Party Like Pirates

Heading to the mountains to take in Corrosion of Conformity with Clutch and JD Pinkus at The Signal in Chattanooga, TN, a pitstop at Ruby Falls was dire to stretch the legs with some ziplining, then hike unground in a cave to a hidden waterfall, just to make the blood flow a bit before the show.  Pinkus had my curiousity piqued the most, as I had heard him in Butthole Surfers, knew he was talented, but I had never just seen him strumming a banjo on stage before and didn't really know what to expect.  Whatever it was I thought I might have expected got blown out of the water by sounds that made me scratch my head, like I didn't know a banjo sounded that way, until I spotted his setup of distortion pedals, and was he running that thing barefoot to add to that mushroom mountain music sort of appeal for the area? Rumbo a las montañas para ver a Corrosion of Conformity junto a Clutch y JD Pinkus en The Signal (Chattanooga, TN), resultaba imprescindible hacer una parada en Ruby Fall...

In celebration of Mumsy's birthday, we are releasing a new music video each day this week.  Many of the songs are from the motion picture "Demons Among Us," but not all of them.  Some are just for fun. Para celebrar el cumpleaños de Mumsy, estamos lanzando un nuevo video musical cada día de esta semana.  Muchas de las canciones son de la película "Demons Among Us", pero no todas.  Algunos son solo por diversión. Since it's the year of the Dragon, we learned a new skill of fire breathing.  Some of the videos that will be released this week will feature that skill in honor of the dragon.  Don't ask our secret ingredient, please. Como es el año del Dragón, aprendimos una nueva habilidad de aliento de fuego.  Algunos de los videos que se lanzarán esta semana presentarán esa habilidad en honor al dragón.  No preguntes por nuestro ingrediente secreto, por favor. The twisted and simplistic songs fit great with the horror genre and working with this parti...

There's been a lot of buzz about the Crowbar tour on this leg, and for those who missed it, you can take a peek at what the start and end of the show at the Orpheum in Tampa looked like in September 2023.  As if they arrived on the welcome mat for the Halloween season, being the perfect doom and gloom groove band to usher in that time of the year, Crowbar seemingly orchestrated fall to follow them.  Not only do they set the scene for Halloween, but they command they crowd to join into the funky groove beats. Ha habido muchos rumores sobre la gira de Crowbar en esta etapa, y para aquellos que se lo perdieron, pueden echar un vistazo a cómo fue el comienzo y el final del espectáculo en el Orpheum en Tampa en septiembre de 2023.  Como si llegaran a la alfombra de bienvenida para la temporada de Halloween, siendo la banda perfecta de doom y gloom groove para marcar el comienzo de esa época del año, Crowbar aparentemente orquestó el otoño para seguirlos. No solo preparan la es...

People keep asking what I have been working on lately, and the answer is some music and movies.  While we just wrapped up some filming at Fantasm in Orlando, we also hosted our CD release party there.  For those who could not make it, here's a snippet of our practice beforehand with "The Blame Game" song. La gente sigue preguntando en qué he estado trabajando últimamente, y la respuesta es algo de música y películas.  Si bien acabamos de terminar un rodaje en Fantasm en Orlando, también organizamos nuestra fiesta de lanzamiento de CD allí.  Para aquellos que no pudieron asistir, aquí hay un fragmento de nuestra práctica de antemano con la canción "The Blame Game". The CD was an extremely limited release, so don't bother looking for it in stores.  Contact us directly.  This particular project involved Joshua Knight, Ras Shomari and Marisa L. Williams, but there's constantly more jams that have been taking place here in Florida during hurricane season to p...

