I traveled down to Whangamata with the lovely Phloss and Flick and stayed with the Viall family for a couple of nights. A lovely family! I got to enjoy being part of a family for a couple of days that actually had functional relationships and a dad! lol! Graham Viall, the dad really cracked me up! I could tell be was a bad boy from way back, and Deborah, the mum was just super hospitable and sweet. The twin sisters Lou Lou and Chez made me giggle with thier sibling bitching, lol! Anyhow it really put me in a good zone for the last leg of the journey to Gisborne.
Lou Lou came in our car so I had the pleasure of her company for the final trip down. Then after arriving in Gisborne and having a little confusion over where we were supposed to go (and the other car with my tent in it deciding that it would go on ahead to their campsite without discussing it with us or leaving me with my equipment).

Once I got to the place I was staying with George and Mel (two of the hostesses from the V.I.P. section of Rhythm and Vines) I quickly pulled my guitar out and threw it down on the lounge and proceeded to start putting up my tent on thier lawn. While I was doing that I heard my guitar being played as Elaine, Mel's mum had picked it up and was proceeding to use it to teach her grandson Maori. I knew I was staying at the right place after that!
I barely had time to introduce myself to her son Shamus and the other people staying their before I had to get ready to go into the gig. I jumped on the back of a pickup truck and got a tour of Gisborne from the back tray while I was travelling to the gig.

The gig itself was set in a valley surrounded by corn feilds and grape vines. It was an impressive location thats for sure! I joined the cue and listened to the crowds as the excitment built up and people got into festival mode. Finally the crowd started to move and we got our passes. I didn't have a bag to search and I seemed to only get a courtesy body search, with I thought was pretty funny as I was wearing a full length leather trenchcoat and bowler hat so I looked like a hardcore tripper! lol! I swivelled my hips toward her and smiled at at the attendant with a twinkle in my eye.

Apparently my friends Tom and Tash didn't fare so well, coming from the campsites. They were searched before they got on the bus and again at the concert... They even had thier sandwich searched!!!
I found Lou Lou, Chez, Greg, Mike and Pashan (the people I had been staying with for the last couple of nights) and hung out with Lou Lou as much as I could (I admit it, I like the girl, lol) we went for a wander around the gig and even had a little dance at the escape Lounge with her! That really put me in a good mood!
It's funny, but when I was in Lou Lou's company I got more attention from random woman that the rest of the gig. Something about being with a beautiful woman means I couldn't be just some random axe murderer. I got called Johnny Depp by some random and had massive compliments on my clothes and hat all day! :) One girl came up to me when Lou Lou had dissapeared in the crowd to find her sister and said "I like your face", to which I made the obvious reply "You what?", So she continued "I like your face, your beautiful!", She was a pretty little thing so I responded "Thanks! Your beautiful too!" Because she was. I was a little bit confused by that experience though, cause can you really take that as a compliment? I mean I have no control over my face, It's not like I had different faces sitting back at the campsite that she might not like. Your face is defintly something your stuck with. lol!

I watched the Kooks and Franz Ferdinand as the rain came down. It had been drizzling all day and their were some cold and wet punters sliding around in the mud. After a few hours of it walking became a real mish. I was determined not to fall over though so took slow solid steps the whole time. I stayed relatively dry in my Leather Trenchcoat and Bowler hat, he he! Lou Lou disappeared with her friend Mike to go back to the campsite half way through the set to Franz Ferdinand. That really bummed me out, but then I started getting into the music had getting down. Pretty soon I had groups of hotties forming around me trying to get my attention. At 11pm I realise I had no idea how to get back to the house I was camping at. I didn't even really remember the address. And after being abused by the security for half an hour and finally being physically shoved aside by some behemoth I had enough of trying to get them to help me contact the staff members I came with and went to the buses thinking that if I could get to Gisborne Central I could find a cab and since I knew the name of the street at least they could take me there. I snuck past everyone cause I had enough of everything by then and went straight to sleep at 2am.
 

The Black Spiral Dancer Mythos

By Samuel Wheeler © 2008

[NOTE] this is the premise for a concept band/album I'm working on with my brother David. I want to create a story and a character that I can assume when I am singing for Black Spiral Dancer. The idea is like Alice Cooper/Marilyn Manson or George Clinton and P Funk. A vaudevillian approach to performance where the shows become more like live theatre than a live band. I have used my studies in conspiracies, ancient Sumerian mythology and quantum physics to build my mythological world. Here is the first synopsis and overview of the story of Samuel the Prophet and how he became, the Black Spiral Dancer. oooOOOOOOOoooo! lol!

Story One: Prophet Samuel and the Black Spiral Dancer

King David quested for the lost prophet Samuel after is disappearance during a sabbatical of judgement in Israel. He searched the world with the help of his armies and but it was not on this world that he laid eyes on Samuel again.

One day King David found a portal deep within the Himalayan Mountains to another world. Through a star gate set their by an ancient evil, David forged forward with the Angel Michael guiding him. They came to a cursed land called Nocturnia where the prophet Samuel lay shackled and cursed with the dreaded disease of lycanthropy.

The evil King Anu and his reptilian geneticists had twisted his spirit and corrupted him with a demon wolf essence, the Black Spiral Dancer. His plan was to cast the Prophet so far into the darkness and primal rage that he would never find Gods light again.

David rescued the Prophet with the Angel Michael protecting them from the Black Knights of the order of the Dragon. Carrying his beaten and starved body back through the star gate King David returned the Prophet Samuel to his home in Ramah. Still cursed with his dreaded affliction the Prophet Samuel was chained within his Altar every lunar cycle when the Black Spiral Dancer took hold and twisted his form into that of a great black wolf with eyes of burning fire and poisoned claws and teeth.

