July 2019 Static Live Magazine

I’m a 23 year old bartender at Outriggers Tiki Bar in New
Smyrna Beach, Florida. When I’m not at work I like going
to the beach, riding my bike, fishing or role playing with my
many Barbie and Ken dolls in my grandparents’ basement.
My other hobbies include:
Dungeons and Dragons
Dressing cats in silly outfits
Soup can label collages
Taxidermy & ant farms
Writing romantic novels for the homeless and less fortunate
Making boys cry
Drinking with strangers
Things I’m most proud of are my Band Aid collection and the
ability to hold my breath for 73 seconds while not blinking
Favorite movie: Independant
Favorite food: Good
Favorite color : Corduroy
Favorite band : Rubber
Favorite drink : Free
Favorite quote: Huh?
Photo Credit: Doug Ochoa Photography 3

“The thing is, we’re all really the same
person. We’re just four parts of the one.”
~ Paul McCartney
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Oh My Goddess
The Mods
A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician
R.I.P. Local Music Scenes
My Granddaddy’s BBQ Hash
We Didn’t Learn Anything, We Just
Know Everything
The Decade of Eternity
The “Boo” Sisters: A Rite of Passage
Static Live Calendar
Artist Feature: Dan Gunderson
An Original Music Manifesto
Big Brother’s Revenge by Hank Harrison
Rocktails
Behind the Mic
Snap It
Phantom Foodie
Metal Compost
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As highlighted in the May 2018 issue of Static
Live Magazine, “The Beatles invaded America,
pioneering as the ‘Greasers of England’. The
Fab Four donned many different looks ranging
from fierce to leather jackets; from cowboy boots to
pompadours. The ’60s brought an upheaval of music,
fashion and attitudes. The arrival of Motown and R&B,
originating in Detroit, marked a significant progression in
the Civil Rights movement; but Motown also taught the
world how to dress. Groups like Smokey Robinson and the
Miracles and Diana Ross and the Supremes brought forth
pop-soul classic lines and the two or three-piece suit was a
favorite.” Music and fashion are reciprocating influencers
on the visual style of entertainment, and this will never end
- thank goodness!
The ‘60s also birthed in Britain “The Mods,” modernists; a
culture of revolution of sorts. The trend is characterized
by things such as Vespas, mini motorcars, leather, graphic
symbols, horizontal color stripes. The Mods could be found
hanging out in coffee shops (before Starbucks and cell
phones) and jazz clubs and reading philosophy. They were
fueled by any nervous system stimulant that they could find
(and this was before ADHD was around) and they used
music and fashion as a gateway to the constant reinvention
of themselves.
The Fab Four’s
matching suits,
natural colors and
fairly uniform look
that evolved into
the more extreme
fashion statements,
were no doubt
part of the social
revolution that was
Mod Culture. This
was contributing
to the growing
By
Jamie Lee
culture of young people that were looking for a place in the
world that wasn’t always easy to find. The Beatles helped
by dressing stylishly, as Mod would dictate, and furthering
the young people’s thoughts that they were not alone.
If musicians like the Beatles could “not always find their
way” then this style of dress must be helping them
with the process. Many say that it
was Beatlemania crossing the pond
that spread the Mod culture to the
Americas.
Sonny and Cher were also in
the Mod during the 1960s. Cher
sported the miniskirts, go-go
boots and asymmetrical hats
of a solid color; the duo wore
matching suits in various solid
colors, staying true to the
fashion of the time. Some
of the top musicians of the
time who were wearing Mod
include The Yardbirds, We
Five, Elvis Presley (before
all the rhinestones), Gary
Lewis and The Playboys
and The Byrds cultivated
a fashion statement that would last
almost a decade.
Music is said to be universal. Fashion isn’t far behind,
considering the power famous musicians have in controlling
fashion trends. Kurt Cobain had jeans, flannel and the thrift
store look in general (remember Grunge?); Diana Ross
had her big hair, big diamonds and big personality (before
Rhianna was shining bright like a diamond); Madonna’s
sense of style was chaos meets shabby-chic with lots of
hanging necklaces, big bows and lace; Elvis
Costello had his coke-bottle glasses; Joan Jett
sported leather. All these artists were before
the newest form of music creatively controlling
fashion - artists starting their own fashion labels 5
(too many to count!).

Hearing and connection to memory is the way
musicians gain entry into the consciousness of
listeners. I try to be meta-aware when I perform so
when the opening arises I can jump right in your brain.
When players just repeat a rendition without soul it
can still be an ok experience when it’s a favorite song,
just missing something. Also, I notice that meta-aware
singers and players have the right stuff to use off-beat
phrasing to effect. When you know it’s coming before
it’s coming, it allows for playfulness that all audiences
worldwide find charming. Feel the full phrase, not just
the beat or the four-bar, and then you are in control.
Easier said than done, trust me.
Problem with all of this is, it’s rather elusive. You
CAN practice and learn it but very few teach it and in
fact, it’s almost unteachable. In the end, we all teach
ourselves. It would be better to be born with it or start
very young but hey, no pain no gain. Metronome use
and lots of attention to detail will get you there. I like
to try just missing the beat (early and late) with the
car blinker in front of me at stop lights. Its kinda like a
metronome and it’s all over in minutes, which is what
you want with a metronome. Another good choice is
keeping a regular beat with your left hand on your
knee. Then with your right, do all the divisions and
start adding grace notes and phrasing like a
percussionist.
I’m writing this on a Monday, which is a musician’s
day off, but TUESDAY is your best practice day.
Come Wednesday it’s open mics, Thursday I’ll play
smaller bars and restaurants, then beer brawls and
festivals for the weekend nights and Sunday
weddings. Rinse repeat. We minor hometown Rock
Stars try to play it cool. Believe me when I tell you
the best of us are actually practice nerds. Scales and
arpeggios, rhythm and phrasing. There’s no great
secret. The key to it all is conviction and consistency.
Just remember TUESDAY is how
the weekend concerts happen.
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Thursday and Sunday help
pay for it but TUESDAY
makes it all happen.
Ear training just doesn’t sound all that fun. It’s fun to
shoot a basketball but shooting the ball at basketball
practice is not how you win games. Running wind
sprints is how you win games. So does the hard work
in feeding your ear. Get a book, find a teacher. Go the
extra mile and avoid shortcuts. It is clearly a lifetime’s
work and, like a sharp knife, the honing never stops.
Listen to as much music as possible, preferably live
music. Listen to the music and language of other
cultures. Let your well-fed ear be your guide and then
play what you feel. You may find yourself exhausted
but when you summon your strength again, your
understanding will be more profound. The next time
you make music you may like what you hear.

It’s a big bonus if a local scene also
has an alternative weekly or a music
monthly like Static Live, in which
chroniclers of the music have a freer
forum that can get closer to the sleazy,
nasty, truer essence of the music we all
love and-or loathe – where a guy can
quote Zep’s Jimmy Page saying “Rock
’n’ roll is fuck-you music, really,” and
we all nod our heads in agreement.
Who knows that the
impending death of local
music scenes will have
nothing to do with the
music and musicians?
Well, I know.
As the entertainment writer years ago at the daily
newspaper in Daytona Beach, Florida, I wrote that
Frank Sinatra sucked during his performance at
the Ocean Center. I had wanted to write “Sinatra
sounded like he was chewing yak turds infused with
sunflower seeds” in my review. But, being a critic for
a “family newspaper,” I knew I couldn’t get away with
using a phrase such as “sunflower seeds.”
The local radio station that played Sinatra-era music
had received a lot of phone calls about my review,
and the manager called me to ask, “Would you come
on-air to talk about being a music critic?” Why sure.
