So it's been awhile since there has been a new Swivek album but never fear I'm working on it now. A 13 track set entitled "I GUESS I'M NOT ALONE". The songs featured include songs left off of the EVERYBODY HATES YOU album, plus some old lyrics and themes I've wanted to tackle for awhile. I'm also incorporating my pals Devin Tait of Devin Tait & The Traitors, members of the former Signal Ranch group and my pal Amy Crosby of Shitting Glitter to help out. I'm getting very excited, but first recording must commence.
With Prop 8 getting overturned (once again) today seemed to be the perfect to start recording my song "Wounded." The lyrics and music were written the day after Prop 8 was announced as legal back in 2008 (one month after I got married), I was devastated, hurt, and 'wounded.' But I knew (know) our day will come so I wrote the song.So I wrote it the day after Prop 8 was legal and I'm going to re-record it the day Prop 8 was deemed unconstitutional. Seems perfect.
Here are the lyrics:
W O U N D E D Written by Bradley Jacobson
You can’t change what is true Heaven knows, what about you? You’re fading fast from memory You’re on the wrong side of history
I’ve been wounded, I’ve been scorned I’ve burned in flames and been reborn There’s nothing more you will take from me With your hate and your bigotry I’ll walk right through your brimstone And I will find my way home
Why don’t you walk the path of right instead Of hiding behind a book to spew hatred Your time of lies will fade away And bring about a brighter day
I’ve been wounded, I’ve been scorned I’ve burned in flames and been reborn There’s nothing more you will take from me With your hate and your bigotry I’ll walk right through your brimstone, yeah And I will find my way home
And when you’re burning in your own brimstone God will carry me home God will carry me home
So Sunday my hubby and I skipped the big gang brunch and decided to spend the day together. We got up and headed to Hollywood for lunch at Shelly's Cafe on Hollywood Boulevard. I love hanging out there and even feel a little touristy though I've lived here for 11 years. After breakfast we walked around the boulevard until 12:30 when we headed to the Chinese Theatre to see the new (and final) Harry Potter movie. Alf got us tickets for the 3D version with a special DMX thing - which is the seat moves, shakes and vibrates during the movie so it feels like you're in on the action. So essentially the new Harry Potter movie moved me... literally.
After the movie we went to Best Buy and used my birthday gift certificate to buy Wipeout for the Kinect. We haven't played it yet but I Can not wait.
Then we headed home and decided to go down to Gym Sportsbar for a few drinks. A few turned into a lot more than expected. I spent the rest of the night smoking and drinking more while Leivas passed out on the sofa. I hopped on the horn and talked to pal Melsie for awhile and even spent some time hanging out with my neighbors in their apartment before I too decided it was time for bed.
Because of the few extra drinks the Leivas called into work on Monday so my housewife day was kind of put on hold - thank goodness. I woke up and had my coffee and listened to a really interesting documentary on Franklin Roosevalt that Alf had queded up on Netflix. When he woke up we watched the second part of the documentary. The way FDR was and what he went through is so reminiscent of what Obama is going through it was very strange. Not to mention FDR is the one who came up with social security and workers benefits. Needless to say the rich hated him even though he himself was rich. Sound familiar.
After that we spent the rest of the day on the sofa together watching movies and TV Shows. We went through "Stakeland" (pretty good), the latest "True Blood" (good), "Seeing Heaven" (god awful), then we headed to KFC for dinner. We brought it back and watched three episodes of "Nurse Jackie" - almost caught up to the finale.
Yes we are single handedly bringing down the sanctity of marriage - oh and boring my readers to tears I'm sure.
This weekend was pretty mellow considering how some of mine have gone. Friday, my pal Robby came over and the Leivas and I joined him for some happy hour drinks which lasted til about 12:30 - not too shabby I think. On Saturday we headed down to Harbor City for some time with Alf's parents. It's always a ton of fun hanging out with them, and Alf's sister Evelyn and her husband were also there.
Saturday night I spent rehearsing some songs for my upcoming debut at Hamburger Mary's. Vicky Boofont has suggested 2-3 songs so I'm still trying to get a real feel for what songs I want to do. I know 2 of them but for a third I have a couple of ideas but don't know if I should do an older song or one off the new album since that's what I'm actually promoting... oh the probs.
