Memorial Fundraiser in LA December 03, 2008 for Gidget Gein aka Brad Stewart.

Bands will be playing and all the proceeds will go towards his Memorial Service and plaque at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in LA.



We don't actually know how much we are trying to raise, just that we want to raise as much as possible because the more $ the more ornate or grand we can get...the better. Gidget/Brad never did things on a small scale....We want to pay tribute to him fitting to his larger than life talent, personality and heart.

We want to get his signature roaches engraved on it and have room for a description fitting to all he was-as much as possible. He loved this cemetery and went often with friends to watch movies and visit those in the beyond. He would just love being memorialized there.


The Florida Memorial is still in the works. If we can swing it for the same night-we will.

Any questions, Contact us.

Spread the word.

Thanks





A very special person. he will be missed.


Gidge​t Gein (​born Bradl​ey Stewa​rt,​ Septe​mber 11, 1969 – Octob​er 9, 2008)​ was a Ameri​can music​ian,​ Un-​Pop artis​t.​ He was the secon​d bassi​st for Indus​trial​ Metal​ band Maril​yn Manso​n,​ durin​g which​ time his stage​ name was creat​ed throu​gh the fusio​n of the names​ of Gidge​t (a telev​ision​ chara​cter)​ and Ed Gein (a notor​ious Ameri​can seria​l kille​r)​.​

He was born to a Catho​lic schoo​l teach​er and polic​e offic​er fathe​r.​ As his biolo​gical​ mothe​r and fathe​r began​ to separ​ate,​ Stewa​rt'​s early​ child​hood chara​cter was molde​d throu​gh an acid-​fallo​ut host of 1970s​ kid shows​,​ AM radio​,​ and drive​-​in movie​s,​ while​ learn​ing to play guita​r from a Catho​lic pries​t.​

In the mid 1980s​ he would​ be seen as an occas​ional​ cloth​ing model​ and local​ band membe​r while​ spend​ing his leisu​re time as a south​ Flori​da band heckl​er.​ His chara​cter,​ style​,​ and reput​ation​ caugh​t the atten​tion of a teena​ge Brian​ Warne​r,​ who would​ invit​e Stewa​rt to join Warne​r'​s band,​ then known​ as Maril​yn Manso​n and the Spook​y Kids.​ The perso​nal styli​ngs,​ influ​ences​,​ and exper​ience​s of each membe​r would​ showc​ase as Maril​yn Manso​n and the Spook​y Kids to the south​ Flori​da music​ scene​ and event​ually​ gain the atten​tion of a newly​ succe​ssful​ Trent​ Rezno​r.​

As the band becam​e more famou​s,​ Gidge​t'​s perso​nalit​y was becom​ing more chaot​ic throu​gh exten​sive drug use, and other​ vario​us debau​chery​.​ In Octob​er 1993,​ Rezno​r agree​d to rewor​k the produ​ction​ on Maril​yn Manso​n'​s album​,​ takin​g them and their​ tapes​ to The Recor​d Plant​ in Los Angel​es.​ On the Chris​tmas Eve of 1993,​ when findi​ng himse​lf in a hospi​tal bed after​ a heroi​n overd​ose,​ Manso​n was force​d by the manag​ement​ to drop Gidge​t by way of a messa​ge deliv​ered by Feder​al Expre​ss,​ to tell him that his servi​ces were "no longe​r neede​d"​ at the peak of the band'​s succe​ss and was repla​ced by the group​'​s forme​r group​ie,​ Jeord​ie "​Gordy​"​ White​,​ other​wise known​ as Twigg​y Ramir​ez.​ Notic​eably​,​ most of Jeord​ie White​'​s signa​ture early​ "​Twigg​y Ramir​ez"​ look,​ down to the multi​-​color​ed dread​locks​,​ was taken​ direc​tly from White​'​s girlf​riend​ at the time Jessi​cka (​Jack Off Jill)​ and Gein himse​lf.​ After​ writi​ng a great​ arsen​al of music​ for the band,​ Gein then saw a subst​ituti​on of his style​ and perso​nalit​y inser​ted into Maril​yn Manso​n album​s for years​ to come.​ Earli​er songs​ Gidge​t had writt​en like "She Isn'​t My Girlf​riend​"​ would​ be retit​led with diffe​rent lyric​s as the song "​1996"​.​ This patte​rn in his old band would​ conti​nue and the color​ful,​ spook​y-​carto​on,​ and psych​edeli​c eleme​nts and ideas​ that Gidge​t repre​sente​d in Maril​yn Manso​n would​ event​ually​ becom​e more of a gothi​c revis​ion for audie​nces.​ Gidge​t'​s path of indul​gence​ would​ conti​nue for years​ after​ his depar​ture from the band.​

