Tag: Interviews

  • Birthday Beauty

    Alexandria Menzies is a birthday beauty for her birthday party in Fredericksburg this weekend. E Anne Brockett, her uncle James Menzies, and myself were all there for the party fun.

  • Interview With Steve Hall On Haven Online 2020

    Interview With Steve Hall On Haven Online 2020

    Originally published September 7, 2020 by Writer Andrea Menzies

    Donate to the Elysium Go Fund Me page here: https://gf.me/u/yw5dvi

    I recently traveled by airplane mid-pandemic to see old friends in Austin, Texas. I managed to run into several artist friends, and interviewed them about their latest projects. Steve Hall was one of the friends I talked to when visiting. Steve also let me take a new selfie with him, and I was happy about this as I had dropped ten pounds since I took the last one with him. I was lucky to run into so many people as the dramatic conditions of the pandemic have increased difficulty in communicating all over the world.

    Steve is known by many names. He goes by Steve Hall -O- Ween, DJ Prophet, and just good old Steve. Steve’s job has him working from home these days, but he is still being very productive. His creativity’s productivity has not suffered as well. He has been hosting many online streaming events for friends near and far away. Haven online was his latest project for the Elysium restaurant and music venue in Austin. This regular online DJ event is one of the more popular ones on Twitch TV. Twitch seems to have become a favorite DJ method in the pandemic perhaps due to it’s many connections to the popular Patreon.com funding platform.  Tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/elysiumhaven to check out the stream. Unfortunately ironically I was flying back to Richmond, Virginia that night, and missed the Void guest DJ set, but I will be sure to catch the future streams. I miss Austin, Texas badly, but planes, trains, and RV van trips are sure to keep me visiting the live music capitol of the world often. 

    “Tonight! Join us again for more mayhem!” Said Steve Hall promoting the DJ stream. 

    For links to future events check out: https://www.facebook.com/steve.prophet.hall/about

     

  • School Visit

    School visit with Alexandria to Fredericksburg, VA this weekend. Anne, Jean Brehm-stern, Alexandria and I all went on the road trip. Turns out it was a good time to get out of Richmond for a while. The weekend long protests and curfew now in effect are really taking a toll. 

     

    From NBC12: “RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – The third night of protests erupts in the city of Richmond while a citywide curfew is in effect.” https://www.nbc12.com/2020/05/31/third-night-protests-erupt-downtown-richmond-amid-citywide-curfew/

     

     

     

  • Travel to Austin and Interview with Noble Brown of Save It For The Breakdown

    I was traveling in Austin, TX doing promotion for my latest podcast episodes and my latest published books.  I ran into my friend Noble Brown of the famous Austin Music podcast Save It For The Breakdown available on Podbean. We are still friends to this day, and I managed to get an Interview.

    Noble has fronted dozens of bands over the years, but he is the current frontman for a band called “Black Mercy” after the character which battles Superman. His day job that pays the bills is working with computers, and Noble studied computer programming at UT Austin where he got his University degree. Noble is a fan of old school punk and pop punk, and one of his all time favorites is the Dead Kennedys. I know this because I borrowed his Frankenchrist album shirt once, and forgot to return it which he still bugs me about. I am the girl on Noble’s left in the first photo below. He got into music to promote his love of the vegan lifestyle, and animal rights causes. He is a very enthusiastic collector of comic books, and “Spawn” one of his favorite series. Noble started band work young, but still performs at shows to this day with updates posted to his Instagram and Facebook.

    https://www.facebook.com/noble.brown

    Save It For The Breakdown

    http://saveitforthebreakdown.podomatic.com/rss2.xml