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Staind in Berlin on Super Bowl Sunday 2009

The Staind show was moved to Huxleys Neue Welt as they sold so many tix they were too big for the Columbia fritz club. 

Aaron does NOT mind people filming their shows. He showed me loads of videos of his band on youtube and said I could film what he calls the "last song" as in, he comes out for the encore alone, with an acoustic guitar and sings without a microphone or amp, nothing, just singing. Takes a while to get the rowdy crowd to be quiet so they can hear him sing.. The song he is singing in this video is called "Intro" 

 

STAIND "INTRO"

 "thank you to the people in my life
for putting up with me
and thank you for the time you sacrificed
all on account of me

[chorus]

for all the times i didn't say
the times i didn't say
for all the times i didn't say
the times i didn't say

fuck you to the jaded and the fake
like to see what you would do
fuck you and the judgements you make
we're not all perfect just like you,
like you, like you

[chorus]

all the times i didn't say [x2]
thank you to the people in my life for putting up with me"

 

Aaron stood in the EXTREME cold weather for at least 45 minutes signing autographs for dedicated fans. I got fed up after ten minutes and waited on the bus, I can't stand that cold whipping post weather..brrrrrrrrrrrr Key West, I miss you so!

Once he got on the bus, the whole band, apart from the bassist and the crew all went to the Hard Rock Cafe to watch the Super Bowl.

 

Mike ^ the guitarist, me and drummer Jon and Fran, band video/photographer holding the Pittsburgh Steelers "terrible towel" lol

Mike HATED that towel as he was routin' for Arizona. Jon, Fran and a few others were for Pittsburgh. I didn't give a toss as I hate American Football. Too much padding and stop and go. I prefer Soccer and then Basketball. I don't get why they call it "Football"when they are allowed to use their hands. It's just plain padded Rugby. Padding is for pussies (and bras)

 We were the loudest fucking group in the place. There was NO doubt in the German's minds we were all yanks. (one roadie was from the UK).

 

 For-mentioned ^ roadie, Aaron and production manager/sound man/stage manager, erm, think his name is Scott? Matt? I am bad with names! I communicate mostly with the tour manager who stayed behind with the bassist. BAD WITH NAMES I am. sigh.

That's pretty much all I have in me to write. Hurricane Staind came to town for two days and I am BEAT. It was well worth the fatigue though 🙂

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Gail Zappa war continues: Zappa Family Trust trying to stop Napoleon Murphy Brock tour (the torture never stops)

Update on my last blog titled "Gail Zappa loses in court today"

 

Firstly, the ZFT has finally lost its battle to curb Arf-Society
activities in organising the annual Zappa music and more festival in Bad
Doberan. Basically, it could not prove that it owned any rights to the name
‘Zappanale’. Therefore, the 20th festival will go ahead as planned (see
updated details here). This has not deterred the ZFT from issuing another
‘cease and desist’ letter, this time regarding the ‘Napoleon Murphy Brock
performs Zappa with the Paul Green School Of Rock All-Stars’ tour. The letter
states that “none of you possess any license, permission or authority to
publicly perform the songs of Frank Zappa”. Over 3,000 fans have now signed
the petition to try and stop this sort of nonsense – are you one of them?

I thought The Zappa's wanted to reach the younger generation with Frank's music?

 

 

Don Preston , Napoleon Murphy Brock and Dr. Dot   ^

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Jimi Hendrix Birthday Bash at BB Kings – what a blast that was

 

So after a lovely Spanksgiving Thursday, I dropped Jasmine off home and headed to BB Kings (42nd street) to the Jimi Hendrix 66th Birthday Bash to see my friend Lance Lopez do his thang. I get invited to so many shows to see friends play and hardly ever have time to go see them, but this time I went ( I am a HUGE Hendrix fan). First to go on stage was Jimi's REAL brother, Leon (same mom and dad). Sadly I missed his set due to typical NYC traffic hell. 

 

 

 

 

BUT I still got to hang out with Leon, who is very friendly and charming. I heard from the others he has only started playing guitar 5 years ago; perhaps that's why he went on first? I told him straight up "I would have been one of those ladies that fucked the hell out of your brother given the chance. His music turns me ON". I have to admit, the thought of procreating with Hendrix DNA did cross my mind, for  a sec.  Heh heh. 

