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The Enemy is Listening - by Les Kippel 

Rodney’s Machine - by Hank Harrison 

Almost Meeting Uncle Kracker, Again 

Making Music and Ends Meet 

My Father’s Show Business 

A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician 

Cover Story - Cardi B 

Old Hippies Don’t Die - They Just Revive 

Woodstock 

Static Live Calendar 

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I’m thinking June, 1976. 

Either the Beacon Theater in New 

York, or Capitol Theater in Passaic, 

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I’ve only seen one other picture 

of Jerry with his Travis Bean and 

the sticker saying ‘The Enemy is 

Listening’, but of course, my ego tells 

me mine is the best! 

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as to why he put this sticker on it. 

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So in July 1983, between trips to 

Ireland, just two weeks after my 

daughter’s 18th birthday, I get a phone 

call from Rod Albin in panic mode. He 

says, “Hank, ya gotta come by and 

help me, it’s a disaster over here”. 

Now, that was an odd call, because I 

never saw Rod Albin panic… the most 

he ever did in public was crack a smile. 

I said, “What up Rod?” He answered 

simply, “Just get over here a.s.a.p.” 

To make the pills 

Albin style all you 

need is the small 

diameter spaghetti 

extrusion die, which 

comes with the 

machine. This screws 

into the pressure 

head. (See red arrow 

lower left). 

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I Met the Albin brothers while attending 

the College of San Mateo, September 

1960. Rodney was a great fiddle player. 

Peter, a few years younger, but a bit 

better looking, was into the bass and 

both brothers were musically gifted. 

I don’t know where, but Rod got the 

idea to rent out a space in the Jewish 

Community Center in San Mateo to 

throw hootenannies and the idea took 

off. He called it The Boars Head, like 

it was a coffee house, but really was 

just a way of getting people into folk 

music. Like everything Rodney did, 

it got real big real quick and the next 

thing you know he was recording Jerry 

Garcia and Bob Hunter out at the 

college auditorium itself. That went 

over big and it was all recorded on 

Rod’s Wollensak reel to reel and now 

you can trade the tapes online. 

A decade went by and everybody 

winds up in San Francisco, still in 

touch, almost on a daily basis, with 

majorly important jobs and destinies. 

Peter is playing bass in Big Brother 

and the Holding Company, backing 

Janis Joplin and Rodney opened an 

important guitar shop on Haight Street 

known as Acoustic Music, which grew 

into Chickens That Sing Music, under 

new ownership. I was bringing people 

down off of bad acid trips because the 

government said it couldn’t be done, 

and the whole town was exploding 

with a froth of psychedelic joy because 

Owsley said there was no such thing 

as a bad acid trip. 

By 

© Hank 

Harrison 

I’m skipping over the Warlocks part in 

1965 and the Stanford-Palo Alto part 

and the Acid Test part and the LSD 

manufacturing part and Rodney, with 

a credential, teaching high school 

chemistry with his 200 IQ. 

1968 was a bad year. Street riots in San 

Francisco. No more Haight-Ashbury 

fun. More time dripped by, I graduate, 

everybody gets famous and we are 

all seeking the next big challenge. I 

wanted a Ph.D. so bad I could taste it, 

but I had to settle for a Masters because 

the bad guys went for the Trifecta and 

took out John and Bobby Kennedy and 

Martin Luther King amongst others 

and I really had to raise my daughter 

and eventually split for Europe and 

teaching gigs and living off of two book 

royalties and a small stipend from the 

Warburg Institute where I studied with 

Dame Frances Yates in London. 1970 

came by and it was still the same bad 

vibe, only worse. 

I ping-ponged between Europe 

and San Francisco for a decade. 

Politics and paranoia calmed a bit, 

but elements of the old ‘high’ days 

remained in gear. Rod was working for 

Owsley, the mad chemist, making pills 

for LSD and STP and Ecstasy, not the 

drugs themselves, that was up to other 

folks. Rod’s productions were known 

in the trade as “Barrels” or Sunshine 

or Purple Haze. This was all done with 

this little machine he invented, it worked 

for a few years and then things went to 

liquid, windowpanes and blotter hits. 

So I drive over and sure enough the 

shit had hit the fan, literally. But in 

order to understand the disaster you 

have to understand how this little pill 

machine works. Rodney’s full name 

was, Rodney Kent Albin, so it blew 

my mind to see this pasta extrusion 

machine with the Name, KENT Pasta 

Maker, on the label. Rodney had rigged 

up another one of his Rube Goldberg 

contraptions, this one designed to 

pump out LSD-25 tablets. I include a 

picture to give you some idea. Imagine 

a spaghetti machine modified to make 

pills. This is unbelievable, but in a 

Gyro Gearloose laboratory nothing’s 

impossible. Oh, did I mention… Rod 

identified with cousin Gyro from the 

Donald Duck comics. 

Next you get the LSD weighed and 

measured just right; each orange pill 

was 250 micrograms in those days, 

but the purple was stronger. You mix 

your natural dye evenly into the bone 

calcium powder and yogurt powder 

and then you moisten it with a few 

drops of distilled water, just enough 

so the machine will make strands of 

spaghetti, there may be some gum 

arabic in there too. You mix the acid 

in last. You have to wear gloves and 

masks when you’re working around 

this stuff. Just before he mixes in the 

dope Rod holds up a 10 cc vial and 

says: “You know there’s enough acid 

in here to kill an elephant!” I answered 

back, “Yeah but why would you want 

to?” 

Now here comes Gyro’s brainiac part. 

Each pill has to be identical as it comes 

out. To get this just right, Rod rigged a 

small fan from the Navy surplus store. 

He said it was originally designed to 

keep air circulating in gun turrets. The 

tiny fan had very sharp metal blades, 

but he set it so that only one blade 

was sharp while the other two missed 

the cut face and acted as balances. 

That took a bit of tweaking. This fan 

was fixed to a rack that slid under the 

machine and adjusted the blade close 

to the extrusion face. Rod had the cut 

adjusted to the exact depth and locked 

it down with a wing nut. 

Next he set up a control knob for the 

blade motor on a rheostat and slowed 

it down to exactly match the extrusion 

speed of the powder oozing out, and 

Voila, with every rotation 4 or 5 little 

pills came dropping out into a hopper 

until there were a quart jar full, that 

was almost exactly one of Owsley’s 

Grams, or $3500 dollars worth. It’s 

more complicated than that but I’m not 

going to give away trade secrets. 

Now here comes the messy part, the 

damned thing decided to speed up 

one day and for some reason nobody 

was watching the candy store. In a few 

seconds a cloud of little LSD pills flew 

all over the living room. 

Yes, that’s right; Rod had it set up in 

the living room, thinking it would work 

ok in there. Unfortunately, because this 

is what killed him, Rod had a Freebase 

problem and decided to cook up a dish 

in the kitchen, forgetting to watch the 

machine. There was a power surge, 

the pills went flying and every one of 

them landed on the chartreuse and 

yellow shag carpet, one of those midcentury 

thick pile bastards. It was my 

job to get down on my knees and crawl 

around with tweezers or whatever and 

pick-up every one of those little pills by 

hand because a vacuum cleaner just 

shattered them back to dust and chips. 

I also had to inspect each tab for quality 

assurance, hygiene and reusability. 

I got paid that night in acid, much of 

which turned up in The Dam Centrum 

in Amsterdam or in front of Nelson’s 

Column in London, or at Bewley’s at 

Grafton Street in Dublin, but I’ll never 

forget Rodney…nobody will. 

Next, Part Two: 

Rodney’s Revenge 

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I noticed that Uncle Kracker would be 

at Leesburg Bikefest again this year, 

coincidentally on the main stage immediately 

following some of my friends from the 

Orlando area. So I contacted my friends 

and asked if they would help me. I would 

like to end this story with a triumphant photo 

of me with Uncle Kracker, holding a copy 

of Static Live Magazine and captioned “I 

finally met him” or maybe “Fuck you (former 

business associate) - I met him anyway”. 

