Together with her partner Paz, Aliah Selah has done 10
years of quality Public Advocacy Access Television in Austin Texas -
and now is starting a new Web/TV Show: CREATIVE EVOLUTION

now in pre-production and soon to be on Channel 27 - Santa Cruz & broadcasted on the web.

 




WHY MAKE TV IF YOU'RE A BAND?

When Paz & Aliah found the TV Access station in Austin - it was after noticing that all the amazingly creative people they met in Austin were begging for crumbs of exposure & playing for free thinking that might help.

They decided to learn to bake bread of exposure so they could start handing loaves of out to all the cool people they were meeting who were hungry for it. They became part of the very colorful wacky Austin Creative scene and fit in well and were were honored to be a part of it.

ACTV was an amazing facility and taught them all they needed to know about TV making (other than watching the old Kung Fu Series for it's cinematic brilliance and tao teachings) while giving them the equipment to do it.

{F.Y.I. ACTV - Austin Access had been voted #1 Public Access stations in the country for it's professional level programming and had helped to birth early works of several known top notch film-makers such as
Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids)
& Richard Linkletter (Dazed and Confused).}


When Paz & Aliah (currently SPIRAL) arrived in Austin - from San Diego where they had only starting doing a little video editing on their SOULER SYSTEM video demo - co edited with their first video mentor Patrick DeLuz
out of San Diego.



AWARDS & GRANTS:

They first arrived in 1993 -
the video demo of their band by
won a 1993 Video Award for
"Best of ACTV Programming".


In 1994 - their video art piece of that style "Kaleidoscope Rainbow" was a finalist in
The HOMETOWN VIDEO Awards.



After doing their TV show P.E.A.C.E.
(Planet Earth Alignment For
Creative Evolution)

Peacefarm Productions
merged with
Communications Endeavors
(C.E.,Inc - a non-profit organization)
and were given several grants to do
Instructional Wellness Videos









PAST TV SHOWS:



Th
e TV show Paz & Aliah
are most known for...

Over the 2 years that "Trippin' in Austin"
was on the air weekly
"Moondays at Midnight"...
\

The only
Trippin' In Austin
Rules:

No Sheep, No Cheese,
but Sheep Cheese is cool!


(People who were on the show
would often bring sheep cheese -
as a joke - and crackers of course!)

Aliah became notorious as the 'mystical female Pauly Shore-like' VJ host of the popular local Austin access show that blended a unique layered “trippy” visual style with live footage of various musicians, poets, actors, special events, and activists from around Austin and nationally spiraling in and out of the mix that took the viewer on a trip and you never knew where you would land.

Paz would offer Astro-Reports and do interviews as well as be the Director of the shows. As musicians - they made sure the bands that they video taped in the studio had great sound... to go with the blue screened visuals behind them.

In the mix would always be the trademark flashback from the old KUNK FU TV show series... something with the wise monks (also be in the new show CREATIVE EVOLUTION )- Trippin' In Austin gained the sponsorship of one of the biggest concert promoters- Pace Concerts, giving them back stage access at many shows.:

Dave Matthews Band, Phish,
Lilith Fair, (Sarah Mclachlan, Sheryl Crow, Erika Badu) Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E. Tour, Lenny Kravitz, Rickie Lee Jones & many others.

Among TRIPPIN’' highlights are:

Sandra Bernhard's "Excuses For Bad Behavior" Interview (Where they gave her a
CREATIVE EVOLUTIONARY AWARD
for telling her truth... so creatively!)

Dave Mathews doing a never been
released love song "I'll Back You Up"
& Interview with Patrice Pike
(Lead vocalist of Little Sister/Sister7)

Covering events like: H.O.R.D.E. Tour, Lollapalooza, Midem (France), Mother Earth Festivals along with covering SXSW every year and Eeyore's Birthday as well as other highlights in Austin's Local Scene
and at the Rainbow Gathering
and similar events.

Some of the featured local acts included:
Abra Moore, Little Sister/Sister 7,
Ugly Americans, Vallejo, Dahveed Garza,
Billy White Trio, & many more...


To feed the crew they also had sponsors:
Amy's Ice Cream & Conan's Pizza
(who named their "Don't Choke Art" Artichoke pizza- after the slogan was used for Trippin' In Austin with Red Dawn - who helped on the show and brought the Pace Concerts Sponsorship. Red Dawn worked for Pace Concerts Feng Shui-ing custom dressing rooms for the touring acts & Aliah had a blast helping - offering her book FOODCOOL & FOODCOOL KITS &
3 Card Readings For The Now with her Transparenting Tarot Deck.

