Oct. 21, 2004

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DAILY TITAN October 21, 2004

Masters of puppets: Trey Parker and Matt Stone tackle the tough issues in ‘Team America’

Also Inside: *Local happy hours* *The Beach Boys* *Fall Out Boy*

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Contents

3) FOOD AND DRINK - Happy hours around town and Rutabegorz 4) FILM - Team America: World Police and I [Heart] Huckabees 5) THEATER - Alma and Oliver!

6) CONCERT - The Beach Boys 7) PITSTOP - Comics, trivia and more 8) INTERVIEW - Fall Out Boy ON THE COVER: Armed to the teeth with scuds and sarcasm galore, the maniacal marionettes from “Team America: World Police” engage in their own version of Shock and Awe. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

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Q: I read that Nicole Kidman is planning to produce a series in Australia that she hopes to bring to the United States. Have you any idea of what that would be about?

– Rose Anne M. A: Kidman has said that she hopes to do more as a producer, especially with projects that involve women’s histories. But there’s nothing more specific than that from Kidman.

Meanwhile, one of the Australian television channels has already launched a series called “McLeod’s Daughters,” which tells the story of a group of women who run a cattle ranch on their own. The show’s success has prompted a new surge of interest in women’s contributions to Australia’s history.

Q: I have heard that on “CSI: Miami,” the star, David Caruso, was very unhappy about CBS putting on “CSI: New York” because he wasn’t asked to do it. Is this true? – Charles P.

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A: I had been told that Caruso, a New York native, had talked to some people about doing the new entry in the “CSI” venue. But that has not been confirmed. Caruso moved to Miami from Los Angeles several years ago and invested in a business enterprise. He told an interviewer some years ago that he planned to call the Sunshine State home.

Q: Please confirm if Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner were married in real life when they did the 1970s series “Hart to Hart.” A night out with my skeptical husband depends on your answer.

– Debra O. A: Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner were married only onscreen, never to each other.

P.S. Tell your husband to be a gracious winner and make that night happen anyway.

Q: Is it true that Dean Cain (“Clubhouse”) actually met with Scott Peterson before he played

him in a recent movie (“The Perfect Husband”). He really seemed to catch him so well on-screen.

– Jeri S. Q: What’s the secret “message” that Dean Cain supposedly has tattooed on his ankle? – Betty R. A: To Jeri S. – Dean Cain told one of my colleagues that he never met Scott Peterson. He simply studied news clips of him so he could get his face and body movements down pat.

A: To Betty R. – Cain has his birth name, Tanaka, tattooed in Japanese characters on his ankle in homage to his Japanese ancestry.

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Food anD Drink

Got a hankering for happy hour?

By ALICIA ELIZARRARAS Daily Titan Staff

For some students the best hour of the day is when work or school ends and happy hour begins.

Luckily for CSUF students there is no shortage of bars in Fullerton that offer reasonable happy hour prices that can fit in any college student’s budget.

Banana’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, located on South Raymond Avenue, serves up a good deal for less than five bucks.

In this average dive bar, pool tables are available and the drinks are cold but don’t expect a very modern or hip scene.

The bar offers its version of happy hour, called Monkey Hour, Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Two-dollar well

drinks, bottled beers and drafts, as well as free food including meatballs, ribs, wings and soup are available.

2J’s Cocktail Lounge, located on Houston Avenue off Harbor Boulevard, offers friendly service with entertainment to boot. They have pool tables as well as a jukebox and a pinball game.

Happy hour at 2J’s includes $2 draft and bottled domestic beers, $3 import beers, $2.50 well drinks and $3 shots of Jagermeister or Firewater, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Students in the vicinity of the Brea Mall may want to stop in to Red Robin or BJ’s Brewery for a drink and some good eats.

Red Robin, located in the mall, serves free chips and salsa and $1 off all beers Monday through Fri-

day from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

BJ’s Brewery, located in the parking lot of the mall, offers $1 off all drinks as well as $1 off appetizers Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday 10 p.m. to close.

While visiting, try one of their house brewed beers and a Chicago style pizza, both are sure to please the taste buds.

If students are in the mood for some chips and salsa with their drinks, they can head down to El Torito or Rockin Taco Cantina, where both blend up great margaritas at reasonable happy hour prices.

El Torito, located at the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue serves happy hour Monday through Friday from

4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

This well-known Mexican restaurant offers a variety of drinks including Cuervo Gold margaritas for $3.50, $2.75 well drinks, $3.50 house chardonnay and $2.50 domestic draft beers, not to mention half off appetizer prices.

Rockin Taco Cantina, located on Harbor Boulevard in Downtown Fullerton, offers a great atmosphere, fun people and a full bar that is stocked with 110 premium tequilas.

Happy hour is Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with $2 draft beers and margaritas and 50-cent taqueria style tacos.

With all of these options students can afford to have happy hour every day and stay within their budgets ... but it is not necessarily advised.

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Redefining the rutabega

By ANNA LOUSTAUNAU For the Daily Titan

Rutabegorz Restaurant is a college student’s dream with more than 100 excellent worldly dishes, affordable prices and a wide variety of coffee drinks, smoothies and alcoholic beverages.

With three locations in Fullerton, Tustin and Orange, Rutabegorz has been serving happy customers since 1970, using the unloved turnip – the rutabaga – as inspiration for the restaurant.

My favorite location is the Orange bistro, in Old Towne Orange next to Chapman University. It provides indoor seating and a romantic floral backdrop outdoors.

Dining hours are Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Prices generally run around $1.50 to $11.

The heart and soul of Rutabegorz lies in its ravishing and plentiful food entrees, ranging from bagels, soups, salads and wrapsandwiches to Mexican food, pizzas, crepes, fondue and homemade desserts.

The restaurant offers a variety of ethnic dishes as well. The curry chicken wrap, Thai salad and spicy hummus are delicious.

The restaurant aspires to make the tastiest food at the healthiest rate possible, offering original salad dressings, high-quality fruits and vegetables and low-fat content dairy products made especially for the unique vegetarian plates.

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Film

‘Team America’: kicking butt and taking names

By FRANCIS SZYSKOWSKI Daily Titan Assistant Photo Editor

The minds behind “South Park” (Trey Parker and Matt Stone) have once again brought you a movie that doesn’t care whose toes they step on. It is done in a hilarious way of course, with their latest movie “Team America: World Police.”

“Team America” follows a group of special agents who defend the world from terrorists and keep the world free.

But they do it their way--by destroying whatever stands in their way as long as the terrorists are

stopped.

However, their actions have sparked protests from the liberal Film Actors Guild (you can guess the acronym), who have taken it upon themselves to act as spokespeople for society.

While facing scrutiny from the Hollywood Liberal elite, Team America has recruited up-andcoming actor Gary Johnston to infiltrate a terrorist cell that is secretly led by North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il who is plotting to use WMDs around the world while using the Film Actor’s Guild as a distraction.

“Team America” attacks the

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far left wing, the far right wing and everything in between. It also combines parody, social commentary and even an interesting puppet love scene.

The film is also supported by a unique soundtrack, which was also created by Parker and Stone. The soundtrack includes songs such as the “Team America” theme song that blares, “America F*** yeah” and a song that disguises Parker and Stone’s disdain for the movie “Pearl Harbor” in a love song.

One thing people have to keep in mind is that by no means is this a movie for kids, even if there are puppets.

Coming Attractions *Sideways (Baby Boomers share one last grand adventure before marriage beckons) *Surviving Christmas (Christina Applegate and James Gandolfini try to survive a post-J.Lo Ben Affleck)

Columbia Pictures

KaDee Strickland stars in Sam Raimi and Columbia Pictures’ horror thriller “The Grudge. “ Check out Full Effect next week for a complete review on this spooky Sarah Michelle Gellar flick.

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*Vera Drake (An English arbortionist strives to protect women’s rights and her family)

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Entertainment News Wire

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have created some pissed off puppets.

Existentialism engulfs new movie

By ALICIA ELIZARRARAS Daily Titan Staff

In the new comedy “I [Heart] Huckabees,” Jason Schwartzman plays Albert Markovshi, a confused yet likable character that lives in his head so much that he has a tendency to questioning everything.

After several coincidental runins with a doorman, Albert is convinced that there is meaning behind it and seeks the help of Vivian and Bernard, the Existential Detectives, played by Lily Tomlin and Dustin Hoffman.

Vivian and Bernard help their clients by following them around, questioning friends and family and guiding them to the answers of existence.

While the detective duo is busy looking for the answers, Albert makes friends with Tommy (Mark Wahlberg,) a fireman and another client of the Existential Detectives,.

During the detectives’ investigation into Albert’s existence they discover a key relationship between Albert and Brad Stand, played by Jude Law. Brad is an executive at Huckabees, a discount super store interested in sponsoring Albert’s Open Space Coalition.

Brad feels that by hiring the de-

tectives himself he can prove they are a sham and cause them confusion in Albert’s case.

Not getting immediate results and growing frustrated with the work of the detectives, Albert and Tommy turn to “the dark side” represented by Caterine Vauban, the arch nemesis of Vivian and Bernard. Caterine is a philosopher who stands for the opposite of everything the Existential Detectives stand for.

While the commercials for the comedy look extremely funny, the phrase “looks can be deceiving” come to mind.

The movie has its moments but it just happens to be all the moments shown in the trailers.

While there is an all-star line up of talented actors in this movie, they could not save it from being confusing.

The movie tries too hard to be witty, intellectual and quirky that it completely loses its audience during the film. Audiences may find themselves trying to decode sentences spoken in the movie instead of following along and enjoying it.

The film is amusing at best and may have audiences leaving the theaters saying “I ? Huckabees” instead of “I [Heart] Huckabees.

Theater

Local theater puts a new ‘Twist on a classic novel

By VIRGINIA TERZIAN Daily Titan Staff

Entering the Grove Theater in Upland is at times like taking a trip back in time. With their current rendition of “Oliver,” a musical version of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” one can’t help but be drawn into the world of days gone by.

The play, produced by Sherry Kinison and directed by Calvin Remsberg, tells the story of Oliver Twist, a young boy who has spent the last nine years of his life living in a workhouse or or-

phanage.

One day the youth makes a request for more food and is subsequently sold to a shop owner.

He runs away and spends the rest of the play trying to find a place where he belongs.

In the midst of his search he is befriended by a band of pickpockets and underworld characters.

The person to keep an eye out for within this production was Angeline Carr who depicted the role of Nancy, a streetwalker.

Carr’s acting was something to see, with her ability to take over the stage the moment she spoke.

Her performance of “As Long as He Needs Me” was beautiful to hear and illustrated the history of the physical abuse against women.

Jeffry Lewis’ portrayal of Fagin, the elderly pickpocket who attempts to get as many lost youths to work for him as possible, was hilarious.

His side-splitting rendition of “Reviewing the Situation” was worth the price of admission.

During the song Fagin considers whether he should try to live a proper life or if he should simply remain a criminal.

The performance had the entire audience laughing and tapping their toes.

The highlight of the song is when he sang, “Who will change the scenery?” and suddenly a group of stagehands appear shifting the set for the next scene.

One of the most interesting parts of this play was the cast’s ability to portray multiple roles.

A band of young boys portrayed several different parts throughout the production.

Also, the director’s ability to make the small stage change to suit any location from a bar in

London, a rich man’s home, the pickpockets’ hideout and even London Bridge showed that the cast and crew knew all the tricks of the trade.

Overall the production was something to see and a great reminder that one need not travel all the way to Los Angeles to see a good show.

Some of the best productions are available right in your own backyard.

“Oliver” runs through Oct. 24 and tickets are still available. For more information call (909) 9204343.

