Where have I been?

I’ve got writers block. My writers block is so bad that it’s hard for me to write about it. It’s all in my head I know. The problem is that I absolutely hate everything I write and read so much into it that I stress about how it could be construed. Which is weird because as words it is meant to read into...

I don’t check the blog anymore, if you have a suggestions or general contact then send me mail to my main account
vegasincident@yahoo.com

On the flip side I have recently performed on, recorded and produced the latest Ghost Town Flood ep Gunslinger.
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I am doing my best audio work ever but I am having trouble putting words on paper.


Brett

I’m just going to throw this out there as a general warning and opportunity to take heed. Next person I meet that doesn’t like Elvis, I am going to kick their fucking ass. No warning, no one is going to see it coming, I will just start bashing their head in with my fist, that is all.

A postcard for you

Hey what’s up? Not much here, I have been on vacation from work this week, and they are paying me at the same time, I love this country! Despite my plans to do actual things, I haven’t left the house in days. On the plus side I have been saving money on gas by not driving. The highlight of my week has been my 1 trip to Walgreens; I purchesed a gallon of milk and 3 big boxes of Gobstopper candy. My buddy Steve is coming over Saturday morning to watch the NFL draft and I have a huge bag of chicken quarters that need to be grilled before they expire. Will they go rancid before I cook them Saturday? Who knows! Like the mystery of the Holy Ghost, the destiny of the chicken will be fulfilled. If I don’t die from salmonella poisoning I will be gigging @ 516 Soundstage Sunday morning a quarter hour past midnight, maybe I will see ya then.
Love,
Saint Bretticus of Caddo Heights.

Traveling headstones..I just don’t get it.

I am troubled by the trend of having death announcements on cars tinted windows. It seems morbid to me, I really don’t care to see the birth and death dates of your ex boyfriend who overdosed on crystal meth while I am behind you at a red light. Am I wrong for not caring? What’s next? Can I put a tribute to my dead cat on the back window of my Monte Carlo? “In loving memory of Scruffy 3/7/2001- 6/12/ 2005 your litter box is in a better place.”

And don’t even get me started about the Dale Earnhart tributes on the back of SUV’s. “In loving memory of #3, the left turn never ends in heaven.”

Wal-Mart and God go hand in hand

Wal-Mart and God go hand in hand

From the Shreveport Times :

MANSFIELD -- A shout of "hallelujah" followed by loud applause greeted the unanimous vote of the Mansfield Planning/Zoning Commission late Wednesday afternoon as members granted a rezoning request that likely will lead to the construction of a "small-town" Wal-Mart Super center on the city's northeast side



As for the troubling traffic numbers, commission member A.J. Williams Jr. had a simple solution: "Ask God to bless us with a crowd and with some traffic problems."

Do these people know that with a Wal-mart comes the availability of Brokeback Mountain on DVD? Does the small town of Mansfield really want a movie about gay cowboys being sold in their backyards? Gay cowboys threatens the manhood of every red neck in Mansfield, just think, the same place where you can buy a shotgun and get a fishing license also sells Brockback Mountain, God please help us all indeed.

Brett Roman music bio from myspace.com

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This is old news to some, but here is a reprint of the official Brett Roman musical bio form my myspace.com site. The theme of myspace.com seems to be bragging and self importance, so it is the perfect place for it. In it I try to remeber all of the musicians that I have played with ect. the list is still growing



1989-Today I started playing bass as a freshman in high school with an outfit that we called Chemical Youth, lineup included Brandon Meshell, Jackie Brock and Scott Ford. We played all Sex Pistols and Metallica covers. This was my first and last band that did all covers. From there I went on to play in a “thrash metal” band that was known as Flesh Wund. Wanting to do more in the area of punk before the term “alternative” was even a term; I started an outfit called Back Alley Allah with David Crook and Micah Harold. We had a drummer by the last name of Johnson but I don’t remember his first name (sorry dude).

By this time I was a high school drop out but was waiting to get into tech school, I joined a new band called Tank Farm with Tommy Johnson, Brent Mullens, Billy Framer and Steve Stubblefield. We went on to record a demo and played a couple of shows before Steve left to devote full time attention to his band and local indie rock legends The Roadside Monuments. Tank Farm endured a few more shows in and outside of Shreveport before calling it quits. Billy Farmer and I stuck together and recruited K.C. gates on the drums for a new band called Slowburn. We played a number of shows and received a lot of media press (at the time) for our work at a club called Cellblock. Both Tank farm and Slowburn played many many shows at a room that was called Jeff’s Building. We got the honor to open up for some great acts during the grunge movement including Gas Huffer.

