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Merciful Chest Fever: Did The
Aliens Influence Some Import-

ant Lyricists?
By Sean Casteel

One of the best-received arti-
cles posted on my website is a
speculative piece I wrote about
the possible influence of alien
abduction on the lyrical genius
of Bob Dylan, the undisputed
poet laureate of rock music.
Dylans name is kicked around
periodically to receive the
Nobel Prize for Literature, so
we know hes no slouch with
words. The idea that his poetry
stems partly from UFO contact
may sound laughable to some,
but its a concept I take very
seriously.
Nevertheless, Dylan is not the
only rock music luminary to
show signs of abduction and
UFO contact in his lyrics. A sim-
ilar strong case can be made
for Canadian poet/songwriter
Leonard Cohen. Like Dylan,
Cohen comes from a Jewish
background, but unlike Dylan,
Cohen also studied for years
with Buddhist masters. The
same fiber of spiritual back-
bone runs through the lives of
both artists.

One of Cohens songs, Sisters
of Mercy, seems particularly
suited to this kind of analysis.
The song begins: Oh, the
Sisters of Mercy, They are not
departed or gone. They were
waiting for me when I thought
that I just cant go on. And
they brought me their comfort
and later they brought me
their song. O, I hope you run
into them, You whove been
traveling so long.

It is more than apparent that
some kind of visitation is
talking place here, from which
the poet draws comfort at a
moment of desperation. For
some abductees, a bond of
affection develops which they
direct toward the aliens, with a
few even voicing the complaint
that they miss the aliens when
theyre gone. The singer is
saying that theyre never really
gone in that protective sense
of their presence.

Yes, you who must leave
everything that you cannot
control, the song goes on.
It begins with your family but
soon it comes round to your
soul.

This again speaks of abduction,
specifically the way the expe-
rience runs along family lines
to serve what is believed to be
the aliens interest in genetic
experimentation. The fact that
it comes round to your soul
seems to address the idea of
the mortals soul being part
of the mix, a component of
mankind that the aliens take as
seriously as they do the physi-
cal body.

They lay down beside me, I
made my confession to them.
They touched both my eyes
and I touched the dew on their
hem. If your life is a leaf that the
seasons tear off and condemn,
They will bind you with love
that is graceful and green as a
stem.

There is a sexual component to
these lines that has led some
interpreters to believe that the
Sisters of Mercy are prosti-
tutes, but it is more likely a ref-
erence to the bond of affection
mentioned earlier, which, given
that the visitation is from alien
females, may still describe a
sexual experience that is anoth-
er aspect of the aliens genetic
and medical procedures.

The fourth and final verse nails
it. When I left they were sleep-
ing, I hope you run into them
soon. Dont turn on the lights,
You can read their address by
the moon.

The first two lines here look like
an attempt at self-empower-
ment. Cohen says they were
sleeping, but its more typical
for the aliens to leave behind
their abductee sleeping in his
bed when the experience is
over. The part about reading
their address by the moon
plays on the moon as a feminine
archetype and there is even
a loose association with the
notion of the Sisters of Mercy
coming from outer space.

And you wont make me jeal-
ous if I hear that they sweet-
ened your night. We werent
lovers like that and besides it
would still be all right.

This and other lines in the song
seem to express an idea of the
more the merrier, a kind of
longing to share the experience
with others, a belief that the
experience is positive, loving
and uplifting and that everyone
should have it. Granted, thats
not how every abductee feels
about whats happening to him
or her. But to abductees of a
certain stripe, again, there are
feelings of love being shared
between them and the aliens.
Some abduction researchers
compare those loving feelings
to what happened to Patty
Hearst in 1975. You may recall
that the heiress was kidnapped
by left-wing radicals and over
time began to identify with her
captors and even boasted of
having joined them in robbing
a bank. In Leonard Cohens
case, however, the lyrics seem
to imply a mature and genuine
bond.
Yet another song from the
1960s seems extremely rele-
vant and again deals with the
notion of a nocturnal female
visitor and her overwhelming
effects on the songwriter.
Chest Fever, by the group
The Band, is generally credited
to guitarist Robbie Robertson,
though there are various ver-
sions among the group of just
who wrote what.
I know shes a tracker, the
song begins. They say shes a
chooser, but I just cant refuse
her.
From the outset, the female
is called a chooser that the
singer cant refuse. Often
during an abduction experi-
ence, the gray alien will tell
the abductee that he or she is
a Chosen One, which has
been interpreted in many ways
and does not always come as a
comforting thought to abduct-
ees. The fact that the singer
cant refuse her is an expres-
sion of helplessness, a total
absence of will on the part of
the singer. Just as an abductee
will sometimes discover that he
or she is paralyzed and cannot
command even their own body,
choice has been eliminated for
the singer as well.
The repeated refrain of Chest
Fever goes like this: And as
my mind unweaves, I feel the
freeze down in my knees, But
just before she leaves, she
receives.
The singer expresses a total
and complete mental disorien-
tation as well as repeating the
idea of physical helplessness.
What the female receives
before she leaves is an open
question, perhaps inserted just
for the need of another rhyme?
In the songs bridge, the lyrics
are Its long, long when shes
gone, I get weary holding on,
Now Im coldly fading fast, I
dont think Im going to last
very much longer.
In spite of the terror and paraly-
sis, the singer complains of
missing the alien female when
shes gone, as with Leonard
Cohens Sisters of Mercy.
Again, the bond of love and af-
fection developed over time as
part of the experience seems
stronger than the fearful, trau-
matic aspects.
Im like a viper in shock, the
lyric continues, with my eyes
on the clock.
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The theme of disorientation
and shock recurs, and the
eyes on the clock line seems
to imply that the singer is
experiencing the visitation con-
sciously to a certain extent and
can see parts of the bedroom in
a waking state, such as a clock
on the nightstand.
When I chose to write about
Chest Fever, I decided I need-
ed to verify the lyrics, since
theyre not totally intelligible on
the original recording. So I did
a little surfing with Google and
discovered there are varying
versions of the lyrics, which
told me that others also had a
hard time understanding the
exact words in certain places.
(For the sake of this article, I
have relied on parts of the lyrics
that are agreed upon from
source to source.)
In a Wikipedia entry about the
song, lyricist Robbie Robertson
is quoted as saying that the
lyrics to Chest Fever were
nonsensical, and had orig-
inally been intended to fill up
space while the musical tracks
were being recorded. Im not
sure that I know the words to
Chest Fever, he said. Im
not even so sure there ARE
words to Chest Fever.
Is this foggy-minded forgetful-
ness another example of the
merciful amnesia thought to
be imposed by the aliens them-
selves, to spare the abductee
from traumatic memories?
Does Robertson feel some kind
of need to bury the experience
or experiences that inspired
Chest Fever into some locked
vault hidden in his brain?
I was reminded of Whitley
Striebers title for his first book
on his abduction experiences,
Communion, which he said
he received from a gray alien
who seemed to have overheard
what Strieber originally intend-
ed to call his book, which was
Body Pain. We should all
be grateful a cooler and more
poetic head prevailed.
In any case, there is an obvious
correlation between Chest
Fever and Body Pain, both
three-syllable expressions
of extreme, even debilitating
physical stress. But the con-
trasts between light and dark in
alien abduction and the emo-
tional ambivalence that so often
accompanies the experiencers
attempts to make sense of
what has happened go far be-
yond simple discomforts of the
body. There is a spiritual depth
to abduction, a brief glimpse
into a literal Technicolor Oz
that we have not even begun to
explore and which stands far
outside our proverbial black and
white Kansas home.
Admittedly, youd likely have to
be born sometime within the
borders of the Baby Boom to
have a real interest in Leonard
Cohen and The Band. Although
it is said that artists from that
timeframe of the 1960s and
70s still attract new fans all the
time, this article will most likely
be more relevant to people who
can remember that era of rock
and roll firsthand and without
needing a parent to guide them
to it.
However, Im sure this tendency
of UFO contact to inspire musi-
cal artists continues to this day,
and that younger readers can
find their own lyrical connec-
tions in the more current crop
of rock stars, though I doubt
you would find much on the sub-
ject in hip hop or death metal
lyrics. But that could just be my
old fogy prejudice rearing its
ugly head, right?
Just as the skilled use of
hypnotic regression pulls up
abduction memories from the
unconscious mind, it is that
same unconscious mind that is
the probable source of lyrical
inspiration, especially for the
higher level of lyrical poetry
written by the artists discussed
in this article. Could a select
group of lyricists somehow be
channeling for an alien muse?
Is the human mind a kind of
medium for alien artists to
work in?
It is of course impossible to
know any of that for certain,
but at least were being enter-
tained while we wait for the final
truth of the UFO phenomenon
to emerge.

