#Backhouse Mike

[locke-writes]

Okay - Backhouse Mike

[backhouse-liz]

[pliablehead]

Heyo, what do you consider the top 5 must-watch EE interviews???

I AM SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO ANSWER THIS and I think it's because I really don't have a proper answer!! So much of my deep dive into EE was done in one long hyperfixation spiral back when I was first getting fangirl-level into them, a good 6 or 7 years ago, and so I'm running into the problem of most of the interview content I've consumed all sort of homogenizing into one sort of blur of Lore that I've internalized and I am not doing a great job at separating out into its individual components! So, that said, the following list is probably not in line with what I'd actually ultimately believe to be the best, most crucial ones--it's just the ones my brain can call to mind at the moment. lol. BUT HERE ARE SOME:

serious/insightful: • Jon and Alex for Tape Notes podcast. (so not a must-watch so much as a much-listen, but there are a few individual clips from this on youtube in video form as well I believe.) RDF is my favorite EE album and I thought this was a hugely interesting look into their writing process and also had a bunch of cool personal stuff in it! Plus, I think it's a very good look at who the band are, like, "now" -- there's a lot of great content around from MA up through GTH, but by the time they were on album 4 and all like, 30+, and especially once covid hit and sort of changed the trajectory of like.. bands, in general, I feel like it's just been a different animal re: regular interviews etc. • this 2013 3-parter with Jonathan. It's been ages since I watched it but I remembered it almost immediately, and for some reason I'm remembering it as an oddly vulnerable Jon moment. just talking about things. (more good band lore! etc.)

funny/meme-y: • Mike and Jez at Isle of Wight. Unlike many others, I could not possibly count how many times I have rewatched this, and it is funny every time. The interviewer is a buffoon asking totally clueless questions and Jez is having absolutely none of it, he's just chomping his chewing gum the entire time, Mike's doing his best, it destroys me. • Mike and Jez look at memes. Less interview-y and more just #content but whoever edited this video did a TOP NOTCH JOB and it's one I often show to not-in-this-fanbase friends that can still be a fun look at the band and a good laff. • This very sweet one with Alex and Mike being interviewed by a literal child. Contains the infamous "Jeremy, and yes," which is one of my most quoted EE-related sentences ever • this Man Alive track-by-track, also audio only.. the BITS that Jon and Alex are doing. truly incredible stuff

just lads having a nice time :) : • the CAPSLOCK ON talkback - lots of pleasant band and lyric insight, and a great Jez cheese moment at the end • this livestream dot com session is some performing but some Q&Aing, so not really an interview proper, but the energy in the room is delightful alskdghj

other noteworthy bodies of work: • anything with Andy Backhouse. I'll be the first to admit that Andy can grate my nerves sometimes, he often feels annoyingly a little too simp-y or something, but the other side of that coin is that as a huge fan of the band he actually does always ask them questions that are like, Real, he Gets them, so it's guaranteed to be a notch up from just random music journos who are engaging with them on a more surface industry level. Nothing is more frustrating than watching an EE interview where the interviewer just so blatantly doesn't "get" EE's whole deal and doesn't know how to interface. Andy never has that problem ! • any episode of Chips of Chorlton that features them (I think Jon's been on twice and Jeremy once). Dutch Uncles are their friends and hearing them all shoot the shit in an extremely comfortable environment is suuuuch a pleasant and wholly different experience than when the lads are being Professional Music Band guys, even when the latter still consists of them doing fairly goofy things

A VERY LONGWINDED AND NOT ESPECIALLY COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER ?? !!!!! Ultimately I think I was the wrong man for the job. @hellkitepriest has way more of an archivist's nature sort of just intrinsically than I do, he can probably do a better and less ridiculous job akjdshglak

[cherry-velvet-skies]

Tag Nine (9) People You'd Like To Know Better!

