My brand new FRANKENSTEIN ROCK MUSICAL soundtrack has escaped (or been released)!
Buy six! they make decorative coasters! (seriously)
Also available on Itunes and most places where you buy cool independent music on the internet.
This day is a culmination of so many years of work, I can’t begin to say how proud I am of this collection of songs.
just found out today that the movie has hit some retail stores- Barnes & Noble in LA, New York & New Orleans- feels great
THE WRECKING CREW, a legendary group of studio musicians responsible for the sound of the sixties (and beyond) and literally thousands of hit records from the greatest recording artists of all time were honored Wednesday with an induction into the WALK OF FAME at the Guitar Center in Hollywood. Placing their handprints in the cement were ace musicians Don Randi (keyboards) Glen Campbell (guitar) and Hal Blaine (drums, leader of the “Crew”) A Plaque commemorating several dozen other key players was also presented, and there was an industry screening later that night at CAA of the brand new documentary THE WRECKING CREW, directed by Denny Tedesco, son of late studio guitar legend, Tommy Tedesco. The movie has two more Los Angeles screenings within the next week, see the site below for details.
I met Carlin when I was a waiter in Pasadena. He was having dinner before going up the street to the Icehouse to see Richard Jeni perform. We talked about Shreveport, my home town and the location of Carlin’s first job in the entertainment business, at KJOE radio. He remembered details about the station down to a description of the building. Very nice guy. We talked about comedy. We talked about Lenny Bruce. We talked about Class Clown, a particularly influencial album of his that I listened to alot as a teenager. Just before he left, he asked me to write down my address. I had no clue what he wanted it for, but I gave it to him. Two days later, a package appeared on my door containing three autographed Carlin videos- a career retrospective, a best of, and a recent HBO special. Wow. Yes, I still have them. No, I’ll never give them up. Thanks for all the laughs, Hippy Dippy Weather Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCKoT1HY3U
-part 1 of 7, Carlin’s last HBO special
I just love this review of my movie- he kinda gets it, plus there’s a nice Amazon link at the top for purchase
http://www.dvdschlock.com/2008/03/review-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-rock-n-roll.html
Even though you may never have heard of him, he’s entertained you immensely. Stan Winston was arguably the greatest effects man in motion picture history. JURASSIC PARK, THE TERMINATOR, PREDATOR and ALIENS, just to name a few- I was lucky enough to see Winston’s reel at the 2003 Maniafest film festival closing ceremonies awards party at Schwarzenneger’s Schatzi On Main in Santa Monica, along with guests Stan Winston and his long time friend, Wes Craven. They were like schoolboys together, really funny, and I got a shot of Stan flipping everyone the bird, with a big silly grin on his face. They were particularly impressed by my performance as HYDE (The Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Rock ‘N Roll Musical)
Winston’s reel was mind-blowing, covering pretty much every groundbreaking special effect over the last 30 years or so in film history. I’m going to dig around for those Maniafest photos- I’ll try to have them up today- Stan- RIP and thanks for all the thrills and chills and really cool monsters!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37106
Well, Dennis Kucinich introduced 35 reasons why Bush is a criminal and war profiteer last night before the House of Representatives. ….hear the crickets? That old “liberal media” is pretty damn quiet about it, aren’t they?
Anyway, I vowed not to BS too much about politics on this blog, so I’m deferring to my friend Lee Stranahan, who did this piece for Huffington Post. Lee can make just about ANYTHING funny. Click here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-stranahan/kucinich-too-boring-steve_b_106271.html
I’m being played back to back with The Beatles! A great new internet radio station, www.beatlesarama.com, has added 6 of my songs (from the Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney movie soundtrack) into their rotation. They play only Beatles and Beatles related music (Badfinger, early Pink Floyd, Trex, etc) It’s such an amazing station to listen to. I’ve heard interviews and alternate versions of Beatles stuff that I’ve never heard before- There’s also a 1800 number to call and leave your own personal Beatles memory, which they play throughout the day. Of course, I told the story of my meeting with George Harrison years ago.
