Plutonian Elf News flash...Don Bolles of the world famous "Germs" will be on drums joining us @ Pershing Square, L.A. July 31st...We're opening for The Tubes...this one you won't want to miss...Space Punk Lands...Zolar X: 8:00-8:30...The Tubes: 9:00-10:00.
A small but very important ZX package arrived today from Blinky, the Zolar X "prop guy". He has been feverishly working on a set of antenna for the MBU. His goal was to have them finished before July 17 so MBU could would have them for the two shows coming up in Berkeley (924 Gilman) and L.A. when ZX open for The Tubes. Mission accomplished! They are very wooteeta (cool) and we are stellar thrilled! Tomorrow, a photo session will take place and there will be two Zolaranians with antenna headgear. We'll be posting the pics asap...
Moto Bass Unit antennas are being constructed by the Zolar X prop builder, Blinky. He has been hard at work in custominzing a set for the MBU. We have posted a pic in the Zolar X HelpingHands folder and here is the link as well that will take you to the Photos page.
Being from outer space, we have a little different perspective on Earth's issues. We are celebrating the Summer Solstice at *HM157 in L.A. with a dynomite set on June 20th. We'll go on around 10:00 p.m.
http://larecord.com/upcoming/2010/06/02/jun-20-hm157-2nd-anniversary-summer-solstice-festival/
It's been a busy month. The ZX Starship plotted a course to the Bay area and landed which is working great for the band. Eclipse arrived a week ago & it's gotten even busier. We've been building props, getting stagewear ready, filming behind the scenes of what we're doing. We'll be sharing some of these clips, very soon-probably early next week. Moto Bass Unit lives up to his name and with the addition of synthesizers and FX sounds we'll be delivering space-punk Rocket Roll June 20th at *hm157 in Los Angeles...ZOLAR X: The Return...
If you are a collector of rare recordings then this will make your collection one of a kind also....Follow the link to read more and there are two videos that highlight the acetate and some of the other items. Auction will be on going through Feb. 4th. Ygarr Ygarrist
link to ebay:
links to videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUMRa_8OAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwMQ53sIeE
Now that the new year and the beginning of the new decades is fully "in" we are going to start the ZX auction again. We have posted some of the pics in the photo gallery. It will begin officially on January 28th. Here are some of the items-in detail that will be going to ebay:
* ZOLAR X Promotional Acetate: An acetate from June 21st, 1974 – 45 RPM. One side Space Age Love. Recorded at Crystal Studios-Hollywood CA. This disc was spun at Rodney’s English Disco. Condition, used. Believed to be last one on planet Earth.
* ZOLAR X Large Hole (3 song) 45 from 1982: No cover, no name-Two of the tracks from the Timeless 1982 LP, Mirrors and Science. Not on the LP, Blues on Blue. This is one of ten. Condition-very good.
Stay tuned for more details coming up in the next couple days. Nok Voo...Ygarr.
We have a new look on Myspace thanks to IDK Studios. They were great to work with and do X-cellent work! They told us to mention that they are running an musician's special right now. Wooteeta (very cool)! Our link and IDK Studios link is directly below.
ZOLAR X has been invited to perform at the prestigious SXSW festival this coming March 2010. We are still waiting for the specific "date" to arrive which could be as late as the first week in Feb. Currently we are booking shows on the way back to L.A. from the festival. If anyone has contacts out there or know of a club that you have an "in" with, one where ZOLAR X would be a good fit - let us know. We are looking at these cities; Dallas, Albuquerque, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Nok Voo... \ / Ygarr
The digital single, Slab Lab, is now available on iTunes. Here is some background about the song which we have also posted under Music/Slab Lab:
"In 1977 at 1055 La Jolla in West Hollywood, in between ZOLAR X's, I (Ygarr) ran into Rock Bottom at the dumpster. We hit it off & talked about music. That night Rock, Elias & Blank Frank (future Spys) visited me and Charlie Patton (aka Slab) in our apartment #6 & I began to write a bunch of punk-rock songs-one being the present-day riff of Slab Lab. With Rock's lyrics coming a few days later, the song was titled "I'm No Surfer" performed only one time at the Whisky a Go Go in 1978. Thirty one years later, with new lyrics, ZOLAR X has released this as a digital single from the "Observations of Earth" album-dedicating the single to all members of Rock Bottom and the Spys who are no longer living. God rest their souls."
Part of the ZOLAR X show we bring to planet Earth is music and part is theater. This week officially begins the designing and building of the props that are part of our show. Moto Bass Unit and I will be going to an Earthen hardware store tomorrow. Retro...Space...Rock and Roll...The Plutonian Elf, Ygarr Ygarrist.
ZOLAR X is looking for a booking agent for two major tours in 2010. We will be going to SxSW in March, a very prestigious music festival, and will be playing gigs both to and from the festival. We are also planning a national Summer tour.
Nok Voo, Ygarr of ZOLAR X.
Slab Lab has officially been released as a single. Slab Lab will be on the Observations of Earth album which is still in production. It will be on the iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster digital shelves in 4-6 weeks.
The pirates are running rampant on this planet so we have changed the format of the songs to shortened clips. It's every where - even in our galaxy. They are called the Pitereons from Mars. We have put our favorite delarts (songs) on the site for your listening pleasure. Each song has a story and we have posted some of these.
Nok Voo for visiting and we hope you continue to support ZOLAR X by buying mp3's and albums which will help in bringing us to your city and give you a show you will remember.
We have hovered on planet Earth for several decades now. From the movie industry to the days of the 70's we've seen a lot & that's what this album is about - our observations. We are starting with the release of Slab Lab as a single download and will continue to record the others which will then be released as an entire album.