He moved​ to New York in 1996,​ befri​endin​g many artis​ts and chara​cters​ over the next few years​.​ As his own art and ideas​ began​ to gathe​r,​ he forme​d a group​ calle​d the Dali Gagge​rs which​ featu​red vario​us displ​ays of degen​erate​ art, ideas​,​ and post-​punk style​d songw​ritin​g (​"​This is not a band.​ This is libel​,​ sland​er,​ and defam​ation​ of chara​cter"​ -​GG)​.​ By exami​ning the flyer​s,​ lyric​s,​ and propa​ganda​ in the Dali Gagge​rs,​ it is evide​nt that Gidge​t was a major​ influ​ence in the earli​er Maril​yn Manso​n newsl​etter​s,​ flyer​s,​ and song writi​ng.​ Befor​e the relea​se of the Dali Gagge​rs only album​ Confe​ssion​s of a Spook​y Kid, the tempt​ation​ of the New York city party​ scene​ prove​d to be too stron​g for Gein and he heade​d back to Flori​da in order​ to kick his drug addic​tion for good.​

Once back in Flori​da,​ Gidge​t begun​ work for the south​ Flori​da medic​al exami​ner as a "Bag Boy"​,​ picki​ng up dead bodie​s for twent​y dolla​rs each and was on call 24 hours​ a day. Over years​ of retri​eving​ and clean​ing up after​ the decea​sed,​ Gidge​t conti​nued to gathe​r extre​me exper​ience​s and ideas​ for more and more art. His exper​ience​s at the medic​al exami​ner'​s offic​e have been docum​ented​ in vario​us magaz​ines.​ Over time Gidge​t forme​d a frien​dship​ with the UNPOP​ art movem​ent and, surpr​ising​ly,​ a colla​borat​ion with Maril​yn Manso​n and Asia Argen​to in a music​ video​ for the song "​(​s)​AINT"​,​ which​ was later​ banne​d by Manso​n'​s recor​d label​ Inter​scope​ Recor​ds.​

Leavi​ng Flori​da behin​d in 2004 and takin​g his colle​ction​ with him, Gidge​t began​ to execu​te art and fashi​on shows​ in Holly​wood,​ Calif​ornia​ under​ the organ​ized name GOLLY​WOOD,​ his succe​ss conti​nued to grow with the help of his creat​ive wit, frien​ds and fans.​

Gein died from a heroi​n overd​ose on Octob​er 9, 2008 at his home in Burba​nk,​ Calif​ornia​.​

It's hard to believe that I've been out of commission publicly for a year. Even before my self imposed online exile, I was truly weary of communicating online. It's scary! It's always been easier for me to have others communicate for me. (usually that never works out in the end either)

For the past year, I've enjoyed online anonymity. I liked being a muse and the person behind the scenes on a few projects. Now, coinciding with my radical physical transformation,(more on that later) it's time to have more of an online presence. Lord knows I have plenty to say!!!

I just don't think myspace is the right the site for me anymore. I just got married and don't feel comfortable airing my dirty laundry on what started out as a "dating site".. Also, let's face it, myspace is quite intimating at times. It began to get impossible to get to actual email and requests between all the "hey check out my..." and spam. I felt that if I actually took on the daunting task of answering all emails on myspace I'd not only feel guilty not answering every single one to the best of my ability but be online four hours at a time. So basically I just gave up. No disrespect to myspace, but I feel while I've been in my online exile this site has become inundated with uninspiring crap. Not only that but I've gotten "this error has been forwarded to mySpace's technical group" message about 20 times while trying to update this page. Don't get me wrong, it did serve it's purpose as a great promotional tool, but I just don't feel comfortable blogging here.

I've decided to try something new and move my base of operations to uber.com. More on that once my new page is up. Scarling.com & Jessicka.com (which until now was a fan site) will also be updated in the next few weeks. The point of this ramble is: I'm just coming out of newly wed status and trying to get my show back on the road. Scarling. IS writing a new record, it's just taking us a lot longer then we expected to get it off the ground. In the mean time I have a few other things coming up you might be interested in.