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“What gives you the right to say what’s
good and bad?” one of the many irate
callers sneered, sounding like he wanted to
stuff a yak shit sandwich down my throat.
My answer caught him off guard: “Sheer volume,” I
said. “I don’t have any special expertise or authority
granted to me by the gods of music. I just happen
to spend a lot of time listening to music, attending
concerts and reading about music. You could do my
job, too, if you did the same.”
That “you too” part threw the caller off-guard.
So, when I say that a local music writer – which was
the largest chunk of my job as an entertainment writer
-- is essential for any local music scene to thrive, keep
in mind I am not some pompous ass proclaiming I
was the Kingmaker-God of Local Music. I am saying
the position of music writer is essential.
Just like a bluesman needs devil vagina voodoo to
spur him into song, a local music scene needs all
sorts of hoodoo swirling around the creators of the
music: namely, some cool live music venues, some
music aficionados who love Led Lynyrd but want to
hear something besides “Stairway to Sweet Home
Alabama” for the gazillionth time, and at least one
chronicler of the local scene who works the beat
because it irks the shit out of him to think that good
music is happening somewhere and he hasn’t heard
it.
I used to be the music guy at the
local paper. I guestimate I attended
more than 3,000 music performances
during my 30-year career at daily
newspapers and spent five to 10 offthe-clock
hours each week listening
to and reviewing music recordings by
both the Olympians and the locals.
Unpaid overtime, some would call that,
but I was following my bliss. I wrote
approximately 22,000 articles during
that time – certainly not all about music,
mind you.
But I said “Fuck this” and walked away
when continuing downsizing meant I
had to spend more time proofreading,
web-posting and doing the other
menial but essential tasks that the
laid-off editors once did. It became
untenable for me to fulfill the “sheer
volume” aspect of being the local music
guy. That’s happened to local music
writers across the nation as perpetually
downsizing newspapers continue their
dinosaur-like trudge to extinction.
Without some sort of chronicler to
let local music fans know what’s
happening, what’s buzz-worthy and
what’s yak shit, local music scenes are
heading to extinction, too. Oh, there
will be local music makers who soldier
on and create good music and play at
local venues and record, but it won’t
be the same. That intangible beastie
known as a thriving “scene” will soon
wither like the pope in the front row of a
Slipknot concert.
Some bluesman will write a miseryinfested
song about the demise of local
music. But, without a music writer to
help get the word out that he did so,
few people will ever know.
BY
RICK DE YAMPERT

My Granddaddy’s BBQ Hash
Many stories in our family were told, sitting around,
eating this old South Carolina recipe. This time I put
a little goat meat on the grill to honor my namesake,
William Watts Wharton, Sr. A few departures from his
recipe: I smoke the meat first, and also I use Liquid
Summer Hot Sauce.
First, smoke the meat
1 lb beef chuck roast
2 lb goat shoulder
steak
3 lb pork boneless
Boston butt
1 bottle of Heinz Chili
Sauce
¼ cup vinegar
3 Tbs. honey
Liquid Summer Hot
Sauce to taste
Trim excess fat from meat and smoke it in a charcoal
smoker for 3 hours. Cut it up in one inch cubes, and
cover with water in a large cast iron pot. Boil the meat
until tender. Take the
meat out and shred it,
discarding any bones
or fat.
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Put the meat back
into the water. Add
vinegar, chili sauce,
and honey. Cook it
down till the juice is
almost all gone. Add
the Liquid Summer
Hot Sauce. Serve on a
bun with a big slice of
onion and a splash of
Liquid Summer.

January of 1971, Phil Collins released “In the Air Tonight” and it took on a life of its own. In addition to generating buzz about
at is probably the most iconic drum break of all time, the song spawned a variety of urban legends with the common themes of
owning, revenge and loss. Nobody knew for sure whether the meaning was literal and people discussed it and theorized and lisned
and wondered. Today, we can Google “In the Air Tonight meaning” and learn in less time than it takes to listen to the iconic
um break itself – even Phil Collins doesn’t know what it means. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in 2016, Collins said,
wrote the lyrics spontaneously. I’m not quite sure what the song is about, but there’s a lot of anger, a lot of despair and a lot of
stration.” He had written the song in the wake of divorcing his first wife. Phil Collins didn’t have to watch somebody drown to
ite “In the Air Tonight” but it made people take notice and wonder and experience the process of not knowing.
ere is a comedian named Pete Holmes who does a bit about how, in the past, if you didn’t know something, you just didn’t know.
d there was a certain feeling of longing to know and then a certain feeling of accomplishment once you did know. But now,
owing feels exactly the same as not knowing because the information is available almost instantly, so you don’t feel what it’s like
t to know something for any significant amount of time. The example he uses is that in the past if you wondered where Tom Petwas
from, you would ask actual people, who also didn’t know (and then they would be curious). Then, one fateful day, you would
me across a girl wearing a Heartbreakers t-shirt and ask her - and she would tell you that Tom Petty is from Florida. And you
uld feel a wash of endorphins and meaning and pleasure. The joke is even funnier with the ending, “...and that’s how you met
ur wife ...and your wedding song was Refugee”.
In January of 1971, Phil Collins released “In the Air
Tonight” and it took on a life of its own. In addition to
generating buzz about what is probably the most iconic
drum break of all time, the song spawned a variety of urban
legends with the common themes of drowning, revenge
and loss. Nobody knew for sure whether the meaning was
literal and people discussed it and theorized and listened
and wondered. Today, we can Google “In the Air Tonight
meaning” and learn in less time than it takes to listen to the
iconic drum break itself – even Phil Collins doesn’t know
what it means. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine
in 2016, Collins said, “I wrote the lyrics spontaneously.
I’m not quite sure what the song is about, but there’s a lot
of anger, a lot of despair and a lot of frustration.” He had
written the song in the wake of divorcing his first wife. Phil
Collins didn’t have to watch somebody drown to write “In
the Air Tonight” but it made people take notice and wonder
and experience the process of not knowing.
There is a comedian named Pete Holmes who does a bit
about how, in the past, if you didn’t know something, you
just didn’t know. And there was a certain feeling of longing
to know and then a certain feeling of accomplishment
once you did know. But now, knowing feels exactly the
same as not knowing because the information is available
almost instantly, so you don’t feel what it’s like not to
know something for any significant amount of time. The
example he uses is that in the past if you wondered where
Tom Petty was from, you would ask actual people, who
also didn’t know (and then they would be curious). Then,
one fateful day, you would come across a girl wearing a
Heartbreakers t-shirt and ask her - and she would tell you
that Tom Petty is from Florida. And you would feel a wash
of endorphins and meaning and pleasure. The
joke is even funnier with the ending, “...and that’s
how you met your wife ...and your wedding song
was Refugee”.
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Think about it; instant gratification isn’t really gratifying
because there is no time to feel any void. There is an
attitude of entitlement to know everything in a matter of
seconds. This has created a generation of impatience
because they will never know that wash of endorphins and
meaning and pleasure in Pete Holmes’ story so they don’t
understand that the frustration of not knowing something
is worth that feeling you get once you have the answer.
There is no anticipation of or satisfaction in knowing. The
argument can be made that this instant access to all the
answers has affected today’s music. Give them a beat
and some catchy phrases repeated over and over; they
don’t have to wonder whether there is a message because,
literally, it is what it is. The analytics are the focus. It has
become more about instant fame, going viral and being
popular and less about expressing yourself through your
music. This has created some wildly popular karaoke
singers and YouTube stars - not artists or musicians.
