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STATIC LIVE Magazine is Central Florida’s premier publication dedicated to celebrating music and culture. STATIC LIVE provides extensive, detailed community information from fashion to art, entertainment to events through noteworthy interviews, sensational photography and in-depth editorial coverage. STATIC LIVE is the only publication of its kind in Central Florida and reaches all target markets through wide distribution channels. Our staff includes highly accomplished contributors with award-winning backgrounds in music and entertainment; we know how much business is captured from the entertainment market. Our free full color publication can be found throughout Central Florida at key retailers, hotels and restaurants in high traffic areas. Our mission is to highlight the incredible talent, culture and lifestyle in Central Florida. With eye-opening profiles and coverage of the music and art community, STATIC LIVE readers will be positively influenced by our topical content and trending advertisers. STATIC LIVE Magazine is the most effective tool for branding connectivity with consumers in our area.

STATIC LIVE Magazine is Central Florida’s premier publication dedicated to celebrating music and culture. STATIC LIVE provides extensive, detailed community information from fashion to art, entertainment to events through noteworthy interviews, sensational photography and in-depth editorial coverage. STATIC LIVE is the only publication of its kind in Central Florida and reaches all target markets through wide distribution channels. Our staff includes highly accomplished contributors with award-winning backgrounds in music and entertainment; we know how much business is captured from the entertainment market. Our free full color publication can be found throughout Central Florida at key retailers, hotels and restaurants in high traffic areas. Our mission is to highlight the incredible talent, culture and lifestyle in Central Florida. With eye-opening profiles and coverage of the music and art community, STATIC LIVE readers will be positively influenced by our topical content and trending advertisers. STATIC LIVE Magazine is the most effective tool for branding connectivity with consumers in our area.

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ROCK’S TOP<br />

5<br />

Most<br />

Memorable<br />

Jesus<br />

Moments<br />

NEIGHBORHOOD<br />

CONFIDENTIAL<br />

QUARANTINE <strong>2020</strong><br />

VISIONARY INTENTIONS FOR <strong>2020</strong><br />

Babbs in<br />

Toyland<br />

Halsey<br />

AWARD WINNING SINGER<br />

why it’s important to<br />

know the real Ken Babbs<br />

FEATURE ARTIST<br />

GARY KROMAN


Oh My...Goddess<br />

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Kenzie<br />

Hi, I’m Kenzie!! I’m from Tampa, Florida. I’m really passionate about<br />

health<br />

Hi, I’m and<br />

Kenzie!! fitness and<br />

I’m from my favorite<br />

Tampa, thing<br />

Florida. to do<br />

I’m with<br />

really my free<br />

passionate time is<br />

about<br />

to<br />

hang<br />

health out<br />

and with<br />

fitness my friends<br />

and my at<br />

favorite the beach<br />

thing and<br />

to swim<br />

do with in the<br />

my ocean<br />

free time for hours!<br />

is to<br />

I<br />

hang grew up<br />

out listening<br />

with my to<br />

friends all of<br />

at the<br />

the ‘80s<br />

beach music<br />

and and<br />

swim it holds<br />

in the a special<br />

ocean for place<br />

hours!<br />

in<br />

my<br />

I grew heart,<br />

up but<br />

listening I also love<br />

to all listening<br />

of the ‘80s to pop,<br />

music R&B<br />

and and<br />

it holds country.<br />

a special place in<br />

my heart, but I also love listening to pop, R&B and country.<br />

In the future, I plan to go to college while also sticking with my modeling<br />

