Big thanks to i-am-bored.com for posting our trailer on their site. So far 15,000 people aren’t bored with it.
In other news, Ben had fun at a party last week.
-TBL
Big thanks to i-am-bored.com for posting our trailer on their site. So far 15,000 people aren’t bored with it.
In other news, Ben had fun at a party last week.
-TBL
Hey hey folks. So as some of you may know #20 on our list is to have a song we’ve written play on the radio - no easy task I assure you. To make this happen I’ve been hard at work the last couple months making some electro-pop music with an old friend. The result, as you can see above, is an EP entitled ‘Concerning the Number 7 And Your Love.’ We just released it today!
In the days leading up to this years spring break I wasn’t feeling like myself. I was stressed out and as my friends were looking to drink, I was looking for something else. I found a round-trip ticket for $250 to Costa Rica and coincidently found an article about a mission helping an indigenous village survive.
The next thing I knew, I was carrying a 50lb. pack, a 15 ft. 2×4 on one shoulder and my video camera in the other hand as I trekked for 8 hours alongside a throng of volunteers to one of the most remote villages in Central America.
TBL in the final frontier? Maybe next summer..
For those of you who don’t know by now, the ‘Virgle’ space program was a joke organized by the good people at Google and Virgin. We were just kidding about getting a call from them and were not actually invited to go to Mars. Thanks for your letters though, we’ll keep fighting for the real thing haha. -Jonnie
p.s. the best part of the day was getting a screaming call from Dave, who didn’t realize it was a joke.
We just got a call from an official at the Virgin & Google Project “Virgle” with an invitation to be a part of their new space project!! AHHHHHHH!! They want us to be the youth representatives for North America! We’re meeting with them tomorrow at 11am and will tell you all what happens. Check out
here’s branson announcement
More proof that anything is possible! What do you want to do before you die?
“we are your friends, you’ll never be alone again”
And we’re back! Sorry for the blog-holiday everybody.. how are you guys?
Dave and I (Jonnie), both in Montreal trying to complete number 11 on the list, saw Justice give a hell of a show last night to a sold out crowd! For the unfamiliar, Justice (and their artist collective/label: Ed Banger) are the fast emerging lords of new-wave electronica: 2 Grammy nominations, a couple VMA nods, 6.2 million myspace visits.. and this crossover hit.
Busy P stays busy
Not only was Justice’s album Cross blasting in our bus all during last summer’s tour, their manager, Busy P (pictured), was the first guy we met in line when we stormed the MTV VMAs in Vegas. We hit it off with him and, when we heard they were coming by Montreal, called to see if we couldn’t line up some interviews.
packed to the brim
jonnie shooting on stage
Busy was nice enough to set up time for him AND Justice to sit down and answer the question - what do you want to do before you die? - and to give us some vip show passes to the show! Dave and I messed up and missed our press call for Justice (I know..) but we got to spend the evening running around the theater and basking in the madness of their live show (video coming).
left to right: a girl, a fist, Busy P, 1/2 of Justice, So-Me
After the concert we headed down to scribble off #94 on the list and Dave went surfing on the crowd. It was a hell of an evening. Thanks Ed. -Jonnie
dave surfing
What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?
round 2 at the best smoked meat shop in the world
Our first attempt at #49 on the list (”Take a Stranger Out for Dinner/Lunch”) was such a success that CTV Montreal called us and wanted to do it again! This morning we headed out with their crew to find a new stranger to feed and found a very deserving man named Bob.
In the last ten years, Bob has been through divorce, jail-time, and a major stroke and he now lives day-to-day panhandling and doing odd jobs around the city. It’s tough, he says, at 60. But Bob is more optimistic about life than anyone we have met in a long time. Stay respectful and positive, he says, and everything will turn out okay in the end.
The full story airs this Thursday at noon, 6:00pm and 11:00pm EST if you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll try to post it too - it was pretty cool. Thanks again to Tony, Frank, Diamond and the whole crew at Schwartz! We love you guys. -JP
what’s so damn exciting you little monkeys!
Last Friday, Dave and I went on an adventure. We went to the World Famous Schwartz Deli on St. Laurent to try their smoked meat sandwiches. And, we brought a stranger with us.
Foreman, our brand new friend
#49 on the list is ‘Take a Stranger Out For Dinner.’ Why? Why not? Strangers know different things than you know and are happy to share their stories if you ask (or buy them a meal).
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To be honest though, picking up a stranger on the street ended up being a lot harder than we expected. Even with the offer of a free meal and stimulating conversation, there were still no takers after 40 minutes. Eventually a nice man named Foreman (pictured above) agreed to join us and the date was on. We talked about Canada (he moved from Zaire to here 7 years ago), family, diversity, and how we’d chose to bite the dust, if it were up to us. It was great.
tony - our 2nd new best friend
Before leaving the waiters offered Dave some hot sauce. He accepted and threw some on his sandwich. At first he tried to pretend that he was cool, but he couldn’t hold it. A sweat broke out on his forehead and he chugged his water. Then ate all the fries. Then ordered milk. Then we had to go.
Big thanks to Foreman and to the whole Schwartz team - you guys rock. Now only Duncan and Ben have to take someone out and #49 is off the list! Anyone else out there interested to take someone out too?