AZ's Diary of a Damned Man

Saturday I spent relaxing on the porch with Firestorm and we sipped wine into the early morning hours. Then on Sunday morning the banging on the back door came at 9AM to wake me up for what was about to become a long stretch of promotion and more. I had two hours to pull myself together, then Jason and his film crew loaded their gear in and we set up a lot of lights in my bedroom which had become very reminiscent of a porn set, which I could only wish it could have been. But the result was good enough.

We loaded up into Jason's jeep and drove to midway to pick up Ron Marks at the airport and we got footage of him there and then riding into the city via Lake Shore Drive. So far so good. We stopped at a liquor store where we obtained 2 fifths of Old Forrester Whiskey some diet coke and a case of Bud Light. And then after we got back to my place the real talent arrived. It was the petite, pretty and extremely sweet Angel Dawn Massie. And she was breathtaking.

I made her a cocktail and then a lot of cocktails followed and my O came out BIG TIME. And it could have been fatal is Angel didn't have such a great sense of humor. She was a real sport though I spoke to her in the lingo that I normally only do with porn stars. In my whiskey induced haze, I had failed to see the difference.

The night ended with a jam session between Ron on guitar, Emmet on my bass and Josh on sax. When everyone else split Ron and I sat on the back porch, evaluated the day and played old KISS tunes together acoustically. Monday morning got off to an early start as I went over the house cleaning up remnants of the debaucheries of the evening prior. The film guys arrived and Ron and I went to a walk to grab some good Mexican grub.

When Angel finally showed up looking as sweet as she did the day before the gang took off and did an afternoon of filming around town and I tried, really hard, to sleep. Even with a Xanax it was not feasible for me to get any rest and I knew the long night we had ahead of us at NEO. And by 5 PM they were all back with smiles on their faces which told me that they indeed grabbed some wonderful shots. Angel hung out with us all for the remainder of the day till it was time for us to head to NEO which we did at a little after 9. And as we set up and the doors opened at 10 the crowd began to filter in. A lot of people get in the video including Susie the winner of the contest whose role was put spill a drink on me as I was playing the role of the club owner who refused to pay Ron due to the stain on my suit from the spilling of the drink.

A lot of familiar faces showed up and the shoot went on for a while, Dann as usual was spinning some of the best hard rock including Ron's work with Celtic Frost as well as his solo stuff as Subsonic. Even Anand Bhatt the president of the Sonicwave International label (and former porn star) made an appearance. 4AM came around quicker than expected, Ron and I came back a bit buzzed, walked to 7-11 for some junk food and we both crashed. By the time he woke up it was time for him to leave for the airport. I went part of the way with him and spent the afternoon walking around Lincoln Park, and drooling over all of the new Batman stuff at Chicago Comics. It was the perfect day. The weather was by far the best of the year thus far.

Firestorm showed up at 6 we went to eat at the New China Buffet and had more laughs than I can ever remember having during a dinner of any kind.

Today, I'm exhausted and surprised that I could muster the brainwaves in order to complete this update. Angel and I have vowed to stay in touch and she has offered me her friendship, and that is something I couldn't ask more for. A new friend, and a beauty at that.

Friday night is Voodoo Organist, an act I'm proud to host at EXIT. Between now and then you can bet I'm resting and the weather will be cold, and I am hearing wet.

At least Smallville is on tonight.