"THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY"

"THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY"

"THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY" IS A NEW COMPILATION OF SONGS
THAT I CHOSE THAT WERE EITHER FAVORITE'S OF MINE AND/OR
SONGS THAT WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL- SOME FIT IN BOTH
THOSE CATAGORIES.THERE ARE THREE SONGS THAT I RECORDED
WITH THE LOOK'S AND THEY ARE THE THREE SONGS THAT WERE
ON THE ORIGINAL DEMO THAT WE SENT OUT AND ENDED UP
RECORDING IN LOS ANGELES FOR BOMP RECORDS.HOWEVER,
THE RECORD DIDN'T COME OUT THE WAY I ORIGINALLY WANTED
IT TOO.I REALLY WANTED "ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL" TO
BE ON THE SINGLE.BUT CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL
SAID DIFFERANTLY.SO HERE ON THIS CD ARE THOSE THREE SONGS
TOGETHER AGAIN.TWO ARE THE SONGS WE DID GET TO RECORD
IN THE STUDIO "WHAT DID I SAY" AND "LOOK OUT BELOW"
AND THE RECORDING OF "ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL"
IS THE ORIGINAL DEMO VERSION.SO FINALLY THE SONGS ARE
THE WAY I INTENDED THEM TO BE.THE LOOK'S ARE-MITCH
FRAAS-BASS AND LENNY MONTOYA-DRUMS AND THEY PLAYED ON
THESE THREE RECORDINGS.THE REST OF THE SONGS I
PLAYED EVERYTHING WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING
I ALLWAY'S WANTED TO DO AND FINALLY GOT TOO.
THE PAINTINGS AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE ALBUM
ART WERE ALSO DONE BY ME-AND THATS ANOTHER
THING I ALLWAYS WANTED TO DO.IT'S A GOOD COLLECTION
OF SONGS AND THE PACKAGE IS WAY COOL.

BEST WISHES
PETE HOLLY

BRITNEY SPEARS & THE RETURN OF SONG & DANCE

"BRITNEY SPEARS AND THE RETURN OF SONG AND DANCE"

BY PETE HOLLY

IN THE 60'S BOB DYLAN ONCE JOKED DURING A PRESS CONFERANCE
THAT HE WAS A "SONG AND DANCE MAN".IT WAS A FUNNY REMARK
AT THE TIME,BECAUSE DYLANS LYRICS WERE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR
BOTH THE INCREDIBLE TURMOIL OF THE TIMES AND FOR IT'S HOPE.
IN OTHER WORDS-DYLANS LYRICS AND MUSICAL STYLE,{WHICH WAS
WAS EVOLVING AT A RAPID PACE}WERE HIS DANCE.
MOST OF THE ACTS FROM THE SIXTIES WERE ALSO LYRICALLY
BASED."THE BEATLES" JUMPED AROUND ABIT BUT BY 66 THEY THIER
TOURING DAYS WERE OVER.ALL THE 60'S BANDS/ARTISTS THAT MOVED
{EXCEPT THE MOTOWN ACTS}DID SO IN A UNCHOREOGRAPHED MANNER.
-IT WAS ALL FREE-FORM-TOWNSEND,JAGGER,JAMES BROWN,JIM MORRISON
-WILD ABANDON-.
ONE OF THE LEAST DOCUMENTED CHANGES IN MUSIC WAS THE RE-
INTRODUCTION OF "SONG AND DANCE" AND EVENTUALLY FULL BLOWN
BROADWAY SHOW STYLE PRODUCTION BY "MADONNA" AS SHE BECAME
"THE STAR" OF THE 1980'S.THIS HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE YOUNGEST
MEMBERS OF HER FAN BASE ;ESPECIALLY ONE NAMED "BRITNEY SPEARS".
THE TOP THREE TOURS LAST MONTH WERE 1."THE DEAD"-THE AUDIENCE
DANCES BUT THE BAND DOESN'T{ALA THE 60'S}2."BRITNEY SPEARS"-FULL
BLOWN BROADWAY SHOW STYLE PRODUCTION{EMULATING AND SOME
MIGHT SAY OUTDOING HER IDOL- MADONNA}{THE 90'S TO NOW} 3."BRUCE
SPRINGTEEN"-{THE 70'S TO NOW}WHO'S MIX OF DYLAN LIKE LYRICAL
INTENSITY WITH HIS OWN "ROCK MOVES" MAKE HIM ONE OF THE BEST
LIVE ACTS OF ALL TIME.
IN ONE RESPECT THE 80'S ARE MISSING FROM THE WHOLE TOP-TEN
TOURS OF LAST MONTH-BUT IN ANOTHER ANOTHER SENSE THEY ARE NOT
BECAUSE "SPEARS" NEVER WOULD HAVE EVOLVED INTO THE KIND OF "SONG
AND DANCE" GIRL THAT SHE IS WITHOUT MADONNA'S BRINGING BACK
"SONG AND DANCE' AND BIG BROADWAY SHOW STYLE PRODUCTION IN
THE 1980'S.
YOU COULD ARGUE 'TILL THE COWS COME HOME ABOUT WHICH
APPROACH IS BEST BUT I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS-IF YOU'VE GOT
AN ACT-AND IT'S A GOOD ONE-THERE ARE STILL LARGE AUDIENCES OUT
THERE FOR ALL THESE DIFFERANT APPROACH'S TO PUTTING ON A SHOW.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND INFLUENCE'S FROM EVERY GENERATION IN NEARLY
ALL OF THESE SHOW'S.DYLAN MAY HAVE BEEN JOKING BUT NOW "SONG
AND DANCE" -IS- ONE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF SHOW STYLE'S THAT EXIST IN
TODAY'S LIVE MUSIC MARKET.I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS THINKING
THAT WOULD BE THE CASE 35 YEARS AGO OR EVEN 29 YEARS AGO.
THE TRUTH IS WE PROBABLY HAVE THE WIDEST RANGE OF LIVE ACT'S
AVAILABLE TODAY AS FAR AS STYLE-THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD !
AND TO PARAPHRASE "THE BEATLES" YOU KNOW THAT CAN'T BE BAD.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHT'S RESERVED

