Deep Core Magic #98

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Recorded May 13, 2005
“Exploring with Erika” Part 2

John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, September 20, 2008 [AUDIENCE CAMERA]

 

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Well, this was one of those damn hard ones to do! It was at the end of a night of extreme performances which were loud, dangerous, full of explosives, glamour, and macho risking in an upscale gallery in Davis, California. Although there was human shit [literally] and broken glass on the floor by the time I went on, the night had really been lame, tame and hollow. Both the energy and the audience were diffused by the time I went on. So I had my nude women bring the audience members [even from the balcony] to me to touch. This was what freaked the gallery owner out! But most of the audience members liked it. Some even cried!

ON-STAGE CAMERA: https://archive.org/details/davis-092008

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Small Press Exhibit 2005

Small Press Exhibit at the Alameda County Library, Albany Branch, Albany, California, July 2005

Part of the Inter-Relations collection of zines, books and chap books collected between 1988 and the present.

Photos: http://www.eroplay.com/smallpress/exhibit.html

St. Stupid's Day After Party, April 1, 2007 [AUDIENCE CAMERA]

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Frank Moore's Cherotic All-Star Band, Fat City, San Francisco, California.

We were the finale of the  long, great night of the After St. Stupid Day Bash at Fat City in S.F. put on by Bob and Ann Madigan…cram packed with great, loud, surreal, over-the-edge bands. In fact it was so long that I lost a quarter of my band before we went on as the finale of the show at 1:15am! But The Cherotic All-Star Band was huge anyway. After my traditional vocal solo, Lenny Lauro of The Year of the Wildcat with his bass dug the groove deeper and deeper. Rich Polysorbate, the drummer of L.A.’s Clowns & Fetuses, stirred the tribal heart. Mike Fluffgrrl’s slide guitarist, Barney Fluffgrrl’s Theremin wizard, and the trombonist from Los Banos created musical/emotional water slides into fuzzy altered states as Bob Madigan and Michael Peppe tickled the keys, joyfully grinning. Lena Strayhorn played various unique instruments, arousing sexy giggling thoughts. The E-Salon’s own Kay played with musical toys. I crashed the chimes when I wasn’t rubbing/dancing naked intimate sex into the jamming with Linda and Erika…when they weren’t tickling each other all-the-way into silliness or “getting” the band. All through the jam Linda, Erika, Lena, Bob, Peppe, Caroline of The Year of the Wildcat joined me in a pagan non-verbal vocal chorus that ripped holes in “reality” into soft molten pleasure chaos of enjoying being one another within one another. And all of this…and in fact the whole show of the long night…was pumped full of juice by Ann Madigan standing in front of the stage very actively enjoying. This greased all the wheels!

On-Stage camera: https://archive.org/details/ststupidsday-040107
More: http://eroplay.com/Cave/fatcity/index.html
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https://archive.org/details/frankmoore2007-04-01

Episode 6 - Black Flag's Audience - How To Handle An Anthropologist

From the soon-to-be-published book, How To Handle An Anthropologist.
True stories, as told to Russell Shuttleworth PhD, from the life of shaman, performance artist, writer, poet, painter, rock singer, director, TV show host, teacher & bon vivant FRANK MOORE.

This ongoing animated segment was created for the web series, "Let Me Be Frank": https://vimeo.com/channels/letmebefrank

Voices:
Frank Moore by Linda Mac
Russell Shuttleworth by himself

Opening title music:
“Special Rate Sherry”
written, arranged and produced by Vinnie Spit Santino
from the album, “At War With Nature”

“Black Flag’s Audience” background music:
“Dirty Sanchez (Caffeine Take)”
written, arranged and produced by Vinnie Spit Santino
from the album, “At War With Nature”

“Black Flag’s Audience” appears in Episode 12 “Outrageous Beauty Revue” of “Let Me Be Frank”:
https://vimeo.com/308833322

How To Handle An Anthropologist album: https://vimeo.com/album/3375648

The Night Of Taboo Passions [AUDIENCE CAMERA]

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Friday, May 5, 2006
Frank Moore's Cherotic All-Star Band
Burnt Ramen, Richmond, CA

ON-STAGE CAMERA: https://archive.org/details/nightoftaboopassions-2006-onstage

Well, Friday’s gig at burnt ramen was coming home. I have said ramen is my favorite place to play music at. Full-volume, no frills, pure underground! We have played there a lot! We sat around waiting for the bands and an audience to appear … talking to John the Baker (the guiding spirit of Ramen) and Steve. Steve and I go back 40 years! He and I had a long visit the night before. We hadn’t seen each other in 35 years! He was a major player in my life … the first person who dared to give me LSD in college, drove me from San Bernardino to hippiedom Santa Fe, dropping me off at a Digger-style commune. When he, a few months later, followed my wheel tracks and moved to Santa Fe, we lived together in an extended family … etc. He drove from Santa Barbara to play his stand-up bass in the jam…and spent his day buying a new effects box for the gig.

