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AmericaWillBe… Flobots… and more…
Wow… such a surreal week it’s been. A lot of hard work going on behind the scenes to get ready for last night– from meeting with the Flobots on Monday, to doing site design stuff behind the scenes,– I can finally make a couple announcements.
First though, I’d like to say– WOW… I’m so honored to know the Flobots– Jamie, Stephen, Mackenzie, Kenny, Andy, Jesse (didn’t meet Joe) — the thing that strikes a chord with me initially and made me contact them some time ago before I knew they were on the verge of blowing up on the charts and TAKING OVER— these guys and gal CARE about the people, just like I care about my own fans. They care about the world, and they want to do something with their platform. I’m so happy for them right now– I’m so proud of them— and I’m energized with this feeling that somehow– some way, destiny is calling all of us to a higher purpose of some sort.
Here’s a screengrab from them last night on Leno…
Wait… Did you notice his shirt there…
A couple weeks ago, I was honored to be asked to be a part of this new movement, and help lend my TOOLS to the America Will Be campaign. I won’t say much more about it, and let you all discover it as we go, but it will be evolving and changing throughout the summer with new things to look at and ponder on. You can begin to explore it today at AmericaWillBe.org
I’m also working with Flobots.org now– a non-profit organization lead by the Flobots to help bring about real social change in communities around the country, around the world even. They have a group called “Street Team”, but it’s not what you’d think of, like putting up posters or your average band street team– this thing will focus on giving members information and tools to REALLY make a difference… and they’re even planning on having other bands link up with this effort to speak to their audiences. It’s very exciting and i hope everyone who reads here checks it out. FLobots.org
If you want o know what their all about, see the interview with them in Wide-Eyed Magazine which is featured on the site.
NOW– even more exciting than all of that stuff for me is– We’re launching the Flobots Webcomic on MONDAY. It will be housed on Flobots.net — The stories will be, as Jason puts it, “Social commentary is about to COLLIDE full force with the energy and creative power of bomb.”
I have no idea what “creative power of bomb.” means, but that sums up what this project will be to us. We’re going to dive into some real issues, from real people in real life, then there will be a sci-fi twist to all of this. The stories are amazing. We’re working closely with Flobots on this, and have some more exciting plans in the future, but for now, we’re going to launch this thing and see where the community takes it– then we’re taking it to a whole new level.
Stay tuned here to the blog for more info on the Flobots Comic launch— I actually have to go WORK now! I’m excited to be using not only my comic book storytelling muscles again, but also old school graphic design and stuff– Back to the drawing board…
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