A Simple Guide to
Intonation
By: Christopher Jordan
Hey there fellow gear heads. In
the last few installments we
have pondered the quest for the
ever illusive Tone and how
to achieve the sound we have
been so long searching for. From
picking instruments to amplifica-
tion and effects, we covered the
gamut and broke down the most
critical points. Now that we have
the basics down, its time to start
dealing with the details.
We have all had that more than
confounding moment when we
have just strung up new strings
on our electric guitar or bass,
wound them up to tune, went to
play a chord and something just
was not rightespecially when
you begin to move up the fret
board. Suddenly your perfectly
tuned old friend sounds janky as
can be. Why God, why when it
used to sound so great does it
now sound like hammeredwell
you know!
Dont worry this is a much more
common situation than you may
think. Believe it or not in my more
than 15 years as an engineer
I have only met a handful of
musicians who intonate regularly.
The perfectionists do it almost as
regularly as tuning, especially if
the instrument has been moved
frequently from one location to
another. The easiest way to tell if
your guitar is intonated properly
is with a tuner.
Turn your tuner on and pluck an
open sixth string, now place your
finger on the twelfth fret of the
sixth string and pluck it again.
The tuner should read EXACTLY
the same, or at least as close as
possible for proper intonation.
Follow this simple step for all
strings on the instrument and you
will soon find the culprit that is
not intonated. Well how did my
previously intonated instrument
get suddenly dis-intonated in the
first friggin place? you may ask.
Well heres the perfectly simple
answer.
Lets say you move the instru-
ment a lot and bump it around,
like in the trunk of a car perhaps,
change a string or in this case all
of the strings the saddles spring
loose tension and set the saddles
to a different position. A differ-
ent position, even slightly, can
change the intonation of a string.
Lets break down the operating
principles here, first the parts.
The groovy plate that holds your
strings in place on the body of
your guitar is called a Bridge.
The super neat little blocks that
the strings sit on are called the
Saddles and the long screws
with springs around them are
called the Saddle Adjustment
Screws, these determine the
distance of each string saddle
from the edge of the bridge.
Now that we know the parts let
see how this happens.
Remember, a guitar is a tension
instrument. This means that the
tone is created by the vibration
of a string held under tension.
The bridge holds the string ball
or tied end to the guitar body to
provide the resonance and on
the opposite end of the guitar
is the nut and tuning machines
which provide, well the amount of
tension.
Hey what about those nifty sad-
dles you were talking about?

