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About Me

I am a drummer, synthesist and composer. I like to eat pizza. I hate the word "intellectual". It sounds pompous. I also like to paint abstract paintings. I read a lot of books. I can't remember their titles. I perform at least once a month or more in the city, on my drums or other instruments. Mosquitos love me. I think drugs and alcohol are bad news. I don't drink much, and I don't do any drugs. I follow the "Golden Rule". Once, I was known as "Alien Boy" for about 8 years, and was chased around a school playground for several days with sticks. I like to exercise Monday through Friday at the gym in my workplace. I run a couple of miles almost every day and lift weights to get stronger. I have developed a taste for vegetables - I think they are fantastic, especially raw, except for broccoli and cauliflower - I prefer both of those cooked, but they are not awful raw. I like to record conversations of my family when they are not aware.

My Interests

TrioHorn - My Band

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I'd like to meet:

People who want to give me synthesizers and effects pedals, or drums and cymbals, but not the crap ones. I want the good stuff. Musicians, artists, and girls. Especially girls. I'd like to go on a date again, someday. People from other countries. People who have similar interests as I do. I do not want to take care of other people's children. I do not want to watch your webcam porn-cast.

Music:

A Flock Of Seagulls
a-Ha
Altered Images
Anna Oxygen
Another Fine Day
Aphex Twin
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
At The Drive-In
Belly
Bjork
Bloc Party
Blonde Redhead
The Breeders
Built To Spill
Camera Obscura
The Cars
The Church
Cinerama
Cousteau
The Cure
Daryl Hall & John Oates
David Bowie
Deadeye Dick
Death Cab For Cutie
Deerhoof
Deftones
Depeche Mode
Devo
Dinosaur Jr.
Don Caballero
Doves
Echo & The Bunnymen
Edith Frost
Einsturzende Neubauten
Emmet Swimming
The Fire Theft
The Fixx
Gary Numan - Tubeway Army
The Glands
Glenn Kotche
Guided By Voices
Hella
Herbie Hancock
Hum
Ikue Mori
Interpol
James
Joy Division
The Juliana Hatfield Three
The Killers
Komeda
Laurie Anderson
The Lemonheads
Live Ambience
Liz Phair
Luna
M83
Max Roach
The Magnetic Fields
Men At Work
Miles Davis
Minus The Bear
Modern English
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Morphine
Morrissey
My Morning Jacket
Nels Cline
NEU!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
No Knife
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Owls
Pele
Pet Shop Boys
Peter Murphy
Pinebender
The Pixies
Pizzicato Five
Placebo
Polaris
The Police
The Psychedelic Furs
Radiohead
Red House Painters
Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
Roxy Music
Ruth Ruth
Sam Prekop
Scott Walker
The Sea And Cake
Sharkboy
Shiner
The Slits
Slowdive
The Smiths
Smoking Popes
Sonic Youth
Spoon
Steely Dan
Stereolab
The Stranglers
Sugar
Sun Ra
Sunny Day Real Estate
Switchblade Symphony
Talk Talk
Talking Heads
Tanya Donelly
Tears For Fears
Tegan & Sara
The The
Thompson Twins
Thurston Moore
Tony Williams Lifetime
Tool
Tortoise
Town And Country
Urge Overkill
Veruca Salt
Wild Strawberries
Wipers
XTC

Movies:

Elling
Fargo
Kukushka
A Boy and His Dog
My Neighbor Totoro
Napoleon Dynamite
Freddie Got Fingered
Grandma's Boy

Television:

No t.v. signal...I borrow videos from the library instead. It helps me to get up to speed with what's going on in pop-culture.

Books:

I read 3-5 books a week, and I can't remember any titles.

Heroes:

Dad.

My Blog

Kirk Against Mothers that Smother

Today I was reading about "noise music" and found a group online that are against Noise Music. John Cage is in the top ten. Jazz is included in the "noise music" category, particulary "free jazz". I h...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:44:00 PST

Using Your Bathtub As A Spirit-Conductor

Over the years, I've found that I prefer taking baths instead of showers. I wondered why and came up with this idea that the bathtub is akin to a womb. In an actual womb, we are free from outside infl...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:22:00 PST

She only wants strap-on sex...

So, I get this "Friends Add" today, from some girl named ANNE. She lives in Naperville. Ok fine, yeah, you live in Illinois. She says she only wants to meet girls, because she is a lesbian, and only i...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:13:00 PST

New Music

To my friends here at Myspace -I have cancelled my "An Evening Out" page here at MySpace and placed one up at garageband.com instead. I prefer being able to have more than 4 tracks available at any on...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:59:00 PST

Autumn Blues

see the ghost of mefloating far and freeover the hills and treeson to the land of dreams
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:40:00 PST

How to Annoy a Drummer - A Primer

Well, most of my friends are NOT drummers, and most if not all of my friends DO NOT annoy me. Here are some experiences that I have gone through that any drummer might find irritating.1. Open Mic Nig...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:34:00 PST

Theremin Action

On Saturday, I received via FedEx, a new instrument. It's called a Theremin, and it's spooky! I can barely play it! Strangely, I actually enjoy practicing this instrument, and get a little better at i...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:23:00 PST

Modular Madness!!!

I have been waiting for years to finally purchase a modular synthesizer, now I have two! I bought two Analogue Solutions "MiniModulars", and have been in modulation heaven! First, and most important i...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:44:00 PST

Island People

Island People always want their privacy. And I just don't want to leave them alone.
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:27:00 PST

Shadow Man Returns

I don't believe there is any way to write this that won't sound hokey. Ever since I was young, I have been seeing all sorts of strange things. These things I see lead me to believe that there are many...
Posted by Kirk Markarian on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:09:00 PST