I was tagged by @noses-goses thanks babes 🥰

Last Song You Listened To: Get It Right by Backhouse Mike (I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song and if any of y'all know what movie it's from you all get kisses lol)

Show You're Currently Watching: I was watching Big Time Rush about an hour ago lol but I am heavily invested in the final season of Riverdale. I've been watching that damn show for so long it's gonna feel weird once it officially ends lmao

Book You're Currently Reading: Currently rereading George's book I Me Mine but aside from that nothing else lol (I wanna read Paul's new book but it's so expensive gah)

What You're Currently Obsessed With: Besides the Beatles? Lmao idk when I'm obsessed with something, nothing else comes close. Like I can't even think of another thing to put here. But I guess, in terms of things I like? I like the YouTube channel Good Mythical Morning lol I watch every new episode every day 😁

For others to participate: @rodeoromeo @harrisons-hoe @tompettyofficial @peanutbutterex @blistersonmefingehs @polarisintheskywithdiamonds @dickiemcgee @run-down-that-dream @mudcrutch AAH I wish I could tag all of y'all !! 🥰🥰 Obviously tho whoever sees this can still do it even if I didn't tag them ❤❤

[glitterypumpkinpie12899756]

[tensbowl]

look alive sunshine -- danger days, my chemical romance

oatmeal -- shop: a pop opera, jack stauber's micropop

real man -- this is how tomorrow moves, beabadoobee

s-class -- s-class, stray kids

good old fashioned lover boy -- a day at the races, queen

balloon -- chromakopia, tyler the creator (+doechii)

dope -- the most beautiful moment in life, bts

save yourself ill hold them back -- danger days, my chemical romance

nemonemo -- nemonemo, yena

on a little street in singapore -- fallen angels, bob dylan

just do it -- bss, bss

famous last words -- the black parade, my chemical romance

von dutch -- brat (and its completely different...), charli xcx (+ag cook, addison rae)

texas reznikoff -- bury me at makeout creek, mitski

salamander -- salamander, deco*27

girls on film -- duran duran, duran duran

just fine -- just fine, backhouse mike (sam and cat theme song!)

francis forever -- bury me at makeout creek, mitski

secret secret -- noeasy, stray kids

nissan altima -- alligator bites never heal, doechii

nomad -- charm, clairo (she went to high school near me!)

scarecrow -- danger days, my chemical romance

espresso -- short n sweet, sabrina carpenter

green green dress -- tick tick boom

case 143 -- maxident, stray kids

dancing through life -- wicked

intermission -- a fever you cant sweat out, p!atd

desert song -- life on the murder scene, my chemical romance

three cheers for sweet revenge, my chemical romance

denial is a river -- alligator bites never heal, doechii

Music Asks

your favorite album opener

a song starting w/ the same first letter of your first name

a song outside of your usual genre

a song that reminds you of your favorite season

a song from a lifelong favorite artist

your current “on repeat” song

a song your friend introduced you to that you ended up loving

a song that speaks the words you couldn’t say

a song that captures your aesthetic (can be ideal!)

a song about the place where you live

a song from an international artist

a song you can scream all the words to

a reboot of a song/songs you already loved (remix, mashup, acoustic, etc.)

a song with the name of a place in the title

a song that reminds you of traveling

your favorite childhood song

a song that reminds you of a good time

a song that reminds you of a bad time

a song from an artist whose old music you enjoy more than their new music

a song that empowers you

a song from a local artist

a song you related to in the past and present, but for different reasons

your favorite cheesy pop song

a song from a soundtrack (musical, movie, video game, etc.)

the song currently stuck in your head OR the song you are listening to right now

a song that taught you a lesson

an instrumental song

a song you always skipped, but ended up loving once you listened to it

your favorite album closer

your all-time favorite song

[tensbowl]

collection of music

april 24, 2025 -- in a midst of a depressive episode that is sort of fucking things up, i've collected a bunch of music and lyrics that i like.

