Static Live Magazine October 2019

Vol. 2
Issue 8 October 2019
Emo-no
Behind the Mic:
Riggs
Midlife Chrysalis
Fundies vs. Devil Rock
Oh Hell No!
Tears of Joy
- Billie Eilish

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“People are terrified of me,
and I want them to be.”
~ Billie Eilish
Oh My Goddess
A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician
Emo-no
Fundies vs. Devil Rock - Oh Hell No!
On the Block - My Mother’s Music
Art Feature: Nicole Galluccio
COVER STORY - Tears of Joy
Static Live Event Calendar
Behind the Mic: Riggs
An Original Music Manifesto
Rock for Autism Recipe
Great Press Photos
Midlife Chrysalis
Rocktails
Phantom Foodie
Snap It
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Oh My...Goddess
Jenny T.
Hi, I’m Jenny T. from Indialantic, Florida. In my free time I love to play
basketball, work out, and play with my golden retrievers on the beach.
I love binge watching Bachelor in Paradise and Friends.
I also love to travel, having explored the U.S., Ireland and the
Caribbean. I was fortunate to meet Christine from Premiere Model
Management on a cruise this summer and she got me a contract with
one of the world’s top agencies.
I plan to travel the world and live my dream of modeling and I hope
that modeling will allow me to see the world I have not yet seen.
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y Adam Floyd
Transposition. Not the subject of a casual
read but this is written for those in-theknow,
so here goes: For the uninitiated,
transposition means changing the key of
a piece of music. There are two schools of
thought on the matter. The ‘change the key to
suit yourself’ crowd vs. the more purist ‘do it
in the original key’ people. Each camp has its
merits.
Keyboards change keys easily by using the transpose
function on better synths (poor piano and most wind
players have a hard time with TP and spend endless hours
honing the skill). When we honor the musical greats we
have to remember the great J.S. Bach was particularly
irreverent and swapped keys as it suited the event or even
the player. Rock stars drop from E to Eb on guitars when
the late nights and whiskey take their toll toward the end
of a tour. After rehab we hear them back up in brighter
sounding E major.
It is impressive when young singers on the
vocal contest shows hit the high notes of
Whitney Houston or Freddie Mercury. There
is a natural excitement when any instrument
sounds in its highest possible range. Would
the Mozart Violin Concerto in G be the same
if we dropped it down to F? Certainly a Hindu
raga should not be moved to any other
register. If you have ever tried to tune a sitar
you know it would be problematic to tune so
many strings, and they don’t make a capo
that big.
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Modern electronics allow for smooth TP
across all pitches and are not restricted to
half steps in A=440. This opens a whole
other can of worms about the A note getting
progressively higher in pitch over time. There
is good evidence that A was substantially
lower a couple of hundred years ago. Modern
orchestras are now known to tune as high
as A=448, how does this fit with the purist
narrative? “Don’t do the tune if you can’t hit
the note!” shouts the zealot.
In counter balance to the purist approach
we have the common needs of a working
performance. The meat and potatoes in the real world
means you compromise for a better end result.
Most singers have a transcendent moment when
they discover the capo for guitars. Suddenly they can
conveniently jump up and down by half steps. They
experiment exhaustively and find the ‘right’ fret to match
the overtones of their own voice. The results
can be stunning, especially for originals where
there are no preconceptions.
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Anyone who has a particularly high or low voice will
naturally shift the octave for a comfortable range. Think
Bowser from Sha Na Na, or The Chipmunks.
We have to conclude that if you want to copy a recording
exactly, parrot and don’t change a thing. You may learn a
lot and even end up in Las Vegas in a tribute band. If on the
other hand you want to optimize your voice or instrument,
transpose at will. You might learn a lot and even end up an
artist.

Emo-no
Thinking about the fashion world and
music, there are probably a million other
genres that would come to mind before
Emo. Originally, “Emotional Hardcore”
was a music genre that expressed rock
music with an emphasis on emotional
expressions, like confessional lyrics in
a band’s songs. Today, it has its own
subculture that covers fashion, culture,
and behavior.
Back in 1987, the closest year
to the start of the Emo culture,
bands such as Screeching
Weasel, Dag Nasty, and Mass
Icon sported t-shirts, jeans, and
Chuck Taylors; this basically
being a nod to their anticorporation
stance. Between
1995-1999, flannel grunge got
into the mix with raw emotion
coming out of the mouths
of bands like Weezer, The
Offspring and Jimmy Eat World.
From 1999-2004 (ish), the scene
changed a bit with bands and
thrift stores having a bit to do
with the change. Thrift stores
had more western shirts and
striped sweaters on hand, which
really didn’t give the non-main
streamers a choice and bands
like the Anniversary, Braid, and
American Football blended it
by wearing jerseys and skinny
jeans. As time went on, it turned
too preppy and fizzled out of the
Emo culture.
Going forward, the Emo genre
would morph into subcultures
like Screamo, this new direction
being fueled by Hot
Topic - blends of
this store with girls’
jeans from Hollister
and v-necks from
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American Apparel , the Screamo fans would
wear these knits all the while listening
to Glassjaw and Thursday through their
headphones on their way to their school
therapist, relating to every word the songs
spewed out and thinking, “That’s so me! That
too!”
Twinklecore is another genre spawning from the
Emo followers that just can’t make their favorites fit
into what already is out there. What is Twinklecore,
or Noodle Rock? Emerging from twinkle daddies,
this sound has engaged old-time signatures, usually
a free form jazz influence, with longer instrumental
passages. The clothing style - sweaters, corduroy,
striped shirts, geeky glasses for deep reading,
vintage t-shirts for under your sweaters, and Chucks
for the boys and clunky shoes for the girls. Oh! And
don’t forget the black hair dye.
Today, Emo is seen as a subculture tagged with
skinner jeans, tight band t-shirts, studded belts, flat/
straight hair with long bangs. It is often confused
with Goth - probably because the main color for
both is or can be black. Emo’s like the items listed
above and scarves, hoodies, you know, layered
clothing. Emo’s cultural expression and influences
are poetry, making their critiques from post-punk and
punk philosophies. Goth decorate themselves with
black nails, eyeliner, and
lipstick and are guided by
a subculture relating to
black magic, vampires,
witches, and veers toward
death, fiction, and fantasy.
Billie Eilish, our cover
girl, has earned the
name Emo-Pop Princess
from some media
outlets. Some of her
songs are from a phobia
perspective; others
from raw emotion. This
definitely fits for an Emo
subculture invention.
Billie’s clothing has been
at the top of most articles,
with the biggest, baggiest
pants and shirts possible.
