January 18, 2005

Hey everybody! This is your good buddy Chris from Punchline delivering you The Weekly Dish. I like writing news, especially witty news. Before I do that though, I have to warn you...don't see "Open Water". That movie sucks.

- Chris Fafalios of Punchline

Featured Merch

The Academy Is??¦ CD

Fall Out Boy CD

Punchline CD

Punchline

Punchline is the band I'm in. This week, our guitarist Paul quit. I am very proud to say that we didn't even miss a show because of it though. Our friend Greg Wood is playing guitar for us. He is a vegan straightedge jiu jitsu instructor who sings and plays guitar like a crazy man. He is the man. He likes peanut butter a lot and has cool moves on stage. I am honored to be playing music with him. I have been a fan of his for a long time, and playing with him has been better than I ever imagined. We are all very excited.

With all this excitement, we figured we should put a new song up on PureVolume.com/Punchline that we recorded a while back. It??™s called "Changing Lanes.??? It??™s a pretty freakin??™ happy song. Probably our happiest ever. We will also be headed back to the studio ASAP to record some more songs to let you guys hear (just in case you're worried that the current events are going to affect us whatsoever...don't be.)

We are going on tour in February with Hidden In Plain View and Hellogoodbye, then going to Japan in March. Japan is the best place ever. Last time we were there, I had too much fun. Lucky for me, Pete Wentz had his videocamera there to capture me having too much fun and then put it on his new upcoming DVD. Hope you guys like watching me puke!

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 Fueled By Ramen & Friends Tour 2005

Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is and Gym Class Heroes will be touring with Midtown and Silverstein starting March 10th. I have never met him, but I hear Silverstein is a sweet dude. Weinberg told me he was. The tour is 7 weeks long. That's 49 days (you're welcome for the math). Tickets are on sale now at this site. You should get one because this is an awesome tour. If you're wondering why we aren't on it, it is because it was unanimous in decision that we are just too good for it.

03.10 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
03.11 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
03.12 Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo's
03.13 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
03.15 Sauget, IL @ POPS
03.16 Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
03.17 Oklahoma City, OK @ Green Door
03.19 Dallas, TX @ Tree's
03.20 San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
03.22 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
03.23 Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
03.24 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
03.25 San Diego, CA @ Soma
03.26 San Francisco, CA @ The Grand
03.29 Portland, OR @ Meow Meow
03.30 Seattle, WA @ Graceland
03.31 Boise, ID @ The Big Easy
04.01 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
04.02 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
04.03 Omaha, NE @ Ranch Bowl
04.05 Minneapolis, MN @ The Quest
04.06 Ames, IA @ Pro Sound Warehouse
04.07 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
04.08 Urbana, IL @ The Canopy
04.10 Wilmington, DE @ Kahuna Concert Hall
04.12 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
04.13 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
04.14 Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Cafe
04.16 Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues
04.17 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Music Park
04.19 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
04.20 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
04.21 Reading, PA @ The Silo
04.22 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
04.23 Lewisburg, PA @ Uptown Nightclub
04.24 Boston, MA @ Avalon
04.28 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
04.29 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05.01 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance

The Academy Is...

The Academy Is??¦ has a new song up for streaming today. It??™s called ???Black Mamba.??? You should listen to it and pretend you are the singer for them while you sing into a brush and dance in the mirror. I actually do that all the time. I used to always do that to Rage Against The Machine when I was younger. Who am I kidding, I would still do that to Rage Against the Machine now. I love that song "Freedom". Check them out at www.rageagainstthemach...oh wait, got a little off subject there. The Academy Is??¦'s new CD "Almost Here" is available for preorder now. Preorder it now. And go see them on tour with Something Corporate and Straylight Run. That show would be better than a Rage Against the Machine show. Actually, it would be sweet if Rage was on that tour, too. I wonder if they're doing any of the dates.

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

Gym Class Heroes

The Gym Class Heroes know what's up. You wanna know why? Because the one dude wears a Jerome Bettis jersey in their pictures. That's The Bus! Anyone who likes the Steelers is automatically cool. Not to mention they are really good. I just asked whether to call them a rap group or hip hop. These guys said hip hop. I like both anyway. In fact, I like all music, even some country lately. "I went skydiving, I went rocky mountain climbing, I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fu manchu..."

Well anyway, you can preorder the Gym Class Heroes CD "The Papercut Chronicles" starting next Tuesday. BONUS: if you order it here with The Academy Is??¦'s new CD, you save 4 dollars and get it a week early. You can use that 4 dollars to buy 2 pomegrantes. Or donate it to charity. Don't buy drugs with it.

Gym Class Heroes are on tour with June and Zolof the Rock n Roll Destroyer. We are also doing a few of those shows. I will enjoy that. I like shows. I like that we are in the song business. All us FBR bands are in the song business.

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

The A.K.A.s

The A.K.A.s are on tour right now with The Kinison and Scatter the Ashes. The A.K.A.s are so freakin??™ cool and nice. I get a little intimidated by their coolness. I have never heard The Kinison, but any band named after Sam Kinison has to be awesome, and also has to be real funny.

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

FOB starts their UK tour a month from tomorrow with Spitalfield. They are headlining the Fueled By Ramen & Friends Tour from March to May...I am reiterating that because I already said it up there higher on the page. I hate it when I repeat myself. I do that sometimes. I haven't seen the dudes in FOB in a while. I miss them. I'd like to hear Pete say "duuuuuude", listen to Patrick talk about a band I've never heard of before, watch Andy get his back scratched, and watch Joe build a model plane. I miss the good old days. I heard they have a new song called "Understanding Chemistry Is Not Feasible In The Winter Because I Am Undergoing Metamorphosis That Doesn??™t Allow Me To Deal With Beakers.???

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

Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake are freakin sweet dudes. One time JR made me food at his house. It was good too. I think he made egg sandwiches. His brother Chuck is the man too. I think he might have helped with the sandwiches. Since I'll be in Hartford for a few days this week, I want to try to hang out with those guys if they're around. Less Than Jake is writing their new record right now. I'm sure it'll be awesome. I think "the science of selling yourself short" might be the best LTJ song ever...there's a whole lot to pick from though. They have at least 8 of my top 100 songs of all time. They are the man. You should get their DVD "the people's history of less than jake". Its really funny.

lessthanjake.com
purevolume.com/lessthanjake
myspace.com/lessthanjake

Contest

This week, Adam from Fueled By Ramen will be giving away a copy of our new CD ???Action??? and any other CD from the Fueled By Ramen Webstore that you want. Email your name, address and answers to the following questions to him at adam@fueledbyramen.com with the subject ???Black Mamba.??? Answers can be found on the Fueled By Ramen web site.

1 ??“ In which city does The Fueled By Ramen & Friends Tour 2005 start?
2 ??“ What 3 prizes can you win from the contest we??™re running with Clandestine Industries and AbsolutePunk.net?
3 ??“ What two bands are The A.K.A.s on tour with now?

Alright..."I'm out".
I love all of you.
I love Fueled by Ramen.
I actually do eat a lot of Ramen.
I am the real deal.
Check out that country song about skydiving.
Also, Bananaphone is a good song.
Later.
Chris