| Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
| Gellie's first post: What are YOU wearing tomorrow? |
(UPDATE @ 7:40pm:) Jamie just posted another blog with some inspiring words from Jon. Here's an excerpt from what Jon had to say:
Love is, as far as I can tell, the most mature response to any situation - the pinnacle of what it means to be truly human. Love is a wrench in the wheels of cause and effect, of reactionary living, of casual imitation. Yes, speed and events are all around us in the information age, but motion, true motion, is rare. Love is the movement. Keep moving, amigos.
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Greetings, readers! (or if you just come for the pictures, that's cool too).
This is your friendly neighborhood Gellie, here to give you your daily dose. Some of the news is a bit old, but since Phil has been busy, he hasn't posted it. So now it's become my job. Today we have a blog mention, some videos, and an update on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
First up, Jamie from To Write Love On Her Arms posted a blog on their Myspace asking those of us who own TWLOHA shirts to wear them tomorrow (3/30/07) in commemoration of the first time that someone wore one of the shirts. That someone just happened to be Jon Foreman.
Jamie writes:
"I'm wearing this tonight."
I remember my friend Jon saying those words. It was a year ago this Friday. We had just opened the first box of TWLOHA shirts. We were in south Florida for a Switchfoot show. Florida Atlantic University. Sold out show. 2500 people. Band Marino opening, on about eight hours notice.
At the time, the shirts were a simple attempt to help a friend. I had ordered a few dozen. No plans of becoming a non-profit organization. It was simply an attempt to tell a story, to share something that felt important, and to invite people to help write the ending.
I smiled as Switchfoot's Jon Foreman took the stage that night, proud to call him both a hero and a friend, and so proud of that new black shirt. Jon mentioned TWLOHA between songs that night. I remember him saying "You can check this out on the internet", and I remember thinking that no one would know where to find it.
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To Write Love On Her Arms is an amazing movement that I am proud to be a part of. And since seeing Switchfoot's t-shirts is what informed me of it in the first place, I will gladly do the same for others by wearing my TWLOHA shirt.
(Confused as to what all this is about? Visit TWLOHA and click on "The Story" on the left).
If you don't own a TWLOHA shirt and would like to, you can order them HERE.
((VIDEOS))
katty_4 from the official message boards posted a thread about some video interviews with the guys on MuchMusic.com. Follow this link, and click on "search for Switchfoot videos on AXS."
There are 4 videos, but unfortunately you can't view the last 2 unless you're from Canada. (Darn IP address...) Thanks, katty!
Also, a recent acoustic radio show with Channel 103.1 has just been brought to our attention. It features Jon playing "Sorrow" (the Bad Religion cover), "Dirty Second Hands," "Oh! Gravity.," "Betrayal," and the other 3 guys being lazy. Go check it out.
((NEWS))
I know many of us were excited to see Switchfoot perform on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tomorrow night. Unfortunately, that will not be happening.
Christina, one of our readers, obtained the information from a rep at the Late Late Show, that Switchfoot cancelled their appearance and to date it has not been rescheduled.
So much for getting to hear "Oh! Gravity." said with a Scottish accent...
That's all for now, friends. Hope you weren't too disoriented by my first post.
P.S. Andy Barron just put up PODCAST 21. ("our little podcast can go into a bar now. it's 21!"). It features Jon's painful fall, Tim destroying a sandwich, Aaron from Copeland on a skateboard, and more...
Labels: news, videos., what people say. |
posted by gellie @ 12:53 PM  
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Yes, because you I get so disoriented when reading what you have to say, Gellie dear. Great post >thumbs up<
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i found an interesting piece of Switchfoot fandom...the Switchfoot instrumental tribute. It gives a more of a funk and pop feel to the songs. You can get it at http://www.emusic.com/album/10881/10881603.html
you need an emusic membership but you get more than enough free tracks to use in the first 2 weeks to download the album and if you cancel your membership before the end of the trial it doesn't cost. (tip, if you download the free winamp player and sign up through that you get 50 free tracks rather than the normal 25)
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Awesome links, Gellie! Yep, I clicked each one. :D
Kudos to your first post! ^_^
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I had a dream last night that I left for work, and EVERYONE, I mean, everyone was wearing TWLOHA shirts. I didn't have mine on though, so I went home and changed, but I was sad because all I had was the black title and some people had some really amazing sparkley ones and stuff. I told my sister I had seen at least 30 TWLOHA shirts on the way to work, and she thought it was really neat.
(wow, dreams...)
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great job, Gellie! we're proud of you!
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Yes, because you I get so disoriented when reading what you have to say, Gellie dear. Great post >thumbs up<