Static Live Magazine August 2019

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She loves playing tennis, volleyball, shopping, and of course 

spending the day at the beach. She can’t live without tacos and 

her favorite subject is science. Her favorite music celebrity is Miley 

Cyrus and she loves going to all types of concerts. She loves 

being a model and her passion is to spread positivity and inspire 

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Oh My Goddess 

Making the Video 

Tales of Travel: Peru 

Shellac Never Dries by Hank Harrison 

The Last Fall 

Music Consumers, It’s a Conspiracy! 

Rikki Rocket’s “Rockin’ Recipe for Autism” 

A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician 

COVER STORY 

Static Live Event Calendar 

Artist Feature: John “Crusher” Healy 

An Original Music Manifesto 

Passing Through Memphis 

Behind the Mic - RIGGS 

Snap It! Live Music Photo Feature 

Rocktails 

Phantom Foodie 

Metal Compost 

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In August of 2002 my sisters and I made our very first 

music video as the Beu Sisters. It was an experience 

that would change my life. Acclaimed video director 

Sophie Muller (best known for her work with Sade, 

Beyonce’ and Gwen Stefani) flew down to Florida with a 

huge production crew to film the video for our single “I Was 

Only 17” in little old New Smyrna Beach. I volunteered to 

be Sophie’s right hand gal for the week so I could learn 

everything about her process. 

Day 1: I took her around town doing location scouting and 

picking her brain. We chose to film at the beach, in NSB 

Bowling Alley and several other hidden nooks around our 

dear town. Day 2: I drove Sophie and her assistant to every 

thrift shop in the area to cut corners on costuming and 

props. (My sister Jill even made a skirt for the video out 

of a cool pillowcase we found.) Day 3: I helped cast our 

featured players and extras, gathering names and numbers 

of friends and locals we wanted in the video. I literally spent 

every second I could around the whirlwind of this amazing 

female director. I watched her make creative decisions as 

well as props. Just being around the film crew (whose hub 

of operation was set up at The Night Swan on Riverside) 

was exciting and educational itself. I observed and assisted 

wherever I could, even though they kept reminding me to 

get my beauty sleep so I could be “a star” on camera. I 

knew after that week, however, that I liked being both in 

front of and behind the camera. 

I knew I wanted to be a director like Sophie someday. I 

kept in touch with her periodically over the years as she 

only became more in demand publicly and more inspiring 

to me personally. In 2010, when we went independent with 

our “Beu-tiful” album, I knew we could never afford to hire 

Sophie to direct our upcoming music videos. In the best 

way, I knew how, I would have to become our very own 

Sophie Muller. With a lot of encouragement from my family 

and a little more from my long distance British mentor, I 

was up for the challenge. I wrote the treatment for and 

helped co-direct the video for our first single off the album, 

“Definition of a Lady”, with a team of talented young men 

(Nick Vedros and Michael Stine) from the film school Full 

Sail. I was definitely feeling the forward momentum. 

As a special gift to me, the following summer my pen 

pal Sophie generously sent me (and my best friend) 

row C seats for Sade’s “Bring Me Home” tour, in which 

she directed. It was the most moving, visually arresting 

and visceral concert experience for me as an audience 

member. Words cannot describe the beauty she created 

with Sade that I got to witness that night. Flooded with 

purpose, inspiration, and longing, I set out to take the baby 

steps towards learning the craft of video filmmaking and 

editing myself. I dove headlong into the process with my 

family in tow. I didn’t go to school for any of it but having 

been on set for several music videos, I knew enough of 

what I needed to get started. I also knew that once you 

start taking those micro movements towards any goal the 

universe will take steps with you. I understood that to be a 

good director I needed to rent the best equipment available 

and have the right people on my team who could see the 

vision and create it with me. 

My sister Danielle found us a young, local photographer 

named Nick Crobaugh, who was also a self taught and 

gifted cinematographer, willing to teach me about camera 

work, equipment, and editing. He worked in tandem with 

me, teaching all he knew for virtually nothing but the 

experience and the chance to make something cool. With 

our very small crew of family and friends we set out to 

make several music videos together (all filmed in the area). 

It was an exhilarating time of experimentation and guerrilla 

style film making as my “Beu Crew” and I did my best to 

create our homage to sisterhood and New Smyrna Beach. 

In two years’ time, we made a string of magical videos 

as a team. These mini movies (that you can find on our 

BeuTube channel) were “Everything Will Be Alright”, “Daze” 

and “Never Gonna Give You Up” (our Rick Astley cover) as 

well as Osky’s “After the Rain” video. Anyone who was on 

screen during that time was also pulling triple duty behind 

the scenes. My sister Danielle (aside from starring on 

screen) created costumes, props, set design and did our 

on camera makeup. My mom did hair and makeup, tailored 

costumes and provided unique props as well as letting us 

completely destroy her home as our filming location on 

multiple shoots. Mom’s house was the hub of operations on 

many occasions. 

Aside from her endless support, Mom also kept the books 

and made sure everyone got paid something in the end. 

My sister Christie (aside from doing additional audio for 

the videos and starring on screen) did the heavy lifting for 

me, supplied anything the staff needed at a whim and was 

our on set “MacGyver”, always available for crew work 

and clean up. Both my sisters Gabrielle and Jilaine, at 

different times, became my assistant directors on projects 

and coordinated all people, filming schedules and locations 

and bounced ideas with me on set and in editing. Sisters 

Gabrielle and Danielle also catered every meal for every 

shoot. My brother Damian and my step Dad Marshal 

did crew work and clean up as needed and transported 

props for us continuously. My husband gave me undying 

emotional support day in and out and physically built 

cranes, sets, and rigs for us, helping with any pyrotechnics 

when called for. If I needed him on set or afterwards to 

hold me up, he was there. He allowed me the freedom and 

space to create and clutter up our home as my creative 

fervor of costumes and props often vomited into our living 

spaces. My best friend and several close family friends 

joined the crew as artists, set designers and runners as 

well. 

We even got the kids involved. My toddler daughter and 

Christie’s son appeared in several of our music videos and 

a few of Christie’s and my Mother’s vocal students were 

also featured players. Video shoots were like being in an 

upside down world for a time. It was akin to being locked 

inside a hurricane party with each other and a camera. 

We were making new dimensional realities come alive 

and filming them for days on end … and it was fun as shit. 

Exhausting, but so much fun. Then there were the endless 

hours of editing, the inevitable aggravations and reshoots 

here and there. By the reveal of the final edits, everyone 

involved was beyond tired but super excited and completely 

invested in what we had created together. We did it. We 

made shit happen. We knew very little prior to diving into 

this kind of a massive venture but we learned a lot by just 

doing it. It didn’t “make us rich and famous” but it made us 

feel happy and fulfilled. That’s the good stuff. When you 

can create for creation’s sake, when you can bring people 

together for a shared purpose, when everyone involved 

gets to use their multiple gifts and come out the other 

side with good humor, feeling confident about themselves 

and feeling that they’ve been a part of something special 

… that’s when you know you’ve done a good job as a 

producer/director/creator. If you can let go of the petty 

annoyances along the way and look back with joy at the 

broader perspective of what was accomplished as a team 

… that, my friends, is the good stuff of life. It’s the only way 

we learned how to make anything, together. A coach is 

nothing without the team and vice versa. As cliche as it may 

sound, it does take teamwork to make any dream work, so 

find your tribe, find your team and keep manifesting your 

dream. 

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One of my favorite scientists, Carl Sagan, stated, 

“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, 

and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long 

enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are 

ready at last to set sail for the stars.” I can only assume 

that this way of thinking led Hiram Bingham to drop his 

comfortable American lifestyle as a professor at Yale and 

“set sail” in search of the “Lost City” of the Andes. The 

1911 expedition began with eight people, yet after weeks 

of steep hiking and unknown creatures of the rainforests, 

Hiram Bingham was one of only three who did not 

give up. Today, the discovery of Bingham is known as 

Machu Picchu and probably one of the most significant 

archeological sites in the world. I am thankful that 

Bingham decided to venture into the wild to the unknown 

Peruvian Andes; his discovery is what allowed me to 

stand on the very ground of the Ancient Incan City. 

In May of 2019 I decided that It was time for me to set 

sail to the longest continental mountain range in the 

world, the Andes. There are three ways to get to Machu 

Picchu, by bus, the famous Incan Trail or the Salkantay 

Trail. The Salkantay Trek was the route I chose; it’s 

an alternative to the Inca Trek and is sometimes even 

considered better, especially if you enjoy becoming 

integrated in the changing of ecosystems from one 

day to the next. This hike was a 5-day hike through the 

Andes valleys, glaciers and rainforests, hiking a total of 

approximately 50 miles. 

