House of Blues Phase II

Wow! LA House of Blues was completely electric! SO amazing, I left the night just on a cloud, like I was floating or something. The energy coming from the crowd was phenominal. It really propelled us to give a great performance. We loved that everyone was with us, singing, as one together. It was a special moment. We really had the time of our lives. Everyone we've met out here has helped make this coast feel like home. We partied together. It was epic.

But now we move into Phase II... We set out on a quest to visit our dear friend Dan Siego. He wrote us a letter asking us to visit (see video below). He also started texting, saying how much he missed us. So we are going head out to San Diego and play the House of Blues. We are pumped for the show because we played the Sports arena back in November,so it's been a little while, we are finally coming back to rock SD again!

We don't play shows... we throw parties.

San Diego will be a fiesta.

Röyksopp

Röyksopp are an electronic rock duo from Norway. I got into them a few years ago through a friend from Europe. Their new album, "Junior," is truly sublime. Here's a video for the first single.



Many of their songs are used in TV and Film. One of them was featured in a memorable Geico commercial. The song is called "Remind Me" From the album Melody A.M.

Island in the sun

Puerto Rico was beautiful. The air was tropical from the moment we stepped off the plane. We got to the hotel and ate quickly, then head to our web chat.. (it was fun, we sang tv show themes haha) after that we got some ice cream and sat on a deck near the ocean. We watched the waves crash onto the rocks.

The next day we woke up and head out to the gig. The show was awesome! PR fans really know how to get into the music! They are passionate people. We had a blast playing for them and cannot wait to return for another show :)


Photos by Rob Hoffman copyright Jonas Enterprises

The shinning star

Tomorrow morning, bright and early, we leave for Puerto Rico. We're playing a show on Sunday with our friends the JB's. It's going to be great. I've never been to PR so I decided to find some fun facts:

-The island is also popularly known as "La Isla del Encanto", which translated means "The Island of Enchantment."

-Puerto Rico is composed of an archipelago

-In 1917, the Jones-Shafroth Act granted Puerto Ricans US citizenship

-Puerto Rico participated in the World Baseball Classic

Well there's just a few things to digest. It's pretty cool that it's called the 'Island of Enchantment.' That really makes me excited to see what it will be like! I will be taking pictures, so will be posting those as soon as I can.

Buenas Noches

1901

Phoenix is a really cool French band I have been into for a few years. Their sound incorporates electro-dance, (that fellow French band Air employ, who's song was used in Lost in Translation, one of my favorite movies ever), but at the core they are a rock/blues band. Check out their new single. You may want to get up and dance.

On any given day...

Here's a sneak peak behind the scenes on a typical day for us. Many hours you will find us behind our laptops crushing the inter-web. (Usually on myspace commenting fans). Case in point this shot, taken recently at our apartment.

JR as MJ

Many of you may have recently seen some pictures, posted by Mike Bruno on his blog, of himself dressed up like Michael Jackson. Well turns out, he is not the only member of Honor Society to have dressed up like the King of Pop. When I was in kindergarten (at Little Tor Elementary School in lovely New City, NY) I performed in the talent show as MJ, and did a full on dance to 'Billie Jean.' I don't remember much about the actual performance, but from what my mom has told me I was very determined, and apparently I watched the music video for the song a million times and choreographed a routine myself! Below you will find two pictures from that evening.




*Notice the bow-tie and sequined glove. Special thanks to Stephanie Rosen (my awesome mom) for helping sew all the sequins.

Early beginnings

My parent's did a phenomenal job of recording almost every event in my early childhood. We have countless hours of talent shows, Halloween parties, backyard neighborhood hang outs.. You name it, we have a video footage of it!

Recently my father dug through the archives and found some video of me as a youngster jamming out on my toy guitar. There is also some of me rocking the trumpet (which I started playing in 4th grade). Here's the video that shows you exactly what I'm talking about:



Special thanks to Jack Rosen (my dad) for putting this video together.