Yesterday we didn't even do our normal brunch and I have to say it ended up being a very relaxing (and non alchoholic) day. I added a bunch of music to my Zune as I'm thinking of getting rid of a bunch of CDs I don't really listen to.. and the Leivas and I caught up on some TV. We watched a fairly interesting horror flick called "The Echo" which was kind of boring but the lead guy was good looking.
Then we watched our Law & Order SVU and Los Angeles episodes, an episode of "Supernatural", the "30 Rock" live episodes (east and west coast feeds) and "The Big Bang Theory."
Tonight it's back to rehearsing and I have to come up with the costumes I'll be wearing - I have a pretty good idea so now it's just making sure I have some kind of moves for the show so I don't look particularly plastic on stage....
Yesterday was the Leivas' birthday and it was a smashing success. I bought him this really cool universal remote and if you know anything about my man, you will know this is the kind of thing he loves. He loved it! After work he set it all up so we now have one remote to replace the 15 that were around the house. Then I took him to dinner at Eleven and we stayed to watch a bit of Musical Mondays - where they show musical numbers from movies while some people act out parts - it was fun but tiring...
and now speaking of birthdays - today is the birthday of one of my all time favorite actresses - Deborah Foreman - THE Valley Girl of "Valley Girl" - the chaueffer of "My Chauffer" - the Buffy/Muffy of "April Fool's Day" and the list goes on and on. ... "Valley Girl" is one of the movies I saw as a kid that made me realize how much I wanted to live in La La land. A few years ago Josie Cotton (who appears in the film singing songs) was having a show at the Knitting Factory and I had found out about it because I found Deborah on My Space. That night I got to meet Josie, see her perform and even talk and meet with Deborah Foreman - it was my 1982 Dream.
Here's a few gems from the Deborah Foreman catalog:
Well it was another fantabulous weekend - it was our wedding anniversary on Saturday but the Leivas and I started it out on Friday. After work I stopped at this little shop on Santa Monica and "Big" Mike, the waiter from Micky's came running out and clapping for "the best looking man in WeHo" - that's right it's me and I have a fan club.
I went to the store to find something for Alf for our anniversary. I didn't want to do anything major because we buy stuff for each other all the time. But I found a cute card and then I found a T-shirt that said, "Trophy Husband" on it and as much as I wanted it for myself, I thought it was about time the Leivas got a little support. So I bought him that.
When we got home we decided to go out for a little bit. We went to Gym Sportsbar down the street for Happy Hour and ordered food from Hunger - this cute and good little restaraunt across the courtyard from the bar. They deliver the food over so we can drink and eat. We ran into our neighbors Val & Noelle and talked to them for awhile before heading over to Micky's.
A few weeks ago, my friend Rob and I were at Micky's and this older couple started talking to us. The one is originally from Malta and the other one has lived in WeHo for years. They have been together for over 20 years and travel all over. On Friday, the Leivas and I ended up running into them again so we talked and hung out with them. They are actually meeting us tonight at Eleven - as it's the Leivas' birthday today and he wanted to have dinner at Eleven and hang out for this Musical Night they have. So that was all fun and tonight should be fun.
On our actual anniversary, we woke up and exchanged gifts. He actually loved his T-shirt and he bought me cologne - both my Black and Reaction - I love both of them. Then we hung out all day and all night - he was a little hung over from the night before. I had really wanted to go to Palms and see Devin perform and support Robert and Blender, but it was our anniversary and it wasn't really what we had planned on doing... so next time I will for sure go to anything they invite me to.
On Sunday, Tommy & Ryan came up with some cupcakes for Alf's birthday. Gaybor Mike also came over and Robby had his 3-year old nephew Robert and also brought these 2 fantabulous ladies from Norway that Robby knew when he stayed in Brazil. We all had brunch and even took little Robert over to Micky's to show him off. The whole big plan was to give the kid a pool day so we all went back to the house and had watermelon juice and champagne (not the kid mind you) and hung out at the pool... it was so fun. I love the pool and am glad that in the middle of October we still had some heat in the air.
After that my friend Geoffrey Ross was going to be at Hamburger Mary's where they have Celebrity Bingo - Sharon Osbourne was supposed to be there to call numbers and then Geoff was auctioning off some of his artwork, so the Leivas and I went over there, but it was friggin' busy (and they have horrible service to begin with) and Sharon didn't show up cuz someone in her staff died (!) so we only stayed a bit and then came home... and now I'm at work while the Leivas still has two more days off..