Who can remember sitting in their poster-plastered
bedroom with headphones that weren’t wireless, tethered
to a record player and listening to an album while devouring
every bit of information printed on the cover, without
interruption or distraction? Would most millennials actually
sit and listen to an entire Pink Floyd album? It would take
more patience than they have managed to develop. Would
they even appreciate the experience if they could? Can
you imagine how your life would be different if you didn’t
have that experience somewhere in your soul?
As comedian Pete Holmes says in his story, “We didn’t
learn anything; we just know everything. And it’s ruining
our lives.”
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The Decade of Eternity The Decade of Eternity
By The Reluctant Genius
Led by primary songwriters Lennon and
McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation
playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over
a three-year period from 1960, initially with
Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio
of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, who
had been together since 1958, went through
a succession of drummers, including Pete
Best, before asking Starr to join them in
1962. Manager Brian Epstein molded
them into a professional act, and producer
George Martin guided and developed their
recordings, greatly expanding their domestic
success after their first hit, “Love Me Do”, in
late 1962. As their popularity grew into the
intense fan frenzy dubbed “Beatlemania”,
the band acquired the nickname “the
Fab Four”, with Epstein, Martin and
other members of the band’s entourage
sometimes given the informal title of “fifth
Beatle”.
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This upcoming year marks the 60th anniversary of the
beginning of perhaps the greatest rock band; maybe even
the greatest band ever. It seems even today, no matter
where you are - an elevator, a shopping mall, a sporting
event - you’re going to hear a song by the Beatles. In fact,
it’s almost hard to imagine life without their music.
There’s a movie coming out (Yesterday) that explores that
exact premise - What if there were no Beatles band and
what if someone had the songs in their head and decided
to make the music that nobody ever heard before? In last
month’s issue, we explored the idea of memories and
where you were when you heard a certain song. If you think
Elton John had a lot of hits and memories that went along
with them, you don’t even know the half of it.
Even though The Beatles started in 1960 it wasn’t until
1963 that they actually broke through musically and
became an instant phenomenon over in Europe and soon
to be as well in the United States and then around the
world. In fact, take this into consideration: From 1963 to
1970 The Beatles created one of the largest collections of
chart-topping hits ever known to man. To this day, they still
hold many records when it comes to releasing
songs/EPs and it’s almost unimaginable to think
that anyone could ever compete with what the
Beatles did in just seven short years.
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Decade of Eternity The Decade of Eternity
One can only guess how many movies, books, and social
media sites are out there about Liverpool’s Fab Four but
one thing’s for sure - they will be in the history books
forever and most likely nobody will ever be able to match
their level of success in such a short amount of time
Here’s a quick rundown of what the band accomplished
in the same time as most of us spent in high school and
college:
The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960 and were one
of the first English rock & roll bands. The line-up of John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison (Pete Best) and
later Ringo Starr had to be regarded as the most influential
band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and
1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution
of pop music into an artform, and to the development of the
counterculture of the 1960s.
The Beatles started off as a simple cover band. They
incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and
unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways,
and they experimented with a number of musical styles
in later years, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music
to psychedelia and hard rock. As they continued to draw
influences from a variety of cultural sources, their musical
and lyrical sophistication grew, and they came to be seen
as embodying the era’s socio-cultural movements.
The rest is history, as they continued
to grow musically until 1970 when
they broke the hearts of millions
by spitting up. If all of that wasn’t
enough to impress the toughest of
critics here’s the list of their number
one hits!!! This can be disputed as it
depends on where you do your fact
checking:
Hey Jude
Come Together/Something
I Want to Hold Your Hand
She Loves You
Let it Be
Love Me Do
Help!
A Hard Day’s Night
We Can Work it Out
Get Back
All You Need is Love
Yesterday
Ticket to Ride
Hello Goodbye
I Feel Fine
The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue
Penny Lane
Paperback Writer
Eight Days a Week
Can’t Buy Me Love
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cut our set down a few songs” I whispered to
Christie but she shushed me. She was trying to be
professional but I sensed her fear. “You think we should
still go on?” I said. No response. Just the frozen fake
smiles of my sisters staring back at me with uncertainty in
their eyes. I say it again to nobody in particular “we don’t
HAVE to go on do we?” Oh, but we do and we did and it was
not pretty. We were not exactly this crowd’s cup of tea and
they let us know so the moment we grabbed our mics. Four
little Disney Pop Princesses were the only things standing
between them and their Lil Romeo experience.
“Booooooooooo! Boooooooooooo!
Get off the stage! You-off-now! Get off the $&@#%ing stage!
We don’t want you. We want Romeo! ROMEO ROMEO
ROMEO...Booooooooo”
I’m like, “Say no more...Thank you and goodnight!” But the
track starts anyway and even though I’m having a vomitack
(family word), my muscle memory kicks in and we robotically
begin our set on cue. I look over at my sisters who are
nervously laughing and looking back at me like “let’s just get
this over with I guess”
be the protective father, supporting his son through his set
and had mad respect for the man. In retrospect, that was
actually a really sweet moment on a really sweet day, in
spite of all the insanity. It was such a bonding experience
for us as a group as well as a rite of passage of sorts, and
we couldn’t help but laugh at ourselves. We had survived.
We survived our first booing and in front of celebrities. We
did what we came to do, we held it together and we got
the job done. We even did well enough that we got booked
to sing the national anthem at a Jets game the following
season. So, whereas we thought we totally bombed, we
actually hadn’t. If nothing else, we had proven to ourselves
that we were more than capable of holding our own, even
in precarious conditions, and that same sentiment was
impressed upon some VIP’s we didn’t even know were
watching our show.
“Boooooooooooo”
“Romeo Romeo Romeo.”
“Boooooooooooo”
Everybody bombs at some point. Everyone gets
heckled. Everyone gets booed. Sometimes it’s you but
most of the time its circumstances outside of your control.
It may be the crowd, the venue, the sound, the weather,
or sometimes it’s just an inconvenient time slot and a
mismatch of acts on a bill. For us Disney sisters, our first
time being booed off stage was a combination of most of
the above. I will say, however, it wasn’t the venue. The
venue was amazing! It was 2003 during the Super Bowl
Experience in San Diego California (which for those who’ve
never been... it’s an amazing all day, interactive, NFL
theme park). This particular business trip out West, up until
this point, had been a complete success for us Beu Sisters.
We recently shot a guest spot in Nickle Creek’s “Speak”
video and did our first red carpet premiere in LA for “How to
Lose a Guy in 10 Days”, meeting Kate Hudson and Mathew
McConaughey at the after party. We were kind of feeling
like a big deal. We were walking tall, feeling ourselves,
and feeling like somebodies all of a sudden. So
when we got hired by the NFL to do their football
family fun day, we felt like a million bucks. No
doubt we were gonna kill it. We were on the bill
with only one other artist for the morning’s
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lineup... Lil Romeo, who was still really lil’ at the time.
