I spoke with him yesterday and John told me he has more songs that he is
working on right now and that they are a little different from 'I Do It
Again' but still contain an 'acoustic flare'. So look for more tunes in the
near future.
John did a Random Q & A for our NEWS page back on February, 16
that I have reposted at the bottom of this NEWS UPDATE. So check it out
to find out More about the Artist.
--------
-Who Ya Gonna Call?-
Some PAST of KY Updates: Founder Stan Howard has been asked to
give an hour long lecture at this years ScareFest in Lexington, KY. Click
the banners at the top of this page to find out more about PAST of KY and
The ScareFest (or just click these links, www.pastofky.com,
www.thescarefest.com).
Also Blaine from the PAST of KY website recently wrote to let me
know that there are now shirts available through the website for those who are
interested. You can find out more on that at the PAST of KY website as
well.
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-Miss
June, Miss June, wherefore
art thou Miss June?-
That's a good question to be
asking on June 7, huh? Well,
here's the deal, on May 4th
this fine, little lady sent
SplatterTribe a
message with the heading, "June
Girl For SplatterTribe".
Ok, Awesome, I was just
getting ready start figuring
out who Miss June
would be, so it was perfect
timing. I checked into this
fine, little lady by
following the links she
provided and found out she
was, basically..., a fine,
little lady.
I saw a model with a lot of
modeling experience, nice
modeling pics and a little
horror infusion to some of
those pics. All things that
would qualify this fine,
little lady to be
SplatterTribe's Miss June.
So I wrote her back and told
her she was
SplatterTribe's Miss June
and gave her the details.
Her reply was, "Awesome!!!
That sounds great!"
A week later on May 11, I
sent out her Q & A. Six days
passed and I hadn't heard
from her. So on May 17, I
wrote her to make sure
everything was still going
as planned. She wrote me
back a short time later and
said she would get
everything to me by
Saturday. That would be
Saturday, May 22. That was
fine because that gave me
enough time to get things
worked up for a June 1
posting. Well, Saturday came
and went and no Q & A. I was
at Rock On The Range
that weekend so I wasn't
concerned until I got back
on Monday, the 24th.
I wrote her to see what was
happening and she then wrote
me on the 27th and told me
that she would have
everything to me by Sunday,
May 30. That was pushing
things but it was to late
for a plan B and still make
it to the June 1 deadline,
so I had to take the chance
and hope she got me
everything by Sunday. Well
Sunday didn't happen.
Then it was supposed to be
Wednesday June 2nd, which
was 2 days past deadline.
Then one last ditch effort I
got a hold of her and she
apologized and promised to
get things to me by
yesterday, Sunday June 6th.
Well, as I am typing this
there is still no Q & A
returned. I wrote her last
night (June 6) and told her
that I needed to know
something ASAP, since we
where a week into June and
she wrote back and said she
did not get her NEW modeling
pics back yet and that she
did not want to use any of
her other pics she has from
previous shoots. So I don't
know... I got a headache. I
do know that. She will not
be Miss June 2010. I
know that too. Will she be a
future Miss? Hell, I
don't know... I got a
headache, I do know that. Am
I confused by this whole
situation? I don't know. I
think so... I mean, YES. I
am... I think... I got a
headache. I know that. I
want to bang my head into
the door. I know that.
'
Actually, earlier today I
did bang my head into the
door. Opened it right into
my forehead. Knocked me
silly for a second. I
mean...who opens a door
right into their own
forehead? Well, I do. Stuff
like that
happens to me because stuff
like this
happens to me though, you
know?. Simple things made
complicated. Not getting a Q
& A answered and returned in
a months time and opening a
door and knocking yourself
in the head, that is the end
result of two simple
things made complicated. One
begets the other, though.
One is a direct result of
the other, in my world...
Moral of the story...
Frustration causes knots on
your forehead. Remember
that and life will get
simpler... I think. I do
know I have a headache, but
I don't think it is from the
door... Who knows?
There WILL be a NEW
Miss June this week, by
any means necessary....
-Ba-ba-bamp-ba
ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be
sedated-
I'm out of here. Where's the Head Ache Medication? Where's
your Head Ache Medication?
Got any to spare? I gotta
go, I will be back soon, or
something... Check out
John's Q & A below if
you didn't the first time
and check out his new song
'I Do It Agian'. The
link is at the top of this
NEWS UPDATE and don't
forget the NEW comments
option at the bottom of this
NEWS UPDATE.