This weekend is going to be a little crazy - tomorrow is October 9th and on 10-09-08 I married my husband, so it's our two year wedding anniversary, and then on Monday is his birthday so I'll be doing a lot of nice things for the weekend.... and to share my blessed event, here once again is my wedding video -
There are a ton of things happening all of a sudden:
1. P!nk, one of my all time favorites just announced she is releasing a Greatest Hits album in November and you can stream the first single - plus she's shooting a video starting today and it will feature a gay wedding - she rocks. Check these links: Article on video, and the single "Raise Your Glass" (she's speaking my language).
2. Another of my favorite bands Rooney is releasing a Christmas EP and going on tour and will be in LA in December: Read here
3. There are a ton of local things going on this weekend too - Tomorrow night my pals Shitting Glitter are playing in Santa Ana - now an all girl band they are gonna rock and you should check it out if you can. Kegs 120 North International Boardwalk Redondo Beach, CA
4. On Saturday my pal Robert is throwing together his monthly mash up night called Blender. It will be at The Palms on Santa Monica Boulevard in WeHo and promises to be awesome. Also at around 8:30 before Blender starts my pal Devin Tait & The Traitors will be playing. The theme is fucked up Disney and you should go in costume.
5. My boss just emailed me and told me he is going to pay me my third quarter commission despite not meeting his goal... this is very exciting as now I can buy some Christmas presents.
6. I am probably going to be missing both the Friday and Saturday things I just told you about as this weekend (October 9th) is my two year wedding anniversary... that's right 2 years, still in love and the haters can't take away my marriage license (yet)
7. And finally on Monday, October 11th, it's my husband's birthday. Now I need to find him some amazing present....
Okay I have decided to make it a point to write on this blog every Monday-Friday. I'm going to start a journal and repost on here, just so everyone knows what I'm up to every single day. It might be boring, or it might be fun, but either way one day when I've forgotten how much fun I was, I'll have all this info out there and I can sort through it while lounging in the home...
In the next few days I'll probably do some back tracking but for today, I'll just tell you about my weekend which was a complete riot. On Saturday Alf and I drove to Long Beach with our friend Dylan. We went to some brewery restaraunt right on the water for AJ's birthday. AJ lives in Fullterton with Amy of Shitting Glitter and I haven't seen them in months probably. Everytime AJ and Amy have a party or want to get together something else is always going on.. plus to be honest we hate driving to the OC... but it was a great day and AJ was pretty surprised to see everyone. The food was also very good and the Leivas realized the bar used to be some dive gay bar back in the 80s where you walked onto the beach to get into the place.. sounds pretty cool.
After brunch with the pals, Alf and I headed to Harbor City to visit my inlaws. I love hanging out with Clifford and Juanita and they love me! Of course the wine was a flowing and Juanita and I topped off a gigantic bottle of champagne.
I was in such a good mood and felt so appreciative of everything that when I got home I started calling everyone. I think with all these crazy gay teen suicides and just knowing my in laws love me and that my husband is such a good guy I was a little gushy. I called my pal Melsie who I've known since middle school and told her how when everyone picked on me during school she was always right there and is probably one of the reasons I never did anything foolish when I was ridiculed relentlessly.
Then I called my mom and told her how great she always was and then I texted my 19 year old nephew and told him how much we all loved him and how proud we were of him... then I stumbled back into my house and was in bed by 8:30pm on a Saturday night...
On Sunday, I wanted to chill and not to our crazed fests known as Brunch. So I was all set to just hang and nurse my hangover when I found out Tommy, Ryan and Brian were all headed up from the OC so I texted my pal Rob and told him brunch was back on. We ended up at Bite for a little food and then to Micky's for the endless rounds of drinks that accomanies Brunch with Bradle. Then my friends Brad & Geoff from the Valley texted and said they were headed into WeHo so they came out to Mickys.. then my pal Brent was walking by and ended up getting Marc (who I hadn't seen in weeks either) and they all joined us.
Finally everyone started headed home so Alf, Rob, gaybor Mike and I stopped at Trunks for one more drink before heading home. We had decided to hang out in the hot tub then we came home and I passed out from not drinking on Sunday...
Today the Leivas stayed home from work and I decided it was time to start blogging again....
thanks for listening and to all those Lisa Hartman requests I've been ignoring .. the link will be back up tomorrow...