The first day of the hike takes you through grasslands, 

lakes and forest. By the end of the day you arrive at your 

first campsite nesting in the valley below two enormous 

glaciers. The third day is by far the most challenging, which 

is also why you get a shirt that says “I made it through the 

seven snakes.” The seven snakes are deadly mountain 

switchbacks with a drastic altitude change and hiking 

through them will make you feel like your calves are falling 

off. This day sure was a rough one! After completing the 

switch backs you empty into a valley to find out you still 

have to hike a steep 1,640 feet to the Salkantay Pass, 

which rests at 15,000 feet. This was not an easy adaptation 

for this Florida girl. In fact, in the Valley I truly thought I 

wouldn’t make it. Well, you know what? I MADE IT! Thanks 

to my childhood memories of the little engine that could, 

“I think I can”. After Machu Picchu I spent most 

of my time in Cusco, the Incan capital of Peru. 

There was dancing, art, music and alpacas. 

Alpacas really enjoy cliff bars and are drawn to 

the sounds of wrappers, hoping they will get the 

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next bite. Peruvian music possesses an Andean influence 

including wind instruments and melodies of folk. Peruvian 

instruments include panpipes and flutes of Native Andean 

origin. The wankara is a large drum used in traditional 

Peruvian music and is usually made of camel skin or, for 

the Ancient Incan manufacturing, sometimes made from 

the human skin of enemies conquered. Music in Peru has 

always been imperative for Incan rituals. Today the music 

relies heavily on the cultural mixing of Peru’s Andean, 

Spanish and African roots. 

Peru is magical. The experience 

of my first solo travel was so 

welcoming from the locals, as 

well as pachamama (mother 

Earth). From spending time eating 

traditional Peruvian food like cuy, 

listening to the wonderful whispers 

of Andean flute music and hiking 

through the Andes, this is a place 

I would wander to again. 

By Hank Harrison 

Everybody knows Nirvana was a drop-dead classic band, but Steve Albini, 

their best producer, is a sound maker who goes back to Big Black and 

remains an all around Zen Master. In fact, Albini, who hates the system with 

integrity, has survived more than two decades managing to turn on second 

generation fans, old Jazz farts like me, and curious listeners from Brazil to 

Moscow. 

Steve was born in Pasadena, California, but by 1974 he wound up in 

Missoula, Montana, of all strange places, making guitars, of all strange things. 

In High School, he began taking bass lessons while recovering from a broken 

leg. This was right in the middle of the punk wave and The Ramons banged 

him at age 15. That exposure fed red meat to his lust for sound, which, in 

turn, led him to The Stooges. Soon after a mix of really complex and mostly 

experimental bands arrived. This early list included Suicide, Wire, The Fall, 

The Velvet Underground, Throbbing Gristle, Kraftwerk, The Birthday Party, 

Pere Ubu, Public Image, Rudimentary Peni, and Killing Joke. These bands 

also gave the vision to see beyond the commercial and for-profit world. 

After graduating High School, Steve moved to Evanston, Illinois when he 

got accepted to school at Northwestern. I assume he got a top test score 

because he moved away from mom and dad at that point. A few years went 

by and Albini showed he was tolerant of idiots by graduating. He often said he 

learned more about Art than Journalism at Northwestern. I can see where he 

got his eclectic education but the school still has a whole lot going 

for it on many levels; even the football team is pretty good most 

seasons. Once he hit the bricks, Albini started writing for several 

Chicago ZzzINES and created a small sensation by writing, “Where 

to hear the hottest bands”, articles for Forced Exposure. 

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young talent. Okay, so he was a bit chauvinistic, so 

what? He had a top recording track record and, after 

all, what the hell are we doing in a recording studio if 

we aren’t going to make a record? 

Furthermore, Albini was never greedy. He charged 

Nirvana a flat $100,000 for his efforts and gave Kurt a 

sage piece of advice: “Don’t give away points on your 

albums, not even to your wife.” This advice probably 

fueled Kurt’s dreams of independence. 

Around that same time, (1981) he got 

the bug to record some of the most 

interesting stuff he was hearing. He 

even managed to polish up his business 

sense by managing Ruthless Records, 

who produced The Effigies. He didn’t 

make much money, but he must have 

paid his rent. He claims he forgot that 

whole five years because he worked touching up snapshots 

and portraits; this was before Photoshop. 

Shellac Never Dries 

Shellac got started somewhere between 1981 and 1983 

in dribs and drabs while Albini was discovering he had 

real talent. An IQ boosted the volume and that high-end 

education helped a little … after that, 

his dream band just sprang forth upon the world. He spent 

those years collecting equipment, learning to play several 

instruments and releasing several EPs. In 1982 The 

Bulldozer EP was released on both Ruthless and Fever 

Records. Jeff Pezzati and Santiago Durango, from Naked 

Ray Gun, with Pay Byrne, a hot freestyle drummer who 

joined shortly after The Bulldozer came out. 

In late 1985 Big Black, who by now Albini was using as 

a house band, left the Homestead label for Touch and 

Go Records and recorded the famous Headache EP 

on a 7-inch single, Heartbeat came out between June 

and August 1986 - and both were released the following 

year. Also in 1986, a live album titled Sound of Impact 

was released on the Not/Blast First label. At that time 

Albini cited the same folks he grooved on in Montana 

interspersed with a dozen new influences including, Link 

Wray, a star guitarist who gets very little credit as a pioneer. 

In 1987, the band released their second studio album 

Songs About Fucking as well as the He’s a Whore / The 

Model, a 7-inch single, both on Touch and Go and Big 

Black disbanded shortly after a period of extensive touring. 

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1987–1988: Rapeman 

Albini went on to form the controversially named 

Rapeman in 1987—the band consisted of Albini 

(vocals, guitar), Rey Washam (drums), and David Wm. 

Sims. The band was named after a popular Japanese 

comic book and broke up after the release of two 7-inch 

singles, but the whole Rape Me presentation obviously 

influenced Cobain’s thinking when he wrote Rape Me and 

by the time Kurt was a big star so was Albini, and yet Steve 

was looking to bring out a band like Shellac, something 

that commixed the best of the sounds he had been 

experimenting with over the years. 

The Nirvana Influence 

Looking back across the timeline I noticed a decided 

maturation in Kurt’s behavior in radio and television 

interviews just after he met Steve Albini. The In Utero 

sessions seemed to have kicked Peter Pan out of Kurt’s 

brain. I personally believe Kurt came away from those 

sessions in the Minnesota woods with a new perspective… 

maybe new courage. Not only did he realize he could put 

an indie style recording out in two weeks without David 

Geffen, especially with Albini twisting the knobs, but he 

now had an avuncular producer with a hard-core following 

stemming back to Big Black; a real inside man, somebody 

who could get him even beyond Nirvana. 

Albini’s Zen-like studio environment and work ethic itself 

must have given Cobain some courage. The structure was 

designed by Herb Bloomberg, a student of Frank Lloyd 

Wright, but Albini had a home studio that was even more 

Prairie modern in a town that displayed more Frank Lloyd 

Wright houses than any other. 

Albini’s studio regimen can be summed up in four words, 

“Work hard - play less.” It was just what Kurt needed; Kurt 

was a workaholic anyway. In addition to his reputation for 

being a tough taskmaster, Albini knew how to encourage 

Kurt was aloof and anything but submissive. He 

knew Albini was right when he said, “The majority of 

people in the record business are scum.” To assure 

studio control for the final phases of the album, Albini 

banished all visitors to the six thousand square foot 

house adjacent to the studio. There was only one 

phone and it was shared with a fax. 

1992–Present: Shellac 

Albini formed Shellac in 1992 with bandmates Bob 

Weston (formerly of Volcano Suns) and Todd Trainer 

(of Rifle Sport, Breaking Circus and Brick Layer 

Cake) so a small taste of what he had in mind for 

Shellac, might have drifted into In Utero. 

I’ve seen Shellac referred to as Albini’s House Band 

and that may be because they play IN THE HOUSE 

so often. In fact, the reason they don’t usually play 

festivals is because they are playing with themselves 

too often. The 2019 show in Portugal is said to have 

caused the police to think about banning the band 

from the country. Paris was standard and worth the 

price, but the show I saw in Angier was off the charts. 