 

 The Staff at the BB King are so friendly to me, I get VIP treatment when I show up and I don't even ask for it, but I'm like, "ok".. why not? I did insist on paying though ($50) to see the show, hey, musicians bust their BALLS doing what they do, and if I really want to see a band, I pay. I know how it feels, having my own band in Berlin (Bitchfest) when 200 people show up and half are on the guest list and you earn FUCK ALL after all the rehearsal room costs, flyers, PR etc.. 

 

Anyhow, I got a great seat and watched Lance in awe. I just about got off listening to him play Hendrix tunes, PERFECTLY. It was like Jimi came down and channeled himself through him. The voice, the guitar lics, omfg, I wanted to get up and dance my ass off, but everyone was seated and so head bobbing and though slapping was the norm. Lance got a standing ovation after EVERY SONG!!

 

The guy who came on after Lance, Frank Marino MUST have received the headlining slot out of habit, as he was sloppy (some said it's because he is in his mid 60's, but that never stops BB King when he plays) and at times it really sounded to me like the band skipped crucial beats which made it sound to me like a record skipping. He did an amazing job at the star spangled banner though, I must admit. BUT watching Lance Lopez play first and THEN having to endure Frank after was just like having an outrageously perfect shag and THEN having a lonesome wank after. No comparison. Not exaggerating here folks, Lance nailed it. PLUS, Lance only needed THREE in his band, as in, him plus two, just like Jimi, to do it right. Frank needed an extra guitar player. Yawn.

It was Heaven for Hendrix fans. sigh, purrrrrrrrrrrrrr. It has inspired me to hurry up and get that Hendrix tattoo I have been putting off for so long. I asked Jasmine to draw me a Hendrix head which I will have tatttooed on me, not sure where yet. Leon said he "REALLY wants to see it, in the flesh", once it's done 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

Do to the hurried blur called 'my life lately', I forgot my camera in the car and had to make due with my Crackberry camera. Hence the crappy quality pictures. sigh. 

 

 Lance just sent me a text message with his set list he played at BB Kings last night:

 

1. Midnight. 2. Hear my train .3. Gypsy eyes .4. One rainy wish .5. Izabella .6. Them changes .7. Voodoo Chile slight return

 

See Lance Lopez LIVE:

Nov 29 2008 9:00P
PORT 41 NEW YORK, New York
Dec 10 2008 5:00P
GUITAR CENTER (In-store clinic) SAN FRANCISCO, California
Dec 11 2008 9:00P
THE SWEETWATER STATION MILL VALLEY, California
Dec 13 2008 9:00P
COZY’S LOS ANGELES, California
Dec 14 2008 9:00P
BOOGALOO LOUNGE LOS ANGELES, California
Jan 10 2009 8:00P
CORNER CAFE EL DORADO, Arkansas

 

 

 

So I am all out of watch with the blogs, I still need to do the Italy blog from last spring, the Flogging Molly, Ac/dc and Project Object blog as well as the FLA trip/Zappaween blog. OMFG. I am living in Blog shame. Stay tuned.

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Dr. Dot

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Star Treatment with Dr. Dot (tv spot I did)

Super busy- still have to submit the December Penthouse Forum "Calling Dr. Dot" sex column and I have 418 unread emails, yikes!! AND I am late to massage Flogging Molly an hour drive away. omfg.

 

gotta run

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ps. It's over 90 degrees F today in NYC (same as yesterday)

 


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Pat Benatar still has it

 I drove from NYC to Bridgeport Connecticut tonight (August 31st, 2008) to finally meet and massage Pat Benatar and co. Thing is, they have been using my massage team for ages, and they LOVE my team. I have to admit, I was getting a bit jealous every time a Dot Bot reported back to me how much fun it was massaging them all and seeing their show etc. I was always in touch per email, of course, to coordinate their massages, but I never got to be there personally, until tonight. 

I was greeting with open arms, big smiles and a few roars when they realized that I wasn't just one of my Dot Bots (massage assistants). Erin, the tour assistant has been super sweet to me and it was great to finally meet her. Some of the roadies were confused- my team and I all wear the same shirt, so how are they to know? The manager announced to everyone that I was Dr. Dot, and they were super curious to meet me and a few roadies asked me to pose with them, it was so funny. They all complimented me on my massage team, telling me how great my Dot Bots are, how loyal they are to me and how grateful they were to have kick ass massages at most of their shows from my team. I was on cloud nine upon hearing all of these positive reports. Music to my ears. Now it was up to me to live up to my name and show them how strong MY hands were too. I dug in and massaged anyone who had time. By the way, Bridgeport is a very dangerous looking area of Connecticut. YIKES!!!