But that photo still does not exist … 

I arrived in Leesburg early that day and 

texted my friends to let them know I was 

there. At the end of their set, I could 

suddenly feel myself collapsing from the 

heat. Since I still had my wits about me, but 

barely, I went to find water and shade while 

I waited for them to call me. After an hour 

or so I wandered back to the stage area, but 

by that time there was no hope of finding a 

place to stand and no sign of anyone I knew 

from the Orlando band. I headed to my car 

in defeat and struggled through the 2 ½ 

hour drive. I finally did receive a text from 

my friends, long after I arrived home. They 

were kind enough to send me a photo of 

their band in front of the tour bus with Uncle 

Kracker. 

I don’t generally seek to meet celebrities, with one exception; I have 

shamelessly pursued the opportunity to meet Uncle Kracker over the past 

decade. I mention this pursuit to almost everyone because, following 

the theory of six degrees of separation, you never know who could have 

that one unexpected connection, and I meet a great variety of musicians. 

Since we began publishing Static Live Magazine, I have renewed my 

dedication to the quest to meet him, if only to spite a former business 

associate who told me he would make it happen and never even tried. 

The first time I saw Uncle Kracker perform live was in Edgewater during 

Biketoberfest 2010. I purchased four tickets to the event months in 

advance and then unexpectedly had nobody to go with me. How badly 

did I want to go? I went, by myself, over two hours away from home to 

a big open field in a place I didn’t know, during Biketoberfest. I’ve seen 

him perform at least 10 times since that night and I’ve collected some 

interesting stories along the way. It’s actually a little disappointing when 

I go to an Uncle Kracker event that doesn’t end with some interesting 

tale to tell. I almost ran into him, literally, by chance before a show in 

Kissimmee, only realizing it after the opportunity had passed. 

A toddler once peed on my leg in Leesburg at the urging of his 

mother, because she thought it would make me leave the spot 

I had defended in the heat for over two hours. 

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So, I will update my quest diary accordingly: 

One wasted night at a hotel in Deland, 

one narrow victory over heat exhaustion 

followed by one hell of a drive home from 

Leesburg, one week of being sick after the 

incident, one story for my magazine and 

one photo which I will politely decline to use. 

I’m not sure how to rank this on the scale of 

quest adventures thus far, considering that 

it all began in Edgewater that evening in 

October of 2010 when a couple approached 

me and wanted to take me home and tie me 

up, but not in a bad way and only if I wanted 

to (I declined). 

Now that I have Static Live Magazine to 

help me further test the six degrees of 

separation theory . . . If anyone reading this 

has a connection and would like to assist in 

my quest, I would appreciate the favor. And 

I can almost guarantee that, even if the plan 

fails, it will be a hell of a story.

Beth: You have a unique approach to motivating your 

students, can you tell us about it? 

Renee: Since I had a somewhat alternative learning 

experience, my school has the best of both worlds. We 

teach the foundations - sight reading, theory, etc. but we 

teach through contemporary music chosen by the students, 

themselves. They are able to explore different instruments 

and ways of learning until we find what clicks. 

Beth: So, it engages the student and makes it a learning 

experience for you, since you have to learn the song they 

are inspired by, in order to teach it to them. What’s a song 

you never expected to learn? 

Renee: Tik Tok by Kesha was requested by one of my 

12-year-old students. 16 tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. 

Beth: Are there other instructors, besides you? 

Renee: Yes, there are two other teachers that specialize in 

areas I don’t. Amy Robbins is our guitar expert, and Gailanne 

Amundsen is our fiddle and banjo teacher. 

Beth: Both of these women are Swamp Sistas, too and I’m 

so glad to watch you doing this together. Your school is 

growing quickly, how many students are enrolled? 

Renee: Currently, we have 15 students ranging from 5 to 55. 

The majority of my students are girls between 12 and 14, 

exactly when I started becoming a musician. 

Beth: That’s incredible! Your mom played a big part in your 

musical life growing up and you’ve even named your school 

after her. She obviously inspired you. 

Renee: My mom supported every hair-brained creative idea 

I had. Her main influence in my school is this: I don’t write 

out lesson plans or programs for my students. I find what 

interests them and incorporate the theory and technique 

into our process. Some thrive on reading sheet music and 

tablature, some hate it or have challenges that make it 

difficult, but every one of them has a strength. Once we find 

that, we use it to carry them forward. My goal is to keep 

them playing, encourage creativity and experimentation and 

sneak in the principles along the way. 

Beth: That’s a fabulous way to learn, and you’re providing 

mentorship too. Nowadays, you are sustaining yourself 

with music, by teaching while still performing live, with The 

Swamp Sistas, other bands and solo gigs. Do you feel you 

are on a path you can happily maintain? 

Renee: I think this is the only path that makes sense for me. 

Unfortunately, one of my weaknesses is my inability to work 

without passion. I can’t stand to “go to work” for money’s 

sake, I tried. In my quest for happiness, I’ve figured out that 

music is something I need and I truly believe that teaching 

is my special hidden talent. If I am ever in doubt about my 

path, I ask myself what I would do with my life if I had all the 

money in the world. Today, the answer is “exactly what I’m 

already doing.” 

By Beth McKee 

Entering Renee Arozqueta’s home studio in Wekiva Springs, 

one is met by a plethora of musical instruments; pianos, 

accordions, guitars, electric and upright bass, a ukulele and 

various percussion. Portraits of two young women hang, 

side by side, a smiling blond and a coy brunette that’s easily 

identified as young Renee, barely out of her teens. These 

two images portray a musical legacy, between mother and 

daughter, that has blossomed into a unique school of music 

and mentorship named The Sandee Rose School of Music. 

Music has played an important role in Renee’s 34 years 

of life. As a child, she took piano lessons and tagged 

along with her musician mom to hundreds of gigs and jam 

sessions. She continued her studies in college, pursuing a 

Music minor while earning her degree in Marine Biology. 

Graduation was followed by a two year teaching stint in 

Louisiana, after which Renee launched her solo singersongwriter 

mission. Over the next several years, she 

recorded and released eleven albums and toured no less 

than 50,000 miles as an Indie artist. 

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Learn more about 

The Sandee Rose 

School of Music 

at www.wekivastrings.com 

By the time I met her in late 2015, Renee had hit the proverbial 

wall. Exhausted, broke and feeling like she hadn’t made 

enough progress with her efforts, she was discouraged. Soon 

after that, her mother Sandra was diagnosed with cancer for 

the second time, and this time it was terminal. An only child, 

Renee dropped everything and moved to Knoxville, Tennessee 

to tend to her mother. 

After Sandra’s death, while grieving the loss of her closest 

friend and ally, Renee struggled to find a sustainable and 

satisfying career path. A touring musician’s life is difficult, to 

say the least, and many talented artists walk away, defeated by 

the obstacles. I sometimes wonder what amazing music hasn’t 

been heard or expressed because it’s just too hard to survive 

as a working musician. I recruited Renee to perform with my 

band and with the Swamp Sistas because her musical talent 

is undeniable and, as her mentor, I wanted her to stay in touch 

with what I considered an essential element of her spirit. 

Renee explored other avenues, began studying the culinary 

arts and took a job making pastries, but it didn’t spark the joy 

she felt when playing music. After months of soul-searching, 

she decided to combine her teaching experience with her 

musical passion, and in 2018 Renee established The Sandee 

Rose School of Music. The school quickly flourished and 

continues to do so. I love watching it grow and seeing what a 

positive impact she has on her students. I had a few questions 

for Renee. 

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MY FATHER’S SHOW BUSINESS 

BY 

Netflix has just released the long 

awaited feel-good documentary called 

“Bathtubs over Broadway”. The movie 

is about one man’s discovery and 

obsession with collecting the obscure 

and mostly unknown recordings of 

industrial show music from the 1960s, 

‘70s and ‘80s, where big business 

once met Broadway show. In the film, 

he uncovers a hidden treasure trove 

of songs from a secret realm of show 

business that has actually been a huge 

part of my family’s livelihood since 

before I was even born. To my pleasant 

surprise this documentary introduces 

the layman to the world of Industrial 

Theater. Industrial shows were a way 

for corporations to introduce upcoming 

products and guest speakers to sales 

teams during annual motivational sales 

retreats. 