It wasn’t long, not like a Grateful Dead show, but it 

was a strong hour of Shellac ‘hits’. They tore through 

‘My Black Ass’, ‘Prayer to God’ ‘Steady as She Goes’ 

and, my personal favorite, ‘End of Radio’, without 

pause between tunes. 

Bassist Bob Weston took a minute to do a quick 

session with the fans, then they played ‘Wingwalker’ 

and Albini ran around the stage like a kid wearing a 

cape and flying with his arms out. It’s that cornball 

humor contrasted with the brilliant music that gives 

you a sense of cognitive dissonance, a vibe that 

reminds you of Teen Spirit when you first hear 

it. There is joy and sarcasm mixed into an almost 

psycho party tune. But not everybody liked it. One 

youngster I talked to said, “Man they are getting old 

aren’t they?” 

I guess you could say Albini is a kind of godfather 

now. He explained in 2010 that Shellac had made a 

decision to avoid festivals but he must have changed 

his mind. Maybe people are being less animalistic 

these days, because the gig I attended in Angier, 

France went smooth as silk and it was full of respect 

for human beings and the environment. 

I don’t know what happened to that tour. It was supposed to 

go several cities longer, but it just sort of ended. There was 

a rumor that Shellac was going to play in China, but that 

never materialized so the folks in Porto, Portugal, a very hip 

town theses days where pot is legal, got an ear full for sure 

and fans in both Paris and Angers were treated to some 

major music history. 

It may sound like a paradox, but Shellac is now one of 

the best grungy punkoid and high music bands 

going anywhere in any genre. 

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“Creatively comes from a conflict of ideas,” stated 

wisely by Donatello Versace about creations in the 

fashion world. All this creative conflict comes together 

in the cities of New York, London, Milan, and Paris, 

the “Big Four” of the fashionable festivities of fashion 

weeks. 

Fashion week; you all have heard these words, but 

what is it really? It is an industry fashion event held 

twice a year in various parts of the world so that 

fashion heavy hitters, the brands or “houses” can 

roll out their 

“new lines” 

for buyers, 

media and 

the world 

to see and 

adore. 

With the 

February 

Fashion 

Weeks 

behind us; 

what did we 

see? How 

did we move 

forward and 

what is in 

store for the 

Fall when it 

pertains to 

the garb we 

adorn our 

bodies with 

on the daily? 

Many shows 

take place 

in New York 

City. Some 

are open to 

the public; however, don’t expect to see the big boys 

unless you are the likes of Anna Wintour; Editor in 

Chief at Vogue since 1988 and Artistic Director of 

Condé Nast along with the publisher of Vogue since 

2013 ... you get the idea. Another prime example, 

during Fall Fashion Week in London Anna’s guest 

was none other than Queen Elizabeth II for Richard 

Quinn’s show in 2018. 

The frocks this season have varied the ‘90s are 

back, along with the ‘70s and ‘80s. All confusing, I 

know but designers are using everything from power 

shoulders (a nod to the ‘80s shoulder pad) to making 

weird hats ‘a thing.’ Make way for millennial purple, 

(basically a mixture of straight up pink and purple) for 

your party scene. Michael Kors, Tom Ford, 

and Rodarte are using “any shade goes” 

and textures from fur, sequins, and chiffon 

and taffeta in their Fall lines. The suits are 

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being cinched at the waist, (your true waist - not 

below your belly button), it seems to be all about the 

belts. Designers such as Prada and Marni presented 

suits with built in waist cinchers and belts that are 

leather to chain; making the suit, whether form fitting 

or oversized, look chic by showing the body’s long 

lost true waist. Feathers of all kinds have added a 

lighter, airier feel to Fall fashion. Putting feathers 

here and there and everywhere, they have shown 

up in necklines, trims of sleeves and all the edges - 

even shoes - giving the wearer wings fit to fly to any 

public event. 

Saga (Furs) by Pajaro added to the feathers by 

way of fur with short and long coats, vests, some 

chic cuts to shape and highlight the most glamour 

silhouettes 

all the while 

enhanced with 

superhero 

capes! The 

strongest 

outerwear 

for the Fall 

Fashion 

season is 

going to be 

capes. From 

print to tweed 

the heavies 

are presenting 

short capes, 

long capes, 

three capes, 

four, Chanel, 

Marc Jacobs, 

and Hedi 

Slimane for 

Celine gave us 

heroic cuts for 

any superhero 

needing a 

change. 

Some other 

trends to watch out for are asymmetrical necklines, 

satin dresses, get ready and say goodbye to the big 

bag trend - the new ‘The Bitty Bag,’ TBB - which will 

barely hold a smartphone, a Renaissance feel that 

makes you want to be on a balcony in Italy with your 

lover below but covered in modern prints, statement 

hats and garments that look like wearable quilts, 

preschool uniforms with multi colors and long skirts 

and shirts. 

The Fall fashion community seems to be staying 

with the theme of this year’s Met Gala; camp mixed 

with the daily, an exaggerated, extravagant, gaudy, 

ironic and just a bit too much look going into the last 

Fall of this decade. How will you wear your last Fall?

That day in 1975 at the Woolco 

department store in Dothan, 

Alabama, my 16-year-old self faced a 

momentous decision. In the “cut-out 

bin” (you audio-streaming youngsters 

can Google the term) were two copies 

of “Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy 

Page”. One copy was a vinyl album. 

One copy was an 8-track tape. My 

fetish for all things Led Zeppelin was 

expanding like that universe-eating 

blob alien on “Star Trek,” and my 

find made me squeal like Robert 

Plant’s Viking war call at the opening 

of “Immigrant Song.” One problem: 

My perpetually challenged teenage 

pocketbook could afford only one of 

the “Live Yardbirds!” products, even at 

the cheapo cut-out rate. 

Vinyl or 8-track? I pondered. It was a 

no-brainer. The vinyl version meant 

I would be stuck listening to this 

obscure masterpiece (must be!) amid 

all sorts of distractions at home. An 

8-track meant I could crank 

up Page and company to a 

pre-Spinal Tappish “11” in 

my rolling listening room, 

Vinyl, 

8-Track, 

CD, 

Streaming: 

Music Consumers, 

It’s a Conspiracy! 

By Rick de Yampert 

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also known as the Brown Bomber, 

also known as the Delta 88 car my 

grandparents had given me. 

I bought the 8-track. 

Anyone who has ever experienced 

the trauma of listening to music on an 

8-track system can guess the tragic 

ending of this tale. We 8-trackers 

might as well had shoved an 8-track 

cartridge up the hairy ass of Zeus, 

so debauched was this mechanical 

means of playing music. After months 

of listening to vocalist Keith Relf 

introduce Page as “Jimmy Magic 

Fingers” before the band launched 

into “Shapes of Things,” the 8-track 

tape began to wobble and I was 

treated to a Neanderthal version 

of a mash-up, decades before that 

practice became de rigueur: The four 

channels of the 8-track would bleed 

into one another, and I would hear 

“Shapes” overlaid by “I’m Confused” 

– unless I artfully wedged a piece of 

cardboard into the maw of the player 

and anchored the 8-track cartridge 

perfectly.Two months later, my player 

ate my “Live Yardbirds!” tape, leaving 

me with a hollow shell. A frantic run to 

Woolco revealed that the vinyl version 

was long gone from the cut-out bin. 

A few months later, I read in Circus 

magazine that Jimmy Page had 

filed an injunction against Columbia 

Records, claiming he didn’t authorize 

the latter-day release of the album. 

(Indeed, he and the band had chosen 

not to release it, for who-knows-what 

reasons, after recording it in 1968). 

So, “Live Yardbirds!” was forcibly, 

legally disappeared from record bins, 

making it an instant rarity. I was left 

staring forlornly at my 8-track turtle 

shell with the mangled tape inside, 

while some lucky bastard had wisely 

scored the vinyl version before it was 

pulled -- vinyl which was now worth 

$2.3 gazillion dollars. Plus that guy 

could still listen to the music! 

My 8-track nightmare resurfaced last 

month when I rented a car to travel to 

Atlanta. I packed Beatles, Zep, U2, 

Pearl Jam, Public Enemy and world 

music CDs for the trip, but when I 

picked up the rental – no #@&*ing 

CD player in the car?! WTF? 

