The Academy Is... - Blog Posts

Hello and welcome to my blog!

My name is June, but you can call me Junie, Gloomy or whatever you'd like!

I am sort of new to the whole Tumblr thing, I haven't really touched it since my youth so I am very far behind the times, lol. Do people still use blorbo and smol bean here?

However, I am not new to anything Z Berg as I have been listening to her music for a few years now! Though I haven't really looked into her until recently, I didn't even know she was in so many bands, lol. I also like a lot of other bands and things, but my blog will be centered around the beautiful and talented Z! So I guess that would make my blog multifandom? Is that the term the kids use nowadays?

I will also use my blog to update on what fan fictions that are in the works! That's mostly the main reason why I decided to make my way back to the Tumblr coal mines, lol. I am cringe, but I am free, or whatever the kids say.

I'll link my current fics here:

Far Beyond The Stars

I'll also try my best to archive a few things here and there because I am in the firm belief that media should not be lost to time!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

YOU PLAY THE BASS?? What kinda bass do own?

Any songs you like to play on the bass?

hello!!!! hi!!!! yesss I play bass and guitar!!!

I have a matte red fender squier, I think its from the debut series or whatever that means. (I searched it up)

personally I love love love love love playing sharpest lives by my chemical romance, the foundations of decay, demolition lovers, cut up angels, what a catch Donnie, LAX to O'Hare by the academy is..., After the last midtown show, or just stuff that has melody and can be heard over guitar and drums.

i talk too much but yeah I love talking about bass guitar ty for asking luca calmb3forethestorms pink heart emoji

the casually ambiguous and unspoken inherent queerness of the decaydance/poppunk/slightly emo music scene of the early 2000’s is something so raw and intimate and i think that’s what life needs to be like all the time

i didn't draw a lot today sorry gays 💔💔💔

Remembering the time I posted a picture of William Beckett and Gabe saporta on my Ryan Ross/throam insta acc saying they were gay and in love and WILLIAM BECKETT LIKED IT

are there any living, breathing (no pun intended..) breathe carolina, 30h!3, the academy is..., metro station, the electric diorama, a heartwell ending, danger radio.. etc fans anymore ?:(

2000s band tumblr accounts how i love you.

HES STILL GOT IT BABY

Chicago pop punk so good it's got me throwing three shoes at the lead singer and I only got two feet

Okay so it turns out youtube music saw us being jealous of the spotify users and I too now have a wrapped! Or a "recap", but whatever. Check it out:

So that's neat! I don't know if I have a top 100 playlist for all those ask games; I'll have to poke around a bit and see. *Some time later* Okay I have poked around and I do have one! Ask games here I come! (Probably on blagueofchaos though, in the interest of keeping this one tidy.)

I must say I don't remember listening to a remix of Naked, just the normal one with the music video*; I'm not sure if this is a youtube vs. youtube music thing -- most of the time I listen on just plain youtube so it's possible this is only accounting for the slice of my data where I'm using my phone*? I'm not positive, but it's nice to have statistics, or ones that actually seem to reflect my listening habits.

To be completely honest, I did technically have a spotify wrapped too, but the only things I listened to on there were the official Riot Fest playlist and some of Jon Walker's stuff because he did specifically ask people to stream it on there and I was like, alright, fine, but only for you Jon. Lol. But because of the Riot Fest playlist, I didn't even recognize most of the songs on my wrapped, and the top song was one I listened to twice, so like I said, these stats are definitely much more reflective of what I actually listen to.

Although, I will say, it's curious that it tells me my % ranking for MCR but not for TAI when they were my top artist this year? Idk, struck me as odd I guess. But yeah it's a decent % I suppose, although I guess I'm not even competing with most of the people on here since it seems like most people on here use spotify. I also can't help wondering whether I truly listened to Same Blood exactly 100 times or if it rounded the number for me. If I genuinely did that just by like instinct or whatever, that's amazing, but I can't help being a bit suspicious there.

*Interesting update -- when I look in my top 100 playlist, it is indeed the standard music video version of Naked, so I'm not sure where the part about it being a remix came from. Based on the full playlist, though, I do think youtube is accounting for things I listened to on the website on my laptop as well as in the app, so this is indeed a pretty solid reflection of my listening habits I'd say.

Also, youtube made me top 50 playlists from Fall, Summer, and Spring, so if you want to ask about a song from any of those lists, you can too! Also there is a 2021 top 100 on there! Not positive how I missed that last year or if I just forgot, but it's interesting to see. I hadn't found TAI yet then so it's a pretty different list, haha. This will probably be my most TAI-heavy year ever, come to think of it, because goodness knows I binge things most when they're new to me... Funny to watch the trends in my own taste.

But yeah, this was fun :) I might add some more of the other cards about my listening personality on a reblog on blagueofchaos too. Happy spotify wrapped and a merry youtube recap to all! ;)

(via blagueofchaos, fuckyeahbillbeckett-blog)

So I decided to try stripping the blue tones out to see what this would look like with more natural coloring. It still looks weirdly off because I think there wasn't that much color left underneath the blue, so even boosting the saturation didn't really make it quite normal-looking, but here's my best try with what I can do on my phone:

Then I messed around with it a little more on my laptop and boosted the contrast and messed with the tones a little more, though it’s still flatter than I’d like, especially in the background.

Well, it was a fun experiment at any rate, and it does look a touch more true to color! To get it really realistic, I think you’d have to color it section by section, almost like colorizing a black and white picture, but I don’t really feel like messing with Pixlr right now so I think I’m going to call this good enough. Enjoy! :) 

Occasionally I check twitter, and occasionally there are interesting things there...

[Image ID: A screenshot of a tweet by Gabe Saporta reading "Pretty stoked about Riot Fest. Any special requests?". The first reply is by kal (bat emoji) @/DecaydanceBats and reads "Snakes on a plane with William. Do it for the gays Gabriel this is our last shot". Gabe Saporta replied "You know I would do anything for you, right?". The first tweet in the exchange is from 4:41 pm on 17 May 22 and the replies are marked 1 hour ago. End ID]

Twinsies! ;)

I spent the weekend in the UK and it was fantastic. Thanks to @mjkeysz, Seth, Faith and the whole #wbukcrew. Until next time!