02/26/02 - THE GUEST OUT NOW. I got the bonus disc.
02/25/02 - The Guest out tomorrow. PP interview at sonictreats.com, click here. Rerun of David Letterman with PP that aired last month will be airing again on 03/08. Check your local listings. PP featured on latest online episode of SP Radio One, go here for an online webcast version. 5 new show dates added to the shows section. 4 of them are supporting Guided By Voices. Source: PPF. "There is a record listening party for The Guest in Dallas on Thursday at clubclearview from 8:30-9:30pm. Free chipotle burritos and you can win an autographed Phantom Planet poster and prizes from Heely. I'm so there!" - Fishboy, PPF.
02/24/02 - 2 days left. Thanks to Genevieve for posting on the PPF boards that Billboard magazine reviewed The Guest. I do not know what issue but read her post. Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy posted that the 03/01/02 issue of Entertainment Weekly reviewed The Guest and gave it an A- (sorry, I don't know MBBB's name!); Christy posted that CDNow.com reviewed it here; Kat posted that Orange County Register reviewed it but the URL isn't working right now so you can read it in her post here. Or you can go to the album reviews section of this site where I have all of the reviews that have been posted in these recent updates typed up there. Thanks to zumby of the PPF boards - PP is the featured artist at Auralgasms.com. Click here to view the PP feature there.
02/23/02 - 3 days left until The Guest will be found at your local record stores. I hope I get the bonus disc. That's what I really want. Can't wait! Again, I am late with a few PP news. The Boston show with Remy Zero @ the Paradise Rock Club is cancelled. The only shows PP will be playing with them is the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. show. Source: Suzanne, PPF mailing list. Phantom Planet is in this week's OC Weekly...Orange County. Pick up a copy. There's a Jason interview from last December here. Myinky has a review of The Guest and Boston.com has one here. Harleene #0512 has a zine called "I Might Be Wrong" that features PP if you're going to go to any of the upcoming in-store SoCal performances next week. Source: Jason, Holly #0239, PPF. Please sign Jacques' birthday card (under misc.)
02/20/02 - There is a MTV2 feature on Phantom Planet as their Handpicked Artist of the Week here. Source: Suzanne, PPF mailing list. Two Guest reviews: one at RollingStone.com, here; the other here as the "Album of the Day" at CMJ.com. The Rolling Stone review will be featured in the March 14, 2001 issue (with Linkin Park on the cover). Source: Anne, Sam from the PPF boards. The AP article (March 2002 issue) is typed up and is now up in the press section. Also, I scanned the Jason photos from Premiere magazine (Feb. 2002 issue) and that is up in the press section. Pictures from PP's radio performance on 02/06 in Sacramento, CA is up here. Source: Jen #0609, PPF.
02/19/02 - The Sabrina, the Teenage Witch rerun with Phantom Planet was not aired yesterday (sorry!) but it will be airing next week on Monday, Feb. 25th on the WB at 3pm and 5pm PST. Check your local listings just in case. Today, it is exactly a week until The Guest will be on the shelves of your local record store! There is a review of The Guest on SlantMagazine.com and "California" has been added to the KTCL Adventure University station in Denver here. Alex has a quote on Mandy Moore on Katrillion.com - here. Source: PPF. There is now a link to sign Jacques' birthday card under the other/misc. section. I updated the "Screen" list up above. The movie Donnie Darko, with Alex in it, is set for a DVD/VHS release on March 19, 2002. If you have a diary on DiaryLand, a Phantom Planet Diaryring has recently been made. You will need to log in. Source: Catherine.
02/16/02 - So far I have 6 people signed for the birthday card: Elise H. #580, Amber H. #0046, Vanessa H., Jon W., Genevieve C., and Shayna P. #305. The link to sign is in the previous update, last link. Thanks!! The Remy Zero tour with Phantom Planet (originally scheduled for March 18-26) has been postponed. If you bought tickets, try to get a refund at the venue the show was going to be at or "honoring the current tickets when these dates get rescheduled." Source: Suzanne, PPF mailing list. If you are going to the upcoming Glass House or Roxy shows, Jen (#0359) will be carrying her zine "As the Smoke Reaches the Sky"; it contains a feature on PP. Source: PPF.
