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Following a tweet from the official My Chemical Romance Twitter account advising followers to "Stay tuned...," the My Chemical Romance website took a turn for the "What the-?!" with an interactive, classic television. The changeable frequencies: RFDD, BLND, WKIL, KLSK and HRBT expel a variety of sounds, one of which being America's "A Horse With No Name" and another an instrument-only cover of Frank Sinatra's "How Insensitive." Any theories? I'm lost. Also, a mysterious Twitter account, @DrDeathDefying , which is followed by My Chemical Romance guitarist Ray Toro appeared shortly after the new site's launch. More information about the Mystery Twitters . XoXo c. EDIT: Keep an eye on the frequency WKIL. It seems to be getting clearer. Pretty sure there's a new song (or, at least, fragments of one) under the static.

On August 16, Wendy Rollins , a D.J. at Radio *104.5 in Philadelphia, tweeted and confirmed that new My Chemical Romance material had been sent to stations for airplay consideration. Her tweet, which came well before vocalist Gerard Way's cryptic "Look alive, sunshine" tweet , lists "Na Na Na" and "Sing" as song titles from My Chem's upcoming album. Also confirming the "Na Na Na" title is an article from Music Mix , which reveals that My Chemical Romance have recorded the song in "Simlish" to be played from virtual jukeboxes in The Sims 3 Late Night expansion pack, which is set for October 26 release. XoXo c. *Later edited: I had originally made the typo "104.4." I apologize.

Last night, Gerard Way returned to Twitter to celebration in the form of MCR fans from all over the world coming together to crash the TweetPhoto page that displayed the accompanying image (left) for Way's tweet that read simply, "Look alive, sunshine..." Way, unsurprisingly, dropped off the cryptic picture with no further explanation. Fan theories are circulating about what the picture could mean in relation to MCR's upcoming album. This morning, Matt Galle, My Chemical Romance's long-time booking agent , brought further suspicion to the unexplained picture by retweeting it. This is not the first time MCR fans have gotten teasers from the band in the form of close-up shots of words. In June, 2009, Mikey Way posted "practice cam" shots of what appeared to be working titles for songs written on whiteboard. XoXo c.

UPDATE August 26, 2010 Chris, admin of DrinkingSouls, has found that the source that sent out the casting call was ActorsAccess.Com , a casting site that promotes job opportunities for aspiring actors. ---- A screen-shot posted on DrinkingSouls.Com of what is supposedly a casting advertisement sent out to actors may give insight to the visual direction of My Chemical Romance's upcoming album. The ad calls for a "Little Girl" with "attitude and vulnerability." The description cites Natalie Portman in "The Professional" (pictured left, Portman played the role of Mathilda , a child assassin) as a reference for the character. "Ladyboy," a person who must be "identifiable as male" but "feminine" and who must be able to rollerskate is also mentioned. The wardrobe for that character includes tights, a layered tank-top/half-shirt combination and a helmet. The two characters are set to appear on internal album art, promotional ...

With My Chemical Romance's upcoming album set for a Fall release , new merchandise is flooding in. Having anticipated that, I have not been making posts for each individual item, but here are a few recently-released items about which collectors may want to know. "No Support" Rubber bracelet. The first of the new merch items made available through Hot Topic. I wrote about this particular merch item in May. Fan-stated Pros : NEW MCR MERCH! Irony. No MCR merch like it. Fan-stated Cons : Conflicting message. Don't understand. Purchase at: Hot Topic $6.99 "Medusa Skull:" an updated and brightened version of the longer, maroon-sleeved "Medusa Raglan" that was sold on the band's 2008 U.S. Tour. It is currently on-sale through My Chemical Romance's webstore for $9.99. Fan-stated Pros : Shorter sleeves. Brighter colors. Fitted. Fan-stated Cons : Preference for old version. Illegible. Purchase at: Hot Topic $24 "4-Piece School Set" -- A ...

Matt Skiba Demos Asian Man Records August 10, 2010 TRACKLISTING 1. You Didn't Feel a Thing 2. Angel of Deaf 3. I Can't Believe You 4. Haven't You? 5. How The Hell Did We Get Here? 6. Cradle To The Grave 7. Red, White, and You 8. Radio Vienna 9. S.O.S. 10. Nausea (Cruel and Unusual) 11. Into Thin Air 12. Merry-Go-Down [13. Field of Darkness] 14. Special 15. Razor Blade Blues 16. Magicland Matt Skiba's first full-length solo album sets a dark mood and allows fans a look at the rawest form of his art. Read my full review for ACRN.Com! XoXo c.

I think that it is worthy to note that My Chemical Romance has a brand new piece of merchandise available at Hot Topic . The shirt, named "Squid Attack," features a graphic of a floating eyeball in space being consumed by a giant space-squid while both appear to be under the attack of missiles. Under the graphic are the words "Galactic Destroyer." Both the band's logo and "Galactic Destroyer" appear to be in a more stylized version of the font used on the band's Motorcycle" t-shirt . The squid shirt is not the first of the new wave of My Chem merch to feature the words "Galactic Destroyer." After MCR performed at Japan's 2009 Summer Sonic Festival , three limited edition shirts that were sold at that show were made available to fans through the band's online merch store . One of said shirts was called "Galactic Destroyer," and it featured a graphic with the words printed on some sort of control device along with ...