Alan Yates Music "mint condition" CD Release Party REDLIGHT CAFE, ATL... alan's site Fire code! Place was packed, and the beware, the doorman can be brutal. Hot chicks pretty much everywhere. Guess that's what you get when you produce a CD that is a "creamtastic-honey-sweet trip"... Oh yea... I walked in during some guy that I think really thought he was Dylan. Nice hat. Next: Classical Guitar guy with Cellist chick. I really liked them, but wasn't the vibe I was feelin' that night. Alan's childhood friend, Herb Jones, acoustically set a small set alight in order to warm us up for Alan Yates' and his merry band. The Show Being quite familiar with the material really helps keep your attention. heh The band's groove, always more organic in a live setting, was right on. Without sounding like oozing all over the band... Mike Lamb plays interesting drums. Dunno any other way to explain. I like a nice hooky rhythm under the melody. He does that. Tiz Tisdale... the Reggae chant was right on... amazing stuff... sounds extra-terrestrial. Brian Bonds... hmmm...damn good talent on that guitar. Atmospheric... with that SRV flair when need be. Keep yer eye on this one. Name-dropping... I don't keep up with movie, music industry, or rock star names, and certainly don't keep up locals, except those that impress me early, or learn to love later... Jesse & Julie Deese from VMG Studio; world-famous golfer and soundman Tony Caporale(?damn italians) and his lovely rib -- Gina; local rockers -- Steep; mulletman and BFJ of the mulletman band, Alan's manager, Renea from Atlantic Talent; Joe and Gemma Giddings of powerpop heroes of Star Collector JTG Implosion fame; other members and family related to Brian Bonds Theory; members of 38 Special; Luther from CrossOver Studios; Michelle, a friendly grocery store manager and some pharmacist assistants that can get me cheap vegetables... appearently; Random Long-Haired guy from Alan's past; Denise and Denise?; Don Astin and Jennifer of anapolisred management fame; Doug, manning the merch; over 100 others and of course... the world-famous graphic designer and marketing deity... myself. If you haven't bought Alan Yates' CD yet... first, shame, secondly... it'll be for sale online several place and in stores soon ... We'll both announce when that materializes. Last time I talk about this CD for a while, but... Listened again tonight... and it really has a nice "heady" trip to it as an album... production pristine. peace- seanrox

Boozin' in Atlanta 24/6 !!! Well, if you're an alcoholic, come to ATL! Anyone that knows me, knows I'm not much for "the booze" so, I suppose it's not too much of a shock to hear that I learned that you can buy alcohol 24 hours a day!!! Except *not* at all on Sunday, because Jesus doesn't like booze... well, except for wine, but that's it! ... and well, he doesn't like Georgians to buy it... on Sundays, that is. I've learned so much so,.... Booze Up Atlanta! peace- seanrox

Got yerself a High Tech War? So, to win this war in Iraq, we have GPS-guided missles, stealth bombers, infrared vision, tapped email and phoneslines (even television)... yet we detect explosives and bio-chemical agents with Dolphins and Pigeons? (suppose casting's been tough since Flipper was cancelled.) peace- seanrox

****** Yes, I pulled the mp3 down as promised. It'll show up on seanroxMUSIC.com in a week or so. Stay-tuned. ***** SEAN"LITE"ROX... THIS BLOG ENTRY WILL BE DELETED TODAY So... grab this mp3 while you can... It's an incomplete "RockLiteSynth" version of my track: WashOverMe. ---> [link deleted] This version sounds VERY different from everything else you may have heard. If you listen give me some feedback. peace- seanrox

