Joel.
Twenty-eight years old, going on twelve.
Drummer.
I play music. It's fun.
I have performed with:
MODAKAI
Johnny Lloyd Rollins
Shanna Zell
I have a music blog .
I'm also known as DJ El Macho . I specialize in indie/britpop/retro.
family, friends, music, film, baseball, roller coasters, staring at the stars under a clear moonlit sky
Anyone with an open ear and an open mind.
Music is my passion, my life, and as a friend once said, something that has never let me down.
I was raised on music by both of my parents. I listen to a wide range of things, too many to mention here.
I will say though, that JJ72 are my favorite band on the planet. They saved my life, and inspired me to create again.
apollo 13, raising arizona, 2001, three amigos, office space, army of darkness, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, spaceballs, 24 hour party people, star wars, citizen kane, garden state, casablanca, strange brew, muppets from space, velvet goldmine, the crow, interview with the vampire, the princess bride, uhf, the great dictator, war of the worlds (the original, of course), the day the earth stood still, 12 monkeys, monty python and the holy grail, the monster movies of toho studios in japan, anything by tim burton (except for that planet of the apes remake, which will from now on be referred to as 'that damn monkey movie')
scrubs, the office, the simpsons (early years only), monty python's flying circus, coupling (UK version), red dwarf, father ted, freakazoid!, andy richter controls the universe, blackadder (every series had its moments), mr. bean, aqua teen hunger force, harvey birdman: attorney at law, south park, futurama, MST3K, wonderfalls, the tick (animated and live action), how i met your mother is the only new show i will go out of my way to actually sit down and watch
i don't read as much as i should
alta smith, susan and doug (joel sr.) buchanan, sarah williams, claude bollinger, walter mabillard, william cobb, anton schwarzkopf, tex avery, chuck jones, mel blanc, friz freling, william hannah, joseph barbara, redbeard, fred rogers, jim henson, mick foley, werner von braun, john glenn, neil armstrong, jim lovell, andy lemaster, wayne coyne, jonathan bates, glen hansard, tim wheeler, gruff rhys, mark greaney, cinjun and shelby tate, jeff lynne, kevin shields, tim burton, the guys that came up with the brownie fudge sundae at braum's and the mcrib at mcdonald's, jack daniels
and of course, father jack hackett: