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Matthew

I live in Kansas City, now.

About Me

I am the most amazing person you can imagine. And I smell nice.

My Interests

I like to play the rock 'n' roll with my arms. I film things with my elbows (but I don't like it).

I'd like to meet:

1,000,000 Tinys fans and a buncha Hot Dog Skeleton fans, too.

Music:

I like The Tinys, The Hot Dog Skeletons, The Gourds, The Damnations, Prescott Curlywolf, Mike Nicolai, Mandible, Grand Champeen, Richard Buckner, Baptist Generals, Moonlight Towers, Orange Mothers, Lil Capn' Travis, Fivehead, Dismukes, Tia Carrera, Adult Rodeo, Centromatic, Slobberbone, The Fighting Bros., Son Volt, Andrew Duplantis, SinPelo, Jon Dee Graham, Dusty Slosinger and Clocker Redbury, The Good Times Crisis Band, Ye Olde Castletons, Militant Babies, The Dung Beatles, Ramsay Midwood, Midouri Umi, The Afterparty, Elkheart, Brainbow, The Button Band, Nils Lofgren, Leroy and the Mystic Rappers, The Recess Monkeys, etc., etc., etc. I also like some music not played by me or my friends, but who cares?

Movies:

A Thousand Clowns, Mr T: Be Somebody or be Somebody's Fool, Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, The Third Man, Revenge of the Nerds, The Show Must Go Off, Dark Passage, Hearts of the West, Seperate Tables, Tales of Manhattan, Sling Blade, etc.

Television:

Twin Peaks, Cracker, and Prime Suspect are good uns.

Books:

Tortilla Flat, Catch-22, Confederacy of Dunces, The Moviegoer, Our Band Could Be Your Life, blahh, blahh, bling, bling, blahh, blahh

Heroes:

Roger Miller

My Blog

Tom Waits and trains

Gonna be an adventure.  Lot's of good buds commin' along.
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:17:00 PST

Thanks and junk

For everyone supportin' HDS the way they have around here in Missouri. Savin' my life.More shows to come. Next one tommorow at the Brick.Rock 'n' Roll.--Matt Cook
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:14:00 PST

Arkanas

That's where I was this weekend with my 'ol great buddy Adam, celebratin'.  My phone didn't work down there, so when I got back on the road I had a billion missed calls and stuffola.  So, if...
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 04 May 2008 12:44:00 PST

HDS news

All is well on this front.  Much rocking has been done and will be continued soon.  Two gigs coming up--April 17th at The Studio Downtown and May 22nd at The Riot Room.  Also, you can c...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:32:00 PST

Richard Thompson!

All you’s guys slavin’ away at sxsw missed it.  The man poured his heart out into a P.A.  I know, or I wouldn’t say.   He knows, too.  Inspirado! --Matt Cook...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:50:00 PST

Character Witness in Austin

Treat him well, for he is a good lad of fine spirit.He will be attending the 'Lil 'Capn show at the Continental. So, you can great him there.He also enjoys Polvos.--Matt Cook
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:12:00 PST

Recent goings on

Beef week begins Friday.  For those who don 't know, I eat my 7 favorite beef dishes in anticipation of no-mammal February (which is self explainitory).  Any one who wishes to join in the fe...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:49:00 PST

Christmas

Well, I was sick for most of my East Texas trip.  And I got super duper depressed on the day of (aided by WAY too much cough syrup).  Thanks for all you who wrote and called on the phone; it...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:14:00 PST

Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas

It's now time for everyone to watch it. Since, it is the best thing of all time.
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:18:00 PST

Moving stinks

I'm tired of it.  I haven't gone through anything since Emma left, and I guess it's a little easier now, but it's still is no fun.  I'm findin' all kinds of crap I don't wanna see. I should ...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:08:00 PST