The Perfect Age of Rock N' Roll to premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival, April 25

This is the movie that I acted in last Summer....having its premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival.....

.....they would have it the same night I play the Bowery Ballroom on the opposite coast...but what the hell can you do?

Don't be fooled by the fact that I'm not listed with the cast....I'm a principal cast member and get a lost of face time....and you can hear plenty of my rasp in it as well....I guess I'm just not famous enough from a marketing standpoint.....hopefully, enough people will see this fucker to change that.....so......

Anyway, if you're in the LA/Orange County area that night, please go and check it out!

Details: http://newportbeach.bside.com/2009/films/theperfectageofrocknroll_newportbeach2009

The Lonesome Fools finally record/post some songs

The Lonesome Fools consists of my great friend Brian Burke and myself....it's a side project of ours. I usually describe it as Simon and Garfunkel on crack, which I guess is as accurate a description of it as any, but maybe you should just listen to it, and decide for yourself, right?

We wrote these songs mostly about a year and a half ago, when we were both freshly broken from long term relationships, were out getting bombed a LOT, and had no shortage of ideas or inspiration.

These songs are the result of quite a few late nights, and document some of the new girls that crossed our paths along the way.....well, except perhaps for one of the songs, "Times Don't Change", which I think was more of a testimonial to trying to move on from the past, which isn't always easy. I guess even when you've made the decision to leave someone that you've been close to for a long time.....even when it's the right decision, it doesn't necessarily make you happy. Luckily, for most of us, there is a healing process. For us, I think, part of that was writing this song.

"Janie Jones" wasn't about anyone in particular, but more of an expression of our love of cool, beautiful Rock N' Roll chicks in general. God bless each and every one of you....you know who you are! You make me get out of bed every day....except for the days when you keep me there, ahahahahaha....

"Tonight", I think we wrote one night in which, coincidentally, we both got dissed by whatever girls we might have been hanging out with....which is kind of cool, really, because we got a good song out of it, ahahahaha....it's sort of our even more arrogant version of the Rolling Stones song, "If You Can't Rock Me (Somebody Will)".....

"Stay With Me" is a song about....sort of having a thing with someone, and feeling close to that person, but the insanity of your life brings about a lot of uncertainty. When you are the type of person that doesn't want someone he cares about to bank on promises that he can't keep, he just won't make any promises at all. That being said, it doesn't mean that the great times and shared endearments are empty or insincere....far from it. But they just are what they are.....depending on what that is. I guess it's about living in the moment.

Those are my takes on the songs, for anyone who cares. Brian might have a different take on them (we wrote all the songs together), and so might you. Who the fuck am I to say? I do know that I am very proud of these songs, and I hope you like them. We may be playing shows occasionally around NYC....I'll keep you posted.

Listen to the songs here, and add us: http://www.myspace.com/lonesomefools

FUCK THE RECESSION! The Dirty Pearls to headline the Bowery Ballroom, Saturday, April 25, 2009

I'm very proud to be headlining the Bowery Ballroom again with the Pearls. When I moved here, 9 fucking years ago, THAT was THE place I wanted to headline....sure, everybody wants to headline Madison Square Garden, but let's not underestimate the the fucking greatness of playing a great Rock N' Roll venue that isn't so....massive.....

We did our first headliner there last October, and we sold the fucker out. It was a great show, and a real high point. This one will be even better. We are going to put on a show like you've never really seen. You're going to think you're at an arena show, but you'll have the best seats in the house!

Furthermore, we have special guests, drink specials, and some giveaway hocus pocus going on....so get your tickets, come down, and have a great fucking time....I know I will!


FUCK THE RECESSION! ROCK THE RECESSION!!
4 BANDS...DRINK SPECIALS...FREE CD'S...AND MORE...
The Dirty Pearls/Statues Of Liberty/Neil Nathan/Chainsaw Trio
TIX: $15ADV/$18DOS
http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/2692

The most awesome review of a show I've played...ever....

http://thesexyarmpit.blogspot.com/2009/03/dirty-pearls-reign-over-nycs-rock-scene.html

Thanks, Jay....I'm truly humbled!

Marty E.

April 25, 2009 will be a big fucking day for me....or who's scheduling these things?