Gotta admit... this is funny. peace- seanrox

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 10... Country Rock (Crock)? (mulletman makes his point) Appears the producers of Idol tapped into the mulletman site and realized sounds of the blues, southern rock and country needed to be heard. Alas, the mulleted-one has, once again, been ripped off by the music industry without notice, nod of head, or pad of pocket. The Mulletman will have the last word... and now onto the show overview... Up to me... Least ---> Most favored Julia... BORING... I barely remember her performing. Like unflavored jello. Boot. CoreyClark... best performance yet. Sitting down may help him. Who'd thought it'd be country. Basically the guy has no control in lower registers. Boot'm anyway. LilMormonGirl... better with country, but still annoying voice inflections. MarineBoy... a little too Garthy and over the Top. I liked him better as a Edwin McCain clone. Rickey... BORING song. Great voice. OMG boring. Lucky you didn't suck last week. KatyKimberly... BORED me to death. She's hot tho. 2 points. Clay... BORING. Slipped down the scale, bud. KimberlyLaw... FAB! great voice... she pulled off Bonnie Rait! Dress "more becoming" or you'll get fat demerits from the public. Trenyce... Didn't pull off country at all. Ruben... Fun-loving fat guy moves up the scale. "Sweet Home Alabama"... heh, notice he barely sang *any* of the actual verses. PC Funny. Who's going home? Julia... the LilMormon girl stole your boob points this week... remember, she's *18* now. Idol Producers...MIX IT UP... I'm ready for "DiscoHits".... or maybe "BlackSabbathSonnets", "HairMetalBallads" or "ZappaTributeNight". Wanna see what Adam thinks about this week? peace- seanrox

Day THREE o' WAR Maybe not as good as we thought. I've been pretty much on the fence about this whole affair. As a believer in peaceful diplomacy and financial sanctions in situations of brutal despots. This military affair we've gotten ourselves into appears to be getting as messy as early protestors thought it might become. Even with all this information this is all I can think... TALE OF TWO AMERICANS. The man with the sign in his hand peacefully protesting on Main Street. Another man with a weapon in his hand with a heart of liberation for a hurting people. BOTH doing their jobs... This is how America works. The difference is... the set of values you begin with... to know which path to peace is the proper one at any given time. As an observer, I applaud both in their actions. My simple hope is that we don't lose sight of peace at the expense of our freedoms and intentions. peace- seanrox

Day TWO o' WAR We're pretty damn good at this. peace- seanrox

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 11...Trenyce's Boobs, Kelly's Butt, and Corey's lil Blankey. ***************************************************************************** UPDATE: Bye BugEyeBoy... Julia, I think you got boobie-points. ***************************************************************************** By far the most enjoyable show since the show began. Woohooo. Yet... no real stand-out "kickassmutherfuther." Lemme break it down like I know it be... Ruben ... smoov. Clay ... I'll no longer call you HowdyDoody. Well, sometimes. KatyKimberly mmmmmm..... mediochre... good thing you're hot. KimberlyLaw Looked great, sounded great, great smile. She's the total underdog. Trenyce... boobs... and even without the boobs... looked and sounded awesome. Rickey ... nice guy... not such a "special" performance for such a "special" guy. *wink* MarineBoy ... show up in uniform, you'll need the votes soon. LilMormonGirl more nice boobs. The fake mid-tone voice thing is beginning to bother me. Higher up... she's clear. CoreyClark .. zup with the rag, Linus? Never really liked this guy. I don't get it. BugEyeBoy ... no control. Let him go. Julia ... sorry hon... byeeeeeeeeeeeeee More about Kelly Clarkson's Butt and Bit O' Boob... [placeholder for a picture of Kelly's butt] You see that dress? yeesh. New song is much better than that "Moment Like This" crappy-ass song. Notice... Kelly is donning a tiny diamond nose-ring... she's such a bad-ass. No one in the Top 11 have the vocal energy and uniqueness she has.... except possibly Clay. If it were up to seanrox Clay Trenyce Ruben KatyKimberly Rickey KimberlyLaw MarineBoy LilMormonGirl CoreyClark BugEyeBoy Julia Move along... for mo' blogs about this week's idol... click for adam and naphleon. peace- seanrox

