if i don't get back to you, i'm sorry, but that just means that i can't help you out.  i'd love to write everyone back and give them an answer either way, but that's just not possible anymore, sorry.  so i do still read almost every request, and love to find new tottaly sweet random bands, almost mire than old friends, so keep sending!

look up anything in this list. belief every word and image you read and see, no matter how hypocritical it makes you, then turn around and call it all lies, question you reason for caring, for even existing, for living, spend a night wishing you could just retire to a nice boring life in the country with a lobotomy, and then finally forget that you did any of this. go back to your normal way of thinking. trust me, you'll quickly realize that anything that is the real truth will validate itself in your everyday experience, and you won't be able to ignore it. then you can confidently get serious about "going crazy". and i bet enough of us will be there already, with more on the way.


comment back with any additional info, books, websites, videos, opinions, dreams, happenings, etc. We only know a part of the story, help us put it all together. We will update all with more info when we acquire it. We are all being flooded with knowledge right now. Soon the time to use this knowledge will be at hand, so let's soak it up while we can.


2012 RESOURCES

BOOKS:

Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 (John Major Jenkins)

Popul Vuh - the sacred book of the Maya (Allen J Christenson)

The Mayan Factor (Jose Arguelles)

In the Absence of the Sacred (Jerry Mander)

The Zombie Survival Guide (Max Brooks)

The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World (Rudolf Steiner)

The Forth Dimension (Rudolf Steiner)

Cosmic Trigger I, II, III (Rober Anton Wilson)

Neuropolitique (Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson)

8 Circuit Model of the Consciousness (Timothy Leary)

The Psychedelic Experience (Timonthy Leary + Others)

Tibetan Book of the Dead

Breaking Open the Head (Daniel Pinchbeck)

2012 - the return of Queztalcoatl (Daniel Pinchbeck)

Nothing Sacred (Douglas Rushkoff)

How the Mind Works (Steven Pinker)

The Fabric of the Cosmos (Brian Greene)

Elegant Universe (Brian Greene)

Drug War (Dan Russell)

A Separate Reality (Carlos Castaneda)

The Art of Dreaming (Carlos Castaneda)

Ishmael (Daniel Quinn)

Story of B (Daniel Quinn)

My Ishmael (Daniel Quinn)

Beyond Civilization (Daniel Quinn)

Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Michael Baigent and others)

The Messianic Legacy (Michael Baigent and others)

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom WOlfe)

The Function of the Orgasm (Wilhelm Reich)

Fingerprints of the Gods (Graham Hancock)

Supernatural (Graham Hancock)

DMT the Spirit Molecule (Rick Strassman, MD)

How to Practice Mayan Astrology (Scofield & Orr)

The Celestian Prophecy (James Redfeild)

The Cosmic Serpent (Jeremy Narby)

The Hopi Survival Kit (Thomas E. Mails)


WEBSITES:

www.survive2012.com

www.taroscopes.com

www.realitysandwich.com

www.coasttocoastam.com

www.redicecreations.com

www.2012.com.au

www.consciousmedianetwork.com

www.rense.com

www.postmoderntimes.com

www.lawoftime.org

www.educate-yourself.org

www.davidicke.com

www.urbansurvival.com

www.thetruthseeker.co.uk

www.erowid.org

www.mayanmajix.com

www.unrealid.com


Google/Google Video/YOUTUBE: search this shit!

Michael Tsarion (2012 the future of mankind, our alien DNA)

David Icke (Robot Rebellion, Secrets of the Matrix)

History of Satanism (alien origins of mankind)

Zeitgeist, the movie

Bohemian Grove

Graham Hancock (shamanism, aliens and ayahuasca)

Daniel Pinchbeck

Douglas Rushkoff

Rushkoff and Pinchbeck (Dialogue part 1-4)

America Freedom to Fascism

Loose Change

Money as Debt

Terence Mckenna

Robert Anton Wilson

The Century of the Self (there is a policeman inside all our heads)

December 21, 2012 (part 1-7)