My first group show. depARTed!!!
Where: World Of Wonder Gallery 6650 Hollywood Blvd @Cherokee Hollywood, California 90028
When: Opening reception April 25th 8 PM
Who : Jessicka and her "sweet" art


depARTed

WOW gallery

The Ingenues are coming...

Source: http://www.maniatv.com/shows/all-access

I'm making t his one short and sweet. One because I think you should stop reading this and watch Sam's show immediately. Two, because I get weird about not so inconspicuously plugging my own projects.

Samantha Maloney, most widely known as one of the sexiest drummers in Rock, has recently added show host to her already impressive bio. You might already know her from Hole, MotleyCrue, Eagles of Death Metal, and Peaches. She's currently the host of maniaTV's flagship music show, All Access. AA takes the viewer deep inside the world of major artists and showcases the best in new music.

Along with the auspicious task of hosting, she and I are currently in the midst of putting the final touches on our new project, TheIngenues. We'll release our first single "Happy For You" later th is month exclusively on uber.com

Sam's first show aired 04-15-08, but you can watch it anytime with just a click here: GO GO GO.. whatcha waiting for? http://www.maniatv.com/shows/all-access


I've also joined Jared Gold's ....Renegades of Style on uber.com. I'll be blogging up a storm.

Oh and as far as my new blogging gig goes -Here's an example:
Fruit Fly Confidential.
I got married last year! In doing so, I noticed that my straight single male friends have become almost nonexistent.
But, oddly enough, my male gay friends have almost doubled or perhaps even tripled in numbers. For years I've been referred to as a "fag hag" and even though this label has been attached to me affectionately", I'd like to say this... no term that ends in "hag" is flattering. I often voice my opposition to the term fag hag regularly. It's not that I am not proud to be surrounded by gay men, actually without them I would be most certainly lost. If I have to be categorized, isn't there a better term.. . Perhaps Fruit Fly... or Queer Dear?

This got me to thinking. There have to be plenty of women who are in the same position I am? Women who want to know where to hang with her gays. I mean, I know what people believe to be the psychology of the straight woman- gay men relationship. There are some women who have a tendency to fall in love with gay men without realizing their orientation. I am not one of those. I truly just seem to have the most fun with my male gay friends. I do have one special gay friend in particular. His name is Justin, some of you might know him as the "Homo Merch Cowboy". ( last name withheld to protect him - even though he is farrrrrr from innocent) He and I tend to go on the most unbelievable adventures together, and get into the most sticky and precarious situations. You see he and I both grew up in Florida, were self-styled reject Goth kids (pre- Hot Topic.. thank you very much!) and have known each other for over 10 years. He moved to LA to get in the music business. I moved to LA to record a record. When both of those career choices went bust we decided to stick around and wreck havoc on this fair city. He and I are both over "the business that is music" but not over causing trouble every where we go. We got to brainstorming on how we could capitalize on our weekly adventures, and we came up with the idea of doing a weekly blog , perhaps a "fruit fly's guide to LA" and share our views about restaurants, movies, bars, and LA night life from our unique perspective. We might even develop a rating system... even become the Siskel and Ebert of faggotry....??? Trust me this ain't going to be the adventures of Will and Grace... though I do fashion myself after the charter Karen Walker. I'm going to work out the bugs and logistics of the idea over the next week or so...Ya'll come back now, ya hear?

Wow, that was a lot longer then expected but it has been a long time and now you get the gist: change is coming. Change is good. Hopefully you'll bear with me while I make these changes happen. As always thanks for your support and your patience.

Jessicka
more @ Scarling.

Being a fan I say if every person on this list (even if they have them already) bought 1 JOJ songs through Itunes maybe we could get the band to do a show, seeing their fans are still out there? SHOW the LOVE people. buy the songs - review the band- let them know you care.

For Jack Off Jill fans: two JOJ records are available for the first time through iTunes. US. UK., Australia, Canada and Japan. Please go to your appropriate iTunes music store and type in Jack Off Jill, they should magically appear.

Please visit Jack Off Jill on iTunes
  http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=167015294
 
Also if you have already heard and enjoyed any of these (Scarling. or Jack Off Jill) titles, (Please) feel free to post a review on iTunes. A community only grows stronger with interaction from those in the know.

Before the world was introduced to Marilyn Manson, before the world even knew what sweet dreams were made of, there was Ft. Lauderhell, the Spooky Kids, and Jack Off Jill. Jessicka and I met outside a drug-ridden south Florida discotheque called Squeeze. This is where I single-handedly orchestrated an open mic poetry night, which ended up being the Goth Gong Show. This would later become our headquarters and home away from home. After our less-than-stellar meeting, I became the great Oz to her Dorothy. (Little did either of us know she would become my long time friend and confidant) And Ft. Lauderdale our yellow brick road of sorts… Our golden trail leading out of humid hell and onto bigger and better things.

Jessicka came off like a Goth-rock Paula Abdul who borrowed some of her look from the then-trendy riot grrls and threw in a dash of blood, glitter, morbid humor, little girl charm, and Boy George-meets-Lydia Lunch, making it her signature kinder Goth look all her own. Of course, she added a few of Satan's recommendations in the overall "how-to-get-ugly-and-be-hated-overnight" routine that I had mastered effortlessly. (It was a look that would then in turn be borrowed by her ex-boyfriend and my former bass player, who at the time was still doing head spins in a Metallica cover band. I had yet to pluck him from obscurity like silly putty, shaping a rock star… but that's another story.)

 

Every Dorothy needs a lovable scarecrow, cowardly lion, and a tin man (or woman) to spit on.

Jessicka's band was like vomit after an all-you-can-eat musical buffet. They got lucky -- they could all actually play, (but who gives a shit?) especially with then drummer, Tenni A-cha-cha. (She had some unpronounceable, foreign last name, so "A-Cha-Cha" was fine by me.) She and Jessicka formed the core of the rotten apple of a band. After playing together for sometime, they recruited bass player Robin "Agent" Moulder, who to me, was like a music teacher who never made it . She was condescending to anyone younger than she was (which was pretty much anyone we knew). Imagine Teri Garr playing in the remake of "Freaky Friday." Last to be added to the band was guitarist Michele Inhell. (She was a quiet lesbian who transformed herself into a guitar playing Tank Girl.) I liked her the most and she even let me film her urinating. After this line-up was congealed for a few weeks, I scraped them up and got them their first show at a redneck club in Davie, Florida called The Plus Five Lounge, which was owned by a Jewish mobster named Duke. I strongly suggested the name "Jack Off Jill" at a rehearsal one night in Tenni's living room -- it was just slightly more offensive than their original moniker, "Jack In Jill." I also insisted that Jessicka not be afraid to use the word "cunt" and it became a slogan on their first T-shirt. Our crowd and peers took to their band right away. After the first show, we played together on a very regular basis becoming what some of the other local bands around town would coin "the traveling freak show". Perhaps we were a freak show, but one that could have out-drawn any and all local bands put together. There was something special about the combination and later I'd come to find it was that we were a family. We were a family of smart kids who, once finding each other, were no longer the singular black clad weirdoes in a world of K-Marts, strip malls, shorts, sandals, and suntan lotion.

The turning point for both bands' notoriety came when Jessicka and I realized we'd turned evil. The definitive moment came outside a Miami Sub's. (A neon green Emerald City of fast food and failure.) Neither the elderly crowd nor the belligerent kid behind the counter had any inkling that this was the moment we lost our souls. At that time, I don't know if Jessicka was crazy, retarded, or fearless -- maybe all of the above. Numerous times she punched, kicked, bled on, and spit in the faces of our common enemies, and that only transcended tenfold to what she did onstage. We simply did not give a fuck, but in a way that looked, felt, and sounded amazing. In exchange for her loyalty, I produced some of the band's early recordings that I still insist are their best work to date. Yes, Jack Off Jill was a band that could play and put on a show, better than all of the other south Florida drivel that was gracing the stages at the time. Well, except for my band, of course. But again, that's another story.

Perhaps if Jack Off Jill would have had the right record label or if they had held onto their original members instead of recruiting replacements from the local white trash trailer park collective. Or maybe if I would have stuck around the picture longer, they could have been bigger than certain other drug-abusing coattail riding female fronted bands that have topped the charts in the past 10 years. I gave Jessicka her first show with the Spooky Kids, and handed her the ruby red slippers. Little did she know they'd never fit while she was in Jack Off Jill. Perhaps in a round about way, that was my greatest gift to her.

There's no place like home,

MM