Look alive sunshine: New My Chemical Romance single review

The new My Chemical Romance single "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" from there long awaited (seriously, its been forever!) upcoming album "Danger Days: The True Live of the Fabulous Killjoys"was released on iTunes today and it is as unexpected as it is refreshing.

My Chem has been in the studio since last year. The band ended up scrapping an entire albums worth of music after drummer Bob Bryer left the band.

With a new outlook and a desire to stray away from the bold arena rock dramatics of its last record The Black Parade, the sound is a complete 180 but the concept is all My Chem. Taking the idea from Gerard and Mikey Way's new comic The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, the band follow story and sound with an image that is unforgettable. It is unclear if the original comic will be released.

Taking punk rock to a Mad Max world full of masked enemies and ray guns, the Killjoys seem to be a rag tag bunch of anti heroes in the post apocalyptic remains of Battery City.

The band posted a teaser trailer titled Art is the Weapon on September 18 of this year that showcases concept and sound coalesce into pure awesome.

The song is just pure fun. From the bratty chorus of na na na, to the nonsensical lyrics like "eat plastic surgery!" or my personal favorite "Cut my hair/gag and bore me" the song is high energy with no signs of stopping. All the classic MCR moments are there. Great guitar solos, awesome lyrics to shout along with as well as dance to. Na Na Na is RockNRoll at its finest.

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comes out November 22

Track list:

1. Look Alive, Sunshine
2. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
3. Bulletproof Heart
4. SING
5. Planetary (GO!)
6. The Only Hope For Me is You
7. Jet-Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report
8. Party Poison
9. Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back
10. S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W
11. Summertime
12. DESTROYA
13. The Kids From Yesterday
14. Goodnite, Dr. Death
15. Vampire Money

VMA Shennanigans or lack thereof

So, really the VMAs did kind of bite the big one. It's like either I'm getting older or MTV is getting desparate.

Of course, the big hype machine was the indeed pre-show which had a performance from Nicki Minaj and Will.I.Am. which I can only describe as "Hmmmm....Astro boy wants his look back from both of you!" Really Nicki? You're sooo talented, you don't have to do the Derp faces, just rap. Also, for all the people making a big deal about Will.I.Am's "Black" outfit...shut up with it already. It's not blackface, just because someone is painted IN ALL BLACK does not equate to blackface. In fact, see my other post in which we talk about what is blackface and what isn't. I swear people just like to go for the obvious. Think people, use your brains.

As for the show itself? It was hosted by E! resident mean-girl, Chelsea Handler who has basically skyrocketed to fame, Handler is indeed funny with her mean barbs but I only found myself chuckling at one or two of her jokes and watching her show has more guffaws than this. Who is to blame here? I have no clue. A OMFG appearnace by Lindsay Lohan is comforting that in times of crisis, even train-wrecks can get work. Sorry, LiLo...it's true. A commercial spotlighting the new new Gucci Guilty fragrance with Evan Rachel Wood and Frank Miller was unapologetically....lame.

Aside from really odd commercials, and the usual line up of lame one liners, the show belonged to Lady Gaga who took home nearly every award. I don't recall if anyone else did. Justin Bieber made his debut and in a word it was very cute and that's all I'm saying. Usher showcased that even as he's getting older, the dude has not lost his swagger. People may think he has lost his flexibility but whatever, he knows how to captivate and entertain he's aging the right way.

Let's address the big hoo ha of Taylor Swift and Kanye West, both performed at this year's awards but only ONE in my humble opinion came out on top and that was Kanye. A glitzy stage, him dressed in the devil's leisure suit and stilted ballerinas PLUS a toast to docuhebags (namely himself) he has done it again.


In an earlier post, I said that Swift sang a ballad about Kanye and I was right but I was wrong to say that she was doing it as just oh you know to make people feel bad about her . In fact both West and Swift sang about Kanye. West addressed his own douchery and Swift offered forgiveness in the form of "you're still an innocent."

Oh, how desparate MTV is to try to remind you that edgy stuff happens on their broadcasts. What the freak ever, I see more drama on The Bad Girls Club in a minute.

What peeved me about this year's awards, was all the indie acts, who deserved far more than a 1 minute sample performance. My true love, Robyn, sang "Cry When You Get Older" but it was only for a minute and MTV didn't even have the decency to say "here is Robyn!"

So yeah, epic fail again MTV.

The only tv I watch that isn't a re-run

So Monday's episode of Scream Queens explored the campy side of the horror movie genre. The actresses got to become zombies working with special effect explosives, do improv with a member of The Upright Citizens Brigade, and film a trailer for a fictional vampire cowboy movie. The second season seems to have even more catty behavior and drama than last time around.

Gabby keeps getting technical aspects of the challenges wrong and Tai has no problem telling her that she isn't good enough. While this used to bug me to no end, I am starting to see her point. Tai is just giving constructive criticism. Gabby sucks. She's an okay actress and terrible at the technical aspects of acting. All the while Gabby expects people to not notice her screw-ups and baby her like she didn't do anything wrong. As a competitor Tai has the right idea. You want to compete against the best so when you beat them you know you're the best. Tai also called out Christine for worrying about Gabby's friendship more than winning the competition. Again, she wants her on her game for when she defeats her. It seems to have struck a chord with Christine as she mentions this as a flaw in the grand ballroom during elimination.
Sadly it was my personal favorite Sarah that got the ax this week. Too bad she's gone but it makes sense. She made poor acting decisions, and wasn't that good at camp. Not to mention her anxiety issues that sprang up constantly during directors challenges.

So who is up for the ax next week? My guess is Gabby and Seirra.


Now....the top 5 reasons I want to slap Rachel Zoe right now

5. Get over the Taylor thing! Okay, she stole from you and betrayed your trust. You fired her and have a better working environment. Get over it.

4. This one goes for Brad and Roger too: Stop repeating yourself and others on camera. There is nothing more annoying than hearing the same information stated in the same manner, with the same sentences, like 15 times an episode. Lame.

3. Don't be mean to Brad when he doesn't deserve it. He works hella hard and has become the heart of team Zoe so give him the benefit of the doubt when no one wants to give you a free outfit for a 2nd charity event when they already gave to the original one.

2. The whole season has a theme about how everyone wants Rachel to have a baby but she works too much. Even Rachel says she wants a baby so have a freakin' baby already and lets get back to fashion! Family is important and its good not to forget it, which brings me to...

1. Stop treating your husband like shit! Rachel's husband has bent over backwards for her. He bought her Dylan McKay's car from 90210 one year for a gift! Not to mention the Barbie he custom designed for her for their anniversary this year, and oh yeah...taking over the business side of her creative endeavors. He gave up his career to help you out. That's love man. The least you can do is have a baby and skip a fashion show to hang out with the guy.


You guys better not get a divorce as a season finale. That would suck.