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...so on Sat., 7/17/4, I was hangin' with guitarist Roger Steen in a hotel bar in Port Washington, WI after the Fishday Festival in which The Tubes opened for Blue Oyster Cult. He suggested that I start a blog to document my times and travels.

me with roger steen of the tubes on 7/14/4

...and 4/21/6
This is my blog...thanks Roger

with REAL EVH guitar used at a gig on 2007 tour
(bought by Travis's boss Tom)

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Monster/Suicide/America
Steppenwolf 1969
Words and music by John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Nick St. Nicholas and Larry Byrom
from the FANTASTIC LP "Monster"
(Monster)
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And 'til the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end
While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
We began the slaughter of the red man But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light The blue and grey they stomped it
They kicked it just like a dog
And when the war over They stuffed it just like a hog
And though the past has it's share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey
(Suicide)
The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem generous and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
And now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'
Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching
(America)
America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster

Copyright MCA Music (BMI)
All rights for the USA controlled and administered by
MCA Corporation of America, INC
~~~~* 2010 *~~~~
3/9/10
Todd Rundgren
just announced he'll be performing two of his GREATEST albums ever!
Todd and Healing
(WOW! Healing Side 2 LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
details comin'...
www.trconnection.com
www.rundgrenradio.com

and see YOU at those Midwest shows!

3/1/10
! I WELCOME MARCH !

2/28/10
RIP Tom TBone Wolk

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, center, died Saturday of a heart attack.
Here is Wolk at a taping of "Live From Daryl's House" with
Todd Rundgren, left, and Daryl Hall, right.
Photo provided/'Live From Daryl's House'
PHOTO ALBUM HERE!
2/8/10
Extraordinary Measures
A touching film with heart and soul touched with appropriately-timed humor and blessed with fine acting, characters I bonded with and felt for, cool kids, and real problems
scores a big 8 outta 10 from me
...and a SOLO show to boot
(nobody else in theatre...again! how i LOVE those Monday matinees)
I went to this film solely on the inclusion of Harrison Ford,
as one of the main actors AND executive producer,
knowing absolutely nothing about the film. Harrison seldom disappoints!
Brendan Frasier, with whom i have a love-hate relationship, brought the goods with one of his finest performances ever!
Keri Russell also scores with realism and compassion and ALL the kids involved were excellent!
Touching and a real good feelgood film to warm the darkest of hearts in Winter.

2/7/10
SUPER BOWL
a pretty good game with a Tale of Two Halves, much like most of the 2009 season.
I was VERY pleasantly surprised to see the Saints win as I'd been looking at this game like this,
One without a heart pulls for the Colts
and one without a head picks the Saints
...
and, for once in sports, Heart triumphed over Head
CONGRATULATIONS to the city of New Orleans!
May this monumental victory help boost the spirit crushed by Katrina
and our Governments total lack of help with that.

"The Marijuana Trick"

"And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be
no more consumed with hunger in the land."
– Ezekiel 34/29

Where did the word 'marijuana' come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp plant...as you will read. The facts cited here, with references, are generally verifiable in the Encyclopaedia Britannica which was printed on hemp paper for 150 years:
* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.
* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981.
* REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.
* George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America.
* Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow's export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer.
* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word 'canvas' is Dutch for hemp; Webster's New World Dictionary.
* 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.
* The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.
* The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives.
* Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.
* Rembrandts, Gainsborough’s, Van Gogh’s as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.
* In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture
* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.
* Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.
* Hemp called 'Billion Dollar Crop.' It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.
* Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled 'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.' It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
The following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture's 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing 'patriotic American farmers' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:
'...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable...
...Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries...
...the Navy's rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!'
Certified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Jack Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies that the 1942 USDA film 'Hemp for Victory' did not exist.
Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA Bulletin #404 concluded that hemp produces 4 times as much pulp as wood with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution.
From Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938:
'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the next year's crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above the ground, chokes out weeds.
...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.'
In the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industrial revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality products. Hemp, if not made illegal, would have brought America out of the Great Depression.
William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.
In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont's Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont's business.
THE TRICKS
Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: 'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America.
MEDIA MANIPULATION
A media blitz of 'yellow journalism' raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst's newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everything from car accidents to loose morality.
Films like 'Reefer Madness' (1936), 'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth' (1935) and 'Marihuana: The Devil's Weed' (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed.
Examine the following quotes from 'The Burning Question'
aka REEFER MADNESS:
*a violent narcotic.
*acts of shocking violence.
*incurable insanity.
*soul-destroying effects.
*under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an axe.
*more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!
Reefer Madness did not end with the usual 'the end.' The film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN.
In the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The masses were like sheep waiting to be led by the few in power. They did not challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they believed it had to be true. They told their children and their children grew up to be the parents of the baby-boomers.
