About the FlipSide Logo

This logo was designed for FlipSide by Derek Ventilato (yes, the same Derek that plays in the band... he's VERY talented).  It is based on the traditional Chinese symbol “taijitu”, or “yin and yang”. 

 Drawing from the different yet complimentary playing, singing, and performance styles exhibited by John and Derek, as well as taking into account their different musical backgrounds, Derek settled on modeling their logo after this instantly recognizable symbol after some weeks of research on the meaning of the original design.

As the taijitu is already used in a myriad of different ways for an equal number of things, it was apparent that modifications would need to be made.  Two sides, two opposing forces, two people… two guitars!  What seems at first to be so simple an idea was in fact a painful creative process that resulted in a short stack of crumpled paper and deleted drawing files.  The original design made use of two standard, center sound-hole guitars; this proof-of-concept drawing eventually led to the current design, which reflects Derek’s black Ovation (offset sound-hole design) and John’s red Ovation existing in the type of harmony that is intimated by the original taijitu design.

The text was designed from scratch in its current form, with part of the name “flipped” as an obvious play-on-words.

For an extensive article on the history and meaning of the taijitu, please click the following link:

If you are interested in what kind of logo or graphics Derek could design for you, please contact him directly via the following link (please do not send any of these inquiries through FlipSide communication lines):

If you've been to one of our shows, you'll know that we do a "musical trivia" challenge at some point during the evening; we ask you to answer a question about a song that we play, and we buy the first person with the correct answer their next "drink"...  provided, of course, that you are of legal drinking age, and the club hasn't already restricted your beverage intake (non-alcoholic beverages are also available, please see your participating bartender for more details).

With that in mind, this page will serve as a repository of some of that otherwise useless knowledge that we will sometimes draw (but not necessarily limit ourselves to) our trivia questions.  In other words, check this page often and you could very well have us buying your "drinks" at our shows!

DID YOU KNOW...

...that the song "Finelines", by Stoney LaRue, is off his debut album "Downtown" - an album that is now notoriously hard to find?

...that The Marshall Tucker Band (who recorded the song "Can't You See") were originally called "The Toy Factory"?

...that Bon Jovi, authors of the songs "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Who Says You Can't Go Home", have the record for Most Top 10 Singles From A Hard Rock Album - 10?

...that FlipSide's original song "That Ain't Love" was originally written by Derek in 1989... when he was still a senior in high school?

...that Bread, the group that recorded the song "The Guitar Man", had their third #1 hit on the Adult Contemporary Charts with that song?

...that the song "3 a.m.", written and recorded by Matchbox Twenty, was inspired by lead singer Rob Thomas' mother's bout with cancer?

...that the song "Why Don't We Get Drunk" was written by Jimmy Buffett under the pseudonym of Marvin Gardens (a play on the property of the same name from the "Monopoly" board game)?

...that "Melissa", a song written and recorded by the Allman Brothers Band, WAS written for a woman that Greg Allman knew, but her name WASN'T "Melissa"?

...that Neil Diamond, who wrote "I'm A Believer", had already recorded his own version of the song before The Monkees made it the biggest hit of 1967?

..that the song "867-5309 / Jenny" was performed by the BAND Tommy Tutone - yes, that's right... Tommy Tutone is the name of the whole group, and NOT the lead singer (whose last name is "Heath"?

...that the song "Twist and Shout" was originally recorded by the Top Notes in 1961 - 3 years before the Beatles had their own hit with it?

...that the town of Winslow, Arizona erected a statue in honor of their mention in the song "Take It Easy", originally written by Jackson Browne and Glen Frey, and famously first recorded by The Eagles?

...that Jonathan Edwards, author of the songs "Shanty" and "Sunshine", quit his band to travel around New England with his acoustic guitar and perform (usually unannounced) at college dormitory lobbies?

More Trivia will be added soon...