Midnight Panic's Backyard Boogie - By N.L. Belardes
The day of the CD release show for Midnight Panic went just as I expected. It was a day filled with hidden surprises, great music, and special moments.
Right away I knew it was an evening for the Buck City Podcast. (Listen to episode 20). I sat at home in as much of a Grinch spirit as I could muster. I had tied up most of my funds into a hockey CD that didn’t make it to the shelves before Christmas. That was enough to put me in a Grinch mood: I turned green and hairy, started wondering why I was the misfit kid from Whoville; I was getting over a cold, working on a new novel, and ignoring Christmas.… Oh, I blogged. Blogging is fun. It’s fun to play the Grinch even when I’m not grumpy. I took on Bakersfield Bob, the Lords of Bakersfield, and ever so quietly, the evil spirit of my brother who I had heard months ago wanted to sue me over a blog about the Pizza-a-go-go. In a cryptic email that dastardly Nate Berg mentioned something to the effect of, “Why would your brother’s lawyer contact me?”
How weird is that? I guess they were trying to join sides. I did some research, and, wow… who knows if this is true. It could have been Darth and the Emperor taking on nlbelardes.com. Ah, the family gossip runs deep in the Belardes clan. It’s become the Hatfields and the McCoys. Remind me to tell you all stories ‘off the record’.
So there I was, Grinch supreme; I called Matt Munoz to see if he was going to the Midnight Panic show. Nope, he was headed to see Crosby Loggins and the Namedroppers, a 6-member band, nearly done with a new CD that includes some of Matt’s old chums as well as the son of some guy in Supertramp, Kenny Loggins son (Crosby), and Paul Cartwright. No, Paul is not a missing cousin from the old Bonanza TV show with a side shooter and a pal named Hoss. Paul is one of the best fiddlers/violinists I’ve ever seen. In fact, all of the guys in the Namedroppers are incredible…
Anyway, that’s where old Latin ska-king, ‘Mentos Candy Buru’, the Peppermint ska-brother of Latino Christmas cheer was headed. He was supposed to show up with Cesareo Garasa, but because of moving refrigerators, it just wasn’t to be.
The new ska-king of Bakotopia and matildakay.com
Matildakay showed up, and we were off to check out the action at Fishlips before the big party at Montgomery World Plaza with Midnight Panic.
At Fishlips I quickly tucked myself into a corner. I interviewed Paul Cartwright for the Buck City Podcast and talked shop a little bit about what’s new in his world. Matt Munoz arrived and we did some fun bantering on the podcast. Oh yeah, earlier in the day I met Monty Byrom, legend of Bakersfield blues and glam rock wondersongs. Byrom wandered up for some humor and choice cursing for the podcast. I loved it. He wasn’t taking the podcast too seriously. That’s OK, neither do I. I just let artists talk while throwing in with each artist about the day’s alleged book burning. (Kids these days. All seems to be a rumor started by a kid who took a friend’s mother too seriously for confiscating the book and joking. I still haven’t seen proof either way. Waiting for photo-proof).
Paul Cartwright, hero of fiddlerisms and Paulapawowzas...
Talk about a full day! Book burnings, podcasts, fiddler legends a-jammin’, blues rock legends, ska heroes, and I hadn’t even yet jetted out to meet with Rock Star Marky Chavez, a hard rocker who knows how to work a crowd. Oh yes, even Flower in the Dale pointed that out when she said those exact words, “He knows how to work the crowd.”
Just before Midnight Panic hit the stage I wandered into the MWP. Montgomery World Plaza is a cool Mexican marketplace, once a Montgomery World store out on F Street near Golden State Highway and near some of the literary scenes from Lords: Part One: the murder of Ricky Rollins, the meetings at the Hacienda Hotel, Carol and the hairstylist pad, all right around the corner…
Marky Chavez gettin' into the 'IT'
Inside, a huge crowd had gathered. Marky Chavez made his way through the throngs of kids, all waiting to hear Midnight Panic’s full set. Their new CDs and T-shirts lined the tables and I got me a Jarritos Tamarind drink that would fire me up for taking some photos. I can honestly say I have never seen such a crowd at the MWP. And the drink was mighty tasty.
I ran into hard-working radio personality Jarad Mann (Meathead, Desi with Rocky Nash) from 106.1 KRAB radio. He was getting ready to film a video of Midnight Panic. I later gave Jarad his first ever interview. It made him a little nervous to be on the Buck City Podcast. We laughed. He growled that I have a “hidden rage” and it was all good.
