So I'm going
through my tapes and I come across something I never
knew I had: video of the very first time 4tvs was ever
turned on. Holy shit what a find. I sat in awe
watching myself stumble through sets I had
NEVER even SEEN before at the CD101 Big Room in
May of 1999. It was such an amazing blast of
nostalgia. It had been 2 1/2 years, and this was
footage I had NEVER seen before. ABOT took this
footage and edited my very first promo, so I had
seen snippets - but to sit and watch an hour of raw
tape of the very first time I ever SAW let alone
performed a 4tvs set was so awesome. I soon became
quite swept away thinking of all that 1999 was to
4tvs.
1999 was as
pivitol a year as any I had up to that point, and it
was soon overshadowed by the immense struggle that was
2000. After the video ended, I found HondaCX500 (the
longest running late show fan along with JEFF123)
onlin, and asked if he still had my final newsletters
from 1999. Amazingly he did. This man backs up his
backups...and THANK GOD. Because although they
aren't as in depth as entries are now (that may be a
good thing - LOL), they provide some insight to how
1999 felt. I then finally sat down and began working
on an idea I had about a year ago: The Negative
Entries.
The word
"negative" doesn't denote that these are
BAD entries, it simply means we're going
backwards. "The Journey" STARTS in January 2000...but
how did I come to move to LA? It alone is one
dramatic story. Luckily - I did updates back then.
Actually since December 1995 I've sent newsletters out
to the fans of the Late Show. Yes, 6 YEARS ago I
started all this. Anyway, what this allows me to do is
to recreate those final months of 1999 into a
"Journey" type format so you can peruse through those
months as you have 2000, and 2001. This is quite a bit
of work mind you, and the month of December took days
to piece together - but it's done. Each entry has a
video just like the other months and will meld in with
the rest of "The Journey".
Of course the
mother of all "negative entry" months is "November
1999". Holy shit. You think November/December 2001 was
dramatic? Imagine one entry saying I was on the air
full time in Ohio starting in a few weeks, then the
NEXT ENTRY saying: "Nevermind, I'm moving to LA".
Goddamn the crossroads in my life are extraordinary.
My life could be SOOOOO different right now. Anyway,
November 1999 will be done in a few weeks, and the
same with the rest of the year up to May 1999: The
very first perormance.
This is all
extremely exciting to me, as I feel like I'm adding
yet another layer of life to 4tvs that was almost lost
forever. And truly - it's all Stephen Barnes
(HondaCX500) who is making this possible. Him backing
up my newsletters for YEARS is the only evidence left
that I ever wrote these things. I never kept
those emails. Yes, Anal Adam who documents and
preserves every second of his life - discarded
everything I wrote to the supporters in 1999. I
do have a personal journal I kept documenting the
promotions I did for 4tvs, but it's some pretty dry
reading. I may piece a few things together to create
some early entries in June when the whole Champps
debacle occured. It's really a shitload of work to put
all of this information into the format of "The
Journey" but in the long run - it's
priceless.
Also,
you'll be able to peruse all 9 entries and
videos in December
'99
in a matter of minutes. My idea of an
entry in '99 ain't what it is now. LOL.
Quick and to the point (I know, I know -
that's a HINT), so check it out when
you've got a moment. I really can't
believe it's taken me 2 years to decide to
do this. Ahh well, better late than never.
Oh and the keen eye, will notice I've
taken down the mp3 of the infamous
"shawshank" quote - and put the
entire movie
clip
in. MUCH better...
In 2001 news, that
show I was supposed to have - well apparently it
wasn't this week. Or that's about all Charlotte and
I can gather. Spanky won't return any calls or
give us any information. They were supposed to meet
yesterday and that got bumped to this weekend.
DUDE : "JUST TELL US WHEN IT
IS ALREADY!" LOL. Anyway, should know more
by this weekend, but obviously it's taking place in
January.
J-Dog is livin'
large still in his heated one-bedoom apartment all by
himself. LOL. I'm convinced he did all of this just to
get his own pad. He is livin' it UP DAWG! That rec
room is HIS. I'll be playing with him by the pool and
when he's sick of me he just runs back in his room -
jumps on the couch as if to say: "Outta my way bitch,
this is MY HOUSE." It's classic. What a
life.
Alright,
expect the year-end video and entry on
Monday. And just to give you an idea of
what to expect... checkout
last
year's.
