From now on, I'll try and update this more often with bigger events to point to like song releases, con announcements and the like
CON UPDATES
PREVIOUS CONS
Since we last spoke, we had Texas Furry Fiesta, Furry Weekend Atlanta and Virtua Ongaku!
Texas Furry Fiesta has been a walk-around con for me, where me and my boyfriend explored the area of Dallas around the con, moreso than what was in the con. Then again, it was our first con by ourselves and we wanted to be gay together, alone. Still, the show went off great, and the TFF crew is always reliable for making me sound good, and I sold a lot of merch, probably my best one yet.
Furry Weekend Atlanta I performed with the Critter Kickback crew at their suite show on Sunday, which, even though it was 15 minutes, was still kind of a relief. I only had to "play the hits", which are pretty much muscle memory to me at this point. CK9C and the Critter Kickback crew did a good job of running things for me and selling merch while I can just focus on my set and having fun at the con. The only downside is that this is clearly a transitional year for FWA where they're figuring a lot of things out, since there were two other concert series from Critter Kickback alone, and four other festivals with their own line ups.
Virtua Ongaku was a Charity Pride show, for the Zebra Youth Foundation, and again, it was another simple set. Obviously with everything going on this year it's now more than ever important to speak out!
FUTURE CONS
Megaplex! Will again not be hosting me. It will also not have the Scratch Game. I will be doing the Bara Panel with Anubis, and "Pencils Down", a game show inspired by the Game Changer episode of the same name.
We're talking about stuff behind the scenes, but it's clear I need to over inflate my numbers next time.
It's Perry Mason. Which odd enough considering it's Pride Month, the actor who played Perry Mason in the original two runs, Raymond Burr, was gay!
This was a very personal song that took a while to ferment, but I'm glad I finished it! It's another one of those songs where I'm talking to myself, and having a conversation in my head, since it's about how you can't wait for other people to change if you yourself are on the precipice of your own life events.
SECRET LAIR: RHYTHM BASTARD
One
of the most common questions I get is that people come up to my Magic
The Gathering posters and go "OH, ARE THESE REAL CARDS?" (to an 11x17
poster)
Fuck you, I've giving you real cards. As a preview, here's the first (canonical?) look at Jonesy Spencerson, who's on the proxy of "Propaganda", "Status Quo Radio"!
I'm giving you five *WINK* cards that are Rhythm Bastard themed from the deep lore, and are from all across the color pie! I tried to cover as many bases as possible offering a wide variety. All the art is done by my wonderful boyfriend, Jeff!
This is just a new thing I've been doing as part of my Pomodoro streams, where if you order my digital discography or place an order more than that, you get a free drawing!
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams
This week's Jam is an artist I've been looking more into, in a song full of bombast, reminiscent of The Who's biggest crowdpleasers. While it can come off as an attempt to be a generational anthem that sounds cynical over 25 years later, Robbie Williams's attitude cuts through and belts out the vocals with so much bravado that you almost forget he rhymes "mon cher" with "mon cher"
"hey RB is this because you saw Better Man, that biopic of British pop star Robbie Williams where he's a monkey?"
NO. i saw the first half of Better Man on a plane, and then haven't finished it since.
The rest of his discography runs the whole gamut in style, but he always delivers it with a smooth, cocky croon undercut with a huge wink at the audience. "Millennium" was the first track I heard from him in snippets on Now's US premiere and samples "Diamonds Are Forever", "Kids" was a collab with Kylie Minogue that was on Band Hero and has them playing off each other beautifully, until Robbie raps for the last minute over some funky guitar, and "Rock DJ", the centerpiece of Better Man leans into Williams's rap affection and the comes out on the other side unscathed and even more seductive than a traditional delivery would allow.
Anyway, I'm off to LEGITIMATELY OBTAIN the latter half of Better Man.