Midnight Panic all worked the crowd. Marky Chavez talked to the kids, thanked lots of folks, and sidestepped some technical problems with sound and created a memorable show that kids who attended will remember for quite some time. The rest of the band’s stage presence was tight, energetic, and rocked the room, hard.
Taking the lead of his MP Crew, Marky tore into their set and sang through MP songs with an incredible amount of high-energy rock that had him jumping around the stage and groovin’ along with Peter, Mike and Matt.
It's all in the shoes...
Here’s the set list:
Celebrate
Territorial Pissing (Nirvana)
You don’t have to be afraid
I want to know
Tonight is our last night
Ugly
Give me one chance
Bring me back to life
Can’t find a way
Let me go
No one here is safe
A beautiful lie
Of course Marky had to go shirtless which ‘wowed’ the young ladies who weren’t just there to hear the music. I wanted to be entertained while some of the young kids go for the music and the rock star. Oh yes, the kids moshed and honed in on the high-octane songs of Midnight Panic. Of course I just chilled, happy to know I could now recognize most of the songs from being out on the Ranch.
Only here there were no chickens and horses, just us rock hungry farm animals hip to the new Midnight Panic music chow…
Radioman Jarad sneaks videography lesson 1 in...
Toward the beginning of the set, Jarad Mann jumped onstage to film for a video. I popped onto the stage once but mostly backed off and took some pics of the historic Midnight Panic backyard boogie show from a safe distance. I could almost swear Marky serenaded me with the final song of the night, "A Beautiful Lie". I think he was singing and screaming in anger because I wouldn’t show him a lick of Lords: Part Two. I might share a few kids books with him, though, just for singin’ to me…
A mad mosh moment. Connection point to the PANIC-stricken beat...
Keep up with the happenings of Midnight Panic. They will be going into the studio to write three new tracks so they can re-release a full-length CD with DVD extras… That should be out in March through Orphan distribution…
Right away I knew it was an evening for the Buck City Podcast. (Listen to episode 20). I sat at home in as much of a Grinch spirit as I could muster. I had tied up most of my funds into a hockey CD that didn’t make it to the shelves before Christmas. That was enough to put me in a Grinch mood: I turned green and hairy, started wondering why I was the misfit kid from Whoville; I was getting over a cold, working on a new novel, and ignoring Christmas.… Oh, I blogged. Blogging is fun. It’s fun to play the Grinch even when I’m not grumpy. I took on Bakersfield Bob, the Lords of Bakersfield, and ever so quietly, the evil spirit of my brother who I had heard months ago wanted to sue me over a blog about the Pizza-a-go-go. In a cryptic email that dastardly Nate Berg mentioned something to the effect of, “Why would your brother’s lawyer contact me?”
How weird is that? I guess they were trying to join sides. I did some research, and, wow… who knows if this is true. It could have been Darth and the Emperor taking on nlbelardes.com. Ah, the family gossip runs deep in the Belardes clan. It’s become the Hatfields and the McCoys. Remind me to tell you all stories ‘off the record’.
So there I was, Grinch supreme; I called Matt Munoz to see if he was going to the Midnight Panic show. Nope, he was headed to see Crosby Loggins and the Namedroppers, a 6-member band, nearly done with a new CD that includes some of Matt’s old chums as well as the son of some guy in Supertramp, Kenny Loggins son (Crosby), and Paul Cartwright. No, Paul is not a missing cousin from the old Bonanza TV show with a side shooter and a pal named Hoss. Paul is one of the best fiddlers/violinists I’ve ever seen. In fact, all of the guys in the Namedroppers are incredible…
Anyway, that’s where old Latin ska-king, ‘Mentos Candy Buru’, the Peppermint ska-brother of Latino Christmas cheer was headed. He was supposed to show up with Cesareo Garasa, but because of moving refrigerators, it just wasn’t to be.
The new ska-king of Bakotopia and matildakay.com
Matildakay showed up, and we were off to check out the action at Fishlips before the big party at Montgomery World Plaza with Midnight Panic.