“Industrials”, as they are known, combined 

education and entertainment in the framework 

of a Broadway-esque show. Back in the day it 

was pure Broadway talent that birthed these 

productions. This is my father’s show business. 

According to the documentary, industrial 

musicals of that era are being seen today as 

some kind of hyper-American Art form that 

helps illuminate an American business world 

that no longer exists. Steve Young, the creator 

and star of the documentary, delves joyously 

into this unexplored corner of the entertainment 

world, one which my father happened to excel 

in as a director, choreographer, producer and 

sometimes performer. I always thought my 

Dad’s shows were pretty amazing in scale and 

talent but I often wondered why no one in the 

real world would ever get to see them. I used 

to refer to his work as “mini Broadway shows 

for businesses” but no one ever knew what I 

was talking about. Maybe now they might? 

I eagerly watched this documentary unfold with the glee of 

an insider, listening for familiar songs, searching for familiar 

faces in b-roll clips when suddenly I found one. It’s my 

father, at 29 minutes into the film, dancing in a tuxedo for 

The Milliken Breakfast Show, in a line-up of cloned chorus 

dancers. There’s my Dad, circa 1972, singing about polyester 

fabric. I’ve never seen this clip of him before but some of the 

ones that follow I do recognize from his earlier productions. 

I called him and my step Mom on the phone immediately to 

inquire. They tell me they were contacted by Mr. Young and 

had donated some archival clips to the documentary saying, 

“he may be the only one interested in preserving any of this”. 

This made me smile. As a kid, I was engulfed in this hidden 

world of sales and pseudo-Broadway songs and I loved it. 

It’s always been my jam. 

Like Steve, I too found great pleasure in discovering some 

of the most bizarre, rollicking gems with the worst lyrical 

content imaginable recorded onto cassette tapes in my 

Dads work space. I’ve always been a connoisseur of “the 

best-worst music” and some of these industrial songs clearly 

took the cake. Those terrifically bad songs did teach me 

important things as a songwriter though. I learned song 

structure, how to pen much better parodies and how to write 

a catchy jingle that grabs your attention and sells, sells, sells! 

My Dad’s show business taught us a lot about the bottom 

line in business and the business behind show business. It 

prepared us for much of what we would encounter as pop 

singers in the Music Industry. 

The best show-biz advice our Director Dad gave us was 

that every big business is really a small business at the top, 

where everyone knows everyone, so don’t be a pain in the 

ass gossip or complainer. If they like you, you will work but 

if they don’t, you won’t. Your audition starts the moment you 

leave your house and you never know who you might bump 

into. He told us that he’s been in elevators with performers 

who didn’t realize he’s the man doing the hiring, and despite 

their talent they didn’t get the job. This advice always stuck 

with me. 

Throughout “Bathtubs over Broadway”, the filmmaker 

discovers that Industrial Shows were not the last resort or 

the dead end of show biz like he once thought but instead, 

as Martin Short says in the film, “it was a dream job.” Like 

countless others out there, our family relied on industrial 

shows to survive over the years and I am thankful for them. 

My Dad’s wife says the business has drastically changed but 

she and my Father still have steady employment producing 

corporate shows today. To date my Father has directed US 

presidents, heads of corporations and all kinds of celebrities 

from every genre imaginable. He’s been a speech coach 

for some heavy hitting guest speakers such as Bill Gates 

and most notably FB’s Mark Zuckerberg. These massive 

productions my father put on for the likes of IBM, State 

Farm Insurance, McDonalds, Microsoft, and most recently 

Facebook, are big business. 

Knowing the intricacies and pressures involved in big 

budget shows, I have always marveled at how my Dad is 

able to bring it all seamlessly together the way he does. My 

sisters and I learned so much about how to get a production 

on its feet by just watching our parents work. As the Beu 

Sisters, we too supplemented our income with Industrial 

show bookings over the years. I’ve performed my share 

of corny corporate songs for companies like Chevy, Camp 

Jeep Auto Show and Johnson & Johnson to name a few and 

I always had a blast doing them. To bring this full circle, I 

wrote my first professional industrial show parody for HSBC 

this month. I’m in the club now! I was hired to rewrite a rap 

from a popular song, using the company’s own motivational 

messaging and lingo. It’s fun, lucrative work if you can get it. 

(It also helps to know people *wink *wink). 

In a world where Broadway caliber performances of songs 

about leadership and market share growing are the norm, my 

family continues to prosper ...and I’m really glad someone 

made a strange little movie about it! Go check it out on 

Netflix this month and have a Happy Father’s Day. 

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ENERGY is strength 

and only the strong 

survive in the 

musical arts. 

Some musicians with an abundance of energy splatter it 

everywhere in a misdirected blather. Other players seem 

to be lower energy but focus their vigor like a laser beam 

and accomplish great things. I’m trying to achieve a balance 

between the two without tipping too far into either chaos or 

rigidity. This applies to bookings and filling up my dance card 

with lots of great concerts and gigs. I like to ‘plan’ ahead and 

generally book up about 2 or 3 months in advance. Venues 

need to hammer out their calendars and we all need time to 

gin up a crowd. The problem is with the ‘plan’ part. If I only 

play a preset schedule I’d miss out on some GREAT musical 

experiences. Last minute parties and concert add-ons or fillins 

have been some of the best shows and they can come 

out of the blue. If I stay ready I don’t have to get ready, as the 

old adage goes. I like to keep the engine revving with plenty 

of surprises, even the self inflicted kind. 

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My pop psychology theory about the yin/yang of energy 

also goes for musical and performance details. Vitality in a 

musician is often called stage presence. People are drawn 

to this with a fanatical zeal. Audiences are enthralled with a 

band in the groove. There is also no denying the lukewarm 

reception met with a flat performance. The people know 

when we musicians mail it in. However, I have known quite 

a few brilliant yet unorganized types who can never seem 

to get it together long enough to keep anything going. No 

inertia if you will. They wow on stage but fail in life or worse, 

believe their own hype. Non-stop super duper licks can be 

riveting, but in the end there is no music without silence. 

Inevitably, I am confronted with the notion that you either 

have ‘it’ or you don’t. Well maybe ‘it’ can’t be created or 

destroyed but I can sure light my own fire. I can keep a 

positive attitude and stay fresh. Those of us foolish enough 

to live and eat through music don’t have an endless power 

supply, we muster it up when we need it. We learn that instead 

of waiting for inspiration, we generate our own ENERGY.

First out the box, June is Black Music Month. We give props 

to all those who have paved the way for folks in the music 

industry, from R&B to Rap, Country, all genres. 

But get this, in this era of #MeToo I’m starting to see some 

things that make me ask the question, “Hey, isn’t that a 

double standard?” Let me use Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar 

AKA Cardi B, Miss Rapper extraordinaire in this example. 

Girlfriend admitted to drugging and robbing men during her 

stripper past, right? Meeting them at hotels, taking their 

money, having her way with ‘em and leaving. There have 

been other rappers in the spotlight for such deeds but none 

just came out and confessed like Miss Bodak Yellow. When 

she said it, people were saying “Oh my God, how could 

she?” Really? I say that because we all know there are 

groupies, women or even men who will do anything to meet 

their favorite artist backstage and maybe later on after the 

show, get to know them a little better, you know what I mean. 

And those rappers swear them to secrecy, what happens 

backstage stays backstage or whatever. At least Cardi B 

admitted to her escapades. Also, the fact that she was a 

stripper probably means deals like that were part of the act. 

But I haven’t heard any of those men coming out to make 

Cardi B pay. Don’t think they ever will. They probably weren’t 

supposed to be there anyway, have wives and significant 

others who need not know that part, right? Cardi B felt the 

need to share her story of how she went from rags to riches 

for this new fairytale life she’s living, which includes her pop 

out Prince; a third of the group Migos, Offset. She even took 

him back after the alleged cheating. Does she need to pay? 

Do we put her in the same category as R&B singer R. Kelly? 

Hmmmmm! And yes, I will say she was wrong but no one’s 

come out to claim that. Some even compared her story to 

Bill Cosby, who was convicted last year for drugging and 

molesting a woman in 2004. 

