Hello dudes and dudettes, sorry for no updates the last couple of days.  I was out of town for the holidays while my co-web was out enjoying the New Year. Anyway, we’ll be replying to all emails being sent in as soon as possible. In the mean time, the 100monkeys myspace has been updated with a nice message for the new year and several new haikus by Jackson.

Happy New Year! (and Q&A)

Happy New Year! We’ve received many questions regarding touring and the album we’re working on.Hope to answer some questions…100 Monkeys is about to put out our debut IMPROV album, Monster Deluxe.Song tracks will include improvised music only, many of which are available on this myspace page, plus several songs NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD. (except for monkeys)Currently, 100 Monkeys are in the studio recording a new album.That’s right. 2009 will see TWO albums from 100 Monkeys. One is all improv, one take, and the other will be an album of songs we’ve written and remember enough to play live. Some time.We hope to post our albums on iTunes and make them available to the world!Expect our improv debut “Monster Deluxe” sometime this January. The album will feature never-before-seen, original J. Action artwork and be available to purchase on iTunes as well as ordered from a yet to be discovered source. (We’re working on our website. Stay tuned!)As per touring… we will post new shows as soon as we know and will try to relay info such as age-range and where to buy tickets as soon as we know ourselves. 100 Monkeys won’t be able to tour until this summer, but will be playing shows in Detroit and Los Angeles, and possibly Vancouver and Philadelphia before summer.Once again, we will post any new shows as soon as we know.Stay tuned for future blogs, getting you the official 100 Monkeys “Band Bio” and the official 100 Monkeys “Ideology: Origins of the Band Name”.Once again, thanks for listening! Honestly, your support means everything! Happy New Years! much love from the 100 Monkeys (J. Rathbone, B. Graupner, and B. Johnson)

And the haiku’s. Click on the link for the rest.

Haiku Do You Do Too

“Bedtime”
Caught in the middle
A thought lost without caution
One more cigarette

Click here for the rest.

Thanks to Jessica for the tip, the 100monkeys updated their blog today talking about what songs might be included on their album and lyrics to Robot Timberwolves and Small Lean.

Happy Holidays everyone! Thanks so much for listening and supporting 100 Monkeys.
Here’s a list of songs that might be on the upcoming album:

Smoke
Wasteland
Orson Brawl
Wing’s On Fire
Long Distance Phone Call
Poison Oak

We’re really excited to get into the studio in the new year.
Here are some lyrics too…

Finally,thanks to beenieee via our livejournal community, we’ve added some scans of Jackson from the January issue of Film Fantasy.

GALLERY LINK:
- Film Fantasy (January 2009)

Just a little pre-wish, hope everyone has a great New Years! Updates will resume on the weekend. Stay safe everyone!

Not recent, but Spooky Dan of Bloody-Disgusting.Com had the chance to visit the set of Dread and interview Jackson! In this video, Jackson mentions a bit of Twilight, Dread and his love for the Romero films… and wanting to become a zombie killer turned into a zombie.

I’ve also capped this and added captures to the gallery. Along with that, a pretty clear and much nicer view of the Dread poster (half of it anyway) has been added as well.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Interview with SpookyDan on the set of Dread
- Dread Artwork & Posters (x1)

Finally, thanks to PJ for donating a couple of drawings of Jackson to the site! You can check them out at the following link in the Fan Archive!

FAN ARCHIVE LINK:
- Fanart By PJ

Thanks to the fabulous Mandolinaes for donating a new photoshoot of Jackson to the site. These shots are incredibly gorgeous, so make sure you check them out!

GALLERY LINK:
- Photoshoot Session #7

Finally, the talented  Nami has donated her fanart to the site! Be sure to check them out!

FAN ARCHIVE LINK:
- Fanart By Nami

Also, the list of donators for the Birthday/New Years Project has been updated. If you don’t see your name on this list, please let us know so we can update it. Don’t forget to tell us which charity you donated to!

We’d like to wish all of our visitors a happy holiday and a huge thanks for your support towards Jackson Rathbone Online! Now for a site update. Pretty small, but thanks to Allison for submitting in her drawing of Jackson (And Ashley)!

FAN ARCHIVE LINK:
- Fanart By Allison

And here’s an article on Jackson that was released a few days ago. Click read the full article for the whole thing. It’ll be archived in the Press Archive soon.

IT’S hard to believe, but Robert Pattinson isn’t the only dreamboat in Twilight.

What makes this fast-rising 24-year-old actor even more of a dream is that he was born in Singapore and lived in Jakarta as a child.

So close, yet so far - especially since he’s based in Los Angeles now, but calls Midland, Texas, home.

Read full article.

Looks like it’s time to wish Andy Dick Jackson a happy 24th birthday! I’ve set up a Birthday Book in which you can leave your birthday wishes for Jackson.

