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Saturday, November 07, 2009 

Current mood:  exanimate


Allan Haysli, with Gerald Iragorri, Ed McMahon, Paul Williams, Colin Boyd, Gregg Prickett, Chad Stockslager, and Jonathan Lacey (all current or former RSK members) have made an album called Thinktankubator under the band name Bonedome. 


Monday, November 02, 2009
Bonedome’s "Thinktankubator" 
Bonedome is the nom de roque of Allan Hayslip, a Dallas muso who’s been at it since ’84 with more bands than you can shake a stick at, including SPAM, Crackbox, Vibrolux, Prince Jellyfish, Rock Star Karaoke, and the Darren Kozelsky Band. I got to know him around the cleavage of the decades, when he was playing bass in a coupla bands with some once-and-future Nervebreakers: punk covers in the Punk Rock Dinosaurs and spaghetti western/surf-rock with the Big Guns. Thinktankubator is his first venture into frontman/sole writer territory, and it’s a stunning surprise.

Moody, quirky, melodic-but-aggressive pop rock is the order of the day here – the kind of thing an XTC fan might have dreamt up. The proximate models I’m hearing are Cincinnati’s beloved Psychodots (albeit less guitar-solo-centric), or closer to home, Goodwin and especially Reggie Rueffer’s brainiac-rawk apotheoses Spot and the Hochimen. 

No surprise, then, to learn that HCM guitarist and ex-UNT jazzcat Ed McMahon – who will come to your house and personally award a giant prize of fretwork that alternately rings, grinds, and skronks – is all over this shiny silver disc; there are no coincidences. It’s hard to say which antecedent the vocal blend here -- in a lower register that it’s rare to hear in this kind of music – reminds me of more: Chad Rueffer in Spot, David Bowie on Lodger, or maybe the Psychedelic Furs' Richard Butler. Whatevah, it's a win.

What matters more 'n anything with this sort of thing is the songs, and Bonedome’s got 'em. Clever wordplay is one of Hayslip's strengths, starting with his opening declaration, "I hereby resolve not to do anything I don't want to do / Excepting of course when I have to" (from "Sandman"). "Fade Away" negates Buddy Holly with its opening line ("I'm going to tell you how it cannot be"), while "Slow Jesus Xing" perversely evokes the Hollies ("He ain't heavy, he's fat and American") while sounding for all the world like an outtake from the Spot album. 

The vocal similarity to Bowie comes to the fore in "I Can Lose You," Hayslip's take on the "Space Oddity" story, replete with jangling 12-string, while "Easy" sounds exactly like the alt-rock murder ballad it is (unlike, say, Died Pretty's "Sweetheart," which sounded like a love song). Bonedome saves the best for last, with "Steven," which casts a jaundiced eye on rock 'n' roll self-destructives, and the self-explanatory, deeply felt "Custody Lullabye," where he drops the cleverness and just says what he has to say over a lush bed of vocal harmonies. 

Records like thisun only come along every few years or so, and when they do, they're always welcome.



Bonedome

Bonedome: Thinktankubator
Currently listening:
Spot
By Spot
Release date: 1996-05-07
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 
Our celebrity judges this week. Be warne: hey do not accept (inexpensive) bribes.
LA DIVINA:
Lady "La" Divina is one of Dallas's most accomplished buurlesque performers, and she does it with an unablashed addiction to corsets, lingerie, rhinestones and champagne. La Divina won Best Soloist at the Texas Burlesque Festival and together with her manager she produces the biggest burlesque shows in Texas (including the upcoming Burlesque Nocturne show at the Lakewood Theater) with the best featured entertainers, "She's kinda a big deal," according to those in the know, and we are super flatted she's coming to play with us!
La Divina on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/lady_divina
La Divina on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LadyDivina
La Divina Burlesque Management on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/divinaburlesque
La Divina on the Web: http://www.ladivinaburlesque.com/
Burlesque Nocturne: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117959820221
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ROSE DARLING
Also known as “The Lovely Darling of Burlesque”, Rose began her career with a cabaret troupe in 2007 and debuted this year as a solo burlesque performer, quickly becoming "One To Watch" at the Hot Rods & Heels Festival. She blends vintage burlesque style with elements borrowed from a mix of French culture and 60’s bombshells. Rose will also be in the next burlesque events at Lakewood Theater, Burlesque Nocturne in October and Gifts & Garters in December. You can keep up with this busy darling through her blog/website at RoseDarlingBurlesque.com. Rose is available for Burlesque performances, Burlesque promotion, Photo shoots, Live modeling and she also does graphic design for posters/flyers, websites, etc.
Rose Darling on Model Mayhem (#866920): http://www.modelmayhem.com/rosedarling
Rose blogging on the web: http://rosedarlingburlesque.com
Rose on Myspace: http://myspace.com/kittenrosedarling
Burlesque Nocturne: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117959820221
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GINGER VALENTINE
Ginger Valentine is one of the premiere burlesque dancers in the burgeoning Dallas scene. Since her debut in the winter of 2008, Miss Valentine has received national recognition for her sultry moves and won a local award for "The One to Watch" last Spring at the Hot Rods and Heels Festival. She has performed as a guest in Chicago with Michelle L'amour and the Chicago Starlets, Lili's Burlesque in Minneapolis, and Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret in Denver. In the summer of 2009, she was selected from stripteasers everywhere to perform in the Mondo Burlesque Showcase for the New Orleans Burlesque Festival at the Harrah’s Casino in New Orleans. In addition to her striptease, Ginger has over 15 years of performance experience in a variety of dance styles, most notably classical ballet. She is a graduate of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts.
In early 2009, she founded the Ginger Valentine Burlesque Charm School where she encourages women of all types to "release their inner burly-queen." Ginger was the premiere model for Dr. Sketchy’s Dallas, and is featured regularly in the Dallas media for her accomplishments on the stage as well as her Burlesque Charm School.
Ginger Valentine on the Web: http://www.gingerv.com
Ginger Valentine on MySpace: www.myspace.com/gingerleevalentine
Ginger Valentine's Burlesque Charm School: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dallas-TX/Ginger-Valentines-Burlesque-Charm-School/53929785813
Ginger Valentine on Model Mayhem (#835638): http://www.modelmayhem.com/gingervalentine
Burlesque Nocturne: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117959820221
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Friday, October 09, 2009 

