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September 17, 2004

HAVING FUN

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Now THAT was funny! The whole Desert Island Discs thing made me crack up this morning!! It shows that you guys are clever, funny, resourceful, eclectic and diverse - just the sort of qualities you would need on an island. The solution is obviously to all be marooned on the island together - then the CD collection would be perfect! Check out this selection from the comments and emails -

The Cult - Beyond Good And Evil
311 - Grassroots
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Grateful Dead
Substance - Joy Division
Led Zepp 2
Queen - Live Killers
The Who - Quadrophenia
Coloursound
Coltrane - Interstellar
Pitchshifter
Doheny
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks (this is, of course, my selection)
Sarah Brightman - (this is when I start swimming out to sea and never turn back!!)

Then, of course, we have the coconut radio, tuned to Indie 103.1, made for us all by Electric Mayhem - we have Linda running up and down the beach, signaling for help with her Grateful Dead CD - and Abby searching for a CD player to actually PLAY the CD's!! I think we have an episode of Survivor right here!!

Today is more rehearsals for Doheny - we rehearse as much as we can - and we are still on our 'new songs' vibe. Once we have the riffs (thats the easy bit) we spend all our time trying different grooves, different styles of playing those riffs, different arrangements etc until we think we have a song. Then Sean and I play about with sounds and FX and try and make the two guitars work with each other. We dont just want both of us playing the same thing - thats the whole point of Doheny is to try and layer and texture the guitars to maximum effect. That way, the song has more dynamics (ie - When the chorus kicks in, it REALLY kicks in.) I'm excited to pick up where we left off last time, and cant wait for Jon to finish the lyrics to "If I Could..." - (Not sure of that title though...what do you think?)

I have to comment on D_Wez's post that Alice Cooper is doing commercials with Ronnie Corbett in the UK. You would have to know about Ronnie Corbett to get the insanity of this. He is a UK comedian that isn't funny and the thought of Alice and him in a commercial is mind-blowing!! I'm so glad I am not there to witness it. I suppose even the God Of Shock Rock needs to pay the bills.

And Heidi - The event at The Mondrian was something that could ONLY happen in LA!! It was a "Beauty Buffet" - an event held on the top floor of the hotel, where 'celebrities' are invited to wander around and be given free things (sunglasses, clothes, massages, facial products etc)!! I always feel ridiculous when I attend these things but I needed some new shampoo, so I figured I would go along!!

Todays picture was from the photoshoot we did with acclaimed photographer, Michael Muller. We never used it because Tony is hidden. But I love the way the picture looks and feels. So here it is.

Alright - before I go, lets do it again. So we are now all on a desert island, with some cool CD's. A plane flies overhead, and we see someone parachute out of it, and float down towards us. Which actor/actress/singer/musician/comedian would you like it to be? (Bear in mind that we are all going to have to live on the island with this person.

I'm having fun with this - even the two birds staring at me from the trees outside my window seem to be smiling!! Have a great day people - only seven weeks until Gingerbread syrup becomes a staple at Starbucks - and only four weeks until Doheny start to play live again. Seems like I will get through another day!!
Peace

Billy

Posted by vivelerock at September 17, 2004 07:49 AM

Comments

And while Electric Mayhem and Linda signal for help...I'm looking for those "special" mushrooms...Anyway, so another person get stranded with us...It would HAVE to be either Ian Astbury or Benicio Del Toro. We'd make a little hutch and talk about Zen Buddhism while we make cigarettes out of those very interesting mushrooms. My other choice would be Billy Duffy---but of course, he's liable to impregnate all the women and start his own little colony on that island and then we'll never get rescued.

Posted by: Julia at September 17, 2004 09:50 AM

I would have to choose either Mel Gibson, or Ted Nugent. Mel Gibson because he would keep us all entertained, he has serious side and a funny side. Ted Nugent because I think he has good survival skills. He could do all the hunting of animals for food for us. I bet he could even catch fish with is archery equipment, no fishing poles required. *LOL*

Posted by: Karen at September 17, 2004 10:05 AM

Now that billy has swam off screaming from my cd choice LOL (there are worst I could have chosen) my first choice would be Billy Duffy (and Julia, all of may not want to be rescued if that happened) LOL and if someone else chose him *hinthint* I would definitely want either John Cleese or Michael Palin. What's the good to be stranded without some python around.

Posted by: Tina at September 17, 2004 10:36 AM

Yeah it's me again. First cool picture you posted with today's entry. Love how it came out.