 
   

After everyone got their rub down, show time finally rolled around. I remember seeing Pat live when I was 14 years old or so.. It was in Providence, RI. I even bought her concert shirt and wore it to school the next day, gloating; still high off of the amazing show. I have always been a fan of Pat's. I sing her songs at karaoke (Hell is for Children, Heart Breaker and my band Bitchfest even did her version of Helter Skelter). She isn't very well known in Europe, I guess it's because she is what one would call American Rock and Roll, 80's rock you know?. 

 

 

Pat is super sweet and is very nice to her fans. I was in her dressing room when the local promoter brought in the meet and greet people and Pat was polite, gracious, friendly, as was her man Neil. Their entourage is like a tightly knit family and they only allow a select few into their circle of trust. 

 Bassist Mick is a super cool guy ^

 

 Mick Mahan , Bass, me, German drum tech- Christian and Chris Ralles , the Drummer ^

Doesn't that bloke Christian, above resemble Scott Weiland ??? 

 

Chris, the drummer and I talked about favorite drummers and both agreed Vinnie Colaiuta is right up there as one of the worlds best. He knows Chad Wackerman, Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa and Chad Wackermann too, so again, it's a small rock and roll world. To pass some time while we were all waiting for the parking lot to clear,  I played him some sound board Hendrix I have on my iPod, live 1968 from Winterland, SF. Smokin' hot show. We rocked out!

 

 

Above: 80's rock hero sandwich. YAY!!!!   ^

Mark ^ is a personal friend of Pat and Neil's (by the way, everyone calls Neil "Spyder"). Mark is their driver, friend, confidant and a drummer in his spare time. He looked after me. He was so generous, kind, fun and attentive, I really felt like a queen. Mark drives a few other bands around too, you can check out his site HERE. Sometimes you meet folks on the road that are so mad cool, it makes everything so worth while. Mark loved the fact that I am not too shy to work on someones ass. I give a great butt massage. I personally HATE IT when a therapist massages me and ignores my ass. After the massage I'm like "excuse me, is their something WRONG with my ass?" and they're like "no, why?!" and then I'm like "because you "forgot" to massage it and now it feels rejected. If a therapist doesn't massage my ass during an audition, I won't hire them, plain and simple. People on tour SIT on their asses for hours and hours and their butt simple needs a good pounding. End of story.

Mark even sorted me out a copy of their set list and a laminate pass for me ^ I have to admit, the band sounded amazing and Pat was in top form, BUT the venue has crappy acoustics, I mean, my car stereo is fucking louder. Or perhaps I am just a deaf cunt (I do have EXTREME Tinnitus in my left ear since ten years, just like Pete Townshend has).

 

Neil has developed an amazing vitamin company called On the Rock Nutrition . He is walking proof of how good they work, he looks super healthy and is fit as fuck.  A lot of the massage therapists on my team take them and they feel amazing. I ordered my own bottle as I am always looking for healthy ways to get more energy  since sleep is rarely an option. Neil, Pat and their kids live half the time in Hawaii and the other half in Malibu, California. Neil is very passionate about this vitamin and mineral firm and he and some of the guys in the band take part in triathlons for charity.  They even said Lance Armstrong was at one of them, which really discouraged them in the bicycle part of the race. heh heh. I find it to be so sweet how Pat and Neil are still together after all these years and their kids are all gorgeous, happy and well grounded too. Living proof that true love can last and even withstand the strains of fame. (ditto with Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, etc).

It took AGES to get my car out of the parking lot, so I was chit chatting with a few of the local crew. It seemed most of them were Harley dudes and this one bike really caught my eye, man, what a hot looking ride ^

 

For Pat Benatar tour dates, click HERE

 Gotta get my ass to bed, it's 6am again and I am still wide awake

x

Dr. Dot

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Venus wins again

Not turning into an avid sports fan, but I am fascinated by the Williams sisters and their success. I listened to the whole game today on the radio, BBC while making my morning fruit shake and breakfast etc.. it was so exciting to have both sisters playing against each other. I wonder what the Brits think of Americans dominating Wimbledon again? Do they hate it or do they just stay mutual and enjoy the game? If I was their Mother I would be so dam proud. These girls are go-getters; I LOVE their ambition and drive.

 Venus is now a seven-time Grand Slam champion and she captured her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final. BRAVO!!!

 

 
   


Today in Berlin some German guy ripped Adolf Hitlers wax head off. WTF? Laughing my ass off. It's the talk of the town today. Guess he had it coming to him. ha. The guy is from Kreuzberg, my neighborhood here in Berlin. Guess all the freaks live here in Kreuzberg 😉

Click HERE to read more about Adolf's decapitation. 

