July 2010
1 post
The Out With The In Crowd Tour
We will be doing an excellent co-headlining tour in the Fall with Senses Fail. Supporting will be two bands that we are all big fans of and they’re two of the bands that have been restoring my faith in music lately. Can’t say how excited I am to be doing this tour. We have been in the studio for so long and haven’t had a chance to play in most places for close to a year, which is...
June 2010
2 posts
May 2010
1 post
"I Like Your Books" - charles bukowski
“I Like Your Books”-
In the betting line the other day man behind me asked, “are you Henry Chinaski?” “uh huh,” I answered. “I like your books,” he went on. “thanks,” I answered. “who do you like in this race?” he asked. “uh uh,” I answered. “I like the 4 horse,” he told me. I made my bet and went back...
March 2010
1 post
today is a big day. it will mark a new chapter in my life. the details will need to be kept private for just a little longer, so I’m not entirely sure why I am writing this when there is not much I am allowed to say (yes there are some authorities that can shut me up). It is 7am and I slept for 2 hours last night in anticipation of what the day will bring and what it’s events will...
January 2010
2 posts
Moderation Is Not a Negation of Intensity, But...
Will you stop for a while, stop trying to pull yourself together for some clear “meaning” - some momentary summary? No on can have poetry or dances, prayer or climaxes all day; The ordinary blankness of little dramatic consciousness is good for the health sometimes, only Dostoevsky can be Dostoevskian at such long tumultuous stretches; Look what that intensity did to poor great Van...
Top 10 of 2009
I was going to do a top 10 albums of 2009 list, and I tried for about an hour, but I couldn’t think of 10 albums that I liked this year. So with that said, I wont be doing one. However, the Lilly Allen, Paramore and New Found Glory records are all wonderful. Hopefully I can do one next year
December 2009
3 posts
the bluebird (by Charles Bukowski)
there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him. I say “stay in there. I’m not going to let anybody see you”
there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I poor whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke and the whores and the bartenders and the grocery clerks never know that he’s in there
there’s a...
Solo Acoustic Shows in January
Here is the Ticket Info for all of my upcoming solo acoustic shows!! If you’ve never seen me play any solo shows before, it is a fun night of music where I play acoustic versions of some solo songs, some Bayside songs, some covers and just talk some, which if you read this blog you might be into. Every night is special so don’t miss it
**Shows with Dustin Kensrue (Thrice), Matt Pryor...
CLICK HERE TO HEAR MY NEW SONG!!!! →
I’ve been talking about it for a long time, and I know a bunch of people have been coming to see me at my solo shows for the last couple of years. I’ve been so busy with great Bayside stuff that it’s taken a while to get this finished. I finally got arounf to recording some demos of my solo songs. This one is called “The Ballad of Bill the Saint”. I’ll be...
November 2009
1 post
October 2009
1 post
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,...
September 2009
8 posts
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
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...
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...
Nick's Blog - "This Song Rules" →
everyone could check out my good friend and bandmate Nick’s blog. It’s called “This Song Rules”.
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,...
The Anthony Raneri / Atticus Shirt is available at...
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...
July 2009
1 post
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...
June 2009
3 posts
May 2009
13 posts
CONTEST!
Dates June 18 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells HOBOKEN TICKETS June 19th - Tampa, FL @ the Crowbar TAMPA TICKETS June 20th - Gainesville, FL @ 1982 Bar GAINESVILLE TICKETS June 21st - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth ORLANDO TICKETS
This is my kind of contest. All you have to do to win is show up. Simple as that!
Request Hour!
We have 4 Bayside headline shows coming up in June as well as the solo shows I’m playing. We decided that for those 4 shows, we’re going to do a fully fan requested set. We’ve already been getting tons of messages with requests so keep them coming. We’re going to compile all the most requested songs and that will be our set for those 4 shows. This should be a lot of fun....
Solo Shows!!!!
It’s that time again. Our tour with New Found Glory is starting to wind down and I’m going to have some down time before we start Warped Tour so I’m going to do a solo show in Hoboken, NJ and a couple down in Florida. As much fun as we’re having on this tour, it’s always nice to take a break from the big clubs and the buses. Get back in the car with some friends, play...
April 2009
25 posts
I’m turning over a new leaf today. I think I got most of the hate out of my system
I guess I’ve been kind of a monster lately. I’m going to do some shout outs. Pop music has pretty much hijacked our scene but one day it will move on to the next trend and we can have our scene back. Here are some bands that I think will be kicking ass when judgment day comes. These are all bands that have either sent me messages asking me to check them out, I’ve stumbled across...
My Twitter →
I started a Twitter. Should be interesting huh? Follow Me!
Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and...
Hey I’m not rallying my troops telling them what bands to like or dislike. Come to think of it, I don’t have any troops. Plenty of people don’t like my band. I hear about it everyday. I like my band, but plenty of people don’t and on message boards and in interviews and even in person at shows, no mercy has ever been taken on me. But that is what we do here. Whether...
Stuff Scene Kids Like - Anthony Raneri Edition →
You might already know about the site Stuff Scene Kids Like. I’ve been a cheerleader for the site for a bit now. I finally got to meet and hang with the creator of the site, Matt. We talked about some scene kid trends for a bit and i convinced him to do a post about Vans Classics. Check it out. I got a shout out!!