This coming after fans
took a pic of her getting
out of her tour bus in
Nashville wearing a tank
top; later her boobs were
trending on Twitter. Maybe
people should give her
credit for stepping out of
the norm and covering up
her “puppies.” And maybe
she should thank the fans
for pushing her in the
direction of baggie, giving
her even more media
attention. After all, “no
press is bad press.” (Ask
Lady Gaga.) We will see if
Billie changes her baggie
mind about her puppies
after she turns eighteen in
December.
By
Jamie Lee

Fundies vs. Devil Rock
Oh Hell No!
The devil, to semi-borrow a phrase from
comedian Richard Pryor, was acting a
motherfreakin’ fool in the 1970s and early
’80s.
The Red-Skinned Dude with Horns and Tail was a
major rock star back in those days, making gueststar
appearances on albums by Led Zeppelin, Black
Sabbath, the Rolling Stones, Electric Light Orchestra,
Blue Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas and – egads! –
even Styx.
Or so some Christian fundies claimed.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking: Satan would take
one look at Styx and say, “Me, waste my swag on
those pantywaists? Are you fuckin’ insane?”
Yet, according to a Christian minister dude named
Jacob Aranza and numerous other Church Lady folks,
these rockers and others were Knights in Satan’s
Service.
Aranza delivered the gory details in two books in the
early ’80s: “Backward Masking Unmasked:
Backward Satanic Messages of Rock and
Roll Exposed,” and “More Rock, Country &
Backward Masking Unmasked.”
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He wasn’t the only one. I was a student at the
University of Alabama in the early ’80s when a
crusading conservative Christian group held a rally on
campus to “expose” what the tricky devil was up to in
rock music.
Satan’s main trick, they claimed: Convince rockers to
record paeans to his glory, then reverse them and add
the backwards recordings to their songs. Innocent
kids will then hear such messages and subliminally
understand them, and will come away thinking: “Gee,
I really like this ‘Stairway to Heaven’ song, and for
some reason I now know that the devil is a really cool
dude!”
One backwards bit on “Stairway” supposedly says:
“There’s no escaping it. It’s my sweet Satan. The one
will be the path who makes me sad, whose power
is Satan.” Another allegedly says: “Oh I will sing
because I live with Satan.”
Yes, when I first heard these accusations, I plopped
Zep’s fourth album on my archaic, black boxy
stereo and dropped the needle with the turntable
power off, then I finger-powered the vinyl in a
reverse spin. I heard what sounded like a guy with
a grapefruit lodged in his throat mumbling weird,
incomprehensible shit while mentioning “Satten.” Sort
of.
Masking on the Black Oak Arkansas song “When
Electricity Came to Arkansas” supposedly says:
“Satan, Satan, Satan. He is God, he is God, he is
God.” Quiet Riot proclaimed “Serve beast for money”
on their “Mental Health” album. And what about Styx?
Play their song “Snowblind” backwards and you get
“Satan, move in our voices.”
The Rolling Stones, despite being above board with
their devil games – “Sympathy for the Devil” anyone?
-- went backwards on their “Tattoo You” album with “I
love you, said the devil.”
Or so the devil hunters said.
Of course, Black Sabbath and singer Ozzy Osbourne
during his solo career also possessed the cheek to
openly embrace satanic shenanigans. No secret
there.
These days it’s easy to look back at the satanic panic
and laugh. Ozzy, after all, went on to become one
of America’s most beloved goofball dads when “The
Osbournes” reality TV show aired on MTV in the early
2000s.
But I recall reading an interview of Led Zep vocalistlyricist
Robert Plant back when the fundamentalists
were sullying his music by dragging it across Satan’s
asshole, and his distress was palpable: “To me it’s
very sad, because ‘Stairway to Heaven’ was written
with every best intention, and as far as reversing
tapes and putting messages on the end, that’s not my
idea of making music. It’s really sad. The first time I
heard it . . . I was absolutely drained all day. I couldn’t
take people seriously who could come up with
sketches like that. There are a lot of people who are
making money there, and if that’s the way they need
to do it, then do it without my lyrics. I cherish them far
too much.”
So, which was really the work of the devil? Rockers
supposedly using “backward masking” to indoctrinate
fans with satanic platitudes? Or Christian fundies
defiling uplifting, good-time, even beautiful music
that brought joy and pleasure to millions of
people?
by Rick de Yampert 11

Music was always a family thing. My
mother was one of nine children. They were
a farming family and had to create their
own entertainment. She and her sisters
had a natural harmony that was beautiful.
Several of the siblings and my grandmother
played guitar. I loved the hymns they
would sing and the songs they had come to
harmonize together (Bye Bye Blackbird, My
Grandfather’s Clock, Sisters and countless
other ones whose titles elude me at the
moment). She loved Elvis, Tom Jones, The
Everly Brothers, Tommy Roe and anything
with great harmony. She always had an
organ in the house and played by ear. I
remember, since there was only the one
television, watching Lawrence Welk every
week. While riding in the car, we would listen
to the radio or turn it off and sing together.
The only time I ever sang in front of people
other than my family was singing Christmas
songs with her.
As we are putting together this issue of Static
Live Magazine, I am not working from my
kitchen as I normally do. This month, I am
working mostly from my mother’s hospital
room. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, I thought it would be appropriate to write about
her and include some details about her struggle with
cancer (although hers originated in the bladder).
I am one of three children born to my mother.
Although I am the middle child, I am the only girl. So
we all had a special “thing” - the oldest, the only girl
and the youngest. We learned everything from our
mother; values, morals, kindness, humility . . . an
endless list of attributes. There are two more tangible
things I credit my mother with as well; my love of
both reading and music. When we were young, our
mother would sing and read to us every day. As we
became old enough to read, we would read together.
As we grew to be more independent, we would have
a “bedtime” and then “lights out” time. The period
of time in between those two would generally be for
reading. Homework would have been done long
before bedtime and there was only one television
in the house at that time (and it only received 3-4
channels, if the antenna was pointed in the
right direction). So we all read and traded
books and it is a love each of us carried into
adulthood.
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My mother’s favorite thing at the end of
her life was to sing in her church choir. She didn’t
read music so she would struggle at first sometimes
but she learned that YouTube would usually have
the song she was trying to learn, often broken into
parts so she could learn the soprano line and sing it
perfectly. Whenever called upon to sing or choose
music for the Sunday services, she did so with honor.
My mother passed away on September 15, 2019. Her
initial diagnosis of bladder cancer was in May of 2018
and after six months of struggling with chemotherapy
and then surgery to remove her bladder, she was
triumphantly declared cancer free. Her first follow
up scan in June of 2019 showed some “areas of
concern”. The cancer came back with a vengeance
and invaded her lymph nodes, her liver, her pelvis, her
lungs. She lived about three months from the time of
the concerning follow up scan.
Her funeral service was beautiful and heartfelt; there
was a special quartet assembled to sing her favorite
hymn - Abide With Me! My mother had no doubt that
she would be reunited with her family who had gone
before her. I’m sure there is beautiful music wherever
they are. And I’m sure they are happy to have her
beautiful soprano voice back with them.