There was lots of press and fun times for Trippin' that became an Austin Monday night ritual for many known musicians, artists and activist - just in case they might be on & to enjoy the many colorful eccentric folks in the Austin Artist/Activist scene.


THEY HAD THEIR OWN STYLE BASED ON INSPIRED TEACHERS...

Their next video mentor was Kirk-o-matic who had a style that was an "ambient montage of visuals layered upon each other" style he called "appropriation" This became a real interest for them because of the grainy fidelity of the 3/4 inch video tape format that the station used at that time lead them to the same conclusion just for the sake of what would look best with what was possible - before it went digital. Kirk-o-matic an absolutely brilliant video artist who has abstract, fast moving, and somewhat chaotic and he took Paz and Aliah under his wing
and taught them all the stuff the
equipment could do.


They started making pads with a similar layered style of images fading in and out of a moving collages with sacred & beautiful intentional images: walks through the woods, photos of sacred locations around the world, and all kinds of synchronicity images were added when they caught something cool on TV while the show was actually airing or while they were editing in the main studio. This became the style they became known for in the TV show Trippin' In Austin ... because it made everyone trip... or at least feel like they were.

The new show is going to be more of that yet a bit calmer pace
and more nature.


When asked about learning to make TV... and being a VIDEO ARTIST Aliah Says, "I was a dancer who wanted to dance to my music and finally through video I was able to do that. It was so magical how it all came about... people helping us because we wanted to help other artists and activists
to have a voice.

In San Diego, Patrick De Luz helped us to see the poetry in video art metaphors that we had began by studying by watching the old KUNG FU series... with some of the best directors of our time making episodes. There was much to learn - in the Tao as well.

Then when we came to Austin, to ACTV and found Kirk-o-matic who showed us his unique video art and we spent a relatively short time in the studio with our eyes wide open as he showed us what was possible.

Then,
Bryan K. Blake
who is a walking saint - really - who allowed me - to be creative and slowly I watched and learned how to do what he was doing. His main show: THE FISH CHANNEL was a huge hit - among many other cool things he did. I worked on several big films so I could watch some really great directors work.

And then there was another Buddha of Music TV -
Dave Prewitt with his Rolling Stones Award Winning Access Shows: RAW TIME & CAPZEYES who was always kind, helpful, and supportive of both our music and music video productions. He'd offer hints and his heart filled supportive encouragement.

And last but not least, was the very talented Dave Danheim who's show REMOTE GENERATION ran just before ours when TRIPPIN' IN AUSTIN first came on. His show brought us an immediate audience. Thank you all at ACTV and AMN (AUSTIN MUSIC NETWORK) all who were on or helped our TV shows that we offered there in the magical town
of Austin. We love you. And we now live in "the Austin of California"... Santa Cruz."







 


CURRENT PROJECTS:

A Visionary Variety Web/TV Show For A Sustainable Future
Peacefarm Productions
has combined with Spiral On Productions

to continue giving out CREATIVE EVOLUTIONARY AWARDS
as well as showcasing visionary artists, musicians, spokenword poets, activists, and their own brand of Green Activism Comedy Skits on:





cocreating.us
is an artistic documentary about each of us visioning on a peaceful world... and what we each have to offer the world... to bring that peace.

cocreating.us WILL SHOWCASE VISIONARY ART, POETRY, SPOKENWORD, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE ART, & WILL INCLUDE INTERVIEWS WITH SCIENTISTS & INTEGRATIVE DOCTORS,
NEW THOUGHT SPEAKERS, LEARNING & BRAIN EXPERTS, HEALERS, & WELLNESS CONSULTANTS - ALONG WITH WORKERS, PARENTS & STUDENTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
ALL OFFERING PERSONAL STORIES OF VISIONING ON
EDUCATION & WELLNESS FOR PEACE IN THE INFORMATION AGE.
THE FILM IS PRESENTED AS A VISIONING EXPERIENCE FOR THE VIEWER \WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S VISIONING MIXED IN.


WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART
OR KNOW MORE ABOUT

cocreating.us
?

 



THE FIRST TV SHOW WAS:


"Wake Up & Smell The Incense"
was inspired when they first saw the smoke in and out dissolves and the couples first TV show was born.

The TV show featured their own flowing psychedelic music & videos.
The image of Host/VJ
Fana The Iguana (1990-2002)
would come in & out with a smoke dissolve
as wise quotes appeared over her head
that somehow poetically applied to the next video.

