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June 08, 2006

THE PANIC CHANNEL

Well now Boys and Girls. As I am sure we are all aware, Dave's new band, The Panic Channel played their LA show last night at The Roxy. And I feel compelled to give you a run down of the evening. Which couldn't have started off any better ....... as I was getting my passes from the box office, our very own Beth walks straight up to me and hands me a box of beautiful, hand rolled Cuban cigars. Not one, or even a handful ..... a WHOLE box!!! Complete with lighter and cutter!!! And then she says - "Some of these are for you, and some are for Dave for his birthday". What a way to begin a night of rock and roll. Thank you VERY much Beth. Dont know if you noticed (or even smelt it!) but I busted out one of those babies right there and then and drove everyone mad out on the Strip!! I divided them in half, and jumped on the bus to give Dave his cigars. He also got very excited at the thought of burning all those leaves and inhaling the smoke. There HAS to be something wrong with us!!!!

Anyway, Jen and I hung out on the bus for a while - I haven't seen Dave in ages, and he was on rare form .... skinny, shirtless and making everyone laugh!! I've missed him. Eventually, we gave Steve (Issacs) some space to warm up (and a break from the cigar smoke!) and left the bus, heading inside to our table. We met up with Carmen and all sat around talking ..... until someone came along and kicked us ALL out of the booth!! I am not sure how you kick Dave Navarro's wife out of a booth at a Panic Channel show, but they did! Just as the band were going onstage. We all moved to somewhere that we could see, and watched the band do their thing. They looked great, sounded awesome, and even though I dont have any recorded TPC stuff as yet, and have only heard the songs on the few occasions Dave has played them on CFR, I found myself singing along to Bloody Mary, Go On, Teahouse ..... these guys have great songs. Steve Issacs has an undeniably great voice and is one part Demented Devil Duy, one part Phantom Of The Opera and two parts Rock Star. A nice combination, and he sang the shit outta those tunes. The band looked like they were hot, sweaty and having a lot of fun. A great night out, and thanks to all who made it so - Beth for the cigars, TPC for taking care of Jen and myself, and all of you who came out to the Roxy to make it a good time.

So, first of all, regarding the sites, and any problems that people might be having. The Quicktime thing was solved for me, thanks to Christina's advice to look at the Quicktime preferences. There is a slider that allows you to tell the computer to begin playing straight away. Didnt know that!! And obviously folks, this whole movie/Quicktime thing is best for people with DSL or some kind of high-speed connection. I am not disrespecting people with dial-up (I had it for years) but until I have someone on staff who's job is actually to JUST make all the sites smooth (not likely anytime soon!!) then its just ME and anyone I can get to do a bit of work to help out. So PLEASE understand that I do my best with the Techie stuff, but sometimes there will be problems. Which brings me to another point....

....my friend Jason (from Vancouver) has been pointing out to me that some people might not be able to see the Flash 'email me' button, or indeed the Flash 'www.billymorrison.net' header at the top of the page. Or maybe some people are experiencing weirdness with the New Stuff graphics or finding buttons that dont work until they have been clicked. Jason tells me this is something to do with Internet Explorer (I dont use it so I dont know) and the need for 'service pack 2' ..... you see, I am already WAY outta my depth. Just do me a favor - tell me if you have any problems with the site. I cant try and fix shit if I dont know about it.

Ylais - The rehearsal next week is actually more drummer auditions. But we will make sure that pics and video are taken to provide a little 'inside look'. Rehearsals for the shows will be nearer the time. And we would ALWAYS be nice to you if you call CFR.

Robin - Biggest guilty pleasure? You mean other than every single cigarette that I smoke? I think it would be a toss up between eating pancakes and maple syrup at the Sunset Marquis and flooring the BMW down Fountain at 2.00am!!!

Mary - GREAT question. And the answer is, NEVER buy a bus!! Bands always rent, because you dont have to maintain it, don't have to look after it when you are not on the road and because if you rent, you can get the latest, most high-tec bus available. Plus there are all kinds of budget/tax/band accounts reasons why renting rules.

Thats it from me - I am beavering away, working on a Circus Diablo V2.0 site, so I wanna stay focused and get it up online soon. We are planning some V-Blogs from the rehearsals next week, so stay tuned and keep it here.

Peace

Billy

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