Bush was on TV tonight... and Avant Garde HipHop artist, Courtney Rinehart, dropped by last night. peace- seanrox

kk in the mountain! more to come... peace- seanrox

How old does age "look" like? Amazing the differences among us all. Reading my weekly spam from Classmates.com, decided to troll thru my various alma mater student rosters to see which people had added themselves, etc. To my suprise... I only found pictures of people I truly did NOT remember at all... and more importantly... so many people my own age APPEAR vastly different ages. How could this happen? How old should 32 look? Well, if we look at fellow celebs born in my birth month... I don't think I'm doing too badly. I could lose 20lbs or so... but damn... peace- seanrox

Doghouse Blues... Judge in Texas sentenced a man to sleep in a doghouse for 30days.... lol read more peace- seanrox

IDOL, FINAL 12 Well, cool my nuts. And I thought hometown girl, Vanessa Olivarez. was incredible, and would last into further rounds. C'mon America, LilMormonGirl is the weakest of the singers up there. Vanessa added some needed spark to the dim crowd. Next to go.... well, I thought BugEyeBoy was our first victim, and I'd like to give CoreyClark (wow, he got a name) a year to work with his voice and have him comeback. Julia... hmmm... better work "those things", girl. KatyTxGirl... I *finally* liked your performance. Others: better start looking sexier.... and get some build that showmanship with personality. Everyone has a decent voice this year, so, it'll be about being a "personality"... and America you just lost an energy level with Vanessa on her way out. F*ckers. P.S. Vanessa, please know you have an open invation to sing in one of demos when you get back the ATL. P.S.S.(so...what's the chance of her actually emailing me? Moreso if I started a Vanessa Olivarez Fan Club? I could use a new bleach and cut...) peace- seanrox

Consequencies U.N.defined I think this is where the UN has failed us all... In this age of peaceful diplomacy, how much non-compliance to world order is "too much" before forceful action must be taken? Well? BREAKING THE LAW. Saddam appearently agreed to the UN Resolutions over the past 12 years or so. Yet, has violated each one despite trade sanctions. What's the consequence? The latest resolution passed (1441), identifies he must *proactively* follow it's rules on documentation, inspections, disarmament, and private meetings with scientists. Slowly, and thru SHOW of force, he's slowly and reluctantly beginning to perform *some* of these tasks. Despite these reluctant actions, by world law, he's already failed. MORE ON CONSEQUENCES. How many UN Resolutions has the US, France, Russia, UK or broken? I have no idea. If so, what were the consquences of our actions? Were we punished? What's the precedent? CRAZY MOTHER Due to Saddam's obvious well-documented and historical disregard for human-kind and world order... *this* is why we need to be wary about moving our 12year war into an "active" state. Sure, with our military technology, we'll kick some ass, but he's a crazy mother f*cker, and probably has some very self-destructive shiite(or suni) up his sleeve... watch out for well-paid Suicide Surrenderers. *boom* peace- seanrox

Inability to effectively Blog about Policy No block, rather the opposite. Too many thoughts as I diligently consume cable-broadcasted points of view of current events. It's as if , I really don't have a solid opinion on anything, in lieu of everyone else having such opposingly staunch manners to them. No matter the relavence of anyone's position in a debate... the other is dismissed without addressing. So... what's the point of debate and understand? All I have are short quips, questions and comments... This weekend, women around the world protested the impending war, on a day of celebration of "Women's Rights." They claim no war deposing Saddam (who historically rapes women as policy) could *possibly* better the women of Iraq. What? Iraqi women, and men for that matter, don't even have a legitimate right to vote. Instead of addressing this fact, they blame other nations that we're NOT at odds with as being "worse". Huh? LESSON: a little bit of political help goes a long way... where were these people when Iraqi women were being raped? The French administration solidly believe in their point of view. Good, bad or for whatever political and financial reasons, they believe how they believe. They believe the current "containment" of Iraq is working well. No reason to debate that any further. In case anyone forgot... the United States survived/won both WWII and the Cold War. That counts... a lot. Martin Sheen isn't *really* the president. He only plays one on TV. President Bush *is* the president... I know it kinda sucks. I didn't even vote for him as Texas Governor... but we deal with things. One thing cool about being the president is... you know the rules and options so much better than... say... a "guy that plays the president on TV." Where is Lacy Peterson? I like the phrase: "BinLaden Boyz". I would hope that covert operations keep it a secret for awhile, if they did capture the youths. FOX NEWS is slanted to the right. Just in case you didn't know. CNN has gotten boring. This you already knew. Al Franken would be a good point of view... *only* if aired on FOX NEWS. Bob Dole and Bill Clinton debating about stuff they can't change on 60Minutes... what's the point? 60Minutes still remains one of the best programs on television today. Now... if Reagan was up to the challenge... that'd be kind of cool. And, of course, a feat of medical science. I digress... Bravo channel rocks. Really does. Watch out of cable networks TNN, USA and FX. Finally there's a place for very niche-y and redundant weekly programming. These networks will most likely be definitive targets for TiVo users. I'm done for now. peace- seanrox

