This is part 2 of a series of articles on Dashboard Confessional’s frontman Chris Carrabba: an attempt to dissect his public persona in order to understand his inner person. You can read part 1 here. The Swiss Army Romance is a voyeuristic trip through a 20-something’s diary that feels as naked as it is. Thoroughly [...]

During a rehearsal with a band I was in the subject of Dashboard Confessional came up. Dashboard was probably first mentioned negatively, maybe as a joke about the band’s overly emotional nature but the bassist of my band reacted strongly against our jest saying that “Dude, Chris Carrabba means every word he sings!” If you [...]

I’ve decided (and my wife has confirmed this) that I have very little motivation to do what I want. To combat this, yesterday I did some work on an article I’ve been talking about writing for over a month. Also, I had the thought that maybe I should make a few goals from week to [...]

Radio interview, promoting “Stolen”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR2_DwZi14U Chris seems a little timid in the radio studio with probably 10 people watching. He performs the song “Stolen,” which on the recorded version he belts the chorus “you have stolen my heart.” He performs the song with his eyes closed the entire time, which is generally how he performs live [...]

Dashboard is to punk like what Michael Bolton is to metal. No balls whatsoever. Heck, compared Dashboard to even original Emo, and I mean Fugazi and Rites of Spring and all that ’85 post-hardcore, slower, “emotional” music those DC kids were making and it’s like gumming your food. Absolutely without teeth.

Hey John, First quick thought. I was listening to the This American Life podcast and 8/18′s issue was titled “The Break-up.” Naturally, it’s about relationships and their endings, and how people react to that. Mostly the reaction of anger and longing, and “oh how could it end we were so perfect.” Two stories are examined [...]

Today was screaming infidelities I realized today no matter how cheesy it seems that that song is actually really good, as are a lot of the old dashboard stuff.  I guess being “stranded” per se will do that to you… That’s all really.  Comment you guys, I miss you.