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Occasional String Band

About Me

The Occasional String Band has played in Spokane for over a decade and has recorded 3 spectacular cds. International recognition is probably just around the corner. Read our blog to find out about the newest CD. The music is mostly acoustic. Styles are blues, bluegrass, rock, jazz, folk, etc.. Lyrics are sometimes wildly amusing, as is their website and occasional newsletter. More information can be found at www.occasionalstring.com .RAGING IMPOTENTLY AGAINST CONVENTIONAL WISDOM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/09/2006
Band Website: www.occasionalstring.com
Band Members: Steve Schennum, Geoff Haworth, and Tom Stembridge
Influences: Gandhi, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Harry Browne, Our parents, Mark Twain, Aaron Copeland, Nicole Kidman, James Michener, Homer Simpson, Hunter S. Thompson, Igor Stravinsky, John Hartford, George Carlin, Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, Ludwig von Mises, etc.. This list could get ridiculously long, since we have been reading, watching TV, and listening to music all our lives.
Sounds Like: Geezer goth or acid folk or something like that.
Record Label: We hate labels
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Intelligent Design

Thousands of years ago, God created humanoids for the purpose of populating the Earth. They enjoyed long lives, and still bore children when they were hundreds of years old. Adam, for example, lived f...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:19:00 GMT

Microchips

A few weeks back I found out that I am psychic. Here's why. Roughly 13 years ago, I wrote a science fiction song  called "Microchip" which is about evil science in the workplace, where...
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 19:25:00 GMT

The Decency Police

I did an experiment. I uploaded some nude photos to a Photobucket account. Then I uploaded some gruesome violent photos to another Photobucket account. The account with the nude images was deleted for...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:24:00 GMT