Navy Seals, NSA, NASA, SRI, F.B.I., NASA, CIA, Air Force, Army psy-ops & black-ops targeting::::need help!!!

Dear General Keith B. Alexander, NSA, David Patreaus, C.I.A., Jerry Harrison, SRI, Andrew Wilkins, Navy Seals, Inspector Generals, Homeland Security, Charles Bolden, NASA, Fox News, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Rolling Stone Magazine and CNN:

My name is Danielle Noel Gibeson. For the past 11 months – I have been targeted by the paranormal divisions of the NSA, CIA, F.B.I., Navy Seals, NASA, Army, Air Force, and Navy, as well as SRI interns from Menlo Park, CA and New Jersey. They have using classic Operation Monarch and Project MKUltra techniques to traumatize my consciousness – remote hypnosis, soul pulling, negative programming, and more. I need it to stop, at once. They are all guilty of rape, murder, and pedophilia in real life and most are corrupt government agents and members of the psy-ops military- including the Air Force (Edwards and Andrews Air Force Bases), the Army, and the Navy. High ranking government officials, including Senator Pat Roberts and President Barack Obama are also involved.

The President is guilty of rape, murder, child molestation, and making snuff films of children having sex with E.T.’s (greys) in area 51-54. He films them fucking and them jacks off to it in the bathroom down the hall. He thinks it is totally awesome to watch women bleed to death after he stabs their pregnant stomachs with a knife and then asks James Johnson to fuck them to death.

They, collectively, NASA employees as well as government officials – slay animals by feeding them to the Annunaki who mutilate them for fun. They think it is funny when rabbits scream. They enjoy fucking horses up the ass, with spears. They take small animals and stick them up the vaginas of cows until they are rolling around, screaming. They do things to animals, that most people could never even imagine. It is so disgusting, it escapes, human imagination.

Once upon a time, I was never Mary Magdalene. I was an apostle of Yeshua. My name was Mary PROUD. I traveled with Yeshua for years. I lived with him as a servant of the Messiah and took care of his every need. We were best friends. I have reincarnated for lifetimes, living the most extremely horrific lives ever. I have done this because I have been building my karma for literally – thousands of years.

I have had a very eccentric life however, I believe that I can still contribute something to my environment by – being a good person and doing the best I can. I do this, everyday. I pray to GOD for forgiveness and God has blessed me with super powers.

I am quite literally supernatural because I have such AMAZING KARMA. I have been deemed SUPERNATURAL by the men in black who work undercover as psy-ops agents for the military and government agencies such as the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. They have been using me as a sex toy and rag doll while raping me nightly in light land, also known as my astral body. I am so powerful, I can erase my own memory to protect myself. I do not consciously remember what happens up there at night, on purpose. I protect myself by separating my higher consciousness from my waking consciousness. I do this because I am literally – a GODDESS in human form.

I know this sounds crazy – however – there are people in Washington D.C. who know all about me. They are Senators and Ambassadors who surround the President with their money. They buy their way into the breeding program known as Operation Monarch which is basically a huge underground WHOREHOUSE. They go there to get away from their wives and families. While there, they unleash their stress and unhappiness on women, men, animals, and children. They do things to others that are punishable by death in most civilized countries, unlike the United States of America.

Some of their names would surprise you – including Senator Patrick Roberts, NSA of Oklahoma who fathered an autistic child named Amber. He raped and killed her and filmed it. An agent working for the NSA named Drew Anderson sells copies of it to this day on a website called – kiddiporn.net You can find it by searching for his name, “Drew Anderson” or “Pat Roberts”.

The reason I know this is because I am psychic, clairvoyant, telepathic, audiopathic, telekinetic, and more powerful than any other person on the planet. The reason is – I am the new MESSIAH. I came here from Heaven, over and over and over again – to experience the worst of the earthen plane for lifetimes. I now know what it is to be forsaken. I have been trying to help save the entire planet. I can travel through space and time, at will. I now no longer, want to be a part of this, because President Barack Obama threatened to have his Secret Service men rape and kill me in front of my brother, Joshua Gibeson. I found this personally offensive, after everything I have been put through over the last 11 months by literally an army of black-ops agents, NASA employees, daemons, and extraterrestrials. I have so named them below. I will be updating my blog here – continually – until I am picked up and/or put down. I am not willing to cooperate with pure evil under the guise of the Federal government.

The United Nations needs to step in and take over for awhile. I am begging TRUE PATRIOTS to contact the Security Council and ask for help. We need it.

I have notified the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Baso, Attorney General Eric Holden, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Governor Edmund Brown, Jr.

They are guilty of treason and terrorism against the United States of America. They are trying to start WWIII with China and other foreign countries to boost the economy. The below names are black-ops/M.I.B. as well as the psy-ops division of the Army, Navy, Air Force who have turned voyeurs…. as well, as many of the Facebook onlookers whom I have hailed for help in corroborating my story with newscasters. Guess what? You just got yourselves BLOWED UP! There is no more planet Earth in your future. Mean it! Thanks for doing absolutely nothing, Patrick Anderson, Sylvia Sylviano – JAIL!!!!

Senator Patrick Roberts, NSA

Patricia Taylor, F.B.I.

Tom Taylor, NSA/NASA

Patrick Serrano, NSA

Taylor Torrance, NSA/NASA

Robert (Bob) Morino, NSA

George Laprou, Homeland Security

Linda Mahoney, CIA

Drew Lamont, FBI

Terrence Toronto, FBI/CIA

Anderson Cooper, FBI/CIA

Taylor Torrance, FBI/CIA

Jackson Taylor,TROUPE

Cooper Merakabeserrollo, FBI

Thomas Prontru, FBI

Andrew Marciano, FBI

Andrew Jones, CIA, black-ops

Andrew Euclinque, NASA/Seals

Andrew Morn, NSA/area 51/NASA

James Protok, Navy Seals/NSA/area 51

James Johnson, Navy Seals/ I.C.E./NSA

Matthew Macmannahan, NSA/area 51

Angela DeWitt, NSA/area 51

Lisa Morningstar/contractor and empath for the NSA

Aiden Pruncitto, NSA/NASA

Anwar Tranceprond, NSA, black-ops/NASA

Andrea Olivera, CNN newscaster and double agent for NASA/NSA

George Harrison, Homeland Security

Peter Thomason, Air Force – Edwards

Angela Garcia, Asterproducts.com – onlookers

Troupenscky Troulleseltr, Russian empath, secret space program

Garcia Manciano, New Mexico secret facility in Roswell, NASA employee

Peter Asciano, NASA/NSA/Airforce – fucked up empath

Peter Sciano, Army-psy-ops

George Andrews, Army psy-ops guilty of treason and terrorism i

They have been remote viewing me and employing empaths and telepaths by the score, from multiple government agencies, to keep me energetically repressed.

I want a copy of my file sent to my home at once. It has been cleaned up repeatedly and may be deleted by the time you get this email.

The reason why they have not taken me into custody is because of my abilities to perceive their intended action in advance and counteract to prevent them. My father, Noel Gibeson, is a retired Marine and active member of Homeland Security and my mother is clairvoyant intuitive.

11 months ago – I was shown a classified photo of a recently deceased terrorist- OSAMA BIN LADEN-  by Andrew Wilkins, a top ranking Navy Seal at my former place of employment, Chris Haines Motorcycle Adventure Company. Chris Haines formerly trained Navy Seals as part of his business and Andrew is his best friend. He casually showed me and Chris’ wife, Karen the photo on his cell phone, explaining that the Navy Seals were given Photoshopped versions of the photo – to keep it classified. This photo showed his head blown wide open, like a canoe!

The Navy Seals, close friends of my employer, Chris Haines, began to keep track of me after this incident but, upon doing so – discovered I had some special abilities, like being mildly telepathic and capable of remote viewing. I was aware of them following me home and also aware that my phone was tapped. They decided to track me using empaths. It then was turned over to the NSA/M.I.B. who began keeping tracking of me, but, as things progressed – things became unprofessional. The CIA and Andrew Jones,  are now also involved.

I have first and last names of most of the NSA agents (M.I.B.) who have been programming me and they need to be stopped. They are attempting to traumatize me to a: program me, b: control me, c: coerce me. They have been threatening to take me into custody for 10 months, 24/7. They attempt to keep my astral body separated from my physical body and use me as a super soldier without my consent.

I would like full disclosure from the Navy Seals, NSA, F.B.I., NASA, and the CIA and I want a copy of my file sent to me- CEASE AND DESIST.

I would prefer that this NOT be public – however, after 11 months of rape, torture, and abuse – I have no other choice but, to send this email – as publicity is the only tool I have to use, as I have asked them repeatedly to leave me alone.

If you publish my file I will sue. CEASE and desist.

Thanks,
Danielle Noel Gibeson
Temecula, CA 92592

951.302.3666
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Freedom of Information Act : Public Disclosure of NSA and CIA harrassment

Saturday, December 24, 2011 6:16 PM

From:

“Danielle Gibeson” <daniellenoelgibeson@yahoo.com>

To: research-outreach@tycho.ncsc.mil

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Wallpaper

Know what really gets a party bouncing off the walls?! Bumpin’ some Wallpaper! Signed with Seattle’s legendary K Records in spring of 2008, Wallpaper will release their new album with a show you’ll want to mark on your calendars, November 8th at The Comet. Wallpaper offers danceable diversity wrapped in a high energy garage pop rock sound born of influences like Pavement, The Pixies, and Weezer. Brothers Derek and Spencer Kelley along with Steve Potter, deliver fast paced jump up and down songs with puckish charm, enthusiasm, and a whole lot of energy.

The trio began playing in 2004 with Spencer and Steve, joined later by Derek on lead vocals. After listening to their first recording made as Appliqué, they heard a lot they wanted to change and stripped it down. Their sound became more raw ala The Breeders and Violent Femmes. They must have done something very right because renowned musician, DJ, producer, founding figure of the DIY independent music movement, and record label owner Calvin Johnson happened to be one of the seven attendees at The Sunset in late April of this year and really dug their sound. “Kurt Cobain’s only tattoo was of the K Records shield, you know.” Derek fills me in. I did NOT know that! Calvin and the boys exchanged 45’s and EP’s and three months later Wallpaper was signed to K Records alongside the likes of Modest Mouse, IQU, Dub Narcotic Sound System, and Yacht. Wallpaper’s short, fast, shooting star-like rise to musical success in Seattle is supported by a great fan base of youngsters who like to dance and rock out.

So why, you may wonder, is Wallpaper secretly blacklisted from playing all ages venues? Why would these three very adorable and talented musicians be blacklisted from playing at all-ages venues? The answer? Myspace drama. Myspace drama which led to false accusations directed at one of the members of Wallpaper which led to further slander and subsequent cancellations of shows as well as refusals to book Wallpaper at all ages venues. Because of one vindictive Vera Project volunteer, the tyrannical blacklisting of Wallpaper runs amuck within a small circle of misled friends who volunteer at all-ages venues in the Seattle area. As a result, Wallpaper’s 18 and under fans have to settle for waiting outside 21 and over shows to say hello and listen from the street. Can anyone say scandal?

“Is it really fair to allow the volunteers of Vera Project or any organization act out their own personal vendettas at the expense of the organization itself and the public that it is meant to serve? We can’t play at any all ages venues because of one volunteer who has slandered us on false pretenses. We don’t even know what to do about it.” says Spencer.

“Yeah…. we are OVER hipsters.” says Steve. They all nod in unison agreement.

Unwitting targets of Capitol Hill hipster politics, heroes of the teen dance scene, newcomers and favorites at Calvin Johnson’s K Records and darlings of Seattle underground pop,
I present- Wallpaper. Find them October 11th at Mars Bar and November 8th for their CD release party at The Comet and get the dish on their latest online drama at www.myspace.com/publicstudents. Steve, Derek, and Spencer are very charming and full of playful, positive energy which, comes through in their music. Wallpaper is a breath of fresh air and if you’ve been looking for some new tunes to dance in your socks to, look no further.

Written and photographed by January Fieldz

Photo editing by Adele Clark

D-List Magazine, Seattle, WA.
October 2008

Hypatia Lake

I’m on the phone with Lance Watkins, mastermind and lead singer of Hypatia Lake, checking in to see how their West Coast tour is going. He tells me they are currently huddled around a lantern and a loaf of Italian bread, in San Simeon State park in California after playing killer shows in San Francisco, Long Beach, and Los Angeles. Their new album, Angels and Demons, Space and Time, is being hailed as one of the most transcendental and skillfully produced albums in the experimental psychedelic rock genre. Released by Reverb Records and recorded/engineered by Scott Colburn (Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Sun City Girls), Hypatia Lake’s intimate and eclectic songs are truly a psychedelic masterpiece.

With Randall Skrasek on guitar and back-up vocals, Shane Browning on bass and back-up vocals, Dave Foley on drums, occasionally joined by Sky Lynn on back-up vocals/percussion, and Lance Watkins- lead guitar/vocals and songwriter; together they weave a fairytale of music about the fictional place of Hypatia Lake and the make-believe characters contained therein. Inspired by The Point, a fable by American songwriter and musician Harry Nilsson, Lance conceptionalized the town of Hypatia Lake and brings it to life with the help of his bandmates. The name Hypatia comes from ancient Greece, Hypatia of Alexandria born between AD 350 and 370, a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. Not surprisingly, Hypatia Lake’s lyrics incorporate philosphy, metaphysics, and esoteric themes. When listening to their music, your ears are not only delighted and stimulated by the variety of dreamy sounds that come through, your mind is simultaneously aroused and enlivened by the depth of thought and information of the lyrics. This is intelligent, well-written music with an unstructured ambient soul and a satisfying palette of sounds ranging from neo-folk to shoegaze to true Seattle rock. The mind-sweeping trancy effects of their music are punctuated satisfyingly with interludes of heart swelling guitar solos that keep you awake and pumped without jarring you out of your senses. Most shoegaze bands will put you to sleep while other hard/indie rock bands sing songs that make you feel angry or depressed with noise that hits you like a car crash. Hypatia Lake seamlessly blends the best of the best along with a healthy dose of the unexpected.

Their live shows are complete with their very own visual projectionist, Ben Jones. It is a total package. Even if you don’t typically listen to psychedlic rock and find youself at dance clubs on the weekends- you should really give this a try. It’s a very stimulating experience and a complete departure from the usual. This is not your typical self-absorbed, self-pitying Seattle rock band making a play for a big break. They are saturated with pure creativity and experiment with sound and thought for its own sake- it is very rejuvenating and inspiring to be present at one of their lives shows. Hypatia Lake sets themselves apart not only through the quality of their sound but, also through the selfless, fun-loving character of their presence.

You can catch them at The Comet, September 26^th with Spirit Vine and Rocking Horse People. Until then, you can read about their adventures from tour, like the phantom deer that they saw bounding across a huge San Fransican cemetary last week, on their myspace page www.myspace.com/hypatialake or at www.hypatialake.com. Hypatia Lake deserves the spotlight they are in. Theirs is a sound that has been cultivated with alot of care and thought over the last 8 years and they deliver with a purity and rawness that every music lover can appreciate. Hypatia Lake’s soul is the last unicorn of Seattle rock. Satisfy your curiousity and check them out! Their live show is reward you deserve.

Written and photographed by January Fieldz

D-List Magazine, September 2008

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An Evening with Westin Glass

The car careened around the corners of the dark city streets and in reply to my question, Mr. Glass merely turned again. Dark curly hair and handsome, the talented singer/song writer of The Reformation, former drummer for both Model Photographer and Say Hi and current beat-masta for The Thermals smiled as he said, “I think we’re almost there.” We parked and then exited the car.

“No, I meant about the magazines. You and the three bands you are in were all written about in a bunch recently, like Rolling Stone, Filter magazine, The New York Times, SPIN. The Stranger did a feature on you as The Reformation last year; I remember thinking…How’s that feel?” We walked through Capitol Hill towards the club. Damp streets and dusky skies, the traffic was just enough to keep you from sleepwalking through the intersection. I looked at him with a gleam in my eye, for we both knew this was my first time ever doing an interview.

