FunkyBatz profile picture

FunkyBatz

A Very Funky Girl from Austin TX

About Me

GROOVIN ALL NIGHT..... CLICK BELOW TO GO TO FUNKYBATZ.COM


Create your own custom MySpace Layouts
Name is Barbara...Barb from Austin aka Gumbo Girl, aka FunkyBatz.Idealist: Generally a free thinker who is mostly vivacious, outgoing and outspoken, yet also contemplative, silly & quirky. In between that...well, you just have to find out.No June Cleaver here, but most people find me to be personable, easy going and happy. A person who smiles easily. I have kitty carriers, not a mini van.Party Girl, Yeah! : You'll find I'm an instagator of entertainment and good times, will stay till the band goes home then will crash and burn just as passionately.Realist: I'm a waxer, not a plucker...meaning I take care of business!Nothing ventured nothing gained person who has a love for family, friendships, passion for the sake of passion...and music.
F Funky
U Unforgettable
N Naive
K Kinky
Y Yummy
B Bold
A Accurate
T Tame
Z Zippy
B Bubbly
A Appealing
R Radical
B Beautiful
A Ambivalent
R Radiant
A Appealing
Name / Username:

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

My Interests

Travel to music festivals, love to sail (cruising & racing), cook, play half-assed guitar & keys and am a professional air drummer...ha! So...while I do this I help promo bands I love because I love seeing a lot of people at their shows and the energy that happens.Love to cook and eat! Volunteer catering...Have 1 Siamese Cat, Minx. He is 20 y/o and a doggie, Sheba, she's 13. I love them.

I'd like to meet:

People comfortable in their own skin who care and are aware...be you!Funky butt people who will groove all night and day, if even in their heads! Let's share our passion for the music and artists we love!

Music:

Personal: Love music! Funk, soul, boogaloo, butt shakin, swamp steamin, groovin, jazzed up, in da pocket jammin....all this came about first through love of rock n roll, jazz and more...Biz: Help musicians with web content distribution and marketing. Accounting and tax experience with film and music distribution, royalties and production.Influences and loves: Just give me more of New Orleans anyday! Love the Hammond B3 organ, Ivan Neville, Robert Walter, Anthony Farrell, Adam Scone, then gimme tha drums....oh my...Stanton Moore collaborations...Johnny V, Zig, Robb Kidd, Dave 'Snizz' Robinson...then add some funked up sax....Karl D, Skerik, Topaz, Carlos and more... jazzed up and slide guitars...Papa Mali, Eric Krasno, Will Bernard, Elgin Park...dirty sick bass...and more...groove, boogaloo....the list of artists who contribute to this genre are amazing...need I say more!

Movies:

The Lost Boys, The Shawshank Redemption, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Doors

Television:

Cooking shows, travel, but I just say NO to daytime drama and reality shows...Dig Who Dun its, Law and Order, Forensic stuff, Saturday Night Live...love The Fruitcake Lady. HBO: Big Love! Six Feet Under. Please don't hate me because I admire Martha Stewart!!!! Yeah, she lied, was caught, went to jail and now is better for it, get over it.

Books:

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz...

Heroes:

My Grandma, Maude

My Blog

Check out this event: For The Love of Funk! w/ Groovesect & More!

Hosted By: FunkyBatzWhen: Saturday Mar 08, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: The Parish214 E. 6th StreetAustin, TX 78701United StatesDescription:FunkyBatz Click Here To View Event...
Posted by FunkyBatz on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:42:00 PST

FunkyBatz present: FunkGasmic Afta Blastas Austin TX Sep 15 & 16 ACL Weekend

Go for the groove! Join us and go late night after the festival!  Feel the vibe of the New Orleans Jazz Fest late night shows right here in Austin!   Sat. Sep 15, 2007: The Papa Mali Trio wi...
Posted by FunkyBatz on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:07:00 PST

Austin City Limits Daytime Schedule

Greetings Friends!  Ok...I've looked and listened and love the talent at ACL this year!  There are many new bands and few old favorites.  I still have more to listen to before the fest....
Posted by FunkyBatz on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

Groovin All Night

http://funkybatz.blogspot.com/2006/07/greetings-to-reader-it -is-amazing-how.html
Posted by FunkyBatz on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:53:00 PST