With the release of the “Demons Among Us” soundtrack and her latest book “Tragic Love Stories,” author, director and entertainer Marisa L. Williams will host a CD and book release party at the Doubletree by Hilton at the entrance to Universal Studios in Orlando this weekend. Williams will host a discussion panel and a series of events that will be filmed for her latest movie project. The events will be part of Fantasm’s horror, paranormal, and burlesque convention.  Con el lanzamiento de la banda sonora de "Demons Among Us" y su último libro "Tragic Love Stories", la autora, directora y artista Marisa L. Williams organizará una fiesta de lanzamiento de CD y libro en el Doubletree by Hilton en la entrada de Universal Studios en Orlando este fin de semana. Williams será la anfitriona de un panel de discusión y una serie de eventos que se filmarán para su último proyecto cinematográfico. Los eventos formarán parte de la convención de horror, paranormal y burlesco de Fa...

It's always a delight to go up to Tampa for a metal night.  Wanting to show my support for Sacred Reich, as on Ozzfest 2002, Jason and I found some common ground like.  Even though I put in to cover that band, it seemed as if someone else had planned. Siempre es una delicia ir a Tampa para una noche de metal.  Queriendo mostrar mi apoyo al Sagrado Reich, como en el Ozzfest 2002, Jason y yo encontramos algunos puntos en común.  A pesar de que puse para cubrir esa banda, parecía como si alguien más lo hubiera planeado. Confirmed through another band on the bill, I'd find out later that I must have given a band member a thrill.  Florida is known as a home to big cats, and was someone out to hunt cougars in their natural habitats?  Kudos to style, making the show worthwhile, being respectful, not vile, and an after-show escort for like a half mile, as every once in a while, the exception rolls through the turnstile, even if it's that reflex that's tactile, as i...

 It’s not too often that I get excited to see what somebody has been up to, but when I saw El King’s new video, it only makes me wonder what’s on the new album. First of all, her song, Ex’s & Oh’s, was just great, so it’s awesome to see that she’s putting something else out. That song just kind of got in my brain, under my skin, and was one that just makes your groove around when you hear it.  No es muy frecuente que me emocione ver lo que alguien ha estado haciendo, pero cuando vi el nuevo vídeo de El King, solo me hace preguntarme qué hay en el nuevo álbum. En primer lugar, su canción, Ex's & Oh's, fue genial, así que es increíble ver que está sacando algo más. Esa canción se metió en mi cerebro, debajo de mi piel, y fue una que hace tu ritmo cuando la escuchas. I’m not even a big drinker, but watching her latest video Tulsa just makes me want to have a shot with her. For the record, when I do drink, it’s usually a vanilla kamikaze, so we can order that round right n...

Slinking around the stage like cats, the BulletBoys brought glitz and glam with a side of sexiness to the Twisted Fork in Port Charlotte, Florida. Though typically warm temperatures were a little chilly, the BulletBoys heated up the Back Porch stage behind the Harley dealership on 776. With tight black leather pants hugging shaking booties in the crowd, awesome food to go around and the best the big hair bands had to offer in the area, it’s sure to be a good time to dance around and let off steam. Desfilando por el escenario como gatos, los BulletBoys trajeron brillo y glamour con un lado de sensualidad al Twisted Fork en Port Charlotte, Florida. Aunque las temperaturas típicamente cálidas eran un poco frías, los BulletBoys calentaron el escenario Back Porch detrás del concesionario Harley en el 776. Con pantalones ajustados de cuero negro abrazando botines en la multitud, comida increíble para pasear y lo mejor que las grandes bandas de pelo tenían para ofrecer en la zona, seguro que ...

There once was a werewolf character in my books named Granthrax, and you’ll have to read my books to discover which ones he’s in, but let’s just say he materialized on stage completely unexpectedly on the wolf moon, which, if I were to ever run into him, is as fitting a time as any. Let’s just say, when there’s book characters appearing out of the blue, you never know what might happen, just to paint the picture. Especially when said characters hail from the land of 24-hour bars in New Orleans, as it’s one of those things where you might think that you’re going to stay sober, but sooner or later, you’ll find that there’s an adult beverage in your hand. Había una vez un personaje de hombre lobo en mis libros llamado Granthrax, y tendrás que leer mis libros para descubrir en cuáles está, pero digamos que se materializó en el escenario de forma completamente inesperada en la luna del lobo, que, si alguna vez me encontrara con él, es un momento tan apropiado como cualquier otro. Digamos qu...