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January 22, 2006
TOO MUCH FUN!!
Sunday morning. And it has been a crazy few days. First the laptop drama, which STILL hasnt been resolved! The brand new computer I bought ..... doesnt charge up! So its back to Mac Hollywood tomorrow for a replacement. Will it never end??? Then we had the crazy Sundance trip, followed by the NAMM experience. Then it was straight back to LA for CFR, followed by a 3.00am bout of food poisening!! I promise you people, I feel just a touch fragile this morning. But let me tell you all about the video diary first. I did get bits and pieces from everywhere, and I have too much to put up in one V-Diary, so I am gonna split it all up throughout the week. We have stuff from the plane, some cute 'Duffy and Morrison being snow bunnies' stuff, the Gibson tour bus, some NAMM footage and your Sunday selection questions. So todays diary is the usual Big File Size warning, and I will put two more diaries up during the week. And by the way - is everyone able to view them? I logged on with a PC up in Sundance and it wouldnt view the videos. Just wanna check that all is ok. And again, apologies for the crazy video filters and colors! Still messing around and learning stuff!!
SO - Sundance. Its a crazy place. Absolutely beautiful, set at about 9000ft in the mountains. Snow everywhere, its the archetypal Winter Wonderland. And FULL of free stuff. It seems to be the major reason that everybody goes up there. We did a five hour Swag run, and ended up with so much stuff that we had to leave people behind in order to fit it all on the plane!! The gig itself was OUTDOORS at the base of the mountain, and about 2500 people showed up and watched us do our eleven song jam session. At that temperature and altitude, it is almost impossible to play. Your lungs cant get a decent breath, so singing is tough, and your fingers literally freeze onto the strings, making playing guitar very .....interesting! Matt, Donovan, Chris and I were joined onstage by Billy Duffy, Stephen Jenkins (Third Eye Blind), Benji (Good Charlotte), Kenny Aronoff (Smashing Pumpkins) and Skunk Baxter (Steely Dan) and we all had a great time trying to keep warm! The last song was I Wanna Be Your Dog, and Kenny took over on the kit, leaving Matt Sorum to pick up a guitar and play with Duffy and Benji!!! Yes, you heard it here - Matt SORUM on guitar, ladies and gentlemen!!!! A good time was had by all.
The next morning I woke up in LA, and it was off to NAMM. What an assault on the senses that is! - Anything remotely connected with music, all jammed in to the Anaheim Convention Center, and turned up to 11. I did an hour on the Gibson booth, hanging out signing, doing pictures etc, and spent a couple of hours in the corporate booth upstairs checking out the guitars, talking with the people from Gibson about a few things, and generally being a part of their vibe for a while. Then I had to jump into the car and race back to LA just in time to do the CFR show. Dave was unable to make it so I called Ricky Warwick (guitarist in Circus Diablo) who saved the day and came in to hang out with me and play a few tunes. It was a LONG day!! After the show, I went out for dinner, came home and crashed. And about 3.00am, I woke up sweating bullets, and with a stabbing pain in my stomach. An hour later, and four trips to the bathroom, I realized that I had some mild food poison going on!! Horrible feeling and not what I needed to finish off those few days!
So I am here this morning, feeling a little tired and fragile, and very thankful that I have nothing to do today. I will rest up, and knock around the house, and prepare for next week. A round of meetings and phone calls, and some preparation for more Circus Diablo recording at the end of the week. The pics today are from the Sundance show, along with one that Lisa sent in - South Park Billy!!! I love it! Keep it here during the week for episodes 2 and 3 of the V-Blog, and have a great day everyone.
Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at January 22, 2006 07:40 AM
Comments
Billy, you tease!!! :P part two roll it baby!
(I'm not going to say anything about part one until more ppl have watched. Except yeah, and cool, awesome, etc.)
hugs
Lisa
xxxx
Posted by: ylais at January 22, 2006 11:10 AM
Billy, any plans to attend the Cult shows in San Diego or my stomping grounds, Morongo?
jezzi
Posted by: jezebel at January 22, 2006 11:46 AM
hi billy !
your site rocks....
if you have pix from the namm thing post'em if you can...and a question if you like you answer...was jerry cantrell with you at the namm ??
thanx in advance.
