Fort Pastor News

On the road again

2007-09-17T15:39:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks, it's JT and we are in Indiana. Just played at Wheeling Jesuit and Seton Hill and Had a Blast. It all started with a little gig at a little furniture store. Ok, it was big deal and a benefit for breast cancer. Some money was made for a great cause and we got to really dress up! I hope someone took pictures. We then drove 16 hrs to Wheeling and rocked hard. GREAT people there at WJU. We attended a Service day at Seton Hill about an hour away saw some folks, cleaned a little and then rocked the Hogwarts style cafeteria to a stunned crowed eating Ribs and other assorted goodies. Fun was had by all especially Us.
Well that's it for now. Stay tuned for more BIG NEWS! in the Future and will write something too.
JT

News, Noise, and other stuff

2007-06-23T07:30:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks, it's JT. Well we are head on into summer. Officially summer has just started. My wife and I have just sold our house and moved to Orlando Fl, Jono is still in Australia and Brant is keeping his homefront at home in Rockledge.
We are still hard at work on the new album,, and are very excited about it's up coming release. Looks like it's going to be Oct keeping our fingers crossed. A lot has happend since this spring. We signed with a booking agent from New Jersey Degy Entertainment. We are excited to be working with the people over there in NJ. Lot's of exciting stuff coming up in the college scene as well as athe performing arts circut. We will be chill on the playing this summer, but working hard on the new show for the Fall. Think: Video and cool scenes that tell a great story about hope! Anywho that's it for now. We will be updating you as things progress. Be on the look out for the NEW Socical Justice Army website. www.socialjusticearmy.org It will be up soon and it looks great and we are excited about getting the army up and running for the good of our communities.
take care peeps and God Bless
JT

North East

2007-04-30T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks, it's JT. Here is an update on the happening's of the boys in the Fort. We started this tour on the 19th as we headed for Washington College in Maryland. What a cool place. The student's rocked. We headed from there to Holy Grounds in Allendale NJ. Our home away from Home in Jersey. We always dig that place. From there we headed to LeMoyne Univ in Syracuse NY. We played in the quad and Beautiful Dan and Average Joe closed the show for us. WE HAD A BLAST. Next day we drove to Keuka park NY for a Noon show at Keuka College and some service. We played the cafe and then cleaned up the ropes course. We headed to Geneva from there to play and afternoon Gig at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Awwwww the finger lakes HWS, Keuka , what a gorgeous place. HWS was a blast as we played to field full of well GRASS, but man did we ROCK! the PA was HUGE and the DAY was GORGEOUS! We loved Geneva so much we stayed for a few days before headed off to Utica NY and Mohawk Valley Cmty College. We played yet another cafe, but we love playing cafeteria's the folks at MVCC loved us and we them. Selma and Holly thanks for bringing us to your school.
We took Jono to the airport the following day and he headed home to Australia and Brant and I headed to NH for a few days of chill.
Lot's of stuff happening in our world. Stay tuned for more.
take care
JT

On it's way

2007-04-05T06:05:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. The boys and I (JT) are working hard in the studio right now. We had a great SJA event, went to Pittsburgh for an APCA conference, and met lots of students. Nod to our Wheeling Jesuit School Gang!. We hit the road in a few weeks headed up to NY,MD PA, CT Playing a ton of colleges up in the Northeast. Things are very exciting in the Fort as we get closer to finishing our upcoming CD. We are excited about someone as well. Mark (Ian) Fontaine with Fontaine Bleau Talent has taken over the managerial duties for the Band. Having Mark as part of FP will take us to the next level with bigger productions, more exposure and another person to hang with when he comes on the road with us. WELCOME Mark.
Stay tuned for more news as the weeks go on. We are still working on the Vod Cast it's gonna be great!
Ok folks go out and tell your friends about Fort Pastor, write us a note and say Hey, but most of all be safe and smile as much as you can

JT

SJA Event in Melbourne FL!

2007-02-24T16:55:00.000-08:00

The Melbourne FL chapter of the Social Justice Army will be volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity house on March 17th at 8am! We will be performing a concert the night before at Church at Viera at 7PM with the great Echo Echelon opening for us. Please come on out to the concert and even better, join us for a few hours of service in Melbourne for Habitat for Humanity.

