"On The Rebound - Jim McGorman Newsletter" Issue #29 February 1st, 2010 Hello Jim McGorman Fans! Welcome to the Jim McGorman Newsletter, our first issue for 2010! The Awesomeness! Jim (aka Val Derringer) along with bandmates, Golden Delicious, and The Steves have formed a totally cool 80's inspired band entitled The Awesomeness. The band have recently launched a brand new website, Facebook, and Twitter pages, so we invite you to join them all. If you haven't had the opportunity to check out their cover of Pants On the Ground, this is absolutely a must see. In less than two weeks, the video has surpassed 7,000 views - isn't it totally rad!?! Their debut CD Inside Your Head, will soon be available for purchase, so stay tuned on how you can snap up your very own copy! To hear tracks from the CD, visit The Awesomeness - MySpace Page, we think these songs will be the BESt music of 2010! Exclusive Photos And Videos From The Awesomeness and The John Hughes Tribute Band Viper Room Shows Coming Soon to Sunfired.net! Click to view photo in full size On October 8th, 2009, The Awesomeness performed their very first show at The Viper Room in LA. Straight from our collections, we'll soon be posting videos and photos captured that night including The John Hughes Tribute Band set as well! We have started to post photos from The Awesomeness set, stay tuned for more to appear over the days and weeks to come! Awesome Animations! In the spirit of the Pants On The Ground video, we just HAD to capture and create some fun animations from the video. You can check out all the "awesome" moves here! Exclusive Interview with Jim! Just before Christmas, we posted a three part interview with Jim that includes artists he worked with in 2009, his thoughts on music in general, the 80's, sports, Christmas and plans for 2010. It's going to be another busy year for Jim! Thanks to Jim for the interview! The Twelve Days Of Christmas Recap As you all have probably noticed (as it's channeled through our site), we absolutely love celebrating ALL holidays. Christmas would certainly rank as our favorite. Leading up to the holidays season in December, the site turned quite festive as we celebrated our version of the Twelve Days of Christmas, naturally all Jim themed. Each day we posted something new including rare photos, videos, graphic and more. For a look back, feel free to visit our The Twelve Days of Christmas recap page. Jim Performs with Avril at Teleton Charity Event in Mexico City Click to view photo in full size On December 5th, Jim, (along with Evan Taubenfield) returned to the stage with Avril Lavigne for a charity television performance. Check out the performance of Girlfriend, Complicated, and photos from the show! Jim Video In Studio With Bek Phillips! Jim in studio with Bek Phillips Take a look at a very rare clip of Jim working in the studio with very talent Bek Phillips, a young/singer songwriter from Connecticut. Thanks to Bek for the video (you rule!) and we invite you to check out Bek's MySpace and learn more about her at ZW Records. Jim Studio Photos! Click above photo to enjoy in full size Take a look inside Jim's recording studio with three pages of very cool photos with credit to artist Shelley James. Not only is Jim working very hard, but his studio is incredibly impressive, check it out! Jim Performs With Weezer on Jimmy Kimmel Live Click above photo to enjoy in full size On November 23, 2009 (taped October 23rd), Jim (all decked out in his Weezer track suit), hits the stage and performs (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To, w/Weezer and Sara Bareilles. You can see Jim in full view throughout the entire performance while he is rockin' out and groovin' the entire time. To view the video of the performance, check it out here. We also have posted photos from the show in our gallery. New Radical Days Photos Click above photo to enjoy in full size Courtesy of Sasha Kristov, (Jim's bandmate in New Radicals, Cher, StarMarker, and RockStar Houseband), check out some very cool photos of Jim from his New Radicals days. Gallery and Video Pages For a complete look at our entire endless catalogue of photos, we invite you to check out our Galleries and also our Videos pages for our complete encyclopedia of collections! Thanks for reading our current newsletter! If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or feedback, please contact us anytime! And as always, check out our site daily for regular ongoing updates, stay tuned for more coming soon!!   kim_marica@sunfired.net