Rodleen Getsic
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Rodleen Getsic is an American
singer, activist, actress, film producer and performance art
ist.
, Getsic first began writing a cappella
songs in Granite Falls, Washington
where she was raised. The first song that 'came' to her was titled
"Entrust Yourself". In addition to her voice, she plays and writes with non-traditional guitar, bass, upright bass, piano, jimbae, and continues to learn other instruments. Her official symbol is the Double You Omen, anarchy
and peace
.
She has archived hundreds of songs through the Library of Congress
and Internet Archive
. In some references, her voice is compared to Diamanda Galás
and Clare Torry
of Pink Floyd
's "Great Gig in the Sky."
, No Doubt
, Ratdog
, Phil Lesh
, Ani DiFranco
, Ozomatli
, Hot Tuna
, Mickey Hart
's Planet Drum, Thelonious Monster
, Hellride
, Banyan
, Fishbone
, among others.
Rodleen has worked in the studio and live on stage with music artists including Andy Dick
and the Bitches of the Century (sometimes Dick has Rodleen perform as his opening act with the song she wrote for him called "Fucker" / Rodleen appeared on his episode of MTV Cribs playing this song), Tommy Lee
of Mötley Crüe
(she is the featured guest vocalist on album, "Never A Dull Moment", song, "Blue"), Dave Aron
of Snoop Dogg
, Willie Waldman, John Norwood Fisher
, Rick Boston
, Deftones
(she is the featured guest vocalist in the song, "Knife Prty", in their platinum album White Pony
), moe.
, Bob Weir
of the Grateful Dead
, John Perry Barlow
, Mike McGinn, Fermin Muguruza
of Negu Gorriak
(she is the featured guest vocalist in song "Nazio Ibiltaria Naiz", album, Brigadistak Sound System
), Isaiah "Ikey" Owens of Sublime
and The Mars Volta
, Stephen Perkins
of Jane's Addiction
, David Torkenowsky, The Jangsta, Mike Watt
, Kirsha Kaechele
, Mike Brown (project called Isis Crisis), Daniel Lechok, H.R.
of Bad Brains
(nationwide tour 1997-98), Phillip "Fish" Fisher, drummer of Justin Timberlake
. Rodleen's influence to scream on stage originated from Gary Finneran.
After meeting up with John Perry Barlow
and Bob Weir
in 1999, Rodleen had gained the interest of Grateful Dead Records
to produce her as their "first solo artist outside of The Dead". However, this did not end up happening, because The Dead's mother company, Arista Records
, felt that Rodleen's music was not commercial. She recorded solo tracks in Bob's home studio and in The Grateful Dead Studios. Rodleen proceeded to play shows opening for bands affiliated with The Grateful Dead
and Bill Graham Presents. She performed at Bob Weir
's wedding.
In late 2002, Getsic formed a band, Get Sic, with rotating all-star members. The core group consisted of John Norwood Fisher
of Fishbone
on bass, Freddy Flint of Eek-a-Mouse
on guitar, Spacey T of Fishbone
on guitar, Kabade of H.R.
on keys, and James Gray of Michael Franti
& Spearhead on drums. Other members of the band included Dave Aron
on clarinet, Willy Waldman on trumpet, Steve Giroux on guitar, Jerad Thompson (SkaDaddyZ
) on saxophone, and Ralph Rivers on bass. The band played shows from December 2002 through June 2003.
Rodleen developed an animation television series concept involving her personality and music with cartoonist Edo Fuijkscho and writer Thomas Gerhardt. In 2007 and 2008, she had a radio show on KSOW in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Her radio show was called The Seemless Disaster, and she played her own music from cassette tapes, and did a live, seamless mix with random audio and music records. Rodleen has ongoing film collaborations with Australian writer-producer Anita Ondine
and American filmmaker Adam Carter Rehmeier. She wrote the screenplay for the Indie Psychological thriller film The Bunny Game, which played in a lead role a prostitute.
Also known for her civil service, Getsic served as a community leader since age thirteen.
In 1992, she attended Presidential Classroom
, where she met President George H. W. Bush and his cabinet members, including Dick Cheney
. For several years following that meeting, she "dropped out", and focused on her travels and music.
From 1999 to 2001, Rodleen worked with Jubilee
world relief efforts, serving as the Lead Coordinator for Perry Farrell
's Jubilee Freedom Foundation with organization president Aaron Cohen.