Our slot was right before his and we shared a massively
swagged out, white tented green room by the stage with
him and his famous rapper father, Master P. At this point
in the day, having received our complimentary Super Bowl
XXXVII t-shirts and white Nike sneakers, we were flying
high and ready to rock it. Soundcheck went swimmingly
and we had no reason to suspect that we were about to
have one of the most excruciating stage experiences of our
career, right in front of our new buddies Romeo and Master
P. As it got closer to call time, I started to suspect we may
not be the best fit for this crowd. Ten minutes before we
hit the stage I peeked outside the tent to see the audience
filling up with busloads of teens of varying ages from an
inner city children’s camp program. That’s when I heard
the contagious chanting begin to mount through the venue:
“ROME-EO-ROME-EO-ROME-EO”. This couldn’t be good
for us. When they announced “The Beu Sisters” to the less
than enthused Romeo fans, I was suddenly struck by the
worst bout of stage fright, all confidence and color draining
into my new sneakers as I realized what we were
walking into. I wondered out loud if he should just
take the stage first. “Let’s cut our losses....let’s
I wanted to stage dive out of there but we couldn’t and we
knew it. The show must go on. We were getting paid to do
our full time slot and our “people” were using this showcase
as an opportunity for us to get in with the NFL. We had no
choice but to open our mouths and burn with humiliations
galore for the next 20 minutes, which felt like 2 hours. The
songs owed like molasses. Our choreography seemed
pointless. We were 4 tin men on a mission to just finish the
show, while the first few rows threw things at the stage and
stared us down, daring us to keep going. We tried placating
the crowd between songs with a few good words about our
pal Romeo. The only reprieve from the booing came at the
mere mention of his name so we milked it, countdown to
Romeo style:
“Don’t worry guys, lil Romeo will be out here in 15 minutes...”
“10 more minutes til Romeo.”
“We swear we only have 1 more song folks, then it’s Romeo
time”
Christie was like Nadia Comaneci, trying to win them
overdoing her best vocal gymnastics, while I was doing
everything in my power not to shit, vomit, cry and run off the
stage. After our a capella number we finally got a few front
row faces saying “well at least they can sing”. We exited
the stage in a cold sweat and a dejected blur, as Romeo
mounted the stairs alongside us, looking as terrified as we
felt when we went out there. The ferocious crowd was now
rushing the stage upon his entrance. Master P looked at
us and said “Rough crowd. Good job” and proceeded to
take the stage with his son, performing his first song with
him (which was not the original plan, but the safest plan at
present). We stood backstage watching him
As a performer, someday, you too may get booed by
somebody, or by lots of somebodies. Don’t feel bad. It
happens to the best of us. Consider yourself in good
company. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, in fact, it IS a rite
of passage. You haven’t made it til you’ve been booed
off the stage. Even tho it sucks, it’s not always your fault.
Audiences can be fickle and haters are gonna hate so
you gotta toughen up, be brave enough to go out there
in spite of it and do your thing anyway. You never know
who’s watching. To our surprise when we were walking
around the NFL experience after our “bombed show”, we
met more people than not who came up to us and told us
how much they enjoyed our music. When I think back, it
was really only those first couple of rowdy rows who were
brash enough to make their displeasure known. What we
were perceiving from the stage was not the whole picture.
Unbeknownst to us, our show was being pumped all over
the entire festival. Half the people we touched with our
voices that morning weren’t even at our main stage but
dispersed across the fairgrounds. If we would have let a
handful of people who happened to be right up in our faces
intimidate us off the stage, we’d have missed the broader
perspective we were given soon thereafter. Blessings often
come in disguise and getting booed is now one of our
favorite memories to date. You may not be everyone’s cup
of tea every time you take the stage, but you might be able
to win over some new fans and influence people without
even realizing it. You won’t know till you get out there, so
BE-U no matter the audience’s preference, no matter the
circumstances, no matter the fear. In the end,
there is no applause greater won than your own
hand clapping yourself on the back for a job well
done under difficult conditions.
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1. What is the title of the Beatles’ first album that made the UK
charts in 1963?
2. Which member of the Grateful Dead lost the majority of his
middle finger due to an wood-chopping incident?
3. Name of the street where the iconic album cover featuring all
four members of the Beatles walking in a street was taken?
4. What is the name of the supergroup that both John Lennon
and Keith Richards were apart of?
5. This blues singer-songwriter inspired Jimi Hendrix into playing
the guitar?
6. What is the name of the superduo that includes both Kanye
West and Kid Cudi?
7. What is the meaning of LL Cool J’s name?
8. What is the title of Jason Mraz’s popular 2008 pop song?
9. What year did Madonna’s hit song “Like a Virgin” come out?
10. What is Childish Gambino’s real name? 19

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Monday, July 1
Bounty Bar - The Transfers 7pm
Grind/Kona - Mark Moore 6pm
Tuesday, July 2
Bounty Bar – Jeff Whitfield 7pm
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Wednesday, July 3
Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm
Grind/Kona – 5 Time Shag 6pm
Outriggers - Splash 6pm
Traders - Jeff Risinger 7pm
Thursday, July 4
31 Supper Club - Christie Beu 6pm
Bounty Bar - TBA 7pm
Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones
Unplugged 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - Faith Hannon 6pm
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley Band
10pm
Outriggers – Cyclones Duo 12pm
Outriggers - Jay Paski 5pm
Outriggers - Band TBA 6pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Seth Pause 6pm
Friday, July 5
31 Supper Club - Warren Beck 7pm
Beacon – Casey Picou 5pm
Bounty Bar - Splash 7pm
Delta Marriott - Jessie Abbey 5pm
Grind/Kona - Jay Paski 7pm
NSB Brewing - Eddy Davis 6pm
NSB Brewing - Drew Halverson 6pm
Oceanside - Marty McCarrick 5:30pm
Outriggers - Bradford Buckley 6pm
Traders - Etc 6pm
Traders - Cain 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - The Evening Muze
6pm
Saturday, July 6
31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band 7pm
Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm
Delta Marriott - The Transfers 5pm
Flagler Tavern - The Transfers 12pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley 7pm
NSB Brewing - Brent Clowers 6pm
Oceanside - Jay Paski 5:30pm
Outriggers - Mark Moore 6pm
Tayton O’Brians - Strumstick 9pm
Tortugas - The Cyclones 6pm
Traders - Randy Williams 6pm
Traders - Cain 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Dustin Stock 6pm
Sunday, July 7
Bounty Bar - Thom Blasberg 7pm
Flagler Tavern - The Vibe 5pm
Oceanside - Splash 10am
Outriggers - Joe Caruso 2pm
Traders - Warren Beck 3pm
Monday, July 8
Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze 7pm
Grind/Kona - Brent Clowers 6pm
Tuesday, July 9
Bounty Bar – Warren Beck 7pm
Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm
Wednesday, July 10
Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers 7pm
Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm
Outriggers - Laree App 6pm
Traders - Stephanie Schaffer 7pm
Thursday, July 11
31 Supper Club - Brent Clowers 6pm
Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm
Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones Unplugged
5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - Luvu 7:30pm
Outriggers - Corey Shenk 6pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Jay Paski 6pm
Friday, July 12
31 Supper Club - The Transfers 7pm
Beacon - TBA 5pm
Bounty Bar - Matt Burke 7pm
Delta Marriott - Joe Santana Duo 5pm
Grind/Kona - Dustin Stock 7pm
NSB Brewing - The Evening Muze 6pm
Oceanside - Nate Utley 5:30pm
Outriggers - Relief 6pm
Traders - Jay Paski 6pm
Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Stephanie Schaffer
6pm
Saturday, July 13
31 Supper Club - Cesar Romero 7pm
Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm
Delta Marriott - Jim Lowman 5pm
Flagler Tavern - The Transfers 12pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - The Cyclones 7pm
NSB Brewing - Matt Burke 6pm