The Army in action...that is what it is all about!!!!

Peace Yall

BCM

Time is near

2007-02-02T06:08:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone. It's JT and I am sitting at my computer looking at our upcoming schedule. I am Giddy! Yep I said Giddy. It's been a great holiday season. Jono is back from OZ and we are perparing for the new year. We are exicted. We are headed up north to New England then to Atlanta then up to Pittsburg and out to Tx and back to NY. Lexi- (the van) has some new shoes and is ready to rock the Freeway. We have some new tunes to share and most of all the SJA (Social Justice Army) is on it's path to Launch in Aug. See everyone on the road and GOD BLESS!

JT

Holidays and Stuff

2006-12-09T12:29:00.000-08:00

Howdy folks, It's J.T I hope all are having a wonderful holiday season. FP is home for a few weeks. Jono is back in OZ. Brant is slaving over a guitar store register. (helping out a friend. We don't call it work) I am at home trying to figure out how to make my wife a macaroni necklace that looks killer. The boys and I are excited about next year. Playing shows at all the schools in North America. (Ok a few schools in North America), but better yet the Social Justice Army. SJA is just a little fella right now, but hope are hi. We are feeding him a steady diet patience and persistence and are sure he is going to grow beyond measure. Stay with us over this break we will be posting here and working on getting some music up on our myspace, fortpastor live site. www.myspace.com/fortpastorlive. Now for holiday stuff. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and we wish for the best in all our lives and the lives of the people around the world. God Bless and Hoo Roo. (Aussie for see ya later) I think.
J.T

End of the Year...

2006-11-30T14:17:00.000-08:00

Well, its B-Rant chiming in as we just finished our last date for 06 at the World Beat Cafe in Melbourne, FL. After a crazy start to the night with confusion running amuck...we settled into the night and played 2 sets including a bunch of new songs from the next FP CD to be out in 07 sometime. Thank you to our loyal local fans that came out and dealt with "THE VELVET ROPE!" Which for those of you that were there, know that the rope was unexpected and unnecessary and handled by the Rope Nazi's.

A special thank you to my best friend, Olivia, who TOTALLY surprised me by showing up at the concert un-annouced thanks to the sneaky help of JT. I don't get a chance to see her all that much and with the hecticness of the night...I had called her to bitch about all that was going wrong. She was listening patiently as she always does and as I am ranting I notice a car that looks exactly like hers pulling into the parking lot. Low and behold, she had drove over 2 hours to see our last performance of the year. She totally got me, which for one that doesn't get "gotten" all that much, it was much appreciated. Oh I love her so:) Thanks ONP!

We are editing up the 100Gig+ of video we shot for the documentary and should have some sweet video for your review in the near future. 2006 turned out to be some of what we expected and much of what we did not. We accomplished things that we never intended to and fell short of things we thought we would easily overcome. Isn't that how God works? Dang it. So...we have set some goals for next year and fine-tuned the gameplan to make it happen. Now we can watch it unravel in slow motion right before our eyes:) All the plans in the world are great, but unless your heart is in the right place...failure ensues. We feel like we are more focused than ever with the Social Justice Army and the mission it holds. People are wanting to be become involved with the SJA and that is what its about for us. The music will take care of itself if we take care of what we are called to do.

SO...I hope everyone ate too much turkey and are in the throws of Christmas shopping. May you all have the best holiday ever and thank you for the blessings that you are to us.

We really do love you all.

Big Kisses (Except to the guys...the standard 2-pat handshake hug is appropriate)

B-Rant

Home Again

2006-11-22T14:05:00.000-08:00

It's J.T and I am posting for the 1st time in a while. Jono has been working on the site and I must say, I am Impressed. The Van Lexie Vegas served us well on this long trip to Tx and Back. WTAMU my alma mater Formerly WTSU was great. We met lots of Students and Skip and I talked over old times. The school has changed a lot, but is still very much the same. We even mangaed a WT football game. Fun was had by all. Our Trip to Dallas Rocked with some hotties in tow Kirby Jo and Allie we hit Dallas by storm. The APCA conference was a blast. Kirby Jo, Allie, Dirk, Fez, Brad and Skip all from WT were there and we rocked the showcase and then some. Those guys are great. Can't wait to head back up there. Now we are home and Thanksgiving is tomorrow. WOW time goes by fast. I am happy to be home with my beautiful wife and am looking forward to some time with her over the holidays. Thanks to all the people that heard us play this past month and for your support.
Life is Good,
Peace
J.T.

APCA Showcase Videos

2006-11-21T21:55:00.001-08:00

Want to watch our entire showcase at the APCA Conference??? Catch us in these two vids:

Special thanks to Brad Evans for operating the camera, Lin Clegg for being the sound guru, and finally Eric Bowen for his "Luliciously" tasty M.C.ing!

'Pickles and Cheese' - the Texas Trip Report

2006-11-21T21:43:00.000-08:00

After driving in 'Lexie-Vegas' (we've actually named of our van) all day and all night, we've finally made it safe'n'sound back in Florida. The Texas trip was a beauty. Chock full of laughs, craziness, and even fuller with good folks!

First stop on our Texas trip was West Texas A & M University in Canyon, where we slipped easily into our role as musicians and food critics.... After playing 'What I Am' live on the university radio, we performed a concert for the 'Defend the Fort - with Fort Pastor' and then judged the 'Feel the Thunder' chili cook-off. A "ludicrously tasty" evening!

We trekked up to Dalhart to say a big howdy to J.T's folks and spend a few days eating some seriously good home cooking. We managed to put down the cutlery and pick up our instruments for a performance at the '1st Baptist Church', and got to walk down memory lane with J.T. as he took us all around the little ol' town he grew up in.

The final part of our trip was the APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Conference in Dallas. This is basically where a whole bunch of representatives from colleges (about 53 different schools) in the area come together to scout out what entertainment they will book for their school for the year. They watch a couple of days of showcases, in which musicians, poets, comedians, magicians etc. all get 15mins to show off their skills and try to impress the college kids. Following each showcase is an opportunity for folks to wander the exhibition hall, in which performers and agencies run booths displaying info on their acts. Well, in true Fort Pastor style we didn't really follow the mould.... The idea is to make an impression, so we set out for a crazy 15 minute showcase in which we started out actually trying to perform badly (!) and for the exhibition hall we dressed up in tuxedos and served free pickles and cheese at our booth!!! Basically just for laughs and for people to remember us... I mean honestly, who wouldn't remember 3 guys in waiters outfits offering some random appetizers???

If you've seen one of our live shows, you probably heard Brant tell some stories about the amazing sleeping vocalizations of our beloved guitarist J.T. Well, we purchased a voice activated recorder on this trip, and after hiding it in J.T.'s room managed to get some sweet recordings for our 'Sleep Talking With J.T.' segment of our upcoming 'Road-umentary' video series. It's absolutely Hilarious!!!!

So 3 weeks and over 3500 miles later, we are happy to report that Texas showed us a fantastic time. A big thankyou to everyone who supported us out there. Especially Skip and the crew from West Texas A & M University , Mr Bill Keel and Miss Edna, Jay and Kyle at the 1st Baptist Church, and all our mates at the APCA conference.
- jono.

The All NEW FORTPASTOR.COM!

2006-11-16T21:57:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the brand new fortpastor.com! Jono has been hard at work designing the new site and we are stoked that you can see his hard work. We are writing you from our hotel room in Dallas TX at the APCA Conference where we will showcase for over 50 schools on Saturday.

Things are going GREAT for the band we are so excited about the progress we are making with the Social Justice Army. You would swear we were 13 year old girls talking about the boys they think are cute by the way we talk about the Army and where it is going. We have several chapters beginning to form in FL, GA, TX and NH! We have set a goal for next year for 2000 total members. It will be challenging but we feel it is achievable with hard work.

Finally, we are almost finished writing for our next CD which won't be available til July 2007. The new songs are keeping us passionate about the mission for this band and we can't wait to share some of them with you all. The new CD will be much more of the 'Live' sound that so many of you have asked for. Lots of Didge, percussion and the FP sound you have come to know and love.

Please keep us in prayer as we have BIG plans for 2007 and it will take a team effort to reach our goals.

Peace & Courage!
Your boys in the Fort