Rodleen has worked with Aileen Getty, daughter of Sir John Paul Getty
, for non-profit causes, including Gettlove, feeding homeless people in Hollywood.
Rodleen served as the Spokesperson and Public Relations Chair for the Community of La Conchita, California
(2005–2006), following the deadly mudslide (January 10, 2005) that took the lives of 3% of the small beach community. She personally knew all of the victims, especially guitar player Charly Womack, who had on occasion been her partner in music. In March 2006, in response to the publicity driven by Rodleen, the La Conchita Study committee was formed, commissioned by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
.
In April 2006, Rodleen traveled to the Gulf Coast of the United States
and then to New Orleans, Louisiana
to aid in the ongoing relief efforts of Hurricane Rita
and Hurricane Katrina
. There she attended events and meetings, communicating on disaster response and preparedness with local and State officials, architects and community builders such as Kirsha Kaechele
, other community members, and politically active musicians such as Ben Jaffe of the Preservation Hall
and Wynton Marsalis
. She also performed live while in New Orleans, including appearances at the Windsor Hotel
.
, is an artist and her mother is a guidance counselor for the public school in Neah Bay, Washington
. She has a brother, Rudy. Her uncle owns a whore house
in Butte, Montana called The Dumas Brothel
. Her cousin is action sport personality, Brad J. She was named after Rod Staudinger.
Rodleen keeps a cellular blog called Phonetography.
On March 8, 2010 Rodleen had a freak accident. She slipped and fell at Real Food Daily restaurant in West Hollywood, California and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
. The Bunny Game was banned in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification
. She is also an actress in the film Charlotta TS, directed by Lewis Teague.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer, activist, actress, film producer and performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
ist.
Biography
Born as Rodleen Giecek to Pamela and Edward GiecekEd Giecek
Ed Giecek is an award-winning watercolorist and collage artist of the Pacific Northwest. His style is fine art landscape. His work is displayed in the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. He is a signature member and the webmaster for the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society...
, Getsic first began writing a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
songs in Granite Falls, Washington
Granite Falls, Washington
Granite Falls is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,364 at the 2010 census.-History:Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Granite Falls was used by Native Americans to portage their canoes between fishing grounds.The first permanent...
where she was raised. The first song that 'came' to her was titled
"Entrust Yourself". In addition to her voice, she plays and writes with non-traditional guitar, bass, upright bass, piano, jimbae, and continues to learn other instruments. Her official symbol is the Double You Omen, anarchy
Anarchy
Anarchy , has more than one colloquial definition. In the United States, the term "anarchy" typically is meant to refer to a society which lacks publicly recognized government or violently enforced political authority...
and peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
.
She has archived hundreds of songs through the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
and Internet Archive
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
. In some references, her voice is compared to Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter.Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", with her three and a half octave vocal range. She often screams, hisses and growls...
and Clare Torry
Clare Torry
Clare Torry is a British singer who famously performed the wordless vocals on Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.-Education:...
of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
's "Great Gig in the Sky."
Music
Rodleen performed as the supporting act for artists and bands including Kottonmouth KingsKottonmouth Kings
Kottonmouth Kings is an American rap rock group from Placentia, Orange County, California. Kottonmouth Kings officially formed in 1994, and describe themselves as "psychedelic hip-hop punk rock"...
, No Doubt
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
, Ratdog
Ratdog
RatDog , is an American rock band. The group began as a side project for Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Rob Wasserman. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in December 1995, following the death of Jerry Garcia on August 9, 1995, RatDog became Bob Weir's primary band...
, Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh
Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
, Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...
, Ozomatli
Ozomatli
Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
, Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna is an American blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. It plays acoustic and electric versions of original and traditional blues songs.- Jefferson Airplane side project :...
, Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
's Planet Drum, Thelonious Monster
Thelonious Monster
Thelonious Monster is a post-punk rock band from Los Angeles, led by singer-songwriter Bob Forrest. Active from 1983 to 1994, and again since 2004, the band has released five original studio albums...
, Hellride
Hellride
Hellride is a side project live band featuring former Porno For Pyros guitarist Peter DiStefano, former Minutemen, fIREHOSE, and Porno For Pyros bassist Mike Watt, and former Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros drummer Stephen Perkins...
, Banyan
Banyan (band)
Banyan is an art rock/alternative rock band with heavy jazz, funk, and punk influence, based in Los Angeles, California.The leader and co-founder is Stephen Perkins, who first played drums for Jane's Addiction , and then for Porno for Pyros. He co-founded the group with David Turin...