On April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would pass Congress.
Dr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behalf of the American Medical Association. He told the committee that the reason the AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law sooner was that the Association had just discovered that marihuana was/is hemp.
Few people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been reading about on Hearst's front pages was in fact passive hemp. The AMA understood hemp to be a MEDICINE found in numerous healing products sold over the last hundred years.
In September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since.
Congress banned hemp because it was said to be the most violence-causing drug known. Anslinger, head of the Drug Commission for 31 years, promoted the idea that marihuana made users act extremely violent. In the 1950s, under the Communist threat of McCarthyism, Anslinger now said the exact opposite. Marijuana will pacify you so much that soldiers would not want to fight.
Today, our planet is in desperate trouble. Earth is suffocating as large tracts of rain forests disappear. Pollution, poisons and chemicals are killing people. These great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp. Natural biomass could provide all of the planet's energy needs that are currently supplied by fossil fuels. We have consumed 80% of our oil and gas reserves. We need a renewable resource. Hemp could be the solution to soaring gas prices.
THE WONDER PLANT
Hemp has a higher quality fiber than wood fiber. Far fewer caustic chemicals are required to make paper from hemp than from trees. Hemp paper does not turn yellow and is very durable. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a season where trees take a lifetime.
ALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they would break down and not harm the environment. Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do not break down and will do great harm in the future. The process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the rivers as Dupont and other petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp products are safe and natural.
MEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should go back to the days when the AMA supported hemp cures. 'Medical Marijuana' is given out legally to only a handful of people while the rest of us are forced into a system that relies on chemicals. Hemp is only healthy for the human body.
WORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food products can be generated from hemp. The seeds contain one of the highest sources of protein in nature. ALSO: They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of cholesterol. These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere else in nature! Consuming hemp seeds is the best thing you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp seeds.
CLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothing is extremely strong and durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from hemp, down to your grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp clothing; usually 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to advertise on fascist television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing quality jeans?
The world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity. Get together. Spread the news. Tell people, and that includes your children, the truth. Use hemp products. Eliminate the word 'marijuana.' Realize the history that created it. Make it politically incorrect to say or print the M-word. Fight against the propaganda (designed to favor the agenda of the super rich) and the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We need a clean energy source to save our planet.
INDUSTRIALIZE HEMP!
The liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a day to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have all seen their commercials. Now, their motto is: 'It's more dangerous than we thought.' Lies from the powerful corporations, that began with Hearst, are still alive and well today.
The brainwashing continues. Now, the commercials say: If you buy a joint, you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest anti-hemp commercials say: If you buy a joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new enemy (terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit.
There is only one enemy; the friendly people you pay your taxes to; the war-makers and nature destroyers. With your funding, they are killing the world right in front of your eyes. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL.
Ingesting THC, hemp's active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asthma and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy. You are able to eat on hemp. This is a healthy state of being.
The hemp plant is an ALIEN plant. There is physical evidence that hemp is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was brought here for the benefit of humanity. Hemp is the ONLY plant where the males appear one way and the females appear very different, physically! No one ever speaks of males and females in regard to the plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except for hemp. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly plant is: You have to look internally, at its DNA. A male blade of grass (physically) looks exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense sexuality.
HEMP IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!

1/20/10
Book Of Eli

Mad Max meets a Black James Bond meets National Treasure-type thriller-seek-ride
meets a bit-preachy Bible sect...makes one helluva combo.
Denzel and Oldman combine to bring great performances.
Settings are cool but a bit too 'computer-graphicy' for me.
I spotted the 'surpise ending' about 1/3 of the way into the film but still pretty well-done.
An enjoyable ride in a big theatre with only 2 others (which made it quite cool)...
Fun and mind-freeing travels.
7 outta 10.

1/11/10
NFL Playoffs

Quite the not-so-amazing games this past weekend as MANY lop-sided BLOWOUTS occured, including my beloved Packers.
NYJets DEMOLISHED the Ocho-Stinkos, the Pats didn't even show up (thankfully) and neither did Philly. The Packers played from behind all day, made stoooopid mistakes, and played a much-sloppier game than the 51-45 score shows.
Considering that we TOTALLY STUNK in weeks 7 and 8, I was very surprised to even make the post-season BUT we are a MUCH BETTER team than the Cards, we just didn't bring our A-game and made those dumb errors we are so fond of...
we MUST like flags as we were the KINGS of them this year.
but...
One and done is better than none!
(Perhaps i pull for Brett now?! )
1/8/10
KGP Conspiracy
are gettin' back into the swing of things after a bit off time off. Tweaked The Who's "Love Ain't For Keeping" by adding a Cream-ish jam section to it (ala Odds and Sods) and Pinto brought some Bad Co. in for us to learn.
Good rehearsal...I feel more 'bonded' to them lately and that's a mind-fuck I had to overcome.
We also got word from Studio Earth that the next step in mixes for the disc will be ready next week!
1/7/10
Lizardz Rehearsal-4New Songs!
Last night's first Lizardz rehearsal of the year led to MUCH progress with FOUR new songs learned in 2 hours.
* She's So Cold - Rolling Stones
* I See the Light - Cracker
* Suitcase - Badfinger
* (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
It seems we FINALLY have the right lineup now that Tom is healthy again (and playin' like a MADMAN! )...MANY THANKS to Travis for helpin' out in the interim
(thanks bro!)
...inspired, i then wrote a blues number for The Nitecaps, whose Demo I engineered and produced..
1/5/10
Lizardz Songlist UPDATED!
Check out the MANY NEW ADDS and 15 (!!!!) ORIGINAL songs!
1/1/10
Happy New Year!
May it be BETTER than the last but not as good as the next
New Year's Eve photos from Brother Craig at
Lizardz Site
and my Lizardz Page

(here's an example)

