best ... night ... EVER
more later...
Monday, June 27, 2005
Links
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Official BTJ Website
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Watch the Teaser Trailer
Joni on MySpace
Rick on MySpace
Photo Blog
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Rickemerson.com
Remote Control
video clips
Animation Archive
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Andrew's Hair Flip
Chris kicks ass
Jay's Ace Frehely
Rob from the House of Rick
Rick's sidewalk DLR
Joni's happy dance
Clyde being kooky
Sidney rox American Idiot
Stick spinning
Even more stick spinning
Jairus' mighty fist of rock
global domination watch
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As of this moment, Bigger Than Jesus DVDs have reached the following corners of the world:
Oregon
Washington
California
Utah
Illinois
Montana
Arkansas
Florida
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Minnesota
New York
Colorado
and... Kuwait
BTJ TRIVIA
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Question: After whom was Pastor Steven T. Peterson named?
Answer: This guy and these guys
Question: What was the song Pastor Steve played backwards?
Answer: "Gene Simmons Took My Girl" by the Tim Riley Factor
Question: How many pieces made up Andrew's rocking drum kit?
Answer: 11 drums, 11 cymbals, and one cowbell
Question: How many guitars total were used in the show?
Answer: Jay used 4, Brian used 3, Michael used 2 bass guitars (and also two prop guitars)
Question: In addition to the man himself, who else was an inspiration for the David Lee Roth character?
Answer: Definately this guy
Question: How many total songs are in the movie?
Answer: 16, counting the ending credit song
What is it?
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A story of music, and how it set a young man freeâ¦one song at a time.
Filmed before a sold-out audience in Portland, this concert film of the popular stageshow features three decadesâ worth of rock and metal classics performed by a live band.
Rick Emerson relives the comedy and tragedy, the highs and lows, and the isolation and ultimate redemption of a small-town kid transformed by music. From the first time hearing the crushing chords of Led Zeppelin, to the buy-in of Kurt Cobainâs âgenius,â to the sell-out of Metallica, Bigger Than Jesus: The Diary of a Rock and Roll Fan is a love letter to the music that forms the soundtrack of our lives.
Listen up. Be Saved.
Previous Posts
- I have no words to describe this thing that Aaron ...
- sentimental geek...
- someone say something...
- addendum...
- DEAR BIGGER THAN JESUS TICKETHOLDERS
- just checking in...
- Bigger than Jesus is now officially SOLD OUT.
- .......no ticket!
- A Praise Chorus
- keep on rocking in the IHOR...
27 Comments:
well done, well done
I so totally LOVED it! What an amazing show! Great job everyone!!!
In all the pictures I've seen, it looks like John is wearing a kilt...
Can't wait to see more pictues! I had a blast with ya'll...
(don't forget to read that Bible, Joni :D )
John should own a kilt. If anyone is kilt-worthy, it would be him. Or maybe one for his dog...
A few random things:
It's interesting to re-read some of the comments from the past on this blog when I finally have faces/people to put with their names
And I think it ironic that after being around this show for the past week, the two songs I have stuck in my head are:
"B-A-NANA..B-A-NANAS! I ain't your holla back girl!" -- (thanks, Joni)
and
"She's a Smaaaaaallll Wonder... She's fantastic! Made of plastic!!"
Oh, and the kick-ass finale too...
Why dontcha do suh-in'?
Nerdy Girl:
Nice.
Oh, and I guess Jairus beltin' out the old standards that last night at IHOR..."Fly me to the mooooonn.."
And Queenie...baby...when can we see some more pics? Does that dude who was taking them have a site that he's posting them on?
In the interest of complete randomness and my boredom, I'm going to attempt a very "Rick-like" series of tying elements from the fantastic 80's series "Small Wonder" to people reading this blog.
Tiffany Brissette, who played Vickie (or, technically V.I.C.I, a "Voice Input Child Identicant,") also voiced a character in the "The Ewok Adventure." (For Aaron)
She also appeared in the American Film Institute special "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish." (For Joni...B-A-NANA...B-A-NANAS!")
She starred with Emmanuel Lewis and Gordon Jump in "Come in from the Storm," an educational film about child abuse. (For Sarah [who I know doesn't read this] and her love of Lifetime movies.)
She was a guest artist on Emerson College radio.
She has also cut public service announcements for the California Museum of Science and Industry, Lawrence Center of Science and Technology, and other science museums. (For all of us, I'm sure.)
And since 2000, Tiffany has been a missionary and youth counselor and vocalist at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. (For me, of course.)
And I swear that I did not previously know about this page , nor did I used to download full episodes of the show during my lunch breaks.
*ahem*
I apologize to everyone for this post. Let us never speak of this again.
ROCK N' ROLL!!!!!11
do they make pink kilts?
I'm the dude with the pics. A disk will be appearing in Rick's hot little hands today sometime, so hang in there!
Steve
It was a great show - two days later & I'm still thinking about the experience. The band, the meat prop, the production & the audience all gelled.
Fuckin A
I'm still having anxiety dreams. My brain hasn't figured out that it's over.
*gives Joni a back rub*
There, there...
Well said Andrew.. I concur! :)
When you consider the number of people involved and the amount of things that had to go right, it really does defy all odds and probability that nothing went wrong. It's almost scary to think about. Perhaps God has finally lifted the curse.
I just want to say that I have never worked with such talented people in my life and that this project was one of the funnest things I have ever done.
I have to admit though, that when I got home from the show, I sat in the dark and sort of felt Melencholy. I felt just like I did when I was on the school bus leaving outdoor school.
I think what I am really trying to say is; I love ya man.
LETS TAKE THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!!
I just read every blog entry on this whole entire site...Why am I still here? Ok I am turning the computer off, and going home...
Perhaps God has finally lifted the curse.
I called in a favor for ya.
And you know what's funny? How retarded I felt when I learned today that the term is not "Balo Curtain." I thought the whole time you were cueing "Balo Curtain down!" that it was some fancy-pants theater term...
Shoe was FANTASTIC..... i give it a 99 out of 100 ( would have been 100 but Storm just teesed us and didnt flash)
Show* D-oh
Aww, you guys. I had a moment last night when I realized that it was the first Monday night without a band practice. I got a little sad about that. But I comfort myself with the fact that we will be reuniting in one way or another for the DVD (all the super secret special features we're shooting) and that the Bigger Than Jesus House Band will live again.
Todd -- that's hilarious! I had to call him that cause his first name was Chris and I didn't want to confuse the two Chris'. Technically I should have called him "rail" but that just seemed too impersonal.
I was IM'ing with Gustav today and he said that, after weeks of rehearsal, he only just figured out that Aaron was THE Aaron at the end of the show. Heh.
Wow...you'd think Aaron would be hard to mistake...
I had the same realization on Sunday when I was like "wait....AquanetAndrew?"
As probably the only one involved who was actually able to kick back and relax on the day of the show I must say that was one HELL of a show. The band, the Rick, the execution were all flawless. How FUCKING cool did those Marshall stacks look?!
I hope whoever takes the set pieces enjoys the wood as much as I did.
That was the best thing ever. Everyone involved was so damn badass and it showed.
The sad thing is with no BTJ band practice I have no place to release my Inner Rock Dork. Now that its Tuesday I have just been sitting around for two days with Dangerous Toys songs bouncing through my head and no place to realease them.
I also think that John would look better in a poodle skirt than a kilt
Jesse
Can I get dorky and sappy too?
I want to thank everybody for a great experience. Y'all are the biggest bunch of music dorks I've ever worked with. Take that as a compliment - seriously.
It's very rare to find musicians who are not only very talented but also just plain cool, and it's a real privilege to work with people like you. That goes for the crew, Rick, Joni, everybody – y’all are not only talented but just plain good people, and I hope that I’ll get a chance to play with some/any/all of you again someday.
The show also really inspires me to not take any shiat from people for being a metalhead. Shostakovich, Seal, Scott Joplin, Slayer – it’s all music to me.
And I think we should all get kilts.
Rock on!
Brian D.
Rick picked up the disc of pics Wednesday, I suspect Joni has them by now. They'll be able to pull stills off the footage that will look better than what I was able to shoot with my lame little camera, so I am looking forward to seeing what they can find.
Steve
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