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April 14, 2007
HOW LONG IS A POST?
STOP PRESS: ONLINE CHAT POSTPONED: Tomorrows online chat will have to be postponed. Totally my fault and I will reschedule with Karen for a weekend very soon. Something I completely forgot about is happening tomorrow and I will not be in front of a computer at that time. Keep your eyes here for a rescheduled date and time. Sorry folks. Billy
First thing to report is that we can give you all the Circus Diablo details next week. In fact, I know them all as I type this, but it would be bad form to announce it all before the label does!! So you’ll just have to wait until next week – but we have FINALLY done a deal, and we are all VERY happy with the situation. The label is 100% behind the band, understands rock music, and is commited to Circus Diablo. We have a release date, we have the first single being planned to radio, we have the Ozzfest, and we have some club dates getting thrown in for good measure. The artwork for the sleeve is shaping up nicely, and it feels good to be in that ‘gearing up’ mode – getting ready to be a band, release a record, and to get out there and play shows. Lets leave the label to make the ‘official…. We are proud to announce that …..etc etc’ thing, and then I can get back on here once that’s happened and let you all know exactly what the plan is. Exciting stuff.
Questions: OK – well, as most of the questions seem to be about hair (Jesus, people, what is this? Morrisons Beauty School? – hope not cos then we’re ALL in trouble!!!), let me answer that first, and to everyone that’s fussing over the straight hair dilemma! I get a Japanese thing done to my hair that straightens it for about 5 months at a time. It also fucks it up big time, so unless you want that ‘just got outta bed’ look ALL the time, don’t do it. Its expensive, takes about 4 hours to do, but is well worth it for me. It stays straight when wet, dirty, clean, whatever. Alternatives are flat iron, relaxers, a skinhead haircut or an afro. Take yer pick. Now ENOUGH with the fucking hair shit – go visit Kieth Hair God if you wanna talk about your curls!!! Next ……
Danni – GREAT question. Let me see? I think I could watch any or all of the James Bond movies time and time again. Also pretty much any huge budget action movie – I love a good explosion. Natural Born Killers is also an ‘anytime’ sort of flick for me.
BKSlice – Call in CFR tonight. Dave and I will be there and we will be all over the Sex and Love advice. And its better if you are NOT vertical when you call in!!
Max – In some circles, 56k record sales is a SUCCESS these days! I get what you are saying, but you need to remember that millions of albums sold is not happening these days. I wish Tommy and co luck – and let me tell you, I expect you ALL to buy a Circus Diablo album so we don’t suffer the same fate!!
Mr Master Of Gozer (??) – I am indeed an LA local, and believe me, I frequent WAY more normal bars and clubs than I do the ‘celeb’ type. Top of the list is any of the music venues on Sunset Blvd – the bit known as the strip. Viper, Whiskey, Roxy, Key Club. While you’re there, hit the Rainbow, get some food. Cross the street to Shamrock Social Club – get a tattoo – go to bed. Get up. Repeat nightly. SUCCESS!!!
Curt – I think that those early days of CFR are gone mate. I have a few but I don’t have time to trawl through them and edit them, and before anyone offers to do just that, I don’t even remember where I put the Cds!! Maybe if and when we move house someday, I’ll find em, edit them, and post them online. Until then – you might just be S.O.L.
Dawna – If you wanna keep tabs on Circus Diablo, keep an eye on the MySpace page – www.myspace.com/circusdiablo - and there are a couple of tracks on there as well.
Flash – You come up with the ridiculous amount of money it would take to get TPC, Diablo and Revolver down to Australia, and I guarantee we will ALL be there!!
Linda – True life crime is not really my bag. I much prefer the SAW type crazy schlock horror gore thing. Or the Grudge type weirdness.
Dave C – I am proud of you. You came up with one of the strangest questions ever!! So I will answer it just because of that!! I sit on the drum riser sometimes when I get bored – but its pretty disrespectful to do that, so I try not to indulge that feeling! Only sat on stools on a stage when I’ve done acoustic stuff. That lends itself to a bit of stoolage …. (??)
Kate – Every band has one guy that does a bunch of logistics, artwork, planning etc. I seem to naturally be that guy – both in CD and CF. Its not a deliberate choice. Sometimes I wish I could just be that band member that shows up, plays, leaves …… but I’m not.
Fred – Anything that’s free!! No seriously, I didn’t search at all. There is no contest for me – its Marshall amps and Gibson Les Pauls, the classic Rock And Roll sound. Tone is very important to me – all my favorite players have a full, distinct eq to their playing, and by using certain pick ups and dialing the amp in just right, I ‘feel’ more than hear when it sounds right.
Jay – Another good question. And while we wont be playing two hour sets every night on the main stage, touring for months at a time takes a certain level of either fitness, or drunkness!! I don’t drink, so I need to take the fitness route!! Luckily I don’t need to do anything extra, or ‘prepare’ because since I quit smoking, I have been following a pretty strict diet and exercise regime which will serve me well when we jump on that bus.
Sue – Not sure what an ARG is (maybe you would explain!) but I have been listening to Year Zero in my car for about three weeks now! No idea how I got it, so don’t ask. But its fucking brilliant. Tracks two and three ROCK. All I’m gonna say is ……”This Is The Beginning” ….. that’ll make sense when you hear the record.
Peebs – Looking forward to Seattle, cos it’s the first show, and Miami (cos by that time I’ll be looking forward to the LAST one!!). And believe it or not, I have no idea what happened with Tripping Forward! I saw it in a movie theatre, and I know they are preparing DVD’s, so I think it did a limited release and now its DVD and TV movie stations.
Ylais – Let me hit a few of your questions here. First of all, looking good in every photo requires a gallon of BOTOX!! Ha ha!! I have no idea – I think I look terrible in tons of pics, so I don’t have the answer to that one. Keeping a good attitude only requires one thought from me – I remember how absolutely lucky I am to do what I do and be able to pay the bills. If life was fair, I would be dead. That usually straightens out my attitude. And finally, yes I will be somewhat immersing myself in the role next month, although a junkie is hardly a stretch. But I will be shooting for three weeks, so I presume I will just be a scuzzball for most of that time!!
OK OK OK. I answered them all (I think! If I missed a few I am sorry!) and I HAVE to get moving now. This post has ended up being LONG! Hope you like the black and white shots - stumbled across them last night when I was looking for something else. Camp Freddy's manager, Brent Bolthouse, took them - he's all about that grainy action thing, and he captures some great moments. Camp Freddy Coffee Table Book, anyone???? Last nights DJ thing was crazy – no one wanted to hear any rock…..people kept saying ….”do you have any hip hop?” ……guess they hired the wrong DJ!! I’ll see you all soon – tune into CFR tonight for Dave and I on Camp Freddy Radio. Adios Amigos.
Peace
Billy
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Posted by vivelerock at April 14, 2007 09:43 AM
Comments
Congratulations on the Circus Diablo deal. I can't find it in the stores here. Probably have to buy it online. I couldn't find you in my Cult notes either. It was that CD "Beyond Good and Evil"-- the one with "American Gothic" on it. It came out in 2001. Ian's hair was a lot shorter. Got any autographed pics of Ian? I have his photos plastered all over my livejournal. One of them is imbedded in a poem called "Gothic Schlock".
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These are my top 3 favorite tunes right now:
1. "Animal I Have Become"-- by Three Days Grace
2. "Fallen Leaves"--by Billy Talent
3. "If you could only see"--by Tonic
How come you're not on my list Billy? Kidding.
Three Days Grace was on Ghost Whisperer 2 months ago. I love them to pieces. They're Canadian too.
We miss Dave. No one can ever take his place. God I love that man.
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Nothing is stronger than love;
No wind, no rain, no hail.
When it's sent from up above,
True love will never fail.
Though hate would threaten to split
This bond that people seem to share,
This love will forever sit
In those dark shadows that lie there.
Love can mend a bridge in due time;
It can move a mountain by a mile.
Love can bring out kindness from crime;
It can turn a frown into a smile.
Strength is often measured by force,
And wars are fought because of it,
But love can be mighty of course
As long as we refuse to quit.
Though disappointments sting the soul,
We must take courage and endure.
We will eventually reach our goal
And find a love that is so pure.
Patience, time, and faith are needed
For love to find its way back,
And when these few words are heeded,
We will be on the right track.
How on earth the world will go on
Is what we often think of,
But it will last well past the dawn
...Nothing is stronger than love.
Posted by: Francesca's Ghost at April 14, 2007 10:11 AM
I am soooooooooooo excited to finally hear CD NEWS!!!!!!!
And the East Coast crew will have to listen to the CFR podcast tomorrow since we're all gonna be out on the town tonight.
In fact we'll end up at Snitch. Maybe I can finally convince someone there that your last name is NOT "Coltrane". I tried emailing them about the obvious error but they haven't changed it.
http://www.snitchbar.com/ (go to photo gallery, go to Celebrity photo's, click on your picture from when you played there with Dohney...VIOLA! They suddenly changed you to some other bloke's name.)
But we'll definitely make "chat" tomorrow during our N'oreaster.
Posted by: Robin (peebs) at April 14, 2007 12:12 PM
Exciting stuff on the horizon for CD. Congrats!! CFR tonight and chat tomorrow = right on. Hope everyone's having a great weekend!!
~Bonita
Posted by: Bonita at April 14, 2007 01:32 PM
Have a great CFR tonite-
Thanx for answering my question:)
looking forward to the laughs~Db
Posted by: Danni at April 14, 2007 02:21 PM
Thanks for answering my question Billy, but what can me more horrific and weird than Jeffrey Dahmer?
Posted by: Linda from San Diego at April 14, 2007 05:18 PM
Dude Billy this is a rad show tonight! "Package"
K so not only are there two tunes up on the CD myspace, there's also a slew of fucking TOUR DATES up for the band, too! As of this commenting there is at least.
Posted by: Spencer at April 14, 2007 06:28 PM
Very funny CFR as usual, nice chatting with ya
Don't go "TROLLING FOR MEN" any time soon :)
Posted by: Danni at April 14, 2007 06:46 PM
CFR was a riot tonight, tongues are wagging!!!
Posted by: Linda from San Diego at April 14, 2007 08:40 PM
Great news! Congratulations and lookin forwards to the official statement! x
Posted by: vixen at April 15, 2007 07:10 AM
I'm so sad the chat was canceled! :-( It would have been the perfect thing on such a icky day in NY!
The girls almost called in CFR last night from outside the bar. An interesting question came up during dinner and it would have been perfect for the "Billy and Dave's sex and love advice". Half the group thought Dave would know the answer but I was sticking to my guns and said YOU would know the answer. Well we starting hitting the booze....forgot.....thn someone "googled it" when we got home.
Posted by: Robin (peebs) at April 15, 2007 07:44 AM
Oh, Billy...you underestimate me, ha ha. I've had year zero for weeks, don't ask how...I don't feel guilty though b/c I preordered it and I have financed plenty of TR's endeavors with my obsessive multi-copy collection.
OK, ARG is Alternate Reality Game. TR's been dropping clues that people decipher to find websites, all kinds of good stuff to back up the story behind Year Zero. It's amazing and complex.
Friday night in LA (of course, NY got no love!) it went real-time interacting with people...we got emails from one of the ARG sites telling us where to meet a van to pick up Resistance stuff--they handed out boxes, some of which contained cell phones whose use is yet to be determined--it's complicated but if you have a little time (beware, it's addictive) go here:
http://ninwiki.com/Main_Page
and it will give you tons of info and a synopsis.
Too bad about the chat, looking forward to the next one!
Love,
Sue
Posted by: Sue at April 15, 2007 08:48 AM
ooops! sorry for the double post but I forgot the most important part!
CONGRATULATIONS inking the deal! You need to get out there and help save rock, we'll be right there with you.
Posted by: sue at April 15, 2007 08:51 AM
That wasn't me who posted that question under last night's CFR. It was a different girl who has (or stole) my name. Why would I diss Dave like that? Some people have no class.
The one and only...Francesca in Calgary
Posted by: Francesca's Ghost at April 15, 2007 10:10 AM
Hmmm... I tried to respond to the last post, but it wouldn't let me... Don't mind me, I'm just trying to see if this goes through.
Spreading the love,
Deena
Posted by: Deena13 at April 15, 2007 12:12 PM
Since my post worked...
Robin, is there any reason why you didn't specify what our perplexing "sex and love" quetion was??? Perhaps you're saving it so we can call in on our next Saturday night out??? HAHAHA!!!
Actually, thanks to google it's no longer a question, but that would have made for great radio. Oh well, next time.
Spreading the love,
Deena
Posted by: Deena13 at April 15, 2007 12:18 PM
hee hee why ruin the surprise? Maybe we'll call with the question next Saturday.
I'm still betting Billy knows what it is over Dave though....
Posted by: Robin (peebs) at April 15, 2007 02:16 PM
Hi, thanks for answering my question. Great to hear the CD news, can't wait for the cd to come out. I'll make all my friends to go and buy one. Circu diablo Forever. Any European tours or something like that in mind ?
Posted by: Fred at April 15, 2007 04:50 PM
anyone hear vr 2nite......man they killed it 2nite!
bring on diablo!
Posted by: paul at April 15, 2007 07:11 PM
Thanks Billy...really appreciate your time and energy with this post! The photos are great.
Dawna
Posted by: Dawna at April 16, 2007 09:27 AM
Motley Crue playing Hammersmith in June!!! :) This summer will be rockin!
Posted by: Max at April 16, 2007 01:39 PM
Major congrats on the deal! Can't wait to see CD in action again!!!
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Posted by: sedu hair styles at April 17, 2007 12:39 AM
Thoughts and prayers to Tina and Eric--my high school friends in Virginia.
Go raibh maith agat, mo chuisle.
Posted by: Francesca's Ghost at April 17, 2007 06:23 AM
cmon billy give us the nod on the album.....is it a head 2 head vs vr???
now thatd be awesome 2 kick ass albums at once....
Posted by: Paul at April 17, 2007 05:26 PM
I scared Billy off. He'll never post again. Ha Ha
~ Circus Freak ~
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Yeah, I found this online while trying to go to Dave's place cuz we all know we can type! l8r.
Posted by: wtfdaveisblowingup ya all at April 18, 2007 06:06 PM
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Posted by: Carly at April 18, 2007 09:32 PM