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About Me

I'm 38, married with 3 kiddos. Those (wife and kids) are the most important things in my life. I work in the transportation industry, and enjoy many different things. I play a couple of musical instruments (drums and guitar), as well as sing (well at least I try...lol). I also enjoy golf, football (GO RAMS!!!!), and playing with my kids. I consider myself an optimist, and also a realist. In other words, I see the beer bottle as half full ... but I want to know who drank half my beer ;o) Also never take life too seriously ... you'll never get out of it alive.
My love of music started back when I was four. Even though my parents drove me crazy with the piano practice, it was a good thing. I currently play drums for the local classic prog rock band Yeti Lee, and have worked with several other local projects. Some are still around while others have faded away. Check out my Friends list a below to check out Yeti Lee and some other excellent local and national acts. As always SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC AND MUSICIANS!!! No matter if they are doing it for a career, or just for fun, they do it for the love of the music and performing for the people.
And always remember ... IF ITS TOO LOUD ... YOURE TOO F'N OLD!!! :o) Peace!
Spongebob Singing Just Lost It by Eminem
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My Interests

Family, music, golf, magic

I'd like to meet:

I'm off the market, But if there are like minded musicians out there, it would be cool to hear from you.

Here are some fellow drummers I've either seen live, or would love too meet.

The one and only ... ANIMAL!!!!

This guy definitely rocks ... Grant Collins!!

This kid is incredible!!! 2007 Guitar Center drumoff champion ... Donnie Marple!!!

Music:

All types, but primarily rock. I also dig really eclectic stuff like solo Terry Bozzio(drums), Blue Man Group, King Crimson, ect.

And now for two huge influences on my playing...

Gawd I love Animal's expression...LMAO!!! It looks like me when I first saw Buddy live.

Movies:

Haven't seen any new ones but I like Sci-Fi, psychological horror, comedies.

Television:

Heroes, Ninja Warrior, Unbeatable Banzuke, MMA (UFC AND WEC), Rockstar, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Biker build off, ER, Inked, wrestling (I'm a redneck of sorts), a variety of stuff, not too mention cartoons.

Heroes:

God (without him life as we know it would not be), MOM, my wife, all the men and women in uniform (even if I've received a speeding ticket from you in the past .. lol), and my friend Angie. She was over in the "big sand box" for almost a year. Any one who put their life on hold for the duty of our country, rates as a hero in my book.

My Blog

Angelcorpse with Paul Collier in Poland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bubs_k55HI My bud from high school has taken the reigns for Angelcorpse. Normally deathmetal, is not my cup of tea (actually coffee), but he is definitely a ...
Posted by James on Sun, 18 May 2008 10:23:00 PST

New news ... officially!!! :o)

Ok, I hinted about something on the last blog, and I wanted to make the official announcement. As of Thursday 3/11/08, I have become the drummer for the local progressive rock cover band Yeti L...
Posted by James on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:28:00 PST

Just another day in the life...and other interesting stuff

Well, it's been a while since I posted last. Primarily because I've been too busy,(and/or tired) to do so. There have been many things going on, so I'll give you the "Cliff Notes" version....
Posted by James on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:35:00 PST

I dont ask for much ... but please read this...

I just dropped off my wife for her 16th surgery since last September. Normally this would not be a huge issue (or at least not any bigger than a surgery would be), however this particular proced...
Posted by James on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:44:00 PST

Another Day passes by

I've really got to do better than blogging every four months, but with everything that has been going on, I think I can't call a pass for this. First off, my wife is still having issues. She jus...
Posted by James on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:38:00 PST

Another update

Well 4 months have passed and things have been pretty much the same. My wife has two working shunts to deal with the pressures created by her disease. They aren't quite working 100% perfec...
Posted by James on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:46:00 PST

the life eclectic (sp)

Well, it's been about a month since the last post and things have been good and ok. the good is that it seems that the wife might be turning the corner with her recovery from her last surgery.&n...
Posted by James on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:23:00 PST

15 days to go

I love this time of year about as much as I dread this time of year. I know it sounds oxymoronic, but it's true. There is 2 birthdays (three if you include my wife's birthday the second we...
Posted by James on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:00:00 PST

St Louis Nocturne

Man, I guess it's been close to a month since I last posted anything, but things have been nutz around here. First off, my wife (God love her) has been through quite a bit. She had the sh...
Posted by James on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:10:00 PST

Confusion and hospital trips

Well its been a couple of weeks, and boy what a couple of weeks. My wife had to go back to the hospital to have the valve replaced on her shunt. The good thing is that they only had to re-...
Posted by James on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:01:00 PST