Well my friend whereas the
bridge provides the resonance
and the tuning machines and nut
provide the tension, the saddles
provide the height of the string
from the neck and the saddle
adjustment screw allow you to
change subtleties of string tuning
by allowing you to adjust the
bridge tension on the string, less
tension at the bridge makes the
note of the string to flat and more
tension brings the note to sharp.
A quick review of the old mne-
monic device lefty loosey, righty
tighty and I think you can figure
out that a turn to the right on the
saddle adjustment crew yields a
sharper note than the turn to the
left which renders a flatter note.
With your tuner on go from open
note to twelfth fret on each string
slowly and slightly turning the
saddle adjustment screw appro-
priately until the desired intona-
tion on each string is reached.
Viola! One perfectly tuned and in-
tonated instrument. Now I know
all you repair techs are like Hey
man, you just told them all. Yes,
I did. If a car owner should know
that his tires need to be rotated
regularly then guitarists need
to know they sound funny when
not properly intonatedthere I
said it. And there you have it, the
Austin Hot Mods simple guide
to intonation, what it is, why you
need it and how to attain it.
Until next time, may your fingers
be nimble and your notes sus-
tained to perfection.
~Christopher Jordan has been
a live audio/video engineer and
recording artist for over 15 years
and owns AustinHotMods.com an
Austin,TX based pedal modifica-
tion and repair company.~
Have a comment, technical ques-
tion or an article suggestion?
Visit our contact page on Austin-
HotMods.com and let us know.
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by Christopher Jordan
By Charlie
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Before you hear
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refugee forced
to flee his village
clutching all his
belongings, I
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generally pave a path for the afore mentioned
harrowing tale.
I can remember a time before the question pa-
per or plastic? existed. It was less eclectic time
when consumers could shop till you drop and
buy as many groceries as your station wagon
could carry and as a courtesy for spending all
that hard earned money a youngster trained in
the art of stacking would bag your groceries in
paper sacks free of charge. Then the plastic bag
was invented Boom!
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as before but with the choice of plastic thrown
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bags which begs this mathematical question:
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by default good ol recyclable paper sacks slide
right back into their previous role, or are grocery
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my stupid bags when I went to the HEB and this
is when I was transformed from a law abiding
U.S. citizen into a Romanian refugee named
Marrugon fleeing his village clutching all his
worldly belongings. It happened in a flash, when
the checker told me paper sacks are no longer
free and, eco-ironically, plastic bags are 25
cents apiece. Marrugon would pay no more!
And at that moment, with shame in his eyes
he gathered his belongings into his arms and
looked for a way out. As Marrugon fled he swore
he heard the automatic door mocking him in the
tongue of a neighboring rival village.
Regardless, he made it to the border of his Toy-
ota but not without loss, like his kindred spirit
Sophie, Marrugon had to make a choice along
the way. Keep his grip on the wine or the log of
beef? His decision was easy because his wife
would kill him if he dropped the wine.
What is your decision? Are you going to let Aus-
tins bag law and the greed of the grocery store
fat cats turn you into Marrugon next, or are you
going to call a random phone number for HEB
you find on google and start yelling incoherently
about Romania and your rights only to hang up
before the person can respond, like I did? I think
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Rockstar Magazine talks with
Harry Netti Founder of the newly
opened Austin Audio Academy.
Rockstar Magazine:
Welcome to Rockstar Mag-
azine. Tell us about the
Austin Audio Academy and
introduce the founders and
staff.
Austin Audio Academy: Austin
Audio Academy is the premiere
audio engineering school in Aus-
tin, TX. We offer workshops at
several levels to teach live audio
production & prepare students
for successful careers in the
live entertainment business.
Whether they aspire to go on the
road and tour with a rock n roll
band or mix sound at their local
church, weve got them covered.
All of the instructors at AAA are
incredibly experienced and sea-
soned live engineers that have
been in the business for years.
We know what its like on the
road, what is expected, and what
students need to know to be the
best in the business.
I have been fortunate enough
to work with some incredible
artists over the past 35 years,
including Paul McCartney, The
Rolling Stones, Whitney Hous-
ton, Aerosmith, and Earth, Wind
& Fire. In addition to myself, the
teaching staff includes Jim Fin-
ney who has been mixing FOH for
an Austin favorite, Asleep At The
Wheel; John JB Blasutta who
has toured with just about ev-
eryone, including Led Zeppelin;
Aaron Foye who is currently Wil-
lie Nelsons monitor engineer;
and Travis Hatem who currently
mixes FOH for Blue October. We
also have a couple of great field
marshals - live engineers who
Skype in to the classroom from
time to time. They are Nathan
Lettus and Scott Koopman who
currently tour with the classic
American pop band, Chica-
go. Their live-from-the-road
sessions are a student favorite
as the Internet brings the venue
right into the classroom in real
time.
Rockstar Magazine: Where
did this Idea come from to
start the AAA?
Austin Audio Academy: Well,
to be quite honest, there are no
other schools out there that ex-
clusively teach live audio to those
who want to work in the live mu-
sic industry. Most audio schools
focus on recording arts, although
they may have a live component
where they offer a small portion
of their curriculum for the live
stuff. I have found that given the
incredible amount of knowledge
and talent required to function as
a competent engineer in the live
entertainment industry, there
just was huge gap that needed to
be filled. Although the recording
schools are excellent at what
they do, we feel that we can
offer the most comprehensive
instruction pertaining to the live
situation.
Our staff has so much knowl-
edge and experience and we are
very passionate about sharing
it. We want to use this experi-
ence to teach and develop the
next generation of great audio
engineers.
Rockstar Magazine: Tell us
about the classes. What
unique skills can students
learn here?
Austin Audio Academy: Our
instructors have experience in
just about every live situation
for audio techs and engineers,
so they are uniquely qualified to
show our students the ropes.
Our school was established
under the basic premise that we
should and can deliver the most
effective instruction, and that
is why we take a very hands-on
approach. This isnt the type of
school where you will just mem-
orize definitions from a textbook
and hope that you remember all
of the terminology once you get
a gig. Let me be clear though.
We dont skimp on the funda-
mentals - in fact, students get
drilled on fundamentals every
day in our workshops. Howev-
er, I believe that people learn
by doing, and our workshops
are especially designed so
that students understand and
retain everything we teach. For
example, students will learn how
to mix sound on actual mixing
consoles. We teach students the
most effective ways to load in
and load out of a show. We walk
through actual stage plots. We
take students on field trips to
concerts to see how it is done in
real life. Its all very practical and
very hands-on.
We also take a whole per-
son approach to teaching.
I spent decades working in
the touring industry at the
highest levels and I made it my
mission to make it a career.
In other words...I wanted to
last. So it took me decades
of observation to understand
the character traits that are
necessary to not only get your
dream gig, but to keep it. All of
our students will not only learn
the information and the skills
that are necessary for success,
they will assimilate them easily
because of our whole person
approach to teaching. Those
who make the decision to attend
our workshops will emerge with
all the skills and mindset neces-
sary to be a successful live audio
engineer or technician.
Rockstar Magazine: What
are your requirements to
enroll?
Austin Audio Academy: Passion
for audio is all that we require for
enrollment. It really is that sim-
ple, but we do also require that
students pay for the workshops
in advance, and if you are under
18 years of age, a parental con-
sent form must be completed by
the parent(s).
Rockstar Magazine: Finally,
a place in Austin to learn to
mix LIVE SOUND.
Austin Audio Academy: Yes! We
are so happy to be a part of the
Austin community. With festivals
like SXSW and Austin City Lim-
its, and countless music venues
abound, we couldnt have picked
a better place to open our doors
than the Live Music Capital of
the World. We are located at
SoundCheck Austin where there
are rehearsal rooms and gear
rentals available for musicians,
as well as several music-related
companies that include the Aus-
tin Music Foundation and Fender
Guitars. Students are literally in
the thick of the music industry
at the Austin Audio Academy.
would be a sample of a
schedule with the Academy.
Austin Audio Academy: Classes
typically begin on Mondays and
students can pretty much pick
the time of day that works best
with their existing schedules.
We offer morning, afternoon and
evening classes. Each day is lim-
ited to four hours of instruction
to avoid information overload.
Workshops last from 1 day to 1
week, and one can choose to be-