On the
Block
By Jenny McLain

To create competent expanded
functions dental assistants (EFDA’s)
that will be employable.
My experience and passion for
Dentistry is dedicated to teaching
the skills that I have so enjoyed
and excelled for 28 years.
Most important of all the reward
of helping others achieve their smile.
SMILES WORLDWIDE!
NICOLE
Galluccio
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Nicole Galluccio is a mixed media visual artist,
originally from the New Jersey shore, living and
creating in South Florida since earning her BFA
from Florida Atlantic University in 1998. Nicole
entered college to study biochemistry, with the hope
of becoming a doctor. Despite being awarded a
scholarship for chemistry, her teacher thought her
medical illustration skills were so exceptional that she
should pursue art. She had a gift for illustrating the
likeness of single-celled organisms, anatomy, and
botanicals. While studying biochemistry she had a
work study in her university’s bio lab and greenhouse.
Working in the greenhouse opened her up to engage
in caring for and observing flora on a new level. She
ultimately received a Bachelor’s in Fine Art and is now
a professional artist.
She does not consider herself to have much of a
green thumb but rather a knack for illustrating both
florals and fruits in her work, in her own bold stylized
version of course. Her work intends to stimulate
happiness and positive emotional response. She
has developed a unique style of acrylic paintings
using dozens of bold colors with a pop art feel,
and she pursues every art opportunity that comes
her way, especially the challenging ones. Her 50
piece “Records Revisited” art installation from
2016 at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County
encompassed her love for music passed down by
her musician father. Dabbling in DJing on turntables
as a college student she developed a love for vinyl
records. Wanting to repurpose her old turntables and
mixer she created an interactive room of nostalgia,
where visitors could listen to the records exhibited
that spanned genre and era (with her own creative
touches added to the original album cover art)
mounted in handmade pine frames.
“Looking at a painting by Nicole Galluccio induces a
feeling of calmness and joy. With everything going on
in the world right now, this is exactly what I needed
to see. When you walk into her studio you walk into a
bold, bright flower garden [evoked by her paintings]
with a hot pink floor, and leave unexpectedly, with
a smile on your face. This is no accident. The work
is process oriented. She established her painting
practice on Color theory, which is the combination of
art and science that determines what colors look good
together. The bold designs mimic the color wheel and
are rooted in the philosophy of aesthetics; studying
how the mind and emotions appreciate beauty. Her
work references nature. Emerson said, “The simple
perception of natural forms is a delight.”
Nature dazzles the senses. Galluccio relies
on this by using recurring motifs of flowers,
sunshine rays, and character art based
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on wildlife. Everyone loves a good Disney film and
her bird characters could be plucked right out of a
Snow White picture. She relies heavily on geometric
structure and often references the mandala, which
denotes the universe in Buddhist symbolism.” (Diane
Arrieta)
Nicole has shown several times in the prestigious
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County with her 7th
exhibition there slated for February 2020. Her first
museum solo exhibition, “Full Bloom” was shown on
April 2018 at the Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach.
She continues to sell work regularly in the Cornell
Museum Art Store, has a brand-new large-scale
mural and pop up art exhibition at Hopportunities, a
new concept craft beer bar in Delray Beach, FL set to
open in October of this year. She has a simultaneous
pop up solo show at the Florida Atlantic University
Library in Jupiter, FL scheduled to run November 15th
through January 2020.
Feel free to check out Nicole’s work on Instagram @
nicolegalluccioart, her website at nicolegalluccioart.
com or go check out her work in person if you are in
the south Florida area.
Check out a recent blog post by Diane Arrieta
for an upcoming show hosted by Florida Atlantic
University in their Jupiter, FL Library location https://
faumacarthurlibraryexhibit.blogspot.com/2019/09/
considering-color-and-aesthetics-in.html?fbclid=IwAR
19QfFUKX_5YPvM7VXNiFM6iOKrLBxY1ZdMmHhOtIJ7BeXRzy2pDiGwYo
Listen to her interview with the Left Brain Artist
Podcast by Suzanne Redmond on https://
suzanneredmond.com/nicole-galluccio-acrylic-painterwith-a-bold-colorful-style/

Tears
of Joy
- Billie
Eilish
At times she seems sad or dark, but chances
are that she is most likely laughing on the inside,
all the way to the bank. On the outside she’s
monotone and boring but there must be a fire
burning within her soul that has driven her to
put out so much music lately. She has captured
today’s youth in just 16 months. She’s all
over the media in the music biz and,she’s just
getting started. Last year, Chance the Rapper
proved you don’t necessarily have to record and
create music with large labels to make it in the
mainstream and become popular all over the
world; he even earned a Grammy in the process.
Miss Eilish has managed to do a lot of this lately,
cranking out her top tunes while recording in her
parents’ basement.
Her brother, Finneas O’Connell, produces of
almost all of her songs. It’s clear that talent
runs in the family. Of course, this isn’t
your typical family or basement,
as both of their parents
are well known in the
entertainment
drink? Chances are, will she have ten Top 10
Alternative hits to her name - maybe more. Then
again, the way it’s going she might do that while
she’s still a teenager. One thing is for sure; music
is in her veins and heart and the world is just
hearing the beginning of great things to come.
Here’s a little history about her career so far:
Billie Eilish (Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell)
was born December 18, 2001. She was raised in
Highland Park, Los Angeles. She began singing
at a young age and was writing songs at age 11.
She gained a following after the release of her
single “Ocean Eyes” on SoundCloud in 2016;
the song was originally written by her brother,
Finneas O’Connell for his band. The song
peaked at number 84 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in
May of 2019 and was certified platinum by the
RIAA. Her debut EP, Don’t Smile at Me, was
released in August of 2017. She collaborated
with rapper Vince Staples on a remix of “Watch”
titled “&Burn”, which was later included on the rerelease
of the EP. Following the EP’s commercial
success, Apple Music named Eilish an Up Next
artist in September of 2017. Her collaboration
with Khalid, “Lovely”, was also released in April
of 2018. Her track “Bored” was used for the
By The Reluctant Genius
Billie Eilish is rarely smiling when out in
public and she refuses to wear clothing that
will accentuate any of her female personal
traits. She has been criticized for not smiling
in photographs and he has responded by
saying she doesn’t like smiling because it
makes her feel weak and powerless.
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community.
And it’s not like she’s
using “Garage Band” on her
iPhone.
A musical force at 17, the
sky’s the limit for this young
lady and it should prove to
be an amazing career. Who
knows what may happen by
the time she’s old enough to
soundtrack of the Netflix series “13 Reasons
Why”, who also bought the rights to use “Lovely”
for the same series. Her full length debut,
“When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” was
released in March of 2019, showcasing
her pop, electronic, hip-hop and rock
hybrid style.