~~~~* 2009 *~~~~
12/28/9
PACKERS goin' to the PLAYOFFS!
From 13 wins in '7 to a dreadful 6 in '8 to...
PLAYOFFS?!
That's right, babaaaaay!
Go Packers!

THEE Gerald Celente says 2009 was the collapse and
2010 will be e CRASH!
(which he said will occur when the stimulus money of '09 dries up)
Look for terror alert elevations, Real Estate Market crash...
SO BUY LOCAL and AMERICAN when you do buy next year.
Full interview is HERE
"Oh, by the way, folks, the FDIC – the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – the one that protects your money in case a bank goes bust. Well, guess what? The FDIC is broke! They are $8 billion in the hole. They are going to the banks now to pay them three years forward so they will have some money to pay other failing banks and the number of failing banks is supposed to increase up into the thousands in 2010.

IF WE ARE HEADED TOWARD A SECOND CRASH IN 2010 WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT THE HIGH RATES THAT IT IS NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS TO THEAVERAGEAMERICAN WHO THINKS THAT 2010 IS GOING TO BE A TURNING POINT TO SOMETHING BETTER?
They are going to be very disappointed! In November 2007, Fed Chairman Bernanke said we were not going into a recession. That was in front of Congress in January and April 2009! That’s not ancient history. Ben Bernanke was saying we were not going into a recession – ‘we don’t see one coming.’
How could anyone believe these people?
In 2009 February, the Obama Administration said that without his stimulus program we would face unemployment rates at 8% in 2009. Well, guess what? We hit 10.2% in 2009 and that was with the stimulus programs.
How could anyone believe these people?
They have a track record of failure. One failure after the other.
So anyone putting their hopes on them is going to be very disappointed"
THEE Gerald Celente-Bookmark his page and visit it often.
He can often be heard on Coast to Coast am Radio Show
12/16/9
Down In The Muck
been playin' bass with The Lizardz at rehearsals on new originals and covers over the past month or so and REALLY startin' to feel the mud and sweat and guts known as the groove...VERY EXCITED about closin' Friday's first set on bass.
Hope to see YOU there!
12/15/9

