January 11, 2005

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Sometimes bands visit the Fueled By Ramen office to see if they're working hard, or hardly working. This is one of those times. My name is William from The Academy Is??¦, and you're about to get served... The Weekly Dish.

- William Beckett of The Academy Is??¦

Featured Merch

The Academy Is??¦ CD

Fall Out Boy CD

Punchline CD

The Academy Is...

This week is a huge one for us and all of Fueled By Ramen, so I'll just cut to the chase... Our debut record "Almost Here" is NOW available for preorder HERE! However, if you'd like, you can add Fall Out Boy??™s limited edition ???Take This To Your Grave (The Directors Cut)??? CD and Gym Class Heroes ???The Papercut Chronicles??? to your order and save $6 total! All "Almost Here" preorders will be sent out on February 1st, ensuring that you'll get your order before it??™s in stores on February 8th.

Before you preorder our record you might want to hear some of the songs on it... Well Adam set up a little something for all of you. Starting today, a new song from ???Almost Here??? will be posted on PureVolume every Monday night at midnight leading up to the release date. I'm buying Adam a gift for this... Listen to "The Phrase That Pays" @ purevolume.com/theacademyis.

01.16 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
01.17 St. Louis, MO @ Mississippi Nights
01.18 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
01.19 Minneapolis, MN @ The Quest
01.21 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
01.22 Chicago, IL @ The Metro
01.23 Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo??™s
01.25 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
01.26 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
01.27 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
01.28 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
01.29 Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Cafe
01.30 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
01.31 Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktown Live

theacademyis.com
purevolume.com/theacademyis
myspace.com/theacademyis

The Fueled By Ramen Street Team

The Fueled By Ramen Street Team has been launched... After you join, you'll have access to all the bands??™ team pages, plus sections devoted to Monkey Vs. Robot and Clandestine Industries. Go to fueledbyramen.com/streetteam and join in. Ya ain't cool, unless you join the Street Team...

Gym Class Heroes

My favorite boys in the world are going to be out on tour with June and Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer (and with Punchline on select days) starting January 11th in Syracuse, New York. Now I've also had the privilege of screening Gym Class Heroes??™ new CD "The Papercut Chronicles," and I can't get enough of this record. I highly recommend preordering this record right this instant. It's available in the package deal now and will be available for preorder on its own next week.

Click HERE to check out the deals and save some money. The GCH CD also includes a bonus CD with remix tracks from The Academy Is..., The A.K.A.s, Punchline and Fall Out Boy.

01.11 Syracuse, NY @ The Furnace
01.13 Albany, NY @ Shelter Skatepark
01.14 Danbury, CT @ Empress Ballroom
01.17 New York City, NY @ The Knitting Factory
01.18 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell??™s
01.19 Boundbrook, NJ @ Hamilton Street Cafe
01.21 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
01.22 Columbus, OH @ Scarlet & Grey Cafe
01.23 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
01.24 Bowling Green, OH @ Howard??™s
01.25 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
01.29 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
01.31 Kansas City, MO @ El Torreon

gymclassheroes.com
purevolume.com/gymclassheroes
myspace.com/gymclassheroes

Punchline

The Punch Kids themselves will be spending January raking in the new year with Gym Class Heroes, Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer and The Berlin Project. Check out the tour dates @ punchkids.com or about an inch below this.

After the leaves are in nice neat piles in the back yard, February will be spent on the west coast with Hidden In Plain View and Hellogoodbye. Dates will be posted soon. I miss these guys. Someone email Steve and make them tour with us...

01.14 Altoona, PA @ The Lions Den
01.15 Albany, NY @ Skate Park
01.16 New York City, NY @ The Continental
01.21 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
01.23 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
01.26 Charleroi, PA @ The Italian Club

punchkids.com
purevolume.com/punchline
myspace.com/punchline

The A.K.A.s

I recently ran into Bob from The A.K.A.s at the Cleveland House Of Blues while we were out with Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, and Midtown, and he remains, hands down, one of the nicest guys I've ever met. On that note, go see them on tour with The Kinison and Scatter The Ashes, and tell Bob ???hello??? for me. The tour starts on January 15th.

Their video for the song ???Gotta Get Outta Here??? is up now at radiotakeover.com.

01.15 Erie, PA @ Forward Hall
01.16 Johnstown, PA @ Geistown Firehall
01.17 Cleveland, OH @ Pirates Cove
01.19 Detroit, MI @ Alvin??™s
01.21 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
01.22 Kansas City, MO @ El Torreon
01.23 Boulder, CO @ Club 156
01.24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Lo-Fi Cafe
01.25 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
01.26 Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory
01.27 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
01.28 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry??™s Pizza
01.31 Oklahoma City, OK @ Green Door

theakas.com
purevolume.com/theakas
myspace.com/theakas

Fall Out Boy

As Peter, Patrick, Andy and Joe continue work on their new record, they're also preparing their passports and travel bags... Fall Out Boy heads overseas to the UK with Spitalfield from February 19 to February 26. Those dates are below.

You should also look into pre-ordering the limited edition ???Take This To Your Grave (The Directors Cut)??? from the HERE... and I must of course remind you that you can save $6 by ordering our new CD "Almost Here" and Gym Class Heroes??™ "The Papercut Chronicles" as well. The Bats are coming soon. Trust me, start preparing now.

02.19 Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
02.20 Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
02.21 Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse
02.22 Oxford, UK @ Zodiac
02.23 London, UK @ Mean Fiddler
02.24 Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2
02.25 Swansea, UK @ Escape Club
02.26 Leicester, UK @ Charlotte

falloutboyrock.com
purevolume.com/falloutboy
myspace.com/falloutboy

Contest

This week, Adam from Fueled By Ramen will be giving away a set of signed posters from Less Than Jake, The Academy Is??¦ and Fall Out Boy. Email your name, address and answers to the following questions to him at adam@fueledbyramen.com with the subject ???The Phrase That Pays.??? Answers can be found on the Fueled By Ramen web site.

1 ??“ A piece of a page of newspaper classifieds comes in each copy of our new CD ???Almost Here??? as part of a contest we??™re. How many pieces are required to make the complete page and win the prize?
2 ??“ There??™s a bonus CD that comes with the first pressing of Gym Class Heroes??™ ???The Papercut Chronicles??? CD. What four bands have songs on it?
3 ??“ How much $ do you save when you order the newest releases from Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes and The Academy Is??¦ together?

Good luck!

-William from The Academy Is??¦