First, apologies to Ray Toro for getting cropped out of the picture. I did my best. 
Anyways, on to the review…
I’m a huge My Chemical Romance fan. “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” was my favourite debut album since Guns n’ Roses “Appetite for Destruction,” and after seeing them at Projekt Revolution a year or two ago, they’re one of the few bands I’ll go out of my way to see live (April 11 in the Manhattan). It was because of the already high expectations I had that I wasn’t so sure aboot “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” especially when their first two singles, while great videos, didn’t really impress me all that much as songs.
That said, after a few listens, the album is as good if not better as their others.
First, just to give some background on the “story” of the album, a quick cut and paste from Wikipedia…
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Traditionally, Republican’s don’t normally talk aboot education as one of their main campaign issues, and if you’ll excuse the language…it’s aboot fucking time they did. Set aside the fact that it’s probably the most important issue there is (maybe behind the economy), politically it’s ripe for our taking. Everyone agrees that education needs to be reformed, and even moderate Democrats are growing sick and tired of the teachers unions.
The most fascinating state in the great Republican/Conservative/Tea Party uprising of 2010, in my opinion, was Wisconsin. The Badger State I had always felt was pretty liberal, but this year the R’s took over both chambers of local government, plus Gov-elect Scott Walker, Sen-elect Ron Johnson, and Rep-elect Sean Duffy among others. It’s also home to the Ayatollah of fiscal conservatism…Congressman Paul Ryan.
I know it might be odd to make an endorsement for 2012 a) two years out, and b) before anyone has officially announced they’re running. But I’ve been looking at the list of maybes, and there’s one cat that already stands out for me. That’s why I’m endorsing Mitch Daniels to be the Republican nominee for President.