! not in any particular order or mood

music

pluto projector (rex orange county)

boy comics (xdinary heroes)

save yourself i'll hold them back (my chemical romance)

marutsuke (given)

tomboy (hyukoh)

night of fireworks (xdinary heroes)

the light behind your eyes (my chemical romance)

desert song (my chemical romance)

matsuri (fujii kaze)

bullfighter jacket (miniature tigers)

rio (duran duran)

fate (gidle)

if i'm s, can you be my n? (tws)

antidepressants (bbno$)

the giver (chappell roan)

party 4 u (charli xcx)

balloon (tyler, doechii)

hammer to fall (queen)

because dreaming costs money my dear (mitski)

beautiful life (xdinary heroes)

sober (bigbang)

come over (le sserafim)

check (bbno$)

if i say i love you (boynextdoor)

make room!!! (my chemical romance)

red moon (will wood)

friday kids chinatown (nishina)

mesmerizer (32ki)

telescope (cavetown)

wet hands (c418)

lyrics

does not knowing my truth turn my words into lies? (cover this song, will wood)

you're the broken glass in the morning light, be a burning star if it takes all night (save yourself, mcr)

he puts his hand to the glass, "what's it like outside?" (telescope, cavetown)

the constellation forms infinite paisleys in the sky, the condensation tumbles down and erases my sight (red moon, will wood)

good times are singing, they sang, they sang (just take my wallet, jack stauber)

summer heat burned our bodies out, fierce winter froze us to death (matsuri, fujii kaze)

don't dare regret anything (because dreaming costs money, mitski)

if you stay, i would even wait all night, or until my heart explodes (summertime, mcr)

you can run away with me anytime you want (summertime, mcr)

you don't need a music box melody to know what i mean (come to your senses, tick tick boom)

love is only for people who feel the same (wi ing wi ing, hyukoh)

how am i supposed to pretend i never want to see you again? (campus, vampire weekend)

can you tell me what's real anymore? (can i call you tonight, dayglow)

it's just in my nature (the giver, chappell roan)

and you can't tell what you're feeling, i think i know how you feel (girl so confusing, charli xcx)

did your mother always seem to hate me? (out like a light, the honeysticks)

white hair and white shoes, neoprene beached around a faded blue (cabo, ricky montgomery)

it's the life that we choose and we still break the rules (just fine, backhouse mike)

her name is rio and she dances on the sand, just like that river twisting through a dusty land (rio, duran duran)

i could be hurtful, i could be purple, i could be anything you like (grace kelly, mika)

it's okay to just admit that you're jealous of me (von dutch, charli xcx)

we sure are cute for two ugly people (anyone else but you, the moldy peaches)

will i wait a lonely lifetime? if you want me to, i will (i will, the beatles)

you're too shy, shy, hush hush, eye to eye (too shy, kajagoogoo)

you were only waiting for this moment to arise (blackbird, the beatles)

[arrowfleur]

This is probably (definitely) late but I have so very many:

Wish that you were here~ Florence and the machine: ‘And I never minded being on my own. Then something broke in me and I wanted to go home. To be where you are. ‘

Sleeping on the blacktop ~ colter wall: ‘Sunshine beating on the good times, moonlight raising from the grave’ ‘pack o’ young boys going howling at the moon. Hey Darlin, running through the trees honey. Hey Darlin, heading for the next town less’n my sense catches up with me.’ (This entire song tbh, there’s even a car crash reference…)

Okay ~ Backhouse Mike: ‘So here you are, mistakenly mistaken for a deeper scar. A hole in your heart and the same for me’ ‘There is no upper hand I’m giving you mine’

Like real people do ~ Hozier: ‘Why were you digging? What did you bury before those hands pulled me from the earth?’ I will not ask and neither should you.’

Losing my religion ~ R.E.M

A match into water ~ pierce the veil: ‘I kiss the scars on her skin I still think you’re beautiful and I never want to lose my best friend’ ‘dreamless in early graves, I never want it to be this way’ ‘but if we die at the same time does it still scare you?’

