Practice Runs and Prototypes

We’re so used to seeing our media as the finished product that we rarely think about the component parts…

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…the drafts. The demos. The practice runs and prototypes.

I’ve been listening to My Chemical Romance’s Living With Ghosts again this week.

MCR, for those not in the know, are one of the three foundational, iconic, emo bands, known as the holy emo trinity.

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Emo children never grow old, we simply raise our open filthy palms like tiny daggers up to heaven… 😎

Even those who’re familiar with My Chem can be forgiven for not knowing Living With Ghosts, though.

See, Living With Ghosts was released as a companion on the 10th anniversary re-release of The Black Parade (Black Parade being *the* definitive emo album — I will not be taking questions.)

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