Mikey Way Online

These are scans from the August 2009 issue of Alternative Press (AP). Thanks to Jessie for sending them to me

Uhm, I’m going to Warped Tour sunday, and I will be very much internet dead. And during my lasy hour online I came across something so unexplicably amazing I have no words to decribe it. (Basically it was rly hot and I felt the need to share)

In light of his recent loss of Dixie, here is some good news for the My Chemical Romance drummer. Bob Bryar has received his first win at the Enter Music Publishing’s Drummies Awards for “Mainstream Pop Drummer”. The August issue of DRUM! Magazine (on sale today) featuring Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) on the cover will list all of the winners including Bob Bryar. Congratulations, Bob!

Thanks again to Natalie (smiles_haunt) for the info!

Here’s just another reason nobody can say My Chemical Romance doesn’t do anyone any good.

Gerard Way was on a panel of musical guests (also featuring Death Cab For Cutie, Santigold, and Vampire Weekend) judging students who were in the running to be awarded one of four Fullbright-mtvU scholarships. Fullbright is a project put together by mtvU (MTV’s University network) and the U.S. Department of State, and was established to “promote the power of music”. Recipients went through a series of merit-based selection processes and were reviewed by U.S. and foreign academic leaders as well as area experts. Gerard Way and his fellow judges went through each of their nominations to slim down to whom they believed were the top candidates. The final four were chosen by the Fullbright Scholarship Board. They get to travel to foreign countries to work on a self-assigned project to benefit those communities and post their findings through mtvU’s Fullbright website.

Source: U.S. Department of State and mtvU Announce Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship Winners – State.gov and thank you very much to Natalie (smiles_haunt) for sending in this information.

I can’t even say how proud I am of Gerard for judging on something like this, and even more so for these amazing individuals who are going to great lengths to help improve this world through the power of music.

And these amazing individuals are…

Andrew Magill, who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) with a B.A. in Cultural Studies in May 2009, will travel to Malawi to work with the UNC Malawi Project and AIDS organizations to video-record narratives of Malawian families and communities affected by HIV/AIDS. Andrew will collaborate with Peter Mawanga, a well-known musician and social activist, to develop a concept album whose sales will benefit AIDS social service networks.
Michael Silvers, a doctoral student in Ethnomusicology at UCLA, will travel to Brazil to study the relationship between the culture of forró, a kind of popular dance music, and the climate of northeastern Brazil. Working with Vila Estúdio, a recording studio in Fortaleza, Ceará; accordionists from around the state; and a quadrilha square dance ensemble, he will explore the ways in which climate change and drought have impacted how and why people make music.
Rod Solaimani, who graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Foreign Policy in 2008, will travel to Morocco to study and participate in the Afro-Arab-Gnawa-Western musical exchange. A skilled percussionist, he will research the impact of U.S.-Moroccan musical partnerships in three cities, use his findings in local high school music curricula and promote cross-cultural collaboration with a student concert.
Tina Wadhwa, who graduated from Columbia University in 2007 with a BA in Political Science and Economics, will travel to India to create a documentary exploring the impact and influence of Bollywood music on underprivileged youth in Mumbai. She will also develop the music and drama center of the Akanksha Foundation while focusing on the role of music as a vehicle for collective expression and understanding among the children.

Want to be involved? Check out http://fulbright.mtvu.com/ for their blogs as well as information about the scholarship and how to participate.

The above two photos were posted by Amanda Palmer of a party she and Neil Gaiman hosted. Thanks to the gorgeous Brandi (My Chemical Freak), Sarza, Natalie, Fiz, and anyone else that sent me the photographs! Much appreciated!

Green Day appeared in a recent issue of Rock Sound. In the interview, frontman Billie Joe was asked about current bands such as My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. This was Billie’s response:

In the same issue was an article about Coalesce. James Dewees, touring keyboardist for My Chemical Romance as well as the current drummer for Frank Iero’s side project, Leathermouth, was the drummer for Coalesce. In a sidebar, Rock Sound described some of the band member’s side projects and James Dewees got an astounding three out of the eight mentions. Well, the man’s been busy the last 10 years!

And the good news keeps rolling in. The Umbrella Academy is up for a few goodies at this year’s Harvey Awards. Gabriel Ba is nominated for Best Artist, Dave Steward for Best Colorist, James Jean is up for Best Cover Artist (did TUA series 1 covers and currently does the cover art for Fable), and The Umbrella Academy is up for Best Continuing or Limited Series. If I remember correctly, last year voting was only up to those who were established in the comic industry, but I can’t find anything about that limitation this year. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Otherwise, voting is taking place and will end August 28, 2009. Visit the Harvey Awards website for an official ballot and voting instructions.