career<br />

In the and,<br />

future, hopefully<br />

I plan to one<br />

go day,<br />

to college own my<br />

while own<br />

also business.<br />

sticking My<br />

with dream<br />

my in<br />

model-<br />

life is<br />

to<br />

ing travel<br />

career the<br />

and, world<br />

hopefully and see as<br />

one many<br />

day, own countries<br />

my own as possible.<br />

business. My dream in<br />

life is to travel the world and see as many countries as possible.<br />

The old song says “shine a light on me”, but what<br />

kind of light should you have shine on you? I<br />

remember running up and down the road with no<br />

less than 50 par cans and 8-16 pin spots for many<br />

of the bands I played with. We traveled the circuit<br />

a few years ago in big box trucks that would hold<br />

our large PAs and light shows. It would take all day<br />

just to set up the show; we would hang lights from<br />

large trusses or, when we were lucky, there were<br />

some bars that already had them installed in the<br />

ceiling. Most of the time, we would just hang the<br />

truss from the bar because it was a lot easier; but<br />

if a club did not have bars we would have to find a<br />

beam in the ceiling to hang a chain from to hold the<br />

truss. Things have changed a lot since those days.<br />

Bands are no longer required to bring a light show<br />

at all. In fact, a light show in many clubs now is 3-4<br />

spotlights shining on the stage.<br />

SO, DO YOU WANT A LIGHT TO SHINE ON YOU?<br />

The good news is, lights are more affordable and better<br />

looking than ever. For less than $1000 a band can have a<br />

small but effective show. You can get a Chauvet GigBAR<br />

2 4-in-1 lighting system with stand for $499.99 which<br />

has pars, lasers and strobes all on one bar and comes<br />

with the mounting bar, foot switch, bag and remote. If<br />

you just want an easy color wash show, Chauvet 4BAR<br />

Quad RGBA LED Wash System has a transceiver that<br />

lets your 4BAR Quad receive wireless DMX from your D-Fi<br />

hub, or even your smartphone, for $549. If you’d rather<br />

set up your own show with a bunch of pars they offer<br />

an ADJ Mega Flat Pak Plus RGB+UV Par Package (8-<br />

pack) for $799, or one at a time for $100 each. You can<br />

also add some effect lights like the Chauvet’s Kinta FX<br />

($149) which does strobes, derby and laser effects. To<br />

make a show look great, smoke machines add a lot but<br />

they can make club owners mad if you use too much.<br />

You can pick up cheap Halloween machines for as low as<br />

$40 but a nice one will set you back at least $150.<br />

I hope these tips give you a head start on putting a light<br />

on you at your next show.<br />

Randy Pepper is a guitarist for hire<br />

and the owner of the Guitar Attic in<br />

Holly Hill.


“Music has healing power. It has the<br />

ability to take people out of<br />

themselves for a few hours.”<br />

~ Elton John<br />

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Oh My Goddess<br />

A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician<br />

Cover Story - Halsey<br />

Wake up Dead Man -<br />

Rock’s Most Memorable Jesus Moments<br />

Musical Innuendoes - Boudoir Beats<br />

Babbs in Toyland<br />

Quarantine <strong>2020</strong><br />

On the Block - More Goin’ on Than Stacy’s<br />

Mom<br />

Art Feature - Gary Kroman<br />

Shine a Light on Me<br />

Behind the Mic<br />

Surf’s Up<br />

The Greatest Guitarist?<br />

Appetite for the Blues<br />

Rocktails<br />

Metal Compost<br />

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Billy Chapin, Co-Publisher<br />

Jenny McLain, Editor<br />

Jamie Lee, Graphic Artist<br />

Lindsay Kroman, Graphic Artist<br />

COVER ART BY GARY KROMAN<br />

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Halsey<br />

By The Reluctant Genius<br />

It seems that some people just have the total<br />

package; great looks, a killer voice and the big<br />

machine to help sell records. Madonna, Brit<br />

tney, Taylor - they all had it and the list<br />

can go on and on.<br />

Sure, there are guys that have it too<br />

but women seem to really take it to<br />

another level when it comes to breaking<br />

out and becoming famous.<br />

Recently another star had made<br />

some waves in putting out good<br />

music. While maybe a little under<br />

the radar compared to the others,<br />

there’s no doubt that this month’s<br />

featured artist has all the tools to<br />

be a superstar. With several hits<br />

already under her, belt it’s just a<br />

matter of time before she becomes a<br />

little more of a household name.<br />

American singer and songwriter Halsey was born<br />

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane on September 29,<br />

1994. She gained attention from self-released mu<br />

sic on social media platforms and was signed by<br />

Astralwerks in 2014. She released her debut EP, Room<br />

93, later that year.<br />

Halsey has since earned one number-one album on the<br />

Billboard 200 with Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017),<br />

as well as two, number-two albums with Badlands (2015) and<br />

Manic (<strong>2020</strong>). She has earned two number-one singles on the<br />

Billboard Hot 100, including “Closer”, a collaboration with The<br />

Chainsmokers, and “Without Me”. She has also attained a top-five<br />

single with “Bad at Love”. In total, Halsey has sold over one million<br />

albums and has been streamed over six billion times in the United States.<br />

All three of her studio albums have been supported by a headlining tour.<br />

Halsey is noted for her distinctive singing voice.Her awards and nominations include<br />

four Billboard Music Awards, one American Music Award, one GLAAD Media Award,<br />

three Guinness World Records, an MTV Video Music Award and two Grammy Award<br />

nominations. Outside of her career, she has been involved in suicide prevention awareness<br />