As we sat there, John started telling us that A LOT of the punks who come to ramen have told him they are fans of my shows on B-TV … watching episodes multiple times! I had known we have a large black audience, judging from the reaction on the street when I go downtown. But it is good to know that we are corrupting … er … I mean educating … the YOUTH! At the end of the night, John proposed I do a show at ramen once a month with local bands (and of course Cherotic All-Star jams!) to get ramen bands on B-TV. The title could possibly be Going to the Core @ Ramen with Frank Moore. We talked about starting shooting it in July. Funny how things keep opening up. It’s also funny that I’ve been connected to the punk scene for 30 years.

As people came in, we gave each person a complete library of the Sons of Skip Skiffington and the Tortured cds. We also played them between sets. The guy who is behind both bands is always creating new cds and is always sending us many copies of each to give away. It would be scary if the dude wasn’t so good! We gave him his own LUVeR show just to use all of his hit material! He ain’t no fool! But we either have to build another house to store his cds, or do more live gigs just to give away his cds … or rent a plane to drop Skip Skiffington’s shit over Berkeley!

The audience was invisible! It looked like nobody was there. But we about broke even … which is quite good for a LUVeR benefit. Nobody minded not seeing the audience. We overheard John telling some people I was to blame for him starting to book bands and for ramen! I get blamed for everything! John was the first act we saw at W.E.Fest in Wilmington, N.C. in 98. He was a solo act from Woodstock. He blew us away! We spent hours talking to him on the sidewalk after the show the first night of the festival. But when we got home, there was an e-mail from him confessing he didn’t come to my 2 sets at the festivals … just sat outside … because he was scared! So when he came to San Francisco with his band, The Banned, he had me double billed with them…in fact, I sang in his band, and they joined my All-Stars. He said that show opened up possibilities for him. So he stayed here…wormed his way into a recording studio in an old produce warehouse…first to live, but quickly built a funky theater for hard core bands. The rest is history! I get blamed for everything … including history!

But enough history! Back to the gig! The night looked like one band that kept expanding, evolving, getting more and more “out there” as the night went on. Unfortunately The Urban Monks had a divorce before the show. So the first band was The Shenanigoats, a great, fun, four-piece punky band from Sacramento. With them you were pretty sure where you were at. But when Instagon came to bat, the magical weirdness began! The thing about them is they are NEVER the same web of players! This time it was Lob (my musical director for decades!) on bass, Dr. Oblivious (my other musical director) on keyboard, Lena the Jaw Harp Queen playing everything but the jaw harp, Chris on the banjo (and maybe guitar), and The Shenanigoats’ drummer (Skott) and guitarist (Jim). They had the familiar structure of songs, tunes, numbers … they did a trippy Inagadadavita. But you found yourself floating down the Mississippi on a strawberry and chocolate marshmallow raft!

The Cherotic All-Star Band:
Lob
Dr. Oblivious
Lena Strayhorn
Chris Miller
Steve Emanuel
Tomek Von Schachtmayer
Skott DeMEDERIOS (drummer Shenanigoats)
Jim Willig (guitarist Shenanigoats)
Erika Shaver-Nelson
Linda Mac
Frank Moore
John The Baker (Skip Skiffington samples)
Audience vocals

Read the rest here: http://www.eroplay.com/Cave/nightoftaboopassions/index.html

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Julie's Supper Club, San Francisco, California May 4, 2004 [AUDIENCE CAMERA]

 
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Frank Moore's Cherotic All-Star Band.

This answers the age-old question of how many nude erotically rubbing bodies, musicians playing their instruments, cameras, and audience members can you fit into a small space. This was for the premier of an underground film at a San Francisco jazz club.

 On-stage camera: https://archive.org/details/julies_supper_club-050404

 Download free audio of the performance here: https://archive.org/details/frankmoore2004-05-04