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JBR

Always, and Never.

About Me

I have ugly hands and poor eye sight. My hearing is good but degenerating quickly. My mind is sharp but who knows for how long. My body is in better condition than it has been for a very long time, but who can say for how long.
My World Visitor Map!

My Interests

Friends, music, art (Rothko, Ryden, Pettibon, Coyte, Hirst, Chapman Bros.) tattoos (new one nearly completed, and the next idea has firmed. Now for some time and money), graphic novels (Gaiman, Moore, Miller), Bill Hicks. I like making records for good bands/friends and going on tour with good bands/friends.

I'd like to meet:

People I already know. I fear change.

Music:

Slint, Refused, Barkmarket, Isis, Godflesh, Jesu, Kyuss, Engine Kid, Hateman, Jesus Lizard, Massappeal, Fugazi, Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Depeche Mode, The Cure, SPOD, Grand Fatal, Further, Black Level Embassy, Jed Whitey, The Hard Ons, Nunchukka Superfly, Naked City, Mink Jaguar, Hy Test, Shellac, Cult Of Luna, Neurosis, High On Fire, The Misfits, Electric Wizard, Black Sabbath, Pelican, Lair Of The Minotaur, Swervedriver, Red Sparowes, Mogwai, Naked City, Monster Magnet, Drowningman, Botch, Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Led Zeppelin, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Ivy, 27, Fiona Apple, Mazzy Star, Khanate, Sunn O))), Church Of Misery, Corrupted, Boris, Black Flag, Firehose, Danzig, Aphex Twin, Taylor Savvy, Gonzalez, Front End Loader, Regurgitator, Wolfmother, Witchcraft, Helmet, Melvins, These Arms Are Snakes, Mogwai, Meshuggah, The Fucking Champs, Knut, Old Man Gloom, Painkiller, Mastodon, JR Ewing, 7Feet4, Baroness, The Ocean, Cave In, Doomriders, Unsane.

Movies:

Apocalypse Now, Akira, Zulu, Blade Runner, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, The Exorcist, The Shining (actually all Kubrik), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Koyaanisqatsi, Requiem For A Dream, Magnolia, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Spirited Away, Fight Club, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, The Breakfast Club, Starship Troopers, Donnie Darko, Brazil, Deliverance, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Punch Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind, Man Bites Dog, The King Of New York... Sin City (freaking amazing!)

Television:

Is generally awful. But I do love Alan Partridge, The Office, The Mighty Boosh etc

Books:

American Psycho, Perfume, The House Of Leaves, Jimmy Corrigan The Smartest Kid On Earth, Blankets, Filth, Rock And The Pop Narcotic, The Dirt, Sandman, From Hell, The Electric Jesus Corpse.

Heroes:

Heroes are fine, you just shouldn't meet them.

My Blog

4 - The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles

So here we are, the big LA show, last show if the tour, the last international show I do with Wolfmother.Every single person I have ever spoken to about this place has said that it sounds awful. My ex...
Posted by JBR on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:55:00 PST

5 - Amp'd Mobile Record, Santa Monica

Just a bullshit record for a mobile phone broadcast. The future mate!Gevan and I got drunk and wished we had the BB gun to shoot all the desk workers.A bottle of water was knocked in to a power transf...
Posted by JBR on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:06:00 PST

6 - Paul Frank Christmas Party, Orange County Dude

So dude, for gig 6 on the countdown dude we were like rockin it OC style dude in the OC dude, for the Monkey Dude's Christmas party dude. It was like, dude, so OC dude it was like, crazy dude!First of...
Posted by JBR on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:30:00 PST

7 - Gibson Ampitheatre, Los Angeles

Ok so we hit LA, and boy what a way to say hello to LA again.The gig is the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, yet another Radio Station festival. The venue is at Universal Studios. Our bus was parked ne...
Posted by JBR on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:29:00 PST

8 - The Marquee Theatre, Pheonix

So number 8 is a concrete box shit hole in Pheonix. The FOH mix position is in a pit on the dance floor, but also half as close as what it should be.I am going to be right in the line of fire of the T...
Posted by JBR on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:50:00 PST

9 - The Joint, Las Vegas

Ok, today we journey to Las Vegas and to the true bastion of Rock N Roll, the Hard Rock Cafe. Fucking sweet as. Not.Trip ourselves out by watching Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas on the way there, quit...
Posted by JBR on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:21:00 PST

10 - The Fillmore, San Francisco

Ok, gig number 10 in the Final Countdown, the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.Pretty much every band that you have ever heard of that has achieved some form of status has played here. And there ar...
Posted by JBR on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST

The Final Countdown

Ok. This is it.The Final Countdown. 10 to go. 10 more shows and thats it.So to celebrate I will give a run down of each of these 10 shows.Could be funny, could be sad, could be completely boring.But t...
Posted by JBR on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:55:00 PST

JBR Has Returned Home

Its true, I'm back!Yay!Be good to see yall sometime, you hear?x
Posted by JBR on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:43:00 PST

Been A Long Time Since The Book Of Love.....

Yeah I'm slack, sue me.So back in the USA for a 2 week stint of bizarre proportions. All will be revealed in due time.But arrived here from Japan, having done the Fuji Rock Festival. This was my 3rd t...
Posted by JBR on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:54:00 PST