and sexual assault victim advocacy.<br />

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Boudoir Beats<br />

Boudoir is my absolute favorite genre of photography. It’s<br />

empowering, liberating, and just downright fun. The sexual<br />

female form has been photographed as early as the 1840’s and,<br />

thankfully, continues to be photographed to this day. Ladies (<br />

and men!) your sexuality is primal and the most natural form of<br />

expression you have. OWN IT!<br />

When photographing Boudoir I like to set the mood with a playlist<br />

inspired by my Boudoir Babe’s personal tastes. Before they<br />

even set foot in our private studio we ask them to answer a<br />

brief questionnaire where they get to let me know their preferences.<br />

I’m always pleasantly surprised by the answers I receive.<br />

Some women love country as it sets them at ease. When this<br />

is the case I throw on Pandora’s Taylor Swift station or their<br />

Country Built station. Songs like “What Happens in a Small<br />

Town” by Brantly Gilbert and Lindsay Ell can be incredibly fitting<br />

considering you have every right for what happens in the studio<br />

to stay in the studio (heck ya model releases!).<br />

But if you’re looking for some girl power really any song by<br />

Taylor Swift will do. One of my favorite Boudoir Babes, the lovely<br />

M., responded to “What is your favorite genre of music?” with<br />

“girrrrrl, i love gucci, 6lack, kendrick, drake, da baby, HIP HOP”.<br />

I had yet to meet this client but knew immediately she was going<br />

to be an absolute blast! When this happens, you’ll find me playing<br />

Pandora’s Cardi B, 90’s Hip Hop, and Trap Radio stations. 504<br />

Boyz and Booty Wurk stations sometimes finds its way into the<br />

mix.<br />

Music has this crazy way of sparking emotion and setting a<br />

mood. Music can either make my clients incredibly uncomfortable<br />

or let their wild side fly. It’s one of the most important<br />

parts of a session with Boudoir by Lunar Studio.<br />

Excellent music selection isn’t the only perk of a Boudoir session.<br />

My Boudoir babes all receive an aromatherapy neck wrap<br />

while sipping champagne and receiving a full make-over from<br />

my professional hair & make-up team.<br />

While you’re being pampered I go through your lingerie, chunky<br />

sweaters, and sexy stilettos and pick the right scene for each.<br />

Once you’re glammed up we spend an hour & a half shooting<br />

where I coach and pose you. Two weeks later you come to the<br />

studio for your reveal where we celebrate YOU and pick your<br />

products. My clients describe this experience as empowering,<br />

liberating, and something every woman needs to experience.<br />

My favorite Boudoir jam suggestion: Slow Jamz by Twista. Not<br />

only is it a sexy song it gives some great artist suggestions to<br />

add to your Boudoir playlist.<br />

What music makes you feel sexy, uninhibited, and care-free?<br />

Join our private, women’s only VIP group on Facebook and let<br />

me know the songs you feel drip sexuality.<br />

Search for Boudoir by Lunar Studio, answer a few questions,<br />

and connect with my former and future Boudoir Babes.<br />

By Samantha Tribble<br />

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Photography by Samantha Tribble of Lunar Studio, Boudoir by Lunar Studio<br />

Boudoir Photography: Intimate, sensual, & romantic style of photography in a studio or bedroom setting<br />

typically meant for a partner.<br />

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Quarantine <strong>2020</strong><br />

