Welcome to the Ministry of Complimentary Reconditioning's OFFICIAL Web Site!

Save your tears for the wheat.

Hello Draagoshkas! I'm Red (@odd-velvet on tumblr). This is my little website where I'm going to try to document the changes in storyline over the course of each "LONG LIVE": The Black Parade show. Sadly, I will not be documenting any of the B stage shenanigans, as all that sweetness is outside the narrative of the tour. If anyone would like to create their own corner of the web where they keep track of the wonders of the B stage set, they are more than welcome to! I'd love to see it.

It's just me working, so I'll most likely miss things, but I am a hundred percent open to assistance on the archival of every little detail! I am incredibly passionate about this band and this project!

RESOURCES THAT HAVE ASSISTED ME:

CHICAGO, AUGUST 29, 2025

very lore heavy show!

• The Clerk's checklist appears as normal, except for a new box, written upside down so the audience can read it. It reads, "I don't know where I am."
• The Clerk yells at a crew member.
• Elexecution voting cards are handed out by staff, The Clerk, and The Twins, instead of in stacks at the door.
• Frank spits on his timecard. DISGUSTING!
• The Dictator is real and introduced as a "beautiful man."
• The voting cards only reach a small percentage of the audience. Gerard says, "I think they got fucked outta signs," pretends to think for a moment, then kills the hostages anyway. There are no survivors.
• The Dictator says I gotta do this. Do I care? Not really."
• Gerard can be overheard talking to The Clerk. "Go to the podium now...why does it feel like I've done this before? What happens next?"
• The paper is ripped and never reaches the audience.
• Gerard throws something into the crowd--friendship bracelets. Two are made with Keposhka beads, which read We Are Stuck and Please Help. One is made with English beads and says BLOOD.
• Gerard is wrestled (tickled?) to the floor after refusing to put on the jacket.
• Frank and Ray bet on who they think will win the fight.
• Gerard is reading A Cat's Brain
• the dagger has been replaced by a fish.
• The Clown can be seen apologizing to The Gentleman before kicking his mama!!!!:(
• Gerard tucks The Gentleman under himself as he dies. I am crying.

SAN FRANSISCO, JULY 19, 2025

• Gerard addresses the crowd as "San Fransisco, Transylvania."
• Gerard admits he has mixed up his words. He meant execution when he said election.
• It is also revealed that the crime these people have committed is "questioning the longevity of our most beloved, and handsome, Grand Immortal Dictator."
• The execution is interrupted by Gerard getting a phone call. It seems this is a small gap in the timeloop--he acknowledges there being a "next week."
• The slap carries a sadder energy now that Gerard knows it's coming.
• Mikey gets a picture of the crowd with his cellphone. Gerard says, "where do you get cameras such as this?" LOL

SEATTLE, JULY 11 2025 (my show...!)

• Preshow Propaganda: SO UP Delicious, Quizzo, Danger Days-esque WANTED posters, 2M News, rules
• NaNaNa at soundcheck
• The Dictator is a mannequin, introduced as "our most kindest, gentlest, Grand Immortal Dictator… if you would all be so kind as to make some noise! He who shall not die… and has never looked better…"
• The elexecution is presented as JUST an election. There are no survivors.
• "Paris is beautiful at night." We are apparently in Paris.
• Gerard gets slapped on the cheek.
• Paper thrown into crowd reads, "Mother doesn't love you anymore."
• Rayrard head kissy happens.
• STORYTIME WITH GERARD! He is reading the MURDER magazine Kobra Kid can be seen reading in the 'Na Na Na' music video. Hmm...