Little lion man ~ Mumford and Sons: *copy and pastes entire lyrics*

Hurt ~ Johnny Cash: ‘What have I become? My sweetest friend. Everyone I know, goes away in the end. And you could have it all, my empire or dirt. I will let you down. I will make you hurt. If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep myself. I would find a way.’

Francesca ~ Hozier

Honourable mentions (cause only certain parts fit)

Radio ~ Lana del ray ‘Their heavy words can’t keep me down, boy I’ve been raised from the dead. No one even knows how hard life was, I don’t even think about it now because, I finally found you’

Heartless ~ Kanye: ‘In the night I hear them talk, the coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul, to a woman so heartless’

please give me songs that remind u of sam bc i am struggling

[lonesomedreamereccentriclover]

Happy Birthday Elizabeth Gillies!

[backhouse-liz]

Happy second wedding anniversary 🤍

[rubylioness]

no one:

dan schneider 🤝 dr. luke

corrupting the youth with obscene “jokes”on tv, and obscene lyrics to songs - disguised as child-friendly entertainment (respectively) 🥴

[bberetd]

thanks for the tag, bestie 😛♥️

tagged by: @silenzahra

last song I listened to: just a giant R&B playlist on Spotify so I could jam and do some work. But last song I REALLY listened to was Okay by Backhouse Mike, because his songs appeared in a lot of my childhood shows!

currently watching: nothing, cause I have no time for it :/ I just watch random video essays while I eat or do work that doesn’t require too much brain power.

sweet/savory/spicy: savory babyyy

relationship status: single like a pringle

current obsession: the Mario franchise(mostly Luigi and Daisy) by FAR is my main obsession. my other obsessions are Wreck-it Ralph, a drizzle of Sonic, and I’m trying to get into more Zelda games.

favorite color: PURPLE. I went back home for spring break and took a look around my room and all my stuff and never realized just HOW much purple I have 😂 I also like gold, brown, and blue.

tagging: @keylovesstuff @mrbluerememberyou

people i would like to get to know better game :)

tagged by: @coderiderr and @skyderman hehe

last song i listened to: Swarms by C418, I was having a moment yesterday

currently watching: Nothing rn but I am rewatching bits and pieces of Murder Drones and analyzing it frame by frame if that counts.

spicy/sweet/savory: My brain requires me to flip flop between sweet and savory or else I get very sad. Can't have one without the other.

relationship status: Yes! I've got a boyfriend and moirail they mean the world to me <3

current obsessions: Sonic, Murder Drones and uh... the Sonic Murder Drones AU I'm cooking up with a few others. That last one is really kicking my ass.

fav color: A very VERY specific shade of blueish purple.

tagging some new mutuals who I think are cool! No pressure to do this though hehe! @oddogoblino @yuriannecat @cherbearsz @nowonderi-nc @whitecatindisguise and whoever else might wanna do this!!

[glitterypumpkinpie12899756]

[onehorseshay]

Elizabeth Gillies’ Marriage

I might as well put my two cents (TL;DR) in regarding Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Gillies’ wedding to Michael Corcoran… …I’m still in shock about it. I’m shocked that it finally happened and didn’t see it coming to that point with them in the foreseeable future with how long they had already been together and apparently happy with their situation. I see that a lot of people are shocked for various reasons of not knowing she ever had a serious relationship all this time and others with deep, genuine concerns about their relationship with now having reached this point with how it started. For those of you that wish to know what is going on, he’s information I’ve pulled together over the years. Take what I say with a grain of salt as there is a bit of speculation and drawing conclusions, but I believe justified with the evidence I have on hand over the years. What do we know?

Well, they met during the filming of Victorious, either when Elizabeth was 15 or 16 years old, depending on when Victorious’ first season started filming in 2009 since her birthday is in July. Mike at the time was 36 years old doing music for Dan for his various televisions shows. The first visual confirmation of them meeting that I’ve been able to find was the filming her and Ariana singing the Drake and Josh theme with Mike playing in the background in late January of 2011. She was 17 and he was 38 at the time.

