,” she said.

Teens and young adults are eager to connect with something bigger than themselves, Burnett said. But they need to educate themselves apart from their parents.

“They have set views,” Burnett said. “We have to figure things out for ourselves. We’ve got a lot to learn. A lot of kids who can vote who just finished high school probably won’t because they feel they don’t know.”

Even if they don’t know everything, Burnett said, teens and young adults know what worries them.

“Jobs,” she said. “A lot of my friends are having a hard time finding work.”

Obama for America volunteer Laura DiVincenzo of Westlake said the group’s focus right now is connecting with voters and getting them to the polls.

“People in our area are concerned about education, and access to higher education, for their children,” she said. “And there’s the economy.”

“Los Angeles! Listen to @DJJeremiahRed on @KROQ tonight he’s spinning “End of...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:33:25 -0400

“Los Angeles! Listen to @DJJeremiahRed on @KROQ tonight he’s spinning “End of Pretend” ft. @matthewkoma #RoqNBeats #useyourdisillusion”

You can listen online here from 10pm-12am pst.

Black Cards wants to know what your favorite track off the EP is.

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:58:28 -0400

Black Cards wants to know what your favorite track off the EP is.:

If you haven’t already, you can get Use Your Disillusion on iTunes, Amazon, or check it out on Spotify.

blackcards: Guys we got some bad news. @spncr’s dog ate...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:46:00 -0400

blackcards: Guys we got some bad news. @spncr’s dog ate our masters so we are having to push the EP release date back one week.

blackcards: You can get “Use Your Disillusion” on 7/24.

Pete Wentz on Black Cards: 'Where we're going, we don't need roads'

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:59:42 -0400

Luis Gomez
About Last Night
6:52 p.m. CDT, July 15, 2012

There’s been a change of plans with Black Cards — the band created in 2010 by Wilmette native Pete Wentz after Fall Out Boy went on indefinite hiatus. Black Cards originally had a reggae-ska-pop sound with singer Bebe Rexha but became an electronic dance music duo featuring only Wentz and Spencer Peterson when Rexha and the band parted ways in January.

On Tuesday, Black Cards will release the EP “Under Your Disillusion” on iTunes.

“I had been through a lot in the past year — that’s really where the title of the EP came from,” Wentz wrote by email Friday. “Obviously, it’s a play on Guns N’ Roses (“Use Your Illusion”), but it’s, like, choose your own problems — a sort of pick your poison. So the EP was cool to do — it is the perfect capsule of a moment in time for me. Good to be able to write some words again.”

What’s next for Black Cards after the EP is released?

“We have some shows here and there,” Wentz wrote. “I think the great thing about Black Cards is it is whatever we want it to be. I only do it because it’s fun and I am passionate about it. Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

Black Cards - End Of Pretend ft. Matthew Koma If you like it,...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:06:00 -0400

Black Cards - End Of Pretend ft. Matthew Koma

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You can watch Pete co-hosting E! News here.

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:05:00 -0400

You can watch Pete co-hosting E! News here.

brue: Patrick Stump SPOTLIGHT by Joe Wein 1 week 1 day ago (on...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:06:51 -0400

brue:

Patrick Stump SPOTLIGHT

by Joe Wein 1 week 1 day ago (on Jun. 06, 2012)

Patrick wanted something different and unique and was up for anything. When he agreed to this concept, I was elated and terrified. Finding and pulling these people together was quite a challenge (and people thought I was crazy when I started hunting for a 3-legged dog). Patrick didn’t know exactly what we were going to do until the day of the shoot, and I tried to keep him as removed as possible from everyone until he was on camera - so they could have that first moment together on film. I was very fortunate that he allowed himself to be put in such a vulnerable position for his own music video - doing new stuff for the first time on camera with these experts. I also asked him Not to practice off-camera (he learned stuff fast - by the time he was done with this he could speed stack, yo-yo, and nunchuku with the best of them).

This video has over a million views on YouTube and lots of nice comments. And the little girl doing the stomach rolls is my daughter.

Concept, Director, Producer, Editor: Joe Wein
DP: Ralph Kaechele
Production Companies: 44 Keys, Visaya Films

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Patrick Stump isn't featuring on Yellowcard new album.

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:49:37 -0400

ycfansaroundtheworld:

Patrick Stump co-wrote song “Here I Am Alive” for Yellowcard new record “Southern Air”. But unfortunatelly due to some clearance issues Patrick Stump isn’t featuring in that song. Tay Jardine of We Are The In Crowd did vocals on the song instead.