#matt ballinger

[jimalim]

It's so nice to see the Dream Street boys still hang out. I know they reconnected cause of Chris' passing a few years ago, and it's unfortunate it took such sad circumstances, but it's beautiful that they've really kept with it in the years since.

[schwizzle-schwartz]

WHERE MY DREAM STREET GIRLIES AT???????????? I, personally, am sobbing

[fromthedamage]

[imetyouonljpodcast]

I MET YOU ON LJ: A Fandom & Nonsense Podcast

Episode #002: Origin Stories

It’s a ten-year retrospective! Follow Maggie and V’s introductions to fandom, from their childhoods through 2008 or so, and you’ll see why it’s a miracle that they’re friends at all. After falling hard for River Phoenix, Maggie does a deep-dive on guitarist John Frusciante and the Red Hot Chili Peppers; V takes us on a rollercoaster journey with the members of bubblegum boy band Dream Street.

This Episode Covers…

harry potter • american girl • smallville • river phoenix • stand by me (1986) • dream street • chris trousdale • greg raposo • jesse mccartney • frankie j. galasso • matt ballinger • red hot chili peppers • john frusciante • flea • anthony kiedis • fandom •  fanfiction • rpf • josh klinghoffer • bob forrest • the bicycle thief • warpaint • katie cassidy • real-person fiction • bandslash • boy bands • bubblegum pop • alt rock • the 1990s • the 2000s • blood sugar sex magik • emily kokal

LISTEN ON… Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, LibSyn, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favorite RSS podcatcher!

Show Notes & Resources behind the cut.

River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton in Stand By Me (1986) 

John Frusciante and Anthony Kiedis (in the hat) in 1991 

John Frusciante looking like very much like Jesus, photographed by Nabil Elderkin in 2009

John Frusciante performs “The Will To Death” at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in 2005. 

If you liked this, I highly recommend listening to the full performance. It’s a great primer for his back catalogue before electronic music fully took over.

Dream Street - “It Happens Every Time”

This is the TV cut of the “It Happens Every Time” video. For the full director’s cut, click here.

Dream Street’s Valentine’s Day mega-feature in Popstar! Magazine, Feb/March 2002

V has four copies of this magazine: one to put the A4s in her locker at school, one to put the pull-out posters up in her bedroom, one to read, and one that’s still in mint condition.

Our very own V with Greg Raposo in 2008

V: “This was after one of the approximately seven quadrillion shows I went to between 2008-2009. Greg said “we’ve taken too many smiling photos, let’s make serious faces for this one,” and this is how it turned out. The matching shirts were an accident. This was one of my favorite shows of all time even though the audience was tiny and it was in a bar that really didn’t have a good area for an audience – it was so energetic and so much fun anyway!”

Greg Raposo/RAPOSO - “Nothing” (Ready To Go, 2008)

V: “The photoshoot for this era of Greg’s band (called RAPOSO, and then STEREOPATH, and then Greg Raposo Band, and then RAPOSO again) was done by one of my best friends out in New York in 2008, while the band and us groupie squad were at a show for the Fresher’s Week at the university of one of our other best friends/gals in the groupie squad. The four of us really poured our entire hearts, souls, and every ounce of energy into Greg and his band for those two years! I designed the group’s 2008-2009 logo and MySpace page, for which this photoshoot served as the header. This song was never considered one of the band’s leads or singles, but it’s among my very favorites.”

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Well I'll be sobbing all night again.

[cowboyhudsons]

[imstuckin1999]

OMG 😱😢😢 Dreamstreet - Chris Trousdale tribute 💔

[oldwebrelics]

In fond memory of Chris Trousdale.  

Life’s here, so live it.