Hippy prince rince on quest for identity

By KYM PARSONS Daily Titan Staff

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Cal State Fullerton theater students gather around a guitar-wielding guru at a dress rehearsal for the musical “Pippin.” The play runs Oct. 22 through Oct. 31 in the Little Theatre. Director James R. Taulli, Musical Director Mitchell Hanlon and the CSUF cast hope to see your groovy selves there.

One man’s search for love and fulfillment will be brought to life in the Theater and Dance Department’s production of “Pippin.”

“Pippin,” which opens Friday in Cal State Fullerton’s Little Theatre, is a romantic comedy based on a young prince’s search for love and happiness. Unfortunately, he finds himself failing at every attempt.

Director James Taulli said he chose “Pippin” because he felt that the play best suited the talents of the current musical theater students.

Despite the original play being set in medieval times, it has been updated to add a fresh feel to the original story.

“We have chosen to place this production at Woodstock in 1969,” Taulli said. “Our new concept has helped us to make a crazy-fun romp of a show.”

He said the play now focuses on the story of a guy who has just graduated from college and is now trying to figure out a purpose for his life.

Choreographer William Lett said that although the lyrics and basis of the play are the same, the change in scenery to Woodstock “works amazingly well.”

“We made sure that we could still justify the play,” he said.

Lett said that when he usually choreographs plays, he likes to come into production with a preconceived idea of how he wants to

incorporate dance into the production.

“With this play, I was encouraged to be more spontaneous,” he said. “When we started, we began in a much more organic place than the original play.”

Lett said that when the cast began production on the play he had cast members improvise movements while he videotaped it.

“I worked elements of the improvisations into the choreography,” he said.

Popular dances such as the twist and the mashed-potato have been incorporated into the play.

Lett said he and the students are psyched and ready for an audience.

“The entire cast is really excited and is itching for an audience,” Lett said. “As we have been adding various technical elements to the play such as the band, costumes and lighting, you can see the energy rising.”

The play, which is completely student-performed on stage also involves student production backstage.

The costumes, sound, scenery, lights and props are all designed by faculty but with students assisting them, Taulli said.

Carol Cotter, technical director for the play, said that students do all the backstage work.

“Pippin” stars Nathan Hunt as Pippin, Erin Watson as Catherine, Megan Bayha, Angelina Holliman and Sage Thommen as the Leading Players and Aaron Gaines as Charles.

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Concert

The Beach Boys set sail on a new ‘surfing safari’ With a polished sound, Mike Love hits the road in the name of sun and sand

By ANNA LOUSTAUNAU For the Daily Titan

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” to hear the Beach Boys once more in concert?

An incarnation of the Beach Boys rocked the Grove last Sunday, performing more than 35 legendary tunes, marking the 43rd year of the group’s success.

Mike Love, one of the four surviving members of the original band, (members Brian Wilson and Alan Jardine are involved in different tours nationwide and Bruce Johnston is currently recovering from coronary bypass surgery) was the hit of the night with his

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newly-licensed group.

Consisting of six additional talented individuals, the new Beach Boys recreated the famous songs perfectly and professionally.

Small classic rock band Five Alarm kicked off the beach bash with mellow tunes resembling Everclear and Sublime, blending together into a smooth-sounding sensation.

After keeping fans urgently waiting for a half-hour, the Beach Boys started off with a bang, beginning with an upbeat 11-song continuous mix, including hit songs “Catch a Wave” and “California Girls.”

Decked out in Hawaiian memorabilia and cheerful smiles, these seashore singers set the mood for a night of romantic songs and dancing delight.

Colorful lights swirled consistently beneath the stage throughout the show.

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Unexpected guest star Dean Torrance from the 1960s group Jan and Dean appeared to sing alongside Love and the Boys to remember group members who previously passed away, adding an edge to an already snazzy style.

Slowing down the mood from time to time with tantalizing tunes as well as a special dedication of “Surfer Girl” to “all the ladies out there,” Love really knew how to sweet-talk the crowd.

Along with “In My Room” and “Don’t Worry Baby,” the eightman ensemble threw in “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” and a special a capella dedication to the love between President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy.

For men in the audience, the band performed a fun sing-song compilation of thunderous car songs: “Little Deuce Coup” and “409” played with the sounds of a car engine humming in the back-

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ground.

The Beach Boys sang non-stop number one hits for two hours, stopping only for Love’s numerous aging jokes, such as how “archaeologists are studying the myth of the 45 record” and many words of thanks to fans who have “kept our music alive for so long.”

Ending with an awesome patriotic version of “Surfin’ USA,” the American flag waved about in the back and much enthusiasm sprung from the crowd.

The band bowed gracefully only to return for an encore of two songs, “Kokomo” and “Fun, Fun, Fun.” The Beach Boys, both young and old versions, have always given people a long-lasting comfort and newfound appreciation for the beach through their rich music and full Hawaiian attire. They’re back and sounding better than ever before.

Essential Beach Boys: *Surfin’ Safari (1962) *Pet Sounds (1966) *The Greatest Hits Vol. 1. 20 Good Vibrations (1999) *Smile by Brian Wilson (2004)

Pitstop

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD

By ERIK ALDEN Daily Titan Staff

ANSWERS FOR 10/14/04

Monday’s edition of the Daily Titan included a front-page story about a shooting that occurred over the weekend on Fraternity Row. Allegedly, after being denied access to a fraternity party an individual pulled a gun on one of the fraternity members, Chris Duree, and shot him in the chest. He shot him because he wasn’t allowed into the party!

Obviously, Chris used good judgment in not letting this person into the party. If the assailant had made it into the party, who knows the kind of carnage could have occurred having a person in the crowd who not only had a weapon, but was obviously willing to use it.

Unfortunately, Chris’s discernment in not letting this person into their party has caused a change in his life and all of those who know him.

Fraternities will never be the same and this occurrence will forever affect Cal State Fullerton.

Today, it seems that we live in a society that supports a lack of consideration for human life. This behavior is savage and has no place in our communities. These delinquents are murderers with no respect for human integrity. The

thugs who arbitrarily shoot someone are no different than terrorists who decapitate the innocent workers in Iraq. They are no different than the heartless murderers who flew planes into the World Trade Center.

What is so wrong about the world that we live in, that people are shot over not being allowed into someone else’s party? It seemed like stories of people being brutalized like this only occur in the movies or show up in other communities’ newspapers, but it doesn’t. Many of us have heard such stories before and disregarded them as occurrences that only happen in gang territory. This is no longer the case.

This lack of restraint is not isolated in regards to the lives of others, but also carries a lack of concern for oneself. When someone attempts to severely hurt or even kill someone, he has resigned himself to the fact that he does not care.

First and foremost he doesn’t care about the person that he is assaulting, but he also doesn’t care for his own welfare. Ignoring the fact that his victim will never experience life, hug his parent again, hold his girlfriend, or grow old - why risk ending up in jail for the rest of your life over a disagreement? Simply being denied access to a party is assuredly not grounds to deny someone access to life.

Human life is the most precious of gifts that we have in life. Once it is gone there is no going back.

While these statements generally seem obvious, there are still those out there who ignore the basic essence of living. What causes a person to participate in such depraved behavior?

Fraternities need to unite and protect each other if this is to stop.

CSUF needs to take a stand against what is happening. Everyone who reads this needs to reach out to Chris and his family. Right now the burden and pain that his family is experiencing is unlike anything most of our families have ever dealt with.

In America we have freedom and part of that freedom is to live without fear from oppressors. I for one will not live in a country where thugs rule the streets and people are shot for denying access to a party.

We must never stop celebrating life.

PAPAS QUIZ ANSWERS FOR 10/14/04: “paul Simon songs”

Answers in the boxes, top to bottom, to the questions is parentheses: Julio(4), Graceland(3), Slipslidinaway(1), Lo Loves(5), ves(5), Years(2), Lea Leavve ve (Shaded) e-mail: davepop@mindspring.com

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Interview Chicago’s finest, Fall Out Boy, fancies funny songs and pizza

By NIYAZ PIRANI Daily Titan Staff

Very few bands are able to combine catchy melodies and cleverly sarcastic yet meaningful lyrics into punchy three-minute songs.

