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  • Jan. 9, 2009 at 9:18pm

    Hey Guys.

    Sitting here listening to Land of Talk's "It's Okay" on repeat.  Not sure why, just been feeling safe in this song for the last few days.  Her voice is calming.

    There's a great article about HEAVY AND LIGHT in today's Orlando's Sentinel. Check it out HERE.

    We drove over to House of Blues today to get a feel for the room.  We've been there a hundred times but there's something different when you know they're about to hand you the keys, when it's yours for a night.  The room was completely empty and Chad was trying to figure out where the shirts will go and Rich was working on internet stuff and i was wandering around talking to myself and thinking about Sunday - up in the balcony thinking about family and friends and down on the floor wondering who will be standing there and where they will come from and how they'll be feeling.  It's an amazing room but it's empty until you fill it with stories.  People make a place.

    The airplanes start arriving tomorrow so there's been lots of last-minute calls and texts and ideas.  Like last year, there will be some great surprises, some bright moments.  i'm still blown away that all of these guys are playing our show.  i would be excited if any one of them were playing and instead it's something like an all-star team.  More than half the names are known but we like the introductions as well.  You found us because our friends shared their stages so now we do the same.  There is a rookie by the name of Zach Williams who we think people need to meet.  He sings his stories with an urgency, something like a screaming.  Maybe we like him because we believe that there are things in life worth screaming about.  Maybe we find something true there, some sort of freedom.     

    Heavy and Light is about winning and losing together.  It's the idea that we were meant to live that way -  we were meant to share things, to walk together.  It's the idea of being honest about pain and hope.

    Also, we think music is pretty great so there will be a lot of music.  Music reminds us that we're alive, that it's okay to feel and care and ask and move, that maybe it's okay to be honest.

    We hope to see you Sunday when the lights go down at six. There are still tickets available. Come with a friend or simply bring your story.  Your story is important.

    Peace to you.
    jamie
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    Posted in General, Music by jamie tworkowski

Comments (4)

Our hearts are heavy and light.
Thank you Jamie. I wish i could be in Orlando, Florida.
But i live in L.A.
Please come for warped tour.
I'm going to listen to It's Okay.
Love you.
And everyone else on this site, we have hope.

1 | Left by Taryn | Jan. 9, 2009 at 9:53pm


:] i really wish i could go,

i hope you reach to so many lives, i know you will, for sure. its a great line up. aaron and jon are my favorites. i have a fun, safe, time guys

thanks for all the things your doing guys!

with love,

alex

2 | Left by alex | Jan. 10, 2009 at 11:39am


Heavy and Light
sounds amazing.
I wish I could be there
to listen and to love
and to share.
I've been praying that
heavy and light
will touch and
change lives.
Thank you for everything you do.

3 | Left by Erin Hotchkiss | Jan. 11, 2009 at 3:40pm


Words cannot express what this movement is doing, and I believe this is just the beginning. Personally, I have been through a lot of strife and heart ache. Alcohol, drugs, addiction, depression. I've hit rock bottom, later to realize I was 6 feet under.But as long as hope prevails, not all is lost. The darkness cannot prevent the light, the flickering of a sole matchstick in the darkest cave. I have hope in my healing heart,a faint smile on this face that has overflown with tears, I cry until I laugh. TWLOHA has been a haven for me as it has been for many people. We are coming together to say we are not alone, we can make it through together.
We were loved even before we knew we needed to be loved.

4 | Left by Priscilla | Jan. 15, 2009 at 6:45pm

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