TSM
TIMELINE 2003
TSM Xrated is the first ever Stone Movement dvd released. It goes on to be the biggest selling TSM item of 2003...An article on KJ in SPIN magazine mentions The Stone Movement...It is announced that TSMonline would be the new Fan Club website...the website would disappear a few months later...
Stu & Greg Bahamas head into the studio of Soul Puppet front man Chris Rondinella, the result "Can I Kick it"..The song would go on to be a hit at TSM live shows, as well as being named Song of the Year by Stu...Soul Puppet begin rehearsing for their upcoming debut performance...
TSM members appear on KSCR radio, they take calls from TSM fans as well as debut "Can I kick it"...The Stone Movement make their return to the stage of the Whisky a Gogo...despite technical difficulties , the packed house is treated to a great set...Soul Puppet make their live performance debut on the same night on that very same stage TSM did in 2001. Ironic.....
Members of TSM make a second appearance on KSCR radio, it is announced that Tommy McCarthy would no longer be performing with the group...The Stone Movement hit the stage for the first time without McCarthy at the Knitting Factory...Soul Puppet also play on the bill..Blues Superstar Johnny Lang makes a surprise appearance onstage during the show...TSM plays 2 shows at the Mint in LA, one in front of 200 students from Norway....Stu debuts a new mohak'd look...Stu Stone leaves for Toronto...
Stu arrives in Bronx, NY where he and long time TSM producer Richard "Younglord" Frierson hook up in Friersons studio to record tracks "All I need is 1" and "Baby Blue"....Baby Blue, a ballad of sorts, would end up being the most downloaded TSM song of the year...Stu and KJ head for Toronto..
Plans for a show in New York City are in the works, then quickly fade...KJ makes an appearance on the Howard Stern Boxing Special...Stu & KJ make an appearance at the EMI NorthbyNorthEast Music Festival party...It is there that EMI president Mike McCarty introduces Stu to Toronto Based Raper D-Sissive...Greg Bahamas embarks on a solo journey across the USA on his bike. The incredible journey would begin through the Summer heat in the desert of AZ...
Stu begins recording voice work for the cartoon "Knights of the Zodiac". The show can be seen nation wide on the Cartoon Network, Ytv in Canada...KJ makes an appearance at the 2003 Ozzfest...Greg Bahamas surprises everyone when he arrives in Toronto, Canada. In an amazing feat Greg rode for about 6 weeks from LA to Toronto, Greg roughed the wilds. He would spend a few days with Stu in Toronto before getting back on his bike and heading off to New York to continue his incredible journey...
Stu Stone heads into the EMI Studios in Toronto with D-Sissive and the two come out of the sessions with tracks "Shoop" and "Sluts and Giraffes"...Stu lends his voice to the animated shows "BraceFace" and "Cyber Chase"...Greg Bahamas arrives home safe in LA. The experience will be with him for ever...
It is announced that TSM's first show outside of the United States would take place in October...Stu begins making the calls back to LA to make arrangements...Talks of a show in NY again begin to surface...Stu meets Ely Rise at a poker game...Stu agrees to perform a TSM set for a Cancer Benefit at the world famous El Mocombo in Toronto...Stu purchases a digital camcorder and begins filming from this point on...
Joey Nixx answers the call of duty and arrives in Toronto with his turntables, ready for stage action...Rehearsals with the Brothers Rise take place with days to spare...The El Mocombo show is a success raising thousands of dollars for Cancer research...the first ever TSM show in NYC takes place at The Slipper Room in the village...Details of the show and now infamous after party cause a stir in "tsm-land"...Another Cancer fundraiser concert takes place, this time on the campus of the University of Western Ontario (in London), again, thousands are raised and the event is a success...
TSM plays on the campus of the Humber Music Academy in Toronto, after the show a Q&A with the students is held...The Stone Movement headlines a show at the 360 in downtown Toronto. The show goes on to be called "TSM show of the year" for 2003...News of a TSM show in LA begin to surface, unfortunately, it never happens...
A re-broadcast of The Howard Stern show with KJ and WWE star The Rock airs, during the show, Howard plugs the stone movement. Within minutes www.thestonemovement.com crashes...A final TSM show with Stu and The Brothers Rise takes place in Toronto...Stu films an episode of the sci-fi syndicated series "Mutant X"...TSM homecoming is announced for Jan 2004...Stu hits the studio and records "Saturday" a new TSM track, as well as 2 Country songs for an outside project...TSM's year end awards are published on the net, DJ Joey Nixx is named MVP with BON winning fan of the year...