Random stuff for “Perfect Lines” and the forthcoming book “America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore, Emo And American Culture.”Tumblr (3.0; @americaisjustaword)http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/<a href="http://perfectlines.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/all-emo-at-trueslant/">All emo at True/Slant</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>I’m still kicking it over at True/Slant, and <a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/27/nme-tries-to-kill-emo-fails/">my latest is a piece</a> on <a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26407753-7484,00.html">an Australian news site’s puff piece</a> on the new My Chemical Romance album.</p> <p><a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/27/australian-site-tries-to-kill-emo-fails/">Read it</a>. Reblog it. Tweet it. Tumblr it….</p> </div>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/259359909http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/259359909Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:26:49 -0500<p>Australian news site tries to kill emo, fails @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ykub5n2">http://tinyurl.com/ykub5n2</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/259353179http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/259353179Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:15:12 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/27/australian-site-tries-to-kill-emo-fails/">Australian news site tries to kill emo, fails</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="width: 310px"> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"> <a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/05u5cUJ37hcWR?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=05u5cUJ37hcWR&utm_campaign=z1"><img src="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/files/2009/11/300x167.jpg" alt="US band My Chemical Romance (from L to R) wit..." width="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife</p> </div> </div> <p>Another day, <a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/02/the-role-of-music-journalism-or-why-does-everyone-want-to-kill-hip-hop/">another journalist seeks to kill a genre of music</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26407753-7484,00.html">Today’s suspect </a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26407753-7484,00.html">is news.com.au</a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26407753-7484,00.html">’s Neala Johnson</a>. The weapon – My…</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/259349028http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/259349028Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:08:06 -0500<a href="http://perfectlines.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/kumas-secretly-hearts-emo/">Kuma’s Secretly Hearts Emo</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>I’d heard of <a href="http://www.kumascorner.com/">Kuma’s Corner</a> for months and have craved their metal-themed hamburgers and pretzel buns for many a month I’ve lived in Chicago. Tonight, I set out for the famous metal bar and was…</p> </div>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/258096615http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/258096615Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:19 -0500<p>ABC should thank Adam Lambert @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yegey95">http://tinyurl.com/yegey95</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/257474017http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/257474017Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:13 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/25/abc-should-thank-adam-lambert/">ABC should thank Adam Lambert</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="width: 310px"> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"> <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Adam_Lambert_1.jpg"><img src="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/files/2009/11/300px-Adam_Lambert_1.jpg" alt="Adam Lambert" width="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image via Wikipedia</p> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://trueslant.com/saralibby/2009/11/25/adam-lambert-vs-madonna-a-tale-of-two-racy-tv-kisses/">A lot</a> <a href="http://trueslant.com/matthewgreenberg/2009/11/25/adam-lambert-ama-american-idol-gma-abc-cbs/">has been</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-vanasco/why-adam-lambert-is-right_b_369274.html">said about</a> Adam Lambert’s performance on the <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards">American Music Awards</a> Sunday night. With all the hubbub of his “racy” performance, what’s most…</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/257466037http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/257466037Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:22:43 -0500<p>RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/scottheisel">scottheisel</a>: Chicago traffic is worse than a thousand Brokencyde CDs. Ugh.</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/256395691http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/256395691Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:05:21 -0500<p>Heavy Metal in Baghdad band announces first EP @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yd9n5kl">http://tinyurl.com/yd9n5kl</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/255363316http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/255363316Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:02:49 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/24/heavy-metal-in-baghdad-band-announces-first-ep/">‘Heavy Metal in Baghdad’ band announces first EP</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="width: 310px"> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"> <a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/05v92cG7KWf9q?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=05v92cG7KWf9q&utm_campaign=z1"><img src="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/files/2009/11/300x167.jpg" alt="A handout picture taken 08 December 2007 from ..." width="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife</p> </div> </div> <p>Iraqi metal quartet <a href="http://www.viceland.com/vicerecords/artist.php?artist=ACRASSICAUDA">Acrassicauda</a> <a href="http://www.viceland.com/vicerecords/wordpress/?p=1238">announced</a> their first EP, <em>Only The Dead See The End Of War</em>, will come out in March 2010 on Vice Records….