gin at either 10:00am, 2:00pm,
or 6:00pm. Most of the work-
shops are logical progressions,
so you can spend a month or two
learning from us without spend-
ing a fortune.
Rockstar Magazine: Is there
a typical Semester or are
there classes always
available?
Austin Audio Academy: Aus-
tin Audio Academy is not an
accredited institution so there
are no set semesters (yet).
Classes are always available and
all interested persons need to do
is call or email us to schedule an
appointment to for a free coun-
seling session. Our telephone
number is (512) 348-6866
and our email address is info@
austinaudioacademy.com. And
dont forget to visit our website:
www.austinaudioacademy.com.
Theres a whole lot of helpful
information there.
Rockstar Magazine: Just
how affordable is the Austin
Audio Academy?
Austin Audio Academy: Our
workshops range from $99 for a
one-day Basics workshop and
no workshop is more than $495
for the weeklong courses. We
feel thats extremely affordable
and the knowledge youll gain is
more than worth the time and
money.
Austin Audio Academy
Interview with Harry Netti by Russell Dowden
Rockstar Magazine: The Idea
for the foundation is just
great. Tell readers about this
side of the business.
Austin Audio Academy: Thanks,
Russell. Im glad you asked. We
have set up a nonprofit foundation
to accept donations of cash, new
or used gear, and other gifts.
100% of these donations go to
the Academy to use as learning
tools, and the monetary dona-
tions go into our scholarship fund
so that we may provide financial
aid to those in need. (There is a
Donate tab on the home page
of our website for anyone who
might be interested.)
Rockstar Magazine: I hear
that you may be offering
classes online soon. When do
you think that will happen?
Austin Audio Academy: Thats a
difficult question. I am hoping that
it is sooner than later and thats
about as specific as I can get right
now.
Rockstar Magazine: Tell
readers about your back-
ground Harry? Who founded
the Austin Audio Academy?
Austin Audio Academy: I founded
the Academy a few years ago. In
2009, John Blasutta and I were
sitting around the kitchen table
(really we were!) and the idea
was born. JB and I are old road
buddies. We met while both of us
worked for Showco. I didnt meet
him until my about 15 years into
my career, but weve been great
friends ever since.
My background is one of a million
stories, but basically I dropped
out of college after my first year
because I decided at the tender
young age of 18 that I did not
want to be a doctorI wanted to
be a rock n roller! I started out in
humble beginnings with a bunch
of friends who formed a cover
band. We played at all of the local
nightclubs six nights a week. That
was my proverbial school of hard
knocks. I got discovered by a
guy who owned a lighting compa-
ny and thought I had potential. Not
one to let a door close in front of
me, I took that ball and sprinted
with it to a fantastic career as
an audio engineer. Ive had the
opportunity to work with some
of the best in the business. In
addition to the artists I previously
mentioned, I have also toured
with Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne,
Lionel Richie, Barry Manilow, Elvis
Costello and Natalie Cole, just to
name a few.
is your message to folks
about this great opportunity
with the AAA?
Austin Audio Academy: We
always say, Our experience is
your advantage. Take advan-
tage of our experience. I wish I
had someone to teach, guide,
and mentor me during the
beginning stages of my career,
and that is what we set out to do
for all of our students. If you have
a desire to work in the music
industry, Austin Audio Academy
is the place for you. Even when I
have students who just want to
come and learn about live audio as
a hobby, they always tell me that
theyve come away learning much
more than they had ever imag-
ined. We all have a real passion for
teaching and I personally guaran-
tee you wont be disappointed.
Rockstar Magazine: Best
way to reach the school for
enrollment questions?
Austin Audio Academy: The best
way to reach us for enrollment
questions is to call our office at
512-348-6866. Or if you prefer,
we have a registration form that
can be found on our home page on
our website under the link. Event
Registration.
Rockstar Magazine: Thank
You again for your time Har-
ry. All the best to the Acade-
my! See you in Class!
Austin Audio Academy: Thank
you, Russell. Rock Star Magazine
is a great publication and to all of
your readers, keep on rockin!
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makes a lot more sense once you find out what its really about. That song was inspired by this Asian
personal trainer who was grilling this girl in front of me to get toned up before she hit the club that night.
So listen to it, now knowing the back story, and it will make total sense. Of course its also a really great
workout song.
RM: What would you guys call the Genre? Disco-Tech , Synth-Pop, Industrial, Electro-Rock?
Kriss St. Kriss: Electrofunk punk is what we call it but we throw everything from new wave to hip hop to
industrial in there. We dont really care what its called as long as its sexy and contagiously animalistic.
RM: How did the band form and how long has this line-up been together now?
Johnny X: The band first started out as myself, an MPC2000 drum machine and VS-880 Digital Recorder
back in 2008. I literally puked out the first CD Chronic Electronic in like 3 months with a bag of Sour
Diesel and a few bottles of red merlot. The song Lies was written first and then I basically followed
that same musical formula and wrote the rest of the album super fast. Now I feel with the new band that
were writing more high energy upbeat songs that we can rock on stage. Having a band this time around
to collaborate with will be a lot more exciting and the new material is just getting stronger and stronger.
Ferocious E: Weve been around for close to six years now but the new line-up has been together for
less than a year. Ive been in the band for two years and Rona joined us recently on the drums.
RM: What are some of Dead Love Clubs musical influences?
Johnny X: DLC was inspired by 80s bands like Depeche Mode, Judas Priest, Suicide, Thrill Kill Kult,
Duran Duran and dare I say the gay biker guy from the Village People. Visually, I personally have always
been drawn to the androgynous rock singers like Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Rob Halford, Prince
and the epitome of all andro front menDavid Lee Roth. To me those guys were true rock stars.
RM: You guys have a different type of look and presence from other bands here
in Austin. Whats the motivation behind your image?
Johnny X: Our band is all about style and intrigue. DLC is a dark, fashionable band that I want to evolve
and change so it never gets predictable. We want to blur the lines between leather, rock n roll, high
fashion and punk rock stylings.
Rona: We always try to change things up and surprise people. You never know what were going to be
wearing or, better yet, not wearing at the shows. Emmy and I have a wardrobe full of sexy little things.
Each band member has their own styles and image, but collectively, we like to keep that allure. We like
fantasy and mystery. We also want our audience to be free to express themselves however they want in
their own fantasy and mystery. Like Johnny said, its about losing your inhibitions and not worrying about
being judged. Thats what makes it fun!
RM: Do your fans have a name yet? Dead club zombies or something? LOL
Rona: Um. Were not quite sure, yet. Lovers?
RM: Where can readers catch the jamming sounds of Dead Love Club this February?
Rona: You can buy or order our debut release Chronic Electronic at Waterloo Records, our website
deadloveclub.com, iTunes and Amazon.com. Our self-titled EP is also available for free download on
our website.
RM: When is the new album released online and where can we get a copy?
Johnny X: The new EP is available for free now on our website deadloveclub.com so there is no excuse
to not know our songs and get hip to Dead Love Clubs music.
RM: Thank you guys ! Tell readers where your next few shows are.
Rona: We play Tuesday, February 11 at Metal and Lace - Saturday, February 15 at AJs Live in Marble
Falls and Thursday, February 27 at Elysium. Check our website for more dates because were always
adding shows. Come out and see us! Bring your sexy, leave your inhibitions at home and be ready to
dance! O
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about it. Te frst time we came here
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wanted to play here and it was our
mission to fnd out who we needed to
talk to. When we found Gino he told
us all about his vision, that this place
was built by and for musicians and
that really inspired us. He told us we
could come back the next night and
play and practice anytime. We came
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Rockstar Magazine:
Welcome to Rockstar
Magazine Harold.
For how many years now
has the ESBS been keep-
ing Austin live with the
Blues?
East Side Blues Syndicate:
Our band grew out of the weekly
Blue Monday Blues Jams at the
Victory Grill about 3 1/2 years
ago. Weve gone through a
handful of really good players in
the meanwhileWoody Russel,
Johnny Glass, Mike Blue, Roland
Lawesbut, the core group is
still there grooving every Mon-
day.
Rockstar Magazine:Introduce the
guys who make up this Syndicate.
Our core group is my old friend Mat-
thew Robinson on guitar and vocals,
Jose Ruiz on harmonica, Leland Mar-
tin on percussion,and myself playing
bass. Right now we are using Wayne
Manso and Alex Salinas on drums. For
the jams we also invite other friends
to join us. Usually Harry Pierce on
keys and Mr. Sly on guitar.
But, weve got something cooking
right now that well be surprising
folks with pretty soon. A couple of
additions for non-jam gigs are in the
works.
Rockstar Magazine: How is Aus-
tins Blues scene evolved over
the last 20 or so years Harold?
Has it improved or digressed?

