I am eBaying!

That's right... I have officially and most joyfully burst my "selling on eBay" cherry. It is probably equal parts financial desperation and need to clear out some shizzz that I don't use at all, and it is fun!

The first item I put up was this video and film editing book that I bought long ago when I thought I was going to go to an editing school, and then didn't. It was really expensive, and still is, as you can see here:



I have a bunch of really good editing books that I'm going to be putting up for bidding. For someone who is actually an editor, I would think they'd be a score, so tell your editing friends to jump on the bidding train! I held onto these books forever thinking that I would someday read them and spend long hours learning to edit. This afternoon, in the midst of a crappy cold, I came to the realization that I've got other fish to fry and different artistic strengths to focus on! Huzzah.

xo
julio

Sign of the Apocalypse?

Here is something I never expected to see...

The Evangenitals at WalMart???

Crazy times we're living in! I dig it. :-)

Evangina Roxx TruXtop

The Evangina show last night at TruXtop gallery was awesome. It's always a crazy and incredibly vulnerable experience when Lisa and I strip the Evangenitals act back to its barest bones and do the femme duet thing. Luckily it's also always a really beautiful and validating experience as well, as folks really respond to the sweet simplicity of our two voices and the minimal guitar accompaniment.

I was playing a new (to me) guitar, a really awesome junior Epiphone electric that super friend and super fan Albert gave me as a present. I am loving its sound. I mainly played bass lines and finger-picked on the tunes while Lisa covered the strumming and rhythm parts. It was super-intimate, super-tender, and ridiculously fun. We brought along our bin of play-along instruments and closed out with "Home"... which has now become a tradition since the Road to Oprah tour.

We did a few new tunes/covers... including the Ramones, Misfits, and some Bob Dylan. Good times! The art show was great, and I loved the gallery/space. Be sure to pay them a visit, check out the art, and support this new gallery. As for Evangina, I'm thinking that we need to get out on the town and play some more gigs. It's really good practice for us to put our asses on the line like that. :-)

Lick the Beaters with Evangina!

Friday, November 9th, 2007

truXtop gallery

Lick the Beaters w/ Evangina! - 9:30pm

2876 Rowena Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90039
USA
323-661-1665

Price: free

truXtop gallery is proud to present:



LICK THE BEATERS 4: CANDY and the WHIP

KIO GRIFFITH

MISATO NAGARE

ALLEN D GLASS II

a mixed media extravaganza sure to get your artistic taste buds tingling...with a custom cake centerpiece to boot! these 3 artists all have incredibly varied approaches to their work, and it's the way in which the work visually plays off each other that makes this grouping particularly engaging. their feisty familiarity is conveyed to the viewers by the stunning visuals created by each unique artist within the individual pieces themselves, with the proverbial icing on the cake being the overall cohesiveness achieved by grouping the work together in a single show. get a sneak peak at http://www.myspace.com/lickthebeaters , then come to truXtop gallery to get a chance to lick the beaters yourself...c'mon, you know you wanna!


"I think I understand why they choose to exhibit as a group: each one's work inevitably (yet unpredictably) refers to the others' in one of those happy accidents for which we should all be grateful. I applaud their obvious confidence about what they're doing (we're not talking ego here; we're talking maturity!), and their acknowledgement of change as an artistic imperative. These three are presenting work that "speaks" to our need for mystery and brilliance. Tempting as it is to succumb to "art blather," I will leave it for the experts to address issues of composition, color, and vision (except to say that everybody gets an A+ on the test!).

Recently, I told this to Allen Glass II, but it is equally true for Kio Griffith and Misato Nagare : "You have this knack for making me see things as if for the first time. If that's not Art, I don't know what is." "

~Dorothea Grossman, Los Angeles 2007

Artists' Statements:


Allen D Glass II

"When the moon shines like a dead garage I travel with gasoline ghosts
down all those haunted miles of the past, twenty-seven Model A miles
an hour in 1939, going to where I have forgotten. (Richard Brautigan)"

Lick the Beaters 4: Candy and the Whip!

and after a bit of a hiatus, truXtop gallery is oh so excited to announce a live musical performance by Evangina ( www.evangina.com)!
evangina: Bio
evangina - the love band
juli crockett and lisa dee are best friends, late bloomers, and totally goofy. they have made an artform out of humility via humiliation and take great joy in showing people that it's okay to be completely retarded in public. they are best friends, not lesbian lovers. they are very romantic girls, love the d, and like to play their guitars and sing. they are in the band the evangenitals.

lovely local ladies juli crockett & lisa dee are crooners of the highest caliber, and they have graciously agreed to put on one heck of a sweet set for all of you who show up at the opening this friday, november 9th at 7pm ...music to start around 9:30 0r 10pm.

