November 2, 2009
We dressed up as old men for our Halloween show at the El Rey in LA. This is probably what we’re all going to look like in 50 years or so. Jack said I looked like Robert Dinero at the end of Casino

We dressed up as old men for our Halloween show at the El Rey in LA. This is probably what we’re all going to look like in 50 years or so. Jack said I looked like Robert Dinero at the end of Casino

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October 7, 2009

Here is the ticket info for every show that we’re going to play for the rest of the year. After this string we’ll be taking some time off the road for the holidays and to start writing a new record. Hope to see everyone out at these shows for a good time before our break.

HEADLINE SHOWS
October 10th - Jermyn, Pennsylvania- Eleanor Rigbys - BUY TiX HERE
October 16th - Poplar Grove, Illinois - Chubby Rain - BUY TiX HERE
October 17th - Omaha, Nebraska - Sokol Underground - BUY TiX HERE
October 18th - Colorado Springs - Black Sheep - BUY TiX HERE

w/ SAY ANYTHING, EISLEY AND MONEEN
October 19th - Salt Lake City Utah - In the Venue - BUY TIX HERE

w/ BOUNCING SOULS AND BROADWAY CALLS
October 21st - Seattle, Washington - Neumos - BUY TiX HERE
October 22nd - Portland, Oregon - Hawthorne Theater - BUY TiX HERE
October 23rd - San Francisco, California - Slims - BUY TiX HERE
October 24th - San Francisco, California - Slims - BUY TiX HERE
October 25th - San Luis Obispo, California - Downtown Brew - BUY TiX HERE
October 26th - Santa Barbara, California - Velvet Jones - BUY TiX HERE
October 27th - Las Vegas, Nevada - House of Blues - BUY TiX HERE
October 28th - Pomona, California - The Glasshouse - BUY TiX HERE
October 29th - San Diego, California - House of Blues - BUY TiX HERE
October 30th - Los Angeles, California - El Rey Theater - BUY TiX HERE
October 31st - Los Angeles, California - El Rey Theater - BUY TiX HERE
November 3rd - Englewood, Colorado - Gothic Theatre - BUY TiX HERE
November 4th - Kansas City, Missouri - Beaumont Club - BUY TiX HERE
November 5th - Madison, Wisconsin - Majestic Theater - BUY TiX HERE
November 6th - Chicago, Illinois - Metro - BUY TiX HERE
November 7th - Detroit, Michigan - Majestic Theater - BUY TiX HERE

HEADLINE SHOWS
November 8th - Covington, Kentucky - Mad Hatter - BUY TiX HERE
November 10th - Greensboro, North Carolina - Greene Street - BUY TiX HERE
November 11th - Columbia, South Carolina - New Brooklyn Tavern - BUY TiX HERE
November 12th - Atlanta, Georgia - Vinyl - BUY TiX HERE
November 14th - Pensacola, Florida - American Legion Post 33- BUY TiX HERE
November 17th - Baltimore, Maryland - Ottobar - BUY TiX HERE
November 19th - Albany, New York - Valentines - BUY TiX HERE
November 20th - Watertown, New York - Jefferson Community College - NO ADVANCE TIX

THANKS!

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September 13, 2009
The Snarkiest of the Scenesters

During my hiatus, read this blog. Keaton is a bad ass and writes really insightful and entertaining stuff. She’s got my full endorsement

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September 11, 2009

That's the news..and I'm outta here

After a bunch of thought, I think I’m going to shut my blog down. I don’t like the attention that it gets and sometimes I think it is taking focus off of the music I make. One of the hardest things for me to hear is that people have liked the band but my attitude turns them away. I can’t lose sight of why i got into all this in the first place. I know it probably has seemed like a great way to get attention but I don’t see it that way. It’s a distraction. I’ve never been into the famous side of being in a band and as hard as it is to believe, I actually don’t like attention. I’m going back into my cave to make the best record of my life and you’ll hear from me when it’s done.