<  Adolf wants head.

I did go to the Hard Cock Cafe last night to eat with the German Vogue journalist, who said she'd never been there. It was fucking LOUD (dumb idea for us to go there on the 4th of July I guess). The service was TOO good, know what I mean? They kept interrupting our conversation, which we had to SHOUT over the music, every 20 seconds. UGH. There is no happy medium here. It's either the waitresses are UP your ass or ignoring you. That place has gone down the fucking tubes. It used to have great food, music, service. Now it just has LOUD crappy music and loud bloated tourists on top of Ice Berg lettuce, which I loathe entirely.

We ate and headed over to the Hyatt hotel for some wonderful red wine. If you want excellent service, eat/drink at the 5 star hotels in Berlin. They HAVE to be nice to you and they have the best food/drinks ever. I eat at the Ritz, Hotel Rome and the Hyatt all the time. I am not a clothing snob (hate fashion) or jewelry snob, but I do spend a lot on good food and wine.

I suppose drinking wine with a journalist isn't a bright idea either. After a couple glasses of wine, things get personal and private information rolls off the tongue. Oooops. Lets hope she has a heart. heh heh. If not, oh well, I already have a room reserved in Hell anyways. JK.

Jasmine alerted me today she is in Sicily. Wot? Jeeze she gets around. When I was her age I was on tour with Frank Zappa. She is just on tour. Oh well, I hope she is safe. It can't be more dangerous than LONDON! I think I should stop watching the news, I get so freaked out over the horror stories happening over there. The two French students that were killed in their flat yesterday.. ugh. I had nightmares about that. The news sucks. Not sure if it's better to hide head in sand or watch the news. If you ignore it, you become ignorant, if you watch it, you become jaded and jumpy. No wonder so many people smoke grass. Being apathetic probably has it's benefits.

 

Recently I was asked to contribute to this book:

The Heavy Metal Book of Lists, to be published in Fall
2009 by Backbeat Books, an imprint of the Hal Leonard Corporation—with
a foreword written by Lemmy of Motörhead! The HMBOL is a follow up to
their recent Punk Rock Book of Lists, by Amy Wallace and Handsome Dick
Manitoba.

Just got done with my list. I listed 11 of the top Heavy Metal Bodies that I have massaged but now I realize I have forgotten a few. Dam. It's hard to decide. Naturally I can't reveal my list but I am just saying, it's going to be a good book. Can't wait for the release party. I was at the Punk Rock Book of Lists party: http://drdot.blog-city.com/nyc_december_2007.htm   < click to read that blog… THAT party was the fucking BOMB. Here I am writing about all this current shit and I STILL have not finished my France and Italy blog. OMFG I feel like SHIT about that. It's nagging away at my conscience. It's on my mental lists of things to do, but with Berlin being so warm and fruity (there are trees in Berlin that smell so incredibly sweet and beautiful, the whole city smells amazing in the spring and summer here, it's intoxicating) it's hard to stay inside and concentrate on such a huge project. I will get it done soon, then I can move on and forget it. Wonder if all writers feel like that sometimes.

Off to bed to watch the Gene Simmons ROAST on iTunes. yes!

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Berlin is HAPPENIN’ right now

UGH

I find myself writing over things in the wrong order, but it's the best I can do. I am so busy, it's pathetic. I have been in Berlin 8 days and haven't even unpacked. In fact, I just stayed packed and flew last Thursday to Cologne to stay at the Grand Hyatt ("in a hotel over looking the Rhein" Roger Waters). Incubus, a touring band that has been together for 17 years ( I was shocked when they told me that) has been using my massage team for AGES. The guitarist Michael is a self proclaimed "massage junkie" who was using my LA team for a year before I even knew he was in a band. He is so low key and cool, my team LOVES HIM!

 

Anyways, my Dortmond based massage assistant, Lissy was so eager to work at ROCK am RING I decided to pull some big strings and offer Incubus free massages for bringing Lissy and I to the festival with them. I am now sure they would have gladly paid, but I wanted to show my gratitude to them for being such amazing clients over the years.

So I flew to Cologne and Lissy met me at the airport. It was our first time meeting and I was amazed at how much better she looks in person than she does in pictures, not that it matters at all, but you know how some just look better in person and then there are some who look better in pictures.. she is the kind that looks breathtaking in person but the pics don't do her justice. I guess that is a spiritual kind of thing, the 'you have to be there in the moment with me' kind of thing her persona radiates.  