“Most new cars don’t have CD 

players,” the rental guy told me 

after I searched several hours for 

the CD slot in the dashboard. “You 

can hook-up your iPod or streaming 

device.” I don’t own a #@&*ing iPod 

or streaming device. When CDs 

came along in the 1990s, I believed 

what they sold us – here was a music 

format that would last forever! After 

re-buying the Beatles’ “Revolver,” 

Zep’s “Houses of the Holy” and all my 

fav music in each successive format – 

vinyl, 8-track, cassette and now CD – 

over the years, I rejoiced that I would 

never have to buy the same album 

again in yet another new format. 

And now CDs have become ancient 

relics? The bastards are going to 

force me to download or stream all 

the cool music I already own? The 

music I’ve re-purchased in every new, 

hip, high-tech format that’s come 

down the pike? It’s a conspiracy! 

I’m screaming like Robert Plant in 

“Immigrant Song” – but 

it’s a scream of torture, 

not joy. 

RIKKI ROCKETT 

Black Bean Burger Sliders 

with Sriracha Aioli 

As co-founder and drummer for Poison Rikki Rockett has 

sold more than 15 million records worldwide and toured 

the globe performing live. As a strict vegetarian, he has 

perfected a healthy meal or two during his travels. His 

go-to recipe for Black Bean Burgers calls for a smear of 

Sriracha aioli to crank the beat up just enough without 

paralyzing your taste buds. 

YOU WILL NEED: 

1 strainer 

1 knife 

1 cutting board 

2 bowls 

1 medium sauce pan 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 can (15 ounces) unsalted 

black beans (rinsed and 

drained) 

1/4 cup chopped onions 

1 tablespoon minced garlic 

1/2 cup chopped fresh 

cilantro 

2 teaspoons soy sauce 

1 teaspoon kosher salt 

1/4 teaspoon cayenne 

pepper 

¼ cup panko 

1 large egg (or 1 

tablespoon egg replacer 

and 1/4 cup of water 

premixed) 

1 tablespoon cooking spray 

1 dozen slider sized 

Hawaiian buns 

1/4 cup non-fat plain Greek 

yougurt 

1 teaspoon white wine 

vinegar 

2 cups baby arugula 

1 avocado (slice) 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

Heat skillet on medium and 

spray cooking oil. Add onion and 

cook until soft (approximately 3 

to 4 minutes) then add garlic and 

salt and cook another 2 minutes. 

Place rinsed and drained beans 

into a large bowl and lightly 

mash. Stir in onion, cilantro, 

garlic soy sauce, salt, cayenne 

pepper, panko and egg (or egg 

replacer) until uniform texture 

and consistency. If the mixture 

is too damp, add more panko. If 

it is too dry add in 1 teaspoon of 

water. Divide mixture into one 

dozen golf ball sized patties. 

Arrange patties onto a lightly 

oiled baking sheet, press flat 

on the sheet and bake for 8 

minutes. While patties are in the 

oven in a separate bowl combine 

greek yogurt, sriracha and white 

wine vinegar set aside. Turn 

over the black bean hamburger 

patties and bake an additional 6 

minutes. Place buns in the oven 

and toast for 3 minutes. Spread 

yogurt mixture on buns, add 

patties to buns and garnish with 

avocado and arugula. 

This recipe has been added to the We Rock for Autism cookbook to benefit an amazing 

charitable cause, “We Rock for Autism”, an officially recognized non-profit 501 (c)(3) 

organization. 

For more information about “Rockin’ Recipes for Autism”, or to order the book, visit us at 

www.rockinrecipesforautism.com/ 

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y Adam Floyd 

Life is short so you might as well do what you like. 

We have all heard this pablum but seldom consider 

the implications. Doing only what pleases in the 

moment can lead to a lack of self discipline and a 

bad candy habit, two things which lead directly to 

unhappiness. The very freedom sought by musical 

artists can be the source of our undoing. I like to keep 

ahead of decline so as to avoid a reversion to the 

mean. I avoid a ‘normal’ lifestyle using challenges 

and change to shake things up and generate musical 

ideas. 

Summer swings to a quick flurry of gigs and shows 

but I take it easy and try not to book too much so 

as to stay fresh and get geared up for the coming 

musical season of concerts. The July wedding frenzy 

is over so it’s a good time to write songs, compose 

and program new material. Its best to do it all at once 

because it would drive me nuts to only learn cover 

songs all month. Equally I’d be psychotic if I spent 

weeks only songwriting. I take it as the passions grip 

me and let inspiration flow. 

I tend to look up to the bass players I work with. 

Jimmy Stiles with the Potlikkers and Scott Gilmore 

of Coyotes and Towndogs fame. They are like the 

unsung linemen of the music world - some people 

barely notice them but they are indispensable. Scott 

is like a rock and never misses a beat which makes 

my job as jester so much easier. Jimmy doesn’t 

give a damn about anything but music. He plays all 

day, every day, with all comers. His lady love is very 

tolerant and so his entire house is one big studio with 

at least five standup basses, guitars and amplifiers 

galore. No chairs or sofa in the house, just a couple 

of stools and instruments which is heaven to a player. 

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It’s a great time of year to get out and play just 

for the fun of it. I jam at the beach or in a park 

with no audience (that usually doesn’t last long) 

or expectation of pay. While players need to stay 

focused and look ahead, be disciplined and practice a 

lot, we also need to take time to enjoy this wonderful 

life.

Sometimes simple can be good; other times 

simple can be great. A perfect example would 

be this month’s band, Green Day. From their 

very first album to their last, Green Day proved 

that top hits can be kept simple; all they need is some 

amazing energy and catchy lyrics. If you look at their 

catalog of music almost all of their songs are around 

three minutes (or less). Considering that most of our 

generation seems to have some form of ADHD, that’s a 

great format for success. It’s been a while since we’ve 

heard from Green Day; in fact, it’s almost like they’ve 

fallen off the map, but they’ve had an amazing run and 

something totally different is on the horizon for the trio. 

Let’s hope that it will be just as simple and as great as 

everything else they have done. Here’s a little bit more 

about Green Day: 

Green Day was formed in 1986 by friends Billy Joe 

Armstrong and Mike Dirnt at the age of fourteen. 

Originally called Sweet Children, the name was changed 

in 1989 to avoid confusion with another local band called 

Sweet Baby. Their debut studio album, 39/Smooth, was 

released in early 1990. Shortly after the band’s first 

nationwide tour, in late 1990, drummer John Kiffmeyer 

left the band to attend college. The Lookouts drummer, 

Tré Cool, was filling in as a temporary replacement 

for Kiffmeyer; Cool’s position with Green Day became 

permanent and they went on tour for most of 1992 and 

1993, playing a number of shows in Europe. Their 

second studio album, Kerplunk, enjoyed enough 

underground success to gain the interest of a number of 

major studios and they eventually signed with Reprise 

Records after attracting the attention of producer Rob 

Cavallo. They recorded their major label debut album, 

Dookie, in a matter of three weeks and released it 

in February of 1994. Dookie became a commercial 

success and sold 10 million copies in the US. On 

September 9, 1994 at a concert in Boston, mayhem 

broke out during the band’s set; in the end, there were 

100 people injured and 45 arrested. The group started 

an infamous mud fight at Woodstock ‘94, which was 

viewed by millions on pay-per-view. This led to growing 

publicity and recognition and helped the album gain 

diamond status. In 1995, Dookie won the Grammy for 

Best Alternative Album and Green Day was nominated 

for nine MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the 

Year. 

They followed in the fall of 1995 with Insomniac and in 

1997 with Nimrod, which was an experimental 

deviation from their standard punk-pop music. 

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By The Reluctant Genius 

In the summer of 2003, they began a project tentatively 

called Cigarettes and Valentines. The master recordings 

were stolen from the studio after they had completed 

20 tracks. The band abandoned the project and started 

over instead of re-recording the stolen tracks. It was 

also revealed that a band called The Network had been 

signed to Armstrong’s label, Adeline Records. The 

Network concealed their identities with masks and 

costumes and after releasing an album called Money 

Money 2020, the rumor was that The Network was a 

Green Day side project. The rumors were never directly 

addressed and the bands “feuded” with press releases. 

Several journalists referred to The Network as a Green 

Day side project but it was never confirmed until 2013. 

American Idiot debuted at number one on the Billboard 

charts in 2004; it was their first album to reach number 

one. The album was called a punk rock opera and 

depicts Modern American life under the leadership of an 

idiot ruler who let people be misinformed by the media 

and a “redneck agenda”. The album became a form of 

protest art; it was released two months before George 

W. Bush was re-elected as President of the United 

States. In 2009, the band collaborated with awardwinning 

director Michael Mayer to create a stage version 

of American Idiot. 

