Todd Mauldin profiled by Good Men Project (click here to read) -
Ain’t that something…
HAVE YOU EVER GOT CAUGHT?
I can’t quite believe it’s been so long since I posted something here. Where’d we leave off? That ukulele photo was from this summer, when the Hellbusters were out at Taylorsville CA… that was what, July?
I did a recap of 2009 over at hellbusters.net, so I won’t repeat that here… and this morning I’m thinking about the emails I get sometimes about the song “Guilty Blues”, the title cut from our 2007 record.
Most people who know me and our music know that the songs on “Guilty” were written when I was still an active alcoholic. We recorded it shortly after I sobered up, and I’ve remained a sober alcoholic since, and plan on staying so. Life is better.
Somebody sent me the above picture the other day and I had to laugh, to keep from crying.
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DDO Podcast Picks Up My DDO Song -
Hey, Jerry at DDOCast heard my little DDO song and is including it in his weekly podcast. Very nice, very flattering. Check it out.
The (in)Complete History of the Hellbusters in Photos -
*Hi* So for those of you who are interested in such things, I have posted a hundred and something photos of the adventures of the Hellbusters from 2005 to the present… it isn’t toally complete but it features, among other things, photos from Memphis and Mississippi, the Sun Studio session, and gigs all over the place, including the infamous “Kilt Show”. Do check it out if you like. It’s on Facebook… so while you’re there, drop a friend request or something to me. Can’t have too many friends…
List of weapons that shoot other weapons that don't exist, but should -
We here at Todd Mauldin Band/Hellbusters Worldwide Control enjoy weapons. That is not to say we use weapons anymore; we’ve sworn off killing things since we had to put our dog out of his misery with a shotgun in 2005. And no idle oath is this one of no killing, there’s a black widow spider living in the corner of my office here at Hellbuster Worldwide Control and I refuse to kill it. No killing is a Hellbuster tenent. BUT! We like looking at weapons almost as much as we like looking at new guitars and stuff.
Which brings me to this wonderful page from the Uncyclopedia.
DO by all MEANS check out this list of fine weapons… and DO by all MEANS take a look at #17: Rocket-Powered Chainsaw Launcher (our favorite).
I mean, if you need to get a late Christmas gift for somebody, or need a special gift for somebody, THIS is the kind of stuff to be looking for.
I mean, SERIOUSLY… who wouldn’t want #34: Enormous Bomb Composed Entirely of Smaller Bombs, Themselves, Composed of Smaller Bombs?
PREACHING ABOUT STORYTELLING
Look, I love telling stories. I love to do it on stage and if you’ve seen me, or the Hellbusters, you may agree that I’m okay at doing it. But do this: go to the Moth page above, and sign up for their free podcast. It’s really wonderful. I’ve gotten so much inspiration from listening to the stories and storytellers in this podcast. The deal is, it’s live, true storytelling without notes. From pros and average Joes. So you’ll hear the professional pickpocket tell his story. You’ll hear the guy whose dad one day decided to be a farmer and ended up with a cow in his house on Thanksgiving. You’ll hear about the guy who started his pizza place with mob help. You’ll hear from the NYPD cop who arrested a dentist for knocking over ATM machines. You’ll hear a great one about the college newspaperman who invents and embellishes a protester called “Pieman” and ends up… well, I don’t want to ruin the end of that one.
You’ll also hear from Garrison Keillor, doing a great story, and also from Bill Clinton’s press secretary and also from a New York Yankee batboy’s first day on the job… oh they’re all great. Invest some time and listen in. The Moth Podcast, neighbors. Get to it! :)