In January I dubbed <strong>2020</strong> the year<br />

of the visionary. Although it may<br />

not look this way, I wasn’t far off.<br />

I just had no idea we would be<br />

given such a surreal opportunity to<br />

open our eyes in this manner. If you<br />

know me, you know I’m a treasure<br />

hunter of the gems of the journey.<br />

For those of you on lockdown with<br />

me, let’s take a moment together to<br />

sift and probe through the chaos and<br />

see what treasures we can behold from it.<br />

Let’s ask ourselves what jewels of<br />

wisdom and insight we can personally<br />

form from under the pressure of this<br />

rare and precious time in our strange<br />

lives.<br />

Without denying the insurmountable<br />

uncertainty, grief and pain of those on<br />

the front lines of this virus who are experiencing loss,<br />

actively fighting for survival or putting their lives at risk<br />

daily, I want to start by saying not all of us are having the<br />

same experiences and it may be difficult for some to see any<br />

blessings at this time. Even if we aren’t on the front lines or<br />

suffering with symptoms, we are all deep in it my friends<br />

and it is our job as the isolated and the quarantined to count<br />

our blessings and make those blessings count! We are the<br />

ones who must hold fast to a vision of health and peace of<br />

mind so we can hold up those who are carrying the heavy<br />

load and not add to it ourselves.<br />

Like me, you may be bubbling over with appreciation so<br />

let’s take a collective moment to acknowledge our everyday<br />

heroes: the first responders, respiratory specialists, nurses,<br />

doctors, janitors and sanitation workers who are all on<br />

active duty in hospitals and buildings across the globe. Let’s<br />

send our appreciation to those essential workers who have<br />

made our comfort in quarantine possible and our time at<br />

home more bearable. They are the ones assisting our economy<br />

in functioning during a time when we desperately need<br />

them most: the farmers, grocery store, mega store and<br />

gas station attendants, warehouse workers, truck<br />

drivers, garbage men, restaurant employees, the print,<br />

postal, utility and delivery services, the health care<br />

angels caring for our elderly, the teachers who are creating<br />

lesson plans and remote teaching our<br />

children…we see you! Let us acknowledge the<br />

unseen heroes too: the stay at home parents<br />

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By Candice<br />

Beu<br />

How amazing is that?! What a beautiful exchange to be<br />

part of as fellow human beings! If you haven’t yet, take part<br />

in some of these events or create an event yourself! They<br />

will change your day for the better. When this is all over, I<br />

think everyone deserves a standing ovation, big hugs and a<br />

parade.<br />

Although we may not always agree, can’t we still send<br />

prayers and gratitude towards our politicians and scientists,<br />

our journalists and analysts who are under pressure to<br />

provide up to date data and create solutions to uncommon<br />

problems? We may not have all the information but what we<br />

do have is each other and hopefully our sensibilities. Stay<br />

heart centered and remember to take breaths and breaks<br />

from the intensity. Don’t allow fear of the unknown to warp<br />

your sense of reality or good judgement. Keep in mind we<br />

are all human. Give our representatives a break and pray for<br />

their health and wisdom during this stressful time. There<br />

will always be those who choose to take advantage, hurt<br />

others and be negative and nasty online and in public spac -<br />

es, but we don’t have to fall into that pattern ourselves.<br />

We can choose to do better. What we are actually<br />

seeing, when you actively look for it, is that<br />

there are far more positive forces out<br />

weighing the negative out there,<br />

and that’s an incredible vision to<br />

witness being brought to light<br />

this year. Even if we aren’t experiencing<br />

this time in the same<br />

exact ways, it is clear that<br />

we have been given a massive<br />

opportunity to relate more<br />

compassionately to one<br />

another in ways we<br />

hadn’t before. Perhaps<br />

now we can more<br />

easily grasp the<br />

fact that what<br />

we do and<br />

how we<br />

do it truly<br />

does affects<br />

others and our<br />

world at large.<br />

Perhaps we may learn<br />

to appreciate and treat<br />

each other a little bit better<br />

each day. It hasbecome quite<br />

apparent that there is no end<br />

date in sight and we are all in this<br />

together. We each play an important<br />

role to how this<br />

all unfolds. The fact that we are able to<br />

see how much we rely on each other to a<br />

We can clearly look at our global footprint right now, our<br />

impact on nature and the impact nature has on us and that<br />

realization is priceless. This Pandemic is a great equalizer<br />

among the consciousness of the people of our planet. Unlike<br />

when a natural disaster (like a Hurricane) occurs, it’s not<br />

just our town or our state that is affected, but it’s our entire<br />

country and every country around the world feeling the<br />

effects. All humanity (regardless of race, religion, or politics)<br />

is experiencing similar monumental shifts in their day<br />

to day reality at this time. This unprecedented moment in<br />

our history is presenting itself in some of the darkest waves<br />

of fear and some of the highest peaks of love and light like<br />

no other time in our lives. Let us surf these tides with eyes<br />

wide open.<br />

To reiterate my January article: h<br />

I am still claiming <strong>2020</strong> as the year of the Visionary. For those<br />

who want to make a difference in your quarantine, in your little<br />

corner of the world, I encourage you to dive right into the eye of<br />

this storm we face together. Seek first your peace, then seek your<br />

active duty, and your visual acuity therein. Don’t waste this time<br />

of potential emotional, relational, spiritual and artistic transcendence.<br />

Do something great with it! Again, if you will, please<br />

declare with me my visionary intentions for <strong>2020</strong>:<br />

1. To segment our time and hone in with clarity on new ways to<br />

achieve our daily visionary goals.<br />

2. To be an exceptional, inspiring and unforgettable experience for<br />

our fellow humans...from our living room stages, online pages, in<br />

our homes and out in the world.<br />

3. To see the ordinary become extraordinary through our own<br />

personal lenses.<br />

4. To become artists whose medium is life itself.<br />

5. To remember that what is inside and outside of us are inseparable.<br />

<strong>May</strong> we witness the effects our actions and behaviors have on<br />

others and make changes wherever necessary.<br />

6. To express our highest, most loving potential in our days and<br />

what is most worth expressing in our creations, the inexpressible.<br />

7. To harmoniously balance our raw humanity with our spiritual<br />

and creative natures.<br />

8. To be thankful, kind, loving, vulnerable and limitless in our<br />

capacity for generosity, compassion, and forgiveness while still<br />

maintaining our personal boundaries (6 ft apart!)<br />

9. To be brave enough to see and be seen with new eyes during<br />

this rare time of life.<br />

10. To listen better and make more room for silence in our day. To<br />

be more aware of how we choose to communicate and connect to<br />

ourselves, our earth and all our relationships.<br />

In very practical ways we can grow as a collective right now while<br />

finding the healthy balance within. Start by being the change you<br />

want to see come out of all of this and remember the “blessons”<br />

of what we are learning from this time of crisis. Let us empower,<br />

envision and propel ourselves into a more loving, creative, compassionate<br />

and equal society in the days to come. I encourage you<br />

to be smart, stay home, stay safe and stay connected! Keep shining<br />

your light, keep singing your song, keep sharing the laughs, keep<br />

opening your hearts, keep spreading the love and keep<br />

creating your life’s work and music. As a dearly departed<br />

friend of mine used to say “keep keeping on”.<br />

ones and teens, doing<br />

massive loads of laundry,<br />

shopping, cooking and<br />

cleaning as well as providing<br />

emotional comfort…and those<br />

working and single parents who<br />

are juggling it all while still managing<br />

to provide during lean times, either from<br />

home or out in the workplace… We see<br />

you too. We appreciate you all.<br />

I’d also like to personally thank those providing our content<br />

streaming services, giving us equal parts entertainment and<br />

the much needed escapism we crave right now.To those<br />

active on social media connecting us to comedy, to our<br />

spiritual and creative outlets, to our exercise, dance, mediation<br />

and yoga teachers, to our entertainers and musician<br />

friends (who are individually and voluntarily pouring out<br />

live events from their homes into ours daily), I love you for<br />

it! You bring us just a little bit closer together and that is so<br />

kind and generous of you. All these wonderful, selfless people<br />

are working overtime with no raise in pay, to bring us<br />

smiles and keep us afloat mentally, to help balance our sense<br />

of normalcy and peaceful reality. Please show them your<br />

monetary appreciation if and when you can. They often<br />

provide links for tipping and support. Folks everywhere are<br />

who have been taking on quadruple duty in in<br />

stepping up to their highest creative potential in brotherly<br />

greater degree than we could ever admit<br />

love to help their neighbors stabilize and survive this time.<br />

house holds, entertaining and teaching little before is something special.<br />

I love you all.<br />

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More Going on than Stacy’s Mom<br />

