shawn avery

i'm going back to cali for new years. i'm leaving tomorrow night. i'll be staying with MARY.CHAIN and her best friend / roommate, MARY.DEATH. also on board will be my old friends from phoenix, lisa and steve. in terms of the cult that i started in september, this means that we will have, the two leaders of the cult - MARY.CHAIN and MARY.DEATH + the 1st apostle (myself) plus two other apostles... if we gather up a few members of the mcdc, who live out in LA, we could damn near have a full congregation. for those of you who don't know what i'm talking about... i started a love cult, that is called the death cult (the mary.chain.death.cult) which is sorta based in LA. it's a play on their names, their names of which, or a play on their names. so that would be... maryjane = MARY.CHAIN and... marybeth = MARY.DEATH = the MARY.CHAIN.DEATH.CULT apparently, maryjane has some surprises for us... we will be drinking red absynth for a good part of the weekend. i'll be b...

in a truly post-modern gesture... i'm reposting some stuff from myspace... the first entry here, a eulogy of lennon, was written on the 8th... what follows (after lennon) is quite possibly one of the best things i've ever written. ok, i'm kidding... but it's pretty funny... its my very own awards ceremony. and thanks to greg slamen, the awards themselves have a name now... "the panties." the music awards blog was originally posted on december 13th... as many who know me are aware, i go thru classic rock listening binges from time to time. from the time i was a kid, i've gone thru these phases of getting interested in a band or artist and then gorging myself on their material. in 1983 it was michael jackson. in the late 80's and even into the early 90's it was van halen. in the mid 90's it was tears for fears and fleetwood mac. for some reason... in 1999 i flaked the fuck out and went nuts for cibo matto. i saw them in concert in phoenix / lil...

behold ... best album : tears for fears, everybody loves a happy ending best rock band, duo or group : wilco best male pop vocal : roland orzabal of tears for fears, last days on earth best male hard rock vocal : trent reznor of nine inch nails, with teeth best female pop vocal : sheryl crow, wildflower best beatles bass line : paul mccartney, i want you (she's so heavy) best pop vocal by a local group or duo : long story short, to whom it may concern best synth lead from a local group or duo : through the sparks, man alive best local drummer : josh cooper best local guitarist : clint wells / jody nelson (tie) best local keyboardist : james brangle best local bassist : greg slamen best local male singer/songwriter: (two way tie) jody nelson and ashby pate best local female singer/songwriter : brittany painter best local group or duo : through the sparks local bands currently producing the most anticipated albums that have yet to be released : (three way tie) lunasect, long story...