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Sometimes I feel like writing anything in this blog is pointless because everyone will turn whatever i say into whatever they want it to mean. Short of having a full conversation with everyone in the world, it’s impossible to get the real point across to most people

  • If kids on message boards are entitled to opinions I’m entitled to mine. I totally welcome rants and nasty opinions. I have plenty myself
  • I wasn’t defending a t shirt design, I could care less if people like a t shirt design. I defend myself when people call me a ripoff
  • Not only do I think everyone should like our band, I think it’s crazy anyone does
  • I’m not professional or PC and never claimed to be. I’m an opinionated music fan with a dirty mouth like most other music fans. I just have a platform for my of color opinions whether they’re favorable or not
  • I like Brand New. I used to do merch for Brand New when Bayside was first starting

Now everyone can go turn that into me being an asshole and read between all those lines with their opinions on how I can’t have opnions

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Nick's Blog - "This Song Rules"

everyone could check out my good friend and bandmate Nick’s blog. It’s called “This Song Rules”.

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September 10, 2009

AP.NET Hate

dear absolutepunk.net comment posters. my atticus collaboration shirt is fucking girls shirt. it’s not neon, it’s pink. a pink shirt for girls doesn’t seem that strange to me

I especially enjoyed “PlacesToGo“‘s insight. I like the Ruff Ryder’s avatar. you’re so clever and ironic. if it’s not there for irony, and you actually like ruff ryders, then you’re just as retarded.

Mr “SSLYBY”, I’m sure that you used to like us but went off to college and only listen to Brand New and the Beatles now. Can’t be bothered with our pop punk shenanigans. Not sure if it’s cool that you like Kings of Leon yet though. I’ll have to check with scene police and see if they get a pass. They did play Lollapalooza so you’re probably ok.

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Kopi Luwak or Civet Coffee has to be one of the strangest delicacies that I have ever heard of. It’s some Indiana Jones type shit. I will give you the Wiki definition because it’s more tasteful and scientific then I would be able to say it Kopi Luak (pronounced [ˈkopi ˈloo - uck]) or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets. The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested. So this ugly looking thing eats coffee, craps it out, Indonesian people pick the beans out of the droppings and then brew them. The craziest part is that the beans go for anywhere from $100-$600 a pound! It’s known as the most expensive coffee there is. Wiki says there are cafes that serve it for $50 a cup. i think I would actually try it though. Next time I’m in London, I’m all over it. Who’s with me?

Kopi Luwak or Civet Coffee has to be one of the strangest delicacies that I have ever heard of. It’s some Indiana Jones type shit. I will give you the Wiki definition because it’s more tasteful and scientific then I would be able to say it

Kopi Luak (pronounced [ˈkopi ˈloo - uck]) or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets. The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested.

So this ugly looking thing eats coffee, craps it out, Indonesian people pick the beans out of the droppings and then brew them. The craziest part is that the beans go for anywhere from $100-$600 a pound! It’s known as the most expensive coffee there is. Wiki says there are cafes that serve it for $50 a cup.

i think I would actually try it though. Next time I’m in London, I’m all over it. Who’s with me?

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The Anthony Raneri / Atticus Shirt is available at Zumiez!!

Hey guys. If you don’t know by now, I did an awesome collaboration shirt with Atticus Clothing. The shirt is now available in select Zumiez stores as well as in the Zumiez online store.

You can check out the list of stores that are selling the shirt HERE

Or go here to get it from the ZUMIEZ ONLINE STORE

As a special added bonus, anyone who goes and buys one of these shirts from Zumiez and takes a picture in it, and sends it to ATTICUS’ MYSPACE , or Twit-pics it to ATTICUS’ TWITTER will receive a free copy of the Atticus IV Compilation.

thanks for your support! hope you like the shirt Anthony

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September 8, 2009
this stupid company used our logo. I don’t know if it’s calling cards or pre paid cell phone cards or what. I’m sure they just came across our logo in a google image search for birds or something and used it. We’re trying to find the company because they are in Mexico or maybe South America somewhere but we’re on it. We just gotta ask them to stop. that’s all

this stupid company used our logo. I don’t know if it’s calling cards or pre paid cell phone cards or what. I’m sure they just came across our logo in a google image search for birds or something and used it. We’re trying to find the company because they are in Mexico or maybe South America somewhere but we’re on it. We just gotta ask them to stop. that’s all

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July 10, 2009

2 weeks into warped tour

I have been on warped tour for 2 weeks now surrounded by a ton of bands, trends, haircuts..and you would think that a guy like me would have a million things to say about what I have seen here, and i do. I don’t like just popping up and saying this band sucks or this band is great. i try my best to wrap my head around things and analyze them before I talk about them.

