Earthbound

Yee-haaaa!!!!!!! Here i am again! Lotta stuff happening the last month or so . Last month The Earwigs were interviewed on a new radio show dedicated too experimental/industrial/noise/sound called Psychic Radio! It was alot of fun tho i think i was pretty unprepared for answers and the guys were unprepared with the questions . Alot of fun anyhow, and they played 3 of my songs off of 2 cd-rs . A gal called in the shwo and gave me some very kind/cool comments on my song 'Devil Woman'( one of my personal fave. pieces!) so i thought that was very cool! Apparently, she was the 1st person too call the station so i was really honored! Every other night they also have a show that plays nothing but true old school punk( real PUNKROCK - not the eMpTv lamestream corperate WHORE GARBAGE!!!) . Saturday i hung out with Darren and we went too the Satellite Diner and ate some food then went too Best Buy . He was way cool and picked me up the Guinea Pig dvd box set! I owe him $$$ right now which he'll get anyday now! I'm so HAPPY too finally have this box set of filthy SICKO flicks!!! Unearthed Films has my gratitude for having the BALLS too release them all, unlike all the other so-called 'cutting edge' film/dvd companies! Oh well! Got downtown later and zoomed home where i got hold of my brutha ShNon and Sam . After a brief hangout at Taco Time or was it Taco Bell??? - we went too get our tickets( free courtesy of ShNon knowing someone involved with the band!) too go see DURAN DURAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He also got us backstage passes with the possibility of meeting the guys! Damn -i'm pooped right now so i'll continue this tonight! Stay tuned for more .
O.k., i'm back wayyyyyyyy over a week ago and decided too add on/continue this instead of doing a seperate new post! Anyhow, we made it too the show and the opening band I AM THE ROBOT was playing . I thought they were/are actually pretty good . I like the fact they had quite a bit of an 80's sound which made me smile . Very 'English' for sure!
Not too long later the stage went black after a brief intermissiong/stage change/instrument-etc. set-up and the stage went dark . People were freaking out yet i didn;t even see the band . Then boom, i could make them out coming from the backstage . They stood there posing in the dark, then went too their repsected instruments and after Simon Lebon yelled, "Are you hungry?!", we were ready for the power and return of the mighty DURAN DURAN!!!!!!!!!!!! They played almost all my fave. songs plus new ones,( "Astronaut" is pretty good! - also the name of their new album) tho i was a bit bummed cuz they didn't play 'The Reflex' . I did get tears in my eyes when 'Rio' was perfromed - one of my all time FAVE. DD songs!!!!!!!!! It was actually part of their encore after they took a very short break backstage . Man whatta show! I've been a fan since '83 or so, so it was pretty damn exciting and almost unreal! A couple times i had too pinch myself! I'm not a dancing person, but man were my legs sore for awhile after the show! After the show, we waited too see if we could meet DURAN DURAN but too make a long story short, the band came out thru the back and ran past everyone, but the cool thing was Simon Lebon took his time and walked by the crowd of us which was about 20 - people and we all shook his hand! WOW!!!!!!!
I was really BUMMED that we didn't get too meet them but i guess that happens . Probaly a long soundcheck, rehearsal,etc. so i'm sure they were pretty pooped out . I even brought my 'Decade' cd in hopes of getting it autographed but ahhh,.. what are ya gonna do?
Afterwords, Sam, Shaun and i went too this party . I was kinda nervous as i don't like big crowds and people i don't know . It turned out too be very cool and i saw a TON of people i haven't seen in many years! I got alot of hugs and got too see Charlotte mopping her kitchen floor in a Spice Girls-type outfit she was weraing! Would've made a HILARIOUS picture for sure! We talked quite a bit about our old band BROTHERHOOD OF STENCH and my friend Raulene(sp???) introduced me too her cool boyfriend who plays bass and i definitly gotta get in/keep in touch with that brutha! Tye(sp???) is getting his drums back and i hope we can jam soon and get revenge on Spokane, epscially since a couple other bands have gotten back together recently . We were THE WORST and WILL HAVE OUR VENGEANCE!!!!!!!!!!! Can't forget ShNon( Shaun) . He and i are the Gene Simmons/Paul Stanley of BOS tho not hairy at all! Nice head. I felt like i was in an 80's flick almost the entire time . I drank 4 beers and almost feel on my face . I saved a beer Ralene's guy gave me and drank it the next night . I had a headache for hous the next day but doubt it was all that beer( i also had one thanks too Shnon at the DD show! Thanks pal!) - seriously . I get headaches almost everyday . Got home after being dropped off by those guys, sat by my couch and looked at my Guinea Pig dvd box set then crashed almost immedeatly! It took almost 2 weeks too get Duran Duran songs out of my head tho right now it's suddenly happening again! Aggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!