Maybe Angels and Kings’ target clientele’s too young to drink, or perhaps it was the rain (or the fact that no one else goes drinking on Tuesday nights). Walking into the place to the Oxford Collapse’s “Please Visit Your National Parks” seemed at least anthemically promising, but whatever the case, a late evening Stereogum field trip to Pete Wentz’s new bar AK-47 turned up a nice mug shot theme, a gong recycled/held over from the bars’ Orchid days (wait, as were the circles behind the bar, the karaoke projector screen, the walls, the…), and a good jukebox (Jens Lekman, whoa) — but nary an emo kid (or adult) in the flesh. (There was a chihuahua, true, but he was traveling with us.)
Don’t tell any of this to Fox 11, though.
First came this North Dakota exposé on the score keeping tactics of the “emos” (“short for emotionals”). Points for cutting, jackpot for suicide!
And it appears the fear is spreading. Last night reader Moded hit us with the latest update on “emos,” or “scene kids,” as we’re told this “deadly,” “extreme” fashion/lifestyle’s now called. (As one kid puts it in the earlier report, “Some of them cut themselves and they like to wear tight clothes.”)
We prefer the Fox 11 report: Less focus on some philosophical police dude explaining why emos wear their hair over one eye and more footage of Thursday, My Chemical Romance, and sundry excitable “scene kids” shouting in unison while wearing huge buckles, double piercings, girl pants, and plenty of eyeliner. Admittedly, the fact that punks, heavy metal dudes (has anyone gone to the “Emocide Festival”?), and goths
(what?) are kicking serious emo ass is news to us. (A shamed Guy Picciotto couldn’t be reached for comment.)
As our tipster Moded put it, the whole spiraling hubbub is pretty redolent of when the evening news/media spent an inordinate amount of time “exposing ‘rave parties’.” We second that, adding breakdancing, skateboarding, trucker hats, and grunge (remember the faux “grunge speak” snuck into the New York Times?) to the list. General silliness and hyperbolic news speak aside, it’s fun to see these kids swingin’ on the flippity-flop.
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When he turns evil in Spider-Man 3, Peter Parker has a emo haircut. when will it end?
I think that’s supposed to be a joke, on how silly Peter looks trying to be a bad-ass. At least, my theater totally broke up when he brushed his hair in front of his eyes.
i thought he looked very conor oberst for a while in there…
how many points do I get for cutting my tight pants?
xlynn: 3mo
As a big fan of emo I, obviously, find this extremely upsetting.
Not all emos are like this. Cutting is ridiculous. And I HATE it when guys wear girls pants. Eww.
there is no such thing as ‘emo’s’—who calls someone an ‘emo’–what the hell is that?…..stop bastardizing the word and listen to some sunny day real estate. I understand the culture around this scene, but using the word emo–and now everyone is using the word–it’s just wrong.
What is sadder than emo? The shoddy journalism of television news. Sensationalism in its worst form.
Minor Threat was the first ‘emo’ band….
I’m kind of suprised the most upsetting thing about this to me is Jens Lekman being on the jukebox. I don’t ever want to hear his name in the same breath as anything FOB related ever again.
yea since when is emo a noun? my therapist once referred to “those emus that i always see around”. yea, that’s right: emus. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
i second the anonymous comment. emo has been completely warped since the ’90s.
also, i’ve always thought that emo and scene were two separate entities. am i wrong?
emo, screamo, nemo…WTF? where are my 14-year-old cousins when i need them?
I’m with Carlos; WHATEVER. And I’m submitting “emos” to Miriam-Webster for dictionary evaluation. HA.
this reminded me of a morning months ago, when I was trying to comfort a guy for being kicked out of my brother’s band for being a pussy, anyway he started saying how he was going to start a new band, with guys wearing their hair over one eye, play emo, and it was going to be better ‘cuz they were all goodlooking, I was like “OMG, REALLY???”
I never talked to him again.
This is what they should have played on the news instead of that crap they invented, it explains emo MUCH better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLnoaMdXHpg
Yeah, shouldn’t it at least be “emo kids” and not emos? Emos does sound like emus. And some look like them too.
Also, I hate the news. They love making epidemics over everything. Couldn’t believe when I saw the promo for that hard-hitting expose the other night.
I was in the bar when you must have come by. Don’t think it was the jukebox as much as the bartender Dan’s IPOD.
Strange crowd also.
Hmmm, emo in the news. As relevant as Paris in jail.
i’m sorry, i can’t get over the “emos” comment. like i couldn’t have hated rochelle nikita any more. PLEASE GO AWAY. seriously.
Look, I’ve got absolutely nothing against people who are emo, partially because one of my best friends (and even I) like the music they write, and they’re very nice people. But I didn’t realize it’d be such a controversial subject. Sheesh.
I was waiting for the “reporter” to quote passages from Wikipedia as “scholarly sources.” But then again, she probably just lifted it anyway without crediting it.
Its amazing that investigative reporters can get away with stuff that your 6th grade teacher would laugh in your face for.
Emo still sucks though.
rochelle, you are completely missing the point. i have nothing against people who are into emo. i object to your use of the “word” “emos.” GET IT? you probably won’t, but whatever.
honestly, you never have anything constructive to say, yet you comment on every single post, simply to get your url in there. it’s infuriating, really. i don’t want to be mean, but i really can’t fucking stand your constant presence here.
gee, I wonder how deep they had to dig to come up with that story.
Bust a gut over Emo Emu: “If I had arms I’d cut myself.” Hwaaaahahahah!!
Half of the stuff they showed from the internet that was supposed to show how “dangerous” and “out of control” “emos” are were from websites making fun of emo.
Now that’s true investigative reporting!
wtf this is so upsetting! ok i only slit my wrists twice and i like to listen to “emo” music but this still pisses me off. Old people have no clue what they are talking about!
Emo people are just dumb. I don’t know what is worse, when they cut themselves or when they pretend that they cut themselves. Either way, they have issues.
Sometimes emos are semi amusing though. Emotards.com has some funny shit for emo laughs.