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June 07, 2007

THURSDAY IN THE HOOD

Every inch of my being hurts this morning. This night shooting thing is not exactly the glamorous end of film making! And my first night shoot came immediately after a day of being repeatedly slammed into a wall by stunt people in a fight sequence, so my head is not sure if its 3am or 3pm and my body is pretty much going on strike and telling me it needs a weekend at a nice spa somewhere!! What an experience this has been for me - and I am so greatful for the opportunity. Ricky and I had a day of fighting various people and getting thrown around all over the place. Even though its all worked out first, when you actually do a take, the adrenaline is pumping and things get very physical!! And then I had my first night shoot, which began at 7:00pm and I finally slid into my bed at just before 6:00am the next morning. OK so thats the movie update - let me see if I can get to some of your questions. Oh and by the way, if you want an answer to something, post it here and dont email it. I am getting TONS of emails now that I just cant get through, so ask on this site and be patient and I will get to it.

Claire - Hmm, a recommendation of a band to listen to? .... well I would certainly tell people to check out the early Wildhearts albums PHUQ and Earth Vs The Wildhearts. I would look out for the brand new band Dragons (from the UK) and also check out Marco Pirroni (Adam And The Ants) new band, The Wolfmen.

Merc - What was interesting about driving through LA in FULL infected make up from Evilution is that I got hardly ANY extra looks or comments!! I went into Starbucks wearing the full on prosthetic veins on my face, blood dripping from my mouth, exactly like you see in these pics and I asked for a Venti Americano. She looked at me and said ........"room for cream Sir?".......!!!!

Mary - Other than music, acting or entertainment in general? I would either be racing motorcycles, or living in a cave in the desert with my gun collection wearing sandals and a sackcloth robe, muttering things like "keep away from me" and "i used to be a guitar player you know!!!"

Mike - The full on Infected/prosthectic make up takes just over an hour to apply. It then takes about three days to fully get the crap OFF!!!!

Bratty - My first movie was done last year and it was a comedy called Tripping Forward. I played, YEP, another drug addled junkie!! I was a dealer called Sweaty Steve and it was just one scene.

Terri - Good questions. Well, even though Ozzy is a friend, I would like to think I can be objective about the new album, Black Rain. So my thoughts are ..... its GENIUS!!! It really is the best since No More Tears, its classic Prince Of Darkness, it was written and recorded sober, and rocks HARD!!! What do I think of Manson as an artist?...... one of the most prolific, important and misunderstood of our time.

By the way, I love that one or two of you seem to think that this is an INDIE 103.1 BLOG. Trust me, Brent and TK are NOT reading this stuff, so if you wanna comment on their shows, by all means!! Just know that no one understands what you are writing about!!!

OK - a few things you lot should know about, and a few things that can, if you so choose, involve you. Firstly, we have the delectable Miss Dita Von Teese as an in-studio guest on Saturdays CFR. If you wanna hear Miss Teese tease you, then tune in for fun and frolics with Donovan and myself this coming Saturday night. Check it out on www.indie1031.fm. Next up is the fact that we still have a few tattoo slots left open for our July 20th Roxy show. The deal is that we have a guest tattooist from the world famous Shamrock Social Club (Mark Mahoneys place) tattooing INSIDE the Roxy during our album launch party. And we have made arrangements for some real OG flash tattoos (skulls, sacred hearts, flowers etc ...... AND the Circus Diablo log!!) to be on the menu. Each tattoo will take approx 30 minutes and we have also arranged a $50 price. If you choose the CD logo, then it will be free. We are toying with the idea of making that a lifetime free entry into Diablo shows!! Whaddya think? Anyway, there are only seven slots during the evening and they are filling up. A couple are still left, so email me if you want to get inked.

And finally let me just list off a few dates for your calendars - June 19th is a free Indie 103.1FM show at The Avalon called The Hilfiger Sessions, and its hosted by Donovan and my good self. Bands include Fiction Plane (Stings son), Whitestarr, Emma Burgess .... and a possible acoustic set with a string quartet and Donovan and myself. More details on Indie 103.1 and here when I get them. July 5th will be an acoustic Circus Diablo performance on Dave Navarro's brand new Internet TV show, Spread Entertainment. If you have seen the first few episodes, then you will be addicted already. If not, I suggest you hop on over to www.6767.com immediately and get details. Diablo will be Daves guests on July 5th. Then we will be appearing on the world famous Rockline on July 9th and performing three or four songs, taking questions from you guys on the phone, giving away albums and generally being nice people!!! Check out the details at WWW.ROCKLINERADIO.COM.