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OCTOBER
2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm
Thursday, October 3, 2019
31 Supper Club - The Transfers 6pm
Bounty Bar - Seth Pause 7pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - The Click 7:30pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Marty McCarrick 6pm
Friday, October 4, 2019
31 Supper Club - Project Coast 7pm
Bounty Bar - Dustin Stock 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - The Vibe 4pm
Grind/Kona - TBD
NSB Brewing - Eddy Davis 6pm
Oceanside - TBD
Traders - Justin Hall 6pm
Traders - Kings County 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - The Evening Muze 6pm
Saturday, October 5, 2019
31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band 7pm
Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Reed Foley 12pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Music Matt 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - The Cyclones 7pm
NSB Brewing - Jason Longoria 6pm
Oceanside - Stephanie Schaffer 5:30pm
Tortugas - The Vibe 6pm
Traders - Etc 6pm
Traders - Kings County 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Gina Cuchetti 6pm
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Bounty Bar - Warren Beck 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Jessie Abbey 12pm
Oceanside - Jimmy Z 10:00am
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Bounty Bar - Trevor Ohlsen 7pm
Grind/Kona - Are Friends Electric 6pm
Thursday, October 10, 2019
31 Supper Club - Mark Raisch 6pm
Bounty Bar - Drew Halverson 7pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - Luvu 7:30pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Trevor Ohlsen 6pm
Friday, October 11, 2019
31 Supper Club - Warren Beck 7pm
Bounty Bar - Bradford Buckley 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Jimmy Z 5pm
Grind/Kona - 5 Time Shag 7pm
NSB Brewing - Jonny Odis 6pm
Oceanside - TBD
Traders - Acoustic Inferno 6pm
Traders - The Accuzed 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Eddy Davis 6pm
Saturday, October 12, 2019
31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band 7pm
Bounty Bar - Jason Longoria 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Jonny Odis 12pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Faith Hannon 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - Trevor Ohlsen 7pm
NSB Brewing - Stephanie Schaffer 6pm
Oceanside - Marty McCarrick 5:30pm
Traders - Randy Williams 6pm
Traders - The Accuzed 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Bradford Buckley 6pm
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Jason Longoria 12pm
Oceanside - Splash 10am
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm
Thursday, October 17, 2019
31 Supper Club - Comedy Night 6pm
Bounty Bar - Stephanie Schaffer 7pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - Rasta Bayers 7pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Claire Vandiver 6pm
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Friday, October 18, 2019
31 Supper Club - Kelly Jarrard 7pm
Bounty Bar - Warren Beck 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Drew Halverson 4pm
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley 7pm
NSB Brewing - The Evening Muze 6pm
Oceanside - Al Canali 5:30pm
Traders - Eddy Davis 6pm
Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Hannah Wilson 6pm
Saturday, October 19, 2019
31 Supper Club - Gina Cuchetti 7pm
Bounty Bar - Ian Opalinski 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - The Evening Muze 12pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Thom Blasberg 5pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - Musical Charis 7pm
NSB Brewing - Seth Pause 6pm
Oceanside - Nate Utley 5:30pm
Tortugas - 5 Time Shag 6pm
Traders - Marty McCarrick 6pm
Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Warren Beck 6pm
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Crabby’s Oceanside - The Transfers 12pm
Oceanside - Warren Beck 10am
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Grind/Kona - Are Friends Electric 6pm
Thursday, October 24, 2019
31 Supper Club - Ricky Silvia 6pm
Bounty Bar - Kaci Jo Hibbard 7pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - TBD
Yellow Dog Eats - The Cyclones 6pm
Friday, October 25, 2019
31 Supper Club - Shannon Rae 7pm
Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - The Vibe 4pm
Grind/Kona - Eddy Davis 7pm
NSB Brewing - TBD
Oceanside - Austin Miller 5:30pm
Traders - Jimmy Z 6pm
Traders - Boomers 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Jonny Odis 6pm
Saturday, October 26, 2019
31 Supper Club - High End 7pm
Bounty Bar - Hannah Wilson 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Warren Beck 12pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - TBD
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm
Grind/Kona - NSB Erb 7pm
NSB Brewing - Bradford Buckley 6pm
Oceanside - Jason Longoria 5:30pm
Tortugas Cheap Thrills 6pm
Traders - Warren Beck 2:30pm
Traders - Etc 6:30pm
Traders - Boomers 9pm
Yellow Dog Eats - Austin Miller 6pm
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm
Crabby’s Oceanside - Jessie Abbey 12pm
Oceanside - Splash 10am
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Yellow Dog Eats - Jonny Odis 6pm
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley 7:30pm
Yellow Dog Eats - The Transfers 6pm
Community Events
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Behind the Mic: Riggs
95.7 the Hog, Daytona Beach
It’s usually this time of year that I am found scrambling
at the last minute for an awesome, if not awesomely
affordable. Halloween costume. My mom was responsible
for some all-time best efforts/bad results costumes
including me parading around my Ohio neighborhood as
garbage
(a garbage bag with old food stapled to it), a carrot,
a football player and Snoopy. I tried the prom queen
approach, Rocky Horror’s Frank ‘N. Furter, Jigsaw and
more.
My most frequently used Rock idea is the Paul Stanley. It
simply requires a black curly wig, something to paint a star
on your eye, lipstick and some press on chest hair. If you
are a dude who chooses to use his own chest hair, make
sure to blow dry and fluff what you got to maximize the
effect. You can accessorize with a fancy belt, a fancy tight
pant or vest, but in this costume, the face and head do all
the work.
Perhaps a more modern option would be the Rob Zombie.
Short of splurging for some zombie-eye contact lenses, all
that is required for this are some bell bottoms with various
patches from speed shops or dark horror film images and
a denim jacket with much of the same flare attached. You
can go with the wig or you can choose to not shower for a
couple of months and make sure to put gum in your hair to
complete the effect. Toss on a weathered cowboy hat &
bang, you win.
You can go as a member of Metallica, Nickelback,
Disturbed, or a host of other bands by wearing a
black T-shirt and black skinny jeans. You may need to
accessorize this with a name tag identifying which member
of what band you are but it’s a money saver. Grab a guitar,
a bald cap, and some cool black shades and voila! You are
guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani. Or slap on some poorly applied
clown makeup and a big red smile from ear-to-ear, pop
on a green wig and a cloak, and you just became guitar
virtuoso John 5. All it takes is a kilt and a cut-off sleeveless
denim jacket, an excessively bushy press-on beard and
long blonde wig and you just became guitar virtuoso Zakk
Wylde.
Now there are a host of less appropriate, snarky Rock
& Roll costumes as well. Pop one arm back inside your
t-shirt, grab a drumstick and you’re trick-or-treating as Def
Leppard’s Rick Allen.
