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stephen

I will fire when I'm goddamn good and ready! You got that?!

About Me

musician /journalist /recording engineer/ cuter than i am rich / funnier than i am witty / smarter than i am compassionate / nicer than i am friendly / more talented than i am diligent / stronger than i am patient /

“When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas, and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow—you are not understanding yourself.”

—Bruce Lee

I am in the band life of pi . Download some of my music!:

i write a blog for tbo.com.

... and I co-host a tech/pop culture blog with the inimitable Rommie Johnson, called the couch potatoes. www.fridayextra.com/couchpotatoes

i run the tampa freelance recording group

i'm also a very good gift wrapper.

My Interests

the scientific method. books. music. retograde planetary orbits.
soccer. riffage. the unexpected. dynamics.

I'd like to meet:

thomas pynchon
spongebob squarepants
andy warhol's ghost
carrie brownstein
the dread pirate roberts
Van Dyke Parks
Don Van Vliet
Stormy Waters.
kim possible
David St. Hubbins
Derek Smalls
Nigel Tufnel
leonard cohen

Music:



Bands from my town you should know:

Dumbwaiters
Grey Market
Life of Pi
Candy Bars
Beauvilles
Inertia
Nessie
Hey There, Battleship
Geri X.
Roppongi's Ace
Zillionaire
Soulfound
New Roman Times
Summerbirds in the Cellar
Urbane Cowboys
The Dry County
Giddy-up, Helicopter
Lush Progress
Auditorium

And some you may know already:

beatles

zeppelin

bowie
/
pixies

/ they might be giants
/
pavement... back on the planet now,
i'm beginning to see just how... /
/
Guided by Voices / Bob Pollard.

Sleater-Kinney

pedro the lion / if it isn't penetration,
it isn't worth the kiss

pj harvey /

/ Spoon

ella fiztgerald /

billie holiday /

deerhoof /

teenage fanclub

roy orbison

radiohead...

you have not been paying attention

john cale

lou reed & all the velvets

sebadoh
gently take my skull, for a ride

ted leo

frank black

talking heads

"People will remember you better
if you always wear the same outfit."

Movies:

"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that."

principal dix à l'heure actuelle:

butch cassidy and the sundance kid

whose afraid of virginia wolfe
rushmore
young frankenstein

y tu mama tambien
science of sleep
All That Jazz
star trek II: the wrath of khan
empire strikes back
hard day's night
looking for richard
grease
M.A.S.H.

Television:

TIVO makes TV good... swear!
i mainly watch soccer and weird things that weren't made here.

Books:


thomas pynchon's "mason & dixon

paul auster's "book of illusions"

Scott Pilgrim

yann martel's "life of pi"

"everything is illuminated".

margaret atwood.

kurt vonnegut

nathaniel hawthorne.

shakepeare.

kenzaburo oe

tom stoppard's "arcadia"

Heroes:


Carl Sagan

Peter Sellers

Orson Welles

Charles Darwin, British Naturalist.

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." -- Albert Einstein

My Blog

Be More Happy Now

New podcast up: Read below. Also, Life of Pi plays the Riddle of Steel show Thursday the 13th at Crowbar. Clear your schedules accordingly&From Rommie Johnson:It's starting to feel like we're Linus f...
Posted by stephen on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:27:00 PST

Acts Of Random Violence

Thanks to everybody who came out to the life of pi show last night. It was much fun.Rommie and I have a new spudcast up. We talk about censorship in video games, which we think is bad. Listen here....
Posted by stephen on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:27:00 PST

Mmmm... podcasty

The newest spudcast is up and ready for your listening pleasure. Rommie and I are joined by Kelvin to talk about, well, nothing, really. Check it out here. Also, I'm working on another front page sto...
Posted by stephen on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:02:00 PST

the news that prints to fit

I know most of you don't read the Tampa Tribune, but a story of mine was put on the cover for today, the 31st, which is a first for me, and I thought that was worth sharing with friends, and what are ...
Posted by stephen on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:45:00 PST

A Show About Nothing

New Couch Potatoes podcast here. We talk about the Simpsons, and porn in Second Life. And if you missed it, Rommie and I counted down our ten best Simpsons episodes ever. You can read all about it o...
Posted by stephen on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:08:00 PST

It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.

Sick Boy: It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.Renton: What do you mean?Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it... and then you lose it... and it's gone forever. All walks of life: Geor...
Posted by stephen on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:58:00 PST

Best. Episodes. Ever.

Rommie Johnson and I are counting down the ten greatest Simpsons' episodes ever over at the couch potatoes blog. We'll do one a day and we're at 9 right now. Feel free to disagree. Discourse is democr...
Posted by stephen on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:34:00 PST

Spucast Does The Simpsons

SO check it, Rommie Johnson and I posted a new podcast over at TBO.com.We talk about the Simpsons. Good stuff. Listen here....
Posted by stephen on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:36:00 PST

show you what i got

Wednesday July 11Scissors For LeftyLife Of PiAaron Lepley& Dead End To Honeysuckle9pm | $6 | 21&Up@ New World Brewery1313 8th Ave E - Ybor City - 813.248.4969...
Posted by stephen on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:06:00 PST

New Podcast. i-phone, etc.

The newest podcast from the Couch Potatoes is in. We talk about the i-phone, why software sucks, The Internet Radio "Day of Silence," and other stuff.Listen here! Posted by stephen on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:28:00 PST