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Like A Doll's Eye

My latest monologue (related to my vacation coming up in August):



Quint: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, chief. It was comin' back, from the island of Tinian Delady, just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know, you know that when you're in the water, chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn't know. `Cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. Huh huh. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it's... kinda like `ol squares in battle like a, you see on a calendar, like the battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark would go for nearest man and then he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces.
Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin' chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, boson's mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He'd a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks ttook the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

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When Life Gets Me Down:
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IRNE Awards

So I was no9minated for best actor in a musical for this years IRNE awards...Pretty neat eh? -- I have it on good authority that it is fhe first ever award nomination for portayal of a piece a foliage. 

Joy.

VSM is back in May and beyond with new songs, performance and drummer. Gonna be a naughty Summer indeed.

The Surreal Allure of Liza Minelli

So in my strange little excursion back into musical theatre, I am really excited by the vast level talent I am surrounded by.

I have however learned a few interesting things:

1) Professional dancers are inhuman in their ability to move like that without dying. They have become my secret heroes, and what I do pales in comparison to their monstrous abilities.

2) The vast majority of people who do musical theatre on a regular basis are quite gay. This is not a dig on them so much as an observation...A few days ago I was hugely entertained (and hugely alienated) when nearly the entire company began doing an impromtu rendition of a Liza Minelli number. Imagine the horror if I suddenly broke into an acapella "Donkeypunch"? -- Oh the culture shock...




If only they knew Liza once sang for Alice Cooper.

3) The musical director is going to go on to great things indeed..Really talented guy.

4) Unlike the rock music subculture (if you can call it that) - In musical theatre, suckitude is not ever acknowledged..Everything is very lukewarm. When a mistake gets made nobody gets bitched at..Its all a very touchy-feely, "you'll get it next time" type approach. By the same token, if you are really good, there is no "That was fucking awesome!" type back-patting either. With this observation in mind, I cant help but wonder what side of the fence I fall on for these people...If I get no notes at the end of rehearsal does that mean it is good? And it really jerks my base nature around, not feeling like I can tell someone they sucked. Thick skin > Open wounds

We shall see where it leads, but even after all this goofy opining, I am quite confident. Even though I am clearly the alien looking into this very strange house of earthlings.

Nanoo Nanoo.

5) Oh..Never trust a junkie.

Something Warm & Personal

I don't know why I always find this so entertaining...

Dio Rules!

All Hail the King of Poo-Poo Undies.

LOOK OUT!

Carmelita

Just wanted to publicly mention how utterly cool Carmelita over at WAAF is. She has been a supporter of many strange experiments, and I just wanted everyone to know how much VSM appreciates it!

VSM @ WAAF

INDEED!

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"The Origional VSM Fan"
Massachusetts

Jul 10, 2006 @ 11:19 PM

Hey, just wanted to say thanks again for putting Needles on ur myspace so i could put it on mine !


Pumpaloaf
New Hampshire

Jul 10, 2006 @ 10:54 AM

Someone actually uses bandsite message boards?


LindaDiamond
Michigan

Jul 7, 2006 @ 11:09 PM

I think your music is really good.



Pimpington
Boston

Apr 20, 2006 @ 11:20 PM

Donkeypunch!


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