VANESSA SURGERY UPDATE: GREAT NEWS!

• Tumor removed!

• Colon reattached!

• Colostomy bag removed!

• Vanessa's next steps to be determined after evaluation!

This is great news! I would like to take this moment to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Vanessa's family, especially her mother Lucia who has been through this ordeal with Vanessa every step of the way.

Big love,

D.A.

Here's a quick hello from Vanessa:

" Surgery went well!!! Little bit ouchy but happy it went so well... Much love!"

Vanessa Out of Surgery

Hey Gang, thank you all for your best wishes and support..

Vanessa got out of surgery late last night at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston TX. Details are still forthcoming..

The word is that it went "great."

For now..take a breath..

..Stay Tuned and Thank You for Fighting..

cheers,

D.A.

Vanessa Conquering Tumor

"we stopped by the health museum in houston and found this inch worm that looks alot like a large version of my tumor.... so i told it to surrender to the light of my ultra healing badass rays... xoxo"

—Vanessa 2/21/10

Hey Gang, Vanessa went into surgery today Monday 2/22/10 at 2:18pm Houston Time. We haven't heard any word as of yet so please send ultra healing badass rays toward Vanessa right now as she undergoes the operation to remove her tumor.

BITCHASS BENEFIT: THANK YOU from VANESSA..!

Hey Gang,

You'll notice that the sound and the video are out of synch and

the video abruptly ends before she is able to thank everyone but

this message from Vanessa is emotionally heart-felt.

Again, thank you to everyone involved.

We will continue to be follow you and your successes.

Right now, Vanessa is gathering her strength for her big surgery

date next monday, 22nd of February,

at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas

Any words of encouragement, strength, and best wishes can be

made to Vanessa directly at thehealingdoor@gmail.com

Make it a great and wonderful week everyone..!

D.A.

.. ♥ ..FIGHT..!..WIN..!..WE LOVE YOU..!.. ♥ ..

Bitchass Benefit: BEATS ANTIQUE Special DJ Set Featuring Zoe Jakes video by Puzzling Evidence TV on Youtube

For Vanessa, a Special DJ Set by Beats Antique featuring the

lovely Zoe Jakes..! Thank you so much Zoe, David, and Tommy!

Beats Antique is currently on tour and will be at The Shrine Expo Hall

this saturday 2/13/10 with Bassnectar, the Yard Dogs, and more!

beatsantique.com

LOS ANGELES CA 2/13/10 The Shrine Expo Hall

FLAGSTAFF AZ 2/17/10 Orpheum Theater opening for LES CLAYPOOL

LAKE TAHOE 2/19/10 Montbleu Theater opening for LES CLAYPOOL

EUGENE OR 2/20/10 McDonald Theatre opening for LES CLAYPOOL

SANTA CRUZ CA 2/21/10 The Catalyst opening for LES CLAYPOOL

ARCATA CA 2/26 Arcata Theater

Bitchass Benefit: Special Performances by Members of The YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW video by Puzzling Evidence TV on Youtube

THE YARD DOGS ON TOUR RIGHT NOW!!!

This is just a small taste of what the YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW have in store for you on their newly launched Valentine's Tour! What you're witnessing is a very Special Performance by Members of the Yard Dogs as gift for Vanessa's Bitchass Benefit.

..catch them on the road right now..

yarddogsroadshow.com/

Yard Dogs Valentine's Tour:

FLAGSTAFF, AZ Feb. 11 with Circus Bacchus at Orpheum Theater

SAN DIEGO, CA Feb. 12 with Lynx and Janower at the Casbah

LOS ANGELES, CA Feb. 13 with Bassnectar, Lucent Dossier, Beats Antique at Shrine Expo Hall

SANTA CRUZ, CA Feb.19 at Rio Theatre

REDWAY, CA Feb. 20 with Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Mateel Center

SONOMA, CA Feb. 21 & 22 at Sebastiani Theatre

Puzzling Evidence TV's videos from the Bitchass Benefit on Youtube

Bitchass Benefit: EXTRA ACTION MARCHING BAND video by Puzzling Evidence TV on Youtube; Pics by Shannon Corr

Extra-Action.com

"Powerful and empowering, the Extra Action Marching Band seduces the pre-civilized will. They are immediate and visceral - more of a sweaty invitation than a show. They are a parody of idioms with shattering volume - guerrilla theater with the rug rolled up. Extra Action has performed in back alleys and at the Hollywood Bowl, they have played Black Sabbath in a synagogue for dancing octogenarians - but their preferred venue is a small locked room with the heat turned up."

Hey Gang, D.A. here. Extra Action has been my family since 1998 when pretty much the entire band lived together in a crazy "Live-Work" warehouse space simply known as SPACE in Fruitvale, Oakland CA.Space was a raw and explosively creative warehouse convergence powered by some wild and crazy kids all hailing from parts unknown to make amazing things happen in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1998, it was as if the beacon, the call, the lightning rod was here... and we answered it. In the short time that we were all together, from Oct. 98 —Feb. 00, some truly epic shows combusted within those walls. Crash Worship, F-Space, Seemen, Spaz, AWD (before they reformed as Xeno), and the End of the Word Cirkus, just to name a few. Once upon a time, the legendary Master Musicians of JaJouka from Morrocco held a very special and sacred show for us and our friends in Space that will never be forgotten. To this day, the Master Musicians laugh and refer to us as "the scary place." Those were the days..

But apparently... those days are alive and well. With deep-rooted friendships, veterans of Space led by Extra Action, Beat's Antique, and Yard Dogs, came together once again to rally for our dear friend Vanessa, to give you the Bitchass Benefit. It was a lovely spectacle. Watching the videos of the Benefit, it's fun to hear all the references to "Space" as if alluding to outer-space. Those of us who lived that experience know that Space was our home. Beautiful to think of our inside joke to be in reality, the fertile ground and jumping off point for the collaborations that would take us through the next phase of our lives.

Proud to know that 12 years later, those collaborative friendships are still making their way through the world into the future.

I would like to take this moment to thank those crazy kids from Space. You know who you are..I see you.

Thank you,

D.A.

Extra Action Marching Band in the Year 2000

photo by http://www.juliancash.com/

Puzzling Evidence TV's videos from the Bitchass Benefit on Youtube

Shannon Corr's photograph from the Bitchass Benefit

Shannon's Review of the Bitchass Benefit in the SF Examiner