Opening night:

November 9, 2007 7pm till midnight (or beyond!)
Evangina (live band) goes on round 10pm
"there will be snacks..."
Full bar / Credit Cards accepted

What a Wonderful World?

The Evangenitals are closing out Indie 103.1's Summer Block Party at Universal Citywalk on September 1st. Sign of the apocalypse, or did the world just get a little more awesome for Genitals worldwide?

You be the judge:

Sweaty Pits and Hot Pics

Drunken Sailor
Originally uploaded by juliocrockett

I just got home from the El Cid show and I've already uploaded the photos for your viewing pleasure!

It was a great, short, barn-burner set. I wore my long-sleeved cowboy shirt and paid the price by getting some sweaty pits from all my running about.

I figure it proves I was working hard. :-)

Thanks to those of you who came out to the show, played along, and for all the hooting and hollering.

If you missed it, this photo set (taken by Patrick Ian Moore) actually gives a pretty good idea of just what went on over there.

Hope to see you all next weekend at the Old Towne Pub. Until then, please enjoy, comment on, spread around all these Evangenitals pics that I've been obsessively uploading onto Flickr.

Love,
Juli & the Evangenitals

We've got PRESS!

The Evangenitals take over Universal Citywalk with Rock Sermon

Former employees of a sex toy company have joined together in musical harmony to spread the gospel of love in the form of alt-country, indie-pop, psychedelic rock, acoustic ballad, folk tunes. Universal Citywalk has the cojones to let them close out their summer music series.

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May the luck of the Irish enfold you (this Saturday night)

Top of the morning to you!

The last time we played Molly Malone's, a bunch of you turned out to see a legendary set on amazing stage with great sound and successfully helped us to win our spot as "Lords of Hollywood" for a day. JT the booker was so pleased he has invited us back for another dose of Evangenital joy, this Saturday night!

Now, here's the catch: we want to out-do the last appearance. So
I've got a proposition for you: if we draw 50+ people to Molly Malone's to see the Evangenitals practice their A-game for the upcoming Universal City gig and Road to Oprah tour I hereby declare that I, Juli Crockett, will have a star in the HEAVENS ABOVE named EVANGENITALS in your honor. Our own STAR, people! That will help
when the earth shakes us off its back like a bad case of fleas. We can all go to our STAR!

Mark my words! And mark the time to our tunes with snapping fingers,
bobbing heads, and dancing feet at our triumphant return to Molly
Malones THIS SATURDAY NIGHT:

This Saturday, August 11th, at 11pm
Evangenitals @ Molly Malones
575 South Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
$6

Full line up:
8:00 David Courtney, 9:00 Doschus, 10:00 Bruce Beacom...
And the ones that truly love you: The Evangenitals (11PM)

And heck, here's an Irish Blessing for the road, to guide your way to
the Evangenitals at Molly Malones:

Walls for the wind,
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire -
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you,
And all that your heart may desire!

If you live far away and/or have some REALLY GOOD REASON why you won't help us get a STAR for us all to immigrate to (should the
need/desire arrive) you can help us in another way...

By donating $1 or more to The 1 Second Film
(http://www.the1secondfilm.com) you will be helping to finance our
Road to Oprah tour, which commences on September 19th. We need all kinds of help, and we very well may be coming to a town near you, so please visit the Road to Oprah website and check out the tour route and other fun ways you can help out: http://www.roadtooprah.com

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light!

Loving you,
through it all,
The Evangenitals
http://www.myspace.com/evangenitals
http://www.myspace.com/lovepunkslove

Better Late Than Never! :-)

Here's some pics of The Evangenitals perfoming at the Cybernet Expo in Tampa, Florida:

The Evangenitals:

Juli Crockett

Brett Lyda

Lisa Dee:

Jason Chesney:

See George Bernardo in the back there?

A Blue Moment:

Thanks to AEBN for sponsoring our show and to JFK from Fubar Webmasters for snapping the pics!

The Hero's Journey

1. A call to adventure, which the hero has to accept or decline
2. A road of trials, regarding which the hero succeeds or fails
3. Achieving the goal or "boon," which often results in important self-knowledge
4. A return to the ordinary world, again as to which the hero can succeed or fail
5. Application of the boon, in which what the hero has gained can be used to improve the world

Let's do this!

xoxo
Julio

Please help! Click click click

We need you to show your love to The Love Punks: www.myspace.com/lovepunkslove

In other words, add our Love Punks profile as your friend on Myspace!