In 2009, Walmart refused to carry their album 21st 

Century Breakdown because it carried a Parental 

Advisory sticker and requested that the band release a 

censored edition; they refused. The album gave Green 

Day its best chart performance to date, reaching number 

one and being certified gold or platinum in fourteen 

countries. 

During the end of 2011, the band played several secret 

shows under the name Foxboro Hot Tubs, whose 

setlists consisted almost entirely of previously unheard 

songs. In 2012 they announced a trilogy of albums 

called ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! to be released in the fall of 

2012. This also marked longtime touring guitarist Jason 

White’s induction as the fourth member of the band. On 

April 18, 2015, Green Day was inducted into the Rock 

and Roll Hall of Fame by Fall Out Boy. 

Currently, Green Day is under fire after co-authoring a 

full-color graphic novel about feminism for girls. Most of 

the criticism stems from the addition of a male illustrator, 

Frank Caruso, to the project instead of bringing a female 

into the mix. The book is entitled “The Last of the 

American Girls”, which is also a song title from 

their 2009 Album, 21st Century Breakdown. 

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August 

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Thursday, August 1, 2019 

31 Supper Club - The Transfers 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Seth Pause 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Matt Burke 5pm 

Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm 

Grind/Kona - Beartoe with Max Capacity 7:30pm 

Outriggers - Rasta Bayers 6pm 

Traders - Randy Williams 7pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - The Evening Muze 6pm 

Friday, August 2, 2019 

31 Supper Club - Warren Beck 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Jason Longoria 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Cesar Romero 5pm 

Grind/Kona -Brandon Twitch Wilson 7pm 

NSB Brewing - Jay Paski 6pm 

Oceanside - Nate Utley 5:30pm 

Outriggers - Matt Burke 6pm 

The Alley, Sanford – Sound Theory 

Traders - Etc 6pm 

Traders - Kings County 9pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - The Vibe 6pm 

Saturday, August 3, 2019 

31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Adam Floyd 5pm 


Grind/Kona - Jay Paski 7pm 

NSB Brewing - Matt Burke 6pm 

Oceanside - Colt Hall 5:30pm 

Outriggers - The Cyclones 6pm 

Tayton O’Brians – Strumstick 9pm 

The Whiskey, Orlando – Sound Theory 

Tortugas - Davis III 6pm 

Traders - Kings County 9pm 

Traders - Warren Beck 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Hair of the Beast 6pm 

Sunday, August 4, 2019 

Bounty Bar - Nate Utley 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - The Vibe 5pm 

Oceanside - Rasta Bayers 10am 

Outriggers - Joe Caruso 2pm 

Traders - Potlikkers 3pm 

Monday, August 5, 2019 

Bounty Bar - Casey Picou 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Jay Crosier 6pm 

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 

Bounty Bar - Jeff Whitfield 7pm 

Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm 

Hard Rock Hotel, Daytona – Sound Theory 

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 

Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Are Friends Electric 6pm 

Traders - Jason Longoria 7pm 


31 Supper Club - Gina Cuchetti 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm 


Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones Unplugged 5pm 

Grind/Kona - Futures 7:30pm 

Outriggers - Corey Shenk 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - The Transfers 6pm 

2019 


31 Supper Club - Peter Alden (Elvis) 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Thom Blasberg 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Colt Hall 5pm 

Grind/Kona - Cory Worsley Duo 7pm 

NSB Brewing - Warren Beck 6pm 

Oceanside - The Vibe 5:30pm 

Outriggers - Gina & Mary Cuchetti 6pm 

Traders - Acoustic Inferno 6pm 

Traders - Blue Stone Circle 9pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Rasta Bayers 6pm 


31 Supper Club - Matt Burke 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Warren Beck 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Jim Lowman 5pm 

Flagler Tavern - Are Friends Electric 12pm 


Grind/Kona - Brent Clowers 7pm 

NSB Brewing - The Cyclones 6pm 

Oceanside - Shaker Jones 5:30pm 

Outriggers - Love Bomb 6pm 

Tayton O’Brians – TBA 9pm 



Yellow Dog Eats - Colt Hall 6pm 


Bounty Bar - Stephanie Schaffer 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Brent Clowers 5pm 

Flagler Tavern - Jeff Risinger 9pm 

Oceanside - Splash 10am 

Outriggers - Beartoe 2pm 

Traders - Colt Hall 3pm 


Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Hannah Wilson 6pm 


Bounty Bar – Matt Burke 7pm 

Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm 


Bounty Bar – Jay Paski 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm 

Traders - The Transfers 7pm 


31 Supper Club - Christie Beu 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Bradford Buckley 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Music Matt 5pm 


Grind/Kona - The Click 7:30pm 


Yellow Dog Eats - Chuck Morel 6pm 


31 Supper Club - Cesar Romero 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Casey Picou 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Jessie Abbey 5pm 

Grind/Kona - Coyotes and Towndogs 7pm 

NSB Brewing - Eddy Davis 6pm 

Oceanside - Al Canali 5:30pm 

Outriggers - The Sunday Vibe 6pm 

Traders - Jay Paski 6pm 

Traders - Midnight Mayhem 9pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Hannah Wilson 6pm 


31 Supper Club - Brent Clowers 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Eddy Davis 5pm 


Grind/Kona - The Cyclones 7pm 

Hidden Treasure, Flagler Bch – Sound Theory 

NSB Brewing - The Transfers 6pm 

Oceanside - Jay Crosier 5:30pm 

Outriggers - Jeff Risinger 6pm 

Tayton O’Brians – James Ryan 9pm 

Tortugas - Bradford Buckley Trio 6pm 

Traders - Midnight Mayhem 9pm 

Traders - The Vibe 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Adam & Farley 6pm 


Bounty Bar - Hannah Wilson 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Jeff Risinger 9pm 

Flagler Tavern - The Vibe 5pm 

Main Street Station – Sound Theory 

Oceanside - Jason Longoria 10am 

Outriggers - JW Gilmore 2pm 

Traders - Mark Moore 3pm 


Bounty Bar - Thom Blasberg 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley 6pm 


Bounty Bar - Jeff Whitfield 7pm 

Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm 



Grind/Kona - Are Friends Electric 6pm 

Traders - Jimmy Z 7pm 


31 Supper Club - Mary Beth Koplin 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm 


Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones Unplugged 5pm 

Grind/Kona - Davis III 7::30pm 

Outriggers - Corey Shenk 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Jay Crosier 6pm 


31 Supper Club - William Cintron 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Jason Longoria 7pm 

Delta Marriott - The Cyclones Unplugged 5pm 

Grind/Kona - Brent Clowers 7pm 

NSB Brewing - The Evening Muze 6pm 

Oceanside - Adam Floyd 5:30pm 

Outriggers - Relief 6pm 

Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm 

Traders - The Transfers 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Claire Vandiver 6pm 


31 Supper Club - The Transfers 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Shawn Kelley 7pm 

Deltla Marriott - Cory Worsley 5pm 


Flagler Tavern - Splash 12pm 

Grind/Kona - The Vibe 7pm 

NSB Brewing – Rammer 6pm 

Oceanside - Jay Paski 5:30pm 

Outriggers - Bradford Buckley 6pm 

Tayton O’Brians – Jeff Risinger 9pm 

Tortugas - Coyotes and Towndogs 6pm 

Traders - Etc 6:30pm 

Traders - Love Bomb 2:30pm 

Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Jessie Abbey 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Bradford Buckley 7pm 

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Flagler Tavern - Brent Clowers 5pm 

Oceanside - Splash 10am 

Outriggers - Potlikkers 2pm 

Traders - The Vibe 3pm 


Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Rasta Bayers 6pm 


Bounty Bar - Seth Pause 7pm 

Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm 


Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm 

Traders - Adam Floyd 7pm 


31 Supper Club - Mark Raisch 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Stephanie Schaffer 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Music Matt 5pm 


Grind/Kona - Jeff White 7:30pm 



Yellow Dog Eats - Eddy Davis 6pm 


31 Supper Club - Christie Beu 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Dustin Stock 7pm 

Delta Marriott - Chuck Morel 5pm 

Grind/Kona - Braford Buckley 7pm 

NSB Brewing - Beartoe 6pm 

Oceanside - Love Bomb 5:30pm 

Outriggers - The Vibe 6pm 


Traders - Eddy Davis 6pm 

Wing Shack, Orlando – Sound Theory 

Yellow Dog Eats - Nate Utley 6pm 


31 Supper Club - Max Capacity featuring Beartoe 7pm 


Delta Marriott - Warren Beck 5pm 


Flagler Tavern - Splash 12pm 

Grind/Kona - Joe Caruso 7pm 

NSB Brewing - Sam Seas 6pm 

Oceanside - Brent Clowers 5:30pm 

Outriggers - The Transfers 6pm 

Renegade’s, Crescent City – Sound Theory 

Tayton O’Brians – James Ryan 9pm 

Tortugas - The Cyclones 6pm 



Yellow Dog Eats - Aaron Lightnin’ 6pm 

Community Events 

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1.Which popular female artist who gained 

popularity during the 1990s is known for having a 

very large vocal range? 

