Charlie Sheen, You an alright Dude
Love him or hate him. He may party with hookers and blow but he is living his life with not many regrets. Unfortunately he was in the press a lot over the past couple of years for swinging way out on the vine. Fortunately he didn’t drop off in the river and drown and it appears he is back on dry ground.
Check out what he did for the paparazzi kid that killed the other day chasing Justin Bieber’s car. He heard that the family was taking donations for the funeral bill and Charlie whipped out his pen and check book and cut a check for $12,000 bucks. Not only did he cut a check but he explained why he did. Seems he was friends with the photographer and had this to say.
“A tragic incident like this erases the line between the photographer and the subject. It’s an unforgiving moment that begs us all to be human and work as one to prevent this in the future.”
Charlie, you get two thumbs up in my book…
chuck
chuck@kickacts.com
2012 PollStar Top Money making Acts
If your on this list, well, You didn’t do to bad last year then is all I can say… Hard to believe that Madonna made the top of the list though..
Here is the Link for it.
http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2012/2012YearEndTop200NorthAmericanTours.pdf
Categories: General Tags: 2012, allison kruass, bryan adams, KISS, madonna, money makers, motley crue, pollstar, reo speedwagon, scropions, styx, tom petty, tours
David Bowie releases new song!
This guy is a musical genius! He turned 66 yesterday and released this new song! The lyrics are outstanding and deep. So far better than the 10 words in a techno dance beat song crap we are forced to listen to on the radio today. Music of today should be made to study the greats like Bowie. I have included some of my favorite Bowie songs underneath the new one. Enjoy. If you don’t like Bowie then jeesh I don’t know what to say…He has had something to say in every decade since the 60’s! Will Justin Bieber or Miley Cryus be able to do that? I think not.
chuck
chuck@kickacts.com
Here is a synopsis of the video scenes: (pretty interesting for sure!)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/08/where-are-we-now-hints-bowie
David Bowie: Where Are We Now?
Now on to more Bowie!
From 1969 Space Oddity
Heroes
Ashes to ashes (One I personally love!)
Modern Love
Under Pressure with QUEEN (another great freaking song!) Why can’t we give love one more chance????
And even though not all of Bowie’s great work is represented here, I will leave you with this one.
My very personal favorite….I could loop this song and pass away happy to it…
Life on Mars
Categories: General Tags: ashes to ashes, birthday jan 7th, bowie, david, modern love, Queen, under prerssure, where are we now, ziggy stardust
Sound Engineer working Studio magic?
Check out the following video below. Never since the days of Milli Vanilli has this been so true. These days so many “singers” aren’t great or even good professional singers on the world’s stage and hell they are selling millions of albums and every teeny bopper kid is addicted to buying their swag. Now we even have teeny girls supposedly cutting themselves because Justin Bieber is smoking pot. Hello kids…Your parents probably smoked pot so get over it. No need to get all cut up about it. (yea you can thank me for the cutting reference joke). But back to this video. It’s so true. Most singers today can’t carry a pitch much less sing at all with autotunes and pitch correction devices we have today. But I would suspect that the singers and artists of your parents time were singers and not faking it with all the life saving vocal crap today. A recording studio could probably make s mute person sound like Cher.
chuck
chuck@kickacts.com
KID ROCK is coming to the FORD center! April 1st 2013
Events & Tickets
Kid Rock “Rebel Soul” Tour
April 1, 2013
Kid Rock is proud to announce the first dates of his “Rebel Soul” worldwide tour in support of his recently released album bearing the same name. Backed as always by his Twisted Brown Trucker band, the full-scale arena tour will feature Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory as support. Tickets go on sale Saturday, January 12 at 10:00 AM.
Date: | April 1, 2013 |
Time: | 7:30 PM |
Doors Open: | 6:30 PM |
Seating: | View Seating Chart |
Ticket Info: | Tickets for Kid Rock “Rebel Soul” Tour are available at all Ticketmaster outlets including thefordcenter.com, the Ford Center Box Office or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. |
Special Info: | |
Ticket Prices: | $25.00 – $85.00 |
Categories: General Tags: evansville, ford center, Indiana, kid rock, rebel tour
Hair’s To The 80s Weekly Podcast
Many years ago I ran a Live365 radio station called Hair’s To The 80s. Well, the itch to bring this back is finally being scratched. I started a weekly podcast series. The debut podcast was released last night and you’re invited to give it a listen.
http://www.hairstothe80s.com/episode-1-january-6-2013/
Follow Hair’s To The 80s on Twitter: @hairstothe80s
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hairs-To-The-80s/326236839089
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KISS 1996 Warm up show with all the mistakes!
KISS. You gotta luv them. I have been a fan since 1978. Here is a warm up show for the upcoming reunion tour back in 1996. This footage includes gaffs and mistakes including Ace Frehley’s guitar not working, Paul having to play Love Gun by himself, Gene’s bat wings falling off and someone hitting Ace’s guitar with a Frisbee!
Categories: General Tags: 1996, ace, california, frisbee, gene, irvine, KISS, paul, peter, reunion tour, warm up show
check out these awesome KISS guitar picks
Click the picks for the Link to purchase them!
Running buck neked into 2013…
Well 2012 is in the can. No New Year’s resolution here to make. Just some observations from last year.
