On a HEAVY Personal Note....

RED (A study of Salome) by Michael ZulliI've been in the delicious comfort of my own home since the Belgium - Comic Con - Heavy MTL explosion overload week. In this time at home, we've worked on the next music video for OOOM... involving smoke machines, haunted tunnels and veils, more soon on that... but i've also had a chance to reflect and review the last many busy weeks, months. traveling with with and for music, feeds me with the need to connect with other humans. there's the performance part, which is the Number One HOLY part, then there's the one on one, which is the HUMAN part. on that last journey out to sea, these people stood out to me, and are sources of profound inspiration that will affect my future work. now that's HEAVY serious ! xit's very exciting to meet people who's unique inside vision is manifested on the outside in such a clear way. the extra-ordinary, bonus feeling comes when you feel that person is pulling from the same eclectic puzzle pieces (an odd rhythm or painting movement) as you, but laid out in a completely different pattern, so much that hardly anyone else could see the connection, but you. maybe it's that you feel the connection in the intention of how the person and their works is put together, or it involves similar themes but in a different melody, or maybe it's familiar emotional or intellectual message at work.... very hard to peg, but you feel the connection instantly. that is the feeling when you find a new band or film or artists to love. it's as if you found something you were looking for. it's a great feeling, and i know we all experience it -So i was lucky to experience that a few times in my big zig zag europe / california / canada week..... Starting with meeting some Jazzy Vikings from Norway in Belgium, at the Dour Festival..... may i introduce to you SHINING you should dig into their new album BLACK JAZZ immediately. it's amazing and way out there on their very unique and heavy sonic journey. my dutch friend BOB, who's never wrong about quality and originality, had told me about them, and luckily got me to the tent where they were playing. it was INTENSE! then i had the pleasure to meet the humans that make SHINING. their intelligence, work ethic and genuineness - struck deep. now they are in my cd player and radar for eternity xBel Canto by Michael Zullifrom music festival to comic convention......the beautiful Century Guild booth that hosted me at comic con, was also the place where a man that legends are made of, held court too - they call him Zulli, Michael Zulli. he is a phenomenal painter, illustrator, with a striking blue suit and matching boots. we had an instant connect, as if he'd known me entirely, in a distant life, or maybe we met in a world in his paintings.... he gave me words of hope and encouragement. a total stranger knowing exactly just how unique this intense year of my creative mission has been. the challenges and the freedom.... i was deeply touched. he gave me a gift of one of his prints, and i gave him OOOM...... this week in his blog i found one of the more thoughtful reviews of this year. thank you zulli x"I was given a package by Madam Auf Der Maur at Sdcc, that contained the video of "Out Of Our Minds". It was one of the the single most disturbing, beautiful and fierce artistic statements I have seen in years. I still can't quite digest it's implications. THAT'S art my friends. That is just what art does." - Michael ZulliFull Entry HEREDive into HIS WORLD in between these phenomenal forces, i united with my southern soul brothers MASTODON when sharing the stage at HEAVY MTL, but you've all about my love of those wormhole travelers before AND SOON SOOON SOON WILL HEAR MORE ON MAdMTV reporting from HEAVY MTL - stay tuned!mind boggling drummer Brann & I (two fish in ray bans) merci pour la photo kristof @ BANGBANGBLOG it's meetings like these, with the other creatures who crawl and screech the creative landscapes and gather the fire and strength (and organization!) to share it with others, that gives me hope and inspiration....... and of course, then there is YOU > the ones who receive and show support by listening, watching and feeling.i am YOU to some, and you are ME to others!we need each other...... although i know there are some who think NEEDing is weak ... i think it's strong.I NEED I WANT I WILL, PASS IT ON!call me new age, sappy or uber fan....i hope to see you soonxMAdMx