Maroon 5 in Atlanta. SOLD OUT.... or Ponce can be scarey. So, I've been pimping Maroon5 to my friends and web site traffic for about a year. I describe them as "Train with a Funk". Who would think a band I found online would sell out? Fresh out of the cab, AK and I empty out in front of the CottonClub, downtown, and empty into a sea of, ticketless, hot girls. This is where we learn... the show is sold out. (BTW, compare this blog to AK/adam's own version of this journey here.) Bobbing for Tickets After tipping the street performer a buck, denying I was "famous" to someone and deciding to walk up town, several "far too young" hot chicks ask me if there's *anything* they can *do* to get tickets. Hehe... I pointed to the tour bus. They bang on the bus. Lucky sods. Guess there's merit in being a rockstar. DEAD IN DOWNTOWN So, plans to see a rockshow before Maroon5 became too big and overplayed... officially crashed. Never noticed before... but there's NOTHING to do downtown. Nothing that was obvious, anyway. We walk uphill to Peachtree Street. The city is empty. Except for one artsy-fartsy, girl with headphones that appeared like she fell out of TheVillage. Where the hell was she going? In retrospect, should have shadowed her... nah... that's twisted. THE LONGEST ESCALATOR KNOWN TO MAN. Descending to the center of the earth... the MARTA(public transport) tunnel, a 4minute optical illusion, provided the most entertainment for tonight. I *must* come back and photograph/video that thing... amazing. We ride two exits north. Ponce is still scarey. No matter how Atlanta has cleaned up Ponce... sections are still pretty damn illicit. Not sure when we decided to walk from midtown to my house... just kind of happened. Walking the stretch to North Highland, allowed a 5mph view of the snazzy, new townhomes with street-level bistros... busy. Yet no people outside. Except for a few suspicious ladies, gangs of knit-capped gentlemen, and a guy with his hand stuffed in his pocket... from whom I was dragged away from by AK... Ponce was relatively quiet. The classic apartment buildings were by far the most visually interesting... well, that and the Shriner's Temple I had always thought was a mosque. Not a mosque... but a place for grown men to wear funny little hats. Oh yea... grabbed a Southern Glazed KrispyKreme and Koffee for story's sake. Finally... Fellinis Pizza. Home Took a few hours... but we made it back. Exercise! What's up with that? Hand in Hand. This lil trendy pub in the Higlands always reminded me of some of the more ornate pubs back in UK when I was a teen. Only this one... full of (more)hot girls with (more)cold attitudes. Amazing how nice people tend to act like royalty among peasants in public places. Get over yourself. We finally land a table... next to most UNhot of all patrons with a few male consorts. They were quite interesting... in that they weren't entirely very interesting at all. Pointless conversations about... ummm nothing?... but a whole lot of nervous giggling. The quiet one will be hot... give her a few years. Oh yea... Katie, the waitress... breath of fresh air. Other Adventures... The night wasn't exciting, instead, an evening of observation. Should do that more often.... in fact... last weekend's "MOUNTAINS" story will be next. peace- seanrox