Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving......

Twas the Night before Thanksgiving....11/26/08 to be exact and Into the Whip is holding its annual Old Howard Beach Bash! @ The Rail 2 Coleman Square.....This annual event made famous at the now extinct Smitty's....will be an all night event featuring a cornucopia of artists and the bar will be tended by Jimmy Dowd.....Most of these Spirit swilling legends will be in attendance!

America

America is the greatest country on earth. We have given the world so much and asked little in return. I'll never understand the hatred for a country that has done so much for so many. This is Me and Earl he is an immigrant from Trinidad waiting to become a citizen and a great friend. We both come from humble beginnings, life has been a long bumpy road for us both but we are still smiling... America has given us opportunity to do our thing....that is all you can ask for.

Location Location

I met a band called Location Location from Utah at my local watering hole. The singer/songwriter Marcus Bently invited me to come see them perform @ The Canal Room. This 2 man group was original,inspiring and flat out good....future stars for sure. Salude gentleman it was nice to meet you both....

Halloween

Halloween...............This is a scary fucking world,on this or any other day. Let's pretend for a day it is not.

Ari-up and Walker duet?

Ari-up A.K.A. Medusa from the pioneer punk group the Slits and Me have been talking about a collaboration. I don't know what will become of this but I know It will be fun. Ari-up and the New Warriors have a bunch of dates in NYC and Brooklyn this week for CMJ go check her out and pay your respect to the original style of The original punk/dub madwoman.......Ari-up!

Walker and Jus Bus meet

(Me) Walker and producer Jus Bus who did "It's never too late" with Trevor Off-Key and Alison Hinds will meet tonight for the first time. It is not the first time I've worked with talent that I have never met, my introduction to Soca was a blind duet with Machel Montano, we didn't meet until 3 months after our first collaboration.....that worked out fine. I'm looking forward to meeting Jus. He is, in my opinion, the most original producer in music right now. He has relocated to NYC and I suggest all of my musical friends and contemporaries give his music a listen.

Dowd Doobie Do Dowd Dowd

This Saturday Oct 4th 2008 Live @ The Rail 2 Coleman Square Jimmy Dowd Birthday Jam.....I'm playing plus a ton of people will stop in to perform and say thank you to everybody's favorite surfer/skater/clothing maker Mr.Jimmy Dowd of St.James Clothing...........Happy Birthday Blood.

A Reason to Believe

My inactivity has forced me to evaluate my career. My initial feeling was wow,I've accomplished nothing and I've really never recorded any music the way I've heard it in my head over the years. I've clung to things and gone through the motions of a performer in order to anesthetize my absence of expression....Then I thought.....Gary has it wrapped in a little package for everyone......I guess it's time to lock myself in a room and keep on fooling myself....and with the grace of God...someone else.

Musicians Wanted

Well, I'm looking to put together a band that wants to do original material....Rock/R+B/Soca/Reggae anything that has cement grooves and can move people. The musicians from the past Brotherhood of the Grape bands are all involved in new and exciting projects...Symptom 7,Ace in the Hole,Drexler..etc...I'm not ready to start pimping myself out to cover bands to make money...so if you have guts and drive....let's go....and let your soul glow.

Labor Day Jam

Labor Day Jam @ The Rail 2 Coleman Square Howard Beach N.Y. 11414 9pm till ? Into the Whip Records is hosting a jam session with all of the musicians. Special guest percussion player Ernesto Garcia(above) will sit in with Me(walker),Eddy Joe,BMWA,Ed the Ace,Geoff Unger and many more.....All styles of music will be performed....come down and welcome Ernesto....have a few cocktails....you know the routine.