2. What is the title of the late rapper, 2Pac’s most 

successful album? 

3. What are the names of the original members of 

the 1960s female group, The Supremes? 

4. When Green Day first got their start, what band 

name did they play under? 

5. Where did the U2 member, David Evans, also 

known as “The Edge” get his nickname from? 

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6. What was the original band name of the Black 

Sabbath? 

7. Which female pop singer is Akon given credit 

for discovering? 

8. What rock band has been featured the most in 

the Rolling Stone magazine? 

9. How did each of the Spice Girls get their 

nicknames? 

10. What was Amy Winehouse’s first tattoo of? 

11. What is the last name of the 1960s famed 

singer who was the reason for the coined term 

“teen idol”? 

Answers on page 34 

Passion 

Equals 

Art 

“COVERS” is an exhibition that pays homage to the album 

cover artists of previous and exciting musical decades. Just 

as a local band covers songs of their music heroes, John 

“Crusher” Healy’s work covers artists’ album covers of days 

past: enlarging them, making them three dimensional, while 

taking some artistic liberties. John likes to work with his hands: 

drawing, painting, sculpting, and repurposing items into new 

forms. This series of work reflects his love for bands, their 

music, and the artists who designed these iconic album covers. 

A passion for music can be shown in many different forms 

and mediums. As you will see in the following pages, John 

“Crusher” Healy expresses his passion with some amazing 

displays of realistic and unique art. His ability to create pieces 

that literally jump off the canvas at you, along with his use of 

vibrant colors, shows that he is truly inspired by rock and roll. 

When asked about selling his work he hesitates to 

do so, as it seems it’s not about the money. Each of 

his works has almost become a part of him and his 

history around the music scene. Here’s a little more 

about the artist of the month: 

By Bartholomew Betelguese III 23

John “Crusher” Healy 

John, a mixed media artist, was born during the summer 

of ‘69, only four days after the legendary Woodstock Music 

Festival ended. John has been a resident of Southwest 

Florida since 1976. Growing up during the ‘70s and ‘80s, he 

experienced an explosion of pop culture and high energy 

music. His Grandma, Elsie, bought him his first three 

cassette tapes (all KISS albums) which helped to create the 

“Rock and Roll Beast” he is today. John has been blessed 

with an army of loving and supportive family and friends. 

His love for art and music has greatly affected his life, even 

changing the direction of it. After attending hundreds of Live 

shows and concerts over the years, his passion for music 

has become a huge part of who he is. John plans to open 

a unique live entertainment venue in Lee County, Florida. 

It is his love for music that has inspired him to pursue this 

dream, and subsequently, get busy making art. John’s 

soulful work was made to cover the walls of his dream 

venue. “I never intended on having a show, or selling my 

art, but I wanted to show it, in the hopes of starting up a 

conversation with a potential investor.” 

John is a self-taught artist and has had only one other art 

exhibition in San Francisco, CA, back in 2013. He has 

been making art his whole life, but it has mainly been just a 

hobby, and for his enjoyment, as well as others. 

“Iwant to create a venue that enhances my already 

beautiful, and incredibly special, hometown of Fort Myers, 

FL. I want to open a place that keeps the music of my 

generation alive and relevant, as well as entertaining 

people from all walks of life. I want to 

be a shining example, to all, of a person who is 

doing exactly what it is he loves to do.” 

Long live rock and roll! 

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An 

Original 

Music Manifesto 

By C. August Wenger 

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SOCIAL 

MEDIA 

Social Media, ugh! Sometimes 

for an artist, social media is the 

worst, the part of the job many 

just don’t like. You’re a trained 

and seasoned musician, your 

music is on point, you have 

some cool graphics, a sick logo, 

professional photography, but you 

hate social media, or you’re “no 

good at it,” or forbid, you don’t 

even have a Facebook page. 

Unfortunately, in today’s society, 

social media matters, and you 

better get on it. 

If you are an original artist or band 

you have to have those social media 

numbers. Many of the articles I’ve 

read say the minimum number of 

followers a local act must have to 

even be noticed in their own area 

is 2000, while other articles say 

that minimum is 5000 for a regional 

act. So, what do you do if you’ve 

exhausted every family relative, friend, 

and acquaintance you know and your 

band has stalled out in the 900’s? 

Those articles I mentioned, well, 

there are thousands of them on how 

to get more out of your social media; 

every magazine, blog, and marketing 

company has one. On top of that, 

there are hundreds of social media 

“gurus” who offer their “sure to work” 

programs for small to large fees. I 

also hear if you have the money, you 

can buy “likes” from companies in 

India and Russia. For those of you 

who don’t have the money, don’t 

want to sift lame and obvious advice 

from Instagram hacks, and really 

want a sure proof way of getting 

your numbers up, maybe take some 

tips from me, I’ve been at this social 

media thing. 

First off, don’t be afraid to use social 

media for what it was intendednetworking. 

Yes, a lot of the time, 

that’s going to be with complete 

strangers. You are going to have to 

get personal and you are going to 

have to put in the time-30 minutes to 

an hour, 5 days a week. But, here’s 

the reward: instead of you feeling 

like you are wasting your time on 

social media, you are going to start 

seeing results, as in 30-50 new likes 

per week. In 4 months’ time, you’ll 

definitely be up over that minimum 

2000 followers threshold, or will have 

added 1500-2000 more to what you 

already had. If that’s too daunting, do 

social media only twice a week and 

you’ll still see those numbers in a 

year’s time. 

Ok, so here’s what you do. First, get 

rid of the deadbeats. These are the 

people you barely know or don’t know 

at all, that are your “friends”, but do 

not like your social media fan page. 

If you look in your Facebook settings, 

for example, you can see just how 

many of your so-called friends actually 

like or follow your music page. When I 

first started taking action on my band’s 

social media numbers, I had around 

2000 Facebook friends. Out of that, 

there were over half of them that were 

my friends (people I’ve known since 

high school, that I’ve worked with, 

that I see regularly, that were even 

band mates’ girlfriends) that had been 

invited to like my page and hadn’t 

done so. 

Send these “friends” a polite message 

telling them you would like to share 

your music page with them and would 

be grateful if they would give it a like, 

as you are trying to get your social 

media numbers up to be considered 

for bigger events, festivals, and 

opportunities. When you check back 

on the message and it says delivered 

and they haven’t liked your page, and 

it’s not a close friend, unfriend them. 

You’re going to need the space for 

people who will. 

Next, it’s time to start friend requesting. 

Don’t just friend request anyone; do 

your research. Look up acts that are 

similar to yours and that have similar 

social media numbers. Make sure they 

are active with their music, and go 

ahead and click that “request” button. 

Add a message-that you are a fellow 

musician just looking to make mutually 

supportive friendships. 3 out of 5 

times, they will accept your request. 

When they do, message them that 

you are thankful to be acquainted, and 

that they are welcome to share their 

music page with you, and you would 

like to do the same. Again, 3 out of 

5 times they will invite you or share 

their page right away. Like their page 

and message them again that you are 

happy to support their page, and that 

you would be grateful if they would like 

your page as well. Provide a hyperlink 

and a catchy closing like “Rock on!” 

and you’re on your way to more 

impressive social media numbers! 

A lot of people don’t use their account 

often or that intensely-give them time. 

They may not respond to a message 

for weeks. If they are in an active 

band, they will get around to inviting 

you to like their page and that opens 

the door for you to like it and ask 

them to do the same. That being said, 

anyone who hasn’t interacted with you 

in anyway in over a month is a social 

media deadbeat and you should delete 

them. Move on-there are a million other 

musicians and singer/songwriters out 

there happy to receive and give mutual 

support. 

For those that accept your friend 

request but don’t reply or invite you to 

like their page right away, go back in 

a week, and message them that you 

would like to share your music page 

with them, that you would be honored if 

they gave it a like, and that you would 

be happy to do the same for any of 

their pages or causes; once again, 3 

out of 5 will respond. 

In the meantime, like one of their 

videos or their logo picture, or comment 

on something on their page. It’s very 

possible you could turn that “like” 

into a true fan-someone that might 

even come to a show, vote for you 

in a contest, play your music on their 

podcast, or hey, even buy some 

merchandise. 1 out of 20 other artists 

will actually engage with you, and that 

could mean trading shows, acquiring 

contacts to venues, heads-up on 

opportunities, and the down low on 

anything from recording studios to 

t-shirt makers. 

Ok, here it comes, that cliche motto 

every social media marketing column 

must have, “Make social media work 

for you!” Seriously though, you’re one 

of the millions of people trying to get 

noticed that’s why you have to do 

social media-but that is also what will 

help you get those numbers up. If you 

reach out to others in the same kind of 

boat, they’ll be happy to respond, as 

the rising tide raises all ships. There 

are so many people out there that are 

willing to mutually support; you just 

have to ask them to. 

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2. Adele has originally had her music posted on which social 

network media? 

8. What is the first name of the popular Puerto Rican singer 

known as the “King of Latin Pop”? 

9. Bruce Springsteen released his debut album the same day as 

what other rock band? 

10. What did the lead singer of Green Day, Billy Joe Armstrong 

nickname his first guitar? 

11. What rock band made it in the Guinness Record for having 

the loudest concert, The ___? 

12. How many of Eminem’s albums hit top 5 highest selling 

during the 2000s? 

13. What is the name of Shakira’s first primarily English album, 

___ Shakira? 

15. The song “You’re the One That I Want” was featured in what 

musical? 

16. What is the name of the pop group that released the hit song 

“Barbie Girl”? 

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1. What is the title of the Justin Timberlake’s debut solo single: 

“Like I ___ You? 

3. What is the last name of one of 1920s best-selling musician 

with the hit song “Fly Me to the Moon”? 

4. What is the name of the trio R&B group that pop singer, Pink 

originally signed to her record label with? 

5. Which member of the Spice Girls is not an original member: 

____ Spice 

6. What is the title of Green Day’s hit song “Wake Me Up When 

____ Ends”? 

7. What is Bob Dylan’s birth first name? 

10. What is the title of U2’s debut album after signing to Island 

Records? 

14. What is the first name of the popular Puerto Rican singer 

known as the “King of Latin Pop”? 

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On the 

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By Jenny McLain 

Passing 

Through 

Memphis 

I 

recently had the opportunity to travel 

to Memphis, TN and decided to 

learn more about the area, which is 

so rich in music culture. I stayed at 

a casino in nearby Tunica, MS while 

I was there, so instead of Graceland 

or Beale Street I explored the early 

influences of the “Delta Blues”. I saw 

The Crossroads where some say 

Robert Johnson sold his soul to the 

devil. I have a friend who moved to 

Memphis recently and he has had 

some time to explore, so he showed 

me around while I was there. 

Our first stop was the “Gateway to 

the Blues” Museum in Tunica, MS. 

It is located beside Tunica’s Visitors 

Bureau building and the museum had, 

at one time, been a train station. We 

spent quite a bit of time exploring all of 

the exhibits. The ladies who greeted 

us when we arrived (and then had a 

long conversation with us when we 

left) were charming, knowledgeable 

and helpful. The museum has famous 

guitars and other instruments, artwork, 

photographs, interactive displays and 

videos and a well organized selfguided 

tour of the history of the Delta 

Blues. You can learn about the “Diddly 

Bow” which looks like a primitive 

version of the slide guitar, and even 

try your hand at creating the sound. 

My friend knows a thing or two about 

music and Blues in particular so he 

felt compelled to point out at least 

three errors in the information at the 

museum, but even he was impressed 

with the tour and the collection. My 

favorite part of the tour was learning 

about W.C. Handy and how he came 

to be called the “Father of the Blues” 

after listening to some local musicians 

while waiting for a train on his way to a 

new job. 

The other highlight of my trip was 

happening upon the Hollywood Cafe in 

Tunica and meeting the owner, Mr. 

Bill. “The Hollywood” was made 

famous by the Marc Cohn song 

“Walking in Memphis” . . . “Now 

Muriel plays piano, Every Friday at 

the Hollywood” . . . it’s one of my 

favorite songs. So, when I noticed 

a building off of Old HWY 61 with a 

dancing pickle on the back of it and 

consulted Google, I was excited to 

find out what it was so we stopped in 

on our way back to Memphis. The 

famous piano sits at the front corner 

of the building, surrounded by photos 

of Marc and Muriel as well as other 

artists, both local and famous, who 

are friends of “The Hollywood”. 

I checked in on FaceBook through 

the Static Live Magazine page and 

soon after, a gentleman came out 

and asked if we were with Static 

Live. My friend who was with me 

was a little unnerved by that and, 

after teasing him for a while because 

he didn’t realize how famous I was, I 

finally told him that Mr. Bill probably 

got an alert on his phone when 

I checked in. He was still a little 

freaked out, though.Mr. Bill spent 

some time telling us about the food, 

the history and the legacy of Muriel 

and “The Hollywood”. He has owned 

the building for about three years 

and is excited to share its history and 

significance and he patiently took the 

time to answer my questions. He 

took the issue of Static Live Magazine 

I gave him and displayed it at the front 

of the restaurant for other patrons to 

enjoy. We ate fried pickles and onion 

rings and were told by a tourist who 

stopped by for take out on his way 

back home (10 hours away) that his 

wife sent him for the food before they 

hit the road because “The Hollywood” 

has the best hamburger she’s ever 

tasted. Mr. Bill said he does not book 

music regularly right now (there is a 

lot of licensing involved, as most of 

our readers already know, and it can 

be costly). Once in a while, though, 

he said someone would come in 

and sing a song or two on special 

occasions. It seems a shame that 

a place so rich in history isn’t still a 

place where locals (and tourists) go to 

listen to music. 

While I enjoyed Tunica and learning 

about the history, the trip itself 

surprised me. I expected to see 

more activity and experience more 

live music. Mississippi is “dry” 

on Sundays (no alcohol sold), so 

that took some planning. And 

even though my trip was over 

the Memorial Day holiday, the 

only live music we saw the entire 

weekend was at the casino where 

I was staying in Tunica (although I 

imagine if I had gone to Beale Street 

in Memphis, there would have 

been music any day). We drove to 

Clarksdale that Sunday and were 

able to have a drink at a really cool 

place, Levon’s, but everything else 

was closed for the most part. 

The landscape of the Mississippi 

Delta was much more beautiful 

than I imagined it would be and 

the people were friendlier than I 

expected. The sight of “The Mighty 

Mississippi” is really something to 

behold and I would like to visit again 

and, next time, actually “walk in 

Memphis” and learn more about the 

history there and experience Beale 

Street, even if it’s the tourist thing to 

do. 

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Behind the Mic: 

Riggs 

95.7 the Hog, Daytona Beach 

Killswitch 

Hello again! The big news 

popped out during the NASCAR 

Coke Zero Sugar 400 event day 

in Daytona that the Welcome 

To Rockville festival will make 

it’s new home at Daytona 

International Speedway on 

May 8-10, 2020. The move from 

Jacksonville allows for at least 

an additional 10,000 fans per 

day and with the state-of-theart 

facility Daytona International 

Speedway has become and the 

easy access to the highway, 

parking, airport and hotels, the 

2020 event will clearly be the best 

ever for fans, artists, and festival 

staff. 

Zakk Wylde 

Chevelle 

EVANESCENCE 

IN THIS MOMENT 

Tremonti 

Tom Morello 

While Danny Wimmer would not 

reveal the headliners until the 

announcement in October, he 

said he had locked up the big 

names he hoped to get. So, as 

you get ready for an amazing 

Rockville experience next May, 

enjoy some of the sights I 

grabbed at this year’s festival. 

Cheers! 