With a deep grin he replied as we crossed the street, “Say Hi’s new record, The Wishes And The Glitch, was recently reviewed in Rolling Stone and Spin, among many other publications.  ’Sophisticated psyche-tinged indie rock … an eclectic collection of blissed out, bass and synth-heavy ruminations’ is what Rolling Stone had to say about it. Filter wrote about Model Photographer and mentioned the other two bands I’m in: The Reformation and Say Hi. So yeah, that was pretty cool. That’s the first time I’ve ever been talked about in such a big magazine.” He smiles with sincere and innocent charm.

We find our way to the Capitol Club and climb the stairs to the lounge, laid rich with Indian satin cushions and tiny candles all over the sand colored walls. Delicate tin lanterns threw intricate, beautiful patterns of light into the corners’ shadows. I ordered a glass of wine and began fiddling with my new Polaroid camera. “Be prepared. I am gonna use this, you know.” I looked at him all smiles. “So what’s on the horizon for you? You’re in three bands and they’re all going somewhere. You are obviously the common denominator. That’s a lot of balls up in the air. What if you had to choose?”

There was a pause in his reply. Ordering a Corona with a thoughtful look, he turned and answered with a deep vibrancy in his voice, “Wow. That’s a good question… I just take it one day at a time. Right now, I’ve got Say Hi’s tour which includes a performance at SXSW. We return to Seattle in April for a live performance on KEXP and the Sasquatch Festival. Model Photographer is doing well despite the fact that Alex Rose plays keys in Minus the Bear and I am on tour more and more often with Say Hi. Alex and I first began as “Bum Out Patrol” back in Albuquerque, NM. We would take turns singing and playing different instruments. After moving to Seattle we began playing together again with me on drums and Alex on guitar and vocals. Model Photographer was born. I’m very excited to be putting out a second album as The Reformation, however. Ultimately, expressing my thoughts and ideas through songwriting that I love best.”

We sipped our drinks and gazed around the room, looking out onto the balcony through the high glass windows where the city lights glimmered. The skyline majestic and dressed modern, we strolled outside and took in the cool night air, the starry city sky… I stood holding the Polaroid and said, “Stop. Stay there.”

He turned and looked at me smiling.
*FLASH!

“The first Polaroid. We clinked our glasses in a toast to celebrate the irony of the first picture taken on a newly bought camera that was sentenced to a life of extinction by Kodak less than a month ago. C’est la vie…

Westin looked at me smiling in earnest. “Touring. Let’s start by saying touring with Say Hi is very different than touring with The Reformation. Sometimes you have a few luxuries but yes, it can be very tough. Tough in all kinds of ways, including on romantic relationships…. but in the end, there is nothing I’d rather be doing than playing music. I can’t imagine what I would do with myself if I couldn’t play music all the time. I love it more than anything.”

I remembered suddenly, “Yes, actually one moment especially captures that spirit and dedication for me, which was last summer when you played as Revival Revival. You guys playing in the summer sun last year at the Cascade’s Block Party. Man, that was for real! The crowd was loving it! I was actually interviewed by the Seattle Times about the crime rate and homeless demographic in the neighborhood at one point and you were just having a ball with it all.”

“Yeah, that was great thank-you. What a day! Yeah, that was probably the best show Revival Revival ever gave. We just had so much fun playing the songs of Credence Clearwater Revival, it was purely a labor of love. We just had a great time performing throughout the summer of 2007 and gave our grand finale performance in September at the S.S. Marie Antoinette. It was a fun time.”

We took our second round of drinks and the Polaroid camera downstairs to the empty dining rooms. The exotic Indian décor and seductive lighting made the perfect backdrop for the photos… As the flash went off, we continued to chat between sips of wine and beer.

“Stand by that lantern…”

Find Westin at, www.myspace.com/reformationseattle

Written and photographed by January Fieldz

The New World of New Vintage

“Hops shortage you say? I had no idea. Really? Tell me more.” Sidetracked near the coat check, I stopped, captured in conversation by this idea. Talk of hops at a wine event? But why not mention her fair cousin, Beer? The young man leaned forward, pushing up his light gold frame glasses and said, “Crop damage actually. It’s hard to get at the moment and local breweries are going under. You can check it out online.” No way… the hop crop got creamed? That can only mean we’ll have to make more wine! Luckily, here we are at the “New Vintage” wine event put on by the Washington State Wine Commission in the very hip W Hotel in downtown Seattle. And by we, I mean Jeff Dorenbush, 22 year old business manager for Mutineer Magazine: easy on the eyes, quick on the trigger. And me? Standing fresh faced and fire-eyed at 6’3 in black patent leather heels, a silky new jet black dress and long black, wavy hair with bangs. Tonight, these hot pink lips are smiling because I, love love love wine…. and therefore find myself eclipsed into a hip, hedonistic wine lovers seventh Heaven. KEXP DJ Derek Mezzone is deejaying in a ballroom where swarms of twenty-thirty somethings dressed for cocktail hour buzz about. Scores of wine reps from Washington’s finest vineyards give samples of wine, walking freely and pouring liberally. Seattle’s best chefs and restaurants represent by passing one elegant appetizer creation of their making- works of art in every way. The wine… it was everywhere and tape recorder in hand, sip after sip after sip, I began to talk with everyone!