Sign the birthday book!

Huge thanks to those that submitted a video message, I’ve managed to place them all together into one video which you can view below!

VampRadio Online will also have a special birthday show for Jackson. For more information on this, check it out here.

Thanks to the amazing Tathy, we have a new look here at Jackson Rathbone Online! I hope y’all enjoy it as much as Linds and I do. If you run into any problems (there should be some since I’m not done fixing everything just yet), let me know!

Here’s footage from the December 16th gig for the 100monkeys. Thanks to brockengespenst via Ontd_Twatlight for her pictures as well. We also have new pictures from the December 9th gig courtesy of VampRadio Online. They will be posting videos on their site, so check out their site when you can!

GALLERY LINKS:
- December 16, 2008 - 24k Lounge Show
- December 9, 2008 - 24K Lounge Show
- Australian Magazine TV Week (December 2008)
- Photoshoot Session #5 (x9, thanks to Lion & Lamb!)

Also, here’s some pretty exciting news for all of you Nor-Cal Jackson fans!

Salute to Twilight - MORE NEW GUESTS!

Today we are thrilled to welcome three additional guests (joining already announced KELLAN LUTZ -Emmet Cullen and ASHLEY GREENE-Alice Cullen)……

TAYLOR LAUTNER (Jacob Black),  PETER FACINELLI (Dr. Carlisle Cullen) and JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale)!!!!!

Also announced….

SATURDAY NIGHT MUSICAL CONCERT:

JACKSON RATHBONE and his band 100MONKEYS. Look out! This very special musical evening will take place at the convention hotel and you are invited! The concert is FREE to all Gold Weekend Patrons! Tickets available online!

www.twilightconvention.com

Linds and I will definitely be attending this. If anyone else will, let us know, we’d love to meet new Jackson fans.

The nation’s No. 1 motion picture will come to life in Dallas next summer, as five stars of the film “Twilight” have now confirmed their attendance at the US’s largest fan convention dedicated to the Stephenie Meyer’s series of books by the same name. Peter Facinelli - starring as Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the fall blockbuster; and Jackson Rathbone - who portrays Jasper Hale - will join Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) and Mike Welch (Mike Newton) at TwiCon ‘09 — which will be held July 30 - Aug. 2, 2009 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel and Convention Center.

Source.

Also, please don’t forget about the Birthday Project for Jackson! He is aware of this project (and even signed a little something we’ll be auctioning off in January), specifically the charity portion of it. If you donated to either of the charities and have yet to tell us, please let us know ASAP! You can do so by using the contact form and stating which charity you donated to. We haven’t updated the donators list yet, but we’ll be doing it soon.

And if you plan on submitting a video message, you have up until the 19th to do! We’ll be putting all videos together into one. The Birthday Book we’ll be going up either today or tomorrow. And speaking of today, the 100monkeys have another show tonight. Information is below.

12-16-2008 22:00 at 24k Bar
100 Monkeys, Wake Up Lucid, Sandmantheguitarman, and Uncle Larry, of course.

MUSE, the musical artist that we all know and love (from what may be the best baseball scene ever!) is putting on a contest! They’ve built a widget and they want you to put it on your facebook, myspace, blog website, etc so that you can share MUSE and Twilight with the world! One lucky winner will get a MUSE prize pack that includes a rare sticker sheet, a bunch of posters, a copy of their latest CD - Black Holes and Revelations, and a Collectors Edition Muse/Twilight poster! How cool is that?! Here’s how to enter:

1. Click “get & share” on the bar underneath the widget. Select the place where you want to put it, like Myspace, etc. (If you want to put it on your Facebook, go here: http://apps.facebook.com/musetwilight)

2. Place the widget on your page and make sure that it plays and works.

3. Take a screenshot of the widget on your page. Don’t know how? Instructions for PC (http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Microsoft-Windows) and Mac (http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Mac-OS-X)

4. Email your screenshot to musetwilight@gmail.com along with your first and last name, the Twilight site you found this contest on and your mailing address.

The contest ends on Friday, December 19th, so get started now!  We’ll be checking the winners page too, so make sure the widget is there for at least a week.

It’s that easy! Then you’re in the running for a MUSE Twilight prize pack just in time for the Holidays.

Click read more to get/view the widget!

Read full article.

Here’s some footage from the December 9th show! You can find more videos from the December 9th show at the following youtube channels: CinnCrazy and rachelkrumm . If you attended this show, let us know! We’re looking for pictures along with what people thought about the show. Drop an email off at jackson.rathbone.com@gmail.com or use the contact form to contact us.

Thanks once more to Twilight 6, we now have images from the show up in the gallery! Notice Jackson’s bow tie!

GALLERY LINKS:
- December 9, 2008 - 24K Lounge Show