By Jenny McLain<br />

One of the musicians who has been taken from<br />

us recently was Adam Schlesinger of Fountains<br />

of Wayne. He died on April 1, <strong>2020</strong> at the age of<br />

52 from complications related to the Coronavirus.<br />

He and Fountains of Wayne are well known<br />

for “Stacy’s Mom” but there is so much more to<br />

the story of this eclectic musician and songwriter.<br />

He wrote the one-hit wonder song by “The<br />

Wonders” in the Tom Hanks movie “That Thing<br />

You Do!”, which led to nominations for a Golden<br />

Globe and an Academy Award. He also won<br />

three Emmys for his work in television on shows<br />

like “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”.<br />

His IMDb profile outlines 74 soundtrack credits,<br />

14 composer credits and 25 music department<br />

credits. He wrote for Crank Yankers, A Colbert<br />

Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, Saturday<br />

Night <strong>Live</strong>, The Howard Stern Show, Kathy Griffin,<br />

Sarah Silverman’s Perfect Night, the Emmy<br />

Awards, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Jay Leno<br />

Show . . . the list goes on and on.<br />

His talent goes so much further. It makes me<br />

ANGRY that he’s most known for that.”<br />

To me, Adam Schlesinger is a classic example<br />

of the age-old story of an artist being known<br />

for something commercially, which is probably<br />

not even their favorite or best effort. Warrant’s<br />

Janie Lane had five albums reaching over $10<br />

million in international sales, yet he regretted<br />

“Cherry Pie”; Harrison Ford is reportedly not a<br />

fan of “Bladerunner”; Billy Joel didn’t like “We<br />

Didn’t Start the Fire”, going so far as to call it<br />

the worst melody he had ever written. Yet, the<br />

commercial success of these not-so-favorite<br />

works brings fans and attention to other, more<br />

favorite projects.<br />

In honor of Adam, Fountains of Wayne performed<br />

at a benefit called “Jersey 4 Jersey”,<br />

which is raising funds for Covid-19 relief. It is<br />

available for one month at fountainsofwayne.<br />

bandcamp.com.<br />

My friend who suggested I write about him put it<br />

this way, “He’s the only reason I was ever interested<br />

in ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’.<br />

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theBlock<br />

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Behind the Mic: Riggs<br />

95.7 the Hog, Daytona Beach<br />

Hello, friends!<br />

Well, things are weird, right?! In the midst of this<br />

altered world I have found myself digging deep for<br />

ways to pass the minutes. If you too have found<br />

yourself striving to find fun to fill the social interaction<br />

void, I may have something for you. Try any or<br />

all of these options and perhaps you’ll find an easier<br />

path to ride out the eventual return to normalcy.<br />

I call ‘em “RIGGS’ BOREDOM ANNIHILATORS”!<br />

•Alphabetize the items in your refrigerator<br />

•With just some blank cardboard, a Sharpie and<br />

some candle wax, you can make your own scratchoff<br />

lottery tickets. You’ll be a winner every time!<br />

•Tease a bird with a worm farm on your window sill<br />

•Make a list of your favorite body sounds<br />

•Read all the labels you’ve overlooked<br />

•Stand in your yard and try to control your neighbor<br />

with your mind<br />

•Start a VLOG about your passion for velcro<br />

•Pickle something<br />

•Blast a Rage Against The Machine album while<br />

blowing soap bubbles<br />

•Plan a vacation for a stranger then mail them the<br />

itinerary and just laugh at their confusion<br />

•Build a palace for your cat out of wine bottles,<br />

packing tape and old bed pillows.<br />

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•Go on a drinking binge… with Faygo Red<br />

