??? Yeah, that's a strange title
for an entry...but very true.
I guess most of you pictured an
old wise-man with the white beard and wearing a white
robe. Well, I pictured Walter Mathau with a fishing
cap. Yes, whenever I thought of God as a
kid...I pictured Walter Mathau. No idea how this
happened. I actually pictured him until about age 9.
How strange is that? So you can imagine the shock I
had this morning upon hearing he had died. What a
bummer. God is dead. What can I picture now?...man I'm
a weird person.
So what's this about a
new site? Well released just to coincide
with the death of God, 4tvs
got a makeover.
I just got sick of the look of the old
site, and started having fun with the ol'
lens flare in photoshop. So I've retouched
just about every page. And once I get some
problems with quicknet squared away, there
will be an extensive mp3 archive as well
as the nearly 100 videos. Unfortunately my
ideas for the site, and my know-how kind
of went their seperate ways...so it still
isn't completely done. In time it will be
a lot more animated. To give you an
idea....go to mothership.com.
At least on a highbandwidth connection,
this site kicks ASS.
YouTube
link added
02.13.09
Anyway, as everything is new, if
you find a mistake, feel free to give me a
shout...
So what else? I had a
recently that went pretty well:
Friday,
June 30th, 2000
LULU'S BEEHIVE
5
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CHAMPPS!
THE PERFORMANCE
& REACTION
SET
1:
HARRY - RHYTHM - LOVE -
SLIDE
SET
2:
LIFE - PARODY 2 -
ABBEY
A year
ago tonight I played my first paying gig
in Columbus Ohio. Now I'm in LA begging for
change. Heh heh. I can't believe I'm
happy about this. The set-up of course was a
bit tough because I was alone, but not
too bad. The show was alright...but there was
no one there....until I tore down, and
then it was PACKED. A complete mess
trying to tear down with all those people.
Which of course begs the question..why don't
I start at 10 PM and go until close?
Sure would make sense wouldn't it? People who
were there enjoyed it. One guy told me to
contact Mike Nesmith. Hmmm...may be the tip
of the year. Or a complete waste of time.
We'll see. And yes, I'm calling Lulu
next week and asking to go on later. If she
has to have an act later...let me be the
later act... I dunno. It was nice
singing again after a month...and it looks
like once a month will be 4tvs future from
now on. That's fine with me. Too much other
shit going on now to book more gigs....for
free...
Mike Nesmith. LOL. Yeah, the
Monkee. It's actually a pretty great idea. As you all
know I'm a pretty huge Monkee hater, but only because
the comparisons to The Beatles occured. Otherwise it
is an interesting story. And some of the stuff Mike
did after the show was really different. He did a lot
of film and movie work that basically showed he had
lots of freedom....heh heh. Your mom inventing Liquid
Paper can give you that sometimes. Anyway this guy
said Nesmith was just the type of guy who would dig my
stuff. Cool. That'd be nifty. How ironic if a Monkee
would help my career. Anyway, I'm in the process of
finding a way to get a tape to him.
I've also entered a short film
entitled: "Bread In The Freezer" to a site called
eveo.com.
Apparently they give you $100 just for entering. It's
a $25,000 prize if I win. Wouldn't that be the
shit. If any of you saw my final shows in Columbus, I
did the Bread in the Freezer video. The short film is
basically the same thing.
As far as life is concerned, it's
actually pretty freakin' stressful...lol. My computer
is just dying. I mean DYING. It's crashing at
least 4-5 times a day. And I don't mean
freezing...my computer turns OFF. Sometimes it just
freezes..but usually it just goes black. Easily 4-5
times a day. Unfortunately I'm in no position to try
and upgrade, and at this point I feel I may need a
whole new computer. So I really have no choice, but to
keep saving every 90 seconds, and keep working. We
obviously need the money. I hate to say it, but this
sort of work (video editing, and graphic arts)...needs
a mac. Period. Hard to get around it. PC's are great
for home use, but on the professional level...Windows
is just too damn unstable. For now however,
I have no choice.
Had a cool little moment last week
I forgot to mention too...
So we're shooting Episode 4 of
Movie Minded (they'll all be on the site soon!). The
movie was the Patriot. So I was all dressed up in
the ol' civil war garb and the 4tvs were in the fields
and woods with me making fun of me and talking about
the movie and so on. So I had done a running
scene and was resting while everyone else set up the
next scene with the 4tvs (thank God we bought the prop
tvs!)...I was watching them and it all just hit
me. That moment where you kind of sit above everything
and watch it unfold. I keep referring back in my mind
to what I used to tell everyone the last few
months of 1999. About what 4tvs was going to gain by
moving west:
"The exposure...some night I'm
gonna be playing, and a guy is gonna be in the crowd
that has the money and sees the potential. He'll take
4tvs to a level that I haven't even dreamt of
yet..."
And that's exactly what happened.
I'm still in awe that the 4tvs are basically starring
in a tv show. As I watched them set the tvs up, I
finally had a sense of pride. Probably the first time
in LA that I really was able to smile to myself and
think: "cool...I never could've had this happen
in ohio..." And that's what it's all about. Who knows
how long this California dream will last, but the idea
is to accomplish as much as humanly possible before
the rug pulls out from under you. And for the past 6
months, that's exactly what I've done.
WOW:
IT'S BEEN EXACTLY 6
MONTHS!!! Woo hoo! And under binding contract we're
out here until August 2001 at least. As you can tell,
the stability of California just hasn't gotten to us
yet. It's still CRAZY-tense day-to-day. Looking
forward to August, when hopefully there will be some
stability. Will I ever wish for unstability? Will
I ever look back at the first 6 months of 2000
and wish my life had that kind of excitement again?