Current mood:  hot

 

RSKlive-band karaoke at The Barley House!
Please recall that the holy trinity of rock 'n' roll is Sex, Drugs, and Music. This week's (week 2 of the October Contest) celebrity judges: gorgeous burlesque stars Rose Darling, La Divina, Ginger Valentine! More details to come.  We're bringing the music. The Barley House supplies the drugs..er...booze. And these women, each of them powerhouses of the burlesque world, provide more sexy than you can handle.
Top 3 winners return to compete in 10/28 October contest finals for massive prize TBD!
Have we used enough exclamation points yet?
We'll update this with some bios, but if you're interested in learning a little more about our celebrity judges--and you are stone cold zombie if you're not interested--here are their respective websites:
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 

Current mood:  talkative
Hi, Allan (the RSK bass player) here, temporarily hijacking the RSK profile to let you know that we were quite busy with other musical projects while we were away. One of the things we were doing was making a CD of my songs under the name Bonedome on the Summer Break Records label. The CD is called Thinktankubator, and it features RSK members Gerald Iragorri (drums) and Ed McMahon (guitars) all over it.  Also playing guitars on some songs were RSK founding members Jonathan Lacey & Gregg Prickett. And any of you who saw us at GBG a couple of years ago couldn't possibly forget Chad Stockslager (keyboardist from The Drams/King Bucks) bring the house down with "If I Had A Hammer"; Chad did some killer piano/organ parts. And singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer Colin Boyd, who has always been our favorite "Whole Lotta Rosie" singer, appeared courtesy Happy Cat Records playing guitar on several tunes.
The Thinktankubator CD goes on sale at CDBaby tomorrow Thursday 10/08/09. You should be able to go here and buy it: http://cdbaby.com/cd/Bonedome I've already given you one, I think you can still go there and post a review, for which I would be forever grateful. Buy Thinktankubator Now at CDBaby.Com!
More links coming to stuff by our new guitar player Ted Levin, whose band Space Cadet recently garnered an excellent placement of an Xmas tune. And from guitarist Ed McMahon, whose math-metal band The Better Death has completed an EP. And from drummer Gerald Iragorri's many recording projects. And from host/MC Howard Kelly's recent video projects, notably a cool Ghoultownvideo he shot/edited/produced.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 

Current mood:submissive
Looks like RSK will be having our triumphant return to Barley House, the scene of the crime, beginning Wednesday October 7 (and every subsequent Wednesday for a few months)!

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Thursday, August 13, 2009 
We've completed our ramp-up residency at Scooter's and expect to announce our triumphant return home to East Dallas (and maybe some other places, too) soon.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 

Current mood:wizard-y
DailyCandy.Com called us hunky in a mention on their blog for kewl things to do.

it's here: http://www.dailycandy.com/dallas/article/70652/Play+That+Hunky+Music
Currently listening:
Superunknown
By Soundgarden
Release date: 1994-03-08
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 
We just got interviewed by a blog called Daily Candy (http://www.dailycandy.com/dallas/). Look for something to come out next week!
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Sunday, July 05, 2009 

Current mood:patriotastic!
We've added another fabulous (and very token hot dude) guitar player in the form of Ted Levin. We've started playing at a place called Scooter's in Carrollton. These are things you want to know.
Currently listening:
Straight Shooter
By Bad Company
Release date: 1994-07-19
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 

Current mood:  aroused
We're doing this election night party at Martini Park in Plano tonight. This is foreign territory for us, and we sure would love if some of our old friends came out and evened-up the odds a little....
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