If you try and guesstimate it all, Cardi B must have been in 

her late teens and early twenties during these alleged events 

and here, again, I say it was wrong. But in the music industry, 

male rappers are known to glorify murder, have sex with 

multiple women, deal drugs, and gun violence in their music. 

A reliable source told me once that some of these guys have 

not even experienced the stuff they rap about, many never 

even been near a gun. But they know what sells and the 

record companies do too ... They really don’t want a positive 

rap, not really. I remember when I worked at a radio station 

in Jacksonville FL, I can’t mention the name, but the rapper 

requested a bed be placed in his dressing room. I was told 

it was for his groupie action. For a long time the Rap world 

catered to men and now that women are a part of it, they need 

to be recognized too. 

When someone like Cardi B shares a story like hers with the 

world, it wants to look at her from a different angle. Some 

even were saying if she were a man since #MeToo she would 

be handled differently, hence the double standard. I don’t 

know, Cardi B has won her first Grammy Award, she became 

the first solo female to pick up Best Rap Album; her song 

with Bruno Mars, “Please Me”, is making all kinds of noise 

on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in just two years. Don’t sleep 

on her Superbowl commercials with Pepsi and she now has 

collaborations with Fashion Nova and shoe company Steve 

Madden. Last I heard no one dropped her. 

So to put a point on this, Rap Music is like a club. If you’re 

in it, the more you boast the better the sales. Not to say bad 

things that are done are good because if you’re convicted you 

will pay - just ask Suge Knight. But I think Cardi B is gonna 

be just fine. And she’ll keep her fans because they love the 

fact that she speaks her mind and they haven’t yet perfected 

that art. As far as endorsements go, as she confessed this a 

while back, I see many more coming her way. All 

she needs to do is keep being herself and ride this 

star until it burns out! Also, get with the fact she’s 

hanging in a world that is dominated by males! But 

doesn’t mean she has to take a back seat! Okurr! 17

If you can remember Woodstock, then you weren’t 

there,” goes the old Zen koan, which was sort of 

funny the first 23,789 times you heard it. 

The phrase was first uttered by the Chinese sage 

Yuquan Shenxiu, who lived in the 7th century and 

was one of the founders of the Buddhist school 

that would come to be known as Zen. Shenxiu was 

certainly wise enough to know that 1200 years after 

his death, original hippies would gather on Yasgur’s 

farm in upstate New York in 1969 for three days of 

peace and music and no decent place to take a shit. 

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But even Shenxiu wasn’t smart enough to 

foresee the looming truth of another Zen 

koan: Old hippies never die, they just keep 

reconstituting Woodstock. 

A half-century after the original “Aquarian Exposition,” 

Woodstock 50 is set to happen August 16-18, 2019, in 

Watkins Glen, N.Y. . . . Or is it going to happen? A shit 

storm struck in early May, when one of the companies 

investing in the festival announced it had pulled out 

and Woodstock 50 was cancelled. Not so fast, said 

Michael Lang, one of the organizers of both the original 

festival and the 50th anniversary edition. The investor 

that pulled out had no legal right to cancel Woodstock 

50 or even to say Woodstock 50 was cancelled, Lang 

said, adding that in fact the show was still on. 

he 50 edition is scheduled to include performances by 

such original Woodstockers as Santana, Country Joe 

McDonald (known as Country Joe and the Fish back 

then), John Sebastian, John Fogerty (with Creedence 

Clearwater Revival the first time around), Dead and 

Company (Bob Weir and other members of the original 

Grateful Dead) and Canned Heat. 

Jay-Z, Robert Plant, Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper, 

Greta Van Fleet, Pussy Riot and dozens of other artists 

both ancient and young are also on the bill. 

The status of Woodstock 50 as of press time of this 

issue of Static Live is . . . well, just be sure to check 

your Google alerts before you begin hitchhiking to 

western New York in August. 

What are we music consumers to make of this 

upcoming “three days of peace, love and music”? 

(Yes, this time Lang and company snuck in the “L” 

word in the festival’s official subtitle.) 

No doubt Country Joe will once again change “The 

Fish Cheer” to “The Fuck Cheer” before segueing 

into his anti-Vietnam War ditty, “I-Feel-Like-I’m- 

Fixin’-to-Die Rag.” But will anyone of Generation X, 

Y or Z give a shit, given that they’ve already heard the 

“F” word 23,788 times in movies and music tracks, 

and given that they can download free porn on their 

smartphones? Will old man Robert Plant, who can 

be a right snide bastard in dismissing bands who 

have followed too closely in Led Zeppelin’s wake, 

be provoked into yelling “Squeeze my lemon ’til 

the juice runs down my leg” at Greta Van Fleet and 

their Zep fetishisms? Never mind that Zeppelin’s 

“The Lemon Song” was “inspired” by Howlin’ Wolf’s 

“Killing Floor,” while the “squeeze my lemon line” 

was used by Robert Johnson in his 1937 recording 

of “Travelling Riverside Blues.” So, it’ll be a bit 

sardonically funny to see if Plant gets pissed over 

someone appropriating someone else’s music. 

Will Carlos Santana have a “spiritual orgasm” 

playing Woodstock 50? After all, that was how he 

described his experience performing at Woodstock 

’94. (This I know because I was in the press tent at 

that festival when Santana made that proclamation. 

You’re reading it here for the first time because the 

daily newspaper where I worked then was a nospiritual-orgasm 

zone.) 

If Jay-Z resuscitates his 1998 hit “Jigga What, 

Jigga Who (Originator 99),” will the old hippies in 

the Woodstock 50 crowd wonder “What did he just 

say?” 

To anyone begrudging the old hippies for hanging 

on to Woodstock memories and attempting to 

regurgitate its vibe ad infinitum, I say this: Let 

them have their fun. Let the old hippie guys have 

their jollies as they ogle at the naked tits, search 

for a place to shit, and advise you to “Don’t take 

the brown sugar” over and over. Just refrain from 

replying “I think you mean the brown acid.” 

Just smile in the months ahead when they say, 

“If you can remember Woodstock 50, then you 

weren’t there.” They likely won’t still be 

on this planet when Michael Lang stages 

Woodstock 100. 

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Saturday, June 1 

Flagler Tavern – The Transfers, 12pm 

Flagler Tavern – Reed Foley, 5pm 

Delta Marriott – Cory Worsley, 5pm 

Oceanside – Jason Longoria, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – The Evening Muze, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Hair of the Beast, 6pm 

Outriggers – Mark Moore, 6pm 

Tortugas – The Cyclones, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Billy Dean 7pm 

Grind/Kona – The Vibe, 7pm 

Bounty – Stephanie Schaffer, 7pm 

Traders – ETC, 6pm 

Traders – Redline, 9pm 

The Alley - Barfly, 8pm 

Sunday, June 2 

Oceanside – Jim Lowman, 10am 

Outriggers – Warren Beck and Billy Dean, 2pm 

Traders – The Vibe, 3pm 

Bounty – Thom Blasberg, 7pm 

Flagler Tavern – Brent Clowers Duo, 5pm 

Flagler Tavern – Jeff Risinger, 9pm 

The Alley - Tom & Mark Open Mic, 1pm 

The Alley - Blue Jam Night, 5pm 

Monday, June 3 

Grind/Kona – Warren Beck, 6pm 

Bounty – The Transfers, 7pm 

Tuesday, June 4 

Grind/Kona – The Transfers, 6pm 

Bounty – Warren Beck, 7pm 

The Alley - Jam Night, 7pm 

Wednesday, June 5 

Grind/Kona – The JAM, 6pm 

Outriggers – Larree App, 6pm 

Bounty – Matt Burke, 7pm 

Traders – Mark Moore, 7pm 


Thursday, June 6 

Flagler Tavern – The Cyclones Unplugged, 5pm 


Outriggers – Bradford Buckley, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Claire Vandiver, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Brent Clowers, 6pm 

Bounty – Jonny Odis, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – The Click, 7:30pm 

The Alley - Bike Night - Easy Street, 7pm 

Friday, June 7 

Beacon – Bradford Buckley, 5pm 

Delta Marriott – Jessie Abbey, 5pm 

Oceanside – Mark Moore, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – Warren Beck, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Down River Duo, 6pm 