“So what do you guys think of the event so far?” I asked two girls, a blonde and brunette who were engaged in animated conversation. They turned to face me in slow motion, deer in headlights, open mouth smiling, wine glasses cocked out, one in each hand. I allayed their surprise by waving my rockin’ press badge. “See? I’m Danielle Gibeson, reporter for Mutineer Magazine. We’re doing a piece on this event. Actually, can we get your picture? With the wine.” The women snap to attention, all smiles. Jeff takes a few pictures which attract the attention of the wine reps. They circle like thirsty vultures and I, catching their eye bear into their souls with a look of such longing, I could have been crossing long miles of desert. Yet, I soon learn a mere eye flutter will fill my glass with wine. “Winthrop, Syrah”. How romantic. Can’t you just see the dusky mountain skyline? “Natural Slice Vineyards. Pinot Grigio.” One sip sends you into a golden summer, running through fields of wheat like a child. “Marysville winery, try the Merlot.” And we all just naturally laughed together, enjoying and talking about our wine. The brunette dressed in all white began to say, “It is really packed though. Last year the venue was better I think. It was bigger. It was at Qwest field last year.”

“Oh, really?” I had no idea what else to say because the idea of a wine event at Qwest field sounds vulgar and horrid to me and because this was my first real wine event of any scale. There must have been about 500 people moving around, drinking wine, dancing, eating out in the main ballroom, or lounging on the gigantic velvet chaises and furniture in a more quiet L-shaped room walled with dark glass which overlooked 4th Avenue.

The blonde chimed in, “Yeah, last year was not this crowded. But, the food is amazing.” On cue a waiter swings by carrying a tray of sashimi scallops covered in a miso vinaigrette, topped with wasabi aioli and presented on a sea shell. Absolutely exquisite!! We all gasp with appreciation and empty our glasses.

“Fantastic! Cheers to empty glasses! Time for more wine!”

Bingo! A tall wine rep in his mid-fifties wearing a dark flowered shirt and khakis appears almost instantaneously. Jeff moves around into position for the next shot and begins to focus on the camera on him. I push out my tape recorder towards his mouth and hit play.

“Tell me about your wine.”

All eyes on the rep, holding out a fanciful Hawaiian style labeled wine bottle. “My name is Phil Kline of Natural Slice Vineyards. I’ve had a 26 acre parcel of land my whole adult life but in 2002 I had a mid-life crisis and instead of buying a Harley, I got into the wine business. I have the highest elevation in Washington, situated in West Yakima. Snow just got off my land only last week. But, I don’t make the wine, I grow the grapes. I let someone who really knows what they’re doing to make the wine. But we make a very nice Riesling and Syrah. This is our Pinot Grigio.” He pours us all a glass. The wine is a sparkling pale gold and is very aromatic. Citrus and pear open with a light floral note. The taste is light and pleasing, subtle and sweet, enlivened with a spirit of good cheer, if not by the very sun itself! Just at that moment a woman with long red hair in a purple cocktail dress strode towards us with a look of intention. She stopped directly in front of Phil, “We heard you have good white wine. Would you come with me to our table over here? We need some good white.”

We all sung the wine’s praises and bid each other adieu with a final toast. I turned to Jeff, “Let’s eat. You have to try this stuff and we can take pictures of the chefs!” People hum around the edge of the room where Seattle’s up and coming chefs stand ready at tables, displaying their bounty. A French chef in a fedora dances around to the loud hip hop. His table is filled with miniature cups of peach mousse covered with a citrus gelee’. The centerpiece is a large ice sculpture of the letter D, also wearing a fedora. He speaks with a thick French accent, dancing from foot to foot as he presents the clear cuplet filled with pale fluffy crème. “Eat this… It is made from organic Washington summer peaches. It tastes like summer in winter. The citrus gelee’ adds an extra touch of summer with a light lemon zest to compliment the peach mousse.” The tiny spoonful nearly brings a tear to my eye. It tastes like innocence itself. Fresh, pure, simple… I was transported back to my childhood farm in Virginia where my grandmother and I had planted peach trees together. Endless baskets of peaches, heavy with sweet hot juice. We ran out of ways to eat them. The chef got a call on his cell and I was struck by how strange it was to see him and his red-lit ice sculpture wearing matching hats, side by side. I motioned for Jeff to get a picture, but the fleet footed Frenchman caught on and made a dash for the hall.

“Jeff, you have to try this. It’s amazing. Give me the camera.” Shaking off the nostalgia, I took the camera and danced in place to M.I.A. as Jeff tried the magical mousse. People were starting to loosen up. The laughter was louder. More single girls were showing up in pairs. The dance floor was a vortex of movement populated with silver pants and strapless dresses.

I detected a lack of wine in my glass. “So what does being a Washington Wine Ambassador actually mean?” Back at the tasting table — empty wine glass in one hand, tape recorder in the other — I held both out across the bar. The communications director for the Washington State Wine Commission was holding a bottle of local Syrah.

“It means you are basically learning and teaching everything you can about wine. You get to go on tours of all the local wineries and get to taste all the different wines. We sponsor and host lots of wine-focused events like this one and Taste of Seattle. Just promoting and enjoying wine culture.” She poured me a glass while I stood there stunned. Was this Heaven? Why have I never seen this world before?