OK thats it. Back to my day - back to life - back to nursing my sore muscles before I get slammed into any more haunted hospital walls.

Peace

Billy

(CLOSED)

Posted by vivelerock at June 7, 2007 07:28 AM

Comments

Dita?!??! Shes yummy! Do you think she would mind if, whist in L.A. this weekend, I stalk her?

All the best Billy!

Dennis

Posted by: Dennis at June 7, 2007 08:27 AM

DITA??? AWESOME! I'll definitely try to be home for that CFR!

Dude, that picture on the top is scarier to me than the ones with the blood and gore :-(

Wow, busy schedule! Keep it up!! I wish I could make it to LA for either the July 5th SE show or the Avalon show on the 21st :-(

Posted by: Robin (Peebs) at June 7, 2007 09:49 AM

Whenever you have a story to tell...there's always someone with a better one.
There's nothing like someone STEALING YOUR THUNDER.
Camp Freddy should do some Rush and U2 covers.
Sounds like you've been busy, Billy. Have fun.

Posted by: Francesca (Sonic Rage) at June 7, 2007 11:21 AM

Wait...sandals? Billy! You don't like sandals!!! LOL!

Only in LA could we get away with walking around in full theatrical makeup and not make a stir. god I love this town!

I can't imagine, tho, how you got through that performance we see above. Damn..... that freaks me out just lookin at it.

And for the rest of the lot... Sign up for a TAT!!! If I can do it, so can you!

Posted by: Kate at June 7, 2007 11:36 AM

Sometimes post cards from the edge just need to be published. ty. I hate fu**ing diaries. Sorry 2 confuse u. I won't come back, wouldn't want 2 confuse ppls minds, ha. l8r worshipers.

Posted by: Cool. at June 7, 2007 11:53 AM

Sometimes post cards from the edge just need to be published. ty. I hate fu**ing diaries. Sorry 2 confuse u. I won't come back, wouldn't want 2 confuse ppls minds, ha. l8r worshipers.

Posted by: Cool. at June 7, 2007 11:53 AM

Billy, Thanks again for taking the time to answer our questions & I am with the rest so far when saying these pics are very disturbing. What with knowing your and Dave's past. Im glad it is only fiction! Counting down the days to July 3rd!! Wish I could make it to LA for one of the gigs. One of these days I will come out there. Take care & hope your muscles are feeling better soon!!! Niki

Posted by: Merc957 at June 7, 2007 12:55 PM

Okay, now I'm officially queasy.

Posted by: bkslice at June 7, 2007 03:27 PM

Okay, now I'm officially queasy.

Posted by: bkslice at June 7, 2007 03:28 PM

"We are toying with the idea of making that a lifetime free entry into Diablo shows!! Whaddya think? "


Don't suppose you'd consider extending that offer to those who can't make it to the Roxy, but get a CD logo anyhow?

Posted by: sonicgeisha at June 7, 2007 04:32 PM

I agree with Sonicgeshia.

Throw me a goodsize logo and I'll have my guy at DiVinci ink it on me.

Posted by: Robin (peebs) at June 7, 2007 06:31 PM

You make a good zombie Billy!

I missed the CFR interview you did with Lukas and it sounded so killer from your post...and you haven't posted it up yet, which is killing me! So could you please post it up?

Thanks!

~simba_317

Posted by: simba317 at June 7, 2007 09:03 PM

Just think...right now (10:17 PM LA time), Billy's getting slammed around some more hospital walls. LOL! Hope you're having a blast!

Posted by: Kate at June 7, 2007 10:19 PM

I soooo want to go to the Roxy Show. I'd get a CD tatoo for sure, and it would be my first ever tattoo.
My Mum's visiting from Cyprus. See, this is what happens when you have family living all over the place!
Still working on getting myself well too. (ahhh!!! so frustrating!)

hugs
Lisa
xxxx

Posted by: ylais at June 9, 2007 03:26 AM

I'm escaping the concrete for palm trees this july 4th,and looking forward to catching CD on SE. Hope that's confirmed.

Slice x

Posted by: BkSlice at June 9, 2007 06:55 AM

"Prince of Darkness" used to be my nickname for Christopher. I used it in several of the dark poems I published in Gothic Schlock. But I don't call them poems. I call them Gothic Love Songs. I combined them with a goth novel to make the anthology. Christopher doesn't know the book exists, and I'm not writing anymore. I'm too busy with the band...

Posted by: Francesca (Sonic Rage) at June 10, 2007 11:25 AM