TRUE ROCKAGE

12.31.08

So, as you can see to your left, the banner of songs, and the link to "songs", and the whole idea of the songs page has been supplanted by the Podcast. The reason being, I am finally posting the rediculous (and by rediculous I mean Truly Rocking) songs that I wished to create and post, but they have taken the more hip and modern and subscribable form of a podcast. Hope you enjoy.

Also: the Halls of True Rockage have been updated. The dear and noble Tommy Smith has been added to the ranks, and there will be more about his caffeinated exploits coming up in the near future.

12.05.08

Here Be the Podcast!

...will it work? Doubtful. Will that stop us from casting upon the pods? Nay! Never! We shall cast pods with love and hope until the Glory of Podcasting is revealed to us! --

Ahoy - It doth work... but only with Firefox. Explorer and Safari seem to want my little .xml page to die a horrible, horrible death. I would use Firefox if I were you...

10.20.08

The Halls of True Rockage!
&
Blog's New Home

Hello Fine Wayfarers of the Swampy Seas of Cyberspace!

The Blog comic that has been moved to Petaluma 360's blog pages is in full tilt, full of mayhem, excitement and true rockage. Why has it been moved? You ask... well, if you're that curious, please do ask. If not, then rest assured that it is for the best and highest amount of good.

As for them Halls of True Rockage... finally there is a hallowed and venerable Hall for our esteemed and mighty brethren to be named and recognized in. Please do take a tour.

08.18.08

On the Attack:
October 17 @ the Phoenix

On the Attack will be playing its first ever headlining show at the Phoenix. We'll have friends and family up from L.A. to play with too: You Me and Iowa and Hunter's Point (featuring local boy Jack Allen).

Good times shall be shared by all participants and happy show goers.

08.18.08

Hoodies and Used Books

Hoodie Pictures are up! Pricing on request. Just send an email to gio at truerockage dot com.

Official Buy a used book day is coming up Wednesday! If you miss it, how will you effectively celebrate Official Read a Used Book Day Eve, and the following Official Read a Used Book Day??

OTA booking shall begin to take place - keep thine eyes open.

take care all -- Gio

08.05.08

...It's been a while

Hello all.
Sorry for the month long lapse - there was a vacation in there... At any rate, here is the new and exciting news:

Our friend Eve (creator of Humble Pie Hoodies) made the greatest True Rockage / On The Attack hoodies known to man... which will soon be made available to you all on this very site. (she will have photos of them soon - sorry for the delay Eve!) You can check out her other designs at the site linked above.

Musical projects are gearing up for fall and winter, and you'll hear more about that when there is more fun news to report...

In the meantime, may all of thine rocking be true

-Gio

07.04.08

On The Attack
Recordings!

Ho there! The On The Attack Recordings are mixed, (kind of) mastered, and posted to the lovely and accomodating My Space page.
I think I can speak for everyone and say that we are very very happy with the results. ...Hope y'all are as well.

-Gio

06.21.08

New Comic Up!

Greetings and Well Met! It has been far too long, and there are good reasons for it - mainly that the Phoenix Theater is starting an official Music Education Program, of which I am director. Yes, that's right. Free music classes, all taught from a basis of True Rockage, and encouraging and fostering True Rockage in others.

In other news, I have been inspired to draw a new comic by a young and valiant Righteous Warrior of True Rockage among you. So, with thanks, I give you: "The Lesson of True Rockage."

-Gio

05.17.08

Star Wars Day
vs
Towel Day

It was a Glorious Weekend, and a beautiful SWDvTD for everyone over in camp Benedetti. I would hope that you would all celebrate in what ever way best suites you... for us? Family Barbecue, followed by a back-yard, large screen, outdoor viewing of episode IV... reclining on towels. Yes, a victory for all.

I'm having a damn good time with this here calendar. I hope you are all making use of its excessive and wonderful holidays.

05.17.08

RECORDING!

We here at True Rockage are very happy to say that the tracking that took place last weekend at Praerie Sun was magnificent. It is beautiful, it is raw, and it contains the essence of On The Attack-ness that we are anxious to share with the world.