Peace & Primal
Random
Q & A with
John Phelps
(originally
posted Feb 16,
2010)
---------------------------------------------
SplatterTribe:
Finish the
following
sentences...
John Phelps:
--If you don't
like John Phelps
you
can............ design
an A.A. style
meeting..show up
to discuss your
disgust....Oh
Yeah!!!...almost
forgot bub, good
luck finding a
seat
--I can not
stand.............. still
for very
long,shhhhhhhhhhh
--There's
nothing cooler
than............ a
good ole' bucket
of dog noses to
squish on
--What
the................? FUCK!!
Have I done with
my goddammed
lighter??
AGAIN!!
--I wish I
was............. a
little bit taller I wish I was a
baller I wish I had a rabbit in
a hat wit a black,,, '64impala
---------------------------------------------
SplatterTribe:
Do you
believe........ (elaborate if
you would like)
John Phelps:
--in ghosts?
I felt like I had felt,
ghosts/spirits before. And those
feelings were confirmed on June
18 '03
--in UFOs?
a UFO could be anything
indescribable. Aliens? I long,
to join the keepers of my
impulse
--in conspiracy theories?
do you think asking the question
actually makes me think, that
you don't think, that I know
that you're in on all of this
--in Sasquatch?
Sasquatch was tragically eaten
by the Lock Ness monsters agent
--that the world will end in
2012?
Who cares
--in 2nd chances? off
with their heads
--in Magic?
Criss Angel fucked magic up for
me.....Jesus was the 1st
magician,. they did it like a
production...set up a pawn shop
in church. flip the tables. have
a kid actor fake as a leper
Jesus walks in on a cough cue,
touches the kid, the kid jumps
out of bed.....the church
quickly named itself after him.
created an adversary...and man
how ever did the gold coins
rattle on Sundays
---------------------------------------------
SplatterTribe:
Define the following
words...
John Phelps
:
Music-
Without it, I would
have no reason to live, other than
my son
Entertainment-
a scam...for dummies and a lot of
amphetamines.
Art-
a class in high
school where I huffed rubber
cement/Salvador Dali
Life-
fragile yet
resilient and much
better when used in
moderation
---------------------------------------------
SplatterTr
ibe:
What are you
listening to
recently?
John Phelps:
At this moment I'm
listening to "groovy
train", a mid
80's hit, by a
British band "The
Farm"...I'm
listening to other
people more often
and it's the same
old recycled shit,
nothing stands out
really. I don't buy
music
---------------------------------------------
SplatterTribe: Now that all of that is out of the way. Who are you and what do you do or want to do?
John Phelps:Actually, there are a few, "me's"...A very passionate individual who sometimes let's it get the best of him. I used to drink a half-gallon of gin every day, chased with colt 45....after a few trips to rehab for drugs & alcohol. I finally decided that I had had enough. I'm not saying that I don't reach into my "toolbelt" at times, when I'm sleepy.......moderation and music together, are an indescribable feeling......
I am currently at work on an untitled (as of now) DEMO. I call it groove rock......the 1st track "I Do It Again" is in the copyright process and will be accessible, very soon.....Thank You to all that are coming together to support this project.....Thanks::: Mike Seigle, for your time, appreciation, and ass kicking's if I even think about losing focus; Ron at H-Land Music.....(louisville) you know who you are...to all the people who still believe in me after all the yrs. of addiction and selfishness, you all are the real ones....I am forever here when you need me.....Angela!! I LOVE YOU big sis!..........O. K. Rockers check listings for SOULFLY/touring soon!! Keep your ears ready for "I Do It Again"..........And most of all....Thank You Splattertribe for all of your endless dedication to rock-n-roll and cutting edge info. It's been an honor being chosen to share....................P.S. Jesus wore underoos!!!!!!!!
In case you hadn't noticed,
there are a few changes
around here at
SplatterTribe.TV. I figured
it was about time to make
the site a little more
people friendly. A few
features have been added.
One being a Comments
section. For now on each
Interview, Feature, Review
and News Update will have a
comment option at the bottom
of the page. As a matter of
fact, you can even leave a
comment or question at the
end of this very News update
as well! It may take a bit
for people to get used to
it, but I welcome everyone
to leave comments. Just
remember, don't say
something you can't say to
someone's face, you know?
