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Jonny Dee

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About Me

A Pennsylvanian Yankee Drinking Hollywood's Quart. I'm a guitar playing, bass playing, poet genius. At least that was what someone said about me recently. It was me. I find this terribly unnecesary, anyone who would bother to read this probably already knows me. Since I've established that we're friends, I'll see you later for a pint. You'll buy the first round, I assume?

My Interests

Guitars, Music, Art, Reading, Drawing, Celtic mythology, Britcoms, Tattoos, Music History, PS2, Rowing, Working Out, Fiction Writing, Poetry, collecting records, learning everything I can

I'd like to meet:

Lot's of people, including music fans, collaborators, musicians, girls, artists, redheads, Tattoo enthusiasts, etc. Perhaps you? ...and of course Michael Caine, he's my Daddy. Well, no Gary F. Dee, he's my daddy, and I wouldn't want him to read this and feel bad, but you know what I mean. Michael Caine, yeah, and Tony Iommi too.

Music:

Tyr, Rory Gallagher, Korpiklaani, Black Sabbath, Trouble, Penance, Gaelic Storm, Pagan Altar, The Upper Crust, The Damned, Count Raven, Altan, The Obsessed, In Extremo, Skyclad, Solas, Spirit Caravan, Cathedral, The Cheiftans, Deep Purple, Electric Wizard, The Terrible Tartans, Lake Of Tears, The Dictators, Reverend Bizarre, Witchfinder General, GWAR, The Kinks, Motorhead, R amones, David Bowie, Running Wild, Buzzcocks, Lords of Acid, Soundgarden, Rollins band, Fear, Accept, Alice Cooper Group, Kyuss, Devo, UFO, Scorpions, Gillan, Misfits, Place of Skulls, Gamma Ray, Rainbow, Judas Priest, Dead Kennedys, Tank, Raven, Jethro Tull, Stranglers, The Who, Speedealer, Venom, NIN, Thin Lizzy, Mercyful Fate, DLR, Queen, Electric Six, Budgie, Sex Pistols, Black Flag, Ten Years After, Slayer, Solitude Aeturnus, Waylander, Cruachun

Movies:

I love horror movies, I also like period pieces and comedies. Giallo movies are good, anything with Michael Cain (especially the original Get Carter), and, of course, Kung Pow. Some of my favorites are The Wicker Man (the real one, not that piece of shit with Nick Cage), The Devils, anything by Dario Argento, Mario Bava, or Clive Barker, Trainspotting, American Werewolf in London, Bourne Identity, Run Lola Run, Still Crazy, Shaun of the Dead, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Pink Panther, 13th Warrior, and anything with Vincent Price. I am also a huge fan of Planet of the Apes, particularly the two with Caesar.

Television:

Two years and counting without cable. British comedies on dvd, horror movies and Montel, but only when he's got psychic Sylvia Brown on.

Books:

I enjoy factual based history books, biographies, and essays. Of course I am a huge fan of fiction, both literary and popular, so much so that I bothered to get a degree in writing it, hence I spent much time at the building pictured above (Cathedral of Learning; PITT). Some favorites are Dashiell Hammet, Harry Crews, Albert Camus, Neil Gaimen, John Barendt, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Nordan, Jon Manning, Lovecraft, Clive Barker, etc. It goes without saying that I can't read, and that I stole this list of books off of your profile. :)

Heroes:

Martin Walkyier, Herger the Joyous (from the 13th warrior), Captain Sensible, Ian Gillan, Lemmy, my friend Joe Bartolotta, Ross "The Boss" Friedman, Ritchie Blackmore, Tom Baker, Rowan Atkinson, my friend Brian Barr, my former teacher Jon Manning, Lewis "Buddy" Nordan, my parents and sister, Hank Rollins, the guys in the Upper Crust & the Titanics; Nat Freedberg and Dave Fredette(also one of my very favorite guitarists that no one knows), and of course rory gallagher who is pictured below in plaid!

My Blog

Cancer Of the Heart

Cancer Of The Heart lyricsThere's a simple diagnosis for this vicious symbiosis feel the growth of rogue psychosis we are the cause - we are the cure Across each continent and nation spread without di...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:59:00 PST

Current State of Mind Expressed by someone else =)

I'm feeling awfully posty today. As I sit here looking on craig's list for for another second job, I thought these two skyclad lyrics remarkably appropriate! Bellyful Of Emptyness I'm twenty six years...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:26:00 PST

Two more by Martin!

Two more sets of lyrics by Martin Walkyier. Hope you like 'em. =)   Bury Me lyricsYou came, you saw, you conquered as a woman of your word. so to say farewell like Judas is a thing I find absurd....
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:09:00 PST

A Touch Of Brimstone; Resurrected!

For those who know, and those may show an interest, there is now a new lineup of A Touch Of Brimstone recording new material. For those who don't know; that is my other band.  Currently the lineu...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:33:00 PST

Poetry for people who are illiterate

 ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   A snake's path that winds in clumps down your forehead The strike of a match colors your mane Spheres and softnes...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:23:00 PST

The Grand Dillusion

I woke up this morning and was thinking about the movie I watched last night, The Black Dahlia (it sucked, don't bother) and it really is interesting that there was never any real decency in this town...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:22:00 PST

Jumping My Shadow

Some lyrics by Martin Walkyier   Maybe someday someone will love mefor what I am (instead of what I should be.)Until that day I'll just sit here weeping,chasing dreams is like shadow leaping.The ...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:41:00 PST

...end of the year crap =)

Well, it is just about time to put '06 to bed. ...and much like most retards this is when I develop a slight tinge of nostalgia for the year the just passed. By and large, it was the worst year of my ...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:37:00 PST

Death To Smoochie

So yeah, Those of you savvy enough to watch the local news may have seen me on the Fox 11 news the other night....In their little piece on Tower Records. So yeah, I get a job there and then the compan...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:55:00 PST

Ye Olde Update

Hey everyone! I want to write a lil' blog about things that are going on to keep everyone informed of my actions =) I am now employed at Tower Records Sunset (yup, that is the famous one.) I am still ...
Posted by Jonny Dee, Riffmaster General on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:37:00 PST