At Fishlips I quickly tucked myself into a corner. I interviewed Paul Cartwright for the Buck City Podcast and talked shop a little bit about what’s new in his world. Matt Munoz arrived and we did some fun bantering on the podcast. Oh yeah, earlier in the day I met Monty Byrom, legend of Bakersfield blues and glam rock wondersongs. Byrom wandered up for some humor and choice cursing for the podcast. I loved it. He wasn’t taking the podcast too seriously. That’s OK, neither do I. I just let artists talk while throwing in with each artist about the day’s alleged book burning. (Kids these days. All seems to be a rumor started by a kid who took a friend’s mother too seriously for confiscating the book and joking. I still haven’t seen proof either way. Waiting for photo-proof).
Paul Cartwright, hero of fiddlerisms and Paulapawowzas...
Talk about a full day! Book burnings, podcasts, fiddler legends a-jammin’, blues rock legends, ska heroes, and I hadn’t even yet jetted out to meet with Rock Star Marky Chavez, a hard rocker who knows how to work a crowd. Oh yes, even Flower in the Dale pointed that out when she said those exact words, “He knows how to work the crowd.”
Just before Midnight Panic hit the stage I wandered into the MWP. Montgomery World Plaza is a cool Mexican marketplace, once a Montgomery World store out on F Street near Golden State Highway and near some of the literary scenes from Lords: Part One: the murder of Ricky Rollins, the meetings at the Hacienda Hotel, Carol and the hairstylist pad, all right around the corner…
Marky Chavez gettin' into the 'IT'
Inside, a huge crowd had gathered. Marky Chavez made his way through the throngs of kids, all waiting to hear Midnight Panic’s full set. Their new CDs and T-shirts lined the tables and I got me a Jarritos Tamarind drink that would fire me up for taking some photos. I can honestly say I have never seen such a crowd at the MWP. And the drink was mighty tasty.
I ran into hard-working radio personality Jarad Mann (Meathead, Desi with Rocky Nash) from 106.1 KRAB radio. He was getting ready to film a video of Midnight Panic. I later gave Jarad his first ever interview. It made him a little nervous to be on the Buck City Podcast. We laughed. He growled that I have a “hidden rage” and it was all good.
Midnight Panic all worked the crowd. Marky Chavez talked to the kids, thanked lots of folks, and sidestepped some technical problems with sound and created a memorable show that kids who attended will remember for quite some time. The rest of the band’s stage presence was tight, energetic, and rocked the room, hard.
Taking the lead of his MP Crew, Marky tore into their set and sang through MP songs with an incredible amount of high-energy rock that had him jumping around the stage and groovin’ along with Peter, Mike and Matt.
It's all in the shoes...
Here’s the set list:
Celebrate
Territorial Pissing (Nirvana)
You don’t have to be afraid
I want to know
Tonight is our last night
Ugly
Give me one chance
Bring me back to life
Can’t find a way
Let me go
No one here is safe
A beautiful lie
Of course Marky had to go shirtless which ‘wowed’ the young ladies who weren’t just there to hear the music. I wanted to be entertained while some of the young kids go for the music and the rock star. Oh yes, the kids moshed and honed in on the high-octane songs of Midnight Panic. Of course I just chilled, happy to know I could now recognize most of the songs from being out on the Ranch.
Only here there were no chickens and horses, just us rock hungry farm animals hip to the new Midnight Panic music chow…
Radioman Jarad sneaks videography lesson 1 in...
Toward the beginning of the set, Jarad Mann jumped onstage to film for a video. I popped onto the stage once but mostly backed off and took some pics of the historic Midnight Panic backyard boogie show from a safe distance. I could almost swear Marky serenaded me with the final song of the night, "A Beautiful Lie". I think he was singing and screaming in anger because I wouldn’t show him a lick of Lords: Part Two. I might share a few kids books with him, though, just for singin’ to me…
A mad mosh moment. Connection point to the PANIC-stricken beat...
Keep up with the happenings of Midnight Panic. They will be going into the studio to write three new tracks so they can re-release a full-length CD with DVD extras… That should be out in March through Orphan distribution…
This entry was posted by N.L. Belardes, on
Thursday, December 29, 2005.
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If I recall correctly the shirtless image was sexy and inviting. Please NL post the pictures soon to remind me.
Luv,
Flower
I take the sexy photos for the ladies in the states and overseas and on the continent north and south of the border...
Oh shnizzle, I remember that pic. I look at Yabba Dabba Do n' shit!
LOL!!
-Matto "Der King Du Ska Latino"
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