Before No No Zero gets down to work on the next record, we have one last show in Toronto, this Saturday at Mitzi's Sister, 1554 Queen St. West, Toronto. It's $6 at the door, or $5 if you're wearing a Halloween costume. Doors open at 9, first band on at 10.
We're headlining this one -- also playing are Filthy Rich, The Ultimatemost High (ex-Guitar Army and The Brown, most of whom played in The Starkweather Fix at one time or another), and 'Classy' Craig Daniels' new band The Bon (recently featured in this very blog). The poster we see here was designed by Mark Laking of The Ultimatemost High; you might remember that name from a previous post here too.
So come out this Saturday night dressed in your spooky best, lay down a Laurier, and enjoy some fine punk rock action party!
And speaking of stardom, can there be any better argument for tonetta's true greatness than his songs, plain and simple - stripped of any irony or video connotations, for good or ill? The man is a natural tune master, producing great songs at the rate some people produce bowel movements.
In the spirit of letting all and sundry enjoy these aural sculptures, I share the best thing to cross my browser in a good long while -- a six CD collection of tonetta songs!!
This comes by way of "J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing)", posting at ilxor, who says that actually its his "friend Anthony you need to thank. He's been faster than me again and has already ripped everything! He's a crazy Tonetta fan".
Hmmmmmm... I can't help but notice that tonetta gives his account name as toni, which is of course short for Anthony. Also that these files, while at 192, don't sound at all like the precious few tonetta MP3 files I've found online. Indeed, I surmise these files might just be sourced from the main vein of Mr. 777 himself???
J4mi3 goes on to say, "Tonetta boys and Tonetta Girls, here's the first cd of the unofficial The Godlike Genius of Tonetta777 - Anthology Vol.1. Of course, these are all low quality rips from youtube and I hope the maestro will one day provide some goood quality ones (and charge for it!)."
Just so. I'd be first in line to buy whatever King Cock puts out. Regardless, whoever did these rips certainly did a bang-up job; they sound great. Kudos to Anthony and J4mi3 for this 122 (!!!) song collection, the long-awaited 'box set' of gooey go-go goodness, The Godlike Genius of Tonetta777 Vol. I-VI.
Moss Man was an action figure from the Masters of the Universe collection back in the 1980s. As Wikipedia notes, his was not an auspicious beginning:
The figure is essentially a green repaint of the Beast Man action figure, covered with fuzzy "moss" with the fangs painted over and a pine scent added to the body. He has a mace that is a recast of a weapon from the original Castle Grayskull.
Initially, sort of a cheap, thrown-together character then. But from manure springs forth roses, and so it was with Moss Man. He has gone from being a simple spy, adept at camouflage and able to blend in with his background, to nothing less than Eternia's Green Man, a god of nature whose immense power over flora and fauna marks him as something of a master over life itself.
The action figure roots of Moss Man have held persistent fascination with legions of fans and collectors over the years however, and the number of Moss Man sculptures out there now is anyone's guess.
Whether a Beast Man knock-off or a towering forest giant, Moss Man resonates. His enduring appeal is a fuzzy sensation, a growing phenomenon, and a shared love affair with the sweetest smelling little tough guy of all time.