Outriggers – The JAM, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Christie Beu, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Mud Rooster, 7pm 

Bounty – Sam Seas, 7pm 

Traders – Acoustic Inferno, 6pm 

Traders – Speed Limit 70, 9pm 

The Alley -Sound Theory, 8pm 




Delta Marriott – The JAM, 5pm 

Oceanside – The Vibe, 5:30pm 

Yellow Dog –Stealing Vanity , 6pm 

Outriggers – Love Bomb, 6pm 

Tortugas – 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Ricky Silvia, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Cory Worsley Duo, 7pm 

Bounty – Matt McKeown, 7pm 

Traders – Randy Williams, 6pm 

Traders – Speed Limit 70, 9pm 

Tayton O’Brians – James Ryan, 9pm 

The Alley - David Julia & Albery Castiglia, 8pm 


Oceanside – Splash, 10am 

Outriggers – Joe Caruso, 10am 

Traders – Danny Dread, 3pm 

Bounty – Chuck Morel, 7pm 

Flagler Tavern – The Vibe, 5pm 

Flagler Tavern – Bradford Buckley, 9pm 



Grind/Kona – Danny Dread, 6pm 

Bounty – The Evening Muze, 7pm 


Grind/Kona – The Evening Muze, 6pm 

Bounty – Jeff Risinger, 7pm 



Grind/Kona – Chuck Morel, 6pm 


Bounty – Jason “Gote” Vandemaat, 7pm 

Traders – Jason Longoria, 7pm 





Outriggers – Corey Shenk, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Seth Pause, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – The Transfers, 6pm 


Grind/Kona – Eddy Davis, 7:30pm 

The Alley - Bike Night - Beautiful Bastards, 7pm 


Beacon – Warren Beck, 5pm 

Delta Marriott – Stealing Vanity, 5pm 

Oceanside – Love Bomb, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – Jay Paski, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – The Transfers, 6pm 

Outriggers – Danny Dread, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Peter Alden, Elvis Tribute, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – The Cyclones, 7pm 

Bounty – Seth Pause, 7pm 


Traders – Pop Culture Poets, 9pm 

The Alley -Skin Deep, 8pm 




Delta Marriott – Claire Vandiver, 5pm 

Oceanside – Eddy Davis, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – The Vibe, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Ben Jen 2, 6pm 

Outriggers – The Evening Muze, 6pm 

Tortugas – 5 Time Shag, 6pm 


31 Supper Club – William Cintrol, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Bradford Buckley, 7pm 


Traders – Matt Burke, 6pm 

Traders – Pop Culture Poets, 9pm 

Tayton O’Brians – Dustin Seymour, 9pm 

The Alley -Skin Deep, 8pm 


Oceanside – Rezolusion, 10am 

Outriggers – Adam Jones, 2pm 

Jay Paski – Traders 3pm 

Bounty – Bradford Buckley, 7pm 

Flagler Tavern – The Vibe, 9pm 



Grind/Kona - Jay Paski, 6pm 

Bounty – The Transfers, 7pm 


Grind/Kona – The Transfers, 6pm 

Bounty – Jay Paski, 7pm 




Grind/Kona – The JAM, 6pm 


Traders – Brent Clowers, 7pm 





Outriggers – Brent Clowers, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Rasta Bayers, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Mark Raisch, 6pm 

Bounty – Stephanie Schaffer, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Joe Santana, 7:30pm 

The Alley - Bike Night - Hypersona Duo, 7pm 


Beacon – Gina Cuchetti, 5pm 

Delta Marriott – The Cyclones, 5pm 

Oceanside – The Vibe, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – Eddy Davis, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – The Evening Muze, 6pm 

Outriggers – Relief, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Matt Burke, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Mark Moore, 7pm 

Bounty – Faith Hannon, 7pm 

Traders – Honey Moonshine, 6pm 

Traders – Kings County, 9pm 

The Alley -Brad Sayre, 8pm 




Delta Marriott – Warren Beck, 5pm 

Oceanside – Nate Utley, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – Matt Burke, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Drew Halverson, 6pm 

Outriggers – Aaron Lightning, 6pm 

Tortugas – Caesar, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Shannon Rae, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – The Vibe, 7pm 

Bounty – Gina Cuchetti, 7pm 

Traders – Love Bomb, 6pm 

Traders – Kings County, 9pm 

Tayton O’Brians – James Ryan, 9pm 

The Alley -Hypersona, 8pm 


Oceanside – Splash, 10am 

Outriggers – Mud Rooster, 2pm 

Traders – Warren Beck, 3pm 


Flagler Tavern – Brent Clowers Duo, 5pm 

Flagler Tavern – Jeff Risinger, 9pm 



Grind/Kona – Rasta Bayers, 6pm 

Bounty – The Evening Muze, 7pm 


Grind/Kona – The Evening Muze, 6pm 

Bounty – Layla Brisbois, 7pm 



Grind/Kona – Chuck Morel, 6pm 


Traders – Warren Beck, 7pm 






Outriggers – Corey Shenk, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Jason “Gote” Vandemaat, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Christie Beu, 6pm 


Grind/Kona – Outeredge, 7:30pm 

The Alley - Bike Night - The Accuzed, 7pm 


Beacon – Jessie Abbey, 5pm 

Delta Marriott – The Vibe, 5pm 

Oceanside – David Dequasie, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – Blue Diamond, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Bradford Buckley, 6pm 

Outriggers – Outeredge, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Warren Beck, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Joe Caruso, 7pm 


Traders – Danny Dread, 6pm 

The Alley -My Generation, 8pm 




Delta Marriott – Eddy Davis, 5pm 

Oceanside – Warren Beck, 5:30pm 

NSB Brewing – The Cyclones, 6pm 

Yellow Dog – Matt Burke, 6pm 

Outriggers – The Vibe, 6pm 

Tortugas – Outeredge, 6pm 

31 Supper Club – Ricky Silvia, 7pm 

Grind/Kona – Bradford Buckley, 7pm 


Traders – ETC, 2:30pm 

Traders – Mark Moore, 6:30pm 

Tayton O’Brians – Strumstick, 9pm 

The Alley -My Generation, 8pm 


Oceanside – Jason Longoria, 10am 

Outriggers – JW Gilmore, 2pm 


Bounty – Bradford Buckley, 7pm 

Flagler Tavern – Jay Paski, 9pm 

The Alley - Blue Jam Night, 5pm

By C. August Wenger 

Over 53 years of viewing, photographing 

and surfing waves in exotic locations all over 

the world enables Kem McNair to capture the 

majestic beauty of ocean environments. From 

his paintbrush flows an endless stream of 

ethereal waves, foaming surf, whispering palms 

and serene beaches that captivate viewers with 

nature’s magical meeting of land and sea. 

KEM McNAIR 

Ok, so your band got a write up in the local music 

magazine, you picked up 20 copies and gave them out 

to friends and family, kept a couple for yourself and even 

framed the article, it’s hanging on the wall of your band 

room. You are pretty stoked and the pride of this moment 

is so far unmatched. What could top that? Well, have you 

heard your band on the radio? 

There is nothing like announcing on social media, texting 

everyone in your phone, “Hey my band is going to be 

played on the radio sometime between 7 and 7:10 tonight, 

tune in”! Now apart from your band being signed and 

having 100K fans, the likeliness of this happening would 

be slim if it were not for the local radio station that takes 

it upon themselves to give back to their community of 

listeners by periodically showcasing local original music. 

Yes, internet radio, collage radio, and podcasts may play 

unsigned or obscure music like yours, but their audience 

can be very narrow, and you may not even have a college 

radio station in your area. 

To have your song played on a major station whose 

listenership nightly is in the tens of thousands is a major 

accomplishment for a local band and it gives you a feeling 

like nothing else. Having your music heard by someone 

from outside your market and being legitimized by being 

broadcast on a major FM station is marketing at its best. 

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One might think that every radio station must have local 

original music as part of their programming, but it really 

isn’t the case. It’s not that the idea is unappealing to a 

station it’s just that the idea may not have been presented 

to them. If your local radio station does not have a show 

once a week supporting local original music, it’s time they 

do and you might just have to be the person that helps 

them see the value of such a program. 

Do you have a friend with some recording software and a 

nice microphone? Put together a 50 minute demo show, 

put your favorite local band’s songs in the mix with a little 

background and description of the bands and when they 

might be playing an upcoming local show. Contact the 

program director of your local radio station and offer to 

him the idea, if they are receptive, offer them the demo. 

The purveyors of rock ‘n roll on the airwaves have been 

the perfect ambassador for local original music in a tourist 

town like Daytona Beach. The locals come, driving on the 

beach or hanging out on their hotel balconies, and they 

are often tuned in to the local stations. That being said, 

upon investigating, it appears Daytona Beach does not 

currently have a radio station that is playing local original 

music, as the previous DJ that was doing it just moved 

north. 

So, taking my own advice I have reached out to our current 

rock n’ roll station and have proposed a weekly show 

that offers up local music. After all it’s been a tradition of 

local radio as far back as I can remember. I’ll be putting 

together a demo and it might just be me you’ll hear rock 

jocking this summer. Local Florida bands, hit me up @ 

caugustwenger@gmail.com and if I get the job I’ll be sure 

to showcase your music on this all new Original Music 

Manifesto radio show. I’ll have more details for you in an 

upcoming article as this story and project develops. 

Next month I’ll be talking about the role 

of band photography and video and the 

professional look a modern act has to 

have to stand out in the industry. Until 

then keep tuning in to local original music 

on the airwaves, and once again, thank 

you for reading. 

Kem began painting surfboards in the mid ‘60s. 

Since then, he has airbrushed and hand painted 

over 10,000 surfboards and created thousands 

of T-shirt designs and illustrations. His mediums 

include Watercolor, Oils, Acrylics, Pen and Ink, 

Gouache, Digital and Alcohol Inks. An impressive 

list of clients includes Daytona International 

Speedway, Ron Jon Surf Shop, 20th Century 

Fox, Marvel Comics, Budweiser, Corona and 

many other well known surf shops, restaurants 

and events. In addition, his art is also popular with 

private collectors. As a photographer he has been 

published in Surfer Magazine, Surfing Magazine, 

Eastern Surf Magazine and the Guiness Book of 

World Records. 

Kem McNair is represented by Bruce 

McGaw Graphics in New York. He is also 

a former East Coast Surfing Champion 

and professional photographer, capturing 

the famous Jumping Shark of New Smyrna 

Beach that was seen worldwide and on 40 

national TV shows; he is also a professional 

musician and songwriter and an East Coast 

Surfing Hall of Fame Nominee 2019. 

Artist Statement: 

I enjoy all kinds of creative endeavors. I’m 

always looking for the next painting or cool 

photo which could be used as a painting. 

I love shooting nature and the ocean and 

am always catching something weird or 

wonderful at the beach or in the water. 

I have been a digital artist since 1986 

and painting nature media and shooting 

photos way before that. I have been using 

Photoshop for over 22 years. I was turned 

on to it by a college professor and was 

totally blown away. It’s a great tool for trying 

out different compositions for paintings. I 

accept commissions for larger paintings 

and do quite a bit of graphics work when it’s 

creative and not boring layout type work. I 

can be contacted on Facebook and by email 

kmcnair1@cfl.rr.com. See you at the beach! 

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1. The boy band, One Direction was created by Simon Cowell on what popular 

music competition? 

2. Who is the richest rapper in the world? 

3. What musical group performed the song “I Gotta A Feeling” with a live flash mob 

on Oprah in 2009? 

4. Where did Sting get his nickname from? 

5. What word was added to the Oxford Dictionary due to a large part of Beyonce 

titling one of her songs this word? 

6. What was the first band to record for Led Zeppelin’s record label, Swan Song? 

7.. Which popular rapper sold the Vitamin Water company for 4.1 billion dollars? 

8. What is the real name of rapper, Cardi B? 

9. Which female country music icon is a godmother to the singer, Miley Cyrus? 

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10. Carrie Underwood’s fans are known as Carrie’s _____ _____? 

Crossword Answers on Page 37

By The Sauce Boss 

Photos and Article © 2019 

Get up off the couch and go. Easy for me to say, as I travel 

constantly. But I made that decision early in my life. As an 

11-year-old drummer in a tiny high school band, I traveled to 

football games and parades around Florida and immediately 

figured it out. Music can literally take you places, and I’ve been 

traveling ever since. If you get far enough into either your job or 

avocation, the opportunity to travel will most likely present itself. 

If not … try another avocation. I’ve seen over a million highway 

miles and countless flights, and I still get up for the trip. I still 

relish the place where I’ve never been, be it the next continent or 

the next county, a change of scene is the ticket to flush the bats 

out of your belfry. There’s always something to wow about; a 

new friend, a taste you’ve never had, an idea you never thought 

of, jogged out of your brain by the happenstance of seeing how 

it’s done “somewhere else” ... if you just get up and go. 

EDDY DAVIS 

Photo credit Reluctant Genius 

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT 


HUNTER HAILEY 

Photo credit Tim Tuech 

Summer is right around the corner. 

Time to … Travel! 

Here are some travel tips that 

I’ve discovered over decades of 

“going”. 

Take a back road/scenic 

drive. I try to not fill up 

my dance card. I leave 

holes in my schedule to 

dawdle down the road. 

Relax, Mon. 

Go native. In addition to seeing 

the spectacular sights, seek 

out the mundane. Find the real 

culture of the people. Taste the 

local cuisine. Yelp, Google, or 

Trip Advisor are a few resources 

for foraging on the highway. Of 

course, if you ask a native about 

their favs, you stand a better 

chance of getting the real deal 

meal. 

RICKY SILVIA 


DONNIE LEE 


JOHNNY McBRIDE OF DARKNESS RISING 

Photo credit Bruce Henderson 

HYPERSONA 


REED FOLEY 

Photo credit Jenny McLain 

Share gifts (bring sauce). 

I have a stash of things I 

carry: sauce, CDs, and 

food from my yarden. 

When travelling in the 

states and my satsumas 

are happening, I will cut 

clusters of fruit from the 

tree and fill a bag. Three 

or four tangerines with a 

few leaves still on. That 

proves the 

freshness. 

“I picked 

this orange 

yesterday.” 

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Buy something from a local artist or craftsman. They are interesting 

people with something to say who are following their dreams, and 

fulfilling a purpose. That t-shirt you bought in Cancun was initially 

made by a slave, then printed who knows where. 

Take a dip. After riding around a 

while, the salty minerals of the 

ocean or hot springs will ease 

those sore muscles and afford 

an opportunity to get to know the 

area from the natives. 

Conversate. Don’t be in 

such a hurry to “do” stuff. 

Take a minute to chat with 

the locals. They know the 

cool stuff to do. 

Sit and soak it up. Last 

but not least, sit down and 

osmote. Let the flavors 

and feelings you get soak 

in. Sip it. Enjoy. 

#BETTYFORD BAND 


BILLY CHAPIN 


G LOVE 

Photo credit Jack Mast 

IHANNIBAL BARCA 

Photo credit Nicole Henry 

PAUL DRENNAN, ZOLTEN CHANEY 

Photo credit Nicole Henry 

MISS INTENT 

ADAM FLOYD & FARLEY PALMER 


Photo credit Reluctant Genius

Palm Coast natives Colin Vieira and Felipe Sanchez, of the 

internationally touring rock band Slaves, are currently on tour 

with Blessthefall, selling out venues across the United States. 

Their latest release, “Revision”, was recorded/produced by 

Sean Dolich (based out of Sound Mind Studios in Holly Hill) 

and features local singer/songwriter Jessie Abbey on the fanfavorite 

track “Down for the Ride”. “Revision” is the follow 

up album to their 2018 release of “Beautiful Death” which 

garnered over 55 million streams/downloads and counting. 

Tour dates and more info on their website slavesband.com 

Follow them on Instagram/Twitter @slavesofficial 

Exclusive tour photos courtesy of Blake Littell 

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Crossword Answers on Page 37 31

Hello again, friends! 