THE EARTH AS A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM

THE EARTH AS A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM
By Pete Holly

PREFACE:FEW INTERNET USERS KNOW HOW THE INTERNET
CAME TO BE.THE INTERNET WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAK-
ING AND WAS BORN AS A PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERMENT AS A SORT-OF BACK UP DEVICE-IN CASE OF
OF A WORST CASE SCENERIO ALL-OUT NUCLEAR WAR.
AFTER WE HAD DESTROYED THE WORLD-IT WAS THOUGHT
THAT ALL OF THE IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE HUMANS HAD
DISCOVERED WOULD BE PRESERVED ON THIS GIANT INTER-
LOCKING NETWORK SO THAT IF A FEW PEOPLE SURVIVED-
SAY IN SOME INCREDIBLY NUKE PROOF UNDERGROUND
SAFE HOUSE;THEY WOULD HAVE A PERMANNENT RECORD
OF ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND SO IF IT EVER WAS SAFE
AGAIN TO GO OUTSIDE-THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE
KNOWLEDGE THEY WOULD NEED TO REBUILD OUR
CIVALIZATION.THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE THOUGHT
THAT IF SOME OTHER GROUP OR GROUPS HAD SURVIVED
THEY TOO WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THIS INFORMATION.
WHAT IT IS USED FOR NOW-WAS NEVER THE INTENTION.