“I want to be a Wine Ambassador! That sounds like fun!” The camera flash went off, mirroring the flashes of awestruck realization in my brain. This was a major discovery. This Washington wine world could be the next utopia. Walks down long rows of sun drenched grape vines on weekends spent touring beautiful countryside. Wine tasting mixed with city parties and elegant events showcasing the best bottles in the state?! I have reached the promise land!! DJ Mezzone was now reverberating the two story glass windows which showcased falling evening rain and high winds. My blood felt hot, happy, and whirling around. I prepared to interview more attendees, and crossing the lounge, I was stopped short for the third time by the same gentleman. He was slightly infatuated and persistent and I felt weird to be complimented so lavishly on the job and in front of Jeff. The conversation rounded the corner after I lied and said I had a boyfriend. That brought us to the topic of organic raspberries. Namely, he is a grower and gifted me a glass of his organic raspberry wine which was pure, sweet, and sunlit with Elysian Fields of organic raspberries…

Utopian, indeed.

-January Fieldz

http://www.mutineermagazine.com/blog/2008/03/the-new-world-of-the-new-vintage/

The Black Angels

Dearly Beloved we are gathered here today….

The Black Angels and The Warlocks graced Seattle with two sold out shows, back to back, Wednesday night at Neumo’s for the benefit of Noise for the Needy. There was some serious love in the room for these two bands- for good reason. Directions To See a Ghost is the second album The Black Angels have released through local indie label Light in The Attic Records and their haunting lyrics and psychedelic drone really play to the times. This is no jam band, folks. The music is meant to infiltrate your mind and stir you up inside with lyrics of war, self-obsession, death, corruption, and more war. Not exactly dinner party music but when you combine a full house of savvy music lovers, a stage full of sexy Austin musicians, a projectionist and live freestyle artist, and “Native American drone roll” coming out of 8 ft speakers…. you not only have a concert; you have a transformative portal of thought-sound. Listening becomes an experience of being swept out to sea by a big, dark storm that forces you into a re-evaluation. Your daily existence stands trial and in the tidal wave of their sound, you are torn apart but left feeling re-focused.

Singer Alex Maas has an undeniably potent stage presence without a trace of the cold pretension that so often alienates a crowd from a popular band. Perhaps that is why The Black Angels are not merely popular, but well-loved. He moves from full bodied singing to playing guitar to hitting the keys to peddle pressing with a certain kind of energy that makes you think of Jim Morrison meets Sitting Bull, pure intent meets poetry. Or maybe it is guitarist Christian Bland’s transcendental string fingering against Adam Demetri’s 16foot 16mm film projections and psychedelic oils. One lady less this year, Christian takes over the drone machine for former member Jennifer Raines. Meanwhile, blonde rebel beauty Stephanie Bailey keeps the beat and holds down the drums like a warrior while Kyle Hunt switches it up with percussion, bass, and guitar. Nate Ryan is not to be ignored on bass.

There was a deeper resonance that emerged from the set that somehow spoke to their growth as band. After their recent European tour and now on yet another mammoth North American tour, it goes without saying that they’ve earned a few belt notches in the experience department. That being said- the synergy between them as they often switched up instruments, taking turns with the drums or backup vocals, lent a kind of new light to their stage presence. By the end of their encore, it was without question that The Black Angels are beloved of Seattle. And I would like to thank them and all the bands that played for Noise for the Needy concerts.

From Seattle, with love.

Full Stage Black Angels

Alex Maas of The Black Angels

written by January Fieldz

Krist Novoselic on Fairvote.org

The intimate atmosphere of EMP’s Blue Lounge cradled the thirty some attendees listening to Fair Vote’s organization speakers. Krist Novoselic, once Nirvana bass player, is chairman of Fair Vote and an advocate for ranks choice voting. After a lot of talking from other speakers that my mind was just not grasping Krist addressed the crowd, “Coming out of a rock ’n roll band, I should have picked a sexier issue. Let’s begin by explaining what IRV or ranks choice voting is, some people appreciate that.”

He continues after the room lets out unison sighs of relief or amused chuckles.

“Say we are at the Northwest Musician Appreciation club and we are here to elect a chairman. (scattered giggling) We use the old fashioned traditional run-off method like they use in unions. So we pass out a ballot, everyone gets a ballot. We write down our favorite and then we go have a drink, a bite to eat, chat a little bit. Now once they count ballots and if someone gets a majority of the votes, they win! If no one has a majority of the votes, we eliminate the last place candidate and pass out a second ballot. Ok. If your candidate is still in the race than you put him down as your first choice. But, if your first choice was eliminated, we’ll I’ve got to pick one of the four remaining candidates. So you put down your second choice. We count ’em again. If we have a majority winner we have a chairperson. If not, we pick up a ballot and do the same thing. You get it, right? We could go through three maybe four ballots. People are going, ’I didn’t plan on being here until 9:30pm!’. Ya’ know? We’re asking people to name their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th choices over and over again. Well we can do all this with one ballot. You can put down your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice and then we count them all up. If someone got a majority of votes, they won! If there is no majority, you eliminate the last place candidate and those votes just like the traditional way, you get those 2nd and 3rd choices and you distribute them to the remaining candidates evenly until someone gets a majority. It’s the same system. It’s in Robert’s Rule of Order which is what we use to conduct our business at our Musician’s Appreciation Association.”

Someone from the crowd asks why anyone would oppose this idea. What are the arguments against it? Rob Richie, Fair Vote’s Executive Director, answers first.”Why do people oppose it? Well, it speaks to people’s political survival instincts. People who are elected officials are uneasy about a system they were not elected under.”

