Ezt a jótékonysági eseményt a City of Hope rendezte, amely egy szervezet, mely a rákkutatással foglalkozik. A hoki meccsen Chuck mellett még sok más híressség is játszott, mint például színészek Cuba Goodings Jr., David Boreanaz (Bones, Angel), Shauna Sipose vagy Michael Vartan (Never Been Kissed - Bambanő), hoki játékosok; Luc Robitaille, Jeremy Roenick és még sokan mások.

A két csapat neve a mezük színéből adódott, azaz fekete és fehér. Chuck a fekete csapat játékosa volt, méghozza a 30-as, s a neve COMEAU a mezére is rá volt írva. Chuck csapattársa volt Cuba Gooding Jr. (akit a legjobb játékosnak hirdettek ki később) és Michael Vartan.

A meccs kétszer huszonöt percből állt és a feketék, azaz Chuck csapatának győzelmével zárult 7:5-ös eredménnyel. Cuba Gooding Jr. lőtt három gólt, de a mi Chuchunkra sem lehetett panasz, mert ő is szerzett egy gólt a 7-ből.

Simple Plan’s Sebastien Lefebvre Gives Back To Youths

You have to like the way Sebastien Lefebvre multi-tasks; when not playing guitar for megalith Canadian band Simple Plan, Lefebvre can be either found releasing his first solo EP “You Are Here/Vous Etes Ici”, taping for his podcast “Man of the Hour” or quite possibly in a local school talking about self-esteem and bullying for the No Health Without Mental Health Symposium.

It comes as no surprise that Sebastien has used his fame and celebrity to influence youths towards positive perspectives as his mother is a child psychologist and social worker. Simple Plan are also highly involved in the Simple Plan Foundation which has given $170,000 back to charitable organizations, built two schools in the Congo and innumerable other charities. The fans of Simple Plan are also contributors to the cause, doing fundraising campaigns for a band and causes they believe in.

“I like to help out where I can,” says Lefebvre in English that is slightly laced with the sweetness of his francophone accent, “We also like to promote music as a way to work through your problems with the Simple Plan foundation. Nothing but positive has come from this. We try to be socially conscious and think about how our foundation can help in Canada and in the world.”

Speaking of being international, Simple Plan isn’t just a Canadian band, they have fans all over the world and the last time we interviewed the band we received a lot of positive response from the Brazilian fans. “Brazil is one of those places where our fans are intense and very verbal about their love for us. It’s great,” says Lefebvre.

Whether it be Brazilian, Canadian or any other fans around the world, they should be excited about the prospect of Lefebvre’s new EP as he describes the collection as a place where the more introspective songs of Simple Plan ends up. “Sometimes you see a song grow into a big rock song and they usually end up on the Simple Plan records and sometimes you write a song and it goes in a completely different collection. After a little while I had a lot of those songs, and so I decided to re-record them and put them out just for fun.” Picked up by the Simple Plan record label, Warner has given its full support to Lefebvre’s solo project which is compiled of decadent poetic songs from the heart. Sung in both English and French the album might attract a strong lovelorn audience of fans who can slip this onto their iPod and walk around in a bubble of uplifting musings. A sample of the EP can be found on Sebastien Lefebvre’s Myspace.

In fact, Lefebvre has used the internet to really connect with his fans “I like to be very present online, that is where you really get to meet the fans, keep them informed with news and the medium has really helped to spread the word for my projects and many emerging artists so quickly. When you meet fans at concerts now you already have built a connection with them and it is cool to meet someone face to face that you know from online.” Lefebvre has also taken to podcasting as an alternate medium from songs to discuss his thoughts. Called “Man Of The Hour”, the podcast is a joint effort with videographer Patrick Langlois, and is in its sixth season. They haven’t done a podcast for a couple of months now but Lefebvre is committed to doing a new episode over the holidays.

Seeing the connection that Simple Plan has with its community of fans, and the commitment to giving back, showcases the true talents of this artist and his band. Lefebvre reflects, “It is paramount that parents have good connections with their kids. We will hear about kids who have shown their parents lyrics to our songs like ‘Perfect’ and ‘Welcome to my Life’ and it has helped them open up a dialogue. You think that teenagers don’t want to be friends of their parents, but they do and anyway that can be cultivated is beneficial to everyone.”

He says that “youths nowadays are a lot more creative then when I was growing up, a lot of youths are getting involved creatively, whether they are building websites, creating bands, or photography or artwork, they are really using those outlets now.”

It is easy to see that Sebastien Lefebvre is a fan himself; of music, of community, of creativity, of conversation and of his own fans.

A gift for X-Mas

Have you noticed that in Futurama, they actually pronounce the “x” and call it “X”-Mas?
Anyhoo, i did this cover live a couple weeks ago to spice up the show and i decided to do a proper recording of this song. It’s quite different than the way i did it live…

I picked this song first because i thought it was a fun song coming from a band like Weezer. Then listening to the lyrics, i noticed that it’s a really really sad song, it’s almost like a confession. That being said, i got on the piano and wanted to make a sad version of it, instead of a party version.

This video shows you how a go about recording songs… And what happens on a day in the Man of the Hour Studio.

Enjoy and Happy X-Mas everyone!!!

/ Seb

Season greetings!

December is finally here, and the holidays are almost upon us!

We hope you guys have been enjoying the last few months of ‘09.

If you’ve been following the band’s twitter streams at @simpleplan, @pierrebouvier,@officialSPChuck, and @seblefebvre you’d know that the band has been busy writing for the new album.

The band has been so inspired that the writing process for this album is just flowing! The band will be entering the studio to record their new songs early 2010 and hope to have a new record out before the end of next year! They’re all looking forward to sharing the songs with you in the New Year. I’m sure the guys will start dropping clues to as what to expect for the new album, so make sure you visit the site, follow their twitters, and hit up their Myspace regularly!

While you’re out and about shopping this month make sure to pick up some cool SP merch for your friends and family (and maybe even yourself) from the Band’s web store at MerchDirect (www.merchdirect.com/simpleplan). There are some special new items as well as last runs of some vintage SP merch that you’d like to get your hands before they are all gone.

‘Tis the Season for Giving! Don’t forget to pick up the cool new WarChild bracelet at a Spring & Aldo store near you in support of “One Brick At A Time”. The sale of the bracelets raised over 100K last year which helped build two new sustainable schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo which allowed over 600 students to return to school after years of civil war. The bracelets are only $5 so make sure to pick up a few this Holiday season and spread some good cheer! Check out the link for a store near you.

The new Simple Plan MYPLASH Visa® Prepaid Card is out now at here. Cardholders get special discounts on merch, music and more, along with access to exclusive content.

Grab yours today!

-Simple Plan