Mitchell Blatt
Ryan Mendez: “In the Past, Yellowcard Felt Pressure to Avoid the Pop Punk Label.”Outside of this blog, I write as a music critic. I interviewed Yellowcard’s newest member Ryan Mendez. Yellowcard, multiplatinum pop punk band, is promoting their new album Paper Walls. Yesterday, I featured his comments on sports. Here’s [...]

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Mitchell Blatt
Yellowcard’s Ryan Mendez Shows His KnowledgeAs my latest interview as a music critic, I spoke with multiplatinum pop punk success Yellowcard. Yellowcard’s hit the scene in 2003 with Ocean Avenue. Lights and Sounds in 2006 wasn’t as successful, but then they added Ryan Mendez to guitar and released Paper Walls last summer. [...]

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Mitchell Blatt
Newest Member, Ryan Mendez, to Talk With JSBAs part of my job as a music critic, I have interviewed musicians in the past for this site, including Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low. Today, I’ve got my biggest interview to date: Yellowcard. They went double platinum in 2003 with Ocean Avenue then [...]

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Mitchell Blatt
So Wrong, It’s Right To Be Released On September 25On a non-sports note, my friends from the band All Time Low are releasing their first new album since they graduated high school. In interviewed them at the Warped Tour this summer. That interview is available online: Alex Gaskarth, All Time Low Interview. [...]

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Mitchell Blatt
Terrell Owens – StaindThis series examines how song lyrics can be used to describe or convey a message to an athlete. For the first one, I’ve got Staind and Terrell Owens. I was just listening to Staind and thought “Terrell Owens is a complete jerk. These lyrics describe him perfectly.” [...]

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