I’m sorry for the un-MCR related news, but this needed to be said.

Last afternoon we lost one of musics greatest talents and lyricists ever. Michael Jackson. Michael died at 12:26 PM California time at his rented house in L.A. He was with his personal trainer and his father, who never liked Michael much and abused him as a child. Michael was first discovered with the Jackson 5 at the Apollo Theater in New York, where the Jackson 5 won a talent competition and exploded onto the big scene. After a few years peforming with his siblings, Michael split off for a solo career and released Off The Wall; which is considered the best disco album of all time. His next ablum was Thriller, the #2 best selling ablum of all time behind the Eagles Greatest Hits.
Michael is said to have died of cardiac arrest, which is different from a heart attack. Michael’s autopsy is schedualed for today.

I think we should all pay a moment of respect for Michael, who was clearly a musical genius of the past 40 years.

Sorry, I’m not bothering with spell check. And if there’s any mistakes about his life in here feel free to correct me. I’m a little shaken up.

You know, it’s always a terrible thing when someone’s lost their dog. It’s just heartbreaking. It’s even worse when that dog is your best friend, one of the most important things in your life.

Bob Bryar is in the process of suing trainer Daniel Schaffer after his beloved Dixie died in his care. Schaffer’s first story was that a drunk driver was involved. Obviously, Bob demanded the police report which Schaffer couldn’t produce, so the trainer changed his story. All Bob got was Dixie’s cremated remains. He said, “The devastation I feel is beyond words.”

Bob was sent a referral and paid $7,500 in April in hopes that Dixie, rescued from a life of abuse, could get some much needed help to adjust to a new dog. After about a week, after having told Bob that Dixie was “having a blast”, he had to break the news that Dixie had been killed by a drunk driver while Schaffer was transporting her and other dogs. According to the lawsuit, “Schaffer called (Bryar) again and informed him that he could not say goodbye to Dixie for she had been ‘cremated due to her condition.” By the way, if that’s not illegal, it should be. Within days, Schaffer handed over Dixie’s remains to Bob. It should also be noted that Schaffer failed to produce a police report documenting anything had happened. Since that was obviously a lie, he tried again and said she died in her sleep, and then changed that to “other circumstances”.

Source: People, All Headline News, MTV Newsroom

It sounds like, to me, he screwed up and is trying to cover his tracks. He just picked the wrong drummer to mess with. Bob, you need to wipe the floor with this guy’s face. He can’t get away with this.

Thanks to Vee for the news. Pictures of Dixie are from Bob’s TwitPic which is still active despite the fact he seems to have deleted his Twitter.

Just..yeah….

Happy father’s day to Gerard and all the other dads on the planet.

And happy birthday to our lovely Jennifer who is 22 today

Oh, and Mikey posted this on Twitter…ftw!

Yup. New layout. Let me know if something’s not working or looks off. I’m pretty proud of the way this turned out seeing as how I was in a creative slump until this.

Frank lost his title to sexiest vegetarian. He came in as a runner-up, though. We’ll get it next year

I added Safe and Sound to the music videos download page, and moved the gallery link under Multimedia as well. If all goes well, I’ll also be getting Desolation Row up.

Okay, time for presents. Hope you all enjoy

Also, I have snagged an MP3 off my decrepit old Windows PC (Apple Macs ftw ) so I have no idea who originally recorded this, but it’s Bob and Gerard on K-Rock’s Hostile Take Over. Wild guess but I think this was 2006 so please correct me if I’m wrong.
Bob and Gerard on K-Rock Hostile Take Over.

I’m not done with you yet. Anyone pay attention to that little intro track on Bullets? The one with the little acoustic guitar? Yeah. Pretty? How about seeing it live? Apparently it’s an actual song, and the guys have only played it live a few times. I have video Many, many thanks to “rhvdohsetcd” for this one. Download: Right click, save as

I’ve got quite a few more things to add to the media section that were supposed to go into my side project, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen. So….I don’t see a reason that I have to sit on all this stuff. I’ll keep you guys posted as I add new things

Just some super quick things from my inbox. I’m getting so much spam it’s hard to tell which ones are legit and which ones aren’t, so if you haven’t heard back, your email is probably sitting in my spam folder. Sorry if these have already been posted but I’m still sorting out my flooded inbox .

Mikey placed #15 in the Mr. Twitter Universe thing. Congrats! Thanks to Georgia for that info.

Frank is up yet again for Sexiest Vegetarian, so if you’re tired of voting a million times for Kerrang (see Brandy Way’s post below!) then check out Peta2.

I’m stuck on ideas for a new layout. Any ideas?