It’s rare that I get the opportunity to guitar geek out…talk about amps and pickups and string gauges. Here’s my interview with Guitar International, the ultimate website for guitar geeks and the people who put up with them.Our six-minute jam cover of Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done” is the splash track over at GI this month, check it out!

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You know you want to read the rest! We’re going to make this the band’s new bio.

Check out Perry Robinson’s clarinet intro and John Hummel’s incredible drumming around 2:20 on our song “Love That Lasts.” John’s gotta be the bastard musical lovechild of Ginger Baker and John Bonham.

OK Guitar Nerds – what tuning am I using on this song? I’ll give you a hint, it’s a favorite of Jimmy Page. This photo of him makes me want to lick his neck.

Me, John and Keith are extra psyched ’cause our song “All That I Need” is in the film. We just shot a music video with Jill and Evan Seplow last weekend at Keith’s rockin new Jersey City bar Boca Grande!. Life is good.

To make a tax-deductible contribution to help Jill finish the film, go HERE. She’s almost done, just needs some $ to re-mix the sound and edit.

Let’s hear it for those tireless rock fanatics who pour their hearts and souls into letting the world know about new music…and manage to be politically conscious in the process. Christine Natanael, ediatrix-in-chief of Crusher magazine is one of ‘em. Christine and I met awhile back when she took me to see Ministry at Irving Plaza last fall. Our NYC homeboy Tommy Victor from Prong was shredding it on guitar. I danced my face off.

For my interview with Crusher, Christine chose Crusher’s London writer Alissa Ordabai, because Alissa’s also a guitar player and gets all that guitar geek stuff. We got deep into it about female guitarists, the metaphysics of the blues, Camille Paglia and, oh yeah, the Get Free album.

Jo is the headmistress of the New York School of Burlesque and one of my best gal pals. Supportive girlfriends are so important to us hardworking creative types! Jo, me, Jill Morley and Lily Burana formed a little posse (the P Posse; you’ll have to guess what the “P” stands for!) a few years ago. We get together for dinner and root each other on in our various creative pursuits. It’s been so exciting to see them materialize! Jill’s films (Stripped and her upcoming doc on female boxers Fighting It), Lily’s books (Strip City, TRY, I Love a Man in Uniform), my band and our new album, Jo’s school and now her DVDs and her upcoming book The Burlesque Handbook. Woo, go PP!

My latest blog for HeadCount is about some big legislative wins recently for one of Devi’s favorite causes–Farm Sanctuary.

Because Frankenstein was vegan…Frankapalooza, a Halloween-themed concert to benefit animals this Thursday, 10/29, at Kenny’s Castaways from 7-9pm. Performances by HERE, Athena Reich, and Debra from Devi, and a guest appearance from animal rights hero Gene Baur. There will be drink specials and an amazing raffle. $10, 21+”