Samuel eventually learned to control his curse through prayer and devotion to God and the light. He continued to advise King David and judging over the cities of Israel except on the night of the full moon where he would pray at his Altar at Ramah for the salvation of his soul and the holy spirits light to shine through his darkness.

King Anu was furious and despondent. His curse had only forced the Prophet to develop a closer connection with the light in order to control it. His plan had completely backfired. He had never accounted for the faith and the passion of the Prophet or the courage of King David and strength of Michael’s army of archangels.

This is an exercise I'm doing to help me create goals and focus in my life. Because I'm a list maker and without my lists everything seems to drift aimlessly.
I'm only up to 80 of the hundred but hopefully typing them up here will help me come up with the rest!

1.        Is good and Evil just a manifestation of ambiguous conflicted mortality? What is it really?

2.       Is Time travel possible?

3.       Can a man levitate without the use of flying craft?

4.        What is the true potential of the human mind? Specifically my own

5.       How can I control my Reiki powers?

6.       Do ghosts exist?

7.       Is there an afterlife?

8.       Is there really a God?

9.       What is the soul?

10.    What happens when we die?

11.    How can I truly live for love and light?

12.    What sort of man am I really? Good or bad?

13.    How can I achieve success as a film maker and as an artist?

14.    How do I create music to a successful formula?

15.    How can I protect my loved ones from harm?

16.    What is mans true history?

17.    Are we alone in the universe or is there someone watching us?

18.    How do mechanics and electronics really work?

19.    What is the synergetic nature between humans, plants, animals and nature?

20.    When am I most relaxed and receptive?

21.    What legacy would I like to leave behind?

22.    How am I really perceived by others and how does this affect me?

23.    How can I make and save money?

24.    Where do I want to travel in the world?

25.    What goals do I want to achieve in my travels?

26.    How do I find love and keep it?

27.    Is there really a heaven and hell?

28.    What are the animals thinking?

29.    What are the secrets to great paintings?

30.    How can I give my life purpose?

31.    Who are my favourite artists, writers and musicians and what makes them appeal to me so much?

32.    How can I show people the right way to live?

33.    How can I become more confident and fearless?

34.    How can I become a better teacher?

35.    What are the advanced technical details of film-making practical?

36.    Who are my role models?

37.    What is the formula for good storytelling?

38.    What are the most ergonomic building designs and techniques?

39.    How can I best serve god?

40.    Who am I?

41.    What quotes and proverbs resonate the most with me?

42.    What is the healthiest diet for me?

43.    Why am I in pain and can I cure it permanently?

44.    Who is best for me as a lover?

45.    What are the secrets of good guitar technique?

46.    What are the best vocal training techniques?

47.    What is time?

48.    Is reality really real??

49.    What are the parallels in human religion and what are their true origins?

50.    How do I succeed in this society while still being me?

51.    What is attraction and how can I further create and control it?

52.    How do I best care for my animals and plants?

53.    How can I create the best garden given the current resources?

54.    How do I become financially independent and self sufficient?

55.    How can I make money from my many talents?

56.    How do I start a family and care for them the best I can?

57.    What can I do to make the people who move me in my life know they are special?

58.    Is it possible to create artificial life?

59.    What is ‘the food for the gods’ and how can I recreate it?

60.    What are humanities greatest secrets?

61.    How can I find mental, physical and spiritual; balance?

62.    What are the greatest attributes that I admire in others?

63.    What are the names and natures of plants, birds, animals and insects?

64.    Who are my ancestors and what are their stories?

65.    What is the nature of fear and love and why do they seem so important?

66.    What is the best, most efficient, renewable, free energy source?

67.    What legacy do I want to leave behind?

68.    How can I find true love?

69.    How can I live life every day to its full potential?

70.    How can I automate the domestics?

71.    What is the secret to true happiness?

72.    How can I communicate interspecies?

73.    How can I focus my energies and finish my projects?

74.    What is the mind and its full power and potential?

75.    What are the best crops and when is the best time to sow and harvest?

76.    Why do I feel I have lost myself and how can I regain my identity

77.    How can I control my allergies?

78.    what’s the best way I can make the best of every day of my life?

79.    When does life begin? And how?

80.    How can I feel confident in strange crowds and situations?

81.    What is dark matter?

82.    What are the best recipes in the world?

83.    What are the best training techniques for dogs/animals?

84.    What are the newest and most innovative technological advances?

85.    What are the best advanced special effects and makeup techniques?

86.    How can I best heighten pleasure for my lover during sex?

87.    How can I reach my physical maximum with exercise and other techniques?

88.    How do I dance with a woman?

89.    How do I mix the best drinks and cocktails?

90.    What are the best stories, myth’s and jokes?

91.    What are the best recording/audio techniques?

92.    What are the best photographic and lighting techniques?

93.    How do I make the clothes and costumes that I imagine?

94.    What are the best guitar/bass building techniques and designs?

95.    How do I encourage variety and spontaneity in my life?

96.    How do I move forward from the past and live freely in the present?

97.    What are the best healing and channelling techniques and why/how do they work?

98.    How can I best keep, peace with my neighbours while still enjoying my noisy, chaotic and expressive life?

99.    What are the most beautiful things in the world?

100.Does everything interconnect or is life just random?

This list is personal to my lifes journey but maybe it will help you make youre list of questions. then you can refine your list, look for the themes and the ten most important questions and musings and list them according to priority. Choose a theme or question each day to expand on.