Drinkz in da Houze!

Hey girlz!  A night out for soul savin’ is always a tonne of fun, to be sure.  This year, the boyz have decided to make it even easier for you to cleanse your soul… with wine.

We’ve heard plenty of confessions saying you can’t get enough of the communion wine, so the boyz are letting you bring your Blood of Christ into the houze during their raise the praise tour in Vancouver.

Oh sure, many people are also bringing beer and cocktails in from the Revue Stage Bar, but don’t tell the boyz.  Especially Luke.  Dear lord, don’t you dare tell Luke.  He really needs to drive the boyz home after the show.

Confession Sessionz: Mining, Mormons and a Stuffed Bra

Before the show, our fanz submit their deepest, darkest (and often dirtiest) secrets in our Confessional in the lobby.

Post show, the boyz spend their time reviewing said confessionz to identify any souls that are likely to find themselves weighed down with sin somewhere between their seat in the Revue stage and their car in the parking lot.

Here’s the latest round!  Real people.  Real confessionz.

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The Final Confession Session

Happy Sunday.  Here’s the boyz final confession session here on the Altar Blog.  They’d like to thank everyone for their amazing confessions over the tour and Granville Island run.

Confession Sessionz!

Confession 1: Chelsea Harris

Kind of Sin: They come in kinds?!

You know that Duggar family?  The one with 18 children and their own TLC show?  Well, for my friends surprise birthday party I made a game about their tendency to pop out babies.  It was called “Pin the Contraceptive on the Duggar.”

Is she sorry? No.

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Confession 2: Shannon

Kind of Sin: Not specified.  We think venial, though.

I pooped myself earlier today… I had to walk around with no panties on because I stunk so bad.  Please don’t tell anyone.

Is she sorry? Also unspecified.

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Confession 3: Matthew, leader of the Altar Boyz

Kind of Sin: Venial

I read a confession about some lady pooping herself, and she asked us not to tell anyone… but I posted it on the Altar Blog.  I just wanted to help cleanse the poop on her soul.

Is he sorry? Sure.

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Confession 4: Samantha

Kind of Sin: Mortal

I took straws, stir sticks, and tooth picks from various stands in the Granville Island Market to make a brussel sprout bouquet for my friend after her showcase.  She likes brussel sprouts.

Is she sorry? No…

20 morez reasonz the boyz lovez BC.

More shenanigans, good times and heart warming moments from the Altar Boyz’ BC stay!

100 great moments to help count us down to 100 shows.  Or is it counting up?  Meh, who needs math when you’ve got the New Testament?!

zitsprobe480.  Sitzprobe in the lobby of the Stanley Theatre.

79. Breaking the “no dressing room warm-ups” rule.

78. Pre-Show harmony warm-up

77. Louis’ diners on tour.

Our stage manager managed to find some pretty greasy greasy spoons along the highways of BC.  One had more taxidermy than the boys thought was even legal.

76.  The fanz in Surrey.

75. Matthew constantly saying “Can I take a picture of that for the blog?!”

74.  Sara Jeanne’s “spare dance.”

Our choreographer is a heck of a bowler who has a knack for getting spares.  Everytime it happens, she does a little dance to celebrate… look for the move in “God Put The Rhythm in Me.”

73. Rachel “Spicey” Bland’s daily reminder that “places” means “places.”  What can we say?  The boyz kinda take their time getting ready.

72. The look on Sasha Niechoda’s face the first time the boyz all sang together.  Magic.

71. Juan playin’ it up for the camera when the boyz shot their “behind the scenes” video at http://www.artsclub.com.

70. Photo shoots with David Cooper.

69. Freak snow storms hitting BC AFTER the boyz finished their tour!

68. Finding the only nightclub in Nelson, BC.

67. Reminding guitarist David Sinclair that this “ain’t no Sarah McLachlin concert.”

66. Buff Allen’s smiling face buried in his iPhone.

65. Jim Hodgkinson rockin’ out at the top of the show.

66. The Arts Club’s functioning air conditioner during the heatwave.

The Arts Club’s air conditioner (when broken) made numbers 1 – 100 on the boyz’ list of things they could do without.

