iCast: Jason Mraz

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  Jul 04, 08:58 AM

  Shine a Light

  Being out of the country, some people wonder whether it's weird to celebrate the 4th of July anywhere but home. This is yet another summer traveling abroad. Last year I saw a foreign nation pay tribute to our explosiveness by setting off fireworks in narrow streets, over abstract rooftops. Or maybe it was coincidence rather. I caught the glimpse from a nifty hotel perspective. I admired the sparkle, but I heard no boom. Not even a fizzle.
  
  My Dad & StepMom are here this week touring the UK with us. This is the first July 4th out of the country for either of them. In fact, my Dad hasn't been outside of the US in almost 40 years. He said something brilliant to me yesterday with a well of water resting on his lower lids.
  
  "I didn't know what day it was this morning," he grinned. "It's been years since that's happened me… and you know what? I don't care. I'm on vacation."
  
  I hope July 4th goes beyond political independence and takes over individual lives. We are all free to be. We are free to forget. We are free to dream. We are free to scream. So celebrate something in your own way today, this week, and the rest of the year. Light that dormant fuse in your ass and sparkle once in a while. Help me hear the boom from way out here.
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  Jul 01, 05:36 PM

  90 Minutes from Nothingsburg

  Miles from Here
  Inches from There
  90 minutes from Nothingsburg
  
  Tour season has come in on the lion's back, tip toeing thru the sleeping lambs. Playing catch-up with the many months I squandered taking it easy. The front yard is wherever the wheels are resting. Most often I'm walking the dogs or doing yoga at a service station off the M4 or the Autobahn, tasting salty sea tears on a Channel, North Sea, or Baltic ferry, or I'm down in the basement trying to wake up the instrument within.
  
  The accent of the everyday local no longer phases the senses. We are all Japanese, German, Bohemian, and Glaswegian. Some of us just have a little more wine in the system where others may have Waffle House.
  Some days you wake up to find your home parked quaintly by a pond well stocked with ducks and Dutch roses and your neighbor is a Crow named Sheryl and the Town Mayer is a very gracious and gentle John.
  
  And In the backyard, 50,000 of your closest friends.
  
  I always pinch myself when I read my name on a poster, especially when the other names in close proximity are iconic. Am I a contest winner or just a cartoon character drawn into a cheesy remake of an awesome original? (My Before Picture)
  
  Club scenes welcome each new day with smoke machines. The days' headlines are the previous bands' backstage graffiti. We basement dwellers suit up like a sports team and ready ourselves with Yacht Funk, music of '77, a great year of our lord. And we unite like Ghostbusters armed with our immune systems for the new onslaught of slime oozing between rounds of applause.
  
  Time doesn't actually exist.
  
  I've been away from home for exactly 40 days. I use a strip of black and white photo-booth pictures of you and I as a bookmark thru various reads. You sleep with Pulitzer and I sleep alone.
  
  Thinning.
  
  But NOT tired - (Please Stop Asking)
  Never assume
  Anything.
  
  The road is long and seamless. Even over water. And though the tar is paved in blood of the last animals on earth, it is also a path paved in love & light, where every direction is just a roundabout way home.
  
  I am closer to God than ever.
  I am closer to you than ever.
  
  -mraz n'manchester
  
  (photos by Michael Leroy Bram)
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  Jun 26, 03:01 PM

  Jason Teams Up With Kyle Gass From "Tenacious D"

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  Check out this short clip that Jason and Kyle shot at Southside Festival in Germany just a few days ago! Jason helps Kyle work on a new tune ("The Happy Song") in the back of the tour bus... Click here to see it under "videos"!

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

   
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  Jun 24, 01:10 PM

  Just Announced Australian Info!

  Due to the high demand we have just added a second Melbourne date on August 13th. The pre-sale for the new Melbourne show begins Wednesday, June 25th at 12pm and lasts until Thursday, June 26th at 12pm. The pre-sale password is "DYNAMO".
  
  And with tickets selling out in less then three weeks we had no choice but to move the Perth show from Fly by Night to The Capitol! Fans who purchased tickets to Fly by Night do not need to exchange their tickets or make any additional arrangements. To all our fans in Perth who thought they were going to miss out, no worries! Tickets are on sale now!
  
  06 August 2008 The Capitol Perth, Australia On Sale
  
  13 August 2008 Prince of Wales Melbourne, Australia Pre-Sale
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  Jun 24, 01:09 PM

  Fall European Tour Announcement

  We just can't stay away! This September Jason will be living high in Europa. The pre-sale begins Wednesday, June 25th at 9am! All of the pre-sales last for 24 hours, except Amsterdam, which goes until June 28th and Paris, which ends on June 27th! Be sure to get your tickets now before they sell out! See below for details or check out JasonMraz.com!
  
  16 September 2008 Kaufleuten Zurich, Switzerland Pre-Sale
  
  17 September 2008 WUK Vienna, Austria Pre-Sale
  
  18 September 2008 Magazzini Genrerali Milan,Italy Pre-Sale
  
  22 September 2008 Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, Holland Pre-Sale
  
  23 September 2008 Royal Albert Hall London, UK Pre-Sale
  
  24 September 2008 La Maroquinerie Paris, France Pre-Sale
  
  26 September 2008 Mejeriet Lund, Sweden Pre-Sale
  
  27 September 2008 The Arenan Stockholm, Sweden Pre-Sale
  
  28 September 2008 Vega Copenhagen, Denmark Pre-Sale

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   
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  Jun 19, 11:24 AM

  Zazzle Mraz

  If you aren't digging the new designs take action into your own hands and create your own piece specially designed for you! Remember, with Zazzle you can customize your own one-of-a-kind, hat, button, sticker, t-shirt- your color, your cut, your way! Friendly pricing too... New artwork was added TODAY to the store for you to enhance your designs.
  
  Check it out!
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  Jun 19, 11:23 AM

  New Mraz Tee's on the Webstore

  For the people by the people!
  
  Make your friends laugh this summer with the "Dork tee", quoted from Jason himself in his Dec. 11th 2007 blog entry (For any of those curious for when the line came from...) created by design contest winner, Stacey Walker.
  
  And while you're at it... Indulge in the mystery of Mraz's vernacular in the new "Indulgence Tee" by the very artistic design contest winner Aaron Grieve.
  
  Shop Now!
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  Jun 19, 11:20 AM

  WSWDWST Out in Germany Tomorrow!

  Tomorrow, June 20th, the album will be released in Germany and Austria, the same weekend Jason will be playing at the two biggest German Festivals, Hurricane and Southside Festival!
  
  You can find the physical album at Amazon or JPC and digitally through iTunes or Musicload
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  Jun 18, 12:18 PM

  Travel Tip 4: Bring Your REVISED Sense of Humor

  Edit: Due to a considerable number of complaints to the Human Resources department at Atlantic Records, I have chosen to revise the dark humor from last week's post. I am sorry for my poor taste. Please see editor's addition at end.
  
  I offer this lesson today in memoriam to my present lost luggage. As seen in pie graphs of past, I am dwelling in that rather large 5 percentile of a waiting period. Nonetheless, I have faith everything will return to me as the contents within the cases are coated in my very own blood, rich with uniqueness, and folded in the utmost eloquent and respectful manner. Should any vagrant fall upon my items he will bend at the waist, bow to my sophisticated packing style, and beg every museum to display his discovery. But I will be there. For I am perched by The Louvre's entrance and I am hungry for my sweatshirt on this unfortunately chilly day halfway through June.
  
  Contents for a world tour:
  
  -A short stack of pants; varying in thickness, length and texture
  
  -8 of the exact same shirt; varying in Color (this takes all question out of what to wear)
  
  -Running shoes; for rainy days, skating, or fleeing to Mexico when the crack-up comes
  
  -Dietary Supplements; for digestion, brain power, and a place for psychedelics
  
  -Toiletry Bag; for toothpaste, shaving, q-tip, condom, and general stash
  
  -Polaroid Film; the best format for shooting xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in seedy hotels
  
  -Juggling Equipment; for dexterity, boredom, & xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  
  -2 hats; for a quick disguise
  
  -1 large tapestry; for hiding unsightly hotel TVs or ones face when finally arrested
  
  
  Please Insert:
  -Polaroid Film; the best format for shooting senior-citizen-pornography
  -Juggling Equipment; for dexterity, boredom, & confusing the elderly
  
  Optional: socks/underwear, gluten-free snacks, cables/adapters for gadgetry, or Golden Shower Girl, Rue McClananhan.
  
  
  For your consolation:
  
  Some people speak rather eloquently.
  Sum peep talk real slow like.
  Some motherfuckers speak Jive.
  And some people jabber in rhyme.
  
  Some like humor that's dark.
  Where some folk only love clowns
  When some people are laughing at South Park,
  Others might draw back and frown
  
  To each his own we always say
  Some change the channel. Some look away
  And some challenge the comic and make him halt
  Rather than take the words with a grain of salt
  
  To jest of a crime means it's so untrue
  And that's funny to me if not to you
  So I'll post a warning next time on this journal
  When I write something meant for a men's room urinal.
  
  -mraz
  Dublin 6/2008
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  Jun 11, 05:21 PM

  New Jason Mraz Facebook Application

  

  
  For once a cool Facebook Application! No more Vampire bites, super pokes, or graffiti tag artists! Now you can have your own special section dedicated to Jason. Add the exclusive Jason Mraz Facebook application to your profile to hear tracks from the new album, see videos and get a FREE MP3 download! Could today get any better??
  
  http://apps. facebook.com/jasonmraz