Rough Mixes are done, but now we need to do some mixing... so we should be playing some shows soon to raise Mixing, Mastering and Production funds. No word yet on whether or not the rough mixes will be made public... stay tuned.

05.05.08

On The Attack to Record!

This Friday and Saturday On the Attack will be recording their already critically acclaimed EP. Let's see what the critics have been saying:

This will, I imagine, be the greatest musical experience of my life
--Bull Cathos, "Epic Future Releases Quarterly"

The third song will probably be my favorite song in the whole world... until I hear the fourth one.
--Deborah Carmichael, "Music Prognostication Monthly"

So, you can imagine how much you will desire to hear this music.

Also, T-shirts are in production. We'll get a picture up here soon to entice your fashion-conscious spending.

04.24.08

Official Buy A Comic Book Day!

This Saturday, April 26th, will find Gio down at yonder Comic Book Box, once again championing the cause of illustrated literature. Come on down if you like. I'll be there at 1pm.

Also - Saturday night (still the 26th), at 9pm I'll be at Brick's in Petaluma with my jazz group, The Bloomfield Trio. It's free to get in, and it's all ages: just make sure you have enough money to buy some pizza... or a soda... or something.

See you Saturday!

04.16.08

dooooom!

Doom doom, dooom doom doom, dooooooom doom doom doom doom doom.

Doom doom, doom, doom doom doooo-ooo-ooooom, doom doom doom doom.

Doom,
doom

04.13.08

The Ravenous Show!!

AMAZING! Nick Jules and I rocked an On the Attack set last night Trio style (we wore black arm bands for Jesse, who couldn't be with us...) at the Ravenous Cafe in Healdsburg. We had a blast. We want to go back. You should come next time, and then we could "have a blast" together.

On The Attack goes into the recording studio second week of May. woooo hoooo!

Also - Official Buy a Comic Book Day is this month; the 26th (followed, of course, by the official read a comic book day...) so be ready! Save up your 4 bucks, don thine cape, and be ready.

04.08.08

New OTA Photos

Friend and Bass-Student-Of-Funkyness, Mako Middleton, was good enough to take some shots of the FADoTR.

I have thumbnailed and posted 10 to the On The Attack page, and I'm hoping to get some other Toast Machine shots posted as well.

In other news, with the help of Flash wizard Jan Pechbrenner, The Books of True Rockage should soon be making their tome-like way to the internet.

04.04.08

Day of True Rockage Links:

Our stalwart photographers: Ryan Jay and Christian Williams (is it Williams? It certainly begins with a "W".) have posted their shots on their respective flickr pages. Please do look. They are lovely.

Also, you may have noticed a paint be-decked man hard at work in the west wing of the theater. If you were curious as to what the goodly Aaron Foppe was up to, please click away to see his painting and process.

That's all the links for today... at least until them sausages are done. mmmmm....
...sausages...

03.30.08

The Day of True Rockage has come and gone...

Thank you all for coming out to the First Annual Day of True Rockage. I had a blast - I cannot imagine a more enjoyable birthday party.

Thanks to Man/Miracle, the Brothers Comatose and the Phoenix Rock Stallions for their contributions to the evening.

Hope y'all enjoyed the On The Attack set, as there is much more of that on the musical horizon.

Photos will be soon to follow - stay tuned.

with thanks,
-gio

03.26.08

CLICK ON THIS RIGHT NOW!!

John Beck over at yonder Press Democrat contacted me this week, and put together:
this masterpiece.

It is a video foray into the world and criteria of True Rockage. It is, as they say, really really good.

See y'all on Saturday

03.24.08

The New Site

Well, I thought that the First Annual Day of True Rockage deserved a new look for good ol truerockage.com... So, here it is.

Links and content will soon be complete, mended, and woven together to create a great and vibrant tapestry of archaic HTML rockingness for all of ye.

Enjoy!

-Gio

...ooh - and don't forget:
First Annual Day of True Rockage
At the Phoenix Theater

Saturday March 29th
On The Attack's Sonoma County Debut!!