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Don’t beat me, it’s about Fall Out Boy

So, in case I’m not the only one who cares, here’s the latest Fall Out Boy buzz. They played on a UK show called Friday Night Project and video of the performance shows Pete Wentz displaying a handwritten (well, actually it was written ON his hand) message saying “Almost Live Music.” This has been decoded in two ways. The most common rumor is that the band was asked to play to a prerecorded track, lip synching in other words. They were not too impressed by this, but didn’t want to throw a hiss and piss everyone off by refusing to play. So, integrity intact, Pete writes that on his hand and shows it to the camera when they zoom in on him “singing” like so:

Hard to read with the video still, but you can see it can’t you eagle eyes? Plus, many are saying that he obviously isn’t playing his bass in parts and that he did this on purpose because he refused to pretend for the camera. Again, judge for yourself:

Maybe he just isn’t that good at pretending, who knows? Either way, this is another reason to love Fall Out Boy, they refuse to dupe people unlike most popular artists. The other story (and I believe this to simply be spin control so no one gets mad at Pete for exposing the sad truth of TV performances) is that it was a prerecorded show and so really, the music isn’t live, so he was just pointing THAT out. Bullshit. They have been on numerous other prerecorded shows and what would be the big deal in pointing that out on your hand? Come on now. In another bit of Fall Out Boy vs. retarded media manipulation news, their CD can no longer be sold by Hot Topic. The band loves Hot Topic and always has. Hot Topic is a big Fall Out Boy supporter and carries tons of their merch. Well, the rumor is that Island Records has the power in their contract with the band to determine where the CD is sold. They decided to team up with Aeropostale on a promotion where the new CD is sold for $10 and you get a free T-shirt or something along those lines. Fall Out Boy and Aeropostale are an unlikely pairing. Pretty sure no one in Fall Out Boy would ever have been in an Aeropostale store. Anyway, part of the agreement in this merch promotion is that the CD cannot be sold at any other retail clothing outlet and therefore Hot Topic will no longer be selling the CD and apparently the band members are not so happy with their lack of control. Again, this is hearsay, but the band would never be able to tell this story themselves (try writing that on your hand) so who knows whether it is true, but it certainly is believable. Fight the power yo.