Oceanside - Thom Blasberg 5:30pm
Outriggers - Bradford Buckley 6pm
Tayton O’Brians - James Ryan 9pm
Traders - Acoustic Inferno 6pm
Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Joe Santana Duo 6pm
Sunday, July 14
31 Supper Club - Marilyn Monroe Tribute
6pm
Bounty Bar - Stephanie Schaffer 7pm
Flagler Tavern - Brandon Twitch Wilson
5pm
Flagler Tavern - Jay Paski 9pm
Oceanside - Cesar Romero 10am
Outriggers - Warren Beck 6pm
Traders - Mark Moore 3pm
Monday, July 15
Bounty Bar - The Transfers 7pm
Grind/Kona - Mark Moore 6pm
Tuesday, July 16
Bounty Bar – Jeff Whitfield 7pm
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Wednesday, July 17
31 Supper Club - Mark Raisch 6pm
Bounty Bar - Jeff Risinger 7pm
Grind/Kona - Relief 6pm
Outriggers - Laree App 6pm
Traders - Thom Blasberg 7pm
Thursday, July 18
31 Supper Club - Comedy Night 6pm
Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm
Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones Unplugged
5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - Joe Santana 7:30pm
Outriggers – Casey Picou 6pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Chuck Morel 6pm
Friday, July 19
31 Supper Club - Ricky Silvia 7pm
Beacon - TBA 5pm
Bounty Bar - Warren Beck 7pm
Delta Marriott - Matt Burke 5pm
Grind/Kona - Cesar Romero 7pm
NSB Brewing - Bradford Buckley 6pm
Oceanside - Mark Moore 5:30pm
Outriggers - Jason Longoria 6pm
Traders - Matt Burke 6pm
Traders - Boomers 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Gina Cuchetti 6pm
Saturday, July 20
31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band
7pm
Bounty Bar - Gina Cuchetti 7pm
Delta Marriott - Eddy Davis 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - Davis III 7pm
NSB Brewing - The Cyclones 6pm
Oceanside - Jason Longoria 5:30pm
Outriggers - Brent Clowers Duo 6pm
Tayton O’Brians - Strumstick 9pm
Tortugas - 5 Time Shag 6pm
Traders - Love Bomb 6pm
Traders - Boomers 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Thompson Browne
6pm
Sunday, July 21
Bounty Bar - Jason Longoria 7pm
Flagler Tavern - Psycoustic 5pm
Oceanside - Splash 10am
Outriggers - Joe Santana 2pm
Traders - Drew Halverson 3pm
Monday, July 22
Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze 7pm
Grind/Kona - Brent Clowers 6pm
Tuesday, July 23
Bounty Bar – Drew Halverson 7pm
Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm
Wednesday, July 24
Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers 7pm
Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm
Outriggers - Laree App 6pm
Traders - Larry Tomei 7pm
Thursday, July 25
31 Supper Club - Mary Beth Koplin 6pm
Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm
Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones
Unplugged 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - The Click 7:30pm
Outriggers - Corey Shenk 6pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Bradford Buckley 6pm
Friday, July 26
31 Supper Club - Shannon Rae 7pm
Beacon - TBA 5pm
Bounty Bar - Nate Utley 7pm
Delta Marriott - Eddy Davis 5pm
Grind/Kona - 5 Time Shag 7pm
NSB Brewing - Mark Moore 6pm
Oceanside - Shaker Jones 5:30pm
Outriggers - The Transfers 6pm
Traders - Jay Paski 6pm
Traders - The Accuzed 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats – Stealing Vanity 6pm
Saturday, July 27
31 Supper Club - Christie Beu 7pm
Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm
Delta Marriott - Mark Moore 5pm
Flagler Tavern - The Transfers 12pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley 7pm
Oceanside - Davey Leatherwood 5:30pm
Outriggers - The Evening Muze 6pm
Tayton O’Brians - James Ryan 9pm
Tortugas - Cesar Romero 6pm
Traders - TBA 2:30pm
Traders - Etc 6:30pm
Traders - The Accuzed 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats – The Transfers 6pm
Sunday, July 28
Bounty Bar - Bradford Buckley 7pm
Flagler Tavern - The Vibe 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Brandon Twitch Wilson
9pm
Oceanside - Warren Beck 10am
Outriggers - Mud Rooster 2pm
Traders - Stephanie Schaffer 3pm
Monday, July 29
Bounty Bar - Matt Burke 7pm
Grind/Kona - Jason Longoria 6pm
Tuesday, July 30
Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Wednesday, July 31
Bounty Bar - Jason Longoria 7pm
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Outriggers - Laree App 6pm
Traders - Donnie Lee 7pm
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The constant beating of our mother’s heartbeat introduced us
to the comforting rhythm of music in its simplest form. It’s the
reason that the love of music is the one thing that all humans
have in common from the time of birth. In reality, there are
no social, racial or political agendas when it comes to sharing
the love of a great new original song; it happens every day.
No matter the genre or style, a great arrangement of sound
in its purest form is a constant elixir and will continue to prove
that a future with greater harmony is still very attainable. This
month’s artist creates his works on that constant beat. Dan
Gunderson shows us the beauty of repetition in his art.
Dan Gunderson, Personal Statement:
I am drawn to bright primary and secondary colors for my
palette. Plastic toys (such as McDonald’s Happy Meal
figures) are the foundation of my installations. This past year
I have been using 3D printed pieces to supplement the toys in
order to achieve different scale in my work. Perfect balance is
achieved by placing objects in symmetrical arrangements. A
camera mounted directly above the installation then captures
rhythmic perspective and diminishing scale imagery leading to
a central focal point.
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THE MUSIC
PHOTOGRAPHER
The advent of the phonograph and the camera
within a relatively short time of each other, have
seen musicians and photography go hand in
hand now for over a century. Think of all the
iconic photographs of artists and bands through
the decades: Robert Johnson, Elvis Presley,
The Beatles, Jim Morrison, The Grateful Dead;
hundreds really, enough to fill volumes of books.
By C. August Wenger
In the modern era, it’s not just the big names that
should be capable of professional photography.
There are literally over 1 million band profiles
on social media, I’ve probably perused over
20,000 of these in my years, and those that have
professional photography really total less than one
percent. Some of these profiles I remember strictly
because of the professional look to their pages. At
the very least, I stay on their pages considerably
longer than I do others.
In this day and age of social media numbers,
where most booking agents, talent buyers, scouts,
and venue owners aren’t even “wasting their time”
on bands with less than 10,000 followers, anything
you can do to stand out from the horde will greatly
benefit your band that may not have met their
quota. With professional photography, you might
just get that first look, that longer look, over even
that second look, and be given consideration over
other acts with more followers that don’t have the
professional look.
Of course, anyone with a smartphone can take
decent pictures, but there is still a noticeable
difference in the shots of an amateur and those of
a professional. Also, in today’s social media world,
photography not only gives you that professional
look, but also gives you content for your followers,
keeps your profiles fresh and up to date, and gives
you material for digital show posters and flyers.
Music photography takes on many forms,
the core being headshots, on location
shots, studio shots, artistic shots coupled
with graphic design, and of course,
live performance shots. While some
photographers are capable of executing all
these modes, most photographers specialize
in one or two of these. They each will have
their own style, so I recommend collaborating
with several different photographers for
your project. Their work will help to present
your project as innovative and multi-faceted
while also allowing for a variety of marketing
campaigns.
In each article of the Original Music Manifesto
I have tried to make points universal to any
music scene while showcasing someone
local to my music scene that embodies
the subject matter. There are over a dozen
really good professional photographers
in the Daytona music scene. All of them
certainly deserve credit and spotlight,
but one young man comes to mind as I
have seen him or his work capturing more
local shows than really anyone else. He
goes by the name MonstroM; his work is
MonstroM Photography. In addition to being
a photographer, Monstrom is also a hiphop
artist and promoter through GutterBorn
Productions, which he co-founded. He’s been
capturing images of the local music scene for
3 ½ years now, having built on his work out
of the skate scene, which always involved
music.