Happy Holidaze!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of Pan Am Flight 103!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon !
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military Barracks in Saudi Arabia !
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa !
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on 9/11/2001!
REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

Now President Liar Obama has directed the United States Postal Service to REMEMBER
and HONOR the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a new commemorative
42 Cent First Class Holiday Postage Stamp!
REMEMBER to adamantly & vocally BOYCOTT this stamp, when you are purchasing your stamps at the post office.
All you have to say is "No thank you, I do not want that Muslim Stamp on my letters!"
To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors.
!Such Ridiculous Times!
we seem to be THROUGH the looking glass as left is right, right is left, up is down, and down is up...
just remember THEY ARE ALL LYING-it's ALL about controlling
YOU!
Prophecy expert and author Grant R. Jeffrey discussed how technology and surveillance are setting the stage for a new reign of tyranny from a hidden global elite that seeks to install a one-world government. Already, a secretive group in Brussels meets behind locked doors and makes decisions for the European Union without democratic input or challenges, he said on Coast To Coast AM.
12/11/9
I'm FINALLY Hip!
...to the whole music download thang!
as a 'boot collector' for most my life it excites me beyond all means that it seems almost
EVERYTHING has been digitized and ready for DLing, if ya just search for it.
WOW-what a world...
and what a new OBSESSION
(gulp)
...and YES i DO still PAY for music as well. that collection keeps going and continues to attempt to feed the dying music industry...

Copenhagen Chief negotiator: 'Not going well'
Duh! It's a SCAM!
The Copenhagen Climate Control Treaty being finalized this week is another move toward world control that will enforce crippling constraints on nations.
One World Government is on its way!

1,500 illegal aliens given fake driver's licenses

12/10/9
Journalist silenced by armed U.N. security guards
ClimateGate's Globalist Agenda spills further-to much dismay
Premature Nobel Peace Prize
What's a guy gotta do to get one? Nothing evidently.
Even Dalai Lama agrees

!!!Globalist Agenda Alert!!!
Population control admitted again, this time by Chinese
12/5/9
THANKS Oshkosh!
for lettin' The Weavils get psychedelic from the get-go...
and being INTO IT!
Watching, learning,
listnin', groovin',
feelin', movin'...and SO MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!
SWEET!
Nowhere better than Oshkosh for us to finish 2009!
...and ADAM really pulled through again!
WEAVILS Returning to PEABODY'S
on
CINCO DE MARCHO!

12/2/9
TODD Last Night
SPOILER ALERT!
TR did a set of Robert Johnson tunes last night-supoposedly the new album will be called,
"Todd Rundgren’s Johnson" (!!!!)

Dust My Broom
Stop Breakin' Down
Walkin Blues
Love in Vain
Sweet Home Chicago
Red Hot
Come On In My Kitchen
Hellhound On My Trail
Travelin' Riverside Blues
Crossroads

...of course the SECOND Set was
A Wizard A True Star in its entirety so talk about DIVERSITY!
(That's our TODD!)

12.1.9 PFA*SF,CA

12/1/9
Our site 'migrated', thus no updates for about 6 months...apologies to avid readers...
11/28/9
The Nightcaps

Just finished mixing
(yeah, right...mixes are NEVER finished)
the nightcaps demo.
7 songs...soundin' GREATS, one of the area's HOTTEST 'new' bands...
hopefully this will just get better with their own writings.

Cool blues with Hot R&B overtones to delight combine
with soul and white funk to
propel your feet to a
groovin' beat.
Need studio?
Area 31!
(drop me a line)

guessin' there'll be one last tweak but this was one good project that blossomed quickly
(although i already have 33 hours in it.)
Look for music from these sessions at their site soon!
11/23/9
Twilight-NewMoon

In an effort to 'keep up on the hipness of youth culture'...AND being a big fan of vampire films...i attended the new installment of Twilight on the tail of opening weekend box office-setting records. For the record i REALLY enjoyed the first one and saw it in a theatre full of high school kids on that opening weekend. this review will be in the minority, no doubt.