A shotgun, poorly applied eyeliner and a t-shirt reading
“Hole’s Gonna Be Big” along with some makeup heroin
track marks on your arm is all it takes to be Courtney
Love. If you are a particularly hairy dude, get some faux
gauge earrings, no shirt and a microphone and you’ve got
the formula for a solid Linkin Park Chesthair Bennington
costume. Some may think it’s too soon, but ‘ya only get
one Halloween a year, so express your rock self.
Dropping close to $50 on a solid Slipknot mask and a
mechanic’s shirt is always a nice option but you also need
to calculate the accessibility of the mouth hole for booze
consumption. If you are heading to a Halloween party
and you have a mini-mail slot sized hole in your mask, you
are limited to drinking your trash can punch or ambient
temperature draft beer through a straw and it’s hard to look
cool and menacing in that situation. AND you need to stay
properly hydrated in a latex pull-over mask as well as the
necessary mouthwash or mints because when your heavy
breathing comes back at ‘ya like a hot racquetball serve,
you’ll want to be minty fresh.
OK, so now you are set. No panic needed. Just toss on an
ill-fitting sweater and tattered pants and do the Cobain. Get
a wig and a magician’s hat and rock the Slash. Or maybe
go deep and smear on some black eye makeup and a bike
chain over your shoulder and you just became Alice Cooper
In Chains! And if you win a contest, cut me in for 5%.
Happy Rockin’ Halloween!
Cheers!
RIGGS
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The Morning HOG / 95-7 The HOG Weekdays 5-10 am
& SATURDAY NIGHT LOUD 9-midnight
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I stepped up my game when I was in college by going as
Morton Clowney Junior, my tribute to the late crazed talk
show host, rocking a clown costume and wig and placing
many warts all over my face while working some candy
cigarettes. I thought it was damn genius. My wife brought
perhaps the greatest costumes to life in my early radio
career as months of painstaking paper mache work turned
in to Terrance and Phillip, the South Park Canadian icons
that make me laugh with each and every fart. Unfortunately,
I entered a costume contest and a drunk dude thought it
would be fun to punch one of the paper mache heads and
then the party ended.
But the best costumes have always been the
Rock & Roll inspired efforts. So here are a
few awesome, if not completely tasteless and
inappropriate, ideas for Rock & Roll Halloween
costumes:
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An Original Music Manifesto
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Original
Between the Blues and the Beatles, practically every
chord and chord progression imaginable has already
been “invented.” These days, if your music gets
famous, there’s a good chance you’ll get sued, because
someone, somewhere “made it up” before you did. So
how in this modern age can you possibly be an “original”
band?
Because of sheer volume and the nature of entropy, it
appears the music world is getting less and less original
anyway. Seems like tribute bands are getting more and
more of those weekend spots at the local premiere
venues, while the local original bands are competing for
the few spots left at the dive bars. Original bands need to
literally face the music, and ask themselves why?
Is society dumbing down? Yes. Have people become
accustomed to not paying for music or even searching
for it anymore? Yes. Are radio stations so corporate and
streamlined that people are just hearing the same 1000
songs over and over again? Yes, but is that the reason
your band is a meaningless speck of sand in the desert
of bands that is the musical wasteland? I don’t think so.
You’re in a Hardcore band, and let me guess,
there’s throat vocals? You’re in a Progressive
metal band, and you have two singers; one
screams, and the other one sings melodically,
right? You’re a Rapper, and you bought your
beats off the internet? You’re in a Jam Band,
and you jam? Wait, aren’t you already in a
Reggae Rock band?
Seems to me that modern music for the most
part has been shoved into genre cubbies,
and about half of the music from any of these
genres sounds way too similar to the rest. On
top of that, the blues progressions are, well,
old. Those classic rock riffs are really played
out and those surf rock lines are becoming
monotonous. That Dubstep sound is really
getting annoying, and the auto-tuning of
vocals is downright ad nauseum.
So what is a band to do to stand out? If
we can’t be original anymore, we’ll need to
be the “new” original. Bands that still get
my attention are the ones that mix genres,
change genres, pace, meter, and style, do
variations on themes, and most of all, those
that evolve. Bands like Fishbone, Ween,
and even Bruce Springsteen are constantly
evolving their music and are finding a way to
stay original in an unoriginal world. They are
the “new” originals.
Some will say that what I’m about to suggest
has also been done before, and that’s true;
part of my opening point is that there really
is nothing original left to do. But the music
scene could still use more ideas like these.
Hardcore band, do a ballad, in your style
but without the throat vocals. Rapper, get a
rock band behind you on a couple tracks.
Rock band, create a rap song. Jam band,
jam out a pop song. Emo band, do a happy
song. Punk band, do a Sinatra-style song.
Whatever you are doing - change it up, fuse it
with something else, make part of it half-time,
create a bridge that goes a half step up, add
a violin or a trumpet. Do something different
because, for the love of the Beatles, we need
some “new original” music out there.
As always, thanks for reading. Check back
next month, when I discuss professionalism
and how important it is for original bands
trying to make their way. Until then, keep
making and supporting “new” original music!
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CROSSWORDPUZZLE
Across
1. What American sitcom did Billie Eilish use samples from in “My
Strange Addiction?: The ____
5. Which female singer released an album called The Immaculate
Collection in 1990?
6. The legendary American singer, Ray Charles helped pioneer what
genre of music?
7. What is the title of Whitney Houston’s 1992 best-selling soundtrack
album: The _____?
11. Which English female artist released the 2015 hit song “Hello”?
14. The pop artist, Billie Eillish released her debut album, We All Fall
Asleep, Where Do We Go at what age?
15. Which American rock band released their 1975 album, Dressed To Kill?
16. Which well-known rapper gained a reputation for being the white
boy who destroyed opponents in rap battles?
18. Which artist holds the record for the most gold and
platinum albums?
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19. Which 90s hip-hop duo originated from East Point,
Georgia?
Down
2. What rock band does Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman,
and Will Champion belong to?
3. Which rock band was formed by the Gallagher brothers from
Manchester?
4. The first name of singer who released 1959 hit song “Put Your Head
on My Shoulder”?
7. Kenneth Brian Edmonds is the legal name of which musician?
8. What was Kendrick Lamar’s original last name?
9. Al Green gained popularity in the 1970s but shortly after he also
became a ___?
10. Which rapper is best known for his albums Illmatic and Stillmatic?
12. Which English rock band consists of the members: Phil Collins,
Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks?
13. How many brothers were there in the original Jackson family line
up?
17. Justin Timberlake was the leader of the singer of what popular boy
band?
