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dave

--- In loving memory of Precious. 1994-2007. Great friend, beloved family member & fucking aweso

About Me

I am: father of 2 sons who have literally changed my entire life, a patriot, a veteran, an independent thinker, independent voter, a Texan, do-it-yourselfer, working class, union member, ex-troublemaker, volunteer, traditionalist, capitalist, entrepeneur, investor, folk artist, straightedge... I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 .. Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

Music, traditional hot rods & customs, tattoos, low brow art, politics, personal finance, home improvement, family, friends

Music:

Damn near everything. Punk, Blues, Soul, Country, Rock, Tejano, Hip Hop, Oldies, Rockabilly, Jazz, Ska, etc., etc... Bad Brains, The Business, Agnostic Front, Sick Of It All, Youth Of Today, The Architects, Killing Time, Bold, Slapshot, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dropkick Murphys, Operation Ivy, Subhumans, Crass, Circle Jerks, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, Excel, Fearless Iranians From Hell, Minor Threat, The Misfits, The Bleeders, The Demonics, The Bellrays, Bad Religion, Blitz 4 Skins, Wretched Ones, Niblick Henbane, Bouncing Souls, Youth Brigade, Fugazi, Expolited, The Lillingtons, Section 5, Stiff Little Fingers, Judge, The Clash, The Ramones, Fear, ----- Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Shine, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, RL Burnside, Jr Kimbrough, Big Mama Thornton, Etta James, Muddy Waters, T-Model Ford, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Hopkins, Clarance "Gatemouth" Brown, Cedell Davis, Big Maybelle ---- Irma Thomas, The Marvellettes, The Chiffons, Mary Wells, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Laura Lee, The Ronnettes, The Four Tops, The Inciters, Marvin Gaye, Smoky Robinson, Al Green, Anita Baker, The Supremes, James Brown, The Detroit Cobras, Ike & Tina Turner, Jackson 5 ---- Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, Merle Haggard, Bobby Gentry, Hank Williams Sr, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Neko Case, Marti Brom, The Mavericks, The Domino Kings, Texas Rubies, Bob Wills, Mandy Barnett, 16 Horsepower, The Driveby Truckers, ---- AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, The Cult, Motorhead, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, Motley Crue, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Seven Mary Three, Sister Double Happiness, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Metallica, Slayer, ---- La Mafia, Texas Tornadoes, La Sombra, Los Tigres Del Norte---- Digable Planets, Eric B & Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang Clan, Sir Mix-a-lot, DMX, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Pharcyde, Atmosphere, Ice T, Ice Cube, Tupac, Jay Z, Kid Frost, ---- Fats Domino, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Santana, War, Chuck Berry, ---- Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochrane, The Amazing ROYAL Crowns, Reverend Horton Heat, Bill Haley, Carl Perkins, The Cramps, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sin Alley Comps, Lone Star Trio, Matt Hole, Desperate Rock n Roll Comps, ---- Nina Simone, Sonny Rollins, Grant Green, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Art Blakey, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, ---- The Jumpstarts, The Specials, The Selecter, The English Beat, The Robustos, Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, Bad Manners, Toasters, Insteps, Inspecter 7, Dancehall Crashers, Mephiskapheles, Gals Panic, Adjusters, Madness, The Suspects, Hepcat

Movies:

Bottle Rocket, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Good Fellas, Casino, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, 16 Candles, Breakfast Club, Happy Gilmore, Friday, Better Off Dead, One Hot Summer, A Bronx Tale, Monty Python series, Indiana Jones series, Akira, Kalifornia, Boondock Saints, Desperado, Dusk til Dawn, Heat, Lost Boys, The Negotiator, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Apocolypse Now, Another State of Mind, Some Kind of Wonderful, American Me, American Graffiti, The Goonies, Pulp Fiction, Clerks, Dogma, Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Big Trouble in Little China, The Outsiders

Television:

Not at all.

Books:

The Bible. The Wealthy Barber, Douglas Adams, Personal Finance & Investing books, The Known World, High Fidelity, Handling Sin, Dreamland, Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Billygoat Hill, Home Improvement guides, books about cars, art or tattoos

Heroes:

Anyone who stands up for those who can't stand up for themselves.

My Blog

The Dirty South

For those of you who have never had the pleasure of a visit to the "deep south" of the United States, you owe it to yourself to get there. It, like anywhere else, is a combination of good and bad, ric...
Posted by dave on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST

You know you’re from Texas when...

The other day I called my insurance company and ended up with one of those machines on the other end of the line. You know the deal; "to do blah blah blah press 2" etc. Well, I got to a point in the c...
Posted by dave on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:09:00 PST

Separation Anxiety

Some of you already know, but many of you don't. My marriage has fallen apart over the last several months, and Bernadette and I are officially separated, and headed for a divorce.   I've been ...
Posted by dave on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:10:00 PST

Some people dont understand nothin but a punch in the nose.

An old friend of mine once said that "some people don't understand nothin' but a punch in the nose". How true& Of course, the implication is that some people have to learn things the hard way. I happe...
Posted by dave on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:02:00 PST

How I learned not to trust myself...

When I was 18, I learned an invaluable lesson. This lesson has, in all likelihood saved my life on numerous occasions, though I will probably never know exactly how many. The lesson: There are things ...
Posted by dave on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:20:00 PST

Cosa Nostra...

..."our thing". Even after all these years, it still belongs to me and I, to it. I went to an English Beat show in Fresno tonight. The first show I've seen in several years. I went to the show alone,...
Posted by dave on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:03:00 PST

California got a little harder today...

Being seperated from my family for the past couple weeks has been hard. I think that probably goes without saying... But, fortunately for me, I've been so busy with work and trying to get things unpac...
Posted by dave on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:42:00 PST

Neat-o

Afew weeks ago, I took August & Samuel to the Aquarium in Monterey. Just the boys and I. We took my daily driver, an '01 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, because it was just the 3 of us and the ...
Posted by dave on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:29:00 PST