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The Academy Is...made of awesome
This is The Academy Is...
From left to right they are Adam Siska, Michael Guy Chislett, William Beckett, Mike Carden and Andy Mrotek (better known as The Butcher). They are awesome.
The Members
William Beckett is the lead singer of the lovely band. I find him to be ridiculously pretty. here are a few reasons for that. Bill is kind of a drunk, has grand ideas about his music and has admitted to be depressed and anxious in the past. Interviews with him are highly entertaining. Or sometimes kind of sad. For those of you fond of such things, he could totally be a woobie. I don't have much of an urge to woobify him but yanno, the source material is there
The band has a video podcast called TAI TV. In it, William "acts". It's pretty awesome.
Adam Siska, aka Siska, aka Sisky Business is the bassist. He's adorable. He and Bill knew each other in high school and sometimes they talk about it.. He is the youngest member of the group and joined when he was like 15 or something. He loves shoes. He has had some of the most entertaining hair in the band. I *heart* him.
Mike Carden plays guitar. He is, as evidenced by the picture above, cute as a button. Even when smoking in the bathtub or playing his guitar he remains cute as a button. Initially I did not find Carden that appealing, and then I started watching TAI TV and totally fell in love with him. My favorite episode with him is probably this one. They are all eating gross things and being all manly and swallowing them and then Carden takes a bite of something and has to spit it out. In a way that I find incredibly endearing. That is also a fucking great episode for The Butcher who we will talk about next.
Andy Mrotek, aka The Butcher is the drummer of this lovely lovely band. He is goofy and fun and also a damn good artist. Watching him being all serious and arty and stuff pretty much cemented my love for him (that and the ep linked above in the Carden section.) I *heart* Butcher like woah.
Michael Guy Chislett is the final and newest member of the group. He joined in 2006 replacing Tom Conrad on guitar. Chislett, like all the members of this group, is made of awesome. He's hot, he's funny and he's a good sport about devoting a whole episode of TAI TV to him being hard to understand because of his accent. William has referred to him as the final point on the bands creative star.
The Music
I've uploaded some of my favorites for your listening pleasure. If the links go dead let me know and I'll re-upload.
all
Slow Down - You kiss me like an overdramatic actor / who's starving for work
Season - So show me something we haven't heard yet / But I'm not convinced and your heartless songs won't stick
Checkmarks - You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes. You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows.
We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands - I’ve got that lefty curse / Where everything I do is flipped / And awkwardly reversed
Neighbors - Sit back, get my palette wet, / Getting mentally prepared for the consequences
Bulls in Brooklyn - Don't say you miss me, you probably don't / Well I been crossing some lines, that most folks won't
Sleeping With Giants - Oh, we stood there, awkward and youthful, we tangled; / A piece of my soul escaped.
Okay, so all of the emo boybands are kind of gay. That's their thing right? Redefinition of masculinity, wearing eyeliner, kissing each other onstage? TAI is less gay than many bands in bandom, but they are still pretty fucking gay.
William seems to bring it out in people:
William cuddles with Travis from Gym Class Heroes while onstage.
Travis kisses him on the cheek.
Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship does dirty things to William's stomach.
Mike Carden gropes William while he's sleeping.
Brendon Urie calls William a very sexy man in an interview.
Miscellaneous odds and ends
Mainly this is just a plug for TAI TV. Most of my favorite episodes have been linked throughout this, but two more that deserve attention:
Episode 17 features Ryland Blackington as Guy Ripley interviewing the boys from The Academy Is... about the rivalry between Ryland Blackington and Michael Guy Chislett. Highlights include Ryland interviewing Ryland and Ryland asking Chislett if being from a country founded by criminals made it difficult to be accepted into the western music scene.
Episode 26 another Ryland as Guy Ripley episode. This time he's behind the scenes at a music festival trying to find TAI to interview them. Hilarity ensues. Highlights include hitting people in the head with mic cords, Ryland looking like a sad puppy when the band interviews and William attempting to sound excited when he clearly cannot act even a little. Bonus cameo from Ryro at the very end.
Now. Seattle kids. Who wants to come with me to their concert on Sunday Sept. 16th?
