Sweat, Slumber, and Safari with Chester French

When MP3s and posters just aren’t enough to satisfy your obsession with Chester French, you can now get an extra dose of the duo by buying a special package in honor of the release of their debut album, “Love the Future.”

If the $7.99 download of the album leaves you hankering for more, D.A. Wallach ’07 and Maxwell C. Drummey ’07 are now offering especially devoted (and moneyed) fans the opportunity to buy their companionship in the form of gym trips, slumber parties, and African safaris. More details after the jump.

Chester French is also marketing its upbeat songs as great running music, and with the $250 “Endurance Package,” you can listen to them live while you hit the treadmill. The package—which includes weight-lifting, 2-on-2 basketball, and Gatorade and Clif bars with the band members—just might make the prospect of hitting the gym appealing.

If you seek even more up close and personal with D.A. and Maxwell via pillow fights and nail painting, you can do so by shelling out $874.36 for the “Slumber Party Package.” Judging from the spare change listed in the price of the package—which includes a homemade breakfast and ukulele serenade—the duo has meticulously computed the cost of their company (or perhaps is just employing the concept of psychological pricing from their days in Ec10).

Based on the description on the band’s Web site, however, there might be some hidden costs involved:

"When Chester French is in town for a gig they will sleep over at your house. You must provide sleeping bags and cartoon-themed pillowcases."

But the capstone of the band's album promotion has got to be the $75,000 "African Safari with Chester French and a friend of your choosing" (though FlyBy can only puzzle over why anyone would want a pesky friend tagging along and diluting Wallach and Drummery’s attention). Whereas zealous fans are capped at buying five of the other packages, there is no purchasing limit to this package. Meaning that you can technically spend the rest of your life bushwalking, rhino tracking, and gazing into Serengeti sunsets in the company of D.A. and Maxwell.