, Fishbone
Fishbone
Fishbone is a U.S. alternative rock band formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California, which plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk, hard rock and soul. Critics have noted of the band: "Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s...
, among others.
Rodleen has worked in the studio and live on stage with music artists including Andy Dick
Andy Dick
Andrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio...
and the Bitches of the Century (sometimes Dick has Rodleen perform as his opening act with the song she wrote for him called "Fucker" / Rodleen appeared on his episode of MTV Cribs playing this song), Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass , best known as Tommy Lee, is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects...
of Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
(she is the featured guest vocalist on album, "Never A Dull Moment", song, "Blue"), Dave Aron
Dave Aron
David Royce Aron is a multi-platinum recording engineer, live and studio mixer, record producer and musician. He has worked with some of the most influential icons of the past decades including 2 Pac, Snoop Dogg, Sublime, Wu-Tang, Prince, Nate Dogg, Perry Farrell, Bobby Brown, Dr. Dre and U2...
of Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
, Willie Waldman, John Norwood Fisher
John Norwood Fisher
John Norwood Fisher is the bass player and founder for the band Fishbone. Fisher has played bass in the band throughout its history, even as other members have departed and returned...
, Rick Boston
Rick Boston
Rick Boston is a musician based in Los Angeles. As of about 1990, he was a member of Hand of Fate. He subsequently worked extensively with Dave Allen as the frontman of Low Pop Suicide, making a series of releases on World Domination Recordings...
, Deftones
Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
(she is the featured guest vocalist in the song, "Knife Prty", in their platinum album White Pony
White Pony
White Pony is the third studio album by American alternative metal band Deftones. Released in 2000, it marks a significant growth in the band's sound, incorporating New Wave and shoegaze influences with the alternative metal edge the group had become known for...
), moe.
Moe.
moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are: Rob Derhak , Al Schnier , Chuck Garvey , Vinnie Amico , and Jim Loughlin ....
, Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
of the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
, John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
, Mike McGinn, Fermin Muguruza
Fermin Muguruza
Fermin Muguruza is a Basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, record label manager, and co-founder for the ska punk band Kortatu, active from 1983 to 1988, and for the crossover group Negu Gorriak, active from 1990 to 1996.He is the brother of musicians Iñigo Muguruza and Jabier...
of Negu Gorriak
Negu Gorriak
Negu Gorriak were an underground Basque Crossover group. Their musical style combines various styles of rock music such as hardcore punk, hip-hop, ska, and reggae, although it is impossible to separate the band from its political ideology and its identification with the Basque Country and its...
(she is the featured guest vocalist in song "Nazio Ibiltaria Naiz", album, Brigadistak Sound System
Brigadistak Sound System
Brigadistak Sound System is a studio album from Basque artist Fermin Muguruza. It was released in 1999 and produced by Esan Ozenki Records....
), Isaiah "Ikey" Owens of Sublime
Sublime (band)
Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...
and The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
, Stephen Perkins
Stephen Perkins
Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellflower....
of Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...
, David Torkenowsky, The Jangsta, Mike Watt
Mike Watt
Michael David Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and Firehose; , he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen...
, Kirsha Kaechele
Kirsha Kaechele
Kirsha Kaechele is an American contemporary art curator, artist, and practitioner of sustainable architecture. She is founder of .-Life and career:...
, Mike Brown (project called Isis Crisis), Daniel Lechok, H.R.
H.R.
H.R. is the stage name of Paul D. Hudson, the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Bad Brains. His vocals can be quite diverse, ranging from a rapid-fire nasal whine, to feral growling and screeches, to smooth near-crooning or staccato reggae rhymes...
of Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of...
(nationwide tour 1997-98), Phillip "Fish" Fisher, drummer of Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
. Rodleen's influence to scream on stage originated from Gary Finneran.
After meeting up with John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
and Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
in 1999, Rodleen had gained the interest of Grateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead Records
In 1973, the Grateful Dead established their own record label, Grateful Dead Records. The band released several vinyl record LPs on this label in the mid-1970s, including Wake of the Flood in 1973, From the Mars Hotel in 1974, Blues for Allah in 1975, and a live double album, Steal Your Face, in...
to produce her as their "first solo artist outside of The Dead". However, this did not end up happening, because The Dead's mother company, Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
, felt that Rodleen's music was not commercial. She recorded solo tracks in Bob's home studio and in The Grateful Dead Studios. Rodleen proceeded to play shows opening for bands affiliated with The Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
and Bill Graham Presents. She performed at Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
's wedding.