Last night while I was on another music forum posting a shoutout to visit the Doheny site, i noticed a message about a new band website to check out. The reason I noticed it was because the guy was canadian. I felt so sorry for him, he had posted for everyone to check it out, came back a few days later and asks if anyone is going too, then another message saying guess not. LOL Poor guy, I just had to go check it out to leave him a message. Anyway, site is pretty nice and I liked their song that played while I visited. Very nice. Billy, if you have a spare moment sometime, check it out, think you'll like it as well, they're called Electrashine.

http://www.electrashine.com/

ta,
tina

Posted by: Tina at September 17, 2004 10:43 AM

Who to be stranded on a deserted island with.... now that is hard, a lot harder than the CD question since I don't know any actual celebrities so I don't know what they are really like. I'd imagine that a lot of celebrities are really f'd up, and since I don't know any of them personally, it would be hard to guess who the really f'd up ones are.

My Dad used to get a kick out of magazine articles where they ask celebrities for advice. He'd say "Celebrities are the LAST people you should get advice from." Like asking J-Lo for love advice. Right.

So anyway.

I have no idea.

Maybe Zach Braff. I heard him interviewed on NPR for Garden State and I love the show Scrubs. He seems smart, funny and interesting.... he might keep us amused. Of course, I could be wrong, but what the heck.

Posted by: Suzanne at September 17, 2004 02:03 PM

Oh too good to pass up. And my reason for wanting to see this particular person on a deserted island is more for the sheer amusement of watching him have to do things for himself.

And I think as long as he has enough Silk Cuts to last him the duration he'll be fine.

He's a lovely bloke. A bit manic at times. But can sing and dance and entertain us all during the boring times. Why he may even say 'Let me entertain you'.

And when the persona becomes a bit too overbearing, I will volunteer to tie him up, tie him down.

My pick: Robert Williams

Posted by: Holly at September 17, 2004 03:02 PM

Hmmm...this *is* a cool game, Billy;)
Picking a celeb is tough, but after a grueling five mintues of contemplation, I'd have to go with Viggo Mortensen.

Reasons -- He's used to living without modern comforts, I heard a great story about a camp out he engineered during the shooting of the LOTR, and aside from being an actor he has a wide range of interests so hopefully the conversation wouldn't get old too quickly.

However, having never met the man, 'tis a risky thing saying you'd want to be stranded with them;)

Posted by: HollyArete at September 17, 2004 03:30 PM

You forgot TV/Movie Characters. And for the love of God, let it be MacGyver..lol And lets hope he's jumping tandem. And when he lands we see that its the Professor from Gilligan's Island..lol

Posted by: ZenTam at September 17, 2004 05:14 PM

Paris Freakin' Hilton

For obvious reasons....

Posted by: Jay at September 17, 2004 06:07 PM

Paris Hilton, huh Jay? So we could use her as the sacrificial virgin for the tribes people who actually inhabit the island? Oh wait...THAT won't work.... *LOL*

Personally, I don't care who jumps out of the plane, as long as he looks good without a shirt while building stuff like a shelter. Then, even if he does turn out to be annoying, at least we've still got eye candy.

Of course with that said, if we're getting Asters and Duffy to jump, then someone had better get Matty too, and we'll get them playing some tunes for us. You know the songs, right Billy? *wink*

Posted by: flamingheart at September 17, 2004 07:07 PM

Lmao ..this is too funny..
Well as much as I would adore a tanned and oiled up Duffy or Gibson to join us on the island..I think the men of our Doheny-anu tribe wouldn't be as excited.
My vote goes to Emeril Lagasse...
Hey..a girl's gotta eat and he makes a killer banana cream pie, and I sure as shit am not living on sushi.

Posted by: Electric Mayhem at September 17, 2004 07:29 PM

Good choice Electric Mayhem ;) We may as well eat great if were stranded. Well be the only coloney of stranded people, who get fat, while marooned..lol

Posted by: ZenTam at September 17, 2004 10:06 PM

RUPERT!!!! lol

Posted by: Abby at September 18, 2004 12:28 AM

This is a really difficult one. Tom Hanks has his castaway experience ... anyone up for some Wilson volleyball?

John Lennon if he was still alive. No to Yoko though ...

What would a celebrity be doing parachuting onto a desert island anyway? Sounds like something Richard Branson might too ... terribly nice chap.
Maybe too nice. Like Cliff Richard.

I think I'd have an easier time of naming celebs I WOULDN'T want to be stuck on a desrt island with!

Posted by: Last wave (Kim) at September 18, 2004 06:27 AM

LOL!!! I'm with you, Kim!

Posted by: Suzanne at September 20, 2004 08:20 AM