First thing that comes to mind is that on the last day of the year a young and obviously clueless girl at the bar my wife and I frequent was shocked to learn that my wife and I have been married 24 years. This girl even had the silliness to ask if we still have sex like we are so old and tired of each other by now that we should hardly be communicating. She meant no harm and probably was a little punch drunk but it’s just a reflection on what is going on with the world today with our microwave society… (Editor’s note: A little rough language coming up in the next sentence…18+ please.)This girl’s idea I guess of a somewhat normal relationship was to cook and clean, make the bed and suck her man’s dick (her words not mine) and everything is ok in the world and never once did she mention the word “love”… But for us to be together for 24 years is unheard of in her book I guess or alot of other young peoples books for that matter… But I can name at least two more couples that have been married or dated since High school and are still together from my graduation class. This girl I guess thought it was wrong or maybe strange but in my mind I am thinking what does she do, change guys out every few months or years? What’s the worth in that? Hell, even Jon Bon Jovi has been married to his high school sweet heart since 1989…Not bashing her all this is just my observation.
Kickacts is now rolling into it’s fourth year. For 2012 it had over 1.4 million page hits and 82,000 + visitors and published over 1500 articles, interviews or stories…. Not bad for a website I just kinda toy with and wish I could do more with. I really need writers, and ad people to keep it going… I think it would take off if the right people where involved in it. It is kinda a running joke too that for the past 3 years during Halloween I have tried to interview a psychic and to date no one has taken me up on it even though I am not out to expose anything. Just thought it would fit the season…
In March of 2012 my nephew David W. Gee jr (taylor) was killed in an accident in Afghanistan. That was a hard hit for me and my family. We had raised him for a while when he was younger. My wife and I were there when he was born. . I cried for at least a week pretty much uncontrollably. I felt bad for my brother and the far less than perfect life he had given his only son. I felt for my family and the loss of my kids’ cousin. He was just a kid and he died in a country that doesn’t give a rats ass about him or any other American that dies over there. I wish they would turn the country into glass. You can’t argue with someone that will blow themselves up just to prove a point. But he believed he was making a difference and that is all that matters. I won’t knock anyone that signs up for Military service. I am proud and grateful for their service. I still mourn the loss of my nephew and I still feel very pissed off and mad as hell over how dirty his step mom treated little David’s family as if we all didn’t exist or as lower classed citizens at best… Hopefully I will finish the book soon with the truth in it and that’s all I got to say for now. His is an American Hero and it needs to be said.
I got the honor of playing the Lane Goodwin benefit concert here in Henderson with my friend Kasper and some other great musicians. It clicked so well I thought the band would take off flying instantly. The chemistry was amazing… But as it goes, it fell apart pretty quick. Maybe fell apart isn’t the right term. It changed shapes. Nothing wrong with that and I wish all those guys the best. It can be a helluva a band.
Speaking of bands and playing, I finally realized at 47 (after the last project changed shape) that even though I am 15 years old and in my living room listening to records every time I suit up and put a guitar on I am not 15 anymore in the world’s eyes. I am 47 and in most peoples eyes I am over the hill… Success in the music field has eluded me. I am not happy about it and still in disbelief about it. I know I am quite capable of being in another touring band and more but the cold hard facts are its probably not going to happen. I hate quitting at anything and have always taken playing music very seriously…so here I am at the cliff and not quitting but there is no where to go…I never wanted to be old and fat or bald and playing beat music in beat bands but it looks like I have no choice. Glad I never got fat or bald but for the rest of it….I just gotta say “Shit WTF? I would rather eat razors then give in…
We have three great grand kids and 1 due pretty much any day as I write this. It’s amazing to think that all this started with a friend giving me a ride home way back in 1982. Funny how life moves on while you are making other plans and now we have a pretty good sized quiver.
Also, the last weekend before the end of the year my good friend Brian buried is lovely wife Wendy. She passed away from cancer. I was there when they met for the first time about 11 years ago, and when they got married and the day he had to lay her to rest. It was truly a sad day. But as my Aunt Lorraine put on her husband’s grave marker “I will meet you in the morning”. Brian will one day be reunited with her. Brian and his little girls could use some prayers so please remember them.
I made some new friends over the last year. It’s hard for someone like to me to make friends and I am slowly learning how to tell them how much I appreciate them too. I guess it comes from self evaluating. I am trying to be more open and not so stand offish.
I also found out a side of me that I didn’t like (besides my appearance and everything else). One night recently at a bar i was listening to a great band hanging out with my wife Denise and friends, sharing drinks,laughing and carrying on as my little fingers were busy being an ass to some friends of mine via text. I wish I could blame an elf on the shelf but in reality. I t was me. And it was stupid and it was very embarrassing. I called them the next day after I reread what I had texted. There was no sense in any off it. I called them, asked for forgiveness and apologized… I hope it was enough but I don’t feel it was…I mean they accepted it but I hate that I did it.
whats in store for 2013?
I dunno but here I go. Still playing, still writing like it matters to someone and keeping the hair for now…I plan on going into old age kicking and screaming and being dragged by my feet, and nails dug into the floor all the way in.
As Commander Peter Quincy Taggert said in Galaxy Quest.
“Never give up. Never surrender.”
chuck
chuck@kickacts.com
Categories: General Tags: 2012, 2013, blabbermouth, end of the year, ghost, kickacts, KISS, music, New years eve, rock, stats, youtube