In late 2002, Getsic formed a band, Get Sic, with rotating all-star members. The core group consisted of John Norwood Fisher
John Norwood Fisher
John Norwood Fisher is the bass player and founder for the band Fishbone. Fisher has played bass in the band throughout its history, even as other members have departed and returned...
of Fishbone
Fishbone
Fishbone is a U.S. alternative rock band formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California, which plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk, hard rock and soul. Critics have noted of the band: "Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s...
on bass, Freddy Flint of Eek-a-Mouse
Eek-a-Mouse
Eek-A-Mouse is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one of the early artists to be described as a "singjay".-Biography:...
on guitar, Spacey T of Fishbone
Fishbone
Fishbone is a U.S. alternative rock band formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California, which plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk, hard rock and soul. Critics have noted of the band: "Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s...
on guitar, Kabade of H.R.
H.R.
H.R. is the stage name of Paul D. Hudson, the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Bad Brains. His vocals can be quite diverse, ranging from a rapid-fire nasal whine, to feral growling and screeches, to smooth near-crooning or staccato reggae rhymes...
on keys, and James Gray of Michael Franti
Michael Franti
Michael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock...
& Spearhead on drums. Other members of the band included Dave Aron
Dave Aron
David Royce Aron is a multi-platinum recording engineer, live and studio mixer, record producer and musician. He has worked with some of the most influential icons of the past decades including 2 Pac, Snoop Dogg, Sublime, Wu-Tang, Prince, Nate Dogg, Perry Farrell, Bobby Brown, Dr. Dre and U2...
on clarinet, Willy Waldman on trumpet, Steve Giroux on guitar, Jerad Thompson (SkaDaddyZ
SkaDaddyZ
SkaDaddyZ is a ska band from Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard, California. They were founded in 1993. They achieved a hit with their cover version of The Eagles' "Hotel California"....
) on saxophone, and Ralph Rivers on bass. The band played shows from December 2002 through June 2003.
Rodleen developed an animation television series concept involving her personality and music with cartoonist Edo Fuijkscho and writer Thomas Gerhardt. In 2007 and 2008, she had a radio show on KSOW in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Her radio show was called The Seemless Disaster, and she played her own music from cassette tapes, and did a live, seamless mix with random audio and music records. Rodleen has ongoing film collaborations with Australian writer-producer Anita Ondine
Anita Ondine
Anita Ondine Smith is an Australian-British filmmaker and transmedia storyteller.-Biography:Born in Sydney, Australia, Anita is the daughter of Anka Makovec, a Slovene artist and Albert Arthur Smith, an Australian carpenter....
and American filmmaker Adam Carter Rehmeier. She wrote the screenplay for the Indie Psychological thriller film The Bunny Game, which played in a lead role a prostitute.
Politics
In 1992, she attended Presidential Classroom
Presidential classroom
The Presidential Classroom is a selective high school program in which students spend a week in Washington, D.C., at the Georgetown Marriott Conference Center at Georgetown University...
, where she met President George H. W. Bush and his cabinet members, including Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....
. For several years following that meeting, she "dropped out", and focused on her travels and music.
From 1999 to 2001, Rodleen worked with Jubilee
Jubilee (Biblical)
The Jubilee year is the year at the end of seven cycles of Sabbatical years , and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the territory of the kingdoms of Israel and of Judah; there is some debate whether it was the 49th year The Jubilee...
world relief efforts, serving as the Lead Coordinator for Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...
's Jubilee Freedom Foundation with organization president Aaron Cohen.
Rodleen has worked with Aileen Getty, daughter of Sir John Paul Getty
Paul Getty
Sir John Paul Getty KBE , born Eugene Paul Getty, was a wealthy American-born British philanthropist and book collector. He was the elder son of Jean Paul Getty, Sr...
, for non-profit causes, including Gettlove, feeding homeless people in Hollywood.
Rodleen served as the Spokesperson and Public Relations Chair for the Community of La Conchita, California
La Conchita, California
La Conchita is a small unincorporated community in western Ventura County, California, on U.S. Route 101 just southeast of the Santa Barbara county line...
(2005–2006), following the deadly mudslide (January 10, 2005) that took the lives of 3% of the small beach community. She personally knew all of the victims, especially guitar player Charly Womack, who had on occasion been her partner in music. In March 2006, in response to the publicity driven by Rodleen, the La Conchita Study committee was formed, commissioned by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
.
