Chris Jennings

Every so often a project will come along that allows me to venture out of the browser and into a different medium. Say You Will is getting a lot of attention by the press, labels and most importantly new fans. The band and I decided to go in a very colorful direction with a bit of “fresh grunge” to draw attention on shelves and shows.

I began with a panoramic photo of a New Zealand skyline… I found the photo very breathtaking from the moment I first laid eyes on it and wanted to bring that sensation into the piece.

I then scanned some burned and crumpled paper along with some ink splats I created over Labor Day weekend. Soon enough I had a treatment for the type and the rest is history. You can look for this CD, “Now or Never” to drop late October.

Tonight marks a day in history that I will never forget. While watching Jay Leno, I was presented with a post-monologue catastrophe in which I thought was a part of a bad joke gone totally, totally wrong. I was half right.

It turns out that NBC is trying to monetize programming by inserting annoying and obvious advertisements into the content of it’s shows. I rarely catch any television prior to Thursday (thank god for Lost), so it’s very likely that this isn’t the first time.

It all began when Jay introduced announcer John Melendez along with some random cockdiesel American Gladiator to ‘joust’ for a Klondike Bar. John began screaming loudly while hitting the gladiator in the side when the Neanderthal hit back with one devastating blow to John’s head. John fell to the floor like an over dramatic actor who was dying for work with one last chance to make it happen.

But this leads to the part I will never forget. The camera flashed back to Jay who was staring at the scene that had just unfolded, with obvious embarrassment and said “And they ask me why I’m leaving.” Cut to Klondike commercial. Okay, make that TWO Klondike commercials.

When asked what would you do for a Klondike bar? NBC responds, “Sell out.”

Update: Here’s the footage (fittingly jammed with ads), enjoy.