Since Ive been in Austin there
has always been some kind of
blues community working, but
like most other things that are
market driven, the blues kind
of goes in and out of favor with
audiences, the media, and clubs.
There has always been, and
there will always be the blues
in Austin. For the life span of
a lot of the folks in the scene
right now, a lot of them identify
with Antones being Austins
Home of the Blues. Its true that
for years Clifford Antone was
really a national and international
standard-bearer for keeping the
blues alive in Austin. But over the
years there have also been a lot
of joints that also hosted pretty
cool blues scenes. Historically,
those joints were mostly in East
Austin and run by Black folks.
Places like the Victory Grill,
Charlies Playhouse, Ernies
Chicken Shack, the IL Club and a
lot more. Over the years most of
those places dried up, as Central
East Austin went into decline.
I wasnt in town at the time, I just
happen to have studied some of
the history.
When I first got in the scene
there were actually a good
number of places around town
that had blues, in additional to
Antones.
None of these places were big
business venues, but there
was some good music happen-
ing there. The Bottom Line on
East 6th, run by C-Boy; Rome
Inn before that; Steve Dean
had a place down on South
Congress called the Austex, I
think. Alexanders, Scotties
BBQ. The hotel bar in the
old Stephan F. Austin Hotel (I
think run by Steve Dean also)
had a great mix of blues and
jazz. A little joint on East 5th
called Spellmans. The Hole in
the Wall booked blues, too.
During this time the scene
was very furtile with talent
and pretty exciting. It was
before the Vaughn Brothers
and the T-Birds got famous
and Antones was still
booking all of the Chicago
cats and folks from Louisiana
and South East Texas. During
most weeks you could find the
likes of Albert Collins, Albert
King, Buddy Guy or Delbert
McClinton playing in town.
But in the local club scene
and at the jams you had the
Vaughn Bros, Kim Wilson,
teenage Charlie and Will
Sexton, W.C. Clark, Blues Boy
Hubbard, Major Burkes, Mat-
thew Robinson, Denny Free-
man, Derek Obrien, Angela
and LouAnn, Bill Campbell,
Tommy Shannon and Whip-
per, Keith Ferguson, and a whole
slue of really good players. So,
the local scene really had some
heavy dudes and dudettes who
were just out doing what they do.
They were the locals.
I dont think the local scene is
nearly as healthy as it was back
then. And Im not being nostal-
gic. Just look at that list of names
of folks who were the cats that
showed up for the jams.
Rockstar Magazine: How
long have you been host-
ing the Blue Monday at the
Victory?
East Side Blues Syndicate: I think
this would be year 4.
Rockstar Magazine: While
Blues is evident in your
sound, there is a fair
amount of Soul and
Jazz there too. What
makes the sound of ESBS
so unique?
Well, we are firmly anchored in
the tradition. Thats where all of
this stuff comes from, but we are
not under the impression that its
still 1957. We play down-home
gut-bucket. But, we are not shy
about swinging a bluejazz tune,
rearranging a standard, playing
something soulful and funky, or
just making up a groove on the
spot. Improvization has always
beenand always will bea
major component of the blues. I
like to say that all blues IS jazz.
photo credit - Ricardo Acevedo
- Rockstar Staff
EASTSIDE BLUES SYNDICATE
Interview with Harlod McMillan
Rockstar Magazine:
Where can we see you
performing in February
this month?
You can find us every Monday at the
Victory Grill. Well be at the Victory
Grill also on Feb 1., and El Leons on
Feb 13. Weve kind of taken a little
of a break from doing some booking
as we fill our rhythm section chairs
and bring on a special guest vocal-
ist. But, well be back out there soon
enough.
Rockstar Magazine: Do
you think Black History
Month will feature any
special shows
for the band in February?
Well be participating in a special
show, with other artists, at the
Victory Grill in Feb. Date TBA.