The Comments option will
only apply to postings
taking place after today.
I'm not gonna go back and
redo any old pages. It is
just way to time consuming.
So we'll see how this
works...
-Waiting
on a woman-
You may have noticed that
there is no Miss June yet
and well... that is Miss
June's fault! She's waiting
on some new photo's and has
promised to get everything
to us by the weekend! I
apologize for the delay and
she does too! So, if
everything goes as promised
& planned, Miss June will
debut this weekend. If
things don't go as promised
& planned, I have some
surprises for this month
that was already planned
anyway. I just got to do
some catching up as usual. I
guess you got to check back
this weekend and see what
happens...
-Some
thoughts on this years Rock On The Range &
Killswitch Engage.-
PT 1
The event was massive. I
knew there was more people
there than last year. The
estimate that I heard was
around 60,000. That's a lot
of people.
Traffic was a pain getting
into the event as I was
waiting well over an hour
for each day and then had to
park waaaay away from the
venue.
I arrived about 30 minutes
before my first interview
which was with
Joel Stroetzel,
guitarist for Killswitch
Engage. I also showed up
a couple of minutes late and
later found out I cost
fellow interviewer Brandy
Graff her interview with
Joel because mine ran
late. OOPS... The interview
with Joel was good as
he spoke about the return of
vocalist Howard Jones
to the band and the fear of
the unknown while Howard
was gone. He also spoke
about the fact that they
really still don't know what
kind of issues
Howard
was going through because
he's a pretty private guy.
It's cool to see that the
band is so tight that they
don't have to know what
Howard's issues where.
They just knew he had
personal issues to tend to
and he did, with their
blessing. That's pretty cool
if you ask me.
Joel also reluctantly
spoke about the Metalcore
label that Killswitch has
been branded with and how if
he had to define it, he
would say it was basically
just a fusion of American &
European Metal.
I noticed the band was just
doing a few select shows
which included a one off
oversees Festival and asked
if it was profitable for a
band to go oversees to play
just one show. To which he
replied , "Not really", then
went on to tell me there
where plans to add more
shows
(and if you look at
their website now,
you'll see they did indeed
add several).
After playing a couple of
warm up shows for
Rock On The Range
with Howard back into
the fold and now with a new
video and a extensive tour,
Killswitch Engage is
definitely back in full
force. Their set later in
the day proved that!
I took Joel as a very
humble dude. He looks a lot
like an old friend of mine
actually. He's a little
distant/private acting in
person, but onstage he is a
man with a reason and a
cause. Offstage he was
nothing but polite, onstage
he was 1 of 5 gears in the
Killswitch Engage
machine and that machine
was in full form. They drew
one of the biggest, craziest
side stage crowds and when
they pulled out the DIO
cover, it was the right
band, playing the right
song, at the right time.
Furthermore solidifying the
fact that Killswitch
Engage is still a Metal
Machine 10 plus years into
their existence.
I'll have more on
Killswitch & Joel
soon. Till then, here's some
pics from their set.
I also journeyed once again
the the Abby Road On The
River festival in
Louisville, KY over the
weekend.
AROTR is the biggest
Beatles Festival in the
world. Featuring Beatles
cover bands from pretty much
everywhere, as well as, 60's
era oriented cover bands.
One difference was a band of
kids between 12-15 that put
on a really good show and is
a pretty tight and talented
band. They played music from
all era's, including modern
tunes, and just ripped on
their instruments. The band
was called The Trouble
With Boys. Check them
out at
www.thetroublewithboys.com.
The Festival also had a
farewell to longtime
Louisville Mayor Jerry
Abramson. I only went
for a few hours one day, but
the festival is a five day
Peace, Love & Helter
Skelter event. Here's a
few pics from the festival.
All photo's taken by my 13
year old son Andrew,
BTW. There's just a few
because we where there more
to hang out and relax than
to cover the event. Next
year maybe we'll do full
coverage.
-All
I Got Is A Photograph...-
BTW, I get asked all the
time, where all the pictures
that I take are at. I know
have have never set up a
good slideshow for the site,
but I will do that soon. I
have a pretty big catalog of
pics that are randomly
posted on the main page, our
Facebook page and
our
MySpace page but
once I get the slideshow up
and going I will start
posting all pictures I take
at events and photo's taken
by other SplatterTribe
members and friends. As I
said I will get that up and
going soon!