I asked Monstrom why he thought music
and photography are so symbiotic. He
answered, “Capturing the essence of a
performance and an artist’s emotions are
what music photography is all about; it allows
the artist and the fans to relive a moment
that happened in the blink of an eye.” Please
check out MonstroM Photography on social
media and be on the lookout for his new
website.
I’ve mentioned a lot about social media in this
article and that will lead us into next month’s
article, where I will discuss how to operate
successful, engaging social media, and most
importantly how to get those social media
numbers up. As always, thanks for reading.
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© By Hank Harrison
Rodney Albin was one of the smartest
people I ever met, and I’ve met a lot of
smart people. But he had a dark side.
the “holding company”. Pig Pen from
the Grateful Dead eventually started
hanging out. The rest is not well
documented. Are you getting that this
was a crazy time?
As the years whizzed by, and as
we all matriculated in one way or
another, LSD entered the scene
somewhere in this social admixture…
and since Rod was a genius with
loose social bonds, he fell in with
the right or wrong chemistry crowd,
depending on what Bible you read.
Rod got married, moved out of 1090
and had a son who grew up to be
really good-looking, and then Rod
opened a music store known as
Acoustic Music on Haight Street. I
couldn’t stay in touch with all of the
details because I moved a lot, but I
knew Rod ate a lot of junk food. I also
knew from his second wife, Marlene
Molle, that he never really worked
out or did anything that would raise a
sweat, and eventually, he got sick, I
mean really sick.
Rodney. I assumed that toward the
end, Rodney was one of the loneliest
people on the planet. It was as if
he knew I would understand, I was
honored to be the only person he
confided in about this whack-a-doodle
theory, but I’m still not sure what he
meant.
One day in late July 1984, when Rod
was in hospice at UC Parnassus, he
thanked me for inventing therapeutic
techniques for bringing people
down from bad drug trips. He knew
I was the first person to ever bring
anybody down on the telephone, and
that I would drive to their location
if necessary. I thanked him for the
recognition and his friendship, but
I was still deeply saddened. That’s
when he told me he knew he was
going to die; he even said he knew
exactly what day he would die. I didn’t
believe him. I nodded and held his
hand, he didn’t seem to be afraid at
all, but I was…what the Fxxx was I
going to do without Rod Albin?
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Rod was the go-to guy if you needed
your guitar fixed or if you needed
advice about where to fish for salmon
or what was wrong with your air
conditioner or if you needed to buy an
old Buick. He knew a lot about stage
magic and chemistry too. But you just
never wanted to ask him about girls,
or dating or the stock market. He
didn’t know much about that stuff.
In the pre-summer of love days in
the Haight-Ashbury, around 1964,
Rod started one of the first boarding
house communes located at 1090
Page Street. He rented it from his
uncle who bought it for speculation.
Built about 1888, it was a real original
“Painted Lady,” but came into use
as a boarding house during World
War II and had seen better days. It
was a big wide gingerbread Victorian
with the insides straight out of M.C.
Escher, a three-story mansion with a
small redwood lined ballroom and a
band stage in the basement.
Rod’s first tenant was his brother
Peter and his second tenant was
Janis Joplin. After that, the place
filled up quick, several San Francisco
State students, like Mr. Sito, a native
San Fran Japanese dude who
studied Anthropology and Biology,
but minored in French literature with
an emphasis on Baudelaire, took
residence.
One of Rod’s old pals, known only
as Edmond the Magician-from the
Russian Embassy, put on shows
there…these included a bed of nails
act, which he left behind when he
moved out because it was too heavy
to move and a disappearing cape,
which Rod and Peter occasionally
wore to parties. Pretty soon bands
started to form and one of them
calling themselves Big Brother and
the Holding Company set up practice
sessions in the ballroom. Janis sat in.
Rod was the Big Brother and since
everybody owed him rent he was also
When I got back from one of my
teaching gigs in Europe I was
saddened to find Rod in bad shape.
His band, Road Hog, did well. He
made electronic instruments for David
Laflamme, who recorded White Bird
on one of Rod’s violins; he built a
harpsichord from scratch, but all that
time he never ate a yogurt or chewed
a raw carrot. The eventual result was
intestinal cancer.
He had a theory that cancer is really
a mental breakdown of the epithelial
cells, the cells that help lubricate most
bodily functions, a kind of microscopic
psychosis that blocks the cells from
covering all sorts of surface tension
under stress and it sometimes can’t
be fixed. It didn’t take me long to
realize he was telling me something
far more confidential… he had
cancer, and he gave it to himself,
sort of an OOOPS moment. I figured
it was an idea from the ether he was
inhaling with all that cocaine he was
snorting in the form of Freebase,
which we now call Crack. Jerry
Garcia was getting most of his crap
from Rod back in those days, but that
wasn’t the only thing that killed
At the time I was the Senior Editor
of Doctor Dobb’s Computer Journal,
formally known as Doctor Dobbs
Journal of Computer Orthodontia
located in Menlo Park down the El
Camino Real from Kepler’s Bookstore
and about a block away from Magoo’s
Pizza where the Warlocks first played.
I heard through the grapevine that
Rodney passed away that week
in August. I was also working as a
tech writer for a pioneering company
called IMSAI across the Bay in San
Leandro and had to commute, plus I
was interviewing the late Gary Kildall
about his new operating system
MP/M-86, but Kildall insisted we chat
in his Piper Comanche on the way
to the Microcomputer convention the
first week of August. In any case, I
wasn’t able to keep up with Rodney’s
details and I missed the news about
his funeral. I got back to Menlo Park
just in time to get a phone call from
Peter Albin, Rod’s Brother, it went
something like this:
(Continued on page 30)
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“Hank can we talk?”
“Sure Peter what’s up?”
“Rod died, you know.”
“Yes I heard.”
“Well, I need your help. Rod played a dirty trick on all of
us.”
“What? What kind of dirty trick?”
“Well he left a bunch of fried chicken in the fridge with a
note on it, and we took it on the boat in the picnic basket.”
“I thought you were going to scatter his ashes at sea?”
“That’s right, we did that, but we took a picnic lunch for
all twelve people as we went out under the Golden Gate
Bridge, just like Rod wanted.”
“Yes. That was cool.”
“No not cool.” Peter was nervous.
I detected a lot of stress in Peter’s speech, “Oh why?”
“… Because Rod put a massive dose of LSD in the chicken
in the breading I guess, then put it in the freezer
and we all ate it.”
“Oh shoot!” I was going to laugh but that would
have been rude, “So, When did this happen? “ I
asked.
“Today, just today… I just got back.”
“Hey are you alright?”
“Well, everybody got completely dosed on very
potent LSD, except Marlene and Dad, they didn’t
eat any chicken.”
“Oh crap, that’s awful, so where are you now?”
“OK, Well here’s what to do … most rough reactions to LSD
are based on insulin insufficiency or bad glucose uptake
issues, pre-diabetes and so forth. It’s a blood/serotonin
balance issue, not a psychotic reaction, although I‘ve seen
serotonin depletion react badly to low blood-sugar in prepsychotic
individuals.”
Peter didn’t want a lecture. “OK so what can I do?”
he asked.
“Just get some glucose into you immediately, you’ll
be alright… a candy bar, orange juice, a milkshake,
anything that will bring up your blood sugar… wait
a few minutes then call me back.” I’ll drive up and
hang out if that doesn’t work.
“Are you sure?” Peter seemed doubtful.
“It won’t stop the acid but it will calm the negative
reaction. Trust me. The LSD left your system the
last time you took a pee. “
“Ok, I trust you Hank.”
