February Birthdays 
March 4 2011 was the date for this month's SURF-ROCK SHINDIG. It was a Friday, though my monthly SHINDIGs are usually on Saturdays. i was asked to move the show so NELL MELLON (Otto's Mgr/Owner) could celebrate her birthday on Saturday March 5th. I was concerned that "the regulars" wouldn't show b/c of the change of days. As it happens, the place was jammin'!! It was a crazy night.....
I shot 4 videos overall -- 2 of THE OCTOMEN and 2 of BEWARE THE DANGERS OF A GHOST SCORPION. I did not shoot any videos of PRESTON WAYNE 4 (who are barely a "surf" band these days, but more or less rockin' bar band). They got on stage almost 1/2 hour late b/c of the traffic they got stuck in driving down from Massachusetts (driving in on Saturday is a breeze next to driving in or out of NYC on a Friday night, as they found out.) The band played about 40 minutes without a break (I had asked them a few times to tell me what tunes they wanted vidoed - and had requested they make a full stop between songs for the songs they wanted me to video. In the end they didn't designate what songs they wished for me to videotape. Plus they were playing way way way toom loud, despite requests to lower the volume, and I was fearful the sound on the videos would have been awful.). I had also gotten violently ill during the show, barely getting thru the evening, so by the time the great rockabilly band COOL KITTIES & SQUARE CATS came on, I could not stand up, so shooting videos was simply out of the question).
THE OCTOMEN, led by RATTLESNAKE RALPH....here are the 2 videos:
"MALU"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWx1XfXQow
"THE END OF SUMMER"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvt0iNG_l8E
And here are the 2 videos I shot of BEWARE THE DANGERS OF A GHOST SCORPION, from Massachusetts, a band that classifies itself as being in the style of Ghoulish/Scary/Cemetery/Creepy/Horror surf. Turns out they were killer!! I took a chance on a relatively 'unknown' surf band (in the NYC area, that is), and I am thrilled that I did.
Check out their 2 videos that I shot:
"THE NAMELESS ONE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvH-P6jpshQ
"NORTH TEXAS COBRA SQUADRON"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_NMEZvkfw
ENJOY!!
Unsteady Freddie
http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie
Last edited: Mar 06, 2011 16:12:29