Hello
Everybody! I just got back from this years Rock On The
Range. I had a pretty good time
even though, I had to make the trip myself & pull the
coverage off myself, but it's not the first time I've
tripped by... I mean, it's not the first time I've made a
trip by myself...
I watched the weather for Columbus the whole week before I
went and they where calling for storms, so I got this
brilliant idea of buying some cheap ponchos and giving them
out with business cards in the packages.
Needless to say, it was sunny and
hot... So if anyone needs a poncho, you just let me know...
I gotcha covered!
I know there hasn't been alot of updates recently, but it
hasn't been from a lack of effort. I
had several Q & A's not returned or not returned on time and
it caused a lack of updates. I had Rock On The Range
coming up and other things that kept me busy, but there will
be all kinds of action coming up. Expect weekly updates and
then some. I have several things to lay out for the site and
even more Q & A's to send out.
Now, onto something that I do not understand...
Why do people spend a whole show
making shitty cell phone video's that you will not even be
able to hear? What happened to enjoying the show? What
happened to the party? You make shitty cell phone video's
while looking through your shitty cell phone screen and all
the while there is a freakin' Rock N Roll concert in living
sound and color going on around you...
I met alot of cool people at this years ROTR...
and I hope some of us stay in touch... To my media tent
friends, I hope it all went well and you got the interviews
you wanted.
It was truly amazing. I
actually stayed at a hotel for once that I have not seen on
A & E's The First 48 before... WooHoo!
I got to the ROTR venue (
Columbus Crew Stadium) late
because of traffic and
missed Richy Nix, who opened
the Kicker stage and whom I
had and interview with an
hour later.
So that sucked. If I am not
familiar with the artist, I
like to check their
performance out before I
interview them. Luckily I do
my research though! Anyway,
I will give a rundown of
some of my stand-out Rock On
The Range moments later in
the week. In the meantime...
Check out Windsor/Detroit
Rapper Richy Nix
HERE!
I also ran into
Andy Haught of
ZeroKing at Rock On
The Range and he let me
know that ZeroKing's
NEW album is coming along
smooth itself.
More on that soon as well.
Two things that don't go
together...
$8 Beer & a Tip Jar...
Who's gonna be Miss June?
Find out Soon!
BTW<
There will be a NEW
Splattered Q & A Tomorrow
and it is not ROTR related.
An old friend of mine Mike
Barnes, vocalist of Veteran,
EXTREME Metal band
Abominant
wrote a tribute to Metal
Legend
Ronnie James Dio.
You can check it out
HERE. Me & the
Abominant
guys go waaaaay back and
when it came to a Tribute,
they where the first people
to come to mind. I also
chatted with Abominant
bassist Mike May for
a little while online the
other day and he let me know
that their NEW CD is in the
mixing process. Expect more
on these guys soon...
BTW, Rest in Peace to
SlipKnot's Paul Gray.
The Metal community keeps
losing people...
ANYONE of ANY STYLE of
MUSIC PLEASE READ!
I am going to call this
the USE MY MUSIC campaign!
I am looking for music to
feature in my video
interviews.
I don't care what style of
music or genre that you
play. If you would be
interested in your music
being featured, then listen
up! I will fully credit you
and your music (that is
used) either at the
beginning of the video, the
end of the video or both, as
well as, in the description
for the video, anywhere it
is posted. I will also put
something up about you and
your music right here on the
SplatterTribe
website. This is your chance
for a free outlet for your
music to be heard and
credited from. I don't care
if you are a new artist, a
new band, a veteran artist
or veteran band. There are
several video projects in
the planning and you could
be featured on one.
Here is all you have to
do!
Send me your music
in a CD format or send me
free digital link to your
music.
Either way, I am helping in
the promotion of your
music...so I aint payin for
it! You know what I mean?
It's a fair exchange. Listen
though, be sure to type or
write
USE MY MUSIC!
That is it!
That's all you have to write
or type.
USE MY MUSIC!
I mean, you can throw in a
SplatterTribe Kicks Ass!
or a I'm Splattered!
or something, if you want,
but a USE MY MUSIC
will be sufficient!
I will let you know when
your music is used and I
will get you up on the Tribe
site.
Got
it? I mean, I'm
here to promote...
It's what I do and I'll do
it for you!
If you have any questions
or want to send a digital
link email me at