RIGGS 95.7 The HOG / The 

Morning HOG / Saturday Night 

Loud @saturdayloud 

Evanescence 

Flogging Molly 

Tom Morello 

Korn 

In This 

Moment 

IN THIS MOMENT 

SKILLET 

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Hyro the Hero 

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CROSSWORD 

PUZZLE 

answers 

Southern Culture 

on the Skids 

Photo credit 

The Reluctant Genius 

Diamond Dixie 

Photo credit Nicole Henry 

Evan Taylor Jones 

Photo credit The Reluctant Genius 

Timothy (Timbo) DiDuro 

Photo credit Tim Teuch 

Trial By Stone 


answers 

1.Which popular female artist who gained popularity 

during the 1990s is known for having a very large vocal 

range? 

Mariah Carey 

2. What is the title of the late rapper, 2Pac’s most 

successful album? 

All Eyez on Me 

3. What are the names of the original members of the 

1960s female group, The Supremes? 

Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and 

Barbara Martin 

4. When Green Day first got their start, what band name 

did they play under? 

Sweet Children 

5. Where did the U2 member, David Evans, also known 

as “The Edge” get his nickname from? 

His sharp facial features as well as his sharp mind 

6. What was the original band name of the Black Sabbath? 

Polka Tulk Blues Band 

7. Which female pop singer is Akon given credit for 

discovering? 

Lady Gaga 

8. What rock band has been featured the most in the 

Rolling Stone magazine? 

The Beatles 

9. How did each of the Spice Girls get their nicknames? 

They didn’t choose their nicknames instead a 

magazine editor choose them and their fans went along 

with them. 

10. What was Amy Winehouse’s first tattoo of? 

Betty Boop 

11. What is the last name of the 1960s famed singer who 

was the reason for the coined term “teen idol”? 

Ricky Nelson 

The Beau Sisters 


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Yellowman 

Photo credit 

Eric Christian and Adam Floyd 

Rachel Platten 

The Reluctant Genius Photo credit The Reluctant Genius 

Photo credit Nicole Henry 35

Rocktails 

with Chez Rocker 

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Frank Sinatra , Old Blue Eyes, Chairman of the 

Board, crooner and actor entertained millions 

over his career spanning six decades. With 

ties to the likes of John F. Kennedy, Sammy 

Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and 

Joey Bishop; the leader of the Rat Pack was 

one of the best selling artists of all time with 

over 150 million albums sold worldwide. Born 

in Hoboken, New Jersey to Italian immigrants 

in 1915, Sinatra played with Big Band legend 

Tommy Dorsey early in his career, which 

seemed to stall out around 1946. He became 

a resident act in Las Vegas, along with the 

Rat Pack in the ‘50s, which brought about a 

resurgence that made him legendary. 

Sinatra also starred in films such as The 

Manchurian Candidate and From Here 

To Eternity, for which he received an 

Academy Award and a Golden Globe 

for best supporting actor. Although you 

would see a martini in his hand out on the 

town, it’s said his drink of choice was Jack 

Daniels with three ice cubes. 

Jack Daniels is American’s top selling 

whiskey; a Tennessee Whiskey with its 

home in Lynchburg for 144 years. I 

hope the libation to follow would 

make Old Blue Eyes proud. 

Old Blue Eyes 

2oz Jack Daniels 

whiskey 

½ lemon, squeezed 

8 blueberries 

¼ oz simple syrup 

(sugar water) 

In a short glass muddle 

6 blueberries and simple 

syrup; strain into another 

glass with ice and lemon 

juice and add Jack 

Daniels. If it’s too sweet. 

add some soda water... 

and Enjoy! 

Phantom Foodie 

Goodbye 

Famous Philly’s 

Famous Philly’s Beef and Beer … admit it, after 

a night of bar hopping on Flagler Avenue in New 

Smyrna Beach, we have all seen that sign still glowing 

in the wee hours and were drawn to it like fireflies. 

Nothing was better than to catch your breath, sober 

up a little, and have some fun food before calling your 

Uber, crashing at a friend’s house, staggering home 

or finally releasing your designated driver. 

Joe and Marci Trapuzzano were always welcoming, 

friendly and generous to patrons, musicians and 

friends. Going to Philly’s was like hanging out in 

your friend’s backyard. Whether stopping during 

Wine Walk, listening to live music, watching an 

Eagles game, taking in a festival or parade on Flagler 

Avenue, Philly’s was a popular spot for locals and 

visitors alike. 

Philly’s was a great music venue. Walking down the 

street, you could hear the Potlikkers, Eddy Davis, 

Payne Brothers, Big Rick and the Troublemakers 

and automatically know the sound was coming from 

Philly’s. Many times, Joe himself would sit in on 

drums with the band. 

On Thursday, July 11, Famous Philly’s Beef and 

Beer officially announced the closing of their New 

Smyrna Beach location. Although some of us knew 

it was coming, it was still a sad FaceBook post to 

read. There is some hope for the fans of Philly’s, 

though, the post reads, “Watch for new locations and 

Franchise Opportunities soon”. 

It won’t be the same without Joe and 

Marci, but we wish them the best and have 

enjoyed working with them (and sometimes 

for them) over the years. 

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Independence Day Throwdown 

Will’s Pub Sat July 6th 

Will’s Pub was host to yet another great Death Metal show featuring 

some of the Florida underground’s finest bands. Openers Menstrual 

Moonshine warmed it up with unique drum machine duo grind assault that 

was most definitely not for the squeamish. Then it was time for Orlando’s 

Demon Fuck, which definitely set some tone for the rest of the evening 

with sounds of heavy spastic death grind. Up next was Three Knuckles 

Deep out of Zellwood, Florida which can best be described as slamming 

brutal death groove with their set of tunes for the night followed by the 

headliners of the post-Independence Day event, MRSA. Hailing from 

Palm Beach County, this group consists of members from several bands 

from genres including punk rock, hardcore and death metal. MRSA fueled 

the night with cult classic death metal songs influenced by horror movies, 

pretty much playing the entire ep Discography of Madness with ripping 

songs like “Re-animator”, “Red Rum”, and “Brain Dead”. They completely 

ripped the place! Definitely, a band to check out if you’re into cult horror 

flicks! So, all in all, the Independence Day Throwdown was a good time of 

beer and metal s music! 

New School Album of the Month 

Amon Amarth Berzerker 

This 11th full length release from these Vikings of Sweden delivers 

Berzerker, twelve tracks of relentless battle hymns. This is definitely 

one of the top 5 metal albums released this year and battle and triumph 

are just a couple of things offered up in this gem. An all-around kick ass 

album that you need to check out! 

Old School Album of the Month 

Unleashed Where No Life Dwells 

For some, Sweden is known as the land of Vikings of old - and of 

course Ikea - but for those of us metal extremists, it is also known for its 

extensive death metal history, including pioneers Unleashed. Considered 

part of the big four in Sweden, which includes Entombed, Dismember, 

and Grave, Unleashed created their own style of doom like tremolo riffs 

with a touch of punk starting with their debut album Where No Life Dwells. 

Released in 1991 on Century Media Records and Produced by Waldemor 

Sorychta (of Grip Inc. fame), Where No Life Dwells is very clear in 

production compared to other early ‘90s death metal. Founded by bassist/ 

vocalist Johnny Hedlund, this album is a must for any fan of early brutal 

death metal. This album holds strong from start to finish, beginning with 

its melodic intro title song, then ultimately blasting through songs “Dead 

Forever”, “Before the Creation of Time”, “For They Shall Be Slain”, and 

a cover of Manowar’s “Into Glory Ride”. You can almost hear the Vikings 

chant victory as they invade foreign lands. 

Gotha Location 

August 1 - Rick Krasowski 

August 2 - Chris Edwards 

August 3 - Mud Rooster 

August 5 - Open Mic 

August 8 - Ben Torres Solo 

August 9 - Grant and Larry Duo 

August 10 - CC Trio 

August 15 - Ramona 

August 16 - Ramona 

August 17 - Run Raquel Band 

August 19 - Open Mic 

August 22 - Live Hart 

August 23 - Still Rollin Duo 

August 24 - Jim Young Trio 

August 29 - Bryan Hayes Duo 

August 30 - Seth Pause 

Autust 31 - Country Night featuring 

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August 1 - The Evening Muze 

August 2 - The Vibe 

August 3 - Hair of the Beast 

August 8 - The Transfers 

August 9 - Rasta Bayers 

August 10 - Cole Hall 

August 15 - Chuck Morel 

August 16 - Hannah Wilson 

August 17 - Adam & Farley 

August 22 - Jay Crosier 

August 23 - Claire Vandiver 

August 24 - Jessie Abbey 

August 29 - Eddy Davis 

August 30 - Nate Utley 

August 31 - Aaron Lightnin’ 

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Static Live Magazine August 2019

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