Posts tagged My Chemical Romance
"The Time Is Out of Joint": Notes on Metachrony
"The Time Is Out of Joint": Notes on Metachrony

Humans generally look for patterns. It’s one of the things we’re good at, as a species: finding patterns in things, even when they’re not there. So it’s not particularly surprising that we look to the past to try to figure out what the fuck is going on: what is the pattern at work here?

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Literary Theory, Written by: EdgarC.-E. BoylesMetachrony, Personal, Jorge Luis Borges, St. Augustine, My Chemical Romance, The Expanse, Say Anything, Monte Cook, NumeneraComment
"Those Breakdown Days Are Done": Growing Up With the Bands We Grew Up With (The Nostalgia Trap, Part 3.)
"Those Breakdown Days Are Done": Growing Up With the Bands We Grew Up With (The Nostalgia Trap, Part 3.)

That line hits me like a ton of bricks every time. I have cited it to therapists in outlining my goals. And it seems to be a theme of some of the music I’ve enjoyed the most recently, and about which I have complicated thoughts. (Content Warning: Discussion of Eating Disorders.)

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The Nostalgia Trap, Written by: Edgar, PersonalC.-E. Boylesmusic, Cursive, I Am Gemini, Titus Andronicus, The Airing of Grievances, An Obelisk, The Get Up Kids, Four Minute Mile, Problems, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way, Doom PatrolComment