“Thanks Peter, you know I wouldn’t make this up.
I’m sorry Rod felt he had to do something like that,
really if you can dial a phone your OK, you did dial the
phone yourself right?” I chuckled reassuringly.
Peter assured me he was able to dial the phone, “Right,
OK.”
Peter did not call back that night. I assumed the glucose
cure worked. I was sad though. I didn’t know Rodney
was ‘that’ hostile. I guess he just wanted us all to get the
message.
And yes, I do miss him. I still have the solid oak table he
built for me and I still have those Liberty Hill Aristocrat reel
to reels in my files… and the memories, I’ll always have the
memories.
with Chez Rocker
Josh Homme is the lead guitarist and frontman of Queens
of the Stone Age. The Coachella Valley desert rock icon
was born in Joshua Tree, California and still returns regularly
to record with the likes of Trent Reznor (Nine Inch
Nails), Cory Taylor (SLIPKNOT) and Dave Grohl (Foo
Fighters), to name a few.
Married to Brody Dolle of The Distillers and father of three,
Homme has impacted the rock and roll world putting out
one great album after another and also created band’s
Eagles of Death Metal and Them Crooked Vultures. The
46 year old Homme has played with Sir Elton John and
now has plans to collaborate with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top .
Queens of the Stone Age plans to have a new album in the
upcoming year.
Homme has produced a musical improv series called The
Desert Sessions since 1997. With Queens of the Stone
Age he has made eight albums; it’s hard to choose which
of them I enjoy the most. They all have a sound of their
own and each one shows how they have evolved as a
band over time. They tour frequently and I recently had the
pleasure of seeing them in Jacksonville, FL at the Rockville
Festival.
Homme’s liquor of choice tequila, preferably
añejo, a classification that denotes it
has been aged at least a year. Made from
the agave plant, tequila dates back to the
Aztecs but wasn’t distilled until the 1500s
by the Spanish. Typically añejo is served
on the rocks or sipped in a snifter but I’ve
come up with something different and fun
you can make with any tequila.
ADIOS:
2oz tequila
1/2 oz blue curacao
1/4 oz agave nectar
Squeeze 1 fresh lime
Splash soda
Shake and serve over ice
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“I’m in the city, at Rod’s house with
Marlene.”
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Hello again, friends! This time around I bring you
a special interview with Paul Stanley … The
ultimate front man; the reason KISS has been a
part of the rock and roll landscape since the early
‘70s. Singer, songwriter, strutting, dancing,
guitar flailing ringleader of the KISS circus. I wanted to be
like Paul from the minute I snagged a vinyl copy of Alive II.
I have gone as Paul for Halloween 6 times, screeched his
songs in front of thirsty karaoke audiences, and even made
an attempt at a legit performance of “Love Gun” in front of
a crowded music venue with my best friend’s band. I love
his voice, the harmonies, his swagger, and his attention to
fans. I managed to weasel my way backstage on the “Asylum”
tour and Paul kindly signed the 7 albums I brought
with me to the show. He chatted with me and made me
feel like I wasn’t a star-fucker freak. And when I later got
to interview him on the “Hot In The Shade” tour, he was
equally as cool. So as KISS rolls through their “End of The
Road” world tour (including an August 6th date in Sunrise,
FL), it was certainly a great treat to get an opportunity to
chat with him again as he releases his new book, Backstage
Pass.
RIGGS - Tell me about writing this new book, Backstage
Pass, at this point in your career when you’re very busy on
the road on the KISS Farewell Tour.
PAUL - Well, interestingly I never really thought about
writing a book and then initially the first book I wrote was
“Face The Music” which is now in 6 languages, and it
dealt a lot with my personal life which I’ve always felt it’s
important to realize that the people they look up to and the
people who inspire them aren’t perfect. It’s too easy to get
caught up in thinking that you are in some sort of deficient
situation and the people you look up to are on a pedestal. I
don’t want to be on that pedestal. I want people to realize
that we’re all kind of in this together and everybody has
the same issues and I’d love to inspire people. I’d love to
be the person to tell people what you CAN do. Nothing is
impossible if you’re willing to work hard for it. For me, I’m
deaf in one ear, always deaf in one ear, and was born with
something they called a facial deformity. And my home life
wasn’t great. But then it’s up to you. You either wallow
in self-pity and you’re a victim or you get your life together
and enjoy it. You only get one shot at this as far as I know,
so I’m here to tell you what you can accomplish. And I
don’t want to tell anybody how to live your life, I want to tell
you how I’ve lived mine.
RIGGS - Well it’s pretty remarkable that, with that kind of
back story, you have achieved what you have achieved.
And not just as a songwriter and musician, but you do
so much for the troops and your fans…. I have had the
opportunity to meet you and interview you and you seem
like a very grounded, normal person. Is that difficult to keep
intact or is it a product of what you have been through and
overcome that made you this person?
PAUL - I think that at the end of the day it’s real simple…
take a moment and look in the mirror. Do you like who you
see? It’s just that easy. I sleep real well. And I’ve found
that as life has gone on that giving to others and helping
people is a reward to me. It changes other people’s
situations. It’s easy to be a dick, especially when you’re
famous. But it’s actually easier to be nice. That may seem
corny but truth be told, I get a lot of satisfaction out of helping
other people. It makes the world better and it makes
me better. So, pretty simple.
RIGGS - It’s impressive in your music career how you have
been able to reinvent yourself through all the eras that
KISS has been through. Give me a brief synopsis of that
moment in the ‘80s when you decide to take the makeup
off. Was that freeing or frightening?
PAUL - I pushed to make it happen. I don’t believe in living
a woulda, shoulda, maybe we would have been better off
kind of life. I think there are things that are worth doing
and sometimes it really comes down to No Guts, No Glory.
I thought the band had reached a point where it needed
to take the makeup off and if we couldn’t succeed without
the makeup, then we didn’t deserve to continue. It was a
resounding success and took us through the ‘80s and Lick
It Up was a big album as was Animalize with “Heaven’s On
Fire”. So, there are no guarantees, but if you aren’t willing
to take risks, you’ll never know. I never wanted to live with
“well maybe if we had done this or that”, so we took it off
and it stayed off until we did a reunion tour with the original
lineup. Once that was over and we realized we wanted
to continue, we just stayed the course and here we are in
2019… let’s see, what is it, 45 years? It’s amazing and
if somebody had told me I’d still be doing this I’d tell you
you’re out of your mind. That’s what makes life so amazing.
RIGGS - It truly is an incredible success story.
PAUL - That’s what I try to say in Backstage Pass, to show
how my life has evolved even since the last book. I have
this great relationship with my dad who is 99 and I never
could have imagined that. So, we have to be open to
change but we also have to work for change.
RIGGS - KISS has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
I worked at a record store for years and it always gave me
great pleasure to expose some of those old school KISS
fans to some of the post-makeup music. Is it
truly the strength of the songs that hooks people
or is it the combination of the live show and the
music?
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PAUL - I think it’s parts of each and it would be hard to separate
the two. But as far as the music goes, you can’t put a
smoke bomb in an album, ya know? You’re buying music,
and when people are singing “Heaven’s On Fire” or “Rock
& Roll All Night” or “Love Gun”, you’re singing a song. And
I think we hit a whole lot of home runs not with just the
music but with attitude because we’ve always believed the
audience deserves the best show possible. And we have
never been self-indulgent and changed the arrangements
of songs to the way we want to do it. People want to hear
those songs the way they love them so we’ve always been
keenly aware of the people who have given us this opportunity.
You can’t always follow what some want you to do
and we are going to disappoint some people along the way,
but that’s what makes us who we are.
