My dear woo joo boo joo,

I am so happy everything is alright.  You are very important to me.  God Bless you.

Love,

Your Jude

KEVIN MARTIN needs our help. Kevin Martin in Athens, Georgia, in the United States has had his civil rights violated.  He was arrested and charged with a crime he did not commit.  The American Civil Liberties Union is so backed up that they cannot take the case.  KEVIN CAN NOT WAIT.  He needs to be released now.  The Prosocuting Attorney withheld evidence that proved Kevins innocence and suppressed the information in a conspiracy with Kevins court-appointed attorney and the Judge down in Rockdale County, GA.  This is what I need for you to do.  You may donate to his defense via my space site or below. PLEASE HELP this young man get his life back and return to the people that love him.  FREE in home concert to the highest donation.  I will travel to your home and provide a private concert for you.

Or, the shit that keeps on giving, part II

Man, what a week. Bands, acts, etc., have been signed. A blowout party went down Saturday night. People in attendance were: Elmo Versace, Sir Blunty and Blunty The Clown, The Sunnybrook D.S.B., myself and the man of the evening, too short to bend over and walk through a basement (he can just walk through it untouched) CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL. 18 years old. Accepted a college scholarship, signed an A&R contract for a signing bonus of $100K. Two stipulations to the contract. He must finish high school. He must attend college. He will be majoring in Recording Industry Executive and when he gets out an exclusive 2 year contract as an Artist & Repetiore Representative for MANUFORTI RECORDS.

Jude’s first CD AMERICAN TOWN, produced by Jed Wymore, will be released on the MANUFORTI Records label. Mr. Wymore also acted as a musician, co-arranger, and engineer on the project. Mr Wymore co-owns his own business, Crystal Clear Audio & Video in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States. The project started out as a Christmas gift from Jude’s friend, Terri Gregg. Jude would like to express his thanks to Ms. Gregg, not only for her initial gift, but also continuing to be a friend and important person in his life.

Jude Spears has signed an exclusive 3 year contract with MANUFORTI Records, a label whose corporate office is located in Northwest Indiana. The agreement includes 3 projects including his current PROJECT: Rock Star, songwriting and producing. Judes first producing assignment will be the Goth-Thrash-Metal band fronted by Kacey McCay, current lead guitarist for The Sunnybrook D.S.B. Jude is also writing the material for the project. MANUFORTI Records President and CEO Ace Mackey said: “This is awesome! We are very excited to sign such a gifted artist. We look forward to a long relationship.”

We have to find a new planet to live on. Let’s face it. We are slowly killing our world and ultimately ourselves. Nuclear war won’t destroy us. We will. So, let’s build a rocket ship and find a new place to live. Go ahead and throw that trash out the window. Buy all the plastic you want and place your trash in it. Why not? My carbon footprint is not that big. Multiply your trash times 6,000,000,000. We may as well because Mother Earth will rid herself of us if we don’t start saving her now. Join us in the fight to save our world. Visit We Can Solve It.org and see what Al Gore has to say. Former U.S. Vice-President, Nobel Prize winner and Academy Award winner are the best credentials I can think of. What am I doing to save Earth? Every single thing I can. My PROJECT: Rock Star will not only use a eco-friendly package, but be available for complete download and I will send you the information that usually accompanies a CD package for FREE via email or snail mail (but only on recycled cardboard).

Or, The Shit That Keeps On Giving

Over the July 4^th holiday weekend here in the states we had certain developments that has temporarily postponed the recording of ROCK STAR. We lost our 1^st Rhythm Guitarist when he decided it would be cool to fly like Superman. As a result, he now has a broken left arm and dislocated elbow which has been corrected by surgery and pins. I like Superman, too, and I would have done the same thing so I cannot get mad about it.

A meeting is being set up for this weekend for the principle players. If Jake can pull this off with the problems we face, he is a genius. Nobody is being replaced on the project. I just don’t work that way.

Hey kids,

This is the first update on Project: ROCK STAR. I created a slide show using Open Offices Impress program which is similar to Microsoft’s PowerPoint. Open Office is a free program and does just about everything MS Office can do. Why anyone would pay $$$ is beyond me when the Internet offers so much. OK, I’m done with the Open Office commercial.

I formatted the slides into a PDF document and emailed to the principle players:

• Producer/Co-Arranger/Background Vocals – Jake Ratliff

• Lead Guitar – Kacey McCay

• Rhythm Guitar/2nd Lead Guitar – Ian Littrell

• Drummer - Eric McCay

• Songwriter/Co-Arranger/Engineer – Carl Bryant Ratliff

• Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals/Background Vocals – Jude

I am currently having the administrative personnel put together a database with contact info, so everyone will receive their royalties. I have been listening to a lot of garage rock. Particularly shows from LITTLE STEVEN’S UNDERGROUND GARAGE. One song that really surprised me was COME DIG ME OUT by Kelly Osbourne. Yes, Ozzy’s little girl can really rock!

More updates to follow…

Peace, Love, Soul,

Jude

I am entering the studio after the July 4^th holiday for the next project. Cue BACK IN THE SADDLE by Aerosmith as you read the rest…

Hey kids, it is that time of year when we finally enjoy the summer here in the Chicagoland area. I grew up in this area in Schererville, Indiana, and always thought of it as my co-hometown with Pikeville, Kentucky, where I was born. My last post kind of left you hanging and I have received many emails inquiring on my status. Am I retiring? Does a songwriter and musician ever retire? Don’t know and I don’t care. All I know is it is in me and it HAS TO COME OUT! All these lyrics, melodies, drums, etc., has to be written down, sung, recorded.

In the following weeks I will keep this site more current and let you know about Project “ROCK STAR”

But For A Really Good Reason (earth-shattering for me anyway)

According to the person that I had always known to be my sister, but turned out to be my half-sister (or is it step-sister?) whose father may have been related to my father, but not the same man, may also be related to me in some cousinly sort of way. Looking further into the matter has made me conclude that I am the world’s first born mesexual man. And here I’ve spent all these years and tears trying to form relationships with women and raising children (and poorly, I’ve recently been told) and feeling like a failed Christian by not wanting to pro-create more. The love of my life turns out to be ME! I should be dating myself! Why didn’t I see this before? The way I would catch myself sneaking glances at myself and wondering if I was as hot in bed as I looked? Feeling guilty and weird when I would look at myself and wonder what I would look like in 20 years and still want to shag. Failing at saving enough money to send the family off to good Appalachian schools …uh…wait…there are no good Appalachian schools. Anyway, you get the picture! The relief! The sweet blessed relief! I can certainly get over the guilt trip of pro-creation because you can forget about me giving birth through that little thing and my former lady friends can vouch for the size on that.

So, I am taking myself out for dinner, a movie and I can pretty much guarantee I’m gonna get lucky! Oh, good luck to the rest of you, too. Sorry to the gay men because I never went that way and always peed standing up. Sorry to the ladies, but I sure am glad I’m done with all that drama. I mean, sometimes I just wanted to smoke a doobie and watch the White Sox. It had nothing to do with anything except I just wanted to smoke a doobie and watch the White Sox. I don’t mean to gloat, but it is hard not to when you have genetic evidence.