</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/255356749http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/255356749Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:55:12 -0500<p>The Beatles in the year 3000 @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybygklm">http://tinyurl.com/ybygklm</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254959299http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254959299Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:02:21 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/23/the-beatles-in-the-year-3000/">The Beatles in the year 3000</a>: <p>Thanks to my friend <a href="http://dinosaurparty.tumblr.com/post/254648698/scottgairdner-enjoy-this-documentary-about-the#disqus_thread">Sarah</a> for this little gem of a video:</p> <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Z2vU8M6CYI&feature=player_embedded&rel=0"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Z2vU8M6CYI&feature=player_embedded&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> <p>What a fantastic spoof of <a href="http://www.history.com/">History Channel documentaries</a>. But, considering the way so many boomers mythologize The…</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254951682http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254951682Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:56:21 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/23/overlooked-in-the-aughts-milosh-meme/">Overlooked in the Aughts: Milosh – Meme</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="width: 250px"> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 250px"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Meme-Milosh/dp/B000ECX0G0%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000ECX0G0"><img class=" " src="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/files/2009/11/41qKOB5nUkL._SL300_.jpg" alt='Cover of "Meme"' width="240" height="240"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cover of Meme</p> </div> </div> <p>Overlooked in the Aughts <em>is an ongoing feature focusing on some of the best albums from the 2000s that haven’t quite received the attention they deserved. Today’s…</em></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254162161http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254162161Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:11:31 -0500<p>Overlooked in the Aughts: Milosh - Meme @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yd3zx54">http://tinyurl.com/yd3zx54</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254087667http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/254087667Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:22:44 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/19/pete-wentz-is-a-genius/">Pete Wentz is a genius</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="width: 310px"> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"> <a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/0gwubHS5bigdh?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=0gwubHS5bigdh&utm_campaign=z1"><img src="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/files/2009/11/300x200.jpg" alt="NEW YORK - JUNE 05: (U.S. (L-R) Patrick Stu..." width="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image by Getty Images via Daylife</p> </div> </div> <p>It’s true… Pete Wentz is a genius. Or someone at <a href="http://www.falloutboyrock.com/">Fall Out Boy</a> camp has got it going on in their noggin.</p> <p>A smattering of break-up rumors cropped…</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/250269064http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/250269064Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:54:50 -0500<p>Pete Wentz is a genius @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yb3xz74">http://tinyurl.com/yb3xz74</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/250235520http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/250235520Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:24:43 -0500<p>I guess the cookies make it official… goodbye early twenties!</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/248683051http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/248683051Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:50:46 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/17/velvet-underground-to-reunite-for-literacy/">The Velvet Underground to reunite… for literacy</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="width: 197px"> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 197px"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Underground-Johan-Kugelberg/dp/0847830845%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0847830845"><img class=" " src="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/files/2009/11/41DDYKZMHyL._SL300_.jpg" alt='Cover of "The Velvet Underground"' width="187" height="240"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cover of The Velvet Underground</p> </div> </div> <p>The library just got a little cooler.</p> <p>Lou Reed, Maureen “Moe” Tucker and Doug Yule, all former members of the iconic proto-punk band The Velvet…</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/248121136http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/248121136Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:29:53 -0500<p>Velvet Underground to reunite… for literacy @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yc4yhlk">http://tinyurl.com/yc4yhlk</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/248089943http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/248089943Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:59:27 -0500<p>The (Most) Memorable Singles of 2009 @<a href="http://twitter.com/trueslant">trueslant</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yb7hthq">http://tinyurl.com/yb7hthq</a></p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/247053138http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/247053138Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:41:22 -0500<a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/11/17/the-most-memorable-singles-of-2009/">The (Most) Memorable Singles of 2009</a>: <p>I started writing here at <em>True/Slant</em> with a little piece that <a href="http://trueslant.com/leorgalil/2009/10/08/best-albums-of-the-millennium/">questioned the nature and purpose of year-end-lists</a>. Who’s an authority on anything? Isn’t it all arbitrary? True, but, as I…</p>http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/247005500http://americaisjustaword.tumblr.com/post/247005500Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:24:25 -0500