heidicuda's Blog

Feels so good to be back on the scene... Makes me wanna holla... Kicked it with the Vans Warped Tour crew last night, Thursday, at the Majestic Crest Theater in Westwood, where all the peeps came out to see an early screening of "Endless Bummer," a new dazed and confused-style film executive produced by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. The sweetheart coming-of-age flick, which centers around three young Ventura surfers searching for a custom board stolen by a Valley creep after savoring its first gnarly wave, features a soundtrack with such fabulous talent as Joan Jett, Pennywise, the Aggrolites, the Brigs (who performed at the premiere), and the Street Drum Corps, a hot young band that's marching to its own unique beat. Caught up with SDC's Bobby Alt, who says the band started out as bucket drummers before thrashing its way into Jimmy Iovine's heart. The Interscope Rex head is partnering with the trio to take them to the next level. You can catch Street Drum Corps on Linkin Park's "Project Revolution" tour this summer, where they'll be showing their evolution from street style, marching drums to fullblown Nine Inch Nails-inspired hardcore. And by the way, DJ Lethal (Limp Bizkit/House of Pain) co-produced SDC's upcoming "We Are Machines" record, which Lethal's releasing on his own Lethal Dose label. Not bad for some Jersey Boys, who cut their teeth performing at Magic Mountain every summer.... Also bumped into muy talented music photographer, Lisa Johnson, who invites all y'all to check out her latest gallery exhibit: Photo Pass: An Exhibition of Music Photography," at the Koos Art Center in the LBC (see Johnson's photo, below, of Rancid's Lars and Tim). Opening night brought out such revelers as Beat Union, British hearthrobs who perform at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood on April 9, and Civet, female rock 'n' roll vixens who Johnson tells me is the latest signing to Hellcat Records....Check out Billboard Magazine on Monday as it awards the Top Ten "Green" artists. Those who made the reduced-carbon cut are Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Serj Tankian and Pearl Jam.... And now for some Heidi Homework. I wrote and produced the following newsclips, expect a pop quiz later.... Kick up your boots to my favorite Malibu cowboy crooner Billy Gale at the coolest club you've never heard of.... and enjoy some acoustic Lenny Kravitz while watching men fly with wings... xoxo hsc