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March 18, 2006

SATURDAY SHENANNIGANS

Another weekend, another CFR. This time, its back to Mr Navarro and myself, with (potentially) Inger Lorre from The Nymphs, popping in for a guest host spot. And talking of Dave and me - all the emails about TPC and Circus Diablo playing together ..... well, I have to admit that I, for one, would love to make that happen. I have no idea what Dave would think about that, but I do know that due to the touring commitments that The Cult have right now, its not looking like Circus Diablo will get on the road until much later in the year. Maybe we can figure out something then. But I know that we are currently trying to route a UK visit for November, with some US dates after that. So we shall see what happens. Maybe the two bands can do some shows as a Happy 2007 tour? God, it seems so far away, but I know this year will fly by ....

So I can tell you that Camp Freddy will be playing a show in New York on April 11th. We are unable to give you any details - it is a private event - BUT, there is a possibility that anyone in the NYC area that wants to see Camp Freddy might wanna be in Times Square on that evening. Its not 100% yet, but I'll let you know if that 'extra' plan comes off. Either way, we will be East Coast bound in a few weeks, and I know we are all looking forward to doing our first official CF show of the year.

Dave C asks how much time I spend doing the V-Blogs. And the answer is that it varies. Getting the footage takes no time at all. I take a camera with me, and when I have a few minutes, I just turn it on myself and start waffling on!! The editing takes a little more time. I usually spend about two hours in the morning logging and capturing the footage, playing about with the FX and then exporting it to a Quicktime movie and uploading it onto the server. Video's like the Breathe and Drive Me home movies that I've done in the past take weeks. The V-Blogs are rough - but when you are editing to a track, and there are hundreds of edits .... THAT shit takes time.

Lisa asks if I will be appearing on Rock Star Season 2. ....er..... probably not!!!!

Jay - Brilliant question about where the line is drawn regarding Celebrity. You know, it is a vague line, and it moves about, depending on who or what you are talking about. To me, I think you have to realize that Television is becoming the record company. The marketing and placement from being on TV is second to none. And as the labels continue to suffer from lower record sales, they become keener to line their artists up with television stuff. Some artists (like Tommy Lee) have developed a niche in television for themselves that runs hand in hand with making music. And I think that those artists are the winners. I have heard the new Panic Channel stuff, and anyone who says that Dave's creativity has suffered from his (relatively) new found television celebrity is just tripping! The TPC stuff sounds fucking amazing, and Dave's celebrity has NOTHING to do with the music he makes. So I think that Celebrity overtaking Art doesn't apply. There are, however, some great examples of where the Art doesnt exist at all!! I think we can all think of those. Just remember that Tommy doing Season 2 Rock Star does not make him any less of a great musician .... it just gives him a bigger platform on which to be that great musician. Thats my two cents.

Bonita - The core tattoo thing is really just a thing that Dave and I did. Although everyone else is welcome to join in if they like. I think Matt and Dono will probably do it eventually. Scott and Chris? Who knows - up to them.

Terri - Not really sure what you mean. My VR album went straight into I-Tunes as MP3's and blasts away quite happily on my I-Pod. All albums can be turned into MP3's - at least, I havent yet come across one that wont work. Try it again - maybe its 'User Error'?

OK - Time to get moving. I have a shipment of UK Benson And Hedges to pick up today (dont start smoking kids, you'll end up shipping your favorite brand half way around the world!!) and I'll be down at Indie later on for the show. Oh, and a big Happy Birthday to Mr Jerry Cantrell. Its his party tonight, so it'll be a late one for me and the wife. By the way - thanks for the well wishes for Jen. Her lip is healing nicely. I am outta here - have a great weekend.

Peace

Billy

Posted by vivelerock at March 18, 2006 09:09 AM

Comments

benson and hedges shipment..hee hee..my grandad's cigarette of choice.

Posted by: ylais at March 18, 2006 09:53 AM

Terri, hold control-shift(that stops the autoplay function) when you put in Contraband. The record label put software on it that autoplays and only plays on the software that came on the cd.

If that doesn't work, use the software on the cd and export the songs and then burn the songs to a cd using windows media player. Then use that cd to upload the songs to itunes.

As you can see I've had this problem.

Posted by: Aaron at March 18, 2006 12:39 PM

Thank you Aaron!

I use my mp3 while I run and couldn't figure out what that sound was when VR should be there. You Fixed it!

I think a Circus Diablio , PC tour would be awesome.

April 11, times square sounds good!

LuV XXX Terri

Posted by: Terri at March 18, 2006 01:15 PM

I'm listening to circus diablo on CFR right now.... love it!!!!!

Posted by: wendybird at March 18, 2006 07:01 PM

Thank you Billy for playing "Ant Invasion", it was great to get to hear the full version. Awesome!

Posted by: stardreme at March 18, 2006 07:15 PM

Funny enough, someone just left half a packet of B/H on my bus.....Perks of the job:)
PS. I chaffeur drunks around.
Hey Billy do you need a tour bus when you are in the Uk, thats if wheels dont fall off first.

Posted by: DaveC at March 18, 2006 08:54 PM

CFR-funny. Looking forward to ordering the line of Billy Morrison Books on Tape.

Posted by: beth at March 19, 2006 09:46 AM

Great C.F.R. with yourself, Dave, Inger Lorre and her crew!
You've gotta post that "Ants Invasion" on the C.D. Myspace, dude!

Posted by: Spencer at March 19, 2006 07:56 PM

NYC Camp Freddy sighting April 11th?? Yo, NYC in da house ovaha here....hook a sistah up! pleasepleasepleaseplease. I think I know where the "invite only" is going to take place since I saw "closed for the day" notice on the joints calendar. But pleasepleaseplease tell me where the public show is that night!!

Posted by: Peebs at March 20, 2006 04:51 PM