Posted by: jude at January 22, 2006 12:26 PM
Damn Billy(!),
Sorry to hear about the food poisoning. That's umm... quite shity dude. I'm not at all surprised that Sorum was on guitar. Like, who the fuck doesn't play it, it least a little!!!
Seriously, your post today is so huge, I'll have to come back to fathom it all! Feel well man.
Posted by: Spencer at January 22, 2006 03:34 PM
Hey, where is the Cult news you promised??? Hope you're feeling better.
Posted by: Kenny at January 22, 2006 05:34 PM
kenny, watch the video diary, you'll find the cult news there
Posted by: tina at January 22, 2006 05:49 PM
Billy, I'm back...
Just so ya know, I always check out your v-blogs on a PC and it always works fine for me. For those having probs checkin' it out, try downloading Quicktime, maybe? Oh yeah- don't stop with the weird effects, it's like a signature style of cinematogrophy or some shit. Very cool.
Posted by: Spencer at January 22, 2006 08:29 PM
Hey Billy, love the suspense that you are keeping with the video blog. I can see all the drama TV shows are rubbing off on you.
So I take it you are not part of the cult reformation? It would be cool if you were, even if it was like come out at the end for one song or something.
Anyway mate, take care and i look forward V-Blog #2.
Posted by: Simon at January 22, 2006 10:40 PM
Hey, Billy. Wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I've watched every one of the VBlogs on a PC and they work just fine as long as you have QuickTime installed.
Feel better.
Tom
Posted by: Tom at January 23, 2006 05:23 AM
such cute snow bunnies you guys make!!
Posted by: beth at January 23, 2006 08:34 AM
Billy, thanks for rushing back to do CFR. I enjoyed it. It seem to go by so quickly! Very cool that Ricky was there.
Glad you liked the Southpark Billy. :)
Funny thing when I first watched the vblog. There I was intently watching, and Duffy was just about to say where The Cult were playing, and the video stopped right then of all times.
I did get to see it all. I emptied the streaming video cache on my Mac, and increased the amount for streaming to the max. I didn't even know you could do that, after a few years on a Mac. Found it quickly though.
Hope you're feeling better,
Lisa
xxxx
Posted by: ylais at January 23, 2006 12:25 PM
Billy,
The V Blog works fine on my PC.
Hope you are feeling better.
Patiently waiting for part 2.
I love the pic of Billy and Duffy shopping .
LuvXXX Terri
Posted by: Terri at January 23, 2006 03:31 PM
Billy ~ these vblogs are awesome! Thanx!
Your show Sat nite was great!...Dave who?
Hope you are all clear from the dreaded lurgie & you're feeling back to normal.
Peace
Posted by: laurie tuttle at January 23, 2006 04:54 PM
Hey Billy, hope youre doing well.
the video diary isn't working on my end.
maybe its just mine.
xxx
nichole
Posted by: Nichole at January 24, 2006 01:25 AM
Video works for me as long as I'm on high speed. Sorry about the food poisoning, I've had it and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Looking forward to part deux!
Posted by: Kate at January 24, 2006 08:37 AM
Billy, I think you might have a future in film making! You're definitly becoming very skilled with a camera and all of your editing/fading/music is all really impressive. I think each one is progessively getting better and it's really cool to watch the transition. Hope your feeling better!
oh, an I absolutly love your accent!... it makes me smile :)
Posted by: Twisted Angel at January 24, 2006 11:47 AM
V-blog is OK at my house!! More please!!
*greedy little buggers we are*
~Bonita
Posted by: Bonita at January 24, 2006 04:49 PM
hey man,
if you haven't yet realized it, macs absolutely fucking suck!
Posted by: fred at January 24, 2006 05:12 PM
Thanks for such eloquent commentary fred. Oo :P :D
And I thought people were tired of the mac vs pc arguments...zzzzz...
Posted by: ylais at January 24, 2006 05:16 PM
I watched the vblogs, I'm hooked. But I knew The Cult were reforming. We need more details please! Who else is in the band, new releases, East Coast dates, new music...Billy, hopefully you will be part of The Cult again. You rock. Oh teah, I'm going to add you as a link on my page to hopefully bring some more people over here.
Posted by: Kenny at January 25, 2006 08:56 AM
this is a real must for you guys.
http://www.trashbat.co.ck/t12/index.html
rock out
Posted by: good bloke at January 25, 2006 10:30 AM