Fana the Iguana and Aliah were on the cover of the Daily Texan
(UT's paper) at the time because Fana was kicked out of a Bob Marley Festival. while pit bull dogs were allowed to be there. Someone came with a snake & they pulled the reptile law. Yet Fana was gentle and would let everyone pet her. A reporter happened to take the photo of the cop asking her to leave just incase it got rough. She was connecting with Wisdom of the band Tony Express and she was wearing fana on her hat like usual - where she would harm none..
That reporter later spoke to Aliah and did a story on the TV show and it's star host the Buddha like - Ignuana... Fana.


"Wake Up & Smell The Incense" was on ACTV and
many of the videos from it and others they made were also
featured on:
The Austin Music Network.



"P.E.A.C.E." (Planet Earth Alignment for Creative Evolution)
was the next TV show that was an interview show with Paz as the host/interviewer - with one focused guests for the whole hour -
always a great conversation with people in the public eye -
who the couple wanted to honor with their
CREATIVE EVOLUTIONARY AWARD & continued on the air
while they continued to do other TV shows and SXSW specials.

It spiraled on to peacefarm.org and has grown into the couples ongoing non-profit organization that was able to receive several grants
for instructional wellness videos.








SXSW SPECIALS:

During the Lilith Fair years they did a special called:


GirlGroove... a celebration of women in music

The line-up for this one time special includes:

Aliah's interview with & music video by Sandra Bernhard,
& live musical performances by Joan Osborne,
Rickie Lee Jones, Abra Moore,
Patrice Pike (Little Sister/Sister 7/Black Box Rebellion),
Kris Mc Kay, Aliah Selah (Spiral),
Quatropaw (featuring Beth Richards),
Techiya Amet (Doggone Sirius),
Marci Winters, & Inkululeko.



SOTV - Sacred Originality TV!

is their most recent video show
featuring all kinds of performers
around Austin & beyond...
coming in & out of a
stream of consciousness
collage of images.

Early shows included: Liquid Soul, Applied Culture, Big Breakfast,
Quatropaw, Laura Scarborough, Marci Winters, JP Allen, The Hog legs,
Max 217, & Aliah Selah's title cut video from her recently released CD
"Shades Of Images",
as well as several live cuts & videos of & by SPIRAL from their soon to be re-released on 10/10/10 - SPIRAL ON HOMEWORLD.


SOTV includes acts gratefully filmed by the SOTV Kung Fu Camera Crew at: The Mercury, Cafe Mundi, & Movements Gallery.

The show has aires late night on the weekend of SXSW.

As the show evolves, and we (the band SPIRAL) begin our travels,
would like to be able to showcase performers
from all over on SOTV, who want to inspire
the calm from the chaos through their art.






FUTURE VIDEO FILM PROJECTS:


Stay tuned as visions continue to spiral on...

with


This idea grew out of Aliah's Stand up Comedy Set that she loved performing in Austin because everyone there could totally relate... in the set she first admits to being a Rockaholix - and everyone in Austin was one... so as she told her story of how she went to get help for her "dis-ease" and found that there wasn't any for Rockaholism.
In fact... now this rock obsession has taken over the world - every kid, and adult secretly wants to be a Rockstar.
Look at kid's toy marketing and most movies with references... and they have Hendrix selling cars!

For Aliah, discovering Rock music
over the years has been a noble journey
of self discovery and social responsibility.
A calling to inspire positive change
that first came from listening to the many
songwriters who inspired the awakening of a
generation into soul searching values of life.

CIVIL RIGHTS & PEACE ACTIVISM = ROCK.

ROCK has birthed many civil rights solutions
for a better world over the years and
continues to grow with each generation
that builds upon it.
Now decades strong,
these ideals have taken root
and continue to grow further into
awakenings for peace.


So she started Rockaholix Anonymous so that we could all find our inner rockstar and learn to rock safe... and practice safe rock (or safe sax) in her case... yes this is the time to boldly asks... R U A Rockaholix?

If so, do you believe that we can rock the vote...
that we can rock the planet into peace?
Watch out for a new approach to ending the war.
.


Several other film concepts that have each
have a good cause that it's connected with.


The film "RETURN" © 2000
simply asks isn't it time we stop...
fighting over God?

(Pro-Peace Movement)

On the same page you can also find
info on 2 other feature film ideas:


& "Street Kids"
©
1986
Film & TV Series concept

(Alternative Runaway Shelters story
& eventual funding from film)


"Full Moon Rising" © 1993
(Alternative Homeless Shelters -
story & eventual funding from film)


For more info on these films



 

 

peace

All graphics by Aliah Selah