Pop.<br />

•Google the Laws of Physics then challenge several<br />

of them in your kitchen<br />

•Start writing a musical about your life. Potential<br />

titles could be “You’ve Got To Be Kidding” or “Too<br />

Many Buttons”<br />

•Change your Facebook photo every 4 hours<br />

•Select a movie from Netflix and write a scathing review<br />

of it prior to watching it. Then write a retraction<br />

and mail a copy to a local zoo<br />

•Start your own zoo in your garage with just insects.<br />

Don’t forget, signage and names are important<br />

•Wash and dry your socks one at a time<br />

•Binge-cook pancakes. When you think you have<br />

made enough, keep going. Don’t be a quitter<br />

•Glue googly eyes on your stapler and engage it in a<br />

heated argument<br />

•Try new combinations of deli meats and cake icing<br />

•Delete your phone contacts then try to rebuild it<br />

with cell numbers you remember<br />

•Try to wash your hands in the dark and use your<br />

sense of smell to find the soap<br />

•Stitch your initials into ALL of your shirts<br />

•Put 10 Marshmallow Peeps on each blade of your<br />

ceiling fan, lay flat on your back on your bed and<br />

have a friend turn it on. Bonus points for catching<br />

one on your tongue!<br />

•Sing the National Anthem into an empty shampoo<br />

bottle<br />

•Write a poem about static electricity then read it to<br />

your dog<br />

•Shout lines from your favorite movies at passing<br />

cars<br />

•Practice different levels of shrugging<br />

•Label your cutlery<br />

•Spray adhesive on a tennis ball and show off your<br />

“magic” skills to the neighborhood children<br />

•Yell obscenities at fish<br />

•Inventory your pens<br />

•Put a wet sponge in a food dehydrator and see what<br />

the hell happens. Then craft a song about it<br />

•Swap your light bulbs with ones you drew faces on<br />

•Cut your ex out of old photos and replace with<br />

headshots from the cast of CSI: Las Vegas<br />

•“Stone Cold” 8 beers then run around your car<br />

chanting the lyrics to AC/DC’s “Have A Drink On<br />

Me”<br />

•Count all of your electrical outlets then give them<br />

hilarious nicknames<br />

•Rank your favorite nuts<br />

•Learn how to snap a dish towel then create a You-<br />

Tube channel to display your skills<br />

•Invent a new use for styrofoam blocks<br />

•Take an online non-credit short course then brag<br />

to your friends that you have detention after an “altercation<br />

with your proctor”<br />

•Play wiffle ball in your shower<br />

•Flex in front of a mirror and refer to your biceps as<br />

“arm-goiters”<br />

•Learn to crochet and then make a blanket with the<br />

message “Don’t Backsass Me” woven in. Give it to a<br />

grandparent as a holiday gift<br />

•Tape a gallon ziplock bag to your abdomen, fill it<br />

with old bananas then skip around wondering what it<br />

would be like to be a marsupial<br />

•Play Monopoly alone and cheat on the hotels<br />

•Piss away hours watching videos online then write a<br />

pamphlet on how to Purell your eyes<br />

•Waste your breath. It’s yours, you’re the boss<br />

•Insist on being called “Captain” but wear an Admiral’s<br />

hat. It will drive your boating friends loco<br />

I got hundreds more but we’ll start there and see how<br />

you navigate that bunch. If you have some of your<br />

own to add, send them to me via <strong>Static</strong> <strong>Live</strong>. Or just<br />

write them in the margin here with a crayon. Until we<br />

can party in the streets again, I hope you stay safe and<br />

stay responsibly socially distant.<br />

Cheers!<br />

BEHIND THE MIC<br />

RIGGS - THE MORNING HOG / SATURDAY<br />

NIGHT LOUD<br />

95.7 The HOG, Daytona Beach<br />

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1. The members of the pop group 3T are all relatives of this legendary<br />

pop icon.<br />

2. Which band recorded an album in a California house where a mass<br />

murder occurred?<br />

3. President George W. Bush once called this artist “the biggest threat<br />

to American youth since polio”.<br />

4. Keanu Reeves was a founding member and bassist for this group.<br />

5. Who is the first artist known for using Auto-Tune vocal distortion?<br />

6. In 2014, music producer initiated legal action against which singer?<br />

7. Where is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located?<br />

8. Which pop superstar grew up on a Christmas tree farm?<br />

9. What is Fergie’s real first name?<br />

10. What is the name of the rapper who hosted MTVs “Pimp my Ride”?<br />

11. Legendary rock band AC/DC originates from this country.<br />

12. What hard-core rocker is known for taking ballet lessons?<br />

13. Lady Gaga got her name from a song performed by this band.<br />

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14. Michael Stipe was the lead singer for which group?<br />

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Neighborhood Confidential<br />

Part I Growing Sideways With The Florida Blues<br />

When you’re a kid, the secret life you live in the<br />

neighborhood away from your parents tends to<br />

mold you in ways that isn’t about growing up so<br />

much as it is about growing “sideways”. Your parents<br />

knew what you needed, but your secret life in the<br />

neighborhood provided you with what you wanted.<br />

“There’s a dude plays harmonica over in the project<br />

called Willie ‘Fat Lips’ Smith you need to check<br />

out.” My friend Craig Bradley told me about him<br />

one day at Babe Ruth baseball practice. “Says he<br />

played with B.B. King on the streets up in Memphis.<br />

I’ll introduce him to you.”<br />

So, one Saturday morning I met Craig at his dad’s<br />

place and “Fat Lips” was already there hangin’ with<br />

Mr. Bradley in the kitchen. Craig made introductions<br />

and “Fat Lips” pulled out his harp and started<br />

blowing the train time riff. He made that thing<br />

sound good! When he was finished he asked if I<br />

could bend the notes. I said I don’t think so. He<br />

said, “Well, draw down on that second hole and<br />

make it sound lower”. I tried but I couldn’t do it.<br />

He said, “Can’t play no blues if you can’t bend them<br />

notes.” I tried again but couldn’t get it to go “low”.<br />

He said, “Listen at me again.” He did it again and<br />

it sounded so cool but I couldn’t get it. He told me<br />

to practice with a piano by playing a white note<br />

then the adjacent black note. “Them black notes is<br />

the blues”. “Ok, I have a friend who has a piano”.<br />

We said our goodbyes and all the way home I kept<br />

thinking about the black notes being the blues. I had<br />

never thought about it like that before but it was<br />

like the blues was sideways to all the other music. It<br />

was like sliding over to get a better look. I practiced<br />

till my lips bled and finally got the idea by listening<br />

over and over to certain harmonica riffs by Sonny<br />

Boy Williamson at half speed on my turntable with<br />

headphones on.<br />

The Bittersweet Blues Band was a trio of native<br />

Daytona Beach musicians. With Pete Carr on guitar,<br />

Lenny Leblanc on bass and lead vocals and the<br />

late Tommy Ruger on drums they were to be the<br />

first Blues outfit I would see perform in a teen club<br />

setting.<br />

The year was 1968. The location was the Daytona<br />

Main Street Pier.<br />

The “Pier” was a unique “teen” venue for all the<br />

great local groups. For a one dollar cover charge<br />

and at twenty-five cents a soda you could hear two<br />

bands on two different stages! The night I heard the<br />

Bittersweet Blues Band, I also heard a revamped<br />

version of the Nightcrawlers. My late friend, Floyd<br />

Miles played the Pier on a regular basis with “The<br />

Houserockers”. Floyd literally taught Greg Allman<br />

to sing R&B and the Blues, and would later become<br />

a Kingsnake Records (based in Sanford, Florida)<br />

recording artist and tour with Allman before Floyd<br />

passed away on January 25, 2018.<br />

The most important Blues venue in Volusia County<br />

during the 70’s and 80’s was Mac’s Famous Bar located<br />

on A1A in Daytona Beach Shores. Talk about<br />

a who’s who: Canned Heat, Elvin Bishop, The Nighthawks,<br />

Papa John Creach, Iron Butterfly, Vassar<br />

Clements, The Ventures, Erwin Helfer, Odie Payne<br />

Jr., Angela Brown, Noble “Thin Man” Watts, Bob<br />

Margolin, Cowboy, Jimmy Thackery, Jules Verne<br />

Auto Supply, The Curtis Willis Band (with Daytona<br />

legends Billy Bowers and the late Bruce Parker<br />

on guitars) The Midnight Creepers (Bob Greenlee<br />

on bass, Ernie Lancaster and Steve Shanholtzer on<br />

guitars, Scott Corwin on drums, yours truly on harmonica<br />

and vocals) and of course, Greg Allman all<br />

performed in concert there.<br />

Mac’s would also book local and touring acts on a<br />

seven night a week basis. Largely because of their<br />

entertainment policy you could make a living as a<br />

professional blues musician in Daytona Beach. It<br />

was time I set out on my own and take advantage<br />

of what my local heroes had shown me as a path to<br />

success as a Blues Professional.<br />

Part II A Room with a View<br />

© by Mark “MuddyHarp” Hodgson -Appetite For the Blues<br />

My old man brought home a record album after a<br />

night of drinking that would alter my perception of<br />

what adults did when they went out for a night on<br />

the town.<br />

If my dad was around when I tried to play the record<br />

on the family Hi-Fi he would stop me, “that record<br />

isn’t for you”. Well, that’s all the encouragement<br />

I needed to secretly put it on the turntable whenever<br />

my parents weren’t around. By today’s standards it<br />

was pretty tame but to a 13 year old it was racy stuff.<br />

The real impact was realizing Houston and Dorsey<br />

performed on the beachside in Daytona at the Kings<br />

Cellar in the Americana Hotel.<br />

The next experience that would shape my early life<br />

as a future musician was driving on A1A in the back<br />

seat of our 1967 Plymouth Fury and passing the<br />

Castaways Motel seeing the billboard advertising<br />

“Tommy Brown and the Nashville Mustangs Nitely”.<br />

“We started there in the Castaway’s Torchlight<br />

Room, then they built The Barn for us — we made<br />

’em a lot of money” [From 1967-89, Brown lived<br />

in an upstairs efficiency at the Castaway and took<br />

the elevator down to work, six night a week at first,<br />

then five] according to Ken Willis in a 2013 article<br />

for the Daytona News Journal. Tommy lived at the<br />

Castaways during that time....Light Bulb!! I bet he<br />

had a room with a view.<br />

I became obsessed with performing someday on the<br />

beachside in Daytona and living at the motel. Any<br />

motel.<br />

Neither one of aforementioned performers played<br />

the blues. As a matter of fact I wasn’t aware of any<br />

group on the beachside that was exclusively a blues<br />

act. The Allman Brothers influenced a ton of my<br />

contemporaries but the scope of how much blues<br />

was being played by local acts was usually limited to<br />

covers of Stormy Monday or Statesboro Blues. I saw<br />

an opening and my path was set was set.<br />

Being a vocalist and harmonica player gave me the<br />

edge I needed to reach my lofty goal of achieving<br />

the elusive “room with a view”.<br />

One of the greatest perks a musician can bargain<br />

for in a performance contract is having rooms<br />

included in the deal. When you are on the road it is<br />

essential. Traveling to a strange town is hard enough<br />

and having a place to park your van or truck makes<br />

your road life much more enjoyable... even if the<br />

rooms provided are dumps, (which is more times<br />

than not the case). I would play for less money if<br />

a venue would provide at least two rooms in the<br />

deal. The beauty of working at a hotel or motel was<br />

it was all in house and usually not deducted from<br />

the final paycheck. It was a win win for all parties:<br />

the venue knew how to keep an eye on you and you<br />

could relax. You could take the elevator down to the<br />

lounge and rehearse the band during the day or just<br />

hang out at the pool. The only downside was keeping<br />

track of your “tab”. This could be dangerous for<br />

some band members. I knew guys that would end<br />

up with 200 or 300 dollar room charge or bar bills<br />

at the end of the week. When you’re only making<br />

that much to begin with there isn’t much to send<br />

home.<br />

With a little discipline you could do pretty well. I<br />

guess that’s why the blues has always been a joyous<br />

music to me. B.B. King played big hotels all the time<br />

when he was alive....I bet he always had “a room<br />

with a view”. Hell, he liked the view so much he<br />

owned a home in Las Vegas.