Geez I get so busy that I forget I still have a blog and some of my uber fans and friends aren't on Facebook to get my minute by minute updates; so let's catch up a little shall we?
First the weekend of May 22nd was my big birthday and let me tell you it was big and faboo. We had about 30 people at Hamburger Mary's for dinner and a show. The dinner was to celebrate me and the show was by the fabulous Boofont Sisters. Vicky and Ruby Boofont are super talented kids and I love every show they do. They even brought me up to do a little dance to "The Tide Is High" a song they picked out and rehearsed just for me! Vicky mentioned before bringing me up on stage that I had run the biggest and best birthday campaign Facebook had ever seen. Love those girls.
We all headed out to Micky's afterwards with everyone grabbing my presents and hailing cabs. By the time one of the last cabs was coming by my pal Jules and I decided to just walk back to Micky's - she is after all a marathon walker having walked the LA Marathon, and I wanted to prove I could walk just as good as her :0) - Also, I had to duck around the corner to pee.
The next day was one of our big brunches and one of the biggest as a ton of folks decided to come and celebrate again for my birthday.
The following week was Memorial Day Weekend and we decided to spend a lot of time at the pool. Tommy and Ryan came up on Friday and we went out to Motherlode with my gaybor Mike and my pal Robbie (who is now dating gaybor). Then Saturday Ryan and I shared some cocktails and hung out at the pool all day. I got to meet a bunch of new neighbors.
On Sunday, we decided to have a big bbq but we don't actually own a grill and the ones in our pool area are owned by other people so we didn't really want to use them. Tommy made a ton of food including southern BBQ Ribs. I realized as I was sitting in the pool drinking mimosas and watching the Leivas walk by me doing laundry while Tommy cooked up a storm in the house that I am terribly spoiled.
The BBQ was fun beyond belief and so many people ended up showing up. Tommy and I were worried as so many of our friends were actually out of town, we thought we wouldn't have anyone there but as it turns out there's always pals to count on to celebrate.
Then Kristin and Alley took me to the Hollywood Bowl to see Flight Of The Conchords which was a hilarious show. However, you used to be able to bring booze and food into the Bowl and now you can only bring it into a show sponsored by the LA Philharmonic who owns the Bowl, all other shows are off limits so there were a ton of people drinking and eating outside the actual venue. We ended up buying one bottle of cheap champagne, French Bread, and a six pack of Heineken at the store inside the Bowl and it was $85.00! But the actual Hollywood Bowl is beautiful. I hadn't been there before and now I might be going back to see the sing along Grease!
Memorial Day Monday was spent the same way my Birthday Monday was spent - me and Ryan saying we were going to make mimosas and head to the pool. Well I did go to the pool before anyone else woke up but after that I was done. I didn't feel well after all the drinking I had done so I just laid in bed while Alf, Tommy & Ryan watched movies in the living room.
Finally, last weekend was spent the way the Leivas really likes it - just he and I and no one else. On Saturday he went grocery shopping and I stayed home to clean and do laundry. My plan was to go to the pool while I did laundry and just as I started doing laundry one of my neighbors, Wade came in to tell me he was going to the pool. So I ended up doing laundry, and sitting at the pool talking with neighbors.
When Leivas finally got home I was in the hot tub with about four of our neighbors and we were drinking and having a good time. He ended up bringing me out a few more drinks before we all called it quits.
On Sunday, I finished up the rest of the laundry (we hadn't done any in 2 weeks) and was going to go to the pool again but ended up staying in the house watching endless episodes of the British TV Series "Afterlife" with my husband. It was wonderful.
Now this weekend is Gay Pride so stay tuned for some more adventures in this Life In La La Land.
A few weeks ago we attended the Paley Festival opening night for a panel discussion with the cast and producers of MODERN FAMILY and tonight the fun continues. Tonight, the Leivas and I are going to a night with Seth MacFarlane and Friends - and get this, it's followed up with cocktails with Seth and his gang.
I am going to find out once and for all if Seth owes me money for copyright infringement. I do believe Roger the alien is based on me.
A few weeks ago Alf and I were asked to participate in a new movie that is being made about marriage called "Then Comes Marriage". We went to be filmed and now the first trailer is up. Watch and see how wonderful we are :0) - oh and watch for my pals Tina and Morgen who are a complete riot.
