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Bobby Long, Marcus Foster, and Sam Bradley

August 5, 2009

This past week in Dallas one of my favorites things was all the musicians.  It was amazing to have so many talented musicians gathered in one place.  Many of you know that Bobby Long, Sam Bradley, and Marcus Foster have contributed to the Twilight soundtrack but have you listened to their other music? If you haven’t you are missing out on some truly fantastic artistry.

You can check out their music on their myspace pages

Bobby Long (my personal favorites Who Have You Been Lovin’ and Penance Fire Blues)

Marcus Foster (my personal favs are Shadow of the City and 14 times)

Sam Bradley (my personal favs You Think Your Free and Too Far Gone) Interview by Eyes of Amber

One thing I noticed over the weekend was that Bobby, Marcus, and Sam were incredibly kind and generous with their fans. There were multiple meet and greets and no matter how tired they were the guys smiled, gave autographs and took the time to talk to everyone that waited in line to see them.  They are truly a class act.

If you didn’t catch the guys this past weekend do not fear each of them is continuing to play throughout the summer and there are some videos at the bottom to show what you missed!!!

Bobby Long  ‘s Dangerous Summer Tour Schedule

Aug 6 2009 8:00P
The Hotel Cafe Los Angeles
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
Elbo room +21 San Francisco
Aug 9 2009 7:30P
Berbati’s Pan Portland
Aug 10 2009 8:00P
El Corazon (all ages) Seattle
Aug 11 2009 8:00P
Backstage Lounge +19 Vancouver
Aug 12 2009 8:00P
Hi-Dive, Denver +16 Denver
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
The Loft, Colorado springs (All Ages) The Loft, Colorado Springs
Aug 16 2009 8:00P
FIREBIRD St Louis. 18+ St louis, Missouri
Aug 17 2009 8:00P
Neil’s Music Room Memphis
Aug 19 2009 8:00P
3rd and Lindsey bar and Grill +21 Nashville
Aug 20 2009 8:00P
The Earl +21 Atalanta
Aug 21 2009 8:00P
Andrews Upstairs +18 Atlanta
Aug 23 2009 8:00P
Dunedin Brewery 18+ Tampa, Florida
Aug 24 2009 8:00P
One Eyed Jacks +18 New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 30 2009 8:00P
SMALL’S BAR (all ages) Detroit
Aug 31 2009 7:30P
Double Door Chicago
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
³Gasthof zur Gemütlichkeit² +21 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 2 2009 8:00P
Club Passim (all ages) cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
L’Hemisphere Gauche Montréal, Quebec
Sep 6 2009 8:00P
Revival Bar +19 Toronto
Sep 9 2009 7:00P
Arlenes Grocery NYC
Sep 10 2009 7:00P
Arlenes Grocery NYC
Sep 11 2009 7:30P
Drew Hall New York
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
The Bitter End (all ages) New York, New York
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
SALAMANDRA SALA barcelona
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
K LOUNGE Paris
Sep 30 2009 8:00P
LOGO Hamburg
Oct 1 2009 8:00P
knaack club berlin
Oct 2 2009 8:00P
RingCon Bonn
Oct 25 2009 8:00P
Arlenes Grocery NY,
Oct 27 2009 8:00P
The Hotel Cafe +21 LA, California
Oct 28 2009 8:00P
The Hotel Cafe +21 LA, California
Oct 29 2009 8:00P
The Loft (All Ages) San Diego
Nov 2 2009 8:00P
3rd And Lindsley Nashville., Tennessee
Nov 4 2009 8:00P
Rhythm and Brews Tuscaloosa
Nov 12 2009 7:00P
Rumba Cafe 7pm 18+ and 9pm 21+ Columbus,, Ohio

Marcus Foster

Aug 7 2009 8:00P
The Hotel Cafe LOS ANGELES, California
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
The Hotel Cafe LOS ANGELES, California
Aug 12 2009 8:00P
Hi- Dive Denver DENVER, Colorado
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
The Loft, Colorado Spings COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
Aug 15 2009 8:00P
Arlene’s Grocery NEW YORK, New York
Aug 16 2009 8:00P
Arlene’s Grocery NEW YORK, New York

Sam Bradley

Aug 7 2009 9:00P
Joe’s Pub (Solo Performance) New York, New York
Aug 8 2009 9:00P
Joe’s Pub (Solo Performance) New York, New York

Marcus Foster Shadow of the City Poor David’s Pub

Sam Bradley Sea Blue performed at Poor David’s Pub

Bobby Long Two Tone Lover at Poor David’s Pub

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Jodelle Ferlan Confirms Casting

August 5, 2009

The fansite that Jodelle Ferlan considers to be her official fansite has the following information:

“Its official! Jodelle has been cast in the Twilight Saga, The 3rd Film, Eclipse! she will playing The Newborn Vampire! We are really excited for her. How so many of you had petitioned for Jodelle to be cast as Jane, and now she gets to work alongside the cast and Dakota Fanning who was cast as Jane for New Moon. AND…It doesnt stop there, Jodelle has also been cast in a new film for 2010, called The Cabin In The Woods its a horror movie and you can find more about the film and its cast at IMDB.com Its hoping to be released in February! So.. a Huge Congrats is in order for Jodelle! 2 great projects that we cannot wait to see, Jodelle was super excited about sharing the news about Twilight, and we are pleased as she definately deserved this role. Ive got some new stuff im working on so check back soon!”

The site also contains a link to Jodelle’s official Twitter http://twitter.com/jodellemicah, where Jodelle, herself, confirms the casting. So please welcome Jodelle to Eclipse!

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Meet The Man Who Signed Off On Twilight

August 5, 2009

Amanda Bell, the Twilight Examiner, has a great article that features former head of Warner Books, Larry Kirschbaum. Back when the contracts for Twilight were being drawn up, Little Brown was then owned by the Time Warner Book Group. Shortly after Twilight’s release in print, Little Brown was acquired by Hachette. Hachette still currently owns Little Brown.

The key place that you want to look in this video that details the ins and out of the publishing business is the 2:10 mark.

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Jodelle Ferland Slated For Eclipse

August 5, 2009

Variety (who tends to get casting info correct) broke the news that Jodelle Ferland has an upcoming role in Eclipse, but they didn’t name which one. The description reads, “a vampire who has just been turned”.

We’ve put out feelers to determine if she is playing perhaps Maria, Bree, or and unnamed newborn. If the ink isn’t quite dry on the contracts, we may not get confirmation straight away.

Check out her fansite which has a lot of images of Jodelle that are more recent than what is found commonly on the Internet. She looks much older in this headshot dated February of this year than the myriad of other shots around the Internet.

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Ebay Charity Store

August 5, 2009

Do you want autographed Twilight merchandise that’s guaranteed to be authentic?  Even better, if you buy it the proceeds go to charity.

Rachelle Lefevre just opened her EBay Charity store. According to InStyle “Proceeds go to to raise funds for School On Wheels, a charity that provides educational opportunities to homeless kids in Southern California.”

Check out InStyle’s write up and the store itself.

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Contests!

August 5, 2009

1.  Are you clumsy as Bella? Is you are hop on over to Bite of Twilight where the clumsiest person to tell there story wins the prize!

2.  Want to win a trip to the New Moon Premiere? Teen Vogue has a contest going.

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Justin Chon Interview On Beeheard

August 5, 2009

The Beeheard blog interviewed Justin Chon:

“I caught Justin after what sounded like a very long, very intense day as he had just finished an audition for nothing less than one of Shakespear’s classics.   Obviously this young man has some serious acting chops to even be considered for such a role.  But clearly I am not the first to take note of his talent.

Insightful, introspective, humble and damn funny-Justin stood proudly by his days with Nickelodeon noting “not many of my fans may even remember me from that, but no matter it was fun and it is all part of the ride.”  He also noted that he had the worst luck with cell phones – of which I had no idea of what he was referring being that he only dropped my call three times.”

Check out the whole story on Beeheard. TY to Krystyna for the heads up.

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Stephenie Meyer’s Claim Supported: AKA Copyright 101

August 4, 2009

First let us start out by saying that we are completely biased here. We have been online as a Stephenie Meyer fansite since March 2006. And because of our relationship built over three years with Stephenie Meyer, we have no reason to doubt her word. So when the story first broke today on TMZ, we decided to do several things:

1. We looked at the version of the book in question that is available online
2. We asked Little Brown the publishing company for an official response
3. We started to research Ms. Scott herself

So we wrote up our preliminary findings here. Now what we found particularly interesting is that the attorney involved then decided to give a follow up to MTV. That’s right, MTV.  It’s a unique tactic first TMZ now MTV. Could it be that he has something for initials, or is it possibly that those sites generally have a target audience that mirrors the demographic Ms. Scott’s novel and career are directed towards? Oh heck, maybe it’s just sheer coincidence.
As many of you know, much of Breaking Dawn came from Stephenie’s first sequel she wrote to Twilight called Forever Dawn. In fact, Alphie got to read this book back in February of 2006 and stands by what Stephenie says on her website.

“The basic story [between Forever Dawn and Breaking Dawn] is the same. Bella and Edward get married and go to Isle Esme for their honeymoon. Bella gets pregnant with Renesmee. The birth just about kills Bella, but Edward makes her a vampire in time. Jacob imprints on Renesmee. Alice has a vision of the Volturi coming to destroy the Cullens with the “immortal child” as their excuse. Alice bails. Bella’s shielding abilities turn the tide in the Cullen’s favor, along with Alice bringing home another half-vampire to prove that Nessie isn’t a danger.”

We decided to do some more research. We wanted to see for ourselves when Ms. Scott actually copyrighted her book.  Well we got a whole lot more than we bargained for. We not only looked up Ms. Scott, but Stephenie Meyer as well. We were after the date that Twilight was copyrighted. Little did we know that not only was Twilight copyrighted, but so is Forever Dawn. This was news to us.

The following information is readily viewable to anyone doing a simple site search at the copyright office. If anyone had thought to try this a year ago they would have had a hell of a spoiler in the name of the Application Title. additionally Stephenie has stated in various interviews and as  reflected in her “craptstic covers” that she originally toyed around with publishing under a pen name that included her maiden name of Morgan. You can see that name reflected in the registration as well.

Link here

Forever dawn.

Type of Work: Text
Registration Number / Date: TXu001163060 / 2004-01-05
Application Title: Renesmee.
Title: Forever dawn.
Description: 241 p.
Copyright Claimant: Stephenie Morgan Meyer (Morgan Meyer)
Date of Creation: 2003
Rights and Permissions: Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Names: Meyer, Stephenie Morgan
Meyer, Morgan


Now when one looks up Ms. Scott’s work what is discovered is that nothing was legally filed until AFTER, Breaking Dawn was published. Now the work itself (though not filed for copyright) was online starting in 2006 which is a full two years after Stephenie Meyer filed her Forever Dawn manuscript:

Type of Work: Text
Registration Number / Date: TX0006874176 / 2008-09-19
Application Title: The Nocturne.
Title: The Nocturne.
Description: Electronic file (eService)
Copyright Claimant: Jordan Scott.
Date of Creation: 2003
Date of Publication: 2006-07-05
Nation of First Publication: United States
Authorship on Application: Jordan S Scott, 1988- ; Domicile: United States; Citizenship: United States. Authorship: Entire text, editing, orginal work.
ISBN: 100977799697
Names: Scott, Jordan S, 1988-
Scott, Jordan


So all in all, given the above easily accessible information, we are satisfied with Stephenie Meyer’s version of events.

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Jackson Rathbone talks to MTV and Chaske Spencer joins the Do Something 101 Charity Event

August 4, 2009

Chaske Spencer as well as other celebrities participated in teh 2nd annula Do Something 101 event in NYC. 

Ciara, joined by Chaske Spencer of Twilight and singer Leah Renee, worked side-by-side with volunteers during the 2nd Annual Staples/Do Something 101 national school supply drive event at The Children’s Aid Society Dunlevy Milbank Boys & Girls Club in New York.

Jackson Rathobone talks to MTV about the Birthday scene and how he scared Kristen Stewart.

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Breaking Dawn Plagerism Claim Disputed

August 4, 2009

Today various gossip sites published a story that an author named Jordan Scott is accusing Stephenie Meyer of plagiarizing Breaking Dawn. A quick Google search reveals Ms. Scott’s website and her modeling aspirations.

Ms Scott’s bio states:

“As a musician and singer, I have worked in the entertainment industry since I can remember, but I became serious about my writing when I graduated high school at age 14.

When I was 15 I began writing The Nocturne Trilogy, after I took some time away from writing music and working in film and television. I wanted to write a character-driven story with characters who seem to “live and breathe” on the pages. I wrote The Nocturne with the intent of bringing readers into a completely new world of the fantasy and romance genres. And now I have completed it, after more than three years of intense research, character development, writing, rewriting, editing, and writing a little more! I hope you guys enjoy it.

I commenced studies in a Harvard University Psychology program when I was 17, after which I wanted to major in Film and Theater, and transferred to UCLA. So these days I divide my time between music, college, and writing.

I have an award winning script, and three other scripts in various stages.  Wow

I love school, writing, music, and of course Boys.“

In response, Stephenie Meyer’s representatives have released the following, unedited statement:

“The claim that Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer somehow infringes on an alleged book by someone named Jordan Scott is completely without merit.  Neither Stephenie Meyer nor her representatives had any knowledge of this writer or her supposed book prior to this claim.  Ms. Scott’s attorney has yet to furnish us with a copy of the book to support this claim as requested.  The world of The Twilight Saga and the stories within it are entirely the creation of Ms. Meyer.  Her books have been a phenomenal sensation, and perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that other people may seek to ride the coattails of such success. This claim is frivolous and any lawsuit will be defended vigorously.”

Loose fantasy ideas are not copyrightable, otherwise all vampire fiction would have stopped at Bram Stoker. Neither are loose romance plots copyrightable, or Harlequin would not be a leader in romance.  Part of the book in question is viewable on Ms Scott’s website as a Google document. Upon examination, in our clearly biased and in our non legal opinion, the type of word-for-word lifting and exact modeling of character and circumstance that need to be present for a copyright case to have merit is simply not there.

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