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About Me

lover, musician, drummer... work in progressâ€¦ Born in PA... time in Massachusetts, Colorado, California and Oregon. Currently using short sentences. many bands... hardcore... country... swing... bop... noise... skronk... skree... bubblegum...

Lyrics
............Some projects: The Stood Ups, Won Lump Some, I Am the Arm, The Gods Hate Kansas, Totimoshi, The Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers, Cold Hearted Trio, Jet Silver and: Sir Francis Khan. I also have a degree in History (20th Century European Culture) from Colorado State University. I enjoy circumnavigating the globe and pizza making. ..

My Interests

snare drums, dog parks, homemade pizza...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can appreciate the album "The Process of Weeding Out" by Black Flag. and Butter Jesus on White Bread

Music:

king tubby, nels cline, merle haggard, bill laswell, the carter family the dead kennedys, james brown, good for cows, john coltrane, critters buggin, the clash, bob dylan, hank wiliams, public image ltd, booker t and the mgs, miles davis, sun ra, link wray, lee perry, public enemey, iron madien, black flag, ornette coleman, deerhoof, the beatles, dj shadow, louis jordan, johnny cash, eric dolphy, george clinton, prince, the buzzcocks, iggy pop, sonic youth, billie holiday, the mothers of invention, kermit ruffins, the minutemen...

Movies:

the good, the bad & the ugly, rude boy, goodfellas, pan's labyrinth

Television:

as little as possible I am 59% Punk Rock.

Books:

recent favs: whiteman, war reporting for cowards, spartina, idlewild, a year in provence, my war gone by, the sopranos cookbook...

Heroes:

drum gods: elvin jones, ches smith, matt chamberlain, scott amendola, art blakey, tony williams, william hooker, stewart copeland, ringo starr...

My Blog

Farinas Sunday Gravy

My Grandmother always referred to spaghetti sauce as gravy, tomato gravy to be exact. Sunday gravy is a thick, rich, heavy sauce which is flavored the old fashioned way: pork. Warning: if you are vege...
Posted by matthew farina on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:48:00 PST

The Shape of Jazz to Come?

When did jazz go from groundbreaking, limit-pushing counter-culture music and become the stuff of high school music class? Was there a historical event that I don't know about? I'm no music historian,...
Posted by matthew farina on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:44:00 PST

The Unspoken Influence of Punk on Contemporary Music, Part I

"The Hacker Years" What makes punk rock so interesting? At least part of it is that you don't have to be a professional musician to play it. In fact, you don't have to be a musician at all. And t...
Posted by matthew farina on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:05:00 PST

Pizza Snob 101

As a true pizza snob, it can be hard trying to find a decent piece of pizza. I grew up near Philadelphia where there is a pizza shop on almost every corner. Obviously, not every shop made good pizza. ...
Posted by matthew farina on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:46:00 PST