Panic! at the Disco’s 2009 Split, AKA “Pretty. Hellish.”

This 50 page essay analyzes Panic! at the Disco’s 2009 split, and proposes that the poetry quoted on Pretty. Odd. illuminates factors that led to the breakup.

The Films Are the Greatest Band No One’s Ever Heard Of

You’re familiar with The Films’ work. You just don’t know it yet. But you should— they rule.

Pretty Girls Make Graves! On Film!

Watch now for Fall Out Boy lore, literature, and homoeroticism!

Gray By Pete Wentz: An Unsung Great American Novel

In honor of Gray’s (belated) anniversary, this love-dissertation wholly dissects and defends my favorite book of all time.

A Deep Dive Into The “Cancellation” of SWMRS

This dissertation seeks to serve as a complete autopsy of now-disgraced nepotism-punk outfit SWMRS.

The Curious Case of Brent Wilson: Patient Zero of the Disease Afflicting Panic! At The Disco

In this essay, we explore the self-cannibalization of former-rock-turned-pop project Panic! at the Disco.

“Two Men As God Had Made Us:” An Analysis of My Chemical Romance’s “You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison”

My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way once kindly explained before a live performance that “You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison,” off of the band’s 2004 record Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, is “about getting sodomized in jail, if you’re into that.” However, despite Way’s theatrics, the lyrics of the track are far from crude.

Ryan Ross and Pete Wentz: The True* Origins of Panic! at the Disco

The official version of the history of Panic! at the Disco isn’t quite the full story. Fragments of the truth behind the initial meeting between Ryan Ross and Pete Wentz are still visible online, and, when pieced together, tell a far more intriguing tale.

“Pretty Girls Make Graves:” Behind the Title of Fall Out Boy’s Debut Record

This essay offers in-depth literary analysis of a single weighted line from Fall Out Boy’s history: “Take This To Your Grave.” This line drew inspiration from both The Smiths and Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums, weaving a web between three narratives that swirl disdainfully around the feminine sex and rather suggestively around the masculine.

PETE WENTZ AND HEY CHRIS: STAY GOLD, DUDE, STAY GOLD.

Fall Out Boy, Robert Frost, The Outsiders, and what it really means to sell out.