Hey....if you know me at all, you know my band, The Dirty Pearls are playing the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday, April 25....and you should get TICKETS soon, because they're already going pretty fucking fast, ok? We're going to be pulling all the stops out for this show....it will be as if we are turning the place into an arena....(and when we start playing arenas, we'll make them feel like clubs....get it?)....

Also, in a case of sheer coincidence, the film I act in, The Perfect Age of Rock N' Roll, is premiering that night at the Newport Beach Film Festival. So, if you're on the LA/Orange County area that night, I'd love for you to go and see it....

Now....I've had a chance to discuss this with a lot of people....some of them have been inclined to ask me if I'm sad that I'll be missing my film premiere.....I have two great answers for that....

#1-It will be the first time in my life where it will be as if I'm in two places at once.

#2-I've been praying for "problems" like this for my whole life.

Besides, I'm sure there will be some kind of a premiere here in New York, and maybe one in Hollywood if we're lucky....and I know the powers that be are working on others....so there you go....

Anyway, I thought I'd share the good news...and ask that if you're in either the NYC area or the Orange County area, please come and support....we'll both be glad you did!

Thanks, and take care....

Marty E.

Not that it was a big fookin' deal, but.....

Last night, I was waiting for the train to head homeward after work, right? I stayed as late as I could, because I didn't want to go out (I needed rest...badly...but that's another book of stories, hahahaha)....so I was sitting on the bench on the Subway Platform, inspecting my vinyl copy of Hanoi Rocks-All Those Wasted Years (which seems like it's been rained on a couple of dozen times, but what do you expect for 5 bucks?) when glanced at the floor in front of me, and saw what appeared to be a Blackberry Pearls (maybe my band should ask for an endorsement, right?) that someone had evidently dropped.

I picked it up, and put it in my pocket, and figured that it's someone's lucky day, because...I'm going to make sure this poor, clumsy bastard gets his phone back....because that's what I'd want someone to do for me....(Also, the Pearl is kind of worthless to me anyway, ahahahaha, as I use a Curve, but that's beside the point.....)

So, I emailed him on the address listed on his phone, and we made an arrangement to meet near...the scene of his clumsiness....now, this is when this sort of thing becomes a pain in the ass, right? I showed up on the street corner named whatever....and I waited....and waited...and it's kind of cold, and my time is valuable to me....(even if it is mostly sentimental value, hahahahaha)......and after about 15 minutes, my sentiment became, "Snap, Crackle, Fuck This" and I went into work.....and emailed him telling him, "Look, I was there, you weren't....let me know when you want to meet."

About an hour later, phone and....dumbass were reunited.....

The moral of the story? There are two....

#1-We all find shit of vari0us degrees of value.....and sometimes we keep this shit....that's fine, but if it's a phone, you should make every effort to give it back, I think. I'd be devistated if I lost my phone (although Mobile Back-up would lessen the blow, so to speak).....it isn't about being charitable or nice....it's just about doing what's right, which is what we're supposed to do, you know?

But almost as importantly....

#2-If someone is reaching out to you in an effort to help you out, don't make them bend over so far backwards that they are on the verge of breaking their back,....or even freezing their ass off, or even wasting their time....can you dig it? If you're agreeing to meet someone to return something you lost...and they don't expect anything in return but perhaps your gratitude, maybe SHOWING UP is a good idea, don't you think?

Again, it wasn't a big deal, but the audacity of some people just makes me laugh sometimes.....

....but what the hell can you do? Ahahahahaha.....

Marty E.

So, I'm officially a blogger.....

Thanks to my friend TJ (http://tjandthetux.blogspot.com/)....I've decided to start blogging independently of the social networking hocus pocus horseshit (I know, I like it, but I still make fun of it, this, myself, and you too, ok?).....

Basically, I'm going to post and write about whatever the fuck I want on here....it will be an open book....that being said, I don't really give a first-class flying fuck about much of anything besides great Rock N' Roll and having a good time anyway, so....there you go.....

That being said, I have nothing substantive to say besides this....

In the spirit of the delayed arrival of Spring, let's just let Mr. David Lee Roth do the talking, ok? I'm too tired....



Stay tuned,

Marty E.