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Rockin' Rose

Last gig at Lava Lounge Feb. 1st

About Me

I'm a Rockabilly, Punk, Tiki- lovin' Gal!Fun loving, outgoing,love to laugh. See LIVE bands perform,and DANCE MY BUNS OFF to the GOOD stuff! I am very creative and independant and extremely loyal to my friends and family. I'm also a Career Gal to boot. I am VERY dedicated to my Music.I have a band (Rockin' Rose and the Rhythm Boys) and am having a BLAST w/ it! note: check out our website www.rockinrose.net

My Interests

Performing and rehearsing w/ my band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going to see LIVE BANDS(Especially Rockabilly,Surf, Punk,Swing,Jazz,Do-Wop, and some Psychobilly).Vintage Shopping,discovering new Tiki Bars, going to car shows,seeing Indie and Foreign flicks and just having FUN! Hanging out w/ my friends at my local/fave hangouts. The most recent ones are: The Lava Lounge(RIP),The Lucky Tiki(RIP),The Tonga Hut, Saints & Sinners,The Bigfoot Lodge,The Derby,The Doll Hut and The Anarchy Library -just to name a FEW:)Supporting my friends bands when they play LIVE :)Going to "Viva Las Vegas"!!! (my band will be playing at Sweetpeas' " Hootch and Smootch" in 2008 :)Spending QUALITY time w/ my good friends!Songwriting, putting shows together (see my Blogs for examples) netorking and promoting bands(especially my friends bands),DANCING to my fave.bands, DANCING to my fave. music,inventing new Tiki inspired Cocktails,(ie:"The Rockin' Rose),Interior Decorating,Gardening,going on Wine tastings. and someday.... going on a Tiki ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who has similar interests. I am looking to find friends I have lost touch with, new friends, of course add more Rockin'Rose and the Rhythm Boys fans,and if time allows... MAYBE...date.IMPORTANT: like I said, I'm a Career gal so I don't have alot of time to chat .. on weekdays. Also anyone reading this should also be aware I DON'T IM PEOPLE.EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDING ME TO YOUR FRIENDS LIST, YOU MUST SEND ME SOME TYPE OF INTRODUCTION AND WHY YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ME. I WON'T BE ADDING ANYONE BLINDLY ANYMORE. (Thank you)

Music:

Music is my SANITY. I live and BREATHE music. SOME of my fave. bands include(but are NOT limited to):" X ",The Blue Hawaiins, Voodoo Train,The Infrareds, THE LOVE ME NOTS, The Dynotones,Deadbeat Sinatra,The Rocketz, The Volcanics,Devil Doll,,The Ramones,The Clash,The Hives,The Cramps,Minor Threat,Sex Pistols,Fear,Black Flag, Souxie and the Banshees, Stray Cats, Bill Haley and his Comets,Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, Johnny Burnett,Elvis(both Presley and Costello), Letters To Cleo, Morphine, Concrete Blonde, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Holly McNarland, The Cure, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Rev. Horton Heat, Vicki Tafoya and the Big Beat, The Sparkletones, The Collins Kids, Squeeze,and when I wanna chill out- Laura Lees ,Enya ,and Sade!Whew! ( and that's the SHORT list )

Movies:

Well... I've been on a kick( see if you can spot the common theme) Aeon Flux, Underworld(1 and 2),Ultra Violet, Domino, Kill Bill (Vol 1 and 2), Electra, La Femme Nikkita, Point Of No Return,Tank Girl,(are we catching on yet boys and girls?). Some of my faves include: Sid and Nancy, Mystery Train, A Night On Earth, Blade,The Matrix,Blade Runner, Mad Max(all 3),Manhunter, Gross Pointe Blank, High Fidelity,The Sure Thing,Pleasantville, Stir of Echos, Westside Story,North By Northwest, Beach Blanket Bingo,Wait until Dark,Modern Problems,Foul Play,Pulp Fiction, and Kung Pow!

Television:

recent faves include Veronica Mars, ALIAS(RIP), Buffy and Angel(RIP),La Femme Nikita-the Series(RIP),Witchblade(RIP), I also love my English programs( MPFC, The NEW Dr. Who,Red Dwarf,Are You being Served? and As Time Goes By( my mom looks JUST like Dame Judy Dench- it's TRUE!)Also my ABC soaps(OLTL and GH). and lately- all my Korean and Japanese programs( I don't have cable)

Books:

"And I Don't Want To Live This Life Anymore( the Story of Nancy Spungen), "Are You There God, It's Me- Margaret?", "The Nancy Drew Mysteries", Anne Rice novels("The Vampire Chronicles","The Witch Chronicles,)"The Artist's Way" ,All books by Loiuse L. Hay, "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff... and it's all small stuff," Who Moved My Cheese?", and ANYTHING by Taschen :)

Heroes:

my mom :)

My Blog

did i delete u?

recently, I cleaned house on my personal page.  It was getting to be quite time consuming to invite people to a gig only to see that nearly half of them had changed their name and pictu...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:25:00 PST

Crown City Bombers/ Rockin Rose

Hi all. Hope your Halloween was swell. Mine... STARTED off pretty good. Went to see DEVIL DOLL and enjoyed the show... but when I left- BAM someone took out my tail light (and then some)- and I was pa...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:24:00 PST

Rockin’ Rose plays this Thurs 10/11/07

Howdy all! Rockin' Rose and the Rhythm Boys are playing w/ Voodoo Train this Thurs. Oct. 11th at 8pm SHARP- Plus SPECIAL GUESTS!!! WHERE:  at E.B.'s at the Farmers Market on 3rd and Fairfax ...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

FREE LIVE SHOW TONITE!!!

FREE FREE FREE The Blue Hawaiins play TONITE Sat. August 11th FREE FREE FREE Hey all! I know there is SOOOO much going on this weekend, but if you don't already have plans and you live in the...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:54:00 PST

CHEAP Advertising (and help the Kittys too) !

..>  Howdy All! This is from my Website guy... his Kittys are almost homeless, so he asked me to post this for help... but hey it's a gain a great way to advertise your band ( or buisness) .....
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:57:00 PST

Last show at the Lava... EVER!!!

Well, folks it was time for an update but I NEVER thought I'd be writing this...  The Lava Lounge in Hollywood CA. who gave us our FIRST shot and let us call them "  Home" for the past 3 yea...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:11:00 PST

Don't miss our LAST SHOW!!!

... of  2006! Rockin' Rose and the Rhythm Boys will be playing Sat. Nov 4th   w/ special guests- THE INFRAREDS. Rockabilly, Surf... and MORE!!! Plus hoppin' and -a- Boppin' D.J.'s- and...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST

Rockin' Rose- Myspace MUSIC page is FINALY up!!!

Well, thanks to Chris and Jocelyn, we ( Rockin Rose & The Rhythm Boys ) FINALLY have a MySpace music page up. The basics are there, w/ a few kinks and add- ons still to be worked out- but it's the...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:34:00 PST

Great CHEAP Publicity!!!

 Hi all-   Well, I'm tired and would like to go home but first, I must do this : PLEASE SEE MY BULLETINS  I posted today Thurs. 9/28/06 at 7:pm for the LATEST update to ...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:21:00 PST

Happy 4th!- a LONG awaited update

Happy 4th everyone! I write this- because I am LONG overdue in updating- but also cuz I have the day off and time- a -plenty to finally do this - so I'm takin' advantage of my good fortune Here w...
Posted by Rockin' Rose on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:09:00 PST