Now there are bands that are bad for sure and bands that are great. The most disappointing thing that I am seeing these days is just completely fake bands. And I don’t mean fake in intentions and attitudes. I remember when that was the problem with the scene and I wish that was all it was. Things have gotten a lot worse then I could have imagined. The amount of “bands” that I see using autotune live, playing to drum tracks with a drummer pretending to play along, people even straight up lip syncing. It’s outrageous. Bands that use professional songwriters and bands that use sex appeal to win over 13 year old girls. It’s just awful. It almost makes me wish for bands that are writing and playing music just to get rich because that would be better then bands that are having other people write it for them and then pretending to play it live.

what really breaks my heart and gives me the feeling that this black cloud disguised in neon is going to continue to digest our scene until there’s nothing left of it is that no one seems to give a shit. The bands that are using auto tune when they play, don’t turn it off in between songs so they sound like auto tuned robots when they talk. It’s such an insult to people’s intelligence and these bands don’t even have to hide it because everyone is eating it up anyway. They need to take that shit over to radio disney.

To be honest I saw Brokencyde and Millionaires and after seeing a lot of other bands, I wasn’t even that offended by them. I mean, I don’t like it still, but at least they are exactly what they claim to be. They’re not pretending to be bands. They’re not trying to trick anyone into thinking that they’re musicians. And at least they write their own fucking songs.

I guess what I’m saying is, there are silent killers out there that are poisoning us from the inside, and they’re flying under our radars because they’re holding instruments and pretending to play them while we’re all bitching about the fucking Millionaires.

-“so why don’t we start making a history worth being proud of and start fighting the real fucking enemy?” -propagandhi

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June 20, 2009

Here’s my first solo song. It’s called “The Ballad of Bill The Saint”. I wrote it the day before this show so it may change a little bit by the time it’s recorded for real but this is pretty much it. Hope you guys like it!!

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June 18, 2009

Steve from New Found Glory made this amazing video that pretty much sums up the whole US tour we did together. Good friends and good fun.

This blog is overdue but it’s been a crazy 5 months and I finally have some time now to sit down with a cup of coffee and put my feelings down.

We have just finished up a tour with a band called New Found Glory. The tour basically started in January and ended in June. It’s been 5 months, 10 countries, 52 cities and over 1/2 a million fans. When i say that this tour was a dream come true, I mean it on a bunch of levels. For one, NFG was a band that i grew up listening to and had a lot to do with the shaping of our band. As a matter of fact, when we recorded our first demo in 2000, we were driving to see NFG play in Long Island at a catering hall the day we recorded it. We wanted to give them a copy of the cd but it we didn’t have a name to write on it, so on the way to the show we passed by the BAYSIDE train station and said, that’s it, it’s just gonna be Bayside so that we can write something on the cd for them. other then that, when we started our band “Nothing Gold Can Stay” had just come out and it was on heavy rotation on all of our first tours and now, “Not Without a Fight” is in heavy rotation on our current tours.

NFG is a classy band, and you don’t get that enough with bands anymore. They truly care about music, about originality, about their fans, about their friends and they care about the scene and what is going to become of it. Being on tour with them was the perfect mix of being with peers and goofing off and kind of like being with statesmen who showed us how much more there is to learn about being a band. Being a band is more then just playing some songs and NFG is the whole package. From seeing them when I was 16 to seeing them everyday for 5 months all over the world, my jaw drops everytime.

We want to thank those guys so much for everything they have done for us and for being great friends that we’l have for the rest of our lives.

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June 2, 2009

Oh lady gaga, you’re so abstract and artsy. fucking hack. you gotta wait till the end and see her play with her feet. laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

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May 23, 2009
YEAHHHH!

YEAHHHH!

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