BATMAN PLAN 142

So here we are, beginning our extended run of FZ6D, and it is amazing to look back and see how the moss has grown over the cracks and we have shaped our collective selves into the beasts of stage that rule over Limbo and Hell with a smile.

YES! AN EXTENSION! We run Thursday, Friday, Saturday for the next 3 weeks, closing on July 10...and we have a special post-show Q&A with Richard Elfman, so I expect to see you soon!

I began training for the auditions as soon as the show was announced. When September rolled around, I was laid off from work and began to enact what I termed BATMAN PLAN 142 a.k.a. RUN LIKE THE ZOMBIES ARE AFTER YOU. I have a nice little gym in my apartment complex and I would get up every morning and begin with the traditional Chinese kung fu warm up that I learned at Beijing Tai Chi and Kung Fu Academy (hello Sifu Wang!) and then move into running on the treadmill and elliptical before doing some weight training.

I knew that the key to winning the role would be massive cardio that would give me unstoppable stamina. I've spent my life in the pit at Fishbone, Bungle, Primus, Chili Pepper, and Jane's Addiction shows, so I had a good start, but it wasn't going to be enough. If I was lucky enough to be cast in the show, I'd have to be able to actually dance, sing and speak where most other artists might have some artificial sweetener running off a computer backstage.

So I sat down and went through my music collection and put together a playlist that allowed me to drop 20 lbs by the time we were auditioning the show. I've since lost more, simply because wearing a four layer costume with a hat and spats under theatrical lighting is, in itself, a hell of a workout routine.

If you want to enact BATMAN PLAN 142 in your own home, acquire these songs and run the program!

MARS, THE BRINGER OF WAR - LA Philharmonic
ORGANIZED! - Voodoo Organist
BATTERY ACID - Voodoo Organist
CANTINA BAND FROM STAR WARS - LA Philharmonic
STAR WARS MAIN TITLE - LA Philharmonic
URANUS, THE MAGICIAN - LA Philharmonic
NA ZDROWIE! - Voodoo Organist
TAKE YOUR WHISKEY HOME - Van Halen
D.O.A. - Van Halen
LIGHT UP THE SKY - Van Halen
OUTTA LOVE AGAIN - Van Halen
ICE CREAM MAN - Van Halen
ATOMIC PUNK - Van Halen
WALKING SPANISH - Tom Waits
GUN STREET GIRL - Tom Waits
TANGO 'TIL THEY'RE SORE - Tom Waits
CLAP HANDS - Tom Waits
SINGAPORE - Tom Waits
I SAW THE LIGHT - The The
HONKY TONKIN' - The The
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - Robert Randolph & the Family Band
NOBODY - Robert Randolph & the Family Band
ONE MORE SMOKE - Rev. Glasseye
PADDYWAGON TURBAN - Rev. Glasseye
SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS - Rev. Glasseye
50% MURDER - Rev. Glasseye
NO ROAD OUT OF HOUSTON - Rev. Glasseye
MIDNIGHT CABARET - Rev. Glasseye
KING OF MEN - Rev. Glasseye
MOTHER IS A CARPEGIAN - Rev. Glasseye
THE COLD HOUSE HYMNS - Rev. Glasseye
GOD HELP YOU DUMB BOY - Rev. Glasseye
HOW TO DISCARD YOUR FACE - Renfield
THE PREY - Renfield
JUPITERMAN - Renfield
DIVISIBLE MAN - Renfield
TAKE IT AWAY - Renfield
THE FINER THINGS - Renfield
HAMBURGER TRAIN - Primus
MY NAME IS MUD - Primus
STRANGERS - Portishead
GLORY BOX - Portishead
ALL MINE - Portishead
NASTY HABITS - Oingo Boingo
CONTROLLER - Oingo Boingo
WHAT YOU SEE - Oingo Boingo
ONLY A LAD - Oingo Boingo
PERFECT SYSTEM - Oingo Boingo
LITTLE GIRLS - Oingo Boingo
LITTLE GUNS - Oingo Boingo
DEAD OR ALIVE - Oingo Boingo
NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS - Oingo Boingo
SWEAT - Oingo Boingo
CRY OF THE VATOS - Oingo Boingo
GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL - Oingo Boingo
WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE - Oingo Boingo
FINALE - Forbidden Zone
SQUEEZIT THE MOOCHER - Forbidden Zone
GOODBYE, GOODBYE - Oingo Boingo
NO ONE LIVES FOREVER - Oingo Boingo
PRIVATE LIFE - Oingo Boingo
GREY MATTER - Oingo Boingo
CAROUSEL - Mr. Bungle
DESERT SEARCH FOR TECHNO ALLAH - Mr. Bungle
CHEMICAL MARRIAGE - Mr. Bungle
RETROVERTIGO - Mr. Bungle
THE AIR CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE - Mr. Bungle
MENTAL HOPSCOTCH - Missing Persons
DESTINATION UNKNOWN - Missing Persons
THE HORRIBLE PEOPLE - Marilyn Manson
BETTER OF TWO EVILS - Marilyn Manson
KA-BOOM KA-BOOM - Marilyn Manson
USE YOUR FIST AND NOT YOUR MOUTH - Marilyn Manson
DOLL-DAGGA BUZZ-BUZZ ZIGGETY-ZAG - Marilyn Manson
MOBSCENE - Marilyn Manson
THIS IS THE NEW SHIT - Marilyn Manson
HEART-SHAPED GLASSES - Marilyn Manson
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Marilyn Manson
WHERE THEY WANDER - Horrorpops
MISS TAKE - Horrorpops
CRAWL STRAIGHT HOME - Horrorpops
WALK LIKE A ZOMBIE - Horrorpops
FORCES OF VICTORY - Gogol Bordello
WANDERLUST KING - Gogol Bordello
UNDESTRUCTABLE - Gogol Bordello
NOT A CRIME - Gogol Bordello
TWO TRIBES - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
SUBLIMINAL FASCISM - Fishbone
QUESTION OF LIFE - Fishbone
SKANK N GO NUTTZ - Fishbone
LET DEM HO'S FIGHT - Fishbone
SUNLESS SATURDAY - Fishbone
BEHAVIOR CONTROL TECHNICIAN - Fishbone
PRESSURE - Fishbone
SO MANY MILLIONS - Fishbone
DEMON IN HERE (LIVE) - Fishbone
SKANK N GO NUTTZ (LIVE) - Fishbone
ROCK STAR - Fishbone
MONKEY DICK - Fishbone
BEERGUT - Fishbone
LOVE/HATE - Fishbone
TRYIN' - Double D Nose
THOU SHALT FUNK - Double D Nose
DANCE FUNKERS - Double D Nose
WE WIN - Double D Nose
LOOK BACK IN ANGER - David Bowie
BREAKING GLASS - David Bowie
JOE THE LION - David Bowie
HELDEN - David Bowie
BATMAN THEME - Danny Elfman
FIRST CONFRONTATION - Danny Elfman
DESCENT INTO MYSTERY - Danny Elfman
CHARGE OF THE BATMOBILE - Danny Elfman
WALTZ TO THE DEATH - Danny Elfman
FINAL CONFRONTATION - Danny Elfman
FINALE - Danny Elfman
BATMAN THEME REPRISE - Danny Elfman
I MISS YOU - Bjork
ARMY OF ME - Bjork
SHADRACH - Beastie Boys
LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN - Beastie Boys
HEY LADIES - Beastie Boys
SHAKE YOUR RUMP - Beastie Boys

125 songs. Now go kick some ass.

- Marz Richards