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Miles Barkerwinkel

About Me

The purpose of this profile is twofold: The music stuff (when it's there,) is primarily for some of my long distance musical co-conspirators. (It can be quite rough and in need of a lot of help--so other folks may want to ignore that stuff...)The second and most important purpose is to get/stay in touch with old and new friends. So there's your "bio"--no real band profile nor a strictly personal one...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/09/2006
Band Members: always in a state of flux...
Influences: At least I would like to say in some part (really just the stuff I like): Elmore James, The Oblivians, The Fall, The Zeros, MC5, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charley Patton, The Stooges, The Nomads, Blind Boy Fuller, The Nervous Eaters, The Louvin Brothers, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell, The Shenandoah Valley in VA., Black Flag/Greg Ginn, Link Wray, Steve MacKay, The Rolling Stones, The Mullens, R.Hell & the Voidoids, Hunter S. Thompson, The Velvet Underground, Television, Wreckless Eric, Sam Chatmon, The Mississippi Sheiks, NAKED HIPPY and NOT Armageddon, Brick Pit PORK Barbecue and sauces that don't hide the Vinegar, crazy people who grew up within the 309 area code, guitars in 50's/early 60's recordings that make honking noises like the old atari version of pac-man--bonk-bonka-bonk, floor tom beats, down-strokin', wild sax playing that stops short of wanking, palak paneer, kimchi, beef bulgogi, malai kofta, virginia ham, brats n' sausages of all types, the smell of old churches, Nikola Tesla, cool dogs, cedar trees, UFO's (yep! I see em'!), The Country Teasers, steering clear of those who choose to be rednecks, jeezus freaks, company people, self absorbed hipsters, people who change according to who's in the room at the moment, closed-minded stuck-in-a-box-but-with-plenty-of-opinion types, the "silent majority" those who don't realize there are exceptions to all of that, D.H., E.Y.M., B.C.
Sounds Like: workin' within one's limitations...
Record Label: Static Wagon Records (Total Rejekts)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"A place that still haunts me" photo album:

This blog and photo album is an attempt to share a bit of this spot on the globe that I frequently talk about with friends.  It's a place that is stitched into my very conciousness and many childhood ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:33:00 GMT

Cool William Kurelek documentary video link

evidently some of his words along with some of his paintings:http://www.nfb.ca/film/Kurelek
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:14:00 GMT

What the fucking FUCK!

Got a little girl on the way.  We decided to name her "Vivienne Louise".  It's the only name we could agree upon. Now msn.com is hailing the originality of the name choices for the...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Got pulled over by a county cop...

...for speeding--in my driveway.  The sheriff didn't put on the lights until I started to pull in.  I thought there was a redneck kid in a mustang (or something) approach...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Demolition Derby

They just tore it the fuck up recently at Klub E-llusions in Champaign on a Thursday night where the few in attendance were honored to bear witness.  The Great Kaiser of Relentless Rokkin wo...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:24:00 GMT

My 4 yr. old just said,

"You play good monster music..." Different perspectives are so facinating.  (Especially when it's critiqueing your own shit.)  I'll take that one as some kind of thumbs-up.  HAW! 4/10/2...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:49:00 GMT