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Ripley

Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.

About Me

I'm a musician; I play Gretsch Guitars. I'm a sound tech and general theatre technician. I love rockabilly, and everything that goes along with it, and I'll always be a punk rocker at heart. I drive fast, I have tattoos, I like my music loud, I drink Pabst Blue Ribbon, and no, I don't care what you think about me. I'm happily married to the best friend I've ever had, my beautiful wife Heidi. Someday I hope to be able to make a living doing something I love, be it music, or sound, I don't really care which. If you're looking for a sound tech, I'm looking for a job. Check out my sound company's page here. Oh yeah, and the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is 42.

My Interests

Collecting Guitars, and other music/sound equipment, Halloween, good music, hot-rods, tattoos, 1950-1959, screwdrivers, and Pabst Blue Ribbon.

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I'd like to meet:

People that are genuine, and people who won't let you down.Ghandi, Elvis, James Dean, Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker, Frankenstein's Monster, Salvador Dali, Edgar Allen Poe, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Fred Gretsch, The Reverend Horton Heat, Douglas Adams, Marilyn Monroe, Aurthur Dent...

Music:

Music is good. Rockabilly and psychobilly have been the only steadfast thing I've been listening to lately. I suggest checking out Stray Cats, The Reverend Horton Heat , Tiger Army, Horrorpops , Southern Culture On The Skids . If you're looking for something a little different, check out Niyaz (Persian traditional music infused with electronica), and Back Door Slam (awesome blues band from Isle of Man). The list goes on...

Go check out my band Avery's Bone Yard and let me know what you think.

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jackie Brown, True Romance, Young Frankenstein, Clay Pigeons, Harry Potter, anything from Quentin Tarantino, or Tim Burton.

Television:

The Addams Family, The Munsters, Ace of Cakes, How it's made, Diners drive-ins and dives, Modern Marvels, Mythbusters, Good eats. The list goes on...again.

Books:

Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. (magazines) Ready Made

Heroes:

Anyone who is making a difference in the world, or in an individual life and doesn't know it.

Fred Gretsch

My Blog

For sale

Hey cats and kittens, I found an awesome new amp, but I need to offload some stuff to fund it. So, if I have anything you've ever wanted to get your grubby little hands on now is the time! I'm got 2 s...
Posted by Ripley on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:59:00 PST

Back in the saddle again.

My band Avery's Bone Yard is back together after a year long hiatus! I couldn't be happier to be back on stage again, it's been too long. Especially that just before we took our break I bought a brand...
Posted by Ripley on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:30:00 PST

Blog, Blarrg, Blahg.

Don't ask me why, but I've found I like writing on blogspot better. So if you have any interest in reading what I have to say, first of all you're crazier than me, secondly, go here to read more rando...
Posted by Ripley on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:36:00 PST

You know you want it.

So here's the deal, I have a van, it's ugly but it runs great. The problem is I have a business that I use the van for, and it doesn't exactly evoke confidence in my clients when they see it. So I nee...
Posted by Ripley on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:14:00 PST

"That great Gretsch sound!"

That's the motto of one of the best guitar manufacturers in the world, at least in my opinion. Any musician will attest to the fact that since Gretsch started making musical instruments they have been...
Posted by Ripley on Wed, 28 May 2008 06:44:00 PST

I just don’t understand.

How is it that I can love what I do, and still hate my job? I just don’t understand it. Maybe we’re all just doomed to dislike something about our careers, or maybe it just takes working f...
Posted by Ripley on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:24:00 PST

Movin’ on up.

We seem to be moving up in the world, the internet, a new computer, a phone that works, and now...CABLE!!! it's about damn time! Not that I'm some couch potato that watches TV every waking moment, but...
Posted by Ripley on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:58:00 PST

I love Apple

So tonight, Heidi and I went down to the Apple Store in Bayshore mall down in Milwaukee. We have been doing some research on mac minis, and decided that after repeatedly reformatting our old HP laptop...
Posted by Ripley on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:55:00 PST

"Operating system not found."

The Labrat 27 is no longer. The hard drive is completely toasted, and the only thing it says now when you turn it on is "Operating system not found." We had some good times, and we had some disagreeme...
Posted by Ripley on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:31:00 PST

Fuck pc

So, as my laptop decided to be a dick and crash AGAIN! I'm totally sold on switching to mac. This is something that I've wanted to do for some time, but haven't been able to afford. Or at least justif...
Posted by Ripley on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:35:00 PST