Answers on page 36
1. Who does Billie Eilish co-write her songs with?
2. Who was the first rapper to sign to Jay-Z’s record label, Roc Nation?
3. What is the title of Bon Jovi’s best-selling album?
4. The name of the first band to hold the top 3 songs on the Billboard Hot 100?
5. Which music icon launched her own social media website in 2011?
6. What is the birth name of Axl Rose, lead singer of Guns N’ Roses?
7. What is the title of Billie Eilish’s debut single that gained her popularity?
8. Who was the original drummer for Nirvana?
9. What is the title of MC Hammer’s most successful single of the 90s?
10. Who are the original members of the Backstreet Boys?
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MEDITERRANEAN
PAN-SEARED BRANZINO
WITH ANISE ZUCCHINI AND
MINI GRAINS
Phil Soussan
Two ½ pound fillets of fresh Branzino cut from
whole fish
Fragrant cherry tomatoes cut in half
One large zucchini coarsely cut into chunks
Half red onion cut coarsely into medium sized
pieces
1 cup mixed dried harvest grains (such as Israeli
cous-cous, orzo, mini garbanzos or red quinoa)
1 cup of chicken broth
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon of anise seeds
Splash of anise liquor
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Fresh basil leaves, julienned Salt and pepper (to
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Bring chicken broth to a rolling boil in a small pan, add
the grains, turn down the heat and cover. Cook through
until al dente. Clean and pat dry the fillets. Cut three
slashes through the skin on one side of each filet and
season with salt and pepper. Add a tablespoon of olive
oil to a non-stick skillet and then add the butter over a
medium heat until melted through and bubbly.
Lay the fillets skin side down and turn down the heat
to medium low. Apply slight pressure on the fillets to
flatten and cook until the skin is golden and crispy,
three to four minutes. Carefully turn the fillets over and
cook until no longer translucent, approximately another
three to four minutes.
Meanwhile in another skillet over high heat add olive
oil and then add the zucchini chunks. Season with
pinch of salt and pepper. After four minutes add the
onion and anise seeds. When the onion has softened
deglaze with a splash of the anise liquor and then add
the tomatoes to heat through, but do not allow to cook
through.
Finish with julienned fresh basil, stir through once and
remove from heat.
PLATING
Plate the fillet skin side up over a small mound of the
grains, add the zucchini medley to the side and garnish
with a sprig of basil. Enjoy with a glass of crisp Pinot
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GREAT
PRESS
PHOTOS
By Stephanie Christie
Getting that great
press photo for
yourself or your
band is probably
one of the most
important pieces
of your brand. You
know what they
say...You never get
a second chance to
make a great first
impression. Your
photo is your first
impression, so let’s
make sure it speaks
to your band and
sends a great vibe
to your audience.
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PLANNING IS IMPORTANT - Creating a mood board
on Pinterest will be a huge help, not only to you, but also
to your photographer, stylist and bandmates. I would
suggest that you always start by gathering a few shots of
other artist photos that you feel drawn to. Ask yourself
why you like those photos. Do they have great color?
Great composition? Do they tell a story in one single
frame? Other items to include in the mood board might
include wardrobe ideas, location ideas, prop or backdrop
looks.
THE GOAL IS TO ‘LOOK’ LIKE YOU ‘SOUND’
- By this I mean, anybody should be able to look at
your photo and have a very good idea of what to expect
BEFORE they actually hear your music. If you are a surf
rock band, I would expect to see you in a setting that
reflects that vibe. It could be a beach, a retro beachside
motel, a surf shop, a cafe, a jeep, on a boat etc. It would
feel out of place to see a photo set in a parking garage,
warehouse, cityscape or rooftop.
WARDROBE MATTERS - Hiring a stylist is a really
great way to make sure that you look like the very best
version of you. For a couple hundred bucks, a stylist will
pull a few looks for you, based on your mood boards and
sizes and will handle all returns of clothing. You will show
up with a few basic items that the stylist can use to mix
in, and you will look and feel amazing and your photos
will look professional. If you don’t know where to find
a stylist, ask your photographer. All photographers have
stylists that they work with regularly and are very happy
to have another professional on the shoot. Also, make
sure your stylist has a link to your music, your website
and your socials.
HAIR AND GROOMING - Get a fresh haircut/color a
week before your shoot...not the day before. You know
the old joke about the difference between a good haircut
and a bad haircut? About 2 weeks. When going for a
new look make sure you bring photos of inspirational
looks. Find cuts and colors you love and share those
with your stylist. Shave, moisturize and take a look at
those eyebrows. They shape your expression. Clean,
manicured nails are a plus. Having an on-set hairstylist
is really wonderful if you have long hair or if you are
shooting multiple looks. Also, make sure your hair stylist
has a link to your music, your website and your socials.
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SELECTING A PHOTOGRAPHER - Having a
professional photographer is the most important aspect
of any shoot. I cannot tell you how many times I have
had a band schedule a photoshoot next week for
new photos and they tell me that a family friend with a
really good camera is taking the photos. That’s great
if the family friend is a professional photographer.
However, most of the time that family friend is just a
nice person with a nice camera. Big difference. If your
mom ordered a 10k ProTools setup and insisted on
recording your next album for you, would you do that?
Probably not. It would be like me calling myself a chef
because I have a gourmet kitchen. Every piece of your
content needs to be held to the same standard as your
professionally mixed and mastered tracks. The first
step is to share your mood board with your potential
photographer to see if they can get your ‘vision’. Also,
make sure your photographer has a link to your music,
your website and your socials.
BE ORGANIZED - Start a group chat or group email
with all band members, photographer, stylists and
helpers. Send out an email with locations, call-times
for hair and wardrobe fittings , possible weather issues,
back-up plan etc. Let’s say you have a shoot planned
for the beach and it is raining cats and dogs. Head to
a bowling alley, a cafe, a shopping mall, arcade or old
bookstore nearby and shoot a few frames while you
wait for the weather to clear. Sometimes the accidental
shots are the best ones!
PLACEMENT OF SUBJECTS - If you are
shooting a multi-member group, there are a few
key things to keep in mind. It is very important that
your photographer knows the role of each member
in the band. Otherwise, you may end up with your
lead singer in the back of the photo. Also, If you
know that a member may only be a touring player or
may be leaving the group soon, you should let your
photographer know this as well. Generally, they will
position them on either end of shot so that they can be
cropped out if necessary.
SHOOT EDITORIAL STYLE - By this I mean try
to capture more than just your band image itself and
work within a theme. Grab a shot of just your feet. Or
just your hands. If you’re shooting in a cafe, ask your
photographer to shoot a couple of shots of forks and
knives on the table, or hands holding a menu. These
can be used for additional content pieces like tour
posters, Instagram posts, Facebook event
pages, or album artwork.
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Change is upon us. I can feel it in the air. Can you?
