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kent

I would rather be on the side of those that believe anything is possible. - amelia earhart .........

About Me

Greetings, programs...
I believe robots are stealing my luggage, I believe in the Gibson Explorer. I believe in my family and friends. I believe in the dreams of youth.
Seque. Dreams of stardom, or at least a cheap beer at a cheap bar led me to create kid jupiter with some lunatics that also believe in the power of cheese. Check our calendar, come see us play. In fact, if you join our mailing list, I'll do the happy little elf jig in your honor. It's my way.
I lead a double life, but don't drive a fast car. I made puppets. I make films. I sling guitar and sling webs, and once slung hash. I write and on occasion it makes sense. I immerse myself in the art of the photographer and one day will bravely deem myself one. I make a mean grilled-cheese sammich. I love my jeep. I'm fascinated by motorized toys and high energy physics, yet my kids are the source of all the magic in the universe. Right now I know what an Alka-seltzer feels like as it's dropped into the glass.
So much for the small talk. But now it's time to get into the heady stuff, you know, the dark recesses of the human psyche that allow one to become so painfully narcissistic that such a place as this can thrive and grow, feeding on itself like the worm ouroboros. is that a bad thing? who knows...in the end it really depends on whether or not we still behave like humans on the real side of the glowing blue screen you're staring at right now.
so what's it gonna be? gimme a sign, baby, and let me know there's flesh and blood on the other end of the CAT5, not just a lot of cold circuits. ;-)
Ok, I rarely do these, but this one made me chuckle....
You Are Kermit
Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know.
You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems.
Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green.
Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies! The Muppet Personality Testa img{}a:hover img{}body{scrollbar-arrow-color:CCCCCC;scrollbar-Track-Color :7788AA;scrollbar-Highlight-Color:CCCCCC;scrollbar-base-colo r:CCCCCC;scrollbar-Face-Color:7788AA;scrollbar-Shadow-Color: CCCCCC;scrollbar-DarkShadow-Color:CCCCCC

My Interests

Writing. Music. Writing Music. Photography, Filmmaking, Webslinging. Jeep. Archery. Architecture. Flying. Subtle curves. Not so subtle curves.

I'd like to meet:

People with a slightly (or not so slightly) askew take on the office and affairs of everyday life. Dreamers. Dancers. Doers.

Reference material: Douglas Adams. Joey Ramone. Jimmy Stewart. Carl Sagan. Studs Terkel. Santiago Calatrava. Peter Jackson. Richard Feynman. George Harrison. Stephen Hawking. Jim Henson.
I'm currently madly in love with the grates. can you blame me?

Music:

Rush. Ramones. Yes. XTC. Vangelis. Jarre. the Shoes. the Plimsouls. Dozens of bands nobody remembers (ask me, i'll gladly throw some names at you). Interpol (psych furs). the Killers(the cure). U2 - current version. Carl Stalling, Cheap Trick, the Cars, the Police, Owsley. Franz Ferdinand. Igor Stravinsky. Recently turned on to some amazing stuff by Nick Cave, Stereo Total, the Divine Comedy, Cibo Matto...

Movies:

To Have and Have Not. LOTR. Contact. the Lathe of Heaven (original version). Captain Blood. Various Star Wars/Trek films - no apologies. Charade. Grosse Point Blank. Casablanca. Apollo 13, the Sound of Music - still no apologies. The Iron Giant. Hawk the Slayer (if you know this film, you may be worse off than I am!). Blade Runner. Much Ado About Nothing. Run Lola Run. Static. The Maltese Falcon. The Keep. North by Northwest. Rope. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Back to the Future. Akira. Koyaanisqatsi.

Books:

the Tao of Physics. the Lord of the Rings. H2G2. HP (et al). Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation. Hoyle's Book of Games. Cosmos. The Once and Future King. Something Under the Bed is Drooling.

Heroes:

Mel Blanc. Rafael Sabatini. Humphrey Bogart. Spongebob. see 'folks I'd like to meet' for a continued list...

My Blog

it’s all in the taters

the first pot roast of fall has officially been designated a success.  
Posted by kent on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:16:00 PST

don’t look down

apparently i'm more of a geek than i reckoned.  last night i had to stop and pick up dinner. standing there in line with great glass windows looking southwest...and during that 5 minutes or so i ...
Posted by kent on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:38:00 PST

sometimes things click

and tonight was a great example of it.  3 new songs rehearsed, all flowed together brilliantly, ranging from dick dale-ish surf punk to a dark bar somewhere in the south of france during the war-...
Posted by kent on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:36:00 PST

too many notes

over the past three or so years i've come up with dozens of song ideas beyond what ever ended up in kelp, for about as many reasons - didn't feel like they fit, couldn't come up with decent lyrics, to...
Posted by kent on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST

pope tom

why is it that everytime i actually have something non-trivial-ish...something vaguely (VERY vaguely) worth posting in a bulletin, the system craps out?for reasons unknown, my pc will NOT post a bulle...
Posted by kent on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST

the rabbit was RIGHT.

there's stress-reducing magic in a cold glass of home-wrangled chocolate milk. so there....
Posted by kent on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:14:00 PST

one...TWO...!!! HEY!!! get OVER here!

most of the time when i sit down to write music, i've got something in mind - as in, a feel (usually) or a little riff, a single line of lyrics that popped into my head... something. and then it usual...
Posted by kent on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:35:00 PST

oh joy

it's been a million years since i had some muselage kick me in the head in a post-midnight writing frenzy... but it's good to know it still happens.  :-)...
Posted by kent on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:53:00 PST

the road goes ever on and on

all these little contacts i've been making at work, different professors and deans, offering to document their research or whatever else my department could do for them may have just paid off big toda...
Posted by kent on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:17:00 PST

i just gotta stop reading the news

as a rule i try to avoid the news. once upon a time it was there to offer insight into world events, now it's just a vehicle with apparently no other mission but to generate frustration. for example, ...
Posted by kent on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:06:00 PST