 

Lissy and I got cleaned up for dinner with the Incubus guys and some of Rage against the Machine that were staying in the same hotel. It was super fun. Incubus singer Brandon could do stand up comedy he is so fucking witty. The whole band is super cool, very tight family vibe. Tom of Rage against he machine is fun to talk to. When I asked him about Frank Zappa, he admitted "Oh, Frank is WAY over my head". Of course he is darling. He went on to say he LOVES Steve Vai; that Steve is his guitar idol. 

I have LOADS more pictures and stuff to write, but haven't the time right now, I have to go massage Joe Jackson. Will try to update later..

x

 

 Incubus singer Brandon Boyd with Lissy ^ 

 

Brandon is hilarious and very down to earth.  

 

Michael is a massage WHORE. He gets more massages than any other client of ours. We LOVE people like Michael. No matter what country, state, city he is in, he always wants a massage. Michael was actually getting massages from my team for a whole year before I even found out he was in a rock band. Very low key. Super sweet and plays a mean guitar (Incubus Guitarist). 

 

 

Some call this cutie ^ The English Eminem because they are both white and rap. His music is different though, sometimes there's a tad of techno or reggae sound.. he is super energetic on stage and his band rocks. Their guitarist and I talk about our love for Jimi Hendrix for ages.

 

  It was great seeing Gavin again, who used to front the band BUSH but is now doing great with his solo band. I am sure he was missing Gwen (Stefani) and his baby boy. Wonder when the Gwen will give birth to their second child..(should be any day now)

 

  Two things about these Gene pics you should know (1) Those are not gray hairs around his face, he had just washed off his KISS face makeup and missed some of the white paint. Perhaps he may have some gray hair, but that is not gray, it's white from the paint

(2) He is holding the itinerary for the next day. Each band gets a newsletter/update shoved under their door, or wedged in their door each night from their tour manger to  (a) remind them where the fuck they are (b) to tell them what their plan is for the following day.

 Wanted to clarify those things as I have received a few comments on myspace about both things.. 

 

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Rock am Ring, here I come

Crazy busy the last couple days, landed in Berlin, didn't even unpack as I fly today to Rock am Ring, somewhere in Germany (Nurnberg?) There are many bands there and I will be busy massaging and it won't feel like work, as I will be in rock and roll heaven. Saw Jasmine a few times, which is paradise for me. Berlin is hot and sunny, perfect weather.

I was going to be body painted by the same company that painted me before, but they totally flaked out, as in, didn't call, answer emails, etc. They quoted me 450 euro for the painting, which I agreed to, then later said "well, it will be another 85 euros in tax". That is around $150 at this point so I moaned about that and I suppose that is what made them flake, that and the one email that explained it would be TOO MUCH work, etc. ugh! This is how the front would have looked:


 

I would have perhaps been allowed to introduce the band (KISS) on stage in my body paint this coming Monday when they play Berlin. Fecking lazy ass body painters.. KISS my ass. I promised Doc and co. that I would just come dressed in my nurse uniform to make up for the lack of body paint.  

AGAIN, Berliners NOT into making cash. They are not as ambitious here as they are in NYC, that is for sure. Nice for them I suppose, they chill, relax, never break a sweat, don't worry about tomorrow, but dealing with such people irritates me as I am so on the ball and ready to work; LOVE to work and I find it hard to understand people who avoid work.

 Some of my friends give me shit that I don't have time to answer their emails, which are simply silly jokes, but then again, those friends are unemployed, live with their mom and haven't a care in the world. Must be nice!? Eh, I don't think so, work makes me happy- guess I am a freak, but then again, if you watch Gene Simmon's Family Jewels show, you will see he is also LOVES work, so  I know I'm not the only one. Sigh.

Anyways, got a flight to catch, not bringing lap top (for once) either. Rock am Ring, here I come

😉

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On my way back to Europe

 

I had a feckin' blast here in NYC.. now I am heading back to see Jasmine. Seems we will both be moving to NYC for a long time at the end of the summer.. never sure though. It is FINALLY hot here in NYC, after freezing tits off all of May. I am so fucking psyched to attend Rock am Ring, one of Germany's bigger summer rock festivals. Oooh la la, it shall be fun. Going to see (and hopefully massage) Kiss again in Berlin, which should ROCK. Hanging head in shame that I have not posted France or Italy blogs yet. OMG! Will do asap.

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