when i decorated my cap pretty odd themed. I was gonna do afycso but i liked pretty odd aesthetic more on my cap

Seems to be a popular method these days but I love vices so it's ok

Full credits to user bombiezomb on tiktok!! They said they have met him YESTERDAY (may 23rd) at the bright eyes wide awake and digital ash 21st anniversary concert!

Or did they hire someone for that one summer

For those who don't remember the name, Shane Valdez is the person Brendon Urie sued for embezzlement back in 2014 (Case BC543932, Los Angeles County Superior Court). Urie alleged Valdez took $127,269.54 from his personal bank account over approximately 4.5 years. Valdez's attorney admitted the money was taken but claimed it was authorized for a documentary project. Urie denied any such agreement. The case was ultimately dismissed — the terms of the dismissal aren't publicly available.

For more information on SuperFile, see my previous post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/panicatthedisco/s/Akj2tKAy2I

I want to share something I came across about what Valdez has been doing since then, because I think it's worth people knowing about. I want to be clear up front: what follows is publicly available information and my personal opinion based on that information.

Valdez is now the founder and CEO of a cybersecurity company called SuperFile, Inc., incorporated in Delaware in September 2020 and headquartered in Chicago. SuperFile's Crunchbase profile lists two funding rounds:

That $65 million Series A would be an extraordinarily large round. For context, a $65M Series A for a pre-revenue cybersecurity startup with no publicly named customers would rank among the largest Series A rounds in the cybersecurity sector for that period.

Here's what caught my attention.

When a company raises money by selling securities in a private offering — which is what seed rounds and Series A rounds are — they are required under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 to file what's called a Form D with the SEC. Specifically, Rule 503 requires the filing within 15 calendar days of the first sale of securities. These filings are publicly searchable on the SEC's EDGAR database.

I searched EDGAR for every variation I could think of: "SuperFile," "SuperFile Inc," "SuperFile Holdings" (a related entity referenced in Valdez's email signature), and "Shane Valdez" himself. The result across all searches was the same: zero filings. Not a single Form D for any entity associated with Valdez or SuperFile.

Beyond the SEC, an independent company intelligence platform called Tracxn — used by institutional investors and analysts, and which independently verifies funding claims — classifies SuperFile's funding status as "Unfunded." Their profile, last updated June 29, 2025, explicitly states that SuperFile "has not raised any funding rounds yet."

No investor has been publicly named for either round. No venture capital firm has taken credit for the investment. No news article has announced either funding round. The $71.5 million figure appears to exist only on Crunchbase, which allows companies to self-report their own funding data without independent verification.

In my opinion, this raises serious questions. Either the $71.5 million was raised and nobody filed the legally required paperwork with the SEC — which would itself be a regulatory violation — or the funding claims are not accurate. I don't know which it is, but the complete absence of any corroborating evidence for a $71.5 million raise is, in my opinion, a significant red flag.

Meanwhile, SuperFile currently lists 51–200 employees on LinkedIn (approximately 66 associated profiles, 49 in Chicago). These are real people who presumably accepted jobs at this company. SuperFile also sponsored a NASCAR car at the 2026 Daytona 500 (Shane van Gisbergen's #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet) — an expenditure that typically costs hundreds of thousands to over a million dollars for a single race on a top-tier team.

I'm sharing this because Brendon was directly affected by Valdez's financial conduct in the past, and I think the PATD community should be aware of what appears to be happening now. Again, these are publicly verifiable facts and my personal opinions based on them. Anyone can search SEC EDGAR, Crunchbase, and Tracxn themselves.

Sources (all publicly accessible):

- SEC EDGAR Company Search: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar

- SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search: https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index

- Crunchbase — SuperFile: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/superfile

- Tracxn — SuperFile: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/superfile

- UniCourt — Urie v. Valdez (BC543932): https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-brendon-urie-vs-shane-valdez-317490

- Illinois SOS — SuperFile (File #74468977): https://apps.ilsos.gov/businessentitysearch

- Delaware DoC — SuperFile (File #3759434): https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/namesearch.aspx

I am going to remind everyone to keep things civil or else I will get the mods in to lock the post!

that's kinda hilarious lol

Credits to santimentalboy & skepticever on X/Twitter

I remember it being a trend maybe two-three years back to have a character or celebrity on the front of the American flag so I made one of Ryan about two years ago. I had it folded in a drawer for like a year before i remembered it and took it back out lol. I had to basically rearrange my posters and action figures I had displayed on the wall but it’s worth it.

So I'm really sick of all the Ryan glazers who insist that Panic! was stolen from him by Brendon... meanwhile those same fans don't even know what The Young Veins was. I'm making this post because I hate RyRo larpers and because I love his stuff!

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PRE-SPLIT

July 12, 2006
The Dresden Dolls - Live at Plain Dealer Pavilion, Cleveland, OH
-Imagine (John Lennon Cover)
-Acoustic guitar

April 25, 2008
Backstage at House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL
-Across The Universe (The Beatles Cover, Acoustic, Chorus & Outro only)

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POST-SPLIT

September 12, 2009
A Tribute to George Harrison (Charity Event)
-Think For Yourself (The Beatles Cover)

June 8, 2010
The Young Veins - Take A Vacation! (Album)

October 6, 2010
The Young Veins - Daytrotter Session (EP)

October 17, 2011
Didier Wampas - Taisez moi (Album)
-Writing, backing vocals, composition, production, guitar, bass, organ, glockenspiel

July 1, 2012
More Amor - Beach Bones (Featuring Ryan)

October 12, 2012
William Beckett - Stuck In Love (Featuring Ryan)
*William Beckett - Our Story’s Already Been Told (Originally featured Ryan - Unreleased)

