Wayne Schutsky

During all of the times I had seen Patrick Stump perform with Fall Out Boy, he never looked quite as comfortable, confident or happy as he did last night during his solo set at Martini Ranch.

Who said ill-fated tours with a mass of cancelled shows aren't good for anything? Every little adventure has its upsides.

With the release of Muppets: The Green Album earlier this week, audiences have the chance to hear popular artists from a variety of genres cover a slew of Muppets favorites. In fact, the lineup on the soundtrack/promo album is so varied and talented that it has a chance to completely outshine the upcoming Muppets film that they are it is trying to promote.

Well, Lil Wayne canceled his Phoenix show. And all the talk of skateboarding accidents and makeup dates cannot make up for that simple fact--at least to Weezy's fans. They spent days and months looking forward to that special date, August 24, only to have their hopes dashed.

Well, guess what. August 24 happens to be my birthday and my name happens to be Wayne.

In honor of that coincidence and to give the Lil Wayne-loving public something to mull over in their free time I came up with a somewhat-contrived and very abstract idea that kind of involves the rap artist.

As an avid fan of Fall Out Boy (read: an avid fan of Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley and 5 percent of Pete Wentz), I am pretty damn stoked to watch Stump perform his solo act at the Martini Ranch later this month.