#Oct 2014

[mikeywayarchive]

mikeyway: Happy Halloween to all! 🎃 (PS -ironically, I found these in storage today)

[Oct 31, 2014]

[rwby-heritageposts]

Certified RWBY heritage post

you ever wonder why we’re here?

[eff-ston3mblogs]

HAPPY LIFE IS STRANGE WEEK 🌀🍁

[geniusphilester]

now i'm going back through my tweets to see what i said when i first got into dnp and at one point i was like "tee hee i've never bought merch before but maybe i should get the pastel plushies" and i DIDN'T and i kinda want to go back in time and kick my own ass

(jk, i've always been broke; it wasn't my fault. but STILL)

other highlights:

i livetweeted dan's now-private dating app spon and got excited that he matched men and women. what a weird time

may 2017: "in phil's livestream, he wanted to congratulate someone who graduated, couldn't remember the grad song, and made up one of his own"

i also linked a now-unlisted dan livestream around that time and wondered if the weirdness at the end was younow or dnp's internet connection

both dan and phil seem to have tweeted about seeing alien covenant in 2017 (i was excited about it, even if i wasn't calling it a date) but only phil's tweet survived

twitter archives have links but don't tell you what those links are, so imagine my delight when i clicked the link i included with "...is this it. is this going to be the thing that gives me the urge for #danandphil fic" and found phyuri. (i actually just rewatched the faceapp video they were promoing here a couple days ago because i was looking for something else and the allure of phyuri was too strong.)

"oh my god did pete wentz really unfollow dan because he was tweeting about reindeer kink"

"i can't believe it's not called family feud in the uk" i had to look it up; it's family fortunes. it's appropriate that i learned this from the first google feud

dan tweet from august 2016, in response to the video where he played pokemon go in hong kong while phil was sick: "it's like a fic where i've just finished exercising except instead of an impressive erotic workout i literally walked up 8 steps".

my response to impossible quiz #2: "dan loves phil so much omg". i didn't make this tumblr for almost another three years, so that's how much i love PHIL LESTER! YOU'RE A GENIUS

my reaction to dan's anime recommendations: "is dan really into guys in speedos or does he just know his fanbase". past self, you'll never guess what the answer is

i livetweeted my first read of tabinof. the first tweet says "lol i don't know that i'm enough of a dan and phil fan to read their book. i'm enjoying parts of it, though" and the last said i'd give it four stars on goodreads entirely because of the urge.

this livetweet thread was the point where i started tagging #danandphil so my mutuals could mute it. feb 28, 2016. definitely a turning point in my phannie journey

feb 26: "i feel like i'm a mild dan and phil fan, but even that much kind of snuck up on me, lol. the dil videos are sneaky that way". i protest too much!

my earliest dnp tweets are exclusively sims, then undertale, and it cascaded from there. i'm probably due an undertale rewatch

oct 1, 2014: "I'm enjoying Dan and Phil playing Sims 4. Laughed until I cried about their Sim's roof." oh my god the owl slide made me a phannie. of course it did

my first dnp tweet was in august 2013, where i saw an ad for reading festival (i think; the tweet is vague) and i was telling my mutuals that they mentioned dan and phil. back then, one of my big fandoms was one direction and a bunch of my friends got into dan and phil through the radio 1 connections (harry styles -> nick grimshaw -> radio 1 generally -> dan and phil). i could have gotten in during the radio show era! alas

i feel good about jumping in with the sims, though. it's very me

shoutout to @underthisweather for chatting with me about dnp for the last decade! a lot of my dnp tweets are tweets at/replies to you 💜

[nileyxlove]

10 Years Of '1989' 💙🎶

[justine1701a]

Lucy Summers

Selfie Time, lol

Just a few face shots, definately did better than last time with the make-up x

[megpricephotography]

Barney & little Dilly up on the Malvern Hills, on a glorious, breezy summer's day, back in early July of 2008.

[pulsingvoid]

i used to think that there will never be another trc because of its unique quality for the genre but i'm starting to think that there will never be another trc because i am not a kid anymore and loath as i have been to admit it i was a kid at the cusp of 19 when trc found me making it the last story i would ever experience that would feel like it's part of my childhood. because it is

[happybirthdayxalbum]

happy 10th birthday to...

How To Leave Town by Car Seat Headrest!!

happy halloween!!

[frary-us]

Wonderful Reign Halloween memories.🎃👻💖 Adelaide was so adorable when she dressed up as her cat Ranma.😸😊

Happy Halloween from @CWReign @toby_regbo @AdelaideKane #MeganFollows (x)

[zodiacatsea]

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[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

It's Frankenstein Friday!!