This is The Academy Is...
From left to right they are Adam Siska, Michael Guy Chislett, William Beckett, Mike Carden and Andy Mrotek (better known as The Butcher). They are awesome.
The Members
William Beckett is the lead singer of the lovely band. I find him to be ridiculously pretty. here are a few reasons for that. Bill is kind of a drunk, has grand ideas about his music and has admitted to be depressed and anxious in the past. Interviews with him are highly entertaining. Or sometimes kind of sad. For those of you fond of such things, he could totally be a woobie. I don't have much of an urge to woobify him but yanno, the source material is there
The band has a video podcast called TAI TV. In it, William "acts". It's pretty awesome.
Adam Siska, aka Siska, aka Sisky Business is the bassist. He's adorable. He and Bill knew each other in high school and sometimes they talk about it.. He is the youngest member of the group and joined when he was like 15 or something. He loves shoes. He has had some of the most entertaining hair in the band. I *heart* him.
Mike Carden plays guitar. He is, as evidenced by the picture above, cute as a button. Even when smoking in the bathtub or playing his guitar he remains cute as a button. Initially I did not find Carden that appealing, and then I started watching TAI TV and totally fell in love with him. My favorite episode with him is probably this one. They are all eating gross things and being all manly and swallowing them and then Carden takes a bite of something and has to spit it out. In a way that I find incredibly endearing. That is also a fucking great episode for The Butcher who we will talk about next.
Andy Mrotek, aka The Butcher is the drummer of this lovely lovely band. He is goofy and fun and also a damn good artist. Watching him being all serious and arty and stuff pretty much cemented my love for him (that and the ep linked above in the Carden section.) I *heart* Butcher like woah.
Michael Guy Chislett is the final and newest member of the group. He joined in 2006 replacing Tom Conrad on guitar. Chislett, like all the members of this group, is made of awesome. He's hot, he's funny and he's a good sport about devoting a whole episode of TAI TV to him being hard to understand because of his accent. William has referred to him as the final point on the bands creative star.
The Music
I've uploaded some of my favorites for your listening pleasure. If the links go dead let me know and I'll re-upload.
all
Slow Down - You kiss me like an overdramatic actor / who's starving for work
Season - So show me something we haven't heard yet / But I'm not convinced and your heartless songs won't stick
Checkmarks - You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes. You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows.
We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands - I’ve got that lefty curse / Where everything I do is flipped / And awkwardly reversed
Neighbors - Sit back, get my palette wet, / Getting mentally prepared for the consequences
Bulls in Brooklyn - Don't say you miss me, you probably don't / Well I been crossing some lines, that most folks won't
Sleeping With Giants - Oh, we stood there, awkward and youthful, we tangled; / A piece of my soul escaped.
Okay, so all of the emo boybands are kind of gay. That's their thing right? Redefinition of masculinity, wearing eyeliner, kissing each other onstage? TAI is less gay than many bands in bandom, but they are still pretty fucking gay.
William seems to bring it out in people:
William cuddles with Travis from Gym Class Heroes while onstage.
Travis kisses him on the cheek.
Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship does dirty things to William's stomach.
Mike Carden gropes William while he's sleeping.
Brendon Urie calls William a very sexy man in an interview.
Miscellaneous odds and ends
Mainly this is just a plug for TAI TV. Most of my favorite episodes have been linked throughout this, but two more that deserve attention:
Episode 17 features Ryland Blackington as Guy Ripley interviewing the boys from The Academy Is... about the rivalry between Ryland Blackington and Michael Guy Chislett. Highlights include Ryland interviewing Ryland and Ryland asking Chislett if being from a country founded by criminals made it difficult to be accepted into the western music scene.
Episode 26 another Ryland as Guy Ripley episode. This time he's behind the scenes at a music festival trying to find TAI to interview them. Hilarity ensues. Highlights include hitting people in the head with mic cords, Ryland looking like a sad puppy when the band interviews and William attempting to sound excited when he clearly cannot act even a little. Bonus cameo from Ryro at the very end.
Now. Seattle kids. Who wants to come with me to their concert on Sunday Sept. 16th?