Kristen Stewart is a delight that lights up the screen everytime she appears and will be a true star, Robert Pattinson seemed mechanical and appeared to sleepwalk through all his scenes-albeit very few of them in the film, surprisingly...while Taylor Lautner stole the male end of the show by actually displaying some emotion and talent-although the 'secret' was out well before they spilled it.

This flick suffered severly from all the main attributes of held by most great vampire flicks as there was
NO suspense, NO terror, NO surprises, NO gore, NO humor and NO fun!!!!
even the special effects were cheesey and the music was lackluster, if even existent.

...and the end was such a farce that i had to leave before laughing so as not to 'spoil the kiddie's fun'.

Worth seeing? MAYBE.
Waste of time? PERHAPS.
Top of youth culture's entertainment pyramid? I SURE HOPE NOT!

The biggest disappointment of this was, much like vampires, a lack of soul.
It didn't work on the level of a love story either, unfortunately, as there was more of an "I'm confused" element to all the characters involved that 'mucked up' that end of the story.

Honestly, as far as 'new' films of this genre go, I'd take "Jennifer's Body" or even "The Stepfather" over this anyday...Hell gimme "Orphan" or a good episode of "True Blood".

GLAD i only paid matinee price but also GLAD i saw it on the Mega-screen as Kristen Stewart is a beauty for the ages!
2 Stars outta 10-a BIG LETDOWN from the first but hopefully not the death of the series.

*NOW GO WATCH THE CLASSICS: Nosferatu (1922), Dracula ('31), The Devil's Commandment ('56), Black Sunday ('61), Kiss of the Vampire ('63), Dracula, Prince of Darkness ('65), The Devil's Mistress ('66), Blacula and The Night Stalker ('72), Salem's Lot: The Movie ('79), The Lost Boys ('87), Bram Stroker's Dracula ('92), From Dusk to Dawn and Borello of Blood ('86), Blade and John Carpenter's Vampires ('88)...or even a spoof like Dracula: Dead and Loving It. It will be MUCH more entertaining!

Here's a list of some of the best ever!
http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/vampirefilms.html

...and remember VAMPIRES SUCK (LOL)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, November 23, 2009
MORE web presence
yet more web presence...this time Canadien, eHh?

http://www.numubu.com/profile.php?id=47245

Hop on in bands!

Monday, November 23, 2009
THANKS MUCH!
to all that attended last weekend's shows-
Lizardz in WR
and
Weavils in App...

GREAT STUFF and much fun!

THANKS for the support and POSITIVE Vibrations

Monday, November 16, 2009
THANKS WAUSAU!
The Lizardz had a GREAT time in Wausau at Intermission this past Saturday...GREAT CLUB with people that actually LISTEN and pay attention to the live music. We are blessed to have found you (THANKS Kristi and Josh-for headhunting us in Minocqua!).

When in Wausau be sure to visit this HAPP'NIN' place on the Arts Block (near the Grand) as it sure is unique!

The Lizardz return there is Sat., March 13, 2010 so MARK THOSE CALENDARS for
Intermission,
the home of NO COVER CHARGE live music in Wausau!

Monday, November 09, 2009
Alexis and the Nightcap
GREAT tracking this past weekend...mixes have begun.
take the hottest female pipes in CW,
mix in the beat blues axeman in the area,
melt over a tight rhythm section...
and you've got 'Rapids hottest new blues act!
(now write some originals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Friday, November 06, 2009
Weekend off is ON?!
Category: Life
well my first weekend with bands off since spring...
BUT i'll be tracking a 'new' Rapids' bluesband,
Alexis and the Nightcap in Area 31.

EXCITING to get the studio 'back in shape' and ready to ROCK the 'board this weekend
(but then come those fukkin MIXES!!!!!)