Since 1997, every last Friday in October has been named Frankenstein Friday as a celebration of the book (and author) that birthed the science fiction genre as we know it today, and the monster of whom has been a horror staple ever since.

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (1818) Frankenstein dir. James Whale starring Boris Karloff (1931)

[larrystylinsontweets]

28/10/2014

@Harry_Styles: @salutelourry my larents care about you too

[frary-us]

Chained Together with Toby Regbo, James Northcote and Claire Lim Pt 2 on Twitch -- July 31, 2024. Toby gets NYCC/SDCC confused

#5 Toby's Reign panel SDCC blur & Time Lag Loop Similar (x)

Toby confused his Comic Con Conventions.😕😂 He mistakenly remembered the Reign cast doing a panel at SDCC when the show was brand new & anxiously not wanting to spoil things. That was NYCC in October 2013. They did SDCC in July 2014 before the show's S2.👑💖

#6 Babies in a big room!

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Hey did you ever listen to that audiodrama produced by GE, as in General Electric? I feel like nobody remembers the GE podcast

I did not know about these! Are you thinking of The Message (2015) or LifeAfter (2016)?

[mikeywayarchive]

Interview transcript under the cut:

ELECTRIC CENTURY

WHATEVER GERARD CAN DO, MIKEY CAN DO TOO...

FOR FANS OF: Depeche Mode, No Devotion, Team Sleep

Andrew Kelham

DAVID DEBIAK FIRST INVITED MIKEY WAY to make music with him at a barbecue in New Jersey somewhere around the turn of the century. Way was excited by the offer, but couldn't commit as he had just joined a band with his brother. Twelve years and four My Chemical Romance albums later, the two have reconvened and set about making up for lost time with Electric Century, their love letter to Britpop, new wave, electro, alternative and much more. With press and fans circling, the pressure is on to recruit a full band and pair their forthcoming EP with some live shows. Can they do it? Will anyone care when they do?

Only one way to find out...

WITH YOU BOTH BEING BASED ON OPPOSITE COASTS, HOW DO YOU WRITE MUSIC TOGETHR?

Says guitarist and keyboardist Mikey Way [left]: "Well so far, the songs have been exchanged as a series of chain emails."

Says vocalist and lyricist David Debiak [right]: "To be honest, I think my favourite moments are when a voice memo appears from Mikey, no matter where I am, l always step aside and listen to what he has sent through and I immediately start imagining how I can build on it and make it into something we'll both love."

IS IT DIFFICULT TO BUILD CHEMISTRY THAT WAY?

Mikey: "Not at all actually. When I was in My Chemical Romance it felt like we were five kids throwing matches at the woodpile, waiting for something to ignite. It was special and I didn't think I would get that writing connection again, but with David I have found something equally exciting."

HOW ARE YOU FINDING THE SCRUTINY IN A POST-MCR WORLD?

Mikey: "We live in the age of the hater and the negative voices are always the loudest, but it's not going to stop me. I've not read a single comment about Electric Century yet, and I'm not sure l ever plan on changing that. For the first couple of years (in My Chemical Romance] I worried about what people thought and said, [but] at some point I learned the skills I needed to shut certain voices out. I built the iron wall and it's still up now. Everyone is entitled to an opinion on our music, I just don't know if I need to know what those opinions are."

David: "When I'm creating I'm so engaged in what I'm doing, once it is done I remove myself so completely that I can stand back and watch how it is received without feeling like it's mine. By the time it is released I am a bystander to my music."

AS ELECTRIC CENTURY VOCALIST, WHERE ARE YOU TAKING THE BAND LYRICALLY, DAVID?

David: "I've shared a number of life experiences with Mikey, and the Electric Century songs are positioned around addiction, love and loss, for the most part. I think most of my favourite music centres in those places. I love songs that make you move and sing, but when you break down the lyrics later, you realise the depth of them."

ARE MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE FANS READY FOR THIS MUSIC?

Mikey: "I like that our fans were always prepped for a left turn. Every time we released an album we changed in some way and I think our audience expected us to do that. Obviously what I'm doing now won't suit everyone, but it shouldn't be a surprise that I'm doing something different and new."

FROM: New Jersey / Los Angeles, USA

RELEASE: There's an EP coming soon...

TOUR: Nothing on the horizon, just yet.

Rock Sound Issue no 192, October 2014