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King Toad

About Me

"Why Am I So Romantic?" A rock video in 24 parts. Week one, track one: "Roll Me Over Pt. II" ...And a very brief sample of all 24 tracks...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/15/2006
Band Website: kingtoad.org
Band Members: Areli Jamal Morgran River (aka "White Jamal", aka "Hambo Joe", aka "John Fields", aka "Fart")
Influences: The Residents, They Might Be Giants, Mr. Charles Robert Lee, Sphexus, The Beatles, Furious Skinny, Abdenbi Binizi, PJ Harvey, Nirvana, Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, Ween, Aaron Valdez, Soul Coughing, drugs, Kristen Hersh, Skip James, Cypress Hill, school, Pixies, Leadbelly, Portishead, The Michael Tabors, The Breeders, clinical depression, Joanna Newsom, Neil Carlill, Marcelo Radulovich, Gamelan music, De La Soul, throat singing, Neutral Milk Hotel, chronic daily headaches, plants, Terry Riley, The Kinks, sex, Iowa City Public Library, R.L. Burnside, David Bowie, A Tribe Called Quest, Adam's Taint, love, terror, R.E.M., The Roots, Tricky, Harry Partch, Alice Coltrane, Talking Heads, John Cage, death, Angry Lemon, insects, hate, The John Spencer Blues Explosion, Public Access Television, Steve Reich, movies, Primus, Tom Waits, Juana Molina, sleep, The Fugees, Charlie Patton, birds, Renaldo & the Loaf, Aphex Twin, No Shame Theatre, records @ wrong speeds, Nintendo songs
Sounds Like: Your mom (with a deep, manly voice)
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Keep Yourself Safe

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Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:06:00 GMT

The All Time Best Most Greatest New Years Party of All Time

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Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:00 GMT

Mumphrey vs. Hogart


Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:49:00 GMT

Mumphrey


Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:07:00 GMT

Songy Challenge 11.08 "Let’s Have Jmall Watch TV!!!"

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Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:31:00 GMT

Metropolis (feat. soundtrack by King Toad)

So, I always liked the bits I saw from this old silent (now public domain) film. But, my attention span being what it is, I never had the discipline to watch the over-90-minutes of silence all in a ro...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:49:00 GMT

2008 Election: Some random white guy in Iowa reacts.

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Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:57:00 GMT

President Obama! President Obama! President Obama!

I saids it before and I says it now: I need a reason to wake up in the morning, I need a reason to get out of bed, I need a reason to go on living...Well how about: the FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDEN...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:29:00 GMT

This is it, suckas!!!!


Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:32:00 GMT

you cvannoort leave subkjetc linr blanck!!!!!!

So it's like... ...hold on... ...how can people say Ringo's a bad drummer? His shits is so good! His beats are fat fat fatties... ...yeb... ...amdy. i DID yes take a hit and stand up and hand the (bn...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:55:00 GMT