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August 25, 2006

THE KEY CLUB COMETH!!

UPDATE: I just heard that Tripping Forward, the Island Gateway picture that happens to have my wonderful five minute onscreen debut, just won the Grand Prize - Best Of Festival - at the Calgary Film Festival. That means that at least 200 Canadians have just seen Billy Morrison in a leather trenchcoat, dealing drugs and talking about gay sex. Marvellous!!!! CHECK IT OUT HERE.

Today is the day people. Circus Diablo at The Key Club in Los Angeles. And by all accounts, it seems it is looking like a near sell-out. A lot of tickets have been sold already, and I know they have a few left for the 'walk-up', but either way I am already happy with the turn out!! Thats a nice feeling. We rehearsed again this week and by the last day, the band sounded great. So lets hope the show goes well, and everybody has a fun night tonight.

I also have the details of the Camp Freddy movie soundtrack stuff. The single, a cover of Cheap Trick's SURRENDER, will be available exclusively on I-Tunes from September 5th to September 18th. After that, the soundtrack album will be released on September 19th, which contains both Surrender, and 20th Century Boy. This will be released in both digital and hard copy form and will be available in all stores. So hit yer I-Tunes Music store on Sept 5th, download that track, and be the first to own a Camp Freddy studio track.

The Playboy radio interview was a ton of fun. Tiffany Granath (the host of the Afternoon Advice show) was wonderful, and Jeremy and I hung out for an hour answering all kinds of sex questions. Actually very interesting and funny ..... and they played Loaded, which sounded great on the radio. It was also filmed for my project we have been working on, so hopefully it will see the light of day eventually. Many thanks to all the folks over at Playboy/Sirius for having us and making us feel welcome.

That'll be it from me folks - a long day ahead I'm sure, but one that will be very rewarding for us all. Hope some of you can make it down to the show tonight, and for those who cant, you KNOW that I will put together a full account of the day, along with some video from both the San Diego trip and the Key Club, over the weekend. Oh, and Leroy - Badcat all the way. For those rock n roll combo type deals, with that 'boutique' sound, I would choose Badcat over Bogner any day. Bogner make great 100watt heads to go with huge 4x12 stacks, but Badcat have that 'Matchless' quality in their combos that are hard to beat. Hope that helps. And Simon - OK, means it was a lot of fun. Was it sold out packed to the rafters sweat dripping off the walls Camp Freddy style? .... No. It was a Bar and Grill on the beach with the smell of pizza and chicken wings drifting across the stage!!! But did Diablo play well and break their live virginity? YES!!! So ..... Off we go ...... and I hope you like the pics today. More from the fabulous Wendy who documented the San Diego show for us.

Billy

Posted by vivelerock at August 25, 2006 06:27 AM

Comments

Billy-There is no doubt in my mind that you guys are going to blow the roof off of the Key Club tonight. Have a great show and a great weekend.

Posted by: brett at August 25, 2006 09:35 AM

Just dropping by to say have a great gig, anything born on the 20th Aug has got to be good! Seriously, hope you have a blast.

Much love
RP
x

Posted by: RecklessPrincess at August 25, 2006 09:54 AM

looking forward to the show tonight billy. any word on when the cd will be out?

Posted by: jake at August 25, 2006 10:39 AM

"That means that at least 200 Canadians have just seen Billy Morrison in a leather trenchcoat, dealing drugs and talking about gay sex. Marvellous!!!"
Hey. Any exposure is exposure!LOL
If this was shown at a fringe festival does that mean that I can look to see this movie shown at the Angelika on Houston St?

Anyhoo....have a bitchin time tonight at the Key club!

Posted by: Peebs at August 25, 2006 12:36 PM

tic, tic, tic, tic........

Posted by: Kate at August 25, 2006 03:40 PM

Hiya! That's great about Tripping Forward. Congrats! This blog is all too exciting. I wanna be at the show tonight, and I'm now going to cry like a lil baby cos I'm not..WAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Posted by: Lisa Jackson at August 25, 2006 05:37 PM

Billy have a great show wish I could be there to support CD.

Kill it brother.

long time Campy Freddy fan.

(chronic lurker)

Peace

Posted by: Ezekiel at August 25, 2006 06:07 PM

Hey Billy, someone over at the Velvet Revolver forum reported they heard CF Surrender on 105.3 The Buzz in Atlanta!
Cool!

Posted by: Robin (peebs) at August 26, 2006 06:45 AM

congrats on Tripping Forward, we canadians have good taste. ;)

Heard the show was killer last night, good going. ;)

Don't know if cfr will be live tonight or a repeat but will be listening to see and recording it if it is, just in case you do play the PL song. yay ;)

ta,
tina xoxo

Posted by: tina at August 26, 2006 09:02 AM

Circus Diablo ROCK!!!!!
It was a really great show & Billy, you are an awesome frontman!

It went by so fast! Absolutely left the audience wanting more!

Lovely to meet some of the BillyBlog family - biggie hugs to you all xx

Am uploading some pics & will holla when they're done.

Posted by: ozmerica at August 26, 2006 11:16 AM

I'm awake now. Got home at 4am. Fabulous, energetic, sexy show, great frontman.
My friend June and I manned (womanned)the t-shirt booth which allowed us the opportunity to meet so many of you! Great group of fans we have here.

Peebs I know you were there in spirit, I felt your presence hovering. Or was that a drunk guy breathing down my neck? ;-)

Posted by: beth at August 26, 2006 11:30 AM

Unfucking Believable show! DAAAMMMN! Absolutely loved it! I'm still with the ringing of the ears and concert-throat, and loving it. I managed to snag one or two decent pics - I'm still struggling with the no flash photos thing...need to do some research for correct settings for next time.

THANK YOU! Dan was in shock when you asked him how much the Circus Diablo shirt was... couldn't believe you asked him a question, and it took him a few moments to regain his thought. He yelled out $20 but you'd moved over to the other side of the stage. I'm happy to have baptized them for their first concert w/ Circus Diablo! They talked about it the whole ride home.

Sigh...happy camper am I. Now for just a CF show this year to make it complete (hint hint). Love ya Billy!!!!

Posted by: Kate at August 26, 2006 01:37 PM

I had such a great time last night. The vive was good, the band was Greeeattt, and I spent some “quality time” with my girls and met some more of the family. Didn’t make it home till after 4 a.m. and I'm stuck at work now :(.
We couldn’t make sound check cause I got bombarded with work… I work at a school and school started today… Anyhow I’ll post tons of pictures when I get home. I know that Lori a.k.a. Alchemy has some amazing shots. We were going through them outside the key club and all I could say is that I am soooo green eyed. She did a fabulous job! Oh and I forgot to give you (Billy) the picture CD . Note to self, do not spend over 60 dollars on drinks next time and save a few brain cells.

Anyhow… I’ll post a picture link tonight.

Posted by: wendybird at August 26, 2006 01:46 PM

Beth that had to of been a drunk since sadly it wasn't drunk me :(
But I was there in spirit!

Posted by: Robin (peebs) at August 26, 2006 02:49 PM

Here is the 1st batch of Key Club pics...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozmerica/

As I'm new to Flickr, it's been a learning curve of upload limits etc today so you may not get to see the rest (& the best) 'til next Friday - sorry.

Posted by: ozmerica at August 26, 2006 05:40 PM

Billy, I just want to thank you for playing Private Line. They will be excited to hear it, I recorded that part and am sending it to sammy. And they are urber excited about their first trip to the US. ;)

CFR was great, you and Dono were very funny and I hadn't heard that Squeeze song in a long time. Loved it. ;)

tina

Posted by: tina at August 26, 2006 07:07 PM

Hi Billy! Wonderful CFR 2nite! I actually own that Bang.5s who's gonna take us alive- I LOVE THAT freaking cd! Got it for 8 damn dollars! at Virgin in Hollywood like 2 months. Peace.

Posted by: Carly at August 26, 2006 07:38 PM

Enjoyed CFR tonight. Nice to hear Ylais call in. Good music, good friends, good times.

Posted by: Bonita at August 26, 2006 08:10 PM

Great CFR tonight.....I wanna know who Ylais's P.A. is, he ought to have a show of his own.
Congratz with the Tripping Forward award.. I wanna see that movie.
Hurry up and get over to the uk with Circus Diablo, reading all these reviews is torture ....I know, I know we have to be patient,, but that is not a virtue of mine...so take your time, but hurry up about it:)

Posted by: DaveC at August 26, 2006 08:37 PM

P.S. Billy, please tell Dono, whom we all adore, that one of the most memorable comments made on CFR was when V.G. was on with him. Qoute by Dono? "Me, I'm a mincer." Classic.

Posted by: Carly at August 26, 2006 09:19 PM

Aww, thanks Wendy! You've got some great shots as well. Fantastic show & a great night out! Billy, thanks for the wristband & you've got mail. :)

Posted by: Alchemy at August 27, 2006 01:39 AM

Paul, I am desperate, when will you get the podcast up of last night's cfr. I accidentally taped over my own recording this morning and I need to get the part of PL. I am just sick about it.

Posted by: tina at August 27, 2006 06:22 AM

hey tina -iv sent it over to billy so i would imagine he will have it up in a hour or 2.
in other news.....please check this link....
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Posted by: paul at August 27, 2006 07:07 AM

ok thanks paul, really appreciate it, it's been a bad morning, everything has gone wrong LOL thank god for you ;)

Posted by: tina at August 27, 2006 07:15 AM