02/13/02 - Thanks to Genevieve who posted on the PPF boards that Jason is in the 02/11/02 issue of US Weekly. He is part of the "Generation Next" article. Phantom Planet recorded an acoustic session for KMTT radio in Seattle just recently and it will be airing on 02/26 @ 3:15 PST. Source: PPF. This year I am bringing back the virtual signing of birthday cards for the PP members. I did one for Jacques a year or two ago, if you visited here back then. This year, I'm doing all 5 PP's birthdays and Suzanne's if anyone knows when her birthday is...Jacques is up first because his is on the 14th of March. Click here to sign!
02/11/02 - Thanks to Jami who posted this bit of TV rerun news on the PPF message boards!: The repeat of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch will be airing on Monday, February 18 on the WB at 2pm EST. And Phantom Planet will be playing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on March 12. Conan airs at 1:35am.
02/09/02 - Most of this is late news...I've been busy with things. Hm...Jason has an interview at with N-Zone Magazine here. There's a review of The Guest here. There's a small review of The Guest by Erik Himmelsbach of BLENDER here. I typed it up with Notepad but it'll be under the album reviews section soon. Phantom Planet is featured in the February 28, 2002 issue of Rolling Stone and the March 2002 issue of AP. Source: PPF. Articles coming soon.
02/06/02 - Two new show dates are added. One is TODAY in Sacramento, CA at the Zone Warehouse. It's at 5pm and it's FREE, click here for more info. The other show is TOMORROW (Thursday, 02/07) in San Francisco, CA at the Popscene at around 10pm; it's an 18+ show. The Popscene is on 330 Ritch Street (off Townsend between 3rd and 4th). This week's Entertainment Weekly has a full page article with a photo of Jason and states that Rushmore is #10/20 of the most romantic modern movies. Source: PPF, Popscene.
02/05/02 - Jason WAS NOT on Last Call with Carson Daly this morning (1:35am)...Some of you who watched probably know that by now...Sorry if my update made you stay up for it!!! INSTEAD, Jason will be on TODAY (which would really be tomorrow morning). Check your local listings.
02/04/02 - Jason will be on Loveline with Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew TODAY. He'll be on during the first hour and then Alex and Sam will be joining him in the second hour. Jason will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and then Last Call with Carson Daly tomorrow morning starting at 12:37am. Check your local listings. Wanna call in during Loveline? Call 1.800.LOVE.191 or fax 1.310.854.4455 or e-mail loveline@earthlink.net. Loveline airs @ 10pm-12am PST (live out of L.A.). If your radio station doesn't carry Loveline, then you can listen online at ADAMandDrew.com/stat.htm or fanguide.com/loveline. Source: Suzanne, PPF mailing list. Thanks to Shayna for posting on the PPF boards this Jason interview here. There's a couple of sound clips of the interview scattered throughout it.
02/02/02 - 2 new show dates are added. One on Tuesday, 02/26 in L.A., CA @ USC @ 12pm (FREE SHOW!). The other is on Wednesday, 03/06 in Berkeley, CA @ UC Berkeley @ 12pm (FREE SHOW!) in the Lower Sproul Plaza. Source: PPF. The rest of the "Tour Diaries" photos are now up in the photo gallery on PPF. Check those out. Phantom Planet is going to be featured in the Salon Haircare Book and CD that should be in finer hair salons in February. It has pictures/articles of different artists/bands/musicians talking about hair and stuff. The pictures of Phantom Planet that are in this book was from the photo shoot they did last summer @ the Chateau Marmon in Hollywood with David Racuglia. Alex, Jason, and Suzanne wrote the article for the book. Source: Band in the USA #12 (fanclub fanzine). All members of PP (except for Jason) have put Grand Theft Auto 3 as one of their top 3 video games on the tour! Nice. Me and my brother went to go see Slackers yesterday and we left about 30-40 minutes into the movie because it was SO BAD. It was not funny at all, and (as I posted in the PPF message boards) it was endless, pointless, paced-out and unfunnily simplistic. I absolutely hated it. One of the worst movies ever. What was Jason doing?? I do not recommend it. But we did get a refund for our tickets (in the form of another movie ticket) and my brother chose Orange County. I didn't mind seeing it so I watched it, too and it was a good movie. Funny. We stayed for "California" during the credits. Phantom Planet was great on Letterman on the 31st. Oh, you can now hold The Guest on CDNow.com but it says that it will be shipping ON 02/26 so maybe you're better off buying at your local record store. I called Wherehouse Music this morning and they seem to be getting shipments of The Guest and will have it available on the 26th. At least in the bay area.