Ugh! I have been having my yearly Christmas stomach attacks - I have family in Wisconsin that needs their presents before Christmas so I'm always in a mad rush to try and get everything out and it isn't working as well as expected. I have finally succumbed and just hit the internet and started shipping out stuff. Meanwhile, I have a whole box that needs to be out by Wednesday..
and that's just my immediate family, then there is my extended family (i.e. my godson and his mother and her mother and father and his brother).. but I think I just need one more present and I can get that one out tomorrow as well.
Meanwhile, all my decorations are still sitting in boxes behind my sofa - though we did get the tree decorated at least.. and there are at least 2 presents under there for my husband.
Then I had all these grand ideas to put videos together and pictures printed for everyone to enjoy how wonderful the Leivas and I are, but now I just don't have time for that shizz...
And then there's my own personal issues... 1. The Leivas and I and some pals went out a drinking Saturday and Sunday and on Sunday we met some hottie strippers so I pulled out my fancy new phone and I can't for the friggin' life of me figure out how to get a picture from my phone to facebook... I have the option right there but it won't work... bastards..
But on to some very good notes - the last of the pictures from the Swivek Everybody Hates You photoshoot has been delivered into my hot little hands, so I just have to finish up the artwork and send it off (one more job but I think I can whip that out pretty quickly)...
We filmed the video for "Rock Hard" so that should be ready for next month's (next year!!) album release... and there are faboo remixers out there working on "Rock Hard." So far I have one remix already and there are two more people working on them, so the single is going to be amazing...
Okay, now I'm off to take a deep breath and try to get through my day unscathed by stress...
I know, I've been laxing again with the posts and I swear someday I'll get my shizz together and maybe this blog will actually make sense... but since I'm a Gemini, meaning my mind wanders from place to place so does my blog.
Today's update is nothing more than a weather update - as it is finally raining here in La La Land and I barely made to work with my life in tact. The Leivas bought me the hugest umbrella in the world and as I meander through the streets on my walk to work, I'm either bumping into poles, street signs and in one case, a crash collission with another umbrella. To beat it all, the thing is so big that even the slightest breeze picks my feet up off the ground... making me even lighter in the loafers than ususal... sigh.
For even more enjoyment of my mundane life - my pal Ryan came over last Saturday driving one of my all time favorite things in the world - a frickin' Ford Pinto! Of course it called for a Bradley Pinto Portfolio Photo Shoot and here's a little taste of what happened the night the Pinto came to visit:
Okay, this week has been pretty intense, most notably cuz I couldn't walk past a bar without stopping in it.. plus Shitting Glitter put on a show, the Leivas and I went to Hamburger Mary's, the Spotlight and had a midnight movie ("Paranormal Activity" - which I'll review for you guys next week) and now today is our one year anniversary... that's right On 10-9-8 some poor bastage by the name of the Leivas married me ... and it's legal (all you f**kers) so wish me yet another congrats, cuz I certainly deserve it...
Tomorrow we are headed to my in laws for a little wine and fun talking and on Sunday it's the Leivas' birthday... hopefully next week, I can go back to being bored to tears.
Last night while innocently walking home from my job, I saw a rare and beautiful site - my pal Amy sitting at the balcony of Eleven having a glass of wine, so of course I had to stop in and say hi, which always involves happy hour Captain & Cokes... what can you do? I also ran into a few other pals and we ended up playing Trivia until about 9 when some bitchy queens cheated and took away our championship!
And it looks like the rest of the week could be just as fun. Tomorrow night, the Leivas and I scored our tickets for the ''scariest'' movie ever Paranormal Activity, then on Friday it's our one year wedding anniversary! and (psst don't tell anyone but) Alf's birthday is Sunday.
Next weekend we are finally shooting the cover for the new Swivek CD and I am even gearing up to do a live show (don't get too excited yet but I think it just might happen)
And tonight I get to see all my pals including Chris Freeman from Pansy Division who will be playing bass for my favorite LA band, Shitting Glitter! Look at the flyer and if you're near Hollywood come out to the show, it's going to be great!
I've lived in LA now for almost ten years and I have to say my life has never been better. Sure I have kind of a crap job but hey I get to walk to work, I get hang out on the 'net every now and then while I'm working and I actually make some money and what the heck everyone has to work and I think it's fairly rare people actually like their job...