Last Electric Rodeo
Photo credit Meggan Harper
Lita Ford
Photo credit Tim Tuech
Last Electric Rodeo
Photo credit Meggan Harper
RIGGS - What is your Mount Rushmore of KISS songs?
The ultimate four songs that you sing.
PAUL - Hmmmm… “Love Gun”, “Detroit Rock City”, “Rock
& Roll All Night” and …. Hmmmm…. “Heaven’s On Fire”.
RIGGS - So for those who want an introduction to KISS,
those are your 4?
Brad Buckley Band
Photo credit Reluctant Genius
Lee Siler - Skin Deep
Photo credit Tim Teuch
PAUL - There ya go, that’s the primer!
RIGGS - I really enjoy your artwork. Is painting an escape
for you from music or has it become such a passion that
the music is the break from everyday life?
PAUL - I originally started painting as a way of letting off
steam. But it became so successful that it became just
another successful outlet that came with deadlines and
responsibilities which it didn’t start with. But I’m incredibly
grateful and humbled, not just with the sales, but the people
who have artists that I respect hanging on their wall that
have one of my pieces hanging next to it. It started one
way but again, I want to define myself by the challenges I
take on. Whether it’s art, writing books, theater, I never go
“Why?”; I just say, “Why not?”. “Why not do it?”.
Last Electric Rodeo
Photo credit Meggan Harper
Bubba Sparxxx
Photo credit Reluctant Genius
Last Electric Rodeo
Photo credit Meggan Harper
RIGGS – Love it. Thank you very much for your time!
PAUL – My pleasure!
And not that anyone asked, but here are my OTHER 4
Mount Rushmore / Paul Stanley-fronted KISS songs…
- Shandi
- Take Me
- Thrills In The Night
- I Still Love You
Last Electric Rodeo
Photo credit Meggan Harper
Last Electric Rodeo
Photo credit Meggan Harper
Cheers!
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I wish I knew who suggested that we visit our “Phantom
Foodie” restaurant this month, because I would like to
thank them personally. Millie’s Restaurant and Catering is
located at 3218 South Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach
Shores; you can find them at www.milliesrestaurant.com.
The restaurant isn’t “rustic” like many others in such close
proximity to the ocean.
There are tablecloths,
goblets and real silverware.
The tables are beautifully
set and the atmosphere
comfortable, clean and
professional. The service on
both visits was impeccable;
friendly, helpful staff who
offer amazing service
without being intrusive.
My first visit to Millie’s was
between lunch and dinner
on a Tuesday afternoon, so
I opted for lunch. I had the
most moist, flavorful burger
I have ever tasted. The
burger is a blend of chuck,
brisket and short rib and,
because why not, I ordered
it with cheese and bacon. A side of homemade chips
and pickle spear rounded out the plate and, although the
chips were good, my friend had fries and I would definitely
order those next time instead of the chips. He also had a
pressed Cuban sandwich, which he said was
excellent.
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The second visit was on a Sunday for dinner. We stopped
by kind of early for dinner; it wasn’t crowded at the time, but
they told us it would fill up on a Sunday evening. We went
elsewhere for a couple of drinks and when we came back,
there were indeed several people there, although it was
easy seating at the bar. I had been excited on my previous
visit to see shrimp and grits on the menu so I already knew
what I would be ordering. I had a different friend with me
that evening and, after considering the many delicioussounding
options, he ordered the grouper entree that was
featured. The shrimp and grits were probably the best I
have ever tasted. This dish can have many variations,
mostly in the “gravy” and this was delicious. Even my
friend who, like so many people, claims not to be a “shrimp
and grits guy” finished my entree for me. This was, of
course, after he devoured all of his grouper dinner.
There are some intriguing items on the menu at Millie’s -
BBQ Smoked
Alligator
Ribs, BBQ
Pork Nachos,
Coffee
Rubbed Steak
Salad, Filet
and Shrimp
Fondue. They
also offer a
children’s
menu. This
will have to be
a special occasion place for me - it was on the higher price
point (around $92 including drinks for the two of us - in
fairness, we may drink more than some people). But well
worth the price because the portions are generous. I will
make it a point to treat myself again soon!
new school album of the month
VLTMUS Something Wicked Marches In
Ex vocalist and bass player of Morbid Angel David Vincent, ex Mayhem
guitarist Blasphemer, and Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier have
come together to deliver Something Wicked Marches In, an album of
progressive at times, yet brutal death metal. A must own for fans of the
members’ other music endeavors. Top tracks for me are “Total Destroy”,
“Everlasting”, and “Last Ones Alive Win Nothing”. Out now on Seasons
of Mist Records.
Photo Credit: Metalbox Facebook page
Photo Credit: TVT
The Metalhead Box
A few years ago, while scrolling through a couple of groups that I am a
part of I stumbled across something that I thought was an excellent idea,
a monthly subscription called “The Metalhead Box”. The subscription
is basically a very well put together box that includes a t-shirt, 3 CDs,
and other miscellaneous items such as stickers, patches, pins and other
goodies and costs about $40.00 a month with shipping. I of course had
to check it out for myself and each box I have received is extremely
impressive. I have gotten not only t-shirts and CDs but also beer cozies,
satanic candles, posters, signed pictures and so much other really cool
Metal merchandise. Their service has several formats to choose from
including the regular box, the mini box, and even a vinyl box option. You
can also choose your favorite genre of metal for your box (Death, Black,
or Thrash) which is a plus. I feel this box is for the Metalhead who wants a
new surprise every month because you never know what you’re going to
get out of this one-of-a-kind subscription but it is a blast to find out and you
will certainly look forward to unboxing each month so check it out.
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Photo Credit: Season of the Mists Records
old school album of the month
G/Z/R Plastic Planet
During his hiatus from metal legends Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler (the
godfather of all heavy metal bassists) decided to embark on a solo career
and then voila G/Z/R’s “Plastic Planet “, released in 1995 on TVT Records.
This aggro groove metal album featuring Fear Factory’s Burton C Bell on
vocals, was nothing typical Sabbath fans were expecting especially with the
dissing of a certain Sabbath guitarist on the song “Giving Up the Ghost”. The
tunes seemed to be more aggressive and heavier than what was expected
out of Butler and change is good on this album. “Catatonic Eclipse” and
“Drive by Shooting” give this outing the 1-2 punch needed to
raise those metal eyebrows. Songs “Plastic Planet”, “House of
Clouds” and “X13” are worthy of avoiding the recycle bin. A pat
on the back from the prince of darkness was well deserved.
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CROSSWORD ANSWERS
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1. What is the title of the Beatles’ first album that
made the UK charts in 1963?
Please Please Me
2. Which member of the Grateful Dead lost
the majority of his middle finger due to an
wood-chopping incident?
Jerry Garcia
3. Name of the street where the iconic album
cover featuring all four members of the Beatles
walking in a street was taken?
Abbey Road
4. What is the name of the supergroup that both
John Lennon and Keith Richards were apart of?
The Dirty Mac
5. This blues singer-songwriter inspired Jimi
Hendrix into playing the guitar?
Muddy Waters
6. What is the name of the superduo that includes
both Kanye West and Kid Cudi?
Kids See Ghosts
7. What is the meaning of LL Cool J’s name?
Ladies Love Cool James
8. What is the title of Jason Mraz’s popular 2008
pop song?
I’m Yours
9. What year did Madonna’s hit song “Like a
Virgin” come out?
1984
10. What is Childish Gambino’s real name?
Donald Glover
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July 19 - Mud Rooster
July 20 - Dave and the Waverlys
July 25 - Rafael Rodriguez
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