Aleister Crowley (golden dawn, OTO)

"What you eat and where you get your food, directly reflects and affects the reality of your immediate political environment. If you openly and economically support a fascist system of food production and distribution (totalitarian agriculture, food "under lock and key") on a daily basis, then you will NEVER cease to live in a fascist political system, created by your own collective design.  Now, on the other hand, if you support and maintain an anarchistic, democratic system of food production and distribution (i.e. biodiversity, subsistence/community agriculture, hunter/gatherer, ect.) then your immediate political environment has changed.  This is a drastic step in the direction of collective autonomy, one step closer toward self-sufficiency, towards freedom.  The fascist, corporate governing machine compels you to bow to materialism, to false gods of greed and addiction, to the "right" to continue to dominate and ravage the earth at the expense of all wild life on the planet (wild=free), and at the pleasure of the ruling class of fascist pigs and the merchants of blood, who then line their pockets with the power and wealth that we've been duped into gladly toiling for and then giving away.  Resistence, commitment and sacrifice are needed now.  The corporate-governing structure, with its tentacles choking the life out of communities worldwide, WILL be destroyed.  In common cause with all the people who fight to destroy invading powers, we raise our fists in solidarity, until all communities control their own fate.  The end of a cycle is near, and as the world spins faster and faster towards impending catastrophe, which will end with the dawning of a new age, will you be silent and distracted, or will you look around and pay attention?  Are you paying attention?  Choose knowledge over domination, eat the apple."


*originally wrapped around an apple, just pretend.  or go eat an apple.

Seriously, this is from the mouth of a so-called "promoter" of local music. This is Hi-Fi, Peabodies, Hardcore Marketing, ect. Fuck this.


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this is what we hate, not what we believe
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So you openend this. I'll give you props for having the balls to read this, but the real question is - do you have the stomach to digest this? This is meant to give bands in insight into the minds eye of talent buyers and booking agents for venues and concert promotion companies. They just aren't stupid to actually put it all in writing like I am. Basically it comes down to this, your ability to bring people to an event. If a band can't do that, then they don't get booked on weekend shows or high profile shows.

This is meant to educate and give your band an insight on what we look for and how our days usually go. If you take this insight, plus some hard work, and a bit of humility, you WILL go far in the local scene. I'm not saying you will get picked up by Metal Blade records or anything but you will have a solid relationship amongst promoters an venues and they will
bend over backwards to help you out and put you on
good shows.

Now this may piss many of you off as you read it. That's fine and quite frankly, move on with your life. Don't try to email me about this or that or how sometimes shit happens....like they say "shit happens..and usually around assholes". Seriously, if a band can't bring in more than 25 people (and I'm being VERY generous) to a show..unless they fix that quick- they should just break up. Seriously. I'm not kidding.



1. MY TOP PRIORITY IS TAKING CARE OF THE VENUE.
These are the people to which I have negotiated to host the event in return for paying them cash out of my pocket. They give me a date in good confidence in hopes of making a profit. yes, I said profit. Meaning $$$. It is my duty to them to make sure that people come to these events in hopes of making a profit for the venue as well as myself. I do not
book shows that have 6 bands on them and only bring in 43 people. I am not a charity. Once I land a job at UNICEF booking concerts for bands, I will be happy book bands that play in front of absolutely nobody. But I like to live in a place called "Reality" and we don't do that here.

As far as the bands go, I book them in good confidence expecting them to be able to bring in people to an event. At least 25 people per band. If I don't see that, I AM disappointed regardless of excuses. I'm not sorry for saying that.... I'm just being real.

2. I AM NOT PAID TO BE A FAN/FRIEND OF THE BANDS
If the band is made up of great guys, and make great music, great! But it's secondary. Would you refuse your paycheck just because your boss was a dick? I know I wouldn't. Also, friendships turn into favors which turns into bad shows which turns into lost friends. Nobody's happy at that point.