...should be FUN tho'
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Lizardz Hotel Mead-last weekend
THANKS to all that showed up and grooved with us!
The first-set-dancers were a big treat, once again. Please enjoy your free CDs-you DESERVE them!
The second-set LISTENERS are just as appreciated, if not more. It's GREAT to know someone's actually paying attention and spotting the QUALITY level of musicians this band has to offer.
...and those THIRD SETTERS that were drawn in from the bar-RIGHT ON!
Thanks to the Lions Club members that slid in after their convention too.

We DEBUTED some brand-spankin' new originals in that 3rd set and it felt GREAT!
The Lizardz have written 6 new songs in the past 2-1/2 months...that's right, The LIZARDZ-who haven't written more than a few new songs in the past 5 years
have written 6 new songs in the past 2-1/2 months!

Also THANKS to all that sat-in to jam:
Grant Meyer (from the Grant Meyer Band), Tom, Connie and Jack (from the aTOMix), Saint Kathy (from MPB)

...and BIGGEST THANKS to our TWO drummers that night-Tim Gessner (Area 51) for bein' backup and ROCKIN' and Tom Clasen for droppin' back in the fold! What a TROOPER Tom is for playin' 2/3 of show a mere 3 months after starting rehab from his motorcycle accident...we love ya!
MANY UPDATES and FREE MUSIC at our site:
www.thelizardz.com

THANKS for reading!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Stevens Point
Current mood:Rundgrenized!

'twas GREAT to get back to Point this past weekend with The Lizardz at Slo's.
Like a time-travel-trip, this was a wonderful experience into another dimension...the backyard of Minocqua, SunDrop soda in bottles, a home stereo system as the bar's 'jukebox', and a 'swell' backyard entrance!
VERY COOL!

'Zardz played well and 2 Rapids' crews showed up for support...MANY THANKS!
(you know who you are)

MANY THANKS to Mike and crew and Jamie for gettin' us back to the lad where one can drink Point beer in the city it was made to be drank in!

Friday, September 18, 2009
Todd does AWATS!
Current mood: enthralled
Category: Music
Caught my hero in Chicago (night 2) and Minneapolis doing his psychedelic masterpiece A Wizard A True Star along with a 'Utopia reunion' opening set.

Costumes, theatricality, and a STELLAR band...
GREATEST SHOW EVER...BY ANYONE!
Loved it!
Now get that DVD ready
:)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
CMN Balloon Rally THIS Weekend

http://cmnballoonrally.com/
*2009 Schedule of Events:
(times are approximate and subject to change)
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Friday, August 28
5:00 pm - Craft Sale open
5:00 pm - Beer Tent and Food Vendors open
5:00 pm - The aTOMix - Beer Tent
5:00 pm - Backtrax - Outdoor Stage
6:00 pm - Balloon set-up and launch
8:00 pm - T.U.G.G. - Beer Tent
7:45 pm - Ska'tTsmen - Outdoor Stage
8:00 pm - Balloon set-up and Glow
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Saturday, August 29
6:30 am - Balloon set-up and launch
6:30 am - 11:00 am - Pancake Breakfast
9:00 am - James Jinkerson Jazz in the Morning - Breakfast Tent
10:30 am - Food Vendors open
11:00 am - 6:00 p.m. - Inflatable toys for the kids
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Dunk Tank
12:00 pm - Craft Sale starts
12:00 - 4:00 pm - Exotic Petting Zoo
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Face Painting by Marlene Jochimsen
2:00 pm - Beer Tent opens
4:00 pm - Ron and Lu Music for You
5:00 pm - El Donk - Beer Tent
5:45 pm - Address by Children's Miracle Network Spokesperson
5:45 pm - Dove Release courtesy of Morningstar Lofts
6:00 pm - Moment of Silence
6:00 pm - Balloon set-up and launch
6:00 pm - Helium Balloon Release
6:45 pm - The Pistols at Dawn - Outdoor Stage
8:00 pm - Balloon set-up and Glow*
8:15 pm - The Lizardz - Beer Tent *
8:30 pm - Dan Bixby Band - Outdoor Stage
8:30 pm - Gazebo Raffle Drawing
9:00 pm - Rainbow Casino Fireworks
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Sunday, August 30
6:30 - 11:00 am - Pancake breakfast and Fly In
7:00 am - Balloon set-up and Launch
8:00 am - Cavalry Baptist Church Service - Outdoor Stage
8:30 am - Mary Panzer/John Cismoski
10:30 am - Other Prize Raffle Drawings
*
NO ADMISSION CHARGE! NO CARRY IN FOOD OR BEVERAGES!
*Hope to See YOU there! ALSO I will be on Club Wisconsin on WWSP 90fm-Stevens Point, WI to PROMOTE this fine event Friday August 28 sometime between 3:15 and 4pm

