Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Creamtastic Jonas Brother Side Project Already More Successful Than Your Actual Band
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Exciting news! Nick "Diabetes" Jonas is going to take away more of your little sister's money and release a side project that will make a rich teenager even richer:
Nick Jonas will release a new album with his side project the Administration in early 2010. According to Nick, the album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, during a two-week span during which brother Kevin spent time with his fiancé and Joe went on vacation to Australia.Nick Jonas & the Administration are comprised of four musicians the Jonas Brothers had met and worked with before, Nick writes, describing the sound as " 'heart & soul,' because the music that I make is from my heart, and the lyrics I write are from my soul."
Ha ha, that is a stupid description, even for a Disney character. It's obvious this is totally the beginning of the end for the JoBros. We've pretty much covered all of the clichéd bases: the meddling woman (it's common knowledge Chicks Can't Rock), the long-distance solo journey (shorthand for "drug tourism") and the ego trip "I'm the talent!" side project.
But good on him! This is probably going to be better than Gorillaz, The Raconteurs, Tom Tom Club and Postal Service combined. This is going to be some Temple of the Dog-level shit, trust me.
P.S. A kid born in 1992 recorded an album in two weeks for shits and gigs and gets to release it, for real, while you're still charging your friends $7 for a self-released EP, available exclusively at your shows at The Basement and your mom's attic. Tell me how that makes you feel.
(Full disclosure: I like "Burnin' Up.")
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it made me laugh that i thought, " haha. that is a stupid description", and then immediately read, "haha. that is a stupid description."
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I am looking forward to hearing this CD. He sings and he plays many instruments. Not only does he have talent though, he has a good value system.
I'm sorry that some people can't record a whole album in two week, but he has done it a couple of times before also.
i'm sure dude is talented, but carly, you still have to admit, the whole 'music from the heart' and 'lyrics from the soul' thing...right? carly? just a little cheesy?
You sound very bitter, Ashley Spurgeon. Honestly, who cares if he recorded this album in 2 days or 2 weeks? He's not hurting anyone. The people that it's geared toward will love it, I'm sure. And everyone else will hate on it based solely on principle because that's what people do. Let people listen to and like whatever they want. If you don't like it, don't listen to it.
I'm a Jonas Brothers fan, not one of the cheesy ones (we exist!)...and this project gives me the willies.
More Joe, please.
We didn't want to do no covers, we wanted to make music that's from our heart and from our soul
You got your "J" which is in there, then you got you 'O' which is in there and you got your 'A' which is in there a whole lot... and that gives you 'Nick Jonas and the Administration'
All them letters are in that name.
I think we can all agree that the Jonas Brothers are often poked fun of - purity rings, sugary sweet music, 'good values,' etc. are easy subjects in jest.
However, mockingly referring to a 17 year old's chronic disease by calling him 'Nick "Diabetes" Jonas' is far from funny. It is exceedingly coincidental that we are very close to November, which is Diabetes Awareness Month.
Perhaps Ms. Spurgeon and Nashville Scene need a refresher course in sensitivity; unless taunting the 14.6 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes is a small price to pay for a good JoBros joke.
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