has the Blues meant to
you and members of the
band?
Blues is the foundation of what
propels us in this project. All of us
play in other projects and play other
styles. The thing about this band is
that we play blues because we want
to, we choose to. You might see us
on other gigs playing other stuff, but
the ESBS is an active vehicle for pre-
serving and advancing the blues as
a form of American Culture, African
American Culture.
are some of the bands
infuences over the years?
That list is broad.....we like Howlin
Wolf, Bobby Bland, Albert Collins,
Al Green, Miles Davis, Albert King,
Freddie King, Curtis Mayfield, Percy
Mayfield.....and a lot of other blues,
jazz, soul, gospel musics.
advice do you have for
new upcoming artist that
are performing
the blues? Any tips, ad-
vice?
Play your axe, be grounded in the
cannon/the tradition, play with
and learn from other (sometimes
older) players, listen to the classics
and learn them----even if you dont
perform them in public. Trash your
ego and be the best you can be at
the level you are, while striving to
improve each time out. It is not a
competition, you play with other
musicians, NOT against them.
Open your ears wide, learn to be
meditative in your playing so you
can focus on getting inside the
music, inside the tune, and inside
the conversation with the musicians
your are performing with.
And, dont waste your time telling
anyone how good you are. Wait for
someone to say it to you.

You might see
us on other gigs
playing other
stuff, but the
ESBS is an active
vehicle for pre-
serving and ad-
vancing the blues
as a form of Amer-
ican Culture, Af-
rican American
Culture.
Rockstar Magazine: Tell
us about Blue Monday
Harold. Can anyone come
out and perform?
Its an open jam for the most part.
Most all levels of players end up
on stage at some point, but we do
pride ourselves for having friends
who are really at the top of their
game, who come to join us each
week. We encourage learning and
gaining stage time, but we also want
to set a pretty high bar for players to
aspire to. Its a balancing act that I
think we do pretty well. Everyone is
welcome.
can Blues fans get in
touch with you to book
you guys for a show
or a private party or wed-
ding or a special event?
Im the main contact (director@
diverseArts.org) for booking.
But you can find us on FaceBook,
ReverbNation, and
www.diversearts.org.
Rockstar Magazine:
Thanks for you time Har-
old. See you on Monday
at The Historic Victory Grill
in Austin.
Its been a pleasure. Always good
to see you Russell. And, thank you
for the support that you show us and
the blues community here in Austin.
Rockstar Magazine:
Welcome to Rockstar
Magazine guys. Tell us
about the Austin Blues
Society. How long has the
ABS been around now
and what are your mission
goals?
Austin Blues Society:
The ABS was founded in 2006
bysax player Kaz Kazanoff in
memory of Clifford Antone. Our
Mission goals are to preserve,
educate about, and promote the
blues in central Texas
Rockstar Magazine: So give us
an update to when your monthly
events are hosted and where we
can fnd ABS events?.
We host a bi-monthly open blues jam
at El Leons located at 1910 E. Cesar
Chavez. It is an all ages jam and we
encourage young folks to come out
and play.
Rockstar Magazine:What got the
Austin Blues Society started?
Give us a brief history on ABS?
The Austin Blues Society was
started by friends of Clifford
Antone as a memorial of sorts
to him. It has since grown well be-
yond that to include sending local
bands once a year to compete
in Memphis at the International
Blues Competition.
Rockstar Magazine: Been
hanging out at the Victory
Grill the last few months
for Blue Monday.
Good to see you guys
there. Any plans for anoth-
er night for a weekly event
at a new venue since
Antones is now closed?
Since Antones closed its doors
on January 1st, 2014, we have
moved our open blues jams to El
Leons at 1910 E. Cesar Chavez.
This move made the most sense
to us as there is a very deep and
rich blues history on Austins east
side. The jam used to be every
Monday at Antones, but since the
move we have decided to make
it every 2nd and 4th Thursday at
El Leons.
Rockstar Magazine: Any
favorite local artist here in
Austin for Blues?
Austin Blues Society: Matthew
Robinson and the Jelly Kings, Miss
Lavelle White, Hosea Hargrove, Bir-
dlegg, Sam Evans (Soul Man Sam),
Ruthie Foster, and WC Clark are just
a few of our blues legends here in
Austin that we love and hold dear.___
has the Blues genre grown
in the Austin area if at all in
recent years?
Austin seems to be getting more
recognition for blues in recent
years with the rising popularity
of Gary Clarke Jr., who just won
a Grammy, no less! And others
seem to be getting more recog-
nition each day.
Rockstar Magazine:
Sad Antones is currently
closed. Hopefully they will
keep Cliffords dream in
tact where ever the new
venue opens up?
We are hopefull of this as well,
but must continue on with or
without them. Antones has long
been a world recognized home of
the blues here in Austin and we
certainly hope it continues to do
so, as we have had a longstand-
ing relationship and association
with them!
Rockstar Magazine: Are
there more young peo-
ple getting into the Blues
these days
than in years past?
Absolutelyy more seem to be
getting turned on to the blues
than before, as is evident at our
jams. We have some amazing
young guitarists, keyboardists,
etc. that are constantly turning
heads and getting serious about
preserving and performing this
fantastic art form. they range in
age from 11-16 years old and
never cease to amaze us!
can fans of the Blues
genre support the Austin
Blues Society?
Austin Blues Society: By becom-
ing a member at our jams or our
website, austinbluessociety.org.
a 1 year individual membership
is only $20.
Rockstar Magazine:
What are some benefts
of becoming a member of
the
Austin Blues Society?
We keep you posted via email
and Facebook of_all the blues
events going on in and around
Austin, as well as hold special
events that members get in
at a discount for and we hold a
members only Christmas party
every year.
Rockstar Magazine:
Thank you for your time
guys! Best wishes to Bill
and Veronica and the rest
of the staff at ABS.
Keep Yalls Mojo Working!
Austin Blues Society: Thank you,
and keep it Blue!
Austin Blues Society