Thursday, August 06, 2009
WeavilsWoodstockCelebration

Friday August 7
7pm
Hollyrock's
114 N. 2nd St
Wis Rapids

Weavils perform much of Woodstock with special guests and gimmicks.

MUCH FUN...AND FREE!

see ya there!
Saturday, July 04, 2009
BIG shows this weekend!

KGP Conspiracy Sat 7/4/9 Hollyrocks Beer Garden*
The Lizardz Sun 7/5/9 Anchor Bay*

Hope 2 C U there!
Thursday, June 04, 2009
No Not Now

Milo and I tracked local band No Not Now and i got some mixes up'n'runnin'. this high-school Rapids' 3 piece rock band is spearheaded by axeman Evan O'Day, whom i am happy to say has drawn from my musical influence since he was a youngin'.

it's GREAT when the POSITIVENESS of music effects youth in a healthy way.

(BTW-the new New York Dolls album, produced by the ever-amazing TODD RUNDGREN, is excellent-BUY IT TODAY!)

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*all photos by me with phone unless stated otherwise*

~ the dicotomy of Jeff and Weavil captured at last ~
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Hear The Song Here!
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(EXCELLENT cover art by Mark Larson)
****this CD is available HERE****

New page for this event!

...and another...
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Mike CD track list

1) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE ELECTRIC BANANAS
2) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - HELEN EXNER
3) I FEEL FINE - BOXKAR
4) THINGS WE SAID TODAY - ANDY'S AUTOMATICS
5) DEAR PRUDENCE - VULGAR PANG
6) I'VE GOT A FEELING - COOL WATERS BAND
7) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA - BOOGIE AND THE YOYOS
8) RAIN - THE WEAVILS
9) LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - BIG BADDA BOOM featuring Mike Boyle
10) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS - BOBBY EVANS AND IGGY RAY VICIOUS
11) WE CAN WORK IT OUT - COPPER BOX 12) LET IT BE - ANNEX AND FRIENDS

page for this HERE!
****this CD is available HERE****
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Jeff prefers

Cleartone Strings
Testimonial
I have tried many different strings over the decades of playing and performing (live and in the studio) but have never found something that could bend so well and stay in tune over multiple shows, until i found Cleartone. I never really paid much attention to the brand of strings i used until i discovered these. The way they hold their tone and tuning, even while bending WAY outside the normal realm, continues to amaze me. The durability - whether in a smokey bar, basement studio, outdoors, or a dusty theatre - is astounding! They also seem to last three times as long as other brands i have used! The residue from my hands has destroyed strings in the past but this has not been a problem with Cleartone, and that is something that amazes me.
I have also found that it takes A LOT to break them (and i have tried)!
They also carry great tone from low to high - and that's quite incredible.

THANK YOU for making such a high-quality product and teaching me that string brand can make a HUGE difference.
Jeff "Weavil" Gauss
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THANKS DARNELLE
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"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security"
-Ben Franklin

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil,
is for good men to do nothing."

-Edmund Burke 1729-1797

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Church * State

< Keep them separate >
IF 'GOD' WANTED TO RULE OUR COUNTRY HE'D JUST DO IT
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Tues., Jan. 20 - BUSH'S LAST DAY/MILO's BIRTHDAY JAM SESSION
Mr. Ed's - WIRapids
6:30pm
Celebrate the exit of the worst Pres in history with a
jam session of local Rapids' area stars. Free tap beer for musicians that jam!
Goodbye Monkey!