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Eric

They call me e-rock. Because they think I rock.

About Me

I like music, I'm actually listening to some now as I write this. I like to think of myself as a half-assed musician, I can play the drums well enough to impress my friends and make some band auditions, but I don't practice nearly enough. I fiddle around with other instruments but don't really know how to play them and have had an idea in my head since college of making a solo album on my mac where I just fuck around with different instruments and sounds. I guess I haven't been motivated enough. In the meantime I'll stick with my band Dirty Orange Sun.But what I have been motivated enough to do was drive across the country, settle in the awesome city of San Francisco and pursue and get my dream career. I'm a mechanical engineer, the rock-out cool type, I wanted to use these powers for good rather than evil (like designing bombs). I'm a bit of an environmentalist. Renewable energy and energy efficiency became my cause. After moving here (and knocking on doors for a while) I worked designing solar power systems (photovoltaics), that got boring and I became poor so I moved on to general green building design with a solar focus. Which is what I do now. So yay for me!

My Interests

music, drumming with good musicians, yoga, biking downhill, renewable energy, a sustainable society, fun activities with significant others. being a goofball.

I'd like to meet:

friends into eco-events, alterna-rock shows and just hanging out in SF. Fans of my band Dirty Orange Sun. People in the bay area that could be good friends. People who can inspire me.

Music:

Air, all else failed, bjork, bungle, clutch, deftones, faith no more, fantomas, godflesh, godspeed ybe, mogwai, radiohead, tool, NIN, portishead, massive attack, deftones, UNKLE, Zero 7, Tricky, pink floyd, tomahawk, led zep, rage atm, botch, ween, lovage and many more.... And of course... Dirty Orange Sun

Movies:

star wars trilogy of course, matrix, fight club, american history x, contact, jay and silent bob strike back, bowling for columbine, natural born killers, either intense movies or really fucking stupid funny ones

Television:

simpsons, south park, the daily show, slightly embarrassed to say Smallville - superman + hot chicks = entertaining.

Heroes:

Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Steven Strong, anybody working towards creating a happy, peaceful, sustainable world.

My Blog

Our show at the Semi-finals...

Dude! I can only try to describe the other night. There were 8 bands total for the night, I missed the first, the second was terrible, and I was shocked how small the crowds were that these bands were...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:31:00 PST

Kucinich on Mauher

Maybe this time around people will pay attention to him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQc2pd0UaoA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2 Fbulletin%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Ffuseaction%3Dbulle tin%2Eread%26messageID%...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:39:00 PST

what a friggin day.

So I had some sinus surgery scheduled for Friday 3/16 (today) since I haven't been able to breathe through my right nostril in months, and occasionally not the left either w/out lots of meds and such....
Posted by Eric on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:29:00 PST

Last night's show.....

Last night we played the emergenza festival, an international multi-month battle of the bands. The winner after several rounds of playing bigger and bigger venues will be flown to Germany for a record...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:59:00 PST

Philly friends (a reposting)

OTHER FRIENDS: Never ask for foodPHILLY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.OTHER FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.PHILLY FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad.OTHER FRIENDS: Bail you out ...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:00:00 PST

well, looks like I'm in another band now

My friend and her two new flatmates were having a house party last Friday. Her one flatmate is into music, with bass' and guitars and big stacks. Which interested me. They had a hand drum there but I ...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:00:00 PST

A water powered future!?

Dude! if this is for real and goes through that would fuckin rock! Though i wish I could see how it worked.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2B2HldNdns&feature=Re cent&page=1&t=t&f=b
Posted by Eric on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:49:00 PST

Dude! Mogwai fucking rocked tonight!

Got back from the Mogwai show not too long ago, I'm not so into their last album except the two live songs. The show was sold out, strangely enough, I managed to score a ticket from some dude for 40 b...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 28 May 2006 01:29:00 PST

This mo'fo got some balls

Steven Colbert that is. I liked him on the Daily show, not a big fan of his own show, but this is fucking ballsy. a must watch.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRn_nzfYtz8&search=colb ert%20dinner
Posted by Eric on Sat, 27 May 2006 01:45:00 PST

I'm partaking in myspace boredom lists

Though I don't feel this is important a topic to make a bulletin as many may do. I'll just put it in my blog here. Go to your page and list the last fifteen people who have commented you. If someone h...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:34:00 PST