Rockstar Magazine: Welcome to Rockstar Magazine guys.
Lucid Dementia: Thanks for inviting us in.
Rockstar Magazine: I should have had you in my old magazine
Weird Magazine or Paranoid Magazine, but here we are in Rockstar
Magazine. Introduce the band members and what each performs.
Lucid Dementia:
Sheldon Reynolds: Male Vocals, Song writer and producer
Holly Barentine: Female Vocals, lyrics
AzilX: Drummer, Creative director
Ste7en: Guitarist, Live Video
Tim Duvall: Bass Guitar
Luci: Puppet/Band mascot
Rockstar Magazine: So When the World Leaves you Behind is like
the 6th studio album from LD? Tell us about the new CD.
Lucid Dementia:
When the World Leaves you Behind is our 4th full length album, its 13 songs
dealing with different types of ghosts and ghost stories. Its a boiling cauldron of
the occult, horror movies and just a dash of creepy, childlike silliness.
Rockstar Magazine: I caught your show at Elysium a while back.
Purchased some merch including the new CD. What a show! You guys
are like nothing Ive ever seen. Its like Halloween everyday with this
project. How did the bands roots begin?
Lucid Dementia: Sheldon: When I rst started Lucid Dementia, I wanted to do
something that didnt sound like anything else, or look like anything else out
there. I wanted it to be theatrical and shocking at an absurd level. I come from
an 80s hardcore-punk background, and I am inuenced by writers Antonin
Artaud, Samuel Beckett, and of course Industrial music, which I consider the
natural evolution of punk.
Rockstar Magazine: Why the name Lucid Dementia?
Lucid Dementia: The literal basis of the meaning is that our songs are very
clear about very demented subjects. Its inuenced by the Chinese yin and yang
concept, how opposite forces intertwine and are inuenced by each other. It is
also the full name of our puppet/mascot: Luci D. Dementia
Rockstar Magazine: Name some of your inuences, no doubt Horror
has played a big role in the bands evolution.
Lucid Dementia: Sheldon: I have a background in theater, with a bachelors of
ne arts. Im heavily inuenced by the absurdist movement, the avant-garde,
Japanese Butoh, Punk, Industrial, the occult and of course horror.
Rockstar Magazine: Describe the genre for Rockstar readers. Sounds
for electro gothic, industrial to me. Is that fair to say about your
sound?
Lucid Dementia: It is admittedly our downfall that we dont t well in any one
genre. After a night of hair pulling and teeth gnashing we settled on: Lucid
Dementia is a horror based hybrid mix of Metal, Electronic and Industrial music
fronted by a female/male vocals combo.
Rockstar Magazine: Where are you performing in February or March
of 2014?
Lucid Dementia:
As of right now we are booked to play our Music Video Release party at the
Romani Gallery Annex on February 8th 2014. This will be the release of the
music video for our song It Came From The Dead. Its a cinematic horror
story directed by up and coming horror director Justin Paul Warren and features
Micheal Baldwin from Phantasm.
By Russell Dowden
Rockstar Magazine: What is When the World Leaves you Behind telling
listeners? Walk us through this song.
Lucid Dementia:
Sheldon: Its loosely based on the movie Carnival of Souls. Its
also about growing old and loosing touch with the world
as you once knew it. I wrote it, but its really become
Hollys song though, which for her I think its grown
to have a deeper meaning.
Holly: WTWLYB has a deep meaning to me,
because my life ended last year when my
family was torn apart. My world left me
behind. But Im trying to come back to
life.
Rockstar Magazine: I like
Paranormal Paranoia perhaps
for Obvious reasons for folks
who know me. But where does
the inspiration come from for
these songs.
Lucid Dementia: The album is based
on a ghost story involving the life of a
woman, following her unfortunate life
from birth, to a battle with a spirit that
leads to her death. The story then continues
to follow her as a ghost, as she starts a kind
of ghost army that wreaks revenge on the living
that betrayed her and beyond. It is a story that is
inspired by a dark uncomfortable place, from things that
Ive survived in my own life.
Rockstar Magazine: Where did you record this last album?
Lucid Dementia: This album like all our albums are self produced in the Lucid Dementia
rehearsal/recording studio, but mastered by Jerry Tubbs at Terra Nova studio.
Rockstar Magazine: How can readers learn more about Lucid Dementia?
Lucid Dementia:
Our ofcial website is a good start:
http://luciddementia.com/ and Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucid-Dementia/185074624510
Rockstar Magazine: Any plans for shows for SXSW this
spring?
Lucid Dementia:
The band has been around almost 18 years now, we
have applied 17 years in a row and have never chosen.
I kind of decided this year that we didnt need to pay
the application fee again. We dont have any denite
plans as of yet but are really waiting to see how
things go once we release our new music video.
There is a lot of excitement about it, so chances are
we are going to get busy.
Rockstar Magazine: Thanks guys for your
time and I look forward to booking you for
future shows. Especially Halloween! How
can people book you for a Corporate Event or
Private party?
Lucid Dementia:
Email us: info@luciddementia.com
or contact us on our facebook page.
For news and info visit
luciddementia.com
Honey and Salt
by Francois Larosa
Rockstar Magazine has the
opportunity of venturing into
the New and Vintage Clubs
here in Austin, as well as the
surrounding counties. This
one tonight was the Iconic
Carousel Lounge. At 50 years
old its still alive & kicking
with Live Music and Great
atmosphere. If PT Barnum
and John Waters got togeth-
er and decided to give input
into developing a dive bar,
this would be it. David Lynch
(Filmmaker of Twin Peaks)
would feel right at home.
The band I came to see was
an Indie Rock Band Called,
Honey & Salt. (Just a side
bar note, this combo mixture
would not be good for a Facial
Cleanser).