This time around I 

bring you a special 

interview with 

Jasmine Cain. She 

is a regular on the 

Bike Week circuit 

and cranks out high 

energy shows that rip 

through your favorite 

hard rock and metal 

tunes as well as her 

originals that fit in 

seamlessly. 

Cheers! 

RIGGS, GUY, 

& INTERN STEVE 

The Morning HOG / 95.7 

The HOG Weekdays 5-10am 

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RIGGS - You finally birthed this baby. Congrats! You 

must be feeling proud. 

JASMINE - We have been looking forward to 

this after working on it for two years. We’re super 

pumped. We’re touring all year in support of this 

album, the first single “Be Brave” was released on 

March 29th and is already been very well received 

and the album dropped May 10th, so here we go! 

RIGGS - I like the approach you have for this project, 

with several pre-release events for the fans and then 

the actual release party here at the Hard Rock Hotel 

Daytona… is it nice to have a full new record to work 

as you continue to play so many shows this year? 

JASMINE - Yeah, our main fan bases are in Florida, 

Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania and upstate New 

York where we do really, really well. But we wanted 

to do something special for our fans so we did the 

event at the Hard Rock Daytona that was off the 

chain… so much fun and if you weren’t there, you 

really missed out. 

RIGGS - I loved being there! You have the 

enthusiasm of somebody who just jumped into the 

game even though I know you’ve been grinding 

away at it for a long time. Take me through what got 

you to this point. 

JASMINE - Well there’s a Janis Joplin quote… 

she was terrified of letting her fans down. It’s 

what really made her drink so hard, for fear of not 

living up to expectations. And I don’t know that it’s 

a fear for me, but if you’re going to do this for a 

living, you owe it to yourself to do it with everything 

you got. I started performing in bars when I was 

6 years old and would see people’s reactions to 

my performance and I wanted that kind of reaction 

every time. The times we would perform and we 

wouldn’t get that kind of reaction, I felt like a failure. 

And I just don’t ever want anyone to leave a show 

and feel anything less than completely energized 

and on fire. 

RIGGS - There are so many different ways into the 

music industry now… And you are in Nashville where 

there are so many angles, maybe as songwriters, 

singers, musicians, or maybe a TV show. Did you 

ever audition for any of those? 

JASMINE - Yeah, I did, actually, the first year I got to 

Nashville I auditioned for Star Search 

RIGGS - HAHAHAHA! Was Ed McMahon there? 

JASMINE - (laughs) No, but I was very nervous. 

I had a private audition and there were only 

like 10 people who got them. And they were 

all amazing singers, like trained spent-theirwhole-life-for-this-moment 

singers and I was 

terrified… I can’t remember what I sang and 

you had to do it acapella. So I finished it and 

the guy says “You need to sing songs that are 

more sexy.” (laughs) And I’m a country girl from 

rural South Dakota so it was like “What are you 

talking about?”. So he had me sing an Alicia 

Keys song and he said “If I were deciding who 

to sign today, you would be my pick… you’ve 

got the most star quality of anyone here, but I’m 

not going to send you through”. 

RIGGS - What? 

JASMINE - And I’m like “What does that even 

mean?” and he says “This show would do 

worse for you than you’re going to do on your 

own.” So that was my first experience. Fast 

forward to about 3 years ago and I tried out for 

THE VOICE. They contacted me for another 

private audition and I sang about 3 notes and 

they said “Nope, goodbye”. 

RIGGS - You’re kidding?! 

JASMINE - Nope, but I didn’t deserve it that 

day… I just got back from Daytona Bike Week 

and I was walking to my Suburban to head to 

the audition and the white car comes flying 

down my one-way street and shoots all the 

windows out of my vehicle. 

RIGGS - WOW! Like a movie 

JASMINE - They thought it was someone 

else and I happened to be borrowing my 

boyfriend’s black Suburban and they shot at 

it. So I dove behind it, then jumped up and 

threw a rock through their rear window after 

the passed…. So my mind wasn’t really in 

the game when I got to this audition. I didn’t 

deserve that one. 

RIGGS - Damn, THAT is the kind of story I 

want to see on those shows! I assume you 

have to have a very flexible ego in your 

business and quite a test of it right there. 

JASMINE - That will definitely do it! 

RIGGS - OK, so all you do next is persevere, 

play a ton of shows all over the country, and 

crank out 6 records all on you own. 

JASMINE - Our fan base is so loyal and 

supportive… I mean, the only thing I would 

have relied on a label for is to get me out 

on the road and spread the word. Our 

fans are the marketing machine. And our 

fanbase on social media os over 100,000 

now and that’s amazing, a lot of signed 

artists out there now don’t have that. And 

fans have direct access to us now, which 

is the way it should have been. Patreon I 

love… it’s so cool. I want to make so many 

more things… videos, etc. I guess I’m just 

looking for ways to make it more intimate 

for fans on there. I am still becoming more 

efficient there with the content, but it is the 

best. And when fans ask what is the most 

direct way to support us, through merch, 

etc., it’s easily jasminecain.com 

RIGGS - And that’s the spot to chase down 

your new high energy record, “Seven”. Tell 

me about the lead track “Be Brave”. 

JASMINE - I wrote that song with my 

best friend & co-writer since I landed in 

Nashville, Paige Logan. I was told I couldn’t 

write my way out of a paper bag, so I was 

sent to a publishing company to shop for 

songs and met her by chance. They first 

pitched me country songs but I said I was 

doing a rock record. I wanted to meet 

her and talk directly to her and they didn’t 

want to let the writers meet the singers, but 

I persisted and they brought her up. We 

ended writing 3 songs the first day, and 

she was getting married to our engineer. 

So they have been my team from day one. 

She has been through a lot and I asked her 

how she stays going and comes out the 

other side. She said “you gotta be brave, 

face it head on”. So we wrote the song and 

there is a video done but I am looking for 

fan submissions for a second video about 

what their struggles area and how the song 

relates to them. 

RIGGS - What a positive message. 

JASMINE - Yeah, and I have had lyrics 

that resonate with fans enough to the point 

of them getting them tattooed! That’s the 

most powerful thing. 3 different people at 

Sturgis this year showed me their different 

tattoos from lyrics from my song “Highway 

Prophet” and I have a friend in Nashville 

who is getting his first tattoo ever using the 

lyric from “Be Brave” that goes “Every good 

story begins with guts and ends in glory”. 

And I think it’s just so cool that people listen 

to your lyrics so intently that they say yes, 

that’s going on my body for eternity. 

RIGGS - That’s kinda the ultimate 

connection! 

JASMINE - Exactly. 

RIGGS - The record opens with an asskicker 

called “Burnout”. 

JASMINE - Well, you have to write what 

you know. And I was working around the 

clock renovating my house in Nashville 

and trying to finish this album. So I wasn’t 

sleeping. I’m hitting this wall. I set a date 

to lose my shit. It came and went and I still 

haven’t lost it. But “Burnout” was written 

to say “How long can I continue this pace 

before I completely fall down?”, and the 

answer is I am still going! 

RIGGS - “Money” is another great track 

from the record, great hook, harmonies, 

chorus, and a killer riff. 

JASMINE - That was the first song I wrote 

for the album. But the lyric isn’t about 

greed… it’s about redemption, that I have 

done the work and held up my end of the 

bargain… pay me what I’m worth! 

RIGGS - You have a stellar guitar player in 

Jordan. How’d you find him? 

JASMINE - Craigslist! 

RIGGS - No shit?! 

JASMINE - Our former guitarist just 

left, no notice. And I had to scramble 

to meet shows we were committed to. I 

exhausted all the normal options. And 

reluctantly resorted to Craigslist. I don’t 

even know what I was expecting. I sent 

him some songs, and he quickly sent 

back full tunes with solos and he has 

chops for days. And he is the one guy 

in the band who went to school for this. 

He’s even got school background for film 

& video producing and editing, etc. 

RIGGS - He’s like the Swiss Army Knife of guitar 

players! 

JASMINE - He IS the Swiss Army Knife of guitar 

players! Oh my god, you’re right! I call him 

the Professor. 

RIGGS - OK, rapid fire before we go…. Favorite 

Song you DON’T play? 

