still sad......

4 months of trying to digest the news of JET's demise seems like not enough time, really. When you sleep, eat and travel to foreign lands all in the name of JET, it is hard to swallow that they no longer will be a unit touring across the land. I love them. Loved them. Their songs were really meaningful to me.... My body has been altered to celebrate them.... I have spent a great deal of time chasing them.... San Francisco, Mountain View, Los Angelos, Hollywood, Anaheim, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, Dayton, Brisbane, Ballarat, Bendigo, Canberra, Albury... What am I suppose to do now?

Chris Cester: ‘You Become Somewhat Of A Cliche’

Not that you were worried about what Chris Cester thinks of you, but he’s also not worried about what you think of him. “Oh, I don’t give a shit about that,” he laughs, when I point out that M+N isn’t exactly the Jet Superfans Clubhouse. “I’ve sold out Madison Square Garden. Those shitheads can say whatever they like. And you can put that in your article if you want … Whatever man. Fuck, Barack Obama hasn’t heard their fucking song. So they can kiss my arse.”

Cester’s not a Gallagheresque cockhead, despite how that comment, made at the tail-end of this interview, sounds. He’s friendly and candid and says these things with the matter-of-factness of a man who made peace with outrageous success a long time ago. Cester may have been in one of the biggest Australian rock bands in recent memory, but with the announcement last month that Jet – who had been lying low since pretty-OK third album Shaka Rock – were calling it quits, he’s concentrating solely on moody new project DAMNDOGS, starting (almost) from scratch.

Cester, who manned the drums in Jet and left frontman duties to brother Nic, is now at the helm. The band have only released a five song EP, Strange Behaviour, but on the strength of those tracks, they were able to pack out Oxford Art Factory when they returned to test the waters last winter. Industry types and fans of both Cester’s projects flooded out of that gig, nodding sagely as others proclaimed with varying degrees of relief, disappointment, facetiousness, faint praise, “Well, it’s nothing like Jet.”

Cester is no dummy. He’s well aware that it’s the association with Jet that gets him more interest than other electro-rock acts making noises around Laurel Canyon studios. He’s resigned to the inevitable, incorrect prefix, “Jet side project”, as well. And while this is a new chapter for him, he can’t seem to help highlighting the contrasts between his current situation and his old one. After all, the cord has only just been cut.

I knew it!

It was Chris.....

The announcement came as no surprise to associates of the band, with the Cester brothers' relationship said to resemble that of Oasis' Gallagher brothers.

.... I was there! :)

BACKSTAGE on the eve of Jet's last performance over a year ago, singer Nic Cester was philosophical about the subject of bands breaking up.

Being in a band was like being in a homosexual relationship with four men, he said, with just a hint of a grin.

"Not the sex, of course, but all the other things that go hand in hand with being in a relationship.''

Cester was in high spirits. It was the end of a long run of shows, but one of the most fun tours in his band's stellar 10-year career, supporting Powderfinger on its farewell tour.

If he knew that these were also Jet's final shows, he wasn't letting on, but he said he perfectly understood why Powderfinger was calling it quits.

"It would be very easy for them to continue and make cash and tour, that's the obvious, easy approach," Cester said. "But it takes more strength and nous to say, 'Let's end it the way we want to, control that moment'.''

Nic Cester is reportedly working
on a solo album

My face hurts from smiling so much!!!!!

:)

confusion: Day 2

I must admit that I recently was in a windowless room ... cleaning an oven.. and the fumes from the cleaner might have taken its toll on my wee brain, but WTF does the following NEW statement mean about JET breaking up???

"Despite the break-up, Jet is promising to keep its music alive through new licensing, publishing and merchandise releases. "We will continue the Jet brand," Jet manager and Tenth Street Entertainment's vice-president of tour marketing Brad Friess says. "Although the band will cease to exist as an entity, we will be working very closely with the members of Jet to keep the fans happy with new product in the marketplace."

are you F**KING kidding me?

JET announced the following:

A Message To Our Fans: After many successful years of writing, recording and touring we wish to announce our discontinuation as a group. From the many pubs, theaters, stadiums and festivals all across the world it was the fans that made our amazing story possible and we wish to thank them all. Thank you, and goodnight.

I bleed blue....

If you thought the movie A Day without a Mexican had become a reality today, don't fret my pet... The Quakes played Houston and then Mexico played some other team... Every Mexican person within 2 states of Cali was at AT&T Park.. Sadly, the Quakes lost to the Dynamo.. because of a unfortunate penalty call.. sigh.. BUT, in better news.... I was the high bidder for Lenny's game day Jersey.. his name and number are green for St Paddy's day.. ERIN GO BRAGH!

F**K

Normal people would be excited to hear a familiar and favorite song in a commercial that is played over and over and over. My friend, I see the glass as 1/2 EMPTY!! In the new BMW 3 series commercial, as the red sports machine rounds a corner, the delightful voice of Mr Nic Cester is heard under the announcers script. The problem? If the writer of said song, Mr Nic Cester, is getting royalties from BMW .. what is his incentive to tour? Would you leave the beautiful shores of Lake Cuomo (in Italy Bitches) if you had BMW money coming in?? I am devastated.

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