disbanding

Some people have been wondering what it would have been like if Isabel, Christine and I were in fact a 1960s girl group…

or maybe they haven’t…

but if we were this would be our story:

One of the most popular gospel bands of the 1960s… The McFeel-its.

This cheery threesome would traverse the United States and Canada spreading the word of Jesus with cheerful songs about the Lord and all his friends. They were known to have large coifs in which they held all their worldly possessions. Sometimes they would have a bible, a deck of cards, harmonicas, and even a toaster located conveniently in their follicles. After all, they weren’t nuns :)

They became very famous in the New Brunswick region of Canada, where they set up a small theatre called “Mc Touch this Theatre”. There they performed all their hits including “Thar be My Jesus,” “The Lord’s Rap,” and “Holy Paradise” (which Coolio sampled for his song ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’) to sold out audiences. There performances were sold out for eight years straight, due to the fact there was little to do in New Brunswick.

In 1968 Christine McFeel-it left the group to create her own Religious inspired sweatshirt line called “Lord Gear,” which was also very successful in New Brunswick

In 1973 the rest of the group disbanded due to neck injuries after packing their bouffants for a European tour, so they too returned to scenic New Brunswick. Where they later opened the “Immaculate Cafe & Grill”

Here is the album cover for their most critically acclaimed album…

oo ooo ooo ms feel this...

all their dreams are alive…

♫LAUREN

I have been as of late a Lauren of very little words. I will be honest in the state of my mind words are so finite, that I almost fear the possibility of my words being misconstrued.

And there isn’t much that I believe a well thought out doodle or game of lemon can explain.

SO. . .

All I really have to say is that this year has been *special* to say the very least. And 2008 has finally waged what I hope is its final yet nastiest blow…

the disbanding of Phantom Planet.

Yes, I know they have been a band for 14 years. AND that they have changed their line-up several times. I have seen them perform at least 3 times and every time I have, they were nothing but awesome.

I can also recall the first time I heard “California” (before it was the theme song for the O.C.) and how Jenny Ching lent me her copy of the Guest. I remember that I was 14 and had my folder covered in collages (my pre-photoshop art form.) I also recall in the group of friends I mingled with, a Phantom Planet album was a much needed staple in your music collection. I suppose I just feel melancholy and a bit old.

I shall always have a place in my heart for Phantom Planet. And I wish all the guys in the band the best of luck in all the stuff they do.

My suggestion if anyone else feels slightly melancholy about this is to listen to both editions of “Do the Panic”… I like the second one better.

Just in Case You Dont want to Pick a Singular Phantom Planet Line-Up — Just in Case You Don't want to Pick a Singular Phantom Planet Line-Up...

Also they are performing their last show December 12, 2008, in Los Angeles at the Troubadour.. tickets are $15. And I am totally going…tell me if you want to go too

xx LAUREN