Morgan Freed

Okay, all right. We're playing music, right? Yeah, I know. All right, here we go.

Okay, all right. We're playing music, right? Yeah, I know. All right, here we go.

This, I mean, it was really good out there, but this is like kind of a slower one, actually. Yeah.

This, I mean, it was really good out there, but this is like kind of a slower one, actually. Yeah.

There's like a joke on the internet. It's like a real emo copypasta. I don't know if you've seen that floating around, but it's like this copypasta that's like, real emo only consists of the DC emotional hardcore scene of the 19 and the late 90s screamo scene.

There's like a joke on the internet. It's like a real emo copypasta. I don't know if you've seen that floating around, but it's like this copypasta that's like, real emo only consists of the DC emotional hardcore scene of the 19 and the late 90s screamo scene.

We're never going to get it right. We're never going to pinpoint it.

We're never going to get it right. We're never going to pinpoint it.

Well, I mean, but it came from hardcore. It came from punk. It's just something that evolved into what it is now. And some of the songs that you heard tonight, those are, I wouldn't call them emo songs, but they are adjacent in the fact that they kind of all came out around the same time. And I think that that's an important thing that all these emo purists forget is that it was such a community.

Well, I mean, but it came from hardcore. It came from punk. It's just something that evolved into what it is now. And some of the songs that you heard tonight, those are, I wouldn't call them emo songs, but they are adjacent in the fact that they kind of all came out around the same time. And I think that that's an important thing that all these emo purists forget is that it was such a community.

And just because...

And just because...

an artist didn't sound like them when you started this did you still think it would be continuing on in 2025 at this point did you have a concept of that no not at all so this is year 11 like we never that's ridiculous it's crazy we made a rule after a year after our anniversary show in december year 10 that we were just not going to talk about the years anymore because

an artist didn't sound like them when you started this did you still think it would be continuing on in 2025 at this point did you have a concept of that no not at all so this is year 11 like we never that's ridiculous it's crazy we made a rule after a year after our anniversary show in december year 10 that we were just not going to talk about the years anymore because

Because then people might be like, I don't want to go to that old person party. But yeah, dude, no, not at all in the slightest. I remember there was a conversation that we had where we were like, wouldn't it be cool if we could pay our rent with Emo Night? And now it's like our full-time job.

Because then people might be like, I don't want to go to that old person party. But yeah, dude, no, not at all in the slightest. I remember there was a conversation that we had where we were like, wouldn't it be cool if we could pay our rent with Emo Night? And now it's like our full-time job.

They're like kids that DM us. They're like, I can't wait till I turn, you know, some parties we have that are 18 plus, but here, you know, it's 21. So like people are like dying to turn 21 to come here. It's like the first thing that they're going to do once they become legal drinking age. And I think that that is crazy. That's a crazy thing to me.

They're like kids that DM us. They're like, I can't wait till I turn, you know, some parties we have that are 18 plus, but here, you know, it's 21. So like people are like dying to turn 21 to come here. It's like the first thing that they're going to do once they become legal drinking age. And I think that that is crazy. That's a crazy thing to me.

I don't know. There's something about this genre that is... that people just really latch onto and they really fight for it. And there's a lot of debates about the word emo. I can't think of another genre that people fight about as much as emo. And I think that is because they care about it. Everybody has whatever they've determined emo is to them.

I don't know. There's something about this genre that is... that people just really latch onto and they really fight for it. And there's a lot of debates about the word emo. I can't think of another genre that people fight about as much as emo. And I think that is because they care about it. Everybody has whatever they've determined emo is to them.