3. THIS IS MY JOB. PERIOD. While this may just be a hobby for a band to play out because they think "it's cool", it's not for me. THIS IS MY PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME. My paycheck is in DIRECT relation to how many people come thru the door. Basically as well as bluntly put- If you dont care about bringing people to my event, I really don't care about your band. You reap what you sow. If you do a great job bringing people to the show, you'll get rewarded in kind.

4. WEEKEND SHOWS Okay, I've seen this way too many times. A band is booked for an off-peak event (on Sunday/Thursday night) and they bring in 15 people. Then as the evening progresses they say something to the effect of "Well, if we could get on a Saturday night, we could bring in 75 people". No they can't. period. If they can bring in 75 on a prime night, then they can do at least 40 on a Sunday. Also, when being asked by a booking agent on how many people you think you can bring to the event, DO NOT say 75 and then have 20-30 people come thru the door for your band. It's pisses us off and makes us think VERY VERY VERY hard about trusting to book you again for a weekend night. That make make you mad, but remember, THIS IS MY JOB!

The bands that cannot draw at least 40 on a Sunday will most likely not be called to play a Saturday night because of one MAJOR reason. High overhead. If I book a show on a Saturday night I am most likely paying double to triple the amount and need to make up for that by booking PROVEN bands that CAN draw people. Like I said, I like to get paid.

5. NATIONAL ACT SHOWS. This often happens as well. I get bands that bring in 17 people on a Thursday night and the band says something to the effect of "Well, if we could just open up for Metallica next month I'm POSITIVE that we can do alot better with bringing our people to the show". No
shit? Really? My grandmother can do just as well selling that out as will that band and she's been dead for over 2 years and never touched an instrument.


Odds are that band isn't really promoting their shows. And like I said, if they don't care then why the hell should I?

6. THE FRESH BANDS. Ah, the new blood of the concert scene. Going into my 4th year of concert promotion, I have NOT ONCE been disappointed. NOT A SINGLE TIME. Let me tell you why. These bands are hungry. They have something to prove. The appreciate the fact that a promoter or a venue is willing to risk an untested band to get on stage and entertain the crowd. These bands hustle and they tell EVERYBODY about the show as well as promote it in kind. THEY GET REWARDED and the fun and energy they have on stage makes all of the bullshit I deal with worth it.

7. A WARNING TO ESTABLISHED BANDS. To every yin, there's a yang. I cannot even count how many times a band with a moderate name in the local scene HAS dissapointed me. They think they don't have to try anymore and they also begin to expect things as well. Like just the fact they have a name on the bill, they expect 75 people to show up. And if it doesn't happen, they blame everybody but themselves. There are 2 words that I learned from the
military-COMPLACENCY KILLS.

I have heard countless times from bands of higher stature on how great it was opening for Jesus Christ and Motorhead at the Galilee Amphitheatre in front of 50,000 people and only bring in 27 people for my event. As my cousin Tommy says "That's a great story but no one really cares". In this industry it's all about what have you done for me lately.

Bands of this status must remember what it took to get them there as well as the first time they got on stage as that particular band. Itf they don't have that drive, well, they're just biding their time until the band's demise.

8. TALENT. Did you hear me use this word even once in the previous 7 bulletpoints? That wasn't on accident. For me as a promoter, it's about butts in the buckets and to make sure everyone has a great time. PERIOD. That means if I actually like a band..it's a BONUS. But it's not the end all be all
of the show.

Example: A band that wants to play on one of my gigs that are musically lacking but consistanly bring in 145 people to a show. My response is "SURE! no problem." As I reach for my earplugs. And as for a band that can play "Stairway to Heaven" blindfolded but can only bring in 6 people to the show? Um, yeah I think I may have lost they're contact information.

This is the brutal truth like I said. It isn't pretty but it IS pretty simple- BRING PEOPLE TO WATCH YOU PLAY.

Like a very wise man with platinum blonde hair once said-
"Whether you like it, or you don't like it. Learn to love it. Because it's the best thing going today. WOOOO!"

Well, I didn't intend to offend but may have offended with my intent. To that I say, get over it, and I hope we can part as friends.
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