But more importantly than what I do from 9-5 M-F is all the fun and excitement I have all of those other hours and days. I have accumulated some of the coolest people as friends, all with varying degrees of wit, wisdom and talent. Forever I've loved hanging out with people with musical interest and talent, or writers or even something so remotely strange as actually reading books and the newspaper.
A few weeks ago I made a new pal named K who is so cool and so much like me it's amazing we didn't meet sooner. Last night I took K out with me to Eleven where my friends from Shitting Glitter performed as part of a Benefit for AIDS Project LA. The show was great, the other acts were great, and my friends were great.
Between all the people I have met in LA and the great pals I've had for years before, and of course the life with Leivas, my pool, the endless supply of sunshine, Captain Morgan and fun - I just feel extremely lucky and happy and wanted to share with both of you - my beloved blog pals.
Who knew that on August 20th 2000 I would meet the man I would love for the next 9 years... yes, I know - me, a habitual dater in Idaho, a loser magnet in Wisconsin, and finally just when I was ready to slut it up in La La Land, I ended up meeting a great guy and haven't looked back or even completely regretted my decision in all this time..
As you can probably guess today is the 9th Anniversary of the Leivasons . Not the day we got married but more importantly, the day we met. I know you're all wondering how this all came about. How did a cute blonde boy from the Midwest end up with such a great guy...
Well it's my pleasure to tell you the whole story - here is a little story called "Love Needs No Name" which I wrote all about the day I met the Leivas - 9 years ago on a Sunday afternoon..
Get those hankees ready cuz it's kind of hot... kidding, I mean it's romantic.
LOVE NEEDS NO NAME
“I met him on a Sunday and my heart stood still…” The Crystals
Good things were destined to happen to me in Los Angeles. I had spent two years of penance in a small mountain town in Idaho and I was ready for the big world. All of my life I had wanted to move to LA and finally I was able to do it. I headed out on a bus and was going to stay with Bennie, who can best be described as a high maintenance friend. He had moved to the city from Idaho and due mostly to his horrible attitude was lonely. Being ever so loving as I am, I thought I’d help him out and move in with him. I knew the city would be the place for me. I was talented and cute and was only a step away from being a big time writer. It didn’t exactly work out that way but what did happen was much better. In the midst of circuit boys and drama queens, I found something more substantial than just a career or a good lay, I found someone to love...
Well we are back from the Mexicana Riviera and I even have proof - no not the extensive sunburn, instead a pic of me and the Leivas with our new friend Nanook, though I just called her Nanoo, cuz we were tight like that.
When I was a wee one we would go to High Roller in Wausau to get our skate on. The teen/kid night was Wednesdays and we would go and eat pizza, roller boogie to the latest 80's hits, roll the big fuzzie dice and live like we were the coolest roller mama and daddies around. For years, I've been wanting to go skating again, well kiddies, one of my all time big dreams came true last night. That's right I went roller skating. It was like 1982 all over again. A pal of mine had a birthday to do in Glendale at the roller rama over in that neck of the woods.
It was so frickin' exciting - even the Leivas was there strapping up his laces and hitting the floor. Plus not only did they play cool new tunes, they reached into that bag of goodies known as the 80's and played some gems I so hoped they would play.
Now there was one big disappointment in the night - all night I kept secretly hoping they would play Joan Jett's "I Love Rock & Roll" as that is one song I so remember roller skating to when I was a kid. Well as the night winded down, the Leivas was getting tired so I took off my skates and put them back and two songs later was the last song of the night - guess what is what - that's right those frickers played "I Love Rock & Roll" and my skates were already being deodorized for the next night's roller daddies. Ugh!
But regardless, it still had a great 80's vibe - including a bunch of boiz wearing what was going to be my outfit, maybe next time and oh yes there will be a next time. Did I also mention that Wednesday is GAY NIGHT at this roller rink? I know, huh.
Incidentally, I did not fall once and have no blisters to speak of (or to not speak of... so that means next time I'm out there in the middle doing flips and roller boogieing. Oh yeah.
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
SHORT VERSION: Bradley Jacobson is a singer/songwriter, sometime actor, sometime writer, audio engineer and producer, and all around happy dude. He was the singer/songwriter of the electronic trashy punky pop band Swivek, but is now a "solo" artist releasing music under his own name.