-THE EARTH AS A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM

AS THE EARTH IS THE ONLY KNOWN PLANET UPON WHICH HUMAN
BEINGS THRIVE-IT IS THE ULTIMATE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM.THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE AS IT RELATES TO THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A
HUMAN BEING.IN THE 70-80 YEAR RANGE MOST HUMANS WON'T
EXPIERIENCE A CATACLYSMIC EVENT LIKE THE ASTROID THAT
WIPED OUT THE DINOSAURS OR THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION ON
THE ISLAND OF SANTORINI WHICH COMPLETLY ERASED THE
WHOLE COMPLEX MINOAN CIVALIZATION-BOTH IT'S VAST
KNOWLEDGE AND ALL OF IT'S AMAZING ARTISTIC ACOMPLISHMENTS.
ONLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER DID WE EVEN BEGIN TO UNDER-
STAND THE MAGNATUDE OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND OF WHAT ONCE EXISTED.
ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS WERE USED IN WARFARE IN
1945-BUT I WAS NOT EVEN BORN YET.FEW PEOPLE ARE AWARE
THAT THE FIRE-BOMBING OF TOKYO ACTUALLY KILLED MORE
PEOPLE AND CAUSED MORE DESTRUCTION THAN BOTH HIROSHIMA
AND NAGASAKI COMBINED.IT'S THE SINGLE MOST DEADLY ATTACK
ON A CIVILIAN CITY IN THE WHOLE 20TH CENTURY.BUT STILL;IT
HAPPENED BEFORE MY TIME AND BEFORE THE LIFETIME OF MOST
HUMAN'S WHO NOW LIVE ON OUR PLANET.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANOTHER GREAT WAR-WORLD WAR III-
BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THE END OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH-
AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN LUCKY-WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY LEADERS
WITH AN ITCHY-TRIGGER FINGER BUT THE DANGER IS FAR FROM
OVER.TENSIONS MAY HAVE DIED DOWN BUT THE FACT IS THERE
ARE STILL MANY ICBM'S READY TO FIRE AT A MOMENTS NOTICE
AND ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TO SET THEM ALL OFF.
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT LET'S SAY THAT NUCLEAR WAR
DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETME.SURELY WE'D BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT
THAT WE HAD BEEN VERY FORTUNATE BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST
CHANGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE LEFT IN OUR LIFETIME OR MORE TO THE
POINT-WHAT HAS HUMAN ACTIVITY CHANGED THE MOST IN OUR LIFETIME ?
I'M WILLING TO BET THAT IT'S THE DAMAGE WE'VE DONE TO THE WORLD'S
OCEANS AND RIVERS,TO OUR ATMOSPERE{THE OZONE LAYER}AND THEN OF
COARSE TO THE EARTH ITSELF-TERRA-FIRMA.IT IS ONLY IN THE VERY RECENT
PAST THAT SCIENCE HAS BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THESE ASPECTS
OF OUR PLANET,THE LAND,THE SEA,AND THE SKY'S ARE ALL INTERRELATED.
THAT ANY CHANGE OR DAMAGE YOU CAUSE OR INFLICT ON ONE OF THESE
ASPECTS-WILL IN SOME WAY-GREAT OR SMALL-AFFECT THE THE OTHER TWO.
NOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THIS-HOW SHALL WE GO ABOUT TRYING TO
MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS HUMAN'S HAVE INFLICTED UPON THESE
THREE INTERCONNECTED EARTH SYSTEMS.
AND I SUPPOSE THE BIGGEST QUESTION OF ALL IS WILL WE AS A SPECIES
BE ABLE TO CHANGE FAST ENOUGH IN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF WAY'S-TO
SAVE THE PLANET THAT GIVES US LIFE.FOR THIS PLANET,EARTH,WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT-REALLY IS OUR LIFE ! IT'S THE ONLY LIFE HUMANS HAVE EVER
KNOWN.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

BOOK'S:"THE SHACK"

"THE SHACK"
BY WILLIAM P. YOUNG

SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND LOVE

AS I MENTIONED IN AN INTERVIEW, 2 YEARS AGO IN BERKELEY,THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN I CERTAIN THAT THE END WAS
NEAR.THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHEN I HAVE WONDERED HOW &
WHY A WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE.I AM NOT A PREACHER-I AM AN ARTIST
SO I'M NOT ABLE TO SUGGEST ANY WORD'S OF WISDOM.
I'VE ALLWAYS THOUGHT,SINCE I WAS A YOUNG CHILD,THAT I WAS PART
OF SOMETHING BIGGER,MUCH BIGGER THAN MYSELF.I DIDN'T HAVE A NAME
FOR IT-I JUST HAD A VERY STRONG FEELING.
I WENT THRU SOME VERY GREAT LOSS'S AND PERSONAL TRADAGIES
IN MY YOUTH AND I STRUGGLED GREATLY TO COPE WITH UNBEARABLE PAIN
AND SEEMINGLY UN-ENDING SORROW.STILL,I NEVER GAVE UP COMPLETELY.
I KNOW THAT I WAS LUCKY THAT I COULD RELEASE ALOT OF MY PENT-UP
FEELINGS IN THE MUSIC THAT I MADE.I'LL BE FOREVER GREATFUL FOR
THAT.
BUT IN THE END,I HAD TO LET GO OF ALL MY PERSONAL SELF-HATRED
AND EVEN FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAD CAUSED MUCH OF MY PAIN..IN THE
END THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD BE THE ARTIST THAT I WANTED TO
BE-AND NOT BE CAUGHT FOREVER IN A NEVER-ENDING SPIRAL OF HATE.
I HAD TO CHOOSE LOVE.READ "THE SHACK" AND PERHAPS YOU'LL CHOOSE
LOVE TOO.

MY BEST REGARDS,

PETE HOLLY

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED