I'm only slightly masochistic

Andy and his stunning sweater rocked Manchester tonight! More photos to follow… :)

I have one extra ticket to Andrew’s London show at the Union Chapel because my friend can’t go. It is yours for FREE for the taking.

Drop me an Ask and we’ll figure out where to meet up and I’ll give it to you. I’ll be in London on Wednesday around 1pm-ish. First person to message me will get it.

It’s scary how painfully relevant this song is to my life right now.

Something Corporate - Only Ashes

Piece by piece, and bit by bit
I’ll break this down for you, real slow-
But I can’t whisper all of this
and I can’t seem to let this go,

So I’ll watch the matches, turn to ashes-
I’ll watch the matches, turn to ashes.

I can tell as you turn, I smell the sulfur so clear
and fire’s a beautiful sound-
and the wings that you burn, turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground.
Yeah, we’re only ashes.

Part by part and inch by inch,
You’ll have your mile when its through.
Incinerate what’s left of this
and torch the part of me that’s you,

So I’ll watch the matches, turn to ashes.

I can tell as you turn, I smell the sulfur so clear
and fire’s a beautiful sound-
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground.
Yeah, we’re only ashes.

I can tell as you turn, I smell the sulfur so clear
and fire’s a beautiful sound-
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground.
Yeah, we’re only ashes.

Something Corporate reunion tour at The Roseland Ballroom, NYC. August 13, 2010.

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I was thereeeeeeeeeeee

wreckingballheart:

Beautifully filmed video of Konstantine filmed in Santa Ana on March 21, 2013.

A reminder to no one in particular that Trix and I are going to see Mr. Flawless over here in 56 days.

…and other people who may be able to answer any of these.

• Any videos of “Watch The Sky”, “Wrecking Ball Heart”, “Konstantine” or basically anything that isn’t “Learn to Dance”? As much as I share your enthusiasm of the new song, I’d love to see some other videos from these shows.
• Speaking of “Learn To Dance” - anyone managed to jot down all the lyrics?
• Out of all the band members on stage, I only recognize Mikey. Anyone knows who are the other guys? Their names, where they come from (as in their musical past), stuff like that?

Hello fellow Jack’s Mannequin/Andrew McMahon fans,

A lot of fighting and anger and bitterness and sadness have swept our little fandom as of late, and that sucks. But I’ve been thinking of something positive we could maybe try to achieve as a fandom, something we can all get around and push forward.

Some people are going to either one of the last two Jack’s shows. Some cannot, but have seen Jack’s in the past. Some cannot and have never and will never see Jack’s perform as Jack’s (that’s me).

What all of these people have in common, is that we’d all be pretty stoked to own a Dear Jack Benefit show live DVD.

Jack’s Mannequin have not, in their 7 years, released a full live show DVD (like SoCo’s Live at the Ventura). I think we’re long overdue one, and I think it would be a wonderful idea if Andrew and co. could film both shows, and compile a DVD and/or live album of the shows, as a keepsake for fans both of the band and of those last shows. The DVD and/or live album could naturally be sold through the Dear Jack foundation and benefit the cause.

The only problem I can see with this is the funding of the actual filming - you have to pay a director, a crew to film, bring in filming gear etc. to make this possible - but assuming Andrew can find funding for this - would you guys be interested in a DVD like that?

Can we all just tweet Andrew about this in the hopes he sees it and considers doing this?

tarragonshenanigans:

There’s things that aren’t worth giving up I know

When you can’t bare to carry me I’ll fight

You live the life you’re given with the storms outside

And somedays all I do is watch the sky

Using words like that to describe the end of Jack’s Mannequin is just misleading. You’re giving people the impression Andrew has retired and will no longer be making music: false. This man will always make music one way or another. Also “broke up” would indicate these four dudes will not play together again, or that the end of Jack’s somehow has to do with the 4 musicians playing in it: also false. As far as Andrew is concerned, he will continue playing with Bobby, Jay and Mikey for as long as they’ll want to keep playing with him. 

So lets put this in perspective:

Andrew is a story-teller. In SoCo we heard the story of his coming-of-age, of beginning life as an independent man, of experiencing adult life for the first time. In Jack’s we got a different story. The story of a young adult who tries to mend everything that has broken or gone astray: from his relationship to his body to his own mind. That story, too, is over. So just like Andrew has closed the book on SoCo (lets face it, the chances of a new SoCo album happening equal to the chances of Andrew playing Konstantine every single show he’ll play from here on out - we want it to happen, but we’re not too optimistic), he has closed the book on Jack’s Mannequin.

Jack’s Mannequin is merely a chapter in Andrew’s life that is closed. And now, after he experienced adulthood, fucked it all up, and fixed it up again, he’s ready to go on the next chapter, under his own name. So lets change the terminology around, okay?

I’m not saying you can’t be bummed that the Jack’s chapter in Andrew’s life has ended. I’m bummed too because I never got to experience this chapter live on tour, but put it in perspective. These songs will still be there. He will still play them. And just like he wrote songs that were relevant and real and comforting to you in the past, he will continue writing songs like that and better in the future.

PS: Also, no more “RIP”, the band is not dead. Andrew and the other three guys are alive and kicking. And hopefully, they will not rest in peace but rather continue rocking out.

I miss your face, Andrew McMahon. 

(Source: wreckingballheart)