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11/11/2024

Montezuma Castle. With Mimi

08/26/2022

This New York, USA-based rock band whose rise to prominence was initially sponsored by three of the band members’ former occupation - as part of legendary sleaze rockers Hanoi Rocks. That band sundered with the death of drummer Razzle in 1984, since which time Michael Monroe, Nasty Su***de and Sam Yaffa had involved themselves in a variety of solo and group projects. However, none of these proved satisfactory, and in the summer of 1993 Demolition 23 was born. Guitarist Jay Hening (d. April 1997) joined them for a 10-week residency at the downtown Manhattan club, the Grand. An unusual tenure for a new band, their popularity was confirmed by a set that mixed Hanoi Rocks standards with US punk rock anthems drawn from the Dead Boys, New York Dolls, Heartbreakers, MC5 and the Stooges. Guest performers included Joey Ramone (Ramones), Ian Hunter, Kory Clarke (Warrior Soul) and Sebastian Bach (Skid Row). With the band now established as Monroe (vocals, harmonica), Su***de (guitar), Yaffa (bass) and Jimmy Clark (drums), they recorded their debut album in five days at the Power Station in New York. An important collaborator was Steven Van Zandt, who produced and also co-wrote much of the material. Released in Japan in June 1994, where the Hanoi legacy still burns strong, it was eventually welcomed as a return to form when released in mainland Europe and the USA.

Demolition 23 · Hammersmith Palais · Song · 2022

04/20/2020

This is terrible news for the millions + people working in oil and gas, many of you, friends here on this Linkedln page. Heads up. This too will pass.

04/19/2020

Wicked Cool Records has received an extraordinary amount of nominations for the upcoming 18th annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs). The world renowned garage rock label leads this year's nominations with nods across all 19 music and video categories, with legendary label founder Steven Van Zandt honored with a "Music Producer: Rock" nomination, recognizing his work on Richard and the Young Lions' acclaimed RICHARD AND THE YOUNG LIONS: VOLUME 2.

04/13/2020

Chemical firms around the world are adding yet more production of hand sanitizer and sanitizer raw materials in an effort to meet unprecedented demand in the face of COVID-19. Huntsman has begun manufacturing multi-ton quantities of sanitizer in McIntosh, Alabama, using isopropyl alcohol (IPA) supplied by LyondellBasell Industries. Shell Chemical is increasing production of IPA at plants in Pernis, the Netherlands, and Sarnia, Ontario, and asking customers that use the alcohol for nonmedical purposes to delay orders. The firm says it will donate 2.5 million L of IPA to the Dutch health-care sector and a further 125,000 L to Canada. Dow plans to make hand sanitizer at five sites across the globe for more than 800,000 225-gram bottles. Clariant has started producing 2 million L of hand sanitizer per month in Gendorf, Germany, with ethanol supplied by CropEnergies. Lubrizol is increasing output of a polymeric thickening agent to enable production of an additional 1 billion bottles per month of hand sanitizer. BASF has modified production processes at sites in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the US to enable it to make tens of thousands of liters of hand sanitizer.

The total size of the global hand and surface sanitizer market will certainly have expanded by as much as 15 times after the COVID virus according to Ecolab management team in a recent analyst call. As the new normal will be having access to multiple bottles during the course of the day in the house, truck, shop, office, supermarket. Where hygienic practices of washing hands aren’t always possible when your out and about.

04/08/2020

BBQ on the lake. Quarantined.

04/08/2020

Burnt orange moon.

03/20/2020

So just let me understand the media coverage of this virus. If your on the broadcast side of the camera your completely suited and masked up. But what about the cameraman? Or it’s just more sensational to be suited for the folks at home to increase their fear.

03/15/2020

Corona virus remedy.

03/13/2020

Bendt distillery makers of Witherspoon bourbon and rum have gone into hand sanitizers.

02/18/2020

Water taxi. Rose Bay.

02/18/2020

Home on the water. Sydney harbor