JASMINE - “Kingdom” by Devin Townsend 

RIGGS - Favorite Song you WISH you had written? 

JASMINE - Aerosmith’s “Dream On” 

RIGGS - Favorite cereal? 

JASMINE - I don’t eat it, but I love Cocoa Puffs. 

RIGGS - OK, go rest your pipes. You rock! 

JASMINE - Love you guys! 

ite Song you DON’T play? 

JASMINE - “Kingdom” by Devin Townsend 

RIGGS - Favorite Song you WISH you had written? 

JASMINE - Aerosmith’s “Dream On” 

RIGGS - Favorite cereal? 

JASMINE - I don’t eat it, but I love Cocoa Puffs. 

RIGGS - OK, go rest your pipes. You rock! 

JASMINE - Love you guys! 

Photo Credit: Bryan Lambert 

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Her new album “Seven” 

is available everywhere 

(even on vinyl!) and I 

caught up with her at the 

Hard Rock Hotel Daytona 

Beach during her record 

release party to talk 

about the new music and 

what got her here.

The Phantom Foodie ventured to the famous Flagler Avenue 

in NSB to experience Third Wave Cafe’ and Wine Bar. A 

mixture of coastal Bohemia and Mediterranean vibe greets 

you as you enter the outside dining area through garden 

gates that make you jealous and give you the feeling that 

you have left Florida. The area is adorned by garden arbors, 

a twisted cypress topped bar (constructed by one of the 

owners, Wayne) and lit with soft light strands and intimate 

chandeliers. It is accented by umbrellas and chic touches 

here and there and centered with a one-of-a-kind piece of art 

- a fire feature octopus ball suspended above a pool of water 

(also crafted by an owner, Kathy). The octopus is scattered 

throughout the space as a logo and makes you feel like he 

has wrapped you with his tentacles in an inviting way. 

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Patrons can dine in this secret garden on many culinary 

delights such as endive leaves with Florida oranges, honey 

goat cheese, toasted almonds, pomegranate, and local honey 

or Caribbean Lobster tail over Yukon mash with broccoli and 

lobster cream sauce (a few succulent weekend features that 

I savored on recent visits). Make sure you wash the delights 

down with something tasty from the bar, like a cucumber basil 

martini or a Paloma Picante. 

When dining at Third Wave you also have the option of an 

inside café offering an extensive array of coffee and tea 

options- plus fresh baked goods. I love the blueberry muffins; 

that may sound boring, but they are the perfect blend of muffin 

and cake! What could be better? The café invites you into 

a New York style, yet small town atmosphere boasting an 

eclectic sofa, tables, and a porch right on the avenue - perfect 

if you are a people watcher. 

The menu offers breakfast specials such as Avocado Toast; 

toasted artisan bread with smeared avocado, complete with 

heirloom tomatoes and balsamic glaze or banana bread 

French toast; caramel iced bananas, salted caramel, candied 

pecans, and whipped cream. Third Wave has become a 

favorite of our family for breakfast. Children can be picky and 

I guarantee these dishes will make the palate of any child 

happy if mine can be pacified. 

I have eaten here many times; their respectful and attentive 

staff and the clean and inviting atmosphere and, of course, the 

succulent menu make every visit an enchantment. The next 

time you are in New Smyrna Beach this should be a priority 

on your list; by not doing so, you are depriving yourself of a 

truly unique experience for all your senses, a cultural must! 

Trivia (10 questions) 

1. The boy band, One Direction was created by Simon Cowell on what popular music competition? 

X Factor 

2. Who is the richest rapper in the world? 

Jay-Z 

3. What musical group performed the song “I Gotta A Feeling” with a live flash mob on Oprah in 2009? 

Black Eyed Peas 

4. Where did Sting get his nickname from? 

He used to perform a lot in a black and yellow striped sweater that made him look like a bee. 

5. What word was added to the Oxford Dictionary due to a large apart of Beyonce titling one of her songs this word? 

Bootylicious 

6. What was the first band to record for Led Zeppelin’s record label, Swan Song? 

Bad Company 

7.. Which popular rapper sold the Vitamin Water company for 4.1 billion dollars? 

50 Cent 

8. What is the real name of rapper, Cardi B? 

Belcalis Almanzar 

9. Which female country music icon is a godmother to the singer, Miley Cyrus? 

Dolly Parton 

10. Carrie Underwood’s fans are known as Carrie’s _____ _____? 

Care Bears 

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Farewell to Slayer 

New School Album of the Month 

Psycroptic - As the Kingdom Drowns 

On their sixth full length release titled As the Kingdom Drowns, the 

Tasmanian devils of brutality known as Psycroptic reach new levels of 

atmospheric intensity. From the opening track, “We Were the Keepers” 

to the last track, “You Belong Here, Below”, this album takes you on a 

journey of epic proportions. Slamming riffage, plenty of blast beats and 

an overall dynamic range of fury. 

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Grip Inc photo credit- Metal Blade Records 

Slayer photo credit - Slayer 

With 38 years of decadence under their belt Slayer, the greatest speed 

metal band with the greatest speed metal album of all-time (Reign In 

Blood) are calling it quits. Following the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman 

and the departure of drummer Dave Lombardo, many asked, “How long 

can these legends last?” For those of us metal fanatics, this is like 

the changing of the guard. Who will step up now to take their place 

upon the metal throne? Unfortunately, no one. They cannot be touched. 

They cannot be mimicked. Many bands have been influenced under 

their reign and over the last three plus decades they were the titans of 

Metal Blade records, the Def Jam jammers, the American Recordings 

annihilators, and the Nuclear Blast naysayers. Metal as we know it will 

never be the same. How could this happen? As Slayer once put it, “God 

Hates Us All”. We are all being punished. Farewell, my metal brethren. 

See y’all on the other side. Most likely south of Heaven. 

Psycroptic photo credit- Prosthetic Records 

Old School Album of the Month 

Grip Inc. - Power of Inner Strength 

What do ‘ya do when you’re tired of the relentless touring with the greatest 

speed metal band of all time? You quit and start another band. Thus, the 

creation of former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo’s band, Grip Inc. 

Released in 1995 on metal Blade Records, Power of Inner Strength 

gave Lombardo the change in scenery he so desperately needed. 

Wanting more of a groove metal sound with a touch of thrash, Lombardo 

recruited ex-Voodoo cult guitarist Waldemar Sorychta to man the riffing 

which, in turn, allowed Lombardo to use his signature hypnotic crushing 

double bass blasts with some added tribal drumming. The highlight of 

the album is the song “Ostracized” with its headbanging rifforama and 

catchy lyrics, and “Hostage in Heaven” gives the Slayer fans their due 

diligence along with other groovy tunes like “Savage Seas”, “Colors of 

Death”, and “Guilty of Innocence”. 

Gotha Location 

June 1 - Live Hart Solo 

June 6 - Scott Davidson Solo 

June 7 - Alejandre Garcia Trio 

June 8 - Mud Rooster Band 

June 10 - Open Mic 

June 13 - Theo Moon 

June 14 - Still Rolling Duo 

June 15 - Run Raquel Band 

June 20 - Ramona 

June 21 - Ramona 

June 22 - Jordan Foley Trio 

June 24 - Open Mic 

June 27 - Zack Maruniak 

June 28 - Jim Young Trio 

June 29 - Nashville Night 

1236 Hempel Ave. 

Windermere 34786 

(407) 296-0609 

DOG FRIENDLY 

Open every day at 11am 

LIVE MUSIC 

YellowDogEats.com 

New Smyrna Location 

June 1 - Hair of the Beast 

June 6 - Claire Vandiver 

June 7 - Down River Duo 

June 8 - Stealing Vanity 

June 13 - Seth Pause 

June 14 - The Transfers 

June 15 - Ben Jen 2 

June 20 - Rasta Bayers 

June 21 - The Evening Muze 

June 22 - Drew Halverson 

June 27 - Jason Gote Vandemaat 

June 28 - Bradford Buckley 

June 29 - Matt Burke 

147 Canal St. 

New Smyrna Beach 32168 

(386) 410-4824

June 2019 Static Live Magazine

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