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cousin bill

navigating the membranous labyrinth.

About Me

born in macomb illinois. did a lengthy stretch in austin texas before ending up back amongst family in missouri. used to, could hear bill with such bands as: elvis on velvet, the potatoes, buck 98, pantalones del diablo, uncle knuckle, m/t/h, mudskipper, mark bilyeu band, the supros, domino kings... now he shall be known as bass player for big smith, and second baseman for the scrappy and determined BLAME LORD KILLJOY. also can be heard playing bass, guitar, novelty whistle, or "banjo" on albums by many mayapplerecords recording artists: noah earle, eric leick, jonathan bentley, big smith, mark bilyeu, moore-healey, jeff wiens, bill thomas, cindy woolf... first studio gig was uncredited ambient ping-pong noise for johnny comet and the comet explosion (look for re-release in 2011). carrie is the name of his wonderful wife. she does not like boardgames or bowling. eli is the name of their little boy. he enjoys vacuum cleaners, screwdrivers, listening to music, turning lights on and off, stud finders, fans, upright basses, apples and ba-nay-nays, black olives, cheese, wearing oversized shoes, the mysterious 'green cat', and singing songs about the things that he enjoys. you may call him bobo... to see more go to:
MayApple Records

My Interests

the tree I can see from my back door that kind of looks like a dinosaur. also, egon schiele.

I'd like to meet:

people named phoebe.

Sesame Street - Cripple Creek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALFKIWKQK9A



Music:

my family and the first two bands i was in (chris, sam, mike, jared, and jeff)..... then: bonnie 'prince' billy, heavenly highway hymns, bob dylan, hank williams, jonathan richman, p-funk, tom waits, television, the beatles, the band, al green, neil young, meat puppets, luna, velvet underground, jesus christ superstar (brown album), the meters, wilco, richard and linda thompson, david bowie, joni mitchell, talking heads, the kinks, rolling stones, nick drake, pixies, bud luckey (but i didn't realize it. jody had to tell me who he was), big star, paul simon, van morrison, roy orbison, stevie wonder, gillian welch, cary hudson, paul william's soundtracks for 'bugsy malone' and 'the muppet movie', mike stevens, staple singers, daniel johnston, bad livers, john ridenour, chuck pelletier, and all of the people I've been lucky enough to make music with...

Movies:

harold and maude, still life with animated dogs, gates of heaven (errol morris), being there, smoke signals, fargo, no country for old men, raising arizona (and all those other coen bros. movies), apocalypse now, shopgirl, on the waterfront, squid and the whale, cool hand luke, jaws, waking life, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, shine, wizard of oz, wild at heart, dead man, american beauty, little big man, moonstruck, who's afraid of virginia woolf, five easy pieces, stranger than paradise, gummo, lost in translation, night of the living dead, almost famous, being john malkovich, adaptation, stranger than fiction, i heart huckabee, eraserhead, little miss sunshine, slacker, roger and me, a face in the crowd, triplets of belleville, chrystal, the graduate, pulp fiction, sex lies and videotape, kramer vs. kramer, the dark crystal, napolean dynamite, the last waltz, yellow submarine, the deer hunter, love song for bobby long, taxi driver, the godfather, easy rider, it's a wonderful life, rebel without a cause, jeramiah johnson, one flew over the cukoo's nest, street fight, midnight cowboy, 2001: a space odyssey, juno, slingblade, in the heat of the night, fight club, rushmore, dr. strangelove, a clockwork orange, the elephant man, heaven can wait, planet of the apes, seven samurai, to kill a mockingbird, wallace and gromit (the short films), the straight story, ghost dog, bugsy malone, big fish, the life aquatic with steve zissou, shawshank redemption, raising victor vargas, edward scissorhands, reign over me, love liza, american gangster, king kong (1933), dog day afternoon, punch-drunk love, the darjeeling limited, heavy, sunset boulevard, magnolia, river's edge, the savