Wow, things are
just shapin' up man. All sorts of cool shit to show
you. Rarely are my entries so picture heavy - but I'm
too damn proud of this stuff to wait. First off -
check out the final cover and back for the very first
Trinitrons CD...
Now if I have
one more person ask me what "With The Trinitrons"
means I'm gonna lose it. How can you people not be
BEATLES historians?! Heh. It's just a parody of a
Beatles Album Cover. Sorry I'm being all secretive
about song titles and shit but it REALLY gives away
the entire storyline and several jokes. Hell
I may even put stickers over the CDs at the show
for the same reason.
While you let the
DVD Menu pictures load, check this out. If the
following press release garners ANY write-ups I'll be
astounded, but it was fun to write...
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
THEY'RE
BAAAAAAACK.
'Adam
& Trinitrons' return to Columbus for
the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed
one-man show.
LOS
ANGELES - Aug. 23, 2003 - Former WTVN and
CD101 talk show host, Adam Kontras, is
returning to his hometown to premiere the
long awaited sequel to 2001's hit one-man
show "Adam & The Trinitrons". Although
he's been playing much bigger venues such
as Improv Olympic West and The Comedy
Store in Los Angeles, Adam knew the
premiere had to be at home.
"Columbus
has supported every venture I've attempted
and they absolutely deserve to see this
first, not LA. Without them, there'd be no
sequel."
If you've
never heard of Adam's one-man shows, it's
certainly not what you'd expect. Adam is
live onstage with 4 televisions each
showing a pre-recorded band member, which
Adam also plays. They're 5 entirely
different characters that talk, fight, and
sing in perfect unison completely
suspending the audience's belief that it's
one person.
"You may
know it's all me when the show starts, but
within 10 minutes there's so much going
on, so much to look at, that you
absolutely believe it is five separate
people. Especially in the
sequel."
Entitled
"When A Band, Loves A Woman", this new
show has The Trinitrons fighting for the
affection of Adam's girlfriend whom
they've all fallen for during Adam's
hiatus from the band. What happens, or who
wins her is anyone's guess as absolutely
no one has seen even a tape of the
show.
"The show
on the 11th will be the very first
reaction. It will be an electric night,
which is why I'm taping the performance
for the DVD. This is how I want the show
remembered years down the road when you
pop in the disc."
Adam will
be performing both 1 and 2 back to back,
Thursday September 11th, at the Comfort
Inn Banquet Hall on route 161 and I-71.
$10 cover, doors open with plenty of free
food at 7 PM, and the show starts at 8
sharp. Part 2 of this show will be
recorded for the release of the DVD the
following week. There will also be an
encore performance of just the sequel at
10 PM. Everyone's invited to stay for both
shows. For more information check
www.4tvs.com and click on "The
Journey".
About
Adam Kontras
At 19,
Adam was the youngest talk show host in
610 WTVN history running his late night
"Late Show" for over 3 years. His
production skills soon landed him the job
as Production Director at CD101 where he
continued the "Late Show" Tradition on the
FM airwaves. It was here, Adam started
building his one-man show, 4tvs, which
would eventually take him to Los Angeles
just 2 years later in January of 2000. He
quickly made waves on the net starring in
a Movie Review show (with his TVs) for
Hollywood Screentest.com called Movie
Minded. In 2001, he reworked his one-man
show into a boy-band parody; The
Trinitrons, that got him into venues such
as The Ha-Ha Café and most notably
The Comedy Store. He's currently writing a
sitcom pilot and bible with the characters
he's developed in The Trinitrons and is
premiering the sequel to the first show
all over the country…starting in his
hometown Columbus, Ohio.
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Contacts:
LNR
Entertainment
Jonathan
Boyle
(818)
***-****
jboyle@4tvs.com
The old late show
peeps gotta be lovin' the contact huh!? HAHAHA.
(Lester 'N' Robert Entertainment). I know, I know
I should be keeping the lie alive by not
addressing it online - what if they come to the site
and see that's not a real manager!!! Heh, if they come
this far, they're already interested. Jonathan
Boyle...classic. In future ones I may put Richard
Rosetti. Dr. Dick lives!!! Damn I sure do miss
the Late Show sometimes. Anyway - faxed that out to
The Dispatch, The Other Paper, and the Clintonville
Booster. Ya never know. One of the "connected"
patients at work said to do it. Said it can never
hurt, and simply living in LA perks people's ears up a
bit. Fair enough.
I must admit
though, the idea of simply becoming Jonathan Boyle
intrigues me. Getting a business phone line, making
mock stationary - everything for
LNR Entertainment. Then just calling around on
behalf of my client Adam Kontras...may need to start
doing that. I'm feeling that Year 2000 feeling again.
That scheming, clawing, frustrated PUSH.
Speaking of
scheming, you can all EAT ME about the rocks
dude. LOL. They're cooler than Pet Rocks, and the guy
who made those did JUUUUUST fine didn't he.
Alright so I'm mildly embarassed about the concept on
paper. I'm about to just give some away just to get
word of mouth going. 'Cause it REALLY IS COOL
once you have it on your desk with the wallpaper.
(sigh) Whatever, I can't get out of this hole. Someday
people...
...yeah someday
I'll be on Barbara Walters and she'll say "Rocks of
Fame? Exploiting celebrity? Are you kidding?" And I'll
retort with - "IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
REALLY". And honestly, I'm just as big of a fan as
anyone. I love my Beatles Rock of Fame. This is so
horrendously stupid. I'll move on now.
The DVD. My oh my
the DVD. I have absolutely killed myself trying
to finish this puppy on time and I'm finally seein'
the light. There's some really funny stuff on here.
I really hope you all take the time to look at
all the sections and find all the easter eggs. Check
out the finished menus.
Wanted to
keep things reminiscent of the T1 disc.
Word.
Couldn't
let the CD back miss the opportunity to make it into
the DVD too.
8
Chronicles this time around thanks to the
FOOTAGE MELTDOWN in Part 3.
This time
around, the 4 "TV" members have their own video
sections. Poor Adam.
Wake up
Dewey. Showtime.
Very proud
of my button placement here. Goddamn that's a big
TV.
Guh-Hay.
Incredible isn't it?
As
well the finished OPEN
- that should scare you all again like T1.
It's what happens when you pop-in the
disc. May win the award for the shortest
Entry video ever.
Sooooo happy this
is finally coming together. I'm absolutely killing
myself to get all this done before the show. Again,
for those of you confused - absolutely everything will
be done compressed and ready to burn (except the
actual show) at the time of the show on the 11th. I
will be selling the case without the finished disc
that night. Basically a pre-order. I will then
take the tape of THAT night's show, super-impose
all the TVs and what not, edit everything together and
burn the completed discs and mail them out
immediately. I know it requires a little trust on your
part - but it's all in an effort to make THAT NIGHT,
be the show that is on the DVD forever. That
means everything to me.
It still looks
like the LA Premiere will be October 1st, at
Third Stage. 50 seat theater, nice intimate setting -
KILLLER spotlight. Would be perfect for the DVD.
Man we gotta get a good light for Columbus. Anyway,
when the LA Premiere is 100% official I'll make
an entry about it. This is gonna be a great couple of
weeks/months. Hell it already has been really. You
know, as much as I want to bitch about how
I never have time for anything - I gotta admit, I
love it. I don't want this to end. Every night
I go to sleep wishing I had more hours in
the day. Best feeling in the world. I feel like
I have that pushing, that drive...it's back.
I have to keep it once these shows are over and
T2 isn't so new anymore. I honestly need to start
writing Part 3, get packages ready for managers...
pursue this Jonathan Boyle/Richard Rosetti idea...
Just keep it rollin'.
Speaking of
rollin', I've made quite a few friends with the
patients at work. A few of them are "connected"
so to speak, but more than anything just some great
people who seem genuinely interested in what's goin'
on. I've handed out quite a few DVDs, and their
reaction is just awesome. Again, I'm not really trying
to "network" - but I guess indirectly I am. They
"could maybe" help me, but truly I just enjoy
giving people something that makes them smile, or
laugh. You know? It's direct feedback. Like I gave a
lady my CD and she fell in LOVE with "Bread in
the Freezer". That was just cool as shit. I love that.
As well, just so happens her husband is a DP - and one
of his film "The Accountant" won the 2002 Academy
Award for Live Action short. Most likely means nothing
to me, but her reaction sure does. It keeps me
grounded. Makes me remember who I am. Amazingly
I seem to get a SMALLER head without that
audience reaction. Weird.
Alright - Probably
only one more entry until Columbus. Couldn't be more
excited. This night is gonna be
extraordinary.
Adam
PS - Jess turned
the big 2-5 today and of course the dogs had to
celebrate with hats and cake (they only ate the hats).
Might as well break my own record for number of
pictures in an entry. Here's 3 more.
By the way, Roxy
is now 40 pounds at 4 months and 29 days. This dog is
gonna be LARGE. Any bets? I'm saying a year from
today, she'll weigh in at 125. Incredible. Ok, biggest
entry of the year is now over.
