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Haven’t heard? We’ll be doing a presentation at the Wilmette Public Library on July 18th. Our presentation is LESS THAN ONE MONTH away!

We’ll be having exclusive merch at our presentation. We’ll have custom screen printed t-shirts limited to 25, as well as some special Chicago themed stickers. Note: if you’re attending the presentation, all merch will be CASH ONLY!

We’ll also have a museum table set up where you can see some old FOB (and other band) memorabilia such as merch and physical music. 

Don’t live in the Chicago area? We’ll be livestreaming the whole entire presentation on our Youtube channel. It will also be up in video form afterwards if you are unable to watch the stream.

We hope to see you all there- either virtually, or in person. FOBAT will be in Chicago for a few days doing some archive quests (and fun quests). Follow us to stay posted on our adventures, we hope to do some in-person updates.

If you’d like to know more about our presentation (i.e. when and where), check out our Linktree. You can find the event on the Wilmette Library website. Our Youtube can also be found in our Linktree. If you have any additional questions, please comment or DM us.

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The world says the war is “over,” but tell me how is it over when my mother still wakes up gasping for breath? When every night I pray she survives until morning because I can’t afford the device that keeps her heart alive?

We lost our home. We lost everything. And now I’m watching the person who gave me life slowly fade in front of me —because we have nothing left but hope.

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The members of Fall Out Boy seem not to want to remember their first show. The band has gone on record a few times, recalling their performance on the night of October 9th, 2001, as embarrassing. Even if the band hadn’t honed their skills or refined their lineup yet, the circumstances around this night make the story all the more interesting.

Since posting about this exactly a year ago, we’ve uncovered key details about the show from people who were there and played, so we wanted to clear up misconceptions. We’ve refined our format over the past year, and felt this subject does much better in video format.

More about the other bands that played that night:

Stillwell - From Chicago, had a classic early-mid 90s emo sound that eventually turned math rocky. Justin runs a record label called Forge Again Records now. They played with bands such as Frontside, Last Ditch Effort, *tomsawyer, and La Mantra de Fhiqria.

Examination of the… - From Sioux Falls, was on this show as part of a tour. As you can see in the video, their drummer was wearing only a cheetah print speedo, for some reason.

Insidious/The Blindfold Parade - From Milwaukee, Insidious changed their name to The Blindfold Parade sometime around this show, and then proceeded to break up in March of ‘02.

Videos used:

Novena, Fireside Bowl 2002 - Ricardo Cozzolino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4B9VyHiMA 

My Heart Will Always Be the B-side to My Tongue: The Story

Racetraitor July 28, 2017 - hate5six https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVrr6hWF7vw 

Examination of the... Live @ DePaul Chicago 2001-10-09 - Forge Again Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLX75WenB90 

Stillwell live at Depaul University in Chicago 2001-10-09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Ab_12eAzo