The members who make up
this band are Wade Allen-
(Guitarist), Austin Sears-
(Bass), and Danny Mee-
(Drums).
I got a chance do alittle sit
down chat with the Group.
Rockstar Magazine: Hi
Guys, Nice set, really
enjoyed your style, and
original songs. Where
are you guys originally
from?
H&S: Thank , well where
from sort of all over, like Dal-
las, San Antonio, and Atlanta,
Georgia.
Rockstar Magazine:
Listen to your set, and
liked your songs: Co-
here, Lucky Patterns,
Feed the Common
Sense. I researched
you guys before I came
here and saw that you
just put out a EP re-
cently called, Cohere
on Digital Album. You
guys just Rocked on
the BandWagon of
BandCamp.com.
Tell me more about
that?
H&S: Its titled, EP,
its a 4-track album in the
high-quality format of your
choice (MP3, FLAC, and
more). You mentioned all the
songs on the Track, except,
Im eating Bamboo.
Rockstar Magazine: Re-
ally enjoyed the Songs,
what are your influ-
ences?
H&S: We really like Faraquet,
Medications, Fugazi, Hella,
Cinemechanica, At the Drive-
In, Tera Melos, and Ptero-
dactyl.
Rockstar Magazine:
Your Music has been
defined as Rock, Exper-
imental Math, and Pro-
gressive Punk. Exper-
imental math, I wont
ask but; How can you
tell that a mathemati-
cian is extroverted? A:
When talking to you,
he looks at your shoes
instead of at his.
Ok, I feel better. How
would you describes
your music?
H&S: As far best describ-
ing our sound, many people
call us an Indie Rock band,
although were definitely in-
fluenced by a lot of Punk and
Post-Punk bands.
Rockstar Magazine:
What are your futures
goals for 2014 as a
Band?
H&S: We just finished the
Digital Album, so know were
playing different gigs, and
expanding our fan base fol-
lowers via Live performance,
or online.
Rockstar Magazine:
How can we check out
your music online?
H&S: http://honeyandsalt.
bandcamp.com/ or check
us out at Facebook: https://
www.facebook.com/honey-
andsalt
Rockstar Magazine:
Thanks guys, I love
your tunes & will defi-
nitely be checking you
out down the road.
H&S: Thanks you so much for
taking the time and coming
out and listening to us. What
kinda Pen is that?
Rockstar Magazine: Its
my Hello Kitty Pen, and
my used Writing pad,
that I need for my Experi-
mental Math. Dont laugh,
Im using it to write your
Interview.
H&S: Sorry Brotha, l
ove your Pen!!!
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Welcome to Rockstar
guys. Introduce yourselves
and what
instrument each perform.
Awesome Death: Doug: I
am Dug. I perform the bass.
Matt: Matt Death -drums
Geoff:Geoff, lead vocals and
Theremin.
Rockstar Magazine: How long
has the band been performing
together now?
Awesome Death: Matt:
Just over 4 years
Geoff: Our first show was in July
of 2009 at Room 710!
Doug: We have been performing
somewhere in the neighborhood
of 3,000,000 minutes.
Rockstar Magazine:
Describe the song writing
process.
Awesome Death:
Doug: When Jesus cries, we sit
at his feet with a bucket. The
collected Holy Tears are then di-
vided into three shot glasses. We
pound those and pee out a song.
Geoff: I usually write lyrics first
and Doug is an amazing riff ma-
chine. It takes him 10 seconds.
Matt: Geoff brings the Awe-
some, Doug and I bring the
Death.
Rockstar Magazine:
I love Shadow of the Cyclops,
and Awesome Death and of
course MANLY!
What color was the acid you
were taking in the 90s?
Awesome Death:
Matt: What are you half kidding?
Same color as it is today ;)
Doug: It was the color of
Awesome.
Geoff: I ate some black pyramids
once and then I got surrounded
by some wrought iron snakes.
Rockstar Magazine:
Half kidding about that
last question. But serious-
ly with the sound and the
lyrics you guys write, its
kind of a HE-MAN - And
the Masters of the Uni-
verse meets Jason and
the Argonauts. I love it!
Awesome Death:
Matt: Thats one of the better
descriptions Ive heard...throw the
Ultimate Warrior in the mix and we
got something!
Doug: I have the power of Fleece!_
Rockstar Magazine:
Tell me about the Shadow of
the Cyclops.
What is going on here?
Aaaagghgggghh!!!
Awesome Death:
Matt: Couldnt tell ya...Im just
frantically trying to keep up
Geoff: Cyclops. Hes Huge.
Doug: I dont know what is going
on here. I never know what is
going on here.
Rockstar Magazine:
Zombie Picnic? OK, I
am getting stoned now!
Awesome Death:
Geoff: Its best that you do.
Matt: Good...Ill bring the
chips.
Doug: Puff. Puff. Pass.
Rockstar Magazine:
Are you guys motivated
by Horror? - Sam Raimi
Evil Dead specifcally.
Awesome Death:
Geoff: Absolutely.
Matt: Probably, ask Geoff.
Geoff: Absoluely
Doug: No wait Yes.
Geoff: Absolutely. Grew up on
Evil Dead 2.Also you already
mentioned Ray Harryhau-
sen. And George Romero.
And Lucio Fulci. And David
Cronnenberg. And John
Carpenter. And Joe Dante.
And Fred Dekker. And Jim
Wynorski. And William Lust-
ig. And William Castle, Roger
Corman, Ed Wood. I could go
on forever. Tobe Hooper.
Rockstar Magazine:
Name some of your
infuences.
Awesome Death:
Geoff: Butthole Surfers.
Matt: Always been a huge fan of
Stuart Copeland and Herb from
Primus myself. As for the band
as a whole, hard to say, probably
the guy from Rambo mostly.
Geoff: Matt, I think you mean the
guy from Over The Top, who also
played Rambo.
Doug: Coffee, cheese, and the
need to poop. Both of those three
things influence me greatly.
Rockstar Magazine:
Where can this TRIO of
MADNESS be seen again
live?
Awesome Death:
Geoff: Wednesday! February
Twelfth! With our friends
SuperEtte! At Head and Lace!
I mean, Metal Hunters! No its
Metal and Lace. Google it.
Rockstar Magazine:How
can people look up your
music and hear these
tracks or book you for a
show? Basic contact info.
Awesome Death: Geoff: If
you want to book us email me at
jethrobot@gmail.com, or con-
tact our Facebook. Our website is
down, but if youre our facebook
friend well always tell you bout
our shows.
Rockstar Magazine:You
guys are Manly Men that
piss Whiskey!
Love the Songs! At the
time of my death Im go-
ing to Die an Awesome
Death!
Awesome Death:
Geoff: The best way to die is the
only way to die!
Doug: In your dreams.
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Rockstar Magazine:
Welcome to Rockstar Magazine
Steve. Introduce yourself and
tell us about bitcoin?
Texas Bitcoin Conference:
Thanks! It is great to be here
and I appreciate Rockstar Mag-
azines time and their interest
in Bitcoin. My name is Steven
Wilkinson and Im a 7th gen-
eration Texan that has always
had my hands on some form of
technology. I discovered Bitcoin
in early 2011 and instantly
knew this technology had as
much potential as the Internet
did in 1992. I began mining and
experimenting with the new
technology, which led me to
start Austin Bitcoin in 2013.
AustinBitcoin.com consults
with individuals and business-
es about Bitcoins wonderful
potential and we partnered with
BitPay, the worlds largest pay-
ment processor for Bitcoin, to
offer the best merchant services
to our clients.
I typically say that if the Internet
was a country, Bitcoin would be
its money. Bitcoin is simply an
accounting ledger that is held
and managed by the Bitcoin
network cloud. Everyone
that participates in the Bitcoin
network can see the ledger and
all transactions that exist within
it so anyone can do a real-time
audit of an account. An account
within this ledger is held with
a special series of letters and
numbers called your Bitcoin
wallet address. Just like email,
people can use their wallet
address to send Bitcoin to other
Bitcoin wallet addresses or
request an address send them
some Bitcoin. This is all man-
aged peer-to-peer and without
a central authority or institution
so there is no one group you have
to trust to use it. Since there are
no middlemen to go through,
transactions can happen in-
stantly, with little to no cost. Put
simply, Bitcoin makes you your
own bank.
Also, just like email was one
of the first applications of the
Internet technology, Bitcoin as
money is only the first applica-
tion of the Bitcoin technology.
There is still so much more that
will be done!
Rockstar Magazine: Ok great!
And there is a conference
coming up in March that will
tell Austin and central Texas all
about bitcoin.
When and where is this taking
place?
Yes! We have a grassroots
organization, the Texas Bitcoin
Association, which was formed
out of enthusiastic Bitcoin sup-
porters, Liberty activists, tech
gurus, developers and investors
from Texas. With South by
Southwest bringing a captive
audience to town, I knew we had
to capitalize on this opportunity.
The Texas Bitcoin Conference
will take place March 5th and 6th
at the Circuit of the Americas in
Austin, Texas. We are catering
to people brand new to the tech-
nology all the way to hard-core
developers. We will be offer-
ing multiple speaking tracks,
panels, workshops / tutorials,
an exhibitor garage, a hackathon
with over $1 million is prizes
and contracts, a car display on
pit lane and the worlds first
Bitcoin only concert for charity.
Check out TexasBitcoinConfer-
ence.com for more details and
tickets.
Rockstar Magazine: There is a
lot of speculation on currency
devaluation on the international
economic level. Explain how
bitcoin works and why it is
benefcial in todays FIAT
currency?
Bitcoin could be seen as a
deflationary currency as only
21 million Bitcoin will ever exist.
Currently there is a little over 12
million Bitcoin in the market.
The rest of the Bitcoin will
slowly become available to the
market through a process called
Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin min-
ing is provided by specialized
computer equipment running
the Bitcoin protocol which is
verifying every transaction and
securing the network. Since
there is not a centralized control
over the system, there is not
the temptation to devalue the
currency for a short term gain.
Again, we do not need to trust a
group of people or institution;
we only need to trust the math
behind Bitcoin which is incor-
ruptible. Also, Bitcoin is com-
pletely open source so anyone
can read the code and under-
stand what is going on under the
hood.
Rockstar Magazine: Who found-
ed bitcoin and do banks work
with this new set up?
The founder / founders of
Bitcoin is a mystery. He, she or
they are known by the name,
Satoshi Nakamoto. Satoshi
wrote the white paper that the
present Bitcoin protocol is
based on but Bitcoin has evolved
into an open source community
project now.
Banks will end up working with
this technology either using
something like Bitcoin directly
or creating their own crypto-
currency. This technology is
still the best way of transferring
value without the need of a
trusted third party that has ever
been created.
Rockstar Magazine: How easy
is it to set up my business to
accept bitcoins?
Setting up your business to ac-
cept Bitcoin is really very easy.
All you need is to create or setup
a Bitcoin wallet, secure it with
a very strong pass phrase, and
you are able to start accepting
Bitcoin. The current drawback
to accepting Bitcoin directly
is that you will more than likely
need to exchange it into Dollars
as some of your suppliers may
not take Bitcoin yet and there is
some volatility risk. This is why
Austin Bitcoin partnered with
BitPay.
BitPays service will allow a
merchant to accept Bitcoin,
lock in the exchange rate for 15
minutes to allow the transaction
to complete, covert the Bitcoin
into Dollars at that locked in
exchange rate, then have those
Dollars direct deposited the
next business day. It works
the same way credit cards do
but without the fraud risk or
high processing fees. BitPays
highest processing fee is 1%
and goes to a flat rate once you
establish good monthly vol-
umes. There are no other fees
with the service so a merchant
can sign up and only pays when
a customer uses the service.
Austin Bitcoin is happy to assist
anyone looking to accept Bitcoin
for their business.
Rockstar Magazine: Are the
FED and large banks afraid of
BitCoin?
They may not be afraid now,
but they will, as the Bitcoin
technology makes us not need
a private Federal Reserve to
loan the US government money.
This disruptive technology is the
perfect answer to the banking
status quo and all the problems
associated with central banks.
Rockstar Magazine: What are
common misgivings about
Bitcoin , if any?
What is Bitcoin?
FUD. Fear, Uncertainty and
Doubt are the biggest misgiv-
ings with Bitcoin. I see the same
fear mongering within Bitcoin
as I did with the Internet in the
90s. In the 90s, I remember
hearing that only bad people
use the Internet and if you do
decided to use the Internet, you
will lose your identity and all your
money. We all know that this
was only true in rare occasions
and once the majority of people
began using the Internet, many
wonderful capabilities and
development brought us new
things like Skype, Facebook,
Netflix, Amazon, Google, etc.
I see the same outcome with
Bitcoin. As Andreas Antonopou-
los says, Bitcoin is the Internet
of money.
once the majority
of people began
using the Internet
many wonderful
capabilities and
development
brought us new
things like Skype,
Facebook, Netflix,
Amazon, Google,
etc...
Rockstar Magazine: Where
can I exchange my dollars for
Bitcoins?
There are many options:
You can mine Bitcoin. (Not rec-
ommended)
You can use digital exchange
services which operate very
similarly as a brokerage house,
in which you deposit legacy
currency, such as Dollars, and
are able to buy Bitcoin on the
open market.
You can find local individuals
willing to sell Bitcoin via Local-
Bitcoins.com.
The easiest way is to sell goods
or services directly for Bitcoin.
Rockstar Magazine: Where can folks
learn more about the conference and
Bitcoin?
People can find out more about
our conference at TexasBitco-
inConference.com. They can
also visit AustinBitcoin.com for
more information about Bitcoin
in general and about our mer-
chant services via BitPay. They
can also check out BitcoinMag-
azine.com, Coindesk.com, and
Bitcoin.org.
Nasty Nathans
Waterloo Underground
First off, who is this guy and why
am I excited to read his column
every month? What exactly is his
street cred?
My name is Nathan Olivarez aka
Nasty Nathan or some people
just call me Drama and I have
been a staple on the Austin
music scene for over 30 years.
I have been around so long that
my band Dancyr (yes with a Y)
tied with the Texas Tornados as
Best New Band and the Access
television show I used to help
work on, CapZeyez, even beat
out Austin City Limits on their
20th anniversary plus a few
more really kick ass things Id
love to blow my horn about but
hey, Im here to talk about ALL of
us little guys in rock n roll.
The guy who goes to make the
scene happen on a Tuesday at
midnight and gets paid what you
decide to tip. Thats who I want
to talk about. I am NOT here to
talk about the big guy who gets
all the chicks with the best gigs
and the only press that gets
put out, although every once in
awhile they will pop up and grace
the pages of this little rock blog.
But not this time.
So every month I will try and talk
about something relevant in the
new Austin music scene. Maybe
we can come up with some
answers together.
I have decided to talk about all
you out-of-staters moving in and
shutting down the downtown
music scene. You knew that
there was music downstairs
when you got your cool little con-
do. You knew that Shady Grove
was going to have live music that
gets played live on the radio!
Heck, thats why you moved
here! Why would you complain
and try and shut it down? It
makes no sense!
Also, musicians are out there
paying to play with the parking,
the parking ticket, and his beer
tab. Lets not forget about the
five dollar bum that you finally
have decided to call security so
he doesnt steal your gear while
youre trying to make the dream
a reality!
I must admit, all you people have
gotten so spoiled that you have
expected to see great caliber
musicianship on any day that
you go out. One cool answer
would be to pay musicians a flat
rate. A rate the club owners and
the city could come up with to
compensate the musicians for
their time and since Im fixing
the world, throw in some free
parking!
There have been new clubs that
have popped up all over East and
South Austin that are drawing
good numbers. They have
picked up the slack of down-
town. They even have earlier
shows so you can get in and
out supporting our local music
and still being able to work the
next day. Plus, there is so much
music to choose from.
Its not just
about the big
festivals, its
about what
happens the
other three
hundred and
fifty days of
the year.
And I think I have this there just
isnt a scene anymore! bullshit
settled once and for all! If youre
in another band, dont just ask
people to come see your shows
and to vote for you in the Austin
Chronicle Music Awards poll,
why dont you go out and check
out and support bands yourself!
There are a lot of ROCK STARS
expecting people to come see
them while refusing to go see a
show themselves! Heck! Go see
two this week if you can. People
really do miss you!
Needless to say as Austin
changes the music scene will
change right along with it. Its
not just about the big festivals,
its about what happens the oth-
er three hundred and fifty days
of the year. And together we can
make the changes needed to get
the music scene to really thrive
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