We need to transfer some of our Myspace pals over to our alter-ego profile in preparation for some Road to Oprah press. :-)

If you haven't heard the story yet, the Evangenitals (traveling as The Love Punks) are going on a 45 day tour with the documentary crew of The 1 Second Film all over the US and Canada in a bio-diesel bus (with composting toilet and solar power!), ending up in Chicago, IL where we will ask Oprah to give us $1.

Big fun, baby.

Add the Love Punks, please!
www.myspace.com/lovepunkslove

xo
julio

Evangenitals on Oprah?

Dearest Friends of the Evangenitals,

This Saturday night, from 9pm to 2am, the Evangenitals are hosting a concert/party/fundraiser @ Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park for The 1 Second Film's "Road Trip to Oprah". It's only $5 at the door, and there's so many great bands playing the joint might just explode from all the seething talent.

Just check out this radical flier by Patrick Ian Moore!



If you haven't heard yet, the "Road to Oprah" is a sure-to-be-legendary adventure in which the Evangenitals (traveling as The Love Punks) will be joining The 1 Second Film's documentary crew on a 45-day bio-diesel journey across America. We leave L.A. mid-September and will be visiting San Fran, New Orleans, Miami, NY, and many other cities along the way, stopping at universities and house parties to present the 1 Second Film project and perform sweet, sweet music whilst composing an on-the-road companion album for the film.

The trip will end in Chicago, where we hope to ask Oprah for $1 to help produce The 1 Second Film. We will be fundraising over the summer to make the trip a reality, starting this Saturday @ Mr. T's Bowl. So, in effect, by supporting the 1 Second Film, you can help the Evangenitals to get on Oprah... or at least get a whole lot of exposure on the Road to the Big O!

Here's the Lineup:
Vermouth (9pm)
The Evangenitals (10pm)
The Natural Disasters (11pm)
Cousin Junebug (11:45pm)
Ollin (12:30am)
8 Bit (1:15am)

All going down on
Saturday, June 23rd
at
Mr. T's Bowl
5621 1/2 FIGUEROA ST
Highland Park, CA 90041

$5 at the door. Proceeds from the party will benefit our Road Trip. The door money can also be put toward your producer credit. That's right, come to the show on Saturday night, and you are officially a Hollywood Movie Producer. No kidding. The 1 Second Film is even on IMDB. Kevin Bacon's a producer. You could be 1 degree from Kevin Bacon! How's that for a way to spend your Saturday evening?

We need to raise $11K ASAP to buy an old school bus so we can convert it to bio-diesel and ready it for the trip. This Saturday will be a fun start.

Hope you can make it, and please pass this on to folks who give a damn.

All my nuggets,
Juli of the Genitals

..........................

Can't make it? Live in New York? Too late to grab a plane from England? Fear of crowds?
You can chip in $1 or more online: http://www.the1secondfilm.com/donate (If already a producer, please login first.)

More Parties! More Parties!
If anyone wants to organize or perform at another L.A. fundraiser for us over the summer, lets do it! Send us an email or message the Road to Oprah Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/roadtooprah
Volunteers Needed!
If any of you want to hang out, help paint banners, fix up our bus, design fliers, etc. please let us know. It's gonna be like the musical montage from Breakin 2.

Suggest a Stop
Check out the map and tentative schedule at http://www.roadtooprah.com. If you know folks/college students/venues along the way who might like to host us or help organize a presentation and party, please connect us. Or maybe you know an awesome hole-in-the-wall restaurant or some eccentric secret place we should stop at. Let us know and we'll work it into the bus schedule if we can.

Hello Sponsors!
If you know someone who might like to sponsor The 1 Second Film's Road to Oprah, we will be hand painting sponsor names/logos on our bus, plus featuring sponsors on our website, at parties along the way, and in our documentary. Sponsorship packages are tax-deductible and start at just $1K. Have Sponsors contact us if interested.

Do you MySpace?
Please befriend us and put these in your top 8 for the summer:
http://www.myspace.com/1second
http://www.myspace.com/roadtooprah

This is the beginning of a great adventure, and we're going to need every ounce of love and support that you can spare. We believe that the 1 Second Film can bring people together and change the world, and the Evangenitals are going to be the theme music for the revolution. And yes, it will be televised.

All our lovin'
Juli, Brettsky, Lisa, Georgie, Chesney, etc
The Evangenitals
http://www.myspace.com/evangenitals
aka The Love Punks