I believe that tonight’s performance of GIRL at City Tavern was a good one
Apart from my very obvious stumble in “Sick”, I thought things went pretty well
I am writing tonight’s blog with a very positive outlook

My October had been set up in advance and I had a good schedule of Halloween events
A couple of gigs towards the 31st fell through but I scrambled and managed to pick up a couple at the end
I was even named “Resident Video Artist” at Free bass
But all of this forward momentum was causing me to neglect my concentration on GIRL
This resulted in my guitar player Izzy pointing out that I should have my shit together by now
He was right so I drilled the set with Judy and also by myself

One of the things that made preparing for this gig more fun was the new drum riser in room 14
It was b...

I was making final preparations for the San Antonio Loop Festival and my anxiety was creating reasons why I shouldn’t be going
First and foremost is money
I was literally spending money I didn’t have with a zero balance in my bank and a credit card
It is very lucky that my sister has allowed me to use her Mini Cooper for the trip because my other option is a van with terrible mileage
There was no guarantee of any kind of pay and I don’t have any kind of merch to sell
I was not even sure if I would have a place to stay

So why did I go?
Validation

I contacted Noah Peterson who ran the SA Loop fest and asked him to consider me
He wrote back that I wasn’t exactly conforming to the official parameters of the festival but he thought I was interesting enough to merit a spot so he asked me to perf...

The next Rockulagig

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Got everything worked up and ready to play
Hope to see you there

I am making my first forays into the Review/Retrospective genre with “Rockula Retrospective”
Since it’s Halloween, I thought I would condense edit the 1986 MTV Elvira Halloween Special and give a short review
Consider this a “preliminary episode”
There is a big fascination for rescuing VHS tapes from obscurity nowadays so I thought I would feature one of my oldest an most played tapes
This tape is a Halloween tradition of mine and I play it every year (along with 45 Grave’s “Autopsy”)
There are quite a few MTV compilations on Youtube and I thought I would follow the example of those who kept the host segments and/or commercials and condensed the videos
I intend to do the same with my other MTV Guest VJ recordings

The camera I used is old, the mic is not good and the dialogue is wooden
I ha...

I have been asked to participate in Kettle Art’s next event “That 60’s Show”
I will be projecting various selections from my collection of vintage psychedelic footage and intend to fill the entire room with swirling images. This is MY happening and IT FREAKS ME OUT!!!!! So Be there and get your eyes tickled

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I had a couple of events drop out on me so I have some extra dates available for Halloween season
Please consider me as a Video/DJ for your Halloween themed party or event!

The Elvis tribute show went very well and things are starting to gel with me and the members of GIRL. There will be more original material in this set but we do have a very special guest to sit in for a couple of songs. Come see Karen Lawrence belt out a couple o tunes with us. Our friends The Chloes and Darlington fill out the bill

I have been invited to perform at the San Antonio Loop Festival on November 9th
It is nice to be recognized for something I do that I feel has been under-appreciated for years
Plus, it is nice to be included when I am so different from all the Live Loopers
In the words of Fest Founder Noah Peterson “That’s some pretty wild stuff, what you do is pretty cool and a great use of tech. I think you’re more than interesting enough and clearly different enough for a slot.”
I hope to see my San Antonio friends at the show

I have finally gotten this site back into shape and am ready to tell you about all the new things that are happening at Rockulaproductions. Please check out the new page for Countrockula’s Theater for the Insane. I am currently playing drums for the band GIRL who will be playing about once a month. The plans for PyroPlasticFlow have been modified. I will be collaborating with Meat Pie on a new version that can adapt to situations such as conventions and theme oriented events. We hope to have something out by the Halloween season. In Video/DJ news, I am currently appearing monthly for Dropitindeep Productions and am very happy with the freedom they allow me and the courtesy they show...