http://skafishblog.skafish.com Skafish speaks... in his own words - raw and uncensored... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:38:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With Michael Jackson’s death, we see how the attention span of pop culture regarding entertainment “history” is just centered in the ever fleeting moment of what is considered (and how I hate this word) “relevant” at the time. What’s considered “relevant” is what those who are talking about “history” can ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/07/03/the-death-of-michael-jackson-and-the-short-attention-span-entertainment-history/ I wanted to let everyone know that I just lost my virginity a few moments ago on Twitter by posting my first Tweet, and feel free to follow me there if you would like. Click on this link www.twitter.com/skafish to sign up! The challenge for me is going to be to ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/06/27/skafish-now-on-twitter/ At around Midnight a few days ago on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, I happened to notice a news story on CNN about an 11 year old boy named Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover from Massachusetts, who had been taunted, bullied and harassed daily for almost one year straight because he was perceived ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/04/19/still-there%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cno-liberation-here%e2%80%9d/ As an artist who has pushed many an envelope in my career, I have been on the receiving end of vicious personal attacks, always disguised as legitimate criticism. Wouldn’t it have to be? If it is admitted to be merely a personal attack, the “criticism” loses all credibility or ability ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/04/04/even-%e2%80%9cthe-boss%e2%80%9d-gets-attacked/ I remember hearing David Byrne (formerly of the Talking Heads) say years ago that even though it sounded naïve, he actually believed that if you just put your work out there, people will find it.  A similar sentiment was echoed by Morrisey in a video interview I saw days ago on ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/03/03/the-audience-will-find-you/ Could you imagine being arguably the biggest band in the world, and having your own record company leak your album in advance? If you’re U2, you won’t have to imagine it – it just happened. Apparently, the Australian leg of U2’s label, Universal, actually leaked the new U2 album, No ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/02/23/u2-album-leak/ It’s a little after 2:00 AM in Chicago on the morning of 2-5-09, and I just heard the news that Lux Interior, vocalist and frontman of The Cramps transitioned into spirit. I remember him fondly when my band performed with The Cramps for two nights at CBGB’s in early December ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/02/05/so-long-lux-interior/ I got a surprise email in December 2008 from someone who used to come to my shows during the Chicago club days of the 1970’s. He let me know that he had this tape of Skafish from 8-29-1977, which is a live bootleg recorded from the soundboard at Ratso’s ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2009/01/20/newly-discovered-1977-skafish-bootleg-tape/ My mother never wanted me to be an insane over the top rock ‘n’ roller.  Of course not.  What mother would?  Instead, she wanted me to be a non-threatening classical virtuoso musician, with a few show tunes thrown in for good measure.  This I could do in my sleep.  However, ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/10/04/finally-the-video-to-%e2%80%9cdisgracing-the-family-name%e2%80%9d/ When I saw a blog entry on a documentary about Iraq’s first heavy metal band, I was absolutely intrigued.  Does the music sound Middle Eastern?  Are the harmonies western, eastern or a combination of both?  What does the group look like?  How could a band play the “devil’s music” in ... http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/09/29/in-iraq-heavy-metal-goes-to-war/