Yeah following that lineup change was so crazy because at the time it seemed literally impossible that John and Shaun would return, even though fans were asking for it during the entire Fred and Fazzi eras. Looking back at that archive is a trip though. It made me remember how before I knew about places like absolutepunk I would literally come home from school and check all my favorite bands websites to see if there were any updates, especially when I knew they were recording or close to announcing a new album. When TBS would have a new webisode leading up to Louder Now I would get soooo excited lol especially if there was a new song clip or something similar.
I was just thinking about like…pre-Twitter/instagram, when you could get a real time alert when a band posted, you wouldn’t know until you went to a band’s website. Crazy.
it's kinda funny I usually don't care about band drama and honestly think this is no great loss, but it's got me listening to TBS and Straylight Run more than I have in years. damn they're good stuff So what's the chances Will Noon can step in on drums now
I used to have like 5 pages I'd go and visit routinely, and one of those was ap.net, but I'm so glad we're not there anymore, and so glad I didn't understand a lot of the English - I'm currently reading Where Are Your Boys Tonight and wanted to google some info on the Dashboard Confessional/Drive Thru drama, stumbled upon a punknews article on DC from 2002, and the comments were SO bad, made me somehow undecided wheter to cry or throw up
I was probably too young and naive to appreciate the message in it at the time, but Straylight Run’s Who Will Save Us Now? came on tonight and holy shit that song hits hard now.
Guys, since we've been talking about New Again for a few days now, I've got a question for you: If this record store that I go to twice a year still has their used vinyl copy of New Again there, should I cop it? Is it actually worth anything? I'm leaning towards picking it up because why the hell not, a copy of that album on any format is pretty hard to come by where I'm at. (btw, I believe it's the original 2009 print, but I'm not entirely sure. I'll have to check back on Sunday.)
Insane that that song (and album really) was written back then and not in the present day. I have a copy of the needles, the space on vinyl, and it’s so good.
The announcements of Fazzi and Rubano leaving/ rumours of John and Shaun rejoining were what sparked my interest in the band. A few of my friends were fans and posted about it on Facebook like it was such a big deal that I figured I should finally check TBS out. I remember driving to and from my cousin’s house on Easter 2010 blasting a LimeWire download of “Cute Without the E” on repeat the whole time and quickly becoming obsessed with their catalogue I don’t think I came across AP.net until a few months later, but I remember it was bc I was googling to find reviews of New Again. I don’t recall anything about the site’s review at this point, but if it’s archived somewhere I think it’d be fun to re-read it after all these years
Other fun facts: “Existentialism on Prom Night” was the first song I ever bought on iTunes and is the only song I have lyrics to tattooed on me
It was, I vividly remember ap.net blowing up like it would in special occasions (Hayley Q&A anyone? lol)
Just something I wanted to add but it was even wilder concerning Shaun because I'm pretty sure I remember him announcing his retirement from the music industry on myspace literally a couple months before that. It was posted around the time Straylight Run announced their hiatus as well.
He definitely had like a blog post somewhere about it. Meanwhile the whole time Mark was trying to get him to rejoin tbs
I'm not in love with that one front to back but the great songs on it are really great. love How Do I Fix My Head