Chicago’s Fall Out Boy has not only done it but they’ve done it the right way.

Bassist/songwriter Pete Wentz talked at Fallfest 2004 about being a fluke, illegal downloading and what happens when you sleep with Fall Out Boy. Niyaz Pirani: So did you steal the name from Milhouse?

Pete Wentz: Originally we didn’t have a band name the first couple shows. We asked the crowd what we should be called and some kid yelled out Fall Out Boy. NP: So how did you guys start out?

PW: We were all in hardcore bands and metal bands and we were kinda doing this on the side.

I guess it spiraled into something bigger than it was.

NP: How’d you go from metal

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to pop punk?

PW: We’ve always listened to stuff like the Descendents. Honestly, this started as the biggest goof-off ever. It was never supposed to be what it is.

NP: I remember seeing you guys a couple years ago on MTV’s “You Hear It First.” Do you think being on MTV was the thing that did it for you guys?

PW: I think some people did take notice because of that but I can’t really pinpoint it down to one moment. We did the cover of Alternative Press and some stuff in Rolling Stone but I think more than anything it’s been about continually touring.

Eventually people were like, “Man, this band keeps coming through my town; I guess I’ll watch them once.” We’re a sound that definitely grows on people.

NP: As of Oct. 15, you guys were the first band with 1 million downloads on Purevolume. I’ll admit that I downloaded your whole album and eventually bought it.

How do you feel about people downloading your music?

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PW: As much as my label hates it when I talk about it, I’m a big downloader myself. I think it’s great that fans are excited. Bands that you’re really interested in are bands you want to download. You want to check it out and then go buy the record.

I think the problem lies when the industry has bands that create just one single and 11 bad songs.

Honestly, there are a lot of guilty pleasures where I’ll just download the one song because it’s not worth buying the album. It just spreads the band out to more people and if you really like a band, you’re going to buy the album.

NP: In your opinion, what makes a song a Fall Out Boy song?

PW: Definitely the lyrics and Patrick’s voice because nothing else sounds like it. I want people to feel the exact place where I was when I wrote it. I still get shivers when some songs kick in.

NP: “Chicago is So Two Years Ago” is a pop punk break-up necessity. Who did what to you to make you write that song?

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PW: Probably in four years nobody will care how my ex-girlfriend treated me. At the time I would be playing out of town but when I’d go back, that’s when you find out that people are fucking your friends.

There’s only so many times you can yell at somebody and so many times they can hang up on you.

Everybody’s been in the situation where you wish a person into the most awful situation.

NP: I’m sure the crowd is growing with every tour. Are you trying to write more sing-alongs for the new record?

PW: When we wrote the first record, there was nothing to write for except ourselves. Now we’re on a major and 40-year-old guys’ jobs are on the line.

We wrote a couple of songs and said, “Wow, these songs fuckin’ suck, they’re horrible.” We could phone it in and rewrite the same record but that’s not what we want to do.

We’re just writing Fall Out Boy songs. Hopefully people will keep reacting but if they don’t, I mean,

it was never supposed to go this far anyway.

NP: Is there a name for the new record?

PW: Not yet.

NP: Just like the band?

PW: Exactly. Every band says that the melodic parts are more melodic and the heavy parts are heavier with a new record but I think we’ve grown up.

The first record was definitely assessment. The next record was more reaction. This record is about repair.

We have a song called “I Slept with Fall Out Boy and All I Got was this Stupid Song Written About Me.” People can expect what they got from Fall Out Boy except that we’re a bit weirder and crazier because we’ve been on the road 300 days straight.

NP: So do you miss Chicago?

PW: Yeah, it’s one of those weird things though. It’s homesick versus sick of being home.

NP: But the food – don’t you miss the gyros?

PW: No, it’s definitely the pizza, dude.