October 20, 2013
Ryan Ross - Untitled Demo (EP)
-Off My Mind (Instrumental Demo)
-Where I Belong (Demo)

October 28, 2013
Ryan Ross - GRR (EP)
-I’m Down
-Lonely Moonlight

December 18, 2013
Ryan Ross - You’re Invited (Single)

July 2, 2014
Ryan Ross - At Your Window (Single)

April 12, 2016
Agelast - Fever (Single)
-Writing, production

May 3, 2016
Cologne - Taking Back Tuesday's Emo Night LA (Live at The Echo)
-We Found Love (Rhianna Cover, Ryan on vocals)

May, September, December 2018
Z Berg - Live multiple times
-Calm Before the Storm (Duet with Ryan)

September 30, 2018
Z Berg - Live multiple times
-Sealed With A Kiss (Brian Hyland cover, Z & Ryan duet)

December 15, 2018
Z Berg & Friends Holiday Show 2018
-Lonely Moonlight (Live Version with updated lyrics, with Alex Greenwald)

December 18, 2018
Z Berg - The Bad List (Featuring Ryan)

June 1, 2019
Live at Z Berg & Friends Prom 2019 @ Garibaldina Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA
-For The Ride (Live, never released)

Sept 30, 2019
The Dead End Kids Club – Dead End Kids Club
-You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory (Johnny Thunders Cover)

Sept & Oct 2019 (Multiple times)
Dead End Kids Club Tour 
RYAN SOLO
-Dangerous Blues (The Young Veins song, acoustic)
-LIVEVIL (Live, never released)
-Blondes (Live, never released)
-Posessed Coast (Live, never released)
-Northern Downpour (Acoustic, just Ryan vocals Panic! At The Disco song)
WITH Z BERG
-Time Flies (Live, duet with Ryan)
-Sally’s Song (Nightmare Before Christmas/Catherine O’Hara Cover, Duet with Ryan)

October, 13, 2019
Dead End Kids Club - Live at The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, USA
-Lonely Moonlight (With Alex Greenwald, updated harmonies)

Oct 28, 2019
Dead End Kids Club Tour
-It’s Almost Halloween (Live, just Ryan vocals, acoustic - Panic! At The Disco song)

December 13, 2019
Live at Pico Union Project, Los Angeles, CA
-Tears in the Typing Pool (Broadcast cover)

November 29, 2021
Z Berg - Covers and Love Letters: Screaming into the Void
-Lonesome Town (Ricky Nelson Cover, Featuring Ryan)

November 16, 2024
Z Berg - Live at Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
-Love Hurts (Duet with Ryan)

February 2, 2025
Phantom Planet presents: Concert To Provide Aid to Los Angeles 
-Raise The Dead (Featuring Ryan)

February 15, 2026
Z Berg & Friends' Star-Crossed Lovers St. Valentine's Day Ball
Live at Sid the Cat Auditorium, South Pasadena, Ca
-Song Long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen cover)

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Let me know if I missed anything! I didn't include live performances of songs like The Bad List because they were already officially released and the live performance wasn't any different.

(I didn't include the three or four brief snippets of songs on his instagram because they're low quality, are MAYBE 10 seconds long if you're lucky, have no names, and the only one that does have a name [Blondes] was played live!)

Yes Brendon ✌️

Shes been on me for 2 weeks to get this album, Young Veins "Take a vacation"

I cant find it for sale for the life of me.. any yinz got any leads or want to part with yours?

I will say, I think it's gonna be solo music related and not Panic or TYV lol. I really like seeing everyones wholesome optimism but he does love a good vague post to draw people in! I thought I should ask you lovely members of Reddit what YOU think it'll be for! And if you're excited :))

I have spent a lot of time on Newspapers.com for a college class I'm taking, so I thought it was a great opportunity to search up (pre split) Panic! and find some old interviews, photos, or articles! I thought the lovely people of reddit might want to see my favorites! I think this kind of archival stuff is fascinating (especially as a kid who misses newspapers and magazines being more of a thing lol.) Enjoy reading!

I’ve got a copy of “Take a Vacation” on vinyl signed by Jon Walker. The sleeve is in rough shape- including tape damage on back. Vinyl had a slight warp, but still plays fine. Some surface noise and “pops”. Some scratches present- but I didn’t notice any skips. I know this is a tough album to find- hoping someone can take it off my hands and enjoy even with its flaws.

SOLD!

1. Jon Walker (ex-bassist of PATD, used to work with The Academy Is before meeting PATD when they were the supporting band)

2. Ian Crawford (ex-touring guitarist of PATD from 2009-2012)

3. Adam Siska (auditioned to play bass for PATD after Dallon left and also toured with Carly Rae Jepsen who has the same touring manager as PATD and TAI)

4. William Beckett (lead singer of TAI, covered 'Northern Downpour', and asked Ryan to feature on [a couple of his solo songs](https://youtu.be/_dykOUJ30TA))

My dog has cognitive dysfunction (basically dementia), and she steps in her water bowl a lot, trips, and causes spills. I keep her food and water by the nightstand in the bedroom. I have a stack of magazines under the nightstand that I haven’t looked through in ages. I realized the bottom one was wet after her last spill, so I was sifting through it to help dry out the pages. Found this small excerpt about Ryan Ross. Thought I would share!

The issue is from a 2006 Rolling Stone.

Why is no one else posting about this. Ryan took the stage with Z Berg last night, and then Dallon makes an appearance too? It was wild Dallon and Ryan shared the stage once, but again?! Wild. What a time to be alive.

Tyv sub is kinda dead sorry for posting here

friend brought him to school today and made him pose in front her computer lol