Deep Core Magic #86

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Recorded February 15, 2005

“Exploring with Erika” Part 2

Shaman's Den Jam - Frank Moore's Shaman's Den

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Recorded October 27, 2002

with Frank Moore, Teresa Cochran, Russel Kline, Stephen Jones, LX Rudis, Xtian, John The Baker, and Kalib Duarte.

“Just wanted to share with you how much fun I had at the free-form jam.... Holy Shit! I’ve been looking for new musical experiences since I was knee-high to an ewok. Not to brag, but I’ve prided myself on being open and unconcerned about form, style, etc., always listening for that special something that would raise the hair on me’ arms. I’ve probably played hundreds of such “shows”, but I have never heard anything like what we all went through the other night!!! Wow!! Thanks for bringing it all together, man.” Russell Kline, bassist “Formerly the No-No’s”

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Surreal Hot Pepper Jam - Frank Moore's Shaman's Den

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Recorded August 12, 2007.

With Frank Moore, Erika Shaver-Nelson, Tomek Von Schachtmayer and Kay Griffin.

Free audio file download available here: http://archive.org/details/frankmoore2007-08-12

Cherotic All-Star Band at Burnt Ramen - May 31, 2007

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Recorded at Burnt Ramen, Richmond, California, May 31, 2007

Raw footage of Frank Moore's Cherotic All-Star Band at Burnt Ramen, Richmond, California for the public access series "Going Deep To The Core At Ramen with Frank Moore".

We shot four hour-long episodes of this popular public access cable television series at a pop at BURNT RAMEN, the legendary illegal hard-core punk venue in Richmond, the most dangerous city in the San Francisco Bay Area!  We shot three bands playing a half-hour set each...  then I interviewed each band. But for the last hour of the night, I locked the door and forced the bands to jam together and back Linda, Erika and me as we vocalized, danced, rubbed together nude, rubbing pleasure arousing into one another for an hour set!  Among the players this night were John the Baker, Dr.  Gruve and Lenny.

More: http://www.eroplay.com/goingdeeptothecore/may2007.html

Sexy Jelly Jam - Frank Moore's Shaman's Den

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Recorded February 12, 2006.

Performed by:
Frank Moore - piano, vocals, chimes
Erika Shaver-Nelson - clarinet, vocals, toys
John The Baker - guitar, vocals
Walter Funk - lead toy geetar
Michael Peppe - vocals, keyboards
Tomek Von Schachtmayer - accordion, wood blocks
Shiloh Callison - guitar, drum machine, vocals
Dr. Gruve (Russell Shuttleworth) - harmonica, vocals
Mikee LaBash - mix & live f/x

Free audio file download available here: http://archive.org/details/frankmoore2006-02-12

Episode 2 - A Wounded Healer - Let Me Be Frank

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Originally we had planned to do a documentary about Frank's life and work because we have so much footage and so many photographs. But we did not want to do a "normal" talking head style documentary. We realized that Frank had already written a biography of sorts in his book, "Art of a Shaman" so we decided to try to use that as the "script" for the video. We decided to see if we could get people who were important to Frank and had played a part in his life to each read a chapter of the book. After drafting the email and sending it out we were blown away at the immediate response and the project took off. We assigned chapters to readers using the random principle ... as Frank loved to do ... pulling a piece of paper with a chapter number written on it from a bag as we read a person's name.

Once we had all of the recordings of the readings and added up the time, the documentary was going to be at least 3 hours long ... and it was going to take a really long time to put together. We then had a eureka on a walk one day.... we could put each chapter out on the web as we create  them  ... as episodes!

Several musicians are now creating "background music" for each episode.

Way back at the beginning, when we first had the thought of even doing a documentary about Frank, we asked Vinnie Spit Santino if he would write a song for it, without any idea how we would use it ... or what we were even doing with the documentary. Vinnie wrote the amazing "Let Me Be Frank" that will be the opening song for each episode ... and the title of the series!

Thumbnail photo by Annie Sprinkle.

"Art Of A Shaman" Chapter 2 text: http://www.eroplay.com/Cave/ArtShaman/artsham2.html

Follow the Let Me Be Frank Channel: https://vimeo.com/channels/letmebefrank

Reading by:
Stephen Emanuel

MUSIC
(in order of appearance)

Opening music:
Piano by Frank Moore.
An excerpt from a live performance,
"Sing Along, Jam Along, Play Along, Dance Along,
Rub Along, Move Along with Frank Moore"
for Leslie Baker's Salon, Montreal, Quebec, Canada via Skype.
Recorded March 10, 2012.

“Let Me Be Frank” (the song)
written, arranged, performed and produced by
Vinnie Spit Santino
recorded, mixed and mastered at Vinali Creative Group, Van Nuys, CA by
Vinnie Spit Santino

Vinnie Spit Santino - lead vocals, all guitars, bass
Frank Moore - vocals on bridge
Rebecca Kyler Downs - backing vocals and all harmonies
Gary Ponder - drums
Drake Peterson - trumpet
Tony Rinaldi - trombone

Chapter title animation music:
by Barbara Golden

Background music:
by Sander Roscoe Wolff

Closing credits music:
“Sink Hole”
by Fluff Grrl

Background music:
“Kiyew”
by Stephen Emanuel

“To Be Free”
written and performed by Tha Archivez
Longhorn Entertainment

Photos by:
Jim Appleton
Ken Jennings
Tracy Kauffman-Wood
Eric Kroll
Michael LaBash
Daniel Lorenze
Linda Mac
Alexi Malenky
Debbie Moore
Kevin Rice
Annie Sprinkle
David Steinberg
Mary Sullivan

Illustrations by:
David Hochbaum
Lee Kay
Michael LaBash
Justin Page
John Seabury

“A Wounded Healer” Chapter Title Animation:
Ink Paintings by Russell Shuttleworth
Photos by Stephan Lupino

Additional footage:
Dave Swan’s Dog House
Betty Boop: “Minnie The Moocher” by Max Fleischer [Public Domain]
Betty Boop: “I Heared” by Max Fleischer [Public Domain]
Three Stooges: “Disorder In The Court” [Public Domain]

Editing, Animation, and Title Design:
Michael LaBash

Produced by
Linda Mac & Michael LaBash

Directed by
Frank Moore

Thanks to all of the readers so far ...
Tha Archivez
Kenneth Atchley
Attaboy
Dr. Susan Block
Paul Couillard
Steve Davis
Stephen Emanuel
Paul Escriva
Barbara Golden
Fred Hatt
John the Baker
Dr. Richard Kerbavaz
Michael LaBash
Lob
Kirk Lumpkin
Linda Mac
Alexi Malenky
Kayla Moon
Corey Nicholl
Carl Off
Vinnie Spit Santino
Erika Shaver-Nelson
Russell Shuttleworth
Linda Carmella Sibio
Gerald Smith
Megan Soriano
Annie Sprinkle
David Steinberg
Veronica Vera
Martha Wilson

And thanks to all of the musicians who have created music for this project so far …
K. Atchley
Stephen Emanuel
Barbara Golden
Phog Masheeen
Vinnie Spit Santino
Sander Roscoe Wolff

Thanks to the crew at Coffee Conscious for keeping us going!

Thanks to Vinnie Spit Santino for the title!

See other episodes at
www.eroplay.com/letmebefrank

© 2016 Inter-Relations

Jam - Frank Moore’s Shaman’s Den

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 Recorded June 19, 2005.

Performed by:
Frank Moore: piano, chimes, vocals
Erika Shaver-Nelson: vocals,toys
Lob: bass
John the Baker: acoustic guitar
Michael LaBash: mix, live fx

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