As fall approaches we are all adjusting, adapting
and hopefully overcoming whatever challenges and
changes we face at the end of one season and the
start of the next. For me, October not only holds the
promise of a new season but of a personal new year
ahead. With my 44th birthday on the horizon I have
been reflecting upon the bounty of my life and the
major dramatic shifts that have occurred in the last
decade since I was a pop star still in my early 30’s. I
sit here to write and can’t help but wonder how and
when the pendulum shall swing the other direction.
See, almost everybody I know has been going
through extraordinarily rough times lately. What I keep
telling myself is, when the pendulum has swung so
far in one direction it has no choice but to eventually
swing the other way. So I cannot wait to see what is
on the other side of all of this turmoil and upheaval.
It’s gotta be something truly amazing!
As we well know trauma, pain and catalyst moments
of change can often be our greatest teachers in life
and our greatest source of inspiration, if we choose
to dive deeply into it and go with the transformative
tide they bring in their wake. I’ve found that resistance
to it is absolutely futile and can very well cause us
more unnecessary agony. If we try to control the
uncontrollable we just get battered into submission by
the winds of change anyway. It’s best to get yourself
centered in the eye of whatever storm you are
currently facing and hunker down for the ride.
When awful and jarring things happen to us we tend
to want to disappear, hide away and numb out. We
also tend to get hyper vigilant for the next, worse
thing to happen. Neither is helpful. That only creates
patterns of escapism and a tendency to wait for
the other shoe to drop. To get out of the negative
feedback loop that these intense experiences can
leave us in we must jump off the carousel of nonprogress
and find the will to grow through it. Yes,
sometimes it feels far easier to escape all the
uncomfortable bits of life but in reality, this comes
with a heavy price, not only for yourself but for those
you love most who take the brunt of your inactivity,
pain and depressed energies. That being said, the
act of cocooning yourself in times of crisis is often an
absolute necessity and a much healthier way to tend
to your delicate emotional state when times are tough.
So where do we start when we have come to a
complete halt on our journey or are faced with a
tragedy that changes our trajectory? What do we do
when we have lost touch with our old selves
and have no idea who we are to become?
How do we handle the hairpin, 180 turn
life sometimes takes on us? We grow and
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Midlife Chrysalis
By Candice Beu
change or we wither and eventually die. Sometimes
we must face the hardest truths. It’s just that cut
and dry. We have two basic choices, to allow the
untangling to take place within and around us or to
check out completely. Choose love and life or fear and
death. Every moment we get the chance to choose.
If we hold on too tightly to the threads of the past
and try to weave our expectations around how things
“should’ve been” we’ll get sucked down into the vortex
of regret and all that has been lost. If we can instead
choose to be vulnerable, choose acceptance and
allowance, then go gracefully within and digest the
experiences of our human beingness in both silence
and solitude, then we can create a safe space, a
golden chrysalis, for our changing selves.
Crisis puts us right into the crucible and straight into
the fire where we are faced with the ultimate test of
who we are and what we are made of. So we must
gather all the tools in our emotional, physical and
spiritual toolbox and get to work embodying our truth.
Ultimately it is you and only you who can do the
interior work that initiates the energetic and mental
shifts necessary to access the supernatural strength
and evolution available in times of crisis. The forced
metamorphosis that is upon you is a gift that can
reveal a multitude of insights, if you can regroup and
reframe it for yourself while you reinvent your life. We
all go through it at different stages of our journeys
but a lot of the times we are hit with it in our middle
years. Our caterpillar nature is often very active in our
early years of life as we eat up all the experiences
around us...the good, the bad, the ugly, the weird
and the beautiful. But eventually something happens
to every single one of us. Some sort of crisis (be it
an illness, a birth, a death, a divorce, a diagnosis,
or some tragedy) befalls us. The once curious and
hungry caterpillar inside can no longer seem to move
in any direction. We can’t go backwards, we can
hardly move forward and all we can see is the present
starkness of an uncertain future. Some may call it a
midlife crisis but I like to call it “The Midlife Chrysalis”.
If we are lucky we can come out the other end a very
different animal but it does take time, effort, patience
and a willingness to let go of that which no longer
serves us. We have to get comfortable with being
uncomfortable while we dissolve and restructure
inside the shell of our former selves.
Sometimes we must break in order to rebuild. The
mosaic we create out of the broken parts of ourselves
can soon become the beu-tiful new winged one who
is birthed through the chrysalis of our own being.
But we must breakthrough! We can’t stay cocooned
away forever or that delicate new creature will never
fully form or fly. We must break out of our safety net
eventually and hang upside down in faith for a while,
letting our supple new wings unfurl before we are
strong enough to take to the sky and dance upon
those winds of change. So be easy on yourself. Go
slowly. Don’t rush the process and let time do what
time does best, heal and grow. Love, friendship and
creative forms of self expression are great healing
forces in times of pain and change. Small children,
pets and/or loved ones are also important motivators
for keeping one active. They provide big incentives
for not giving up on life as well as often being hidden
sources of wisdom and comedy... two essentials in
my book. All these supportive forces can help bring a
bit of ease, comfort and levity to your rebirthing time.
Writing has been a cathartic and therapeutic part of
my personal resurrection and healing journey. Music
has as well, but music always helps everyone in some
way in my opinion. That’s what makes it so universal.
It’s the memory maker, the memory keeper, and the
conduit that assists emotions to flow and release,
especially when you have lost the ability to find the
words or get in touch with your emotions. Music can
also get us moving again and you’ve got to moveit
move-it in order to start your momentum up after
being cocooned away a while. An object in motion
will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at
rest. So start moving and use great music to do it.
Butterflies don’t break out of their chrysalis without
a bit of a struggle and a bit of a dance. As much as
simple activity may seem impossible, think of all the
things you can still do and be actively appreciative
of those blessing in your life. Stop focusing on what
you couldn’t control or weren’t able to keep from
happening. The sooner you can accept that life is
full of unanswered questions and that we are all
complicated creatures on an uncertain journey, the
better.
Trials and tribulations can affect us in bizarre,
interesting and unexpectedly delicious ways if we let
it. So keep seeking better solutions and become a
treasure hunter of simple joys in order to find those
gems hidden in the darkest of times. Also, remember
to be kinder to yourself and to others out there in the
world. You never know when you may encounter an
incapacitated caterpillar or what crisis had recently
befallen a fellow butterfly now testing her newfound
wings. The autumn winds blow hard and warm here
in the south so let’s make our break throughs count,
gather our inner strength, spread our gorgeous hard
won wings and in due time, bravely take to the skies.
“Now our chrysalis is breaking, cause we’re done
incubating, and we’re ready to emerge with a surge
for creating...so sorry to keep ya’ll waiting”
-Danielle Beu
(Lyric taken from the song “Sister” by The
Beu Sisters/The Beu-tiful Album)
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Rocktails with Booker Patron
In past issues, Rocktails articles were about different artists and the libations they enjoy when partying like a rock
star. There is no doubt that alcohol of all types is a part of the music business and has been for generations. These
days, many established musicians have created their own alcohol brands to sell to the public as a way to share their
love of spirits and, of course, as a way to hopefully make a lot of money. Here’s just a short list of the many products
that are available to the public:
BOB DYLAN recently recently announced a collection
of premium handcrafted whiskeys, Heaven’s Door
Spirits, featuring his own artwork on the bottles. The
blends include a Straight Tennessee Bourbon, a Double
Barrel Whiskey, and a Straight Rye Whiskey finished in
“Cigar” Barrels from Vosges, France.
GEORGE STRAIT recently declared “This year, I’m
resolving to drink more water, and better tequila,” adding
that his long time ritual for celebrating a successful
show includes having a shot of tequila backstage. Strait
brought the “previously nameless” Código 1530 tequila
from Mexico.
DARIUS RUCKER and his band kick off each
show with a ceremonial group whiskey shot. It’s a
longstanding tradition for Rucker (also the frontman for
Hootie & the Blowfish, whose songs include one titled
“Whiskey and You”) to bring good luck for each show
and now he continues the ritual with his line of liquor,
appropriately named Backstage Southern Whiskey.
Phantom Foodie
In case you haven’t heard, New Smyrna’s own Tayton
O’Brians now has a FULL LIQUOR BAR!!! So
now, those of you who may have bypassed this gem
because you turn your nose up at the largest beer and
wine selection in the area have no excuse not to go in
and give their food menu a try.
Owners Brian and Tonia Pemrick have created an
old style Irish Pub with great food and drinks and
something going on every night of the week. Monday
is Wing Night (and their wings are delicious); Tuesday
is Irish Night with Corned Beef and Cabbage;
Wednesday is Fish and Sing night with Fish and
Chips and karaoke; Thursday is Taco & Tire night with
beef or fish tacos and “Kill a Keg” Fat Tire beer; Friday
is karaoke/DJ with DJ E-Rock; Saturday brings live
music. They are rumored to be reviving their Sunday
Country Night as well.
Tayton O’Brians happens to be one of my favorite
places to stop anytime I am on Flagler Avenue, if only
to say hello to Brian and grab a Bass Pale Ale. The
staff are always attentive, friendly and knowledgeable.
Their menu includes Irish Pub favorites such as Fish
and Chips, Scotch Eggs, Potato Pancakes, Fried
Bangers, Corned Beef and Cabbage, and Shepherd’s
Pie. My favorites in particular are Fish and Chips,
French Dip Sandwich, Turkey Club Wrap and the
Wings.
You can’t go wrong at Tayton O’Brians for watching
sports, having dinner and drinks or listening to music.
Great owners, friendly staff, seemingly endless
beer selection and now FULL LIQUOR BAR. Not to
mention some of the most fun karaoke nights I’ve ever
experienced. There is also an outside beer garden - a
perfect spot to enjoy a nice evening outside.
Be sure to stop by the next time you go on a Flagler
Avenue bar crawl! And do yourself a favor - make it
your first stop and have a great meal to kick off your
evening.
Maroon 5 frontman ADAM LEVINE & forman Van
Halen member SAMMY HAGAR, now have more
than rock music in common. The pair bonded over their
love of tequila and launched Santo Mezquila the world’s
first mezquila (a combination of tequila and mezcal). By
blending the two liquors, Hagar says they created “a
higher spirit.”
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE collaborated with the
legendary Casa Sauza to create Sauza 901 Tequila, a
smooth, triple distilled drink. JT and tequila - what could
be better?
MARILYN MANSON’s strong brand typically
includes all things creepy. When he came up with his
own alcohol brand, it had to green and strong. His
absinthe liquor, Mansinthe, is produced in Switzerland
and is distilled from herbs, so the green color
is actually natural.
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CROSSWORD
PUZZLE answers
answers
1. Who does Billie Eilish co-write her songs with? Her brother, Finneas
2. Who was the first rapper to sign to Jay-Z’s record label, Roc Nation? J Cole
3. What is the title of Bon Jovi’s best-selling album? Slippery When Wet
4. The name of the first band to hold the top 3 songs on the Billboard Hot 100? The Beatles
5. Which music icon launched her own social media website in 2011? Lady Gaga
6. What is the birth name of Axl Rose, lead singer of Guns N’ Roses? William Bruce Rose
7. What is the title of Billie Eilish’s debut single that gained her popularity? Ocean Eyes
8. Who was the original drummer for Nirvana? Chad Channing
9. What is the title of MC Hammer’s most successful single of the 90s? U Can’t Touch This
10. Who are the original members of the Backstreet Boys? Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and Nick Carter
Gotha Location
October 3 - Bobby Koelble
October 4 - Mud Rooster Band
October 5 - TBD
October 10 - Zack Meadows
October 11 - Alejandre Garcia
October 12 - Dave and the Waverlys
October 14 - Open Mic Night
October 17 - Ramona
October 18 - Ramona
October 19 - Run Raquel
October 24 - JT Trio
October 25 - Crenshaw
October 26 - Live Heart
October 28 - Open Mic
October 31 - NO MUSIC (Halloween)
1236 Hempel Ave.
Windermere 34786
(407) 296-0609
DOG FRIENDLY
LIVE MUSIC
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New Smyrna Location
October 3 - Marty McCarrick
October 4 - The Evening Muze
October 5 - Gina Cuchetti
October 10 - Trevor Ohlsen
October 11 - Eddy Davis
October 12 - Bradford Buckley
October 17 - Claire Vandiver
October 18 - Hannah Wilson
October 19 - Warren Beck
October 24 - The Cyclones
October 25 - Jonny Odis
October 31 - The Transfers
147 Canal St.
New Smyrna Beach 32168
(386) 410-4824
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BEACHSIDE TAVERN
OCTOBER
4 - SUMMERLONG
Reggae Rock 9pm
5 - GUERILLA PANIC
Reggae Rock 9pm
11 - TRAE PIERCE AND
THE T-BONES BAND
Rock 9pm
12 - PLAYIN POSSUM
Classic Country 9pm
16 - CHUCK MAGID TRIO
Adult Contemporary 9pm
18 - WELL TRAINED DOGS
Alternative Rock 9pm
19 - THE A+ TEAM
80’s Rock 9pm
20 - 14th ANNUAL
HARMONICA
CHAMPONSHIP 12am
24 - JONATHAN SCALES
AND FOURCHESTRA
Jazz Fusion 8pm
4 5
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18 19 20
25 - LUVU
Dance/Top 40 9pm
26 - THE SUPERVILLAINS
Ska/Reggae Rock 9pm
27 - TROPIDELLIC
Reggae Rock 8pm
24 25 26
29 - SHINE AND THE
SHAKERS
Soul/Rock 9pm
30 - CHUCK MAGID TRIO
Adult Contemporary 9pm
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