In April 2006, Rodleen traveled to the Gulf Coast of the United States
Gulf Coast of the United States
The Gulf Coast of the United States, sometimes referred to as the Gulf South, South Coast, or 3rd Coast, comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States...
and then to New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
to aid in the ongoing relief efforts of Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005...
and Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
. There she attended events and meetings, communicating on disaster response and preparedness with local and State officials, architects and community builders such as Kirsha Kaechele
Kirsha Kaechele
Kirsha Kaechele is an American contemporary art curator, artist, and practitioner of sustainable architecture. She is founder of .-Life and career:...
, other community members, and politically active musicians such as Ben Jaffe of the Preservation Hall
Preservation Hall
Preservation Hall is a noted jazz performance hall located at 726 St. Peter Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It hosts nightly concerts featuring a rotating roster of bands. The bands of Preservation Hall typically perform jazz in the New Orleans style.Despite the fame of the...
and Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...
. She also performed live while in New Orleans, including appearances at the Windsor Hotel
Windsor Hotel
Windsor Hotel may refer to:in Australia*Hotel Windsor , Australiain Canada*Windsor Hotel , Canada*Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto, Canadain Japan*The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa, Hokkaidō, Japanin the United States...
.
Personal life
Her father, Ed GiecekEd Giecek
Ed Giecek is an award-winning watercolorist and collage artist of the Pacific Northwest. His style is fine art landscape. His work is displayed in the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. He is a signature member and the webmaster for the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society...
, is an artist and her mother is a guidance counselor for the public school in Neah Bay, Washington
Neah Bay, Washington
Neah Bay is a census-designated place on the Makah Indian reservation in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 794 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Neah Bay is located at ....
. She has a brother, Rudy. Her uncle owns a whore house
Brothel
Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...
in Butte, Montana called The Dumas Brothel
Dumas Brothel
The Dumas Brothel was a famous bordello in Butte, Montana in the United States. Located in the heart of uptown Butte, the brothel has been proclaimed America’s longest running house of prostitution...
. Her cousin is action sport personality, Brad J. She was named after Rod Staudinger.
Rodleen keeps a cellular blog called Phonetography.
On March 8, 2010 Rodleen had a freak accident. She slipped and fell at Real Food Daily restaurant in West Hollywood, California and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Current work
Rodleen Getsic stars in the extreme horror film The Bunny Game, directed by Adam Rehmeier. She co-produced and co-wrote the film, which was filmed in October 2008 in thirteen days. She won Best Overall Individual Performance in a Film for her role in The Bunny Game at the 2011 PollyGrind Film FestivalPollyGrind Film Festival
The PollyGrind Film Festival is an annual event held in Las Vegas, Nevada that specializes in alternative film and video that would not otherwise be screened or find audiences. Spotlighting short films, feature length films, music videos and trailers of all genres, PollyGrind was founded by...
. The Bunny Game was banned in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification
British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification , originally British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom...
. She is also an actress in the film Charlotta TS, directed by Lewis Teague.
Public service references
- Television Interview Life & Times Transcript - PBS/KECT
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- La Conchita, CaliforniaLa Conchita, CaliforniaLa Conchita is a small unincorporated community in western Ventura County, California, on U.S. Route 101 just southeast of the Santa Barbara county line...
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- Hurricane RitaHurricane RitaHurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005...
and Hurricane KatrinaHurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
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Press Release Hurricane Katrina - One Year Anniversary - Pedro NavaPedro Nava (politician)California State Assembly member Pedro Nava grew up and attended public schools in Southern California. He studied at San Bernardino Valley College, graduated from California State University, San Bernardino, and obtained his law degree from the University of California, Davis, Martin Luther King...
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- Nuno Rolinho interview at Deftones World
- Online article at Ticket Nest
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- Episode #40 - w/ Andy DickAndy DickAndrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio... - White PonyWhite PonyWhite Pony is the third studio album by American alternative metal band Deftones. Released in 2000, it marks a significant growth in the band's sound, incorporating New Wave and shoegaze influences with the alternative metal edge the group had become known for...
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's website - The Good Reverend Rehmeier's Photostream
- Rodleen Getsic's first song http://www.archive.org/details/EntrustYourself
- Get Sic band flyer http://www.flickr.com/photos/79526963@N00/4467571/