Getting Punked at The Ice House, New Star Trek Movie, Signing to Red River Records/Sony Red, and I'M AN UNCLE!!!!

So.

As you may know, we at 28 North are quite fond of live stand up comedy.  This past Sunday we made our first visit to The Ice House in Pasadena to see Marc Maron, a current favorite.  You may know Maron from his new show on IFC and his wildly popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron.  Both of these are quality programs and I encourage you all to check them out if you haven't.

Anyway, first off Maron was great.  He seemed uninhibited right off the bat; ready to rant, vent, converse, connect in strange, abrasive ways that only stand up comedy can allow.  Unfortunately, Mike, Mark, and myself bore the blunt end of the stand up comedy flailing stick.  That is correct, we were ultimately heckled by Maron.  Now, it lasted probably a mere thirty seconds, which is a tiny fraction of the substantial hour and a half set he did, and it wasn't so bad.  But nonetheless, Maron briefly shat on our dream of being in a band by turning it into a joke and essentially served us one of our most feared scenarios: getting made fun of by a man with a microphone in front of a crowd.  And it certainly could not have been karma coming back to bite us in the ass, we have been regular supporters of stand up for years and never have we heckled a comedian.  I guess the risk of potential, brief humiliation is one which must be accepted when entering the realm of stand up comedy...


We still love you Maron

Also, we saw the new Star Trek.  It was pretty decent.  I enjoyed it as a non-Trekkie and I am sure I missed countless references and allusions to previous Star Trek films and all that, but regardless this is a fun movie for anybody, Trekkie or non.

Aaaaaaaaaannnnd....

I'M AN UNCLE!!  That is right folks, I would like to extend a very special CONGRATULATIONS to my amazing sister Claire Bond and her fiancee Chris Massero for bringing two beautiful babies into this world last Monday night.  Welcome Hadley and Logan!!!!  I'm so proud and delighted for you all!!!!!




Oh yah...

We also signed to RED RIVER RECORDS/SONY RED/BOB FRANK ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!  YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

We are beyond excited for this new chapter.  HUGE thanks to our incredible manager Jerry Heller for putting in the hard work to land this deal for us.  Also, big thanks to producer Gavin MacKillop for putting in countless hours to perfect the record which has helped us earn this deal.  And of course we must thank our wonderful families who have been so patient and tolerant of our dream and sacrificed along with us to get to this level.  But most importantly we want to thank the fans who have come to shows, bought records, and supported us in any way.  Without you guys, we do not exist.  So a MASSIVE heart felt THANKS to every 28 North fan out there!!!

Now the true work starts and the payoff shall commence!!

Until next time,

Ty