Krist answers second, “There’s the geekwonkey non monotenicity anomaly- is that no election system is perfect. Say you’ve got a way right-winger, a left winger, and a moderate person- so you’ve got three choices. And all the people pick the left winger and the right winger so the moderate gets eliminated and those votes are distributed to the extremes. This never happens though. Usually, it works the other way. “

He continues with increasing animation, “You could be a jerk on a message board who really wants range voting, or the Condorcet method which are fine but alot of times the supporters of those systems are obsessive and they’ll follow like Rob or we’ll be on a message board or we’ll write something or we’ll appear in some newspaper and these people will do the same, in suspect and come and attack it. But, the thing is- we’re not attacking what they’re proposing. However, our proposals have been tested in Federal court. Our proposals have been used in the United States and theirs never have and its alot of work to get something on the ballot. And why would you want to take that risk on something that’s never been proven?”

I feel his passion more than his meaning- both have impact. IRV voting is a rebel cause championed by a rock ‘n roll revolutionary who truly believes in its pure democracy, fairness, and votes back into every American hand.

Rob cuts in with, “Like the governor of Vermont. Why we have to pressure the governor so much is because his political party has won several seats without a majority.”

“That’s a survival instinct!!!” Krist shouts with gusto. I can see him suppress the urge to punch the air.

Rob continues, “And he thinks that if this system was in its place he may have lost some of those seats and this may shock you- but, sometimes politicians consider those factors when evaluating electoral rule.”

Sneaky bastards. I wonder how you get this sort of thing in place? The speech concludes and we are all free to enjoy the lounge and complimentary wine bar. I turn with a spin on my heel to my coworker and frontman for local band Martian with, “Explain.”

Martin Link: “If your first choice doesn’t get picked then your second choice gets credit.”

“So it’s a process of elimination, basically.”

ML: “Yeah, basically. It costs less money. Look at the presidential elections, two democrats and one republican. What kind of choice is that? So like the Naders and more obscure people, you don’t vote for them because the vote is wasted. This is pure democracy. They use it in Europe and stuff and Pierce County.”

“How did they get it in Pierce County?”

ML: “They got it on the ballot and the voters voted for it. Eventually, they’ll have it on the King County ballot and then we’ll vote for it. I’ll vote for it.”

“How do you get it on the ballot?”

ML: “You have to rally support. Go ask Krist.”

I totter over to the other side of the room, never get used wearing heels and the wine doesn’t help. Here we go. Gotta know! “Hey, Krist how to you get ranks choice voting on the ballot?”

Krist Novoselic: “You get people’s signatures and petition to get it on the ballot. Elected officials can vote to have it on the ballot or it can be implemented by an elected official.”

“How did you get involved with Fair Vote?

KN: “Recognizing the barriers and reservations in our current system and not accepting it. Shake things up a bit. It’s about having more choices, putting power in the hands of the voters. It’s about fairness.”

“We can we do to help?”

KN: “Volunteer at an organization like Fair Vote www.fairvote.org. Get the word out. Talk about it. Talk to your statesman, congressman, city council. Write about it.”

-January Fieldz

Photography by Blush Photo

Eric Howk + Palmer, AK

This is a story about love. It begins on the side of a mountain in Alaska with a 7 yr old boy named, Eric Howk. His dad knew one song on the guitar and his mom could strum a few chords and that was a good enough start for Eric who then taught himself how to play. Six bands later and at the age of 18, he’d done all he could do in Alaska. Radio play in Anchorage was hitting the roof in AK, and that had been done. When a good friend attending the Art Institute in Seattle, WA sent him a recording of live KEXP sessions; Eric’s world turned upside down. He moved to Seattle with a guitar and little else to begin answering ads which landed him a handful of unsatisfying gigs in jazz fusion bands. He got a job at the Levis store downtown and one day a new employee came on named Ben Clark. Ben, better known as Ben Lashes, invited Eric to join The Lashes and history was made. A deal with Columbia Records was struck, celebrity was had, and several years of non-stop touring later; Eric got a vacation and went back to Palmer, AK for a visit.

Visiting all of his old high school pals in Alaska got him thinking about what would have happened to him had he stayed. How would his life be different from the celebrity status he now enjoyed as one of the nation’s most beloved pop stars and rock guitarists? Most of his friends were already young parents, hard laborers, and still playing the same bars he had when he was 16. This was the inspiration that began Eric Howk and Palmer, AK: the perspective that he had never taken the risk to strike out on his own. And with that, he wrote his first two songs.

Eric’s sweet and sentimental lyrics are accompanied by his extraordinary guitar playing. Initial recordings first took place in his bedroom when he was strictly a solo act. Now he is joined by fellow Lashes members, Jacob Hoffman on back-up vocals/guitar and Nate Mooter on drums. Jacob’s girlfriend and Ghost Gallery art curator, Laura Kearney plays bass. Phil Peterson, a touring member of Nada Surf, songwriter and string composer in Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, recording studio owner and producer of The House of Breaking Glass; plays electric cello and will be co-producing Palmer, AK’s premier album. You can also find Jacob and Laurie together in their indie-shoegaze band, Ships. Not to be left out in the cold with only one or two bands to star in, Nate Mooter heads up punk rock sensation Strong Killings along with The Lashes drummer Mike Loggins.

Eric’s songs continue to tell the story of a great love that always seems to be just out of reach. It is in his thoughtful longing and wistful reflections that draw the listener’s emotions in. His singing and songwriting are soft spoken and full of passion, hope, and an un-cloying possibility of a bright outcome. With so many talented and experienced musicians accompanying him, deny yourself their next performance and new album, only if you deserve to be punished! I don’t think I’ve ever missed one of his performances and never tire of them. When I asked when the next one will be, he says he plans to work on his new album this summer. “Records sound better when they are done in the summer.”

I join them at local vintage Capitol Hill clothier, Pretty Parlor for their July open house and artwalk. The sidewalk is thick with friends and stylish hipsters and the ease of a warm summer evening is in the air. The sun is falling in sheets of gold outside the plate glass window while inside, amongst pastel colored dresses and cowboy hats, Eric Howk and Palmer, AK are playing to an adoring crowd listening under strings of garden lights and parasols. The songs are soft and slow and Phil’s electric cello rides along the song of Eric’s voice and he’s singing about love. Because from start to finish, this is a story about a love for music so great, that it led one small boy from the Alaskan wilderness, all around the world and back, to the city of Seattle- where his mammoth sized heart beats out a love that lives on.

http://www.myspace.com/palmerak

written and photographed by January Fieldz

Champagne Champagne! a toast to good music!

Kid, you know it’s a party when Champagne Champagne is in da house! Pearl Dragon and Mark Gajadhar are Seattle’s new sensation, Champagne Champagne and their effervescent beats are so fresh and intoxicating will have you dancing in no time. Pearl leads vocals while Mark weaves multi-layered magic via synthesizers, drum machines, eclectic tracks and more. Their songs combine hip hop, rap, electro pop, world beats and FUN!

 

They met on a summer night last year in the hotel room of Young Love who was rolling through town on tour which was the same night Mark, Pearl, and I met each other! We all came out to meet our mutual friend Terrence Campbell, drummer for Young Love and a few days later, Champagne Champagne was born! I asked them each to give me an update what’s going on. Over lunch, Pearl tells me his solo rap, spoken word, and hip hop vocal stylings are on the back burner for now to let Champagne Champagne take center spotlight. He is looking forward to playing the Capitol Hill Block party at King Cobra, July 25th. He mentions the beginnings of a new project which would be a collaboration between himself with members of Strong Killings, The Lashes, Wild Orchid Children, Thomas Gray, and Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground.

 

 

Mark tells us what he’s up to, “At the moment I’m working on three main projects, Past Lives, Champagne Champagne, and a new band that doesn’t have a name yet. I’ll start with Champagne Champagne. I used to play in a band called The Blood Brothers and toured non-stop for many years. That made it really hard for me to try other projects with people outside of the five dudes I saw daily. So while on tour I would bring drum machines, samplers and recording devices to keep my creative side busy. After a few years I started to acquire a large amount of songs. When The Blood Brothers broke up last year, it was only natural to unleash the music I’ve been stock-piling. I tried a few different MC’s over the beats but nothing really worked out. Coming from a world 100% different from the hip hop world I really had no idea were to look. One day I was hanging out with my out of town friend (Terri from Young Love) and we were talking about what I was trying to do musically. He mentioned that he had a buddy named Pearl and that he was coming to hang that night. Pearl and I met, talked about what I was trying to do and scheduled a day to meet up and track a song. At the time my favorite beat I had was Soda and Pop Rocks so I put it on for him to try some stuff on. After a few takes we completed the track and it was fire. Ever since then we have been writing music and it just works.”

Curious about their first inspirations to begin play music and how life in Seattle has influenced their sound, I popped the question. Pearl credits his hyperactivity as a kid and dancing around to Michael Jackson (didn’t we all? J) for getting his creative juices flowing early on. Growing up in South Seattle, Pearl says he was exposed to the hardcore beats of San Francisco rap from Funk Daddy, a legendary Seattle producer. He cites Quincy Jones and Jimi Hendrix for illustrating the struggle of a black artist in the city. Sometimes you have to leave your home city to get respect which is exactly what Pearl did after his west coast tour with Spank Rock and Young Love in ’06. With the opportunity to record on the east coast, Pearl took up Terri’s offer to live in NYC. Following was a stay in Philadelphia to produce songs with popular Philly DJ Brendan Bringham.

 

Mark taught himself guitar after he and his family moved to a new neighborhood when he was in the 5th grade. “The transition between schools wasn’t that good for me. I hated my new school. I started to teach my self how to play. I feel like I was really lucky to grow up in the Seattle area (well the east-side). We have this place called the Redmond Firehouse that let’s bands come and show there shit. We were just a group of 14 year old kids that made noise. They still gave us a show and let us grow. After a few years of learning our instruments we started to make good music. The fire house always had its door open to us and I don’t think that music would be such a huge part of my life if they didn’t give me the option to explore it. I would have just been another kid that played guitar in junior high and then gave it up. It’s great to see that the old fire house is still doing what they do for the next generation of Seattle musicians.”

 

Champagne Champagne host a free monthly night at McLeod Residence every 4th Friday called PHIZZ!!! “It is a house party for the people!!!” says Pearl enthusiastically.

 

Mark adds, “Bodies were flying around, shirts were off, dancing was had. It was fun! We have a big projection screen behind the dj set up. It’s fun to play movies that most people know and can laugh at with out sound. Shit like Lost Boys & Goonies. We have a full bar and Dewar’s specials all night. All of the bands play on floor so the crowd just surrounds them and the room just pulses together. It’s fucking awesome. Everyone is a part of the performance. Check it out for the self.”

 

Champagne Champagne released their first limited edition EP on Go Midnight Records, Friday, June 13th with a full album release later on this summer. Their sounds will go straight to your head!!

http://www.myspace.com/champagnechampagne

 

 

 

Written and photographed by January Fieldz