Trivia Answers<br />

1. The members of the pop group 3T are all relatives of this legendary pop icon.<br />

A: Michael Jackson<br />

2. Which band recorded an album in a California house where a mass murder occurred?<br />

A: Nine Inch Nails<br />

3. President George W. Bush once called this artist “the biggest threat to American youth since<br />

polio”.<br />

A: Eminem<br />

4. Keanu Reeves was a founding member and bassist for this group.<br />

A: Dogstar<br />

5. Who is the first artist known for using Auto-Tune vocal distortion?<br />

A: Cher<br />

6. In 2014, music producer initiated legal action against which singer?<br />

A: Kesha<br />

7. Where is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located?<br />

A: Cleveland, Ohio<br />

8. Which pop superstar grew up on a Christmas tree farm?<br />

A: Taylor Swift<br />

9. What is Fergie’s real first name?<br />

A: Stacie<br />

10. What is the name of the rapper who hosted MTVs “Pimp my Ride”?<br />

A: Xzibit<br />

11. Legendary rock band AC/DC originates from this country.<br />

A: Australia<br />

12. What hard-core rocker is known for taking ballet lessons?<br />

A: Mick Jagger<br />

13. Lady Gaga got her name from a song performed by this band.<br />

A: Queen<br />

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14. Michael Stipe was the lead singer for which group?<br />

A: REM<br />

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RAT STICK, FREEZE, MADTOWN, RHYTHUM OF FEAR<br />

Jan, 23 <strong>2020</strong>…. tir Na nOg Irish pub in Daytona held an EP release party<br />

for the “Combo Metal” band Infiltrate. Rat Stick aggressively opened the<br />

show and got the crowd moving quick. Freeze, from PA, showcased their<br />

slamming hardcore skills. Madtown mixed some thrash with hardcore<br />

style. Infiltrate shred their set with a mix of death metal, hardcore and<br />

punk. Rhythm of Fear capped off the show with some blasting drums<br />

and killer bass. Hope to see a lot more local Metal Shows this year …<br />

NEW SCHOOL ALBUM OF THE MONTH<br />

Body Count - Formed 1990 in LA<br />

Seven Albums:<br />

“Body Count” - 1992<br />

“Born Dead” - 1994<br />

“Violent Demise: The Last Dayz” -1997<br />

“Murder For Hire” - 2006<br />

“Manslaughter” - 2014<br />

“Blood Lust” - 2017<br />

“Carnivore” - <strong>2020</strong> - 30 Years (Released 3-6-20)<br />

Crossover Thrash, Hardcore Punk, Speed Metal<br />

March 6, <strong>2020</strong> marks the release of Body Count’s seventh studio album<br />

“Carnivore”. Ice-T and Ernie C have done it once again in true Body<br />

Count fashion. Slamming, chunky guitar riffs, violent lyrics and some<br />

gut pounding percussions, tracks like “No Remorse” and “The Hate Is<br />

Real” are a couple of heavy examples. “Carnivore” also has a few collaborations<br />

with artists Riley Gale “Power Trip”, Jamey Jasta “Hatebreed”<br />

and Amy Lee “Evanescence”. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1990,<br />

Body Count and 62 year-old Ice-T show no signs of slowing down and<br />

are true badasses. The last track on “Carnivore” is an unreleased demo<br />

“6 In The Morning”, a must listen to for sure. 1987 motion picture<br />

“Colors”, which Ice-T did the track for, gets remixed “Body Count” style.<br />

Hell, they even cover the great Motorhead, paying homage to Lemmy<br />

with “Ace of Spades”. Body Count In The House MUTHAF*%#!%…\m/<br />

Released on Century Media Records, I highly recommend picking up<br />

this gem!<br />

OLD SCHOOL ALBUM OF THE MONTH<br />

Influenced by the theatrics of Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden , Los Angeles<br />

based power/heavy metal band Lizzy Borden’s debut album “ Love<br />

You To Pieces” is what the 80’s traditional metal sound was all about .<br />

Released in 1985 on Metal Blade Records , “Love You To Pieces” dueling<br />

guitar attack and singer Lizzy Borden’s (not the early 19th century axe<br />

wielding female murderer of the same name) ear piercing vocals resembled<br />

other L.A. acts at that time such as W.A.S.P . This is an extremely<br />

overlooked album featuring metal massacre classics “ Rod Of Iron “,<br />

“Red Rum” , “ Psychopath “ “ Flesheater “ and the metal anthem “ American<br />

Metal “ . Just like the classic poem “Lizzy Borden took an axe and<br />

gave her mother forty whacks / When she saw what she had done / She<br />

gave her father forty -one “ . Precious lyrics indeed .<br />

FLAUNT is based out of Port Orange, FL.


3401 S. Atlantic Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169 386-423-8787<br />

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT<br />

Reopening Monday, <strong>May</strong> 4 th !<br />

We will be reopening the doors at Chases<br />

on the Beach with 6ft apart seating,<br />

social distancing and following all the<br />

rules to keep our staff and guests safe!<br />

Can’t wait to see everyone!<br />

Join us for a special Mother’s Day music<br />

festival on Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 10 th .<br />

Drink specials all day<br />

Full bar and menu<br />

Five bands starting at 2pm (lineup TBA)<br />

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