When you find out The Black Count Of Anjou is your relative

                                         The Black Count Of Anjou by Slippery When Wet

So it's always fun to find out what your roots are. But sometimes you may be in for a huge surprise. Like when you go back to the 10th century and find out you are related to one of the bonifide "Mad Monarchs"
But I must say, having a sister who anonymously cyberstalk me, it explains a lot.

The Black Count, Fulk Nerra was one bad ass dude. Cross him and you'd better leave town because he'd destroy everything you have if you got on his bad side.
After all he did burn his bride at the stake in her wedding dress no less after catching her doing the wild thang with one of the sheep herders.

He later did go off on self flagellation tangents to Jeruselum to atone for his diabolical deeds not to mention he was one hell of an architect figuring out how to build stone castles instead of rotting wooden ones. So I guess he wasn't all bad.

He was a little demanding coming to the studio haunting me until I wrote, recorded and released a song about him
My lead guitarist was making a few innocent jokes about him and was suddenly given an ugly shock while holding his guitar. But we have been recording in the same studio for 12 years and that was a first. So I guess The Count's temperament hasn't even softened in death.
Anyway I hope you enjoy my tune about his misdeeds.
Since we are cousins or whatever I feel entitled to take artistic liberties. And if he wasn't pleased I'd already have been in for a shock or two myself I am sure.

There's a Rumble On Facebook Tonight

One of my favorite pass times when I am bored is to get into heated debates on Facebook.  And no matter how civil you try to be, there is always those who come along who do not only disagree, which is fine,....
 I always find a good hardcore debate stimulating. The problem is when they do not want a debate, but rather to shove their opinions down your throat and scream every ugly thing they can at you during the interim .

So now when thing begin to really get ugly and out of control, I post this song in my feed to chill things down. Or sometimes heat them up, depending on the intensity of the argument.
Yes we do all think we are the one who is right.
Happy verbally assaulting each other <3

My Own Sister Cyberstalked Me Using Anonymous Names

I have had someone following me around from site to site where I post my music.  This thorn in my side has been doing this for about 5 years and totally shredding everything I compose.
Though in this biz, haters are not totally uncommon, nor do I expect everyone to love my music anymore than I love theirs. But I just turn it off and move on if it's not my thing instead of trying to destroy the musician's confidence.
I had a feeling for a long time one of my haters was the same person because of their choice of insults.
This person also masqueraded as a male using mrcommentguy10001 on youtube which is when I finally busted her.
She made the mistake of posting on a real estate video ad where her daughter lives and that is how I finally figured it all out.
She  is stuck out in the sticks of Nebraska, never even had the guts to learn to drive and  obviously has way too much time on her hands.
 The worst part is she clearly also doesn't have the guts to say all these things to my face and was still pretending to be decent to me, so I was stunned when I realized who my cyberbully really was.

A little well deserved song I wrote for her
My Sister Is A Cyberstalker