65. The fire department’s quick and surprisingly silent response to fire alarms.

64. A wonderful and sweet Nun who came to see the show and laughed at all the jokez.

63. The very first quick change rehearsal.

The boyz were practicing a very speedy costume change during their rehearsals at the Carousel Theatre building.  The blinds weren’t down and a couple of ladies got an eye full of Luke very scantily clad.  They nearly walked into a wall.  Laughter ensued.

62. Arts Club Marketing department cookie parties.-1

61. Taking off sweaty costumes at the end of a great show.

Tomorrow we’ll take you from 60 to 41!

The boyz reach their 100th show on Monday, August 17th!

Stupid Questions with Matthew

MatthewThe Arts Club’s fancy new blog is lookin’ pretty hot these days, especially with their latest post!

Matthew is the subject of a series called “Stupid Questions” which allows the blog readers to take a fun trip into the twisted minds of some of the people working on the Arts Club stages.  Here’s a little excerpt:

SQ: In “Girl, you make me want to wait” you mention mastering your fate. Are there any ways that you can recommend to help young people master their fate, especially if they don’t want their mom to know they are mastering their fate, like, 10 times a day?

M: Great question.  Let me begin by saying the Lord is always watching when you master fate.  Every time.  Just know he loves the spectacle. Now Momma might get all up in your grill by how often and thoroughly you kids are fate mastering these days, but simply remind her that Jesus also mastered fate.  If she’s still frontin’ on you, just do it in the washroom.

Read the entire post here!

Jesus ditches his beeper.

<You're probably wondering why Jesus was ringing up Mark via a beeper in the boyz' hit song "The Calling."

"Jesus paged me on my beeper. A call from heaven up above."

Well, JC came to the boyz during a recent prayer session after a show for a chat. Stage management thinks they were just hallucinating (the air conditioner wasn't working during a show last week…), but the boyz insist it was legit.

He said he preferred to get in touch with the masses via Twitter, the micro-blogging site that's all the rage.

Here are the new lyrics the boyz will be testing out as early as tonight:

"Jesus tweeted on my Twitter. A message texted from above."

We'll let you know how it works out!

Keeping Cool

The boyz love their fanz… but today we’re specifically talking about the fanz that circulate the air in their dressing room.  Last night’s soul saving concert left the boyz about as sweaty as they’ve ever been, leaving many wondering just how hot it is up on the stage.

“Muy caliente.  Muy muy muy muy caliente.”  Juan just kept repeating that over and over again last night as the boyz climbed into their tour van and hit the road.  This does bring us to the point on this very post… a confession.

Matthew has been living in an apartment downtown since “Raise the Praise” hit Vancouver, and he loves it.  Great view of the Granville Street bridge, False Creek, even the Arts Club Granville Island Stage.  But it gets pretty darn hot inside the house.  The heat has led Matthew to sin…

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Time to Rock the Confessional!

It’s Monday, the start of the work wee when everyone heads back to the office, including the boyz who have a show tonight at 8:00.  We’ve got a cure for your Monday blues with a Confession Session!

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Confession #1: Ellen

Kind of Sin: Venial

Confession: I love Larry and Louie.

Ellen does not specify whether she is sorry.  That’s OK, cuz we’re pretty sure loving thy neighbour isn’t a sin, but we don’t know all the details of Ellen’s situation, dawg.

After the jump we have two more venial confessions… but this click is not for the faint of heart. Continue reading

Jesus is our homeboy

You may have seen this sweet image before on t-shirts or stickers.  The boyz absolutely love it!  Matthew once had this very shirt until it was stolen (most likely by an Episcopalian).

Not only is this a pretty dope tee, the story of how it came to be created and eventually worn by celebrities and Altar Boyz alike is pretty touching.

You can pick one up here after you read the story.

Today is Saturday, which means two shows for the boyz!  Grab some tickets and wear your “Jesus is my Homeboy” t-shirt.