Oh Canada! [Tour]

This week is all about Canada! Well… Canada and the good ol’ U. S. of A.!

(OK, so I know I was not so great with updates last week – and the post was kinda trumped by Rolling Stone, and Nick J. I promise to be better, but if the tweets get too overwhelming I will just do highlights.)

Follow along as they continue to tour…

…and GET ENGAGED…

…after the jump!

It’s Something Unique That We Do as The Jonas Brothers [Canon]

I have had the Extended DVD Edition of the Jonas Brothers The Concert Experience for less than a day, but I can already tell that it will be both one of my prized possessions as a Jonas Brothers fan, and one of my greatest sources of frustration as a discerning-type Jonasphere observer.

When I saw that the DVD contained extra songs, I was delighted.  More JB for me to love, repeatedly.  Two songs extend the movie itself:  “A Little Bit Longer” and “Can’t Have You.”  Both are great, and I am thrilled that performances of both these songs are captured for all time.  The Bonus Features also include two concert songs:  “Lovebug” and “Shelf,” as well as a Behind the Scenes feature:   “Up Close and Personal with The Jonas Brothers.”  Such riches, can my DVD player and computer contain the wonderfulness of it all?

Discussion of the DVD, after the jump!

That Ding You Do [TeeVee]

Chocolate Tacos, anyone?

This episode was a hoot!

I think I love JONAS best when the insanity of the brothers’ Rock Star Life invades the normalcy of home and school.  This was the perfect blend of sweetness and zaniness.  We have the endearing story of Joe trying (in vain) to impress the skeptical Angelina with what a normal guy he is, when his crazy Rock Star Life keeps invading and foiling his plans.  Finally, Nick has the idea of using Joe’s performer’s gifts to impress the girl, and the rest, of course, is history.

Some choice moments after the jump!

Triumphant Return to the #1 Slot. [Newz]

©Matthew Rolston for RollingStone.com

Most of us have probably seen the Hollywood Records press release by now - the Jonases have hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with Lines, Vines & Trying Times!

Billboard itself soon confirmed.

Not surprising, exactly, though it is unprecedented in that it is their second #1 within a 10 month period.  It also debuted # 1 in Canada, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Central America. We don’t expect anything less of them!

Congratulations, guys!!!!

But somehow, in the rush of the world tour beginning, and an apparently soberly toned (note uberserious faces above*) Rolling Stone cover feature hitting stands shortly, this feels more like a reassuring affirmation than a moment to  happydance in the streets - the show marches on (not to mention the extracurriculars)!

And of course, the win is not without its glitches, seeing as the album has opened to roughly half of A Little Bit Longer’s astounding opening last August, with 247,000 in sales this past week – still completely awesome, but if you’re neurotic (like me!) you know that this won’t go unnoticed…

Haters – gleeful doom and gloomers that they are – will probably make much of this, but I’ll choose to look at it as the natural part of a shift, rather than as some sort of stall. That’s been the mindset that a lot of the LVaTT media of the past week has been putting us in mind of, and as proof, I’m going to hit some highlights from the recent onslaught of album reviews, the glowing and the less-glowing, that intrigued me.

Join me after the jump!

*[and I also just loved this picture and needed to justify its use.]

A Little Bit Longer And I’ll Be Fine [News]

It is not as if we didn’t already know Nick Jonas was not only awesome, but also much more mature than his age of 16 years would imply, but I am quite impressed with his testimony today at a U.S. Senate hearing on Capitol Hill  for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as part of the biennial JDRF Children’s Congress. It was moving, inspirational, and I couldn’t be more proud.

Nick told his story, quoted from his song “A Little Bit Longer” as well as submitted its full lyrics to the record. We all know the song, many of us know the story, but it all seemed new to me hearing Nick’s speech, and I was very moved.

Nick was joined by Mary Tyler Moore, and Sugar Ray Leonard, who also testified for the need for continued support for diabetes research. Read transcripts from their testimonies here.

Nick will re-join his brothers on stage tonight for a show in Denver, Colorado.

Watch Nick’s full testimony plus his feelings about his appearance,  after the jump.

It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday. [Awesome]

Excitement!

As if there was not enough going on – the new – SECOND – Jonas-featuring Rolling Stone is coming. It’s pretty much HERE.

Brace yourselves – non-discerning types will obviously have the reaction of “MEN?! They aren’t MEN” to the cover copy – but in my opinion the article tone is decidedly about the transitional period they are embarking on  between these two phases – and they are directly addressing this: frankly, bluntly…defiantly? It wouldn’t be the first time (…even today!) we had surprised ourselves by using this last word to describe the Jonas stand on the cultural landscape…

The online teaser piece features a couple straight-talking quotes from the Boys:

Says Kevin:

I would honestly say to anybody, if you were in a band like us, you would take advantage of those platforms too. It’s easy for people to say, ‘No, I’m a real rock & roller,’ but I think you do what you’ve got to do.

Says Joe:

Personally, I’m not in the band to say, ‘Hey, you need to respect us, take us seriously,’ because that’s kind of stupid…We’re doing it because we love it, and we don’t care what age group we attract. If they like our music, they like our music, and if they don’t, fine. We don’t need you [to] like our music.

Look at more photo shoot outtakes here, take in the breathtaking Rolling Stone Jonas Brothers Ground Zero over here – it’s got videos and extras galore.

What do you think?  Do you like the cover?!  And how do you feel about their quotes?

Let us know, below!

You Better Bring It! [Tour]

Howdy!

OK, y’all, I’m gonna change the format up a bit here with tour posts. Last year I waited for a blog to post, but with the advent of twitter (etc.) we are getting more info on a daily basis. I am going to be aggregating each tour week into one (most likely progressively epic) post. We’ll see how it goes, and I will adjust format as necessary.

I will post my favorite pictures, and videos that I find for each venue, as well as compile tweet by tweets. Now…

What I need you all to do is post your favorite pics, reviews, videos, etc. – relevant to the week’s tourdates – in the comments.

We also need a little refresher on who is going to what shows  (our dear Jonas Calendar host went offline some time ago *sniffle* so we are out of sorts in that regard). We are very excited to hear about all of your experiences!

There is no ban on anything, so feel free to post what you like. We want this to be the best summer ever!

For now, let’s jump into week 1!

MMVAs 2009 [Look]

Our most favorite brothers helped to co-host the Much Music Video Awards in Toronto, Canada last night. They also walked away with the award for UR Fave International Video of the Year, and they performed “Burnin’ Up” and “Paranoid”.

The MMVAs were only broadcast in Canada, but you can catch the whole shebang (mercifully divided into clips) HERE NOW!

Click over the jump for some great pictures, some video, etc.

Fashion Victim [TeeVee]

So tonight, we had what was clearly the “Joe-Centric” episode in the thematic arc of JONAS.  It would also seem that this episode must have been filmed early on, and not just because we had a training session on the Stellavator.

Find out why after the jump!

The Stars At Night Are Big And Bright… [OTR]

*clap* *clap* *clap* clap*

Deep in the heart of Texas!

We are on the road again…Jonasing, off to see the world tour opener in Dallas, Texas! I am just a little beside myself about it. We have been promised a great show, with guests and surprises, and I know the Guys will not let us down!

We will be updating from the road* via this post (sweet!) and twitter. So, come along with us, won’t you?

On the road updates, and my inspiration for my post title, after the jump! YEEEHAW!

P.S. I wish you were all actually coming with us!

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If you are not interested in staging spoilers don’t click through.