At some point between her 18th birthday in July of 2011 and February of 2013, Liz moved out from Ariana’s place, where she had been staying while filming Victorious, and into Mike’s home. We have a picture of them together during Halloween of 2012 and one can draw their own conclusion if they were together as a couple at that time. We have her hinting at the relationship in answering questions to her fans and a picture of them as shadows in March of 2013 and after this point, the pictures of her in his home with his dogs were being posted, prominently Steve the Dog. According to Liz from her Jimmy Kimmel interview conducted in the late summer of 2015 to promote SDRR, she moved in with Mike two weeks after they became a couple. Yes, she said that they dated only for two weeks before she decided to move in with him.

The first true acknowledgement from Liz that she had a boyfriend was a misspeak during a Zach interview in August of 2013. There is rare a picture of them kissing during a Halloween party at their home in 2013, but I don’t like posting clearly leaked pictures. You can freely disregard this point if you wish. In Daniella Monet’s recent podcast interviewing Liz, she acknowledged that had been a couple since at least December of 2013 due to her planning a surprise visitor for Mike’s Birthday—in context of being his girlfriend—while she was filming ‘Killing Daddy’ in Canada at the time. Their relationship continued until sometime in March/April of 2014 when they briefly broke up for several months. This is a controversial claim as there is contradictory information about this time. According to Liz in the same Jimmy Kimmel interview mentioned earlier, she had to leave Mike with her parents during one of their visits to her since they live in New Jersey and this was the first time they had met him to go film the pilot episode/potential TV movie for Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.

However, her explanation does not hold up. First, we are to believe they had not met the man their daughter had been living with for at least a year up to this point or never encountered with their previous visits to L.A. while Liz was filming Victorious?

Secondly, we can deduced they broke up by a long deleted tweet by Max Landis on 4-13-14, that he had a 20 year old friend break up with her 40 year old boyfriend because she thought he was immature. Yes, it is speculation that it is Liz he is speaking about, but the ages match her and Mike at the time and she was his friend at that time as well.

Thirdly, Liz briefly mentioned in a tweet about two weeks later that she had chipped her KCAs while moving, alluding to the fact she moved out of Mike’s place.

Fourthly, Liz alluded to her being a bad emotionally spot during the filming of the pilot to SDRR in a podcast with one of her costars for SDRR, something odd to say if her relationship was fine enough to leave her parents with him during the filming. It must have been a brief stay because she was photographed with her mother three days later for her mother’s birthday.

If one remembers, it was during this time, Liz dyed her hair completely blonde and was promoting ‘Animal’s’ release. Sometime before the end of the summer of 2014, they got back together and with a picture of them at his house during a party and not too long after that, she went back to her familiar dark hair color.

They continued being a couple during her time filming two seasons of SDRR with a very public pictures of them walking together in NYC in November of 2014. Their relationship continued mostly out of the spotlight of fans for the next five and a half years. She stayed in Georgia for 8 to 9 months out of the year starting in 2017 to film Dynasty. She would routinely go back to L.A. on the weekends to be at home with him. According to Vogue, she made a decision after Dynasty was renewed for a third season to suggest to Mike that they should buy a home in Georgia together to start a new phase in their lives. He accepted that and after closing of the house sometime in 2019, he proposed to her and she accepted.

Their original wedding date was for sometime in April of 2020, but was pushed back to August 8 then announced a few days ago that Liz and Mike had married. In their reporting, they said they had been together for six years at the time of the proposal while Matt Bennett had said they had been together a total of six years. It is interesting that they both say six years, but can’t agree on when to count backwards. Either way, I can say they’ve been together at least since she was 19, with Zach confirming it within 2 weeks of her 20th Birthday. Six years doesn’t cut it.

I hope that has caught people up with what can be gleaned from online sources with a little bit of speculation about the meaning of such information.

[virgomoon-baddie]

so I guess that wasn’t rdj outing dan schneider as a pedophile... 🙃😔