Well, it’s been a while since I’ve Squawked. New job, Grad School, blah, blah. Over the weekend I had some time and tried to “catch up” on what’s going on. Although some things seem the same---new bands complaining about not getting shows , and the ever present Levi Eleven —there are lots of new folks and new bands. But I’m wondering what happened to those who used to be on this site ALL the time? I’ve learned that Martin Sheen, who was one of the constants and frequent starter of non-musical threads (endless Simpson’s quotes and the gastrological activities of his band mates ) has recently re-appeared after some mysterious financial difficulties. From what I can glean, one time RS celebrity Gio and her band Hit By A Bus, continued to grow frustrated with their inability to grow beyond the all ages crowd, joined forces with that idiot bullshitter Jonathan Liber , burned some bridges, got burned by Liber and are now humbly trying to integrate back into the Albuquerque scene. But no where near the posts or attention she once drew . One of my favorite RS celebs was Pez, from Dirty Baby Dolls. A real sweetie, but apparently Dirty Baby Dolls broke up and some of them went the Liber route. So where are they now? And what about the Grande Dame of RS, my old pen pal Bassgrrll , and her ‘almost always posting after her, “Yes Sir, I Like IT!” Mr. Horse? What happened to the band she was starting? And Mr. Horse ? Such a great guitarist.

I noticed that my favorite hasher, The Metal Maniac is without a band, but has a website! The Unknown Shredder . But where is he on these forums? And his pals in Astray? What happened to my pal, the all caps posting decoy666 ? And Gnostic Dave? It seemed like he always had something productive and positive to contribute . And no Crack Smoker? What about that tourqued up guy from White Rose Movement? He kind of morphed into Sushi Taos , but there seems to be little activity there as well. Camero Matt is still around (I still say he, Don Schrader and Wiccan Earth Goddess are all the same, wicked funny alias), and still fooling people into believing he’s a real person ! Stormcrow got deployed and broke up, but I see a band called Winterlock carrying the banner of dudes in the military trying to be in bands. ( Shouldn’t you guys be defending our country or fighting some war or something?) And what about Medieval Jake and all the other Metal posters? You guys used to own this place (sort of)!

It is neat to see so much musical discussion here. (All the sit-com quotes, cartoon show quotes and home star runner obsession was getting weak. ) And there is defiantly more unity amongst the different bands and styles . It seems like a more “mature” crowd these days. Less high schoolers and wow, Kiddie Land (the forums at the bottom of the page) is now down to just one forum! I guess they all grew up and moved away? And it’s great to see bands like Devil Ridding Shotgun and SuperGiant joining bands like Dead On Point Five and of course the best rock band in this state, the mighty Black Maria in continuing with the mantle of ROCK! (It’s ALL about the Rock!) Romeo Goes To Hell and Unit7Drain have both seemed to not only hold onto top band in town title(s), but have moved forward in their styles. Cool! And lots of new bands! Some I’ve seen, some I will see soon! When I moved here from San Francisco four years ago, I was afraid I would be deprived of one of my favorite activities---seeing quality, live shows. RockSquawk was my starting off point that opened the door (and my eyes) to some of the best bands I’ve seen anywhere! It’s neat to see this board up and active and sharing the info with not just other musicians, but us fans. Us lover of good, live music!

Wow, I sure did have a lot of questions ! I hope someone or someones can provide some answers. Meanwhile, I’ll keep checking this board, get out to live shows when I can and hope that everyone here, past and present is living well and rocking out!

Man can chickz talk it up or what I mean am I right dudezzz? Herez why you should make your lady pay her own fuckkkin phone bill.

http://www.myspace.com/9819842

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SuperGiant

thanks for getting it right!! SuperGiant not Supergiant

Your attention to detail is admirable

come see SuperGiant tonight at the Launchpad with Devil Riding Shotgun and Pearls and Brass!!

I was wondering what happened to you, and it's good to see you back!

I don't know about the rest, I wasn't paying much attention. I do know this: Homestar Runner started to get boring after a while.

And I wouldn't give us a "top band in town title" either. We just have a bigger mouth than a lot of the other bands.
From what I can gather from the "best # bands" lists that come up once in a while, we aren't even top 20. And that's even if you discount anything outside the rock/punk/indie scene.
I prefer your ranking system though (which I assume is scientifically arrived at) and I'll accept the title. I get a championship belt with that, right? Because I've been looking for something to wear slung over my shoulder.

Ms. Dark, I won't hijack your thread by reacting to Camaro Matt here. Thank you for resurfacing on RS. Your insights are valuable to all here!

Hey Joan, we missed you!! What a crazy week...Martin Sheen, Joan Dark, and Camaro Matt all come out from hiding. Muy sospichoso...
Anyway, you pretty much summed up everything that's happened in the past four or five months. Some things are still the same (we're still considering selling nachos at our shows, which reminds me, I need to call Joe about that..), and yes, some things did change (no more Squawk-Nights-Out, but rather Rocksquawk showcases once a month).

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Devil Ridding Shotgun

Close enough - we'll take it!! Thanks for the mention, Joan Dark.

Oh, yeah -

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Devil Ridding Shotgun

HA! I didn't even notice!!!

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.Martin Sheen, Joan Dark, and Camaro Matt

maybe they are the same person!!!

I dunno...I'd rather not grow beyond the all-ages crowd. 21+ shows suck, and all you get are a bunch of drunks who hang around the bar the whole time, instead of watching the bands.

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I'd rather not grow beyond the all-ages crowd. 21+ shows suck, and all you get are a bunch of drunks who hang around the bar the whole time, instead of watching the bands.

and you blame the "drunks"?

No, I don't blame the drunks...I just believe that the under 21 crowd is more apt to buy merch, so you make more money, and also going to actually see the show, where your average barhopper is there to get drunk w/ friends, and the music is just background noise.

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Originally posted by ASK ME:
No, I don't blame the drunks...I just believe that the under 21 crowd is more apt to buy merch, so you make more money, and also going to actually see the show, where your average barhopper is there to get drunk w/ friends, and the music is just background noise.

Not always the case with 21+ shows, but I do agree with what you say about all ages shows.

from my experience, most kids are there to hookup and hangout, just like the over 21 crowd. but they do buy more band swag than older people.

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Mr. Horse... Such a great guitarist.

Hmmm....
Yes Ma'am, I like you!

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Originally posted by WebMonkey:

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.Martin Sheen, Joan Dark, and Camaro Matt

maybe they are the same person!!!

Paaaalease. You would like that wouldn't you?

Joan is a real person btw.

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Originally posted by Martin Sheen:
Joan is a real person btw.

...and Ray is made of turkey legs and wire hangers--not a real person. I saw the strings at one of the shows.

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but I see a band called Winterlock carrying the banner of dudes in the military trying to be in bands. ( Shouldn’t you guys be defending our country or fighting some war or something?)

No we are in the air force not the army and we can't get deployed so we just do our job like everyone else and go home at night... If duty should call we'll go but for now it's not. And we just do it for fun that's it.

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Originally posted by gio:

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Originally posted by Martin Sheen:
Joan is a real person btw.

...and Ray is made of turkey legs and wire hangers--not a real person. I saw the strings at one of the shows.

Who you calling a turkey missy?

HEY JOAN!
I am still alive, well mostly. I check in these boards occasionally, and since it is no longer Leibersquawk, I will probably start posting again more often.
I'm glad to see that Mr. Horse returned. "yup-I like it". And am most anxious to see what kind of high jink those RAMS boys are going to come up with.

Has crack smoker posted in a while?

Seriously folks if I was him or her I would have never stoppped posting especially when the lex/leiber shit storm started.