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About Me

Musician/writer. I rock the four string (bass), AND the sixer (guitar). I like cool stuff. And stupid stuff. And sentence fragments. Writer of some note, mostly a flat one. CHECK OUT KOLYMA (once on bass, now guitar) AND TABLE (me on guitar/vocals). I like food. Oh yeah, my newest project is ROCKET COTTAGE, I write the tunes, play bass, and holler.

My Interests

Food, girls, music, books. I am an occasionally published free lance music writer. I write when I feel like it, about what I feel like writing about. Haven't felt it for a bit, but may be back soon. I play guitar and bass and "sing." My newest project is ROCKET COTTAGE, with me on bass and vocals, plus writin' all the tunes. My band graveyard: Chickens, Halifax, The Bar Code, Evolution Baby, Night Moose, Degrassi. I play guitar (used to be on bass) for KOLYMA. I also play six string guitar and sing in TABLE (with Tom from my old band The Chickens). I like to keep busy, I like to have fun, etc.

I'd like to meet:

Losers, winners, hop heads, stinkers, skallywags, roustabouts, skull farmers. Still lookin'.

Music:

SACCHARINE TRUST, Flipper, Stump, Jandek, Carcass, Throbbing Gristle, Mountain, Crime, Erectus Monotone, Hot Tuna, Ed Hall, DNA, FLESH EATERS, Killdozer, Roky Erickson, Good Rats, The Dicks, Yardbirds, Brian Eno, Neu!, US Maple, MILES DAVIS, Black Flag, Screamers, Country Teasers, Rudimentary Peni, The Fall, Pere Ubu, BORIS, Mahogany Rush, Yes, Hawkwind, Sockeye, BOC, Nektar, Genesis, The Urinals, Melt Banana, Big Boys, Grateful Dead, Husker Du, Neil Young, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Bevis Frond, Krokus, Bicycle Face, The Move, Adrenalin OD, Trumans Water, Pylon, Heroic Doses, Family, Armand Schaubroeck Steals, REM, GBV, Rascal Reporters, The Minutemen, Meat Puppets, The Obsessed, Patto, Laughing Hyenas, Bob Dylan, Slovenly, CACTUS, The Pop Group, Dr. Feelgood, DOA, PiL, Swell Maps, Inner City Unit, The Velvet Underground, BANDWAY!

Movies:

Eraserhead, We Jam Econo, Guns of Navarone.

Television:

Twin Peaks, Arrested Development.

Books:

Ulysses. I'm writing a book about it.

Heroes:

Mark E. Smith, Jame Joyce, Jimi Hendrix, D. Boon, Philip K. Dick, William Faulkner, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, Richard Hell, Thomas Pynchon.

My Blog

uyahuh

Been working like a dog of late.  Whatever that means.  Means too much.  Been getting great paychecks, but feel like I don't have much free time.  Hmmm.  About a third throug...
Posted by Russell on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:42:00 PST

yowsers

Finished first "book" of Pynchon's Against The Day.  Despite it's length, the novel is fairly breezy and fun, an easier go than Gravity's Rainbow, or maybe I'm getting used to his style, I dunno....
Posted by Russell on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:20:00 PST

Hmm

I got on Facebook, mostly to communicate with one old friend from school.  That stuff is nutty.  If you're on there, hit me up. Got a box of the first four Pere Ubu singles on vinyl with ori...
Posted by Russell on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:09:00 PST

OK

They finally hired a new guy at work, so I can go back to a somewhat normal schedule.  Been pulling overtime, good money, but it’s been pretty exhausting.  Today/tonight’s first ...
Posted by Russell on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST

eh

Too busy with work, practice, gigs to bother blogging. Maybe I’ll detail what I’ve been up to later, if I remember.  Eh.
Posted by Russell on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:09:00 PST

Working man

Been working a lot, pulling night shifts.  Longer hours, more money, but forces me to squeeze in music around my schedule.  Monday I worked during day, then practiced with Kolyma (think we'r...
Posted by Russell on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:35:00 PST

RC

Rocket Cottage had its first show wednesday.  Went really well.  The guys played great, we nailed all the songs, really good performance for a first gig.  White Collar Crime turns out t...
Posted by Russell on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:28:00 PST

new year

Hey, I'm back.  I've been working WAY too much (or at least feels like it), haven't had much free time. Got a new computer, my first 21st century machine, and only second ever.  Still gettin...
Posted by Russell on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:21:00 PST

aroooogah

Went to Mike Pilmer's b-day party last night, fun.  Might make it to Birds Of Avalon tonight.  Oh look I'm almost being social, almost. Speaking of, ever read Social Magazine? A monument to ...
Posted by Russell on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:29:00 PST

stuff

Been listening to some cool stuff: Reverse The Polarity by Chuck Dukowski Sextet.  A more focused set than the debut.  Less jazz, more rock, with a full time guitarist (first one had several...
Posted by Russell on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:25:00 PST