far away

𝖨𝖿 𝗐𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗎𝗌 𝗂'𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂'𝗆 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝖾'𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝖾, 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍-𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 <3

About 21 or so years ago, as I was applying to colleges I would ultimately never go to, Fall Out Boy began as a little pop punk side project of what we assumed was Pete’s more serious band Arma Angelus. We were sloppy and we couldn’t solidify a lineup, but the three of us (Pete, Joe, and I) were having way too much fun to give up on it.

We were really rough around the edges. As an example of how rough, one of my favorite teachers pulled me aside after hearing the recording that would become “Evening Out With Your Girlfriend,” and tactfully said “What do you think your best instrument is Patrick? Drums. It’s drums. Probably not singing Patrick.” 

We went into Smart Studios with the Sean O’Keefe…. So there we were, 3/5 of a band with a singer who’d only been singing a year, no drummer, and one out of two guitarists. But we had the opportunity to record with Sean and record at Butch Vig’s legendary studio.

8 or so months later, Fueled By Ramen would give us a contract to record the remaining songs. We’d sleep on floors, eat nothing but peanut butter and jelly, live in a van for the next 3 years, and somehow in spite of that eventually play with Elton John and Taylor Swift and Jay-Z and for President Obama and for the NFC championship, and all these other wildly unpredictable and unlikely things. But none of that would ever come close to happening if Andy hadn’t made it to the session and Joe hadn’t dragged us kicking and screaming into being a band. 

Happy 20th birthday Take This To Your Grave, you weird brilliant lightning strike accident of a record that absolutely changed my life. 

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I think it’s often overlooked that the change in Akihiko’s music didn’t escape Ugetsu. He did notice that Akihiko had lost his motivation and was settling for less. Ugetsu also knew how much potential Akihiko did have when it came to music, if only he still had the drive to go for it.

The thing about Ugetsu is, though, that he isn’t the type to be anyone’s personal cheerleader. Akihiko losing his motivation did bother Ugetsu, but Ugetsu strikes me as the person who thinks he can’t get motivated for Akihiko. Only he and he alone can do that.

That being said, though, Ugetsu did care. He was concerned about Akihiko’s lack of motivation and settling for less than he had the potential for. It worried and bothered him, and that came out as little jibes at Akihiko not being serious with his music. I think that is Ugetsu’s type of caring. I think he also often asked Akihiko to practice with him, so he wouldn’t completely lose his touch with the violin.

Ugetsu talked about Akihiko needing a trigger of some kind that would light the excitement for music in him again. I think that connects interestingly to Ugetsu’s own desire to break up with Akihiko so he could be free with his music. Ugetsu was hoping to find something that would rekindle the spirit in Akihiko only to discover that that “something” was outside of their basement and what ultimately pulled Akihiko to finally move out. I think when Akihiko told Ugetsu he was going to move out, Ugetsu realized that maybe he had found a trigger. He had a hunch.

chapter 35 mix_6.

you dont know how long i’be veen waiting for a video of Baby Hades to this song. it is so him

UENOYAMA RITSUKA AND MAFUYU SATŌ, GIVEN