Pete Wentz Says Something, Doesn't Annoy Me

According to Us Magazine, Pete Wentz tried to kill himself shortly after Fall Out Boy finished recording "their major label record." I assume this means their first album with Fueled by Ramen, which was "Take This to Your Grave", but the article doesn't say. The story, straight from Pete's mouth, is thus:

"I got in my car. I remember I was listening to Jeff Buckley doing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and sat there and took a bunch of [anxiety drug] Ativan in a Best Buy parking lot," Wentz says in a video for MTV's college channel MTVU.

"And I called up my manager because I was, at that point, completely out of my head with Ativan. And I was talking to him and I was slurring my words, so he called my mom and my mom called me and she came and got me and we went to the hospital."

I'm not his biggest fan by a longshot, but he's promoting The Jed Foundation's Half Of Us campaign, which is aimed at lowering teen suicide rates. This was in an attempt to encourage those suffering from depression to seek professional help, so I have to give him kudos for that.

Don't blame me if you do this...

...but if you happen to be really drunk/have a high pain tolerance/are a masochist, I suggest listening to "This Ain't a Scene" by Fall Out Boy. And listen for these lyrics:

I'm a little man
And I'm also evil, also into cats. Oh so into cats.

I know those aren't the real lyrics, but I swear to God it sounds more like he's singing that than the random shit coming out of his mouth.

There was more lyrical fun with Amy Winehouse high on meth, but the videos have all been yanked off the Intartubes as near as I can tell, alas. As has been mentioned, the new Killers video is out. I had momentary euphoria because I got my hands on it early, but it was surprisingly meh.

I miss the freaky random crap like "These Things That I've Done" and "For Reasons Unknown." More donkeys! More heads on sticks! Definitely more shower scenes.

In random news that nobody cares about, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day came to Britney Spears' defense in a recent interview. On the topic of her disastrous VMA appearance, he had this to say:

Watching Britney Spears was like watching a public execution. How could the people at MTV, the people around her, not know this girl was fucked up? People came in expecting a train wreck, and they got more than they bargained for.

She is a manufactured child. She has come up through this Disney perspective, thinking that all life is about is to be the most ridiculous star you could be. But it's also about what we look at as entertainment — watching somebody go through that.

My Chemical Romance will be releasing a video for their song "Mama" off of the Black Parade album on November 15th. It will be directed by lead singer Gerard Way, who--in case you forgot--is married to a woman.

I'm still so confused by that one.

Take the MCR Challenge!

According to Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance is not emo and he takes offense at having them lumped in with "that pile of shit." He insists that his band is nothing at all like emo and challenges you (yes, you!) to listen to My Chemical Romance and some of that emo crap side by side and you will see, once and for all, that they have nothing in common.

You may not have any emo or My Chemical Romance to compare, but fear not! I have gone through the trouble of finding samples for you to compare. First, let's check out Fall Out Boy:

And then MCR:



Hmmm. Very interesting. Okay, now let's try some Panic! at the Disco:



And then MCR:



So, seriously now. What do you think? Emo or not?