Alrighty then ….. here we go with another V-Blog from last weeks shows. And fucking hell ..... I look like I got a ton of Chanel No 5 lipstick on in the first scene! So THATS how I look in the mornings! Both gigs were really good for us, and we played well, sounded pretty rockin and had tons of fun. Its hard to remember to turn the camera on during the show days because I’m too busy with everything else that’s going on. We need to have a videographer like Todd used to do for Camp Freddy. That way I can forget about camera duties and still get good footage. But it is what it is, and I hope you like it. And also, talking of media, Saturdays CFR is now up on the Podcast page, as well as being available for download from I-Tunes by subscribing to my blog. Use the ‘Subscribe’ link on the right hand side of this page.

You will also see that our wonderful Wendybird came to the shows and shot some fantastic pics for us. Huge massive shout out to her for all the help. All the pics in todays post are from either the Gibson Amphitheater show or the following night at The Viper Room. The one next to this paragraph makes me smile!!! The caption HAS to be ...."Dude - where's that Starbucks again??..." Ha ha! Oh yeah, and you guys need to give Patrick Cornell some love cos he will be taking over from Brett Scallions in 08. Brett is deeply involved in being a new dad to Jagger, and has plans with ROTS, so with much love and respect, we will be moving forward with Patrick playing bass guitar. We had TONS of fun in 07 with Brett – he and Abby are beautiful friends – and we wish them much love and success next year. See ya on Tuesday, Brett.

So it now looks as if the DJ gigs that were lined up in Hollywood starting Dec 20th will be moved to 2008. I really should learn not to post shit that hasn’t had EVERY T crossed and locked in!! The guys running the club are changing venues and still figuring stuff out, so I will do the DJ thing for them once they have their end nailed down. But I do seem to be locking in a couple of January bookings which I am looking forward to – and this time I am gonna wait until I get the paperwork before posting details!!

I wanna say a HUGE THANK YOU to NGTV, who collaborated with Circus Diablo on the Loaded video success. Over ONE MILLION views, and it just got reposted, and has nearly another 500,000 – crazy stuff. They are part of the new web TV revolution and I hope we get to work together again in 08. Forward thinking, irreverent – and wonderful guys as well!! Respec’ is due to Benji, Mr Shark Firestone and all at NGTV. Also a big thanks goes out to Koch Records who did a wonderful job with our album and our first single Loaded. Scott, Chuck et al……niceness. Thanks for opening the door to the world of Circus Diablo and helping get our music out there.

Now that all that is out the way, we can get on with 2008. We have started throwing riffs around through cyberspace, and I am collating them, organizing them, and putting the best ones into folders in my studio computer. Over the holidays, I think we’ll see about three or four new Diablo songs start to take shape, and when we reconvene in January, we’ll get some mixes together and start thinking about album number 2. We have also been talking about getting the first album out in the UK (which never happened – kinda silly, seeing as we did get a Japanese, US and Australian release!). All in the works – lets see how it pans out. For now, I am gonna take care of a few things, go to the gym, and spend the afternoon messing about and practicing my skills on the turntables! Paul Oakenfold has NOTHING to worry about!! Oh yeah - and while I love our literary contributor, and our musical quotation genius (one and the same user, actually) could you limit your posts to one or two ...... leave room for other people to speak, and we will love you forever!! See ya.

Billy

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Posted by vivelerock at December 17, 2007 09:27 AM

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