June 26, 2009
SUMMERTIME ROLLS
What with the new car blowing up, the laptop (read MY LIFE!) being stolen and a few other personal issues, it's been a bumpy road lately! It's times like these that make you think about what's really important in life. I have been reflective, thoughtful, stoic and resolute. I have an absolutely amazing life and these things are exactly that .... just THINGS. Not important. Rental cars run just as well as your own vehicle, laptops can be replaced, passwords can be changed (although I urge everyone ....BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP!!!) and no one ever died from not owning a piece of art!! I got clean 14 years ago and from that day my life has improved immeasurably. I don't live on the streets, my arms/legs/hands/neck are not covered in abscesses and people (well, MOST people) don't cross the street when they see me to avoid me. I pay my bills, get asked to do a lot of fun stuff and have people in my life that show up for me. That shit is priceless. If you are discontent with your lot in life, I get it. Life can throw some pretty hard and fast curve balls at you, but if you search for the good, the positive, the love that you have, we can overcome and then grow, change and morph into a stronger, more loving human being. That's it. Sermon over.
Saturday I will be one of the judges at the Line 6 Battle Of The Bands competition at the headquarters of the musical equipment company. Matt Sorum and Steve Stevens are also judges, so I guess it will be a good hang and a chance to see some new bands. Next week I am in the studio with a writing partner, working on new music. I have been working on this for a while and love what I am hearing. Exciting stuff. July sees my long awaited (by me, at least!) performances with Ginger at The Viper and The El Rey. Playing a whole set of Wildhearts songs plus a solo/SG5 song or two. Learning and rehearsing these songs has been nothing short of exhilarating. Can't wait to do those shows. Chances are high that Camp Freddy will play a show in July, plus I feel I have a DJ gig in there as well (not sure, I'd have to check and I can't be bothered right now!) and we know that the August 1st House Of Blues show is on. We are also looking at other shows in September and October. Plus the filming begins in August for a little something something Camp Freddy style......mmmm! And Jennifer and I continue to write and take meetings for a couple of our works that seem to be getting well received. Finally, at some point between now and the end of the year, I have another horror movie to shoot - The Necropolitan - which will happen when it happens. Throw in the Gibson Morrison Les Paul and a whole bunch of stuff that I don't know about and that's the plan! And we all know how to give God a good laugh, right?......Tell Him your plans!!! Hahahaha! Have a safe, satisfying and productive day everyone.
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at 08:28 AM
June 16, 2009
MORRISON PLAYS WITH GINGER
I've been taking a bit of a break from the whole technology/cyber world in general recently and have experienced a lot of change in my life. It's been very healthy to back off and shut down for a while. I am still not back up and running fully as I have to say I am enjoying life without the constant screen in front of my face. But this too shall pass (as they say)! I do want to let you know that I am currently learning and rehearsing a set of Wildhearts songs (as well as two or three of Gingers solo songs) because I got an email out of the blue asking me if I wanted to play guitar in a 'put together' solo band with Ginger to do two shows in LA. I think I thought about it for maybe 6 seconds before saying yes! As all the regulars here know, The Sex Pistols were the band that changed my life. And immediately after them come The Wildhearts. THE best rock and roll songwriting I have ever heard, bar none....an attitude of pure punk rock, and choruses so huge you could populate them. My kind of rock. So we will be playing at The Viper Room in Los Angeles on July 16th and The El Rey (with The Toadies) on July 17th. Suffice to say that I am holed up in a darkened room, frantically counting and trying to make my fingers do things they just weren't made to do!! It's a fucking blast - I have been listening to some of these tunes for 15+ years. I finally get to rock them with the man that wrote them. Yet another milestone.
Thats it. I will be checking in more frequently now - oh yeah....and CAMP FREDDY will be at The House Of Blues in Los Angeles on August 1st. The ESPN X Games show. I feel the rock coming back in full force!!
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at 08:44 AM
June 01, 2009
NEW TIME FOR SUNSET AND VINE
We will be changing the start time of the Spread Radio show SUNSET AND VINE to 7.00pm PST. Beginning tonight, I will host the show for two hours, from 7.00pm to 9.00pm PST on www.spreadradiolive.com. Just click on 'Listen Live' or you can also find the show under the 'Alternative' tab of I-Tunes Radio. Call in on 323 900 0478. Or follow the show's live video and chat streams at www.ustream.tv/billymorrison. And of course, the ubiquitous TWITTER will be ever present.....follow me at www.twitter.com/billymorrison.
ALSO - check out this new interview that just went live over at Subvert Magazine - CLICK HERE TO READ THE SUBVERT INTERVIEW. Finally, I will be DJing on Saturday at The Roxy in Los Angeles for the Chelsea Girls show - so come down and get an earful of RAWK!!!
Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at 10:52 AM
May 31, 2009
TWITTER TAKES OVER!
This pic was shot by Jim Steinfeldt backstage at The Montlebarn show a few weeks ago for The Heart Is A Drum Machine premier. Thanks to Jim for sending it to me. It's all on the D/L around here right now - nothing worth mentioning just yet, although trust me, I am so excited right now! And as far as this blog goes, I have disabled the comments section for a while as TWITTER has taken over as a much more immediate form of interaction. And besides, I just can't be checking too many places each day! Camp Freddy will be back soon (we know that Aug and Sept are good months for us) and I have my nose down, working hard right now on one or two wonderful ideas. Meetings, writing, meetings again, phone calls, emails and more meetings. Life is wonderfully strange!
MONDAY NIGHTS - SUNSET AND VINE on www.spreadradiolive.com. My new guerilla style radio show. Come hang out with me at 8.00pm PST by either listening on I-Tunes Radio (under the 'Alternative' tab) or by clicking 'Listen Live' on the Spread website. Follow the action on Twitter (www.twitter.com/billymorrison) or join in the chat and watch the live video stream on www.ustream.tv/billymorrison. Call in on 323 900 0478. And listen to two hours of completely random radio. Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at 09:43 AM
May 20, 2009
MIDWEEK
LOADS of fun! The new radio show on SpreadRadioLive.Com is a blast (if a little technologically challenging!) and I will be back next monday at 8.00pm PST for more of the same. I will be streaming live video on Ustream.Com (ONLY the video - no audio on that site) and you can actually listen to the broadcast either by clicking "Listen Live" on SpreadRadioLive.Com or by going to I-Tunes, clicking "Radio" and then clicking "Alternative" and scrolling down to Spread radio. Kinda easy really. Total guerilla style radio with a 100% DIY ethic. No rules, no playlists and no fucking FCC. Just the way we like it. I take calls (323 900 0478), answer IM's (vivelerock666) and Twitter like crazy throughout the show......and the music is just what I like to listen to, so sit back and let me entertain you next monday evening.
Today we have yet more general meetings with various movie/tv peeps, and then Jen and I are headed down to wonderful Irvine for the NIN/JA show tonight. It's pretty busy around here this week, but very much like a hamsters wheel - running furiously fast in circles! But we do it anyway. Life - what a giggle.
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at 08:52 AM
