My Chemical Romance Wants To Eat Your Children

We're all familiar with media twisting truth and being a pack of uninformed retards. Nothing unusual. But, I recently found a fantastic low point recently while cruising Fark.com. Read the following this article from The Mail on Sunday.

Why am I not convinced the "reporter" has any idea what he's talking about?

Despite the fact that I hate emo subculture (if it can be called a subculture) with a passion, this alarmist bullsh#t has to stop. I remember being in high school when Columbine happened, and Marilyn Manson caught a completely unnecessary amount of flack from something he had nothing to do with (incidentally, I have no love for Marilyn Manson either). It's almost refreshing to know that not much has changed in almost a decade.

I figure these baby boomer "me-me-me-me-me-me!" parents are completely detached from their children. The same problem is true of any "youth epidemic." Perhaps they never stopped to think that maybe these teens committed suicide and indulged in self-mutilation because their family structure is about as stable as a house made of wet napkins.

Western civilization is falling apart. Blaming any, any, music style, movie, or video game for an epidemic of youth tragedy is a cop-out. There's an underlying problem in society, and I think it has something to do with the decline in the quality of life in the Western world. Salaries are down, costs for everything are up, and the young are getting f#cked at every turn. You don't want your darling angel to be hanging from the ceiling by her neck? Then try making the world a better place for her to live in.

Stop being detached from your families.
Hire younger workers and instill in them a decent work ethic by actually paying them a wage they can live on.
Stop being an alarmist moron and try thinking for yourselves once in a while.

Look within before placing the blame on a music trend, you douche.

PEHDTSCHJMBA

Now, most of my friends know how much of a Tom Waits nut I am. Absolutely love his music, from every era. You can break down his music three ways, according to his record label affiliations: the Asylum era (jazz/blues/piano nightclub sound), the Island era (experimental, running a variety of awesome sounds), and his current vein at ANTI- Records (all over the place).

However, sometimes his lunacy puts me in the awkward position of wanting to smack upside the head one of my favorite artists. Take for example, his upcoming Glitter and Doom Tour. Watch the following video and learn something profound:



Plotting your tour locations in the shape of a constellation is, to be blunt, really f#cking awesome. However, I can't help but be incredibly infuriated that this tour is only covering the America Southwest. There are many people up here in New York that would slit a man's throat to see Tom Waits in all his live glory. While I'm trying to balance the fact that so many people are being left out of this tour, I can't help but smirk at the methodology.