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Member Since: 18/06/2007
Band Members: rand johnson
Influences: music: kitchens of distinction, talk talk, new fast automatic daffodils, the wendys, the trashcan sinatras, cocteau twins, catherine wheel, the smiths, morrissey, slowdive, xtc, yellow magic orchestra, gomez, james, levitation, ocean blue, my bloody valentine, radiohead, hammock, tears for fears, peter gabriel, the sundays, kate bush, the go-betweens, the cure, (early) sinple minds, heligoland (bless you tim friese-greene. everything you touch...), sigur ros, the frank and walters, psychedelic furs, mew, bark psychosis, curve, sad lovers and giants, rollerskate skinny, the la's, ned's atomic dustbin, shellyan orphan, insides, stina nordenstam, a-ha, pram, sugar, brian eno, talking heads, wire, the blue nile, geneva, kirsty maccoll, super furry animals, jesus jones, adorable/polak, ride, r.e.m., nick drake, world party, aztec camera, crowded house (neil finn solo more than tim. sorry.), slowdive, flowered up, the judybats, his name is alive, top, and plenty i've left out.music i currently listen to and love: all of the above, but let's also mention some of the best out there today. too late in life to be an intrinsic influence, but sure to inspire future songs... field music, the engineers, doves, dogs die in hot cars, the faint, elbow, life without buildings, the editors, lamb, the concretes, kings of convenience/the whitest boy alive/erlend oye, sparklehorse, jonathan fire*eater/the walkmen, lorraine, british sea power, captain, the delays, the fields, the pernice brothers/chappaquiddick skyline, death cab for cutie, mr. children, my favorite, the earlies, the knife, pure reason revolution, tiromancino, kent, i could go on and on...vocal influences or just people i vocally envy: liz fraser, mike patton, roland orzabal, robert wyatt, mel blanc (yeah, the cartoon guy), erlend oye, rob dickinson, andy partridge, kirsty maccoll (she always did her own vocal production, rest her soul.), and the unstoppable peter gabriel.it should be noted that a good chunk of any new underground music that i learn about comes from a friend of mine that you will see as "vodka ed" in my friends list. click on his picture and learn more about music than you did before.writers: i loves my tv writers. special love out to tim minear, bryan fuller, todd holland, joss whedon, jane espenson, and daniel and amy sherman-palladino.favourite people and things in general for various reasons...: acting, directing, writing: lauren graham, amy sedaris, mark leyner, ellen muth, caroline dhavernas, katie finneran, lee pace, nathan fillion, jewel staite, alan tudyk (he was every robot in 'i robot'.), stephen king, clive barker, alton brown, mr. colbert, kerri kenney, HORROR MOVIES OF ANY KIND!, mary mcdonnell (thanks, teresa, for pointing her out!), parker posey, mike leigh, brad bird, roseanne, huffingtonpost.com, mo collins, leigh crow (check out her new band called 'the mighty slim pickin's' in my friend list.), tony the tiger, steve at thesneeze.com, the charitable and enviable mike (aka myighty in my friends list.) who is a better person than any of us could ever strive to be..., gin and bitters, rex ray (the highly sought after graphic design artist.), laurie metcalf, jane badler, william carlos williams, pablo neruda, pedro almodovar, wong kar-wai, gmail, and my amazing mentor in life; my mother. thanks for pushing me out and pulling me back in when i needed it. you're a saint to be rivaled with.there are also things that i hate. andie macdowell, tori amos, samuel l. jackson (and his one character), quentin tarantino (as a person, his direction is just kinda "meh". not nearly as offensive as the man himself.), liver, most everything played on the radio, fast food, cold beer (i prefer it warm, thank you...), tom cruise (especially 'top gun'), too much mustard on a sandwich, too much mustard in one's life (there is a difference between ambition and avarice), reality tv shows that take the time slot of my beloved scripted shows usually ending in their cancellation (i miss you wonderfalls, drive, the inside, pushing daisies...)
Sounds Like: listen, and you will hear...
Record Label: Unsigned