nOw, tHe nuRsEry

Music:

Member Since: 04/03/2007
Band Website: friendster.com/nOwtHenUrSeRy
Band Members: Jaydee Pedida - throatwork, fretwork, keywork, and whatnot
Influences: This extensive list enumerates what/who I believe has influenced me, my craft and my life one way or another, whether I wanted it to or not. Yes, it's quite long and drawn out—apparently implicative of old age, haha—but I just felt compelled to share it as many of the included are definitely worth the time googling about:

Music
Sigur Rós
This Heat
The Sound of Animals Fighting
mewithoutYou
As Cities Burn
8Bit Betty

Literature/Film
C.S. Lewis
Neil Gaiman
Frank Peretti
Franz Kafka
Alan Moore
Frank Miller
Tim Burton
Shotaro Ishinomori

Art
Leinil Francis Yu
Sarah Mensinga
Ayami Kojima

Thinkers/Revolutionaries
Voltaire
Francis Bacon
Martin Luthor
Jesus

Random Dorkiness
Egyptian & Persian mythos
futurism
bizarre oddities
neuroses
etymology
Biblical anagogy
apologetics
Castlevania
Spawn
pseudo-memories of my childhood (UFO landing on the school grounds, anyone?)
real memories of my childhood
ma's evening lullabies & morning jingles
pa's undying fondness for Sinatra & Elvis
boybands of years past (hate to admit it but they taught me the hard-sought 2nd voice)
AM radio (was my alarm clock for years, BOMBO..you know what's next)
primetime TV (blame it on my folks)

...and a lot more CHEESE you wouldn't want to know about—as if you've even read everything. Guess I'll have to narrow it down next time...meh, who cares?
Sounds Like: (DISCOGRAPHY)

1. The only crap in this otherwise tasteful compilation:
Featuring oiL hAs iTs wOnDeRs alongside other songs from other indie artists worth checking out (Esterlyn, Ocean is Theory, and Sleep for Sleepers among many more)
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2. The straydog in this otherwise gorgeous collection:
Featuring aMbiOsiS alongside other songs from other indie artists worth checking out (MxPx anyone?!)
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Record Label: Indie Vision Music, laPtoP ni nAnAy auDioLab
Type of Label: Unsigned