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His Astroturban

These are the days of miracle and wonder

About Me

I do music.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/12/2006
Band Members: Sean McCarrey ..o, Viola, Violin, Theremin, Vocals, Harmonica, Trumpet, Guitar, sitar, chord organ, piano, bass, banjo, drums, jimbe, udu, glockenspeil, double bass, sarangi, dulcimer, mandolin, jews harp, steel guitar with e-bow, ukulelel, waterphone aka ocean harp. Mason Macias: drums Andrew Perez (aka People Of The Deer): Banjo Marcus Rubio: Things Chris Maddin: Bass, Vocals Steve: Trumpet
Influences: Of Montreal, Yo-Yo Ma, Patrick Wolf, Rufus Wainright, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Air, Andrew Bird, Band Of Horses, Grandaddy, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Sujfian Stevens, The Flamming Lips, Serena Manesh, My Bloody Valentine, Joanna Newsom, Willie Nelson, Asleep At The Wheel, Wayne Hanncock, Hank Williams, Hank III, Junior Brown, Sonic Youth, The Boo Radleys, The Arcade Fire, The Velvet Underground, Ryan Adams, The Beatles, Beulah, Ben Folds, Eric Clapton, Cream, Blue Cheer, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Bobby Darin, Butthole Surfers, Cake, Johnny Cash, Queen, The White Stripes, Cat Stevens, Chomsky, Elvis Costello, The Zombies, David & The Citizens, David Bowie, Yo La Tengo, The Decemberists, Dios Malos, Django Reinhardt, Dr. Dog, Ed Harcourt, Fela Kuti, Fire Theft, The Futureheads, The Violent Femmes, Iron & Wine, M83, Stereolab, Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Old 97's, The Olivia Tremor Control, Pavement, Led Zeppelin, Polaris, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Kahn, Nikhil Banerjee, Ali Akbar, The Silver Jews, Pete Yorn, Wolf Parade, Wilco, Spoon, The Who, The Thermals, The Veils, The Thievery Corporation, John Vanderslice, U.S.E., T.V. On The Radio, Death From Above 1979, Ted Leo, The Talking Heads, Supertramp, Supergrass, The Sleepy Jackson, Simon And Garfunkle, Simian, The Secret Machines, And some non musical but equally as influencing ones: Jack Kerouac, Robert Kennedy, Brad Dehart (musical too), Hunter S. Thompson, C.S. Lewis, and uhm.... John Hagee!:P
Sounds Like: Dancing?
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New E.P. Fearing The Void being released!

As of now there are 100 (99 considering the c.d. I sat on) copies of my new E.P. Fearing The Void, sitting in a box on my bed. They will be sold at my upcoming shows and I hope you will be able to pic...
Posted by His Astroturban on Sun, 25 May 2008 07:58:00 PST

Lookin for roomies in Austin

Basically I'm looking for either someone with a room, or someone who wants to be my roomate in austin. I have a cat, and an awesome one at that, but if for any reason you can't deal with cats then it...
Posted by His Astroturban on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST

Dave Mathews cover band and the music review

So I tried out this thing called garageband.com. It's a music review website, and after using it, it turns out it's filled with mostly radio pop compliment seekers, so it's not really my crowd, none ...
Posted by His Astroturban on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:42:00 PST

URL Change

Hey, my URL address is now: myspace.com/hisastroturbanThanks.
Posted by His Astroturban on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:48:00 PST

Hey hey guess what?

I will be releasing an EP, oh yes, an EP on June 13th, that's friday the 13th, super unlucky, and to be even more unlucky I will be playing a show at Music Town SA with People Of The Deer and Marcus R...
Posted by His Astroturban on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:42:00 PST

San Antonio

Is my home, but it's where dreams go to die.
Posted by His Astroturban on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:00:00 PST

All the way (New Name)

So I went ahead and I'm going all the way with it, I'm changing my name to "His Astroturban." Same URL different name.... Not a whole lot to read into it, but I did face a deadly honor match with the...
Posted by His Astroturban on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:57:00 PST

World Music

So I’m not going to rail against every incredibly broad and ridiculous term, but I did have something to say about one of the more all encompassing terms "World Music." I’ve heard it use...
Posted by His Astroturban on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:48:00 PST

"Hipster Emo Fags"

I always get a kick out of terms that people use as a generic term for anything they don’t like. Can anyone define the word hipster for me? Is there anyone who would fully embrace that term? ...
Posted by His Astroturban on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:43:00 PST

Justin

I would like to tell you all a story about my friend Justin Lacouture. In 2006 I was just entering college for the first time when my first "love" or whatever dumped me pretty harshly. For about ...
Posted by His Astroturban on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:09:00 PST