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Hey You, It’s Me!

I’d like seize this opportunity to break up your timelines between photo fliers and fandom gifs with some good old fashioned written text. If I happen to have grabbed…


How To Rock A Scarf Like William Beckett

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If you know me, you know I am a fan of the knee scarf. I bet all of you are thinking “BUT HOW DOES HE DO IT?” I…


Exclusive: William Beckett And Brian Dales Instagram Intervention Pt. 2

In this episode which is the 2nd of 3, me and Brian Logan Dales touch upon some pretty great Instagram related topics and photos. You get to see…



Exclusive: William Beckett And Brian Dales Instagram Intervention Pt. 1

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In this episode which is the first of three, me and Brian Logan Dales touch upon some pretty great Instagram…


EXCLUSIVE: William Beckett Track By Track For New Album ‘Genuine & Counterfeit’

Today William Beckett has not only released his first full length album as a solo artist ‘Genuine & Counterfeit‘ but he is also taking over Buzznet’s Instagram today and sharing this track by…


Welcome William Beckett To The Buzznet Family

So here I am.  Freshly donning my new “Buzzmaker” cap, turned slightly sideways with the tag still attached.  Its a pleasure to be approached by Buzznet, asking me to be a regular contributor



William Beckett Serenades Hotel Cafe In Hollywood

It’s been a pleasure growing up over the years seeing William Beckett as the front man for The Academy Is when they opened up for Fall Out Boy to rocking crowd surfers at The Vans Warped Tour, but seeing him as a solo man with an acoustic guitar and a Macbook as his band, is… More »


William Beckett Announces New EP And Single: Listen To Clips Here!

It was October last year when The Academy Is… announced they were going their separate ways. Soon after, <a…


Alternative Christmas Playlist: Songs For Those Who Can’t Face The Holidays

Christmas. “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” according to the song it is, but not everyone feels like making snow-angels for two hours, ice-skating, eating a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie-dough as fast…



William Beckett To Perform At the Snakes & Suits Holiday Show

Have you been pining since the break-up of The Academy Is…?  Lounging on fainting couches and wondering how you’ll continue on without TAI… in your life?

Well, get off that couch.  Because while TAI… hasn’t reunited,…


Adam Siska Announces He is Joining Say Anything

With the recent break-up of The Academy Is…, we were left wondering what the future held for the former band members.

Well, now we have at least one answer: bassist Adam Siska has announced he is…


Listen to a Brand New Song by The Academy Is…

On Saturday, The Academy Is… treated their hometown of Chicago to a free acoustic set.  And while part of the story is how dapper frontman William Beckett was looking, it is also worth noting that…



Boo: September 8th Date of Fueled By Ramen 15 CANCELED

The Fueled By Ramen 15th anniversary concert is just a few weeks away, which is good.

However, now the not-so-good: the originally three-night even has been changed to a two-night affair, as the September 8th concert…


Help to Save the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest literary minds in American History.  Not only did he write many extremely memorable tales of terror and suspense, but he is in some ways considered the father…


Help Create an Animated Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Price’

Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors.  From his Sandman series to books like American Gods and Stardust, I love the way he uses words and creates worlds.  I’m also a fan of his…



Watch the First Teaser Trailer For ‘The Fall of the House of Usher” Starring William Beckett

Back in July we reported that William Beckett of The Academy Is… was set to star in a short film adapting Edgar Allen Poe’s classic story The Fall of the House of Usher.  The…


Avenged Sevenfold Is Crazy, But Not Alone

Avenged Sevefold has released the video for their song “Nightmares.”  And I’m not sure what I was expecting…wait, scratch that.  I wasn’t really expecting anything because I’m generally not an A7X fan.  I mean, just…


William Beckett to Star in “The Fall of the House of Usher”

Edgar Allen Poe has long been one of my favorite writers.  He was a man who could paint a scene of suspense and draw the reader in only to leave them breathless with fear and…



my own crazy careers

so the crazy careers series has been so much fun to shoot.  i’ve interviewed some of the coolest people with the most interesting jobs and figured it was about time for me to share some of…


Song vs. Song: SPRING THEME

Fevers, flowers, flings and blooming things.


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