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Troy

Many things, to many people

About Me

Delivery Driver by day, rockstar by night. I'm in two bands, thus far...Make that four, actually, but only two, are active...The fourth, a all-male Spice Girls cover band, is in the early development stages...First, we haveEMPTY ROOM , an aggressive blend of post-punk and new-wave. We are currently, on indefinite hiatus. I miss the Empty Room, alot. We are still very good friends, just busy...Second, we haveTHE VORTECHS , a sci-fi rock opera/rock band. Currently Recording, with fancy videos, soon to follow...Third, we haveThe Tar Plains , a two person synth/vocal comedy act, with Mo! We will be about 50% original, 50% covers, and 100% fun...Look for us, to play our first show, late Spring...I also enjoy art, music, theatre, books and robots...

My Interests

Acting, drawing, singing, making noises with synthesizer and/or guitar, Movies (especially action, Sci-fi and comedies), Music (especially Alternative, New Wave and electronic), cats, monkies, robots, pirates, Professional wrestling, professional basketball, trips to the beach. Empty Room. Astronomy, Astrology, Archaeology,Anthropology, Apen..omy. VORTECHS.

I'd like to meet:

David Bowie. Gary Numan. Dalai Lama. Anybody who fights crime in spandex. Astronauts. Psychics. My Evil Twin. Carol Channing. Tina Turner. Sigourney Weaver. William Shatner. Patrick Stewart. Billy Idol. Simon LeBon, Martin Gore. Bernard Sumner. Sting. Robotic monkeys from Planet Devo. Anyone who shares my common goals and interests...
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Music:

Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, David Bowie, T-Rex, Sweet, Roxy Music, New Order, Joy Division, The Smiths, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Berlin, Psychedelic Furs, The Cure, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, Ultravox, U2, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, The Prids, Dandy Warhols, Interpol, The Killers, The Bravery, VHS Or BETA, Devo, Rammstein, System Of a Down, Metallica, The Epoxies, The Punk Group, Billy Idol, The Undoing Of David Wright, Wooden Nickle, The Human Genome Project, The Bugs Of Lightning, Railer, The Postal Service, Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, Just to name a few..... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CDBABY LINK for EMPTY ROOM: Silence EP -- EMPTY ROOM: Silence EP

A unique blend of post-punk and new wave with rockin' drums and pop lyricism.

Movies:

Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, This Is Spinal Tap, Velvet Goldmine, Still Crazy, A Hard Days Night, Star Wars Trilogy (original, thus far), Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Matrix Trilogy, Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Citizen Kane, Rashomon, High Noon, Vertigo, Psycho, Young Frankenstien, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Highlander, Tommy, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, Joe Dirt, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Spirited Away, Heavy Metal, Evil Dead 2 (Dead By Dawn), 28 Days later, Shaun Of The Dead, Night Of The Living Dead (original), Dead Alive, Cemetary Man, Circuitry Man, Toxic Avenger, The Class Of Nuke'em High, Tromeo And Juliet, Brazil, 12 monkeys, Fight Club, and SO MANY MORE...

Television:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Invader Zim, Sealab 2021, Smallvile, Jack and Bobby, Buffy, angel, Charmed (once in a while), South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, The Famous Mysterious Actor Show, Fullmetal Alchemist, Big O, FLCL, Ranma 1/2, Cowboy Bebop, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Futurama, Ghost in the shell: SAC, InuYasha, Lupin the 3rd, Case Closed, Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent, Robot Chicken, s-CRY-ed, Trigun, Stroker and Hoop, Tom goes to the mayor, Venture Bros (Go, Brock Sampson!), Squidbillies, Star Trek, Lost (dammit!), Rock Star: INXS (What now?), Invasion (Best NEW series...Totally addicted), X-Files...Heroes! (screw Invasion) and Doctor (freaking) Who!!!

Books:

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Series, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective agency, The Xanth Series, The Blue Adept Series, The Sword of Shanarra, The Amber Series, Of Mice and Men, Great Gatsby, The Hobbit, Small Gods, The Gun Seller, Warriors (both series, so far), Landover series and many more

Heroes:

My Mom, My Dad, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Batman, Superman, The Wonder Twins, Brock Sampson, Spiderman, Professor Frink, Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunson Honeydew, Edward Scissorhands, Cher, Tina Turner, Carol Channing, Wonder Woman, Wilma (From Buck Rogers) and Dennis Kucinich

My Blog

Vegan boots and belts

Ok..So..I forgot to mention, that the Roomies and I, went to the Vegan fest, at Benson High, last Saturday...It was amazing...SO much good food, especially The Blossoming Lotus...The cooking class, fr...
Posted by Troy on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:20:00 PST

I’ve been hacked!!!! Please READ!!!!

Someone just phished my account tonight, and sent everyone, on my friend's list, a stupid porn spam video thing...Just delete it!!!!I just changed my password, so hopefully, this won't happen again......
Posted by Troy on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:59:00 PST

The Mixed Social Sponsored by MacTarnahan's

Hosted By: Heather When: Tuesday Jul 10, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: Ash Street Saloon225 SW Ash St.Portland, OR 97204United StatesDescription:Uni And Her Ukelele, Pants Pants Pants, Empty Room and The S...
Posted by Troy on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:34:00 PST

Check out this event: Submarine Fleet, Empty Room, Fade 13

Hosted By: Troy MercyWhen: Friday Jun 15, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Grapedrink  www.thegrapedrink.com4949 SW Landing Dr.Portland, OR 97239United StatesDescription:Submarine Fleet, Empty Room and F...
Posted by Troy on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:32:00 PST

Check out this event: Written In Ashes, Titans Of Oblivion & Empty Room!

This show??? Will be FREAKING AMAZING!!! I am so Excited. It will be awesome...Please, come see my band Empty Room...We ROCK...SeriouslyHosted By: In Music We TrustWhen: Wednesday Mar 14, 2007 at 9:00...
Posted by Troy on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:39:00 PST

I'm back!!!...More ways than one

So, It has been a while, since my last blog. I recently moved into a new house, with my roommates/bandmates, kiisu and Michelle, and I couldn't be happier. We officially moved in, around the 30th of A...
Posted by Troy on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:35:00 PST

Untitled poem, from darker times

So, today, when cleaning my room, I found an old poem I wrote, in a little green military "memoranda" book. I was in a very dark place, back then (much like now). What's funny, is that I have NO idea ...
Posted by Troy on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:34:00 PST

A world inside...Chapter two

Tonia found herself, gazing through the window, in the light blue wall, to her left. The branches of a coniferous pine swayed gently, in the stiff breeze, of her subsonscious mind. She took a sip, fro...
Posted by Troy on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:50:00 PST

Little treasures...From the past

Ok, so I'm going through old boxes of stuff, to sort out the "crap", and what do I find? An angry letter, from an "anonymous neighbor", that was typed up, and left in our mailbox (3/5th of Empty Room,...
Posted by Troy on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:46:00 PST

A world inside...Chapter one

Tonia opened her eyes. She was standing in the middle of a long hallway, with a solid oak door, at the end. She looked down at herself, for a moment. She was wearing a plain white dress, not unlike a ...
Posted by Troy on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:21:00 PST