After some regional shows we decided to split up and I was officially burnt out. During most of this period I was a Dj at KSCL radio in Shreveport LA, the station was the collage station for Centenary Collage. It was here that I met my wife Monica. I went to tech school for 2 years and worked another 3 before Mr. Farmer and I reunited in 2002 with new drummer Jeffery Pratt who was in the Air Force. We used the old Slowburn name for a couple of gigs before going with Vegas Incident. We had decent success and recorded a studio demo before Jeffery got called out to move to Japan. Rather then keeping the project going, Billy and I mutually decided to hang it up once again as real life issues became more important then salvaging the band. The exact night that Vegas Incident broke up was the night that Monica and I conceived our first child Monica and I had a baby boy who is named Judah Roman Stampley, and she was pregnant with our second son Jonah Charles when Josh Coker, Chadwick J and I formed Mars Vegas in June 2004.

In July of 2005 Mars Vegas changed it's name to Ghost Town Flood and soon after recording our 3rd ep Chadwick and the band parted ways after a year long run. Josh and I kept the band moving forward and added Just Jeff to play the drums. We are currently working on new songs and playing shows preparing for another studio session.

American Family Association protest Brokeback in Wal-marts.

I write a few more blog post then I actually publish, Sometimes when you may wonder why I’m not writing anymore, I actually am, but I am just not happy with it for whatever reason. Today’s is borderline but I decided to throw it out there anyway.

From contactmusic.com

Wal-Mart has turned aside a massive letter-writing campaign by the American Family Association. urging the retailer to refuse to stock Brokeback Mountain, being distributed by Universal Home Entertainment. The group, which has successfully campaigned against what it considers to be broadcast indecency launched the campaign last week after ads for the film began being displayed prominently in the retailer's 3,900 stores. In an interview with today's (Tuesday) Los Angeles Times, the AFA's Randy Sharp, accused Wal-Mart of helping to push the "gay agenda" by "trying to help normalize homosexuality in society." He added, "But how many copies are they going to have to sell to [recoup] the losses of customers who they've offended and will no longer shop at Wal-Mart?" But a Wal-Mart spokeswoman replied, ""The fact that we are offering the movie is not an endorsement of the content of the movie or any specific belief. ...We simply offer the latest titles that consumers want."

Can’t these people find anything better to bitch about? I have not seen Brokeback Mountain, but I seriously doubt that if I had that I would turn gay. I have insight into these “Christians”; these people are the ones that actually think that everyone is going to hell except themselves. And even then that’s not enough, you have to tithe properly so that the preacher can afford payments on his wife’s BMW.

This is taking homophobe to a new level of ridiculousness. It’s just a damn movie; I have seen no evidence that it’s pushing a certain agenda. The gap between these morons and the Muslim countries that legally murder gay people is closing rapidly. And what’s makes me angrier is this gives sensible pot smoking right wingers a bad name.

Kudos to Wal-Mart for standing up for freedom of speech and commerce. Now if they will only carry Plumpers of Sundance Spa…

Basic Instinct 2 bombs at box office, Director shows ignorance.

basic crap
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Turns out that soft porn thrillers are not a big money maker in today’s entertainment market, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven was asked about the decline in popularity of the genre.

From Reuters:

Paul Verhoeven, director of the first "Basic Instinct" (which scored $353 million worldwide) as well as the widely ridiculed "Showgirls" (now regarded as something of a camp classic), attributes the genre's demise to the current American political climate.
"Anything that is erotic has been banned in the United States," said the Dutch native. "Look at the people at the top (of the government). We are living under a government that is constantly hammering out Christian values. And Christianity and sex have never been good friends."

I usually stay away from entertainment bitching, but I just can’t let this one go. This dude claims that "Anything that is erotic has been banned in the United States”. This is the dumbest quote I have seen this year. Hey idiot, have you ever seen internet porn?? Banned? Hell, porn is second nature in today society for better or worse, just because no one wants to pay money to see Sharon Stones b cub tit doesn’t mean that “erotica” is banned in America. Has this idiot even been to the USA? We are the erotica kings! Ever seen Real Sex on HBO? It’s full of American’s doing it freely. The reason Basic Instinct made money so long ago was because it was a big deal for a women to spread her legs in a mainstream movie. Now days it’s common practice to see muffs, why would anyone pay good money for something that can be downloaded in 3.2 seconds?

I guess that the bottom line is that I am sick of Hollywood types talking out of their ass when they fail, and they try to blame Christian values when their crappy movies flop. Styles come and go and American’s are not shocked anymore to see bare vaginas. The problem is actually the opposite, we are just numb to it and we don’t care. Further proof that the Hollywood elite are way out of touch with the real America. Me on the other hand, I am in touch with America and myself at this very moment.

Thief debuts on FX

thief on fx!
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OK, I DVRed Thief last night and haven’t had a chance to review it. For those that have seen or want a review with spoilers then read Alexander Kent’s article here. You can also share your thoughts there as well.

I plan on watching it as soon as I can and will read Alex’s review. I look forward to hopefully disagreeing with him. Why? Because I am a jack ass.

I really like the direction of the Shreveport Times where we the reader can engage the writers. Perhaps this is a way for newspapers to keep up with the high speed information super highway. I also really enjoy the Times sport free for all blog. Once again it’s way to engage the writers and read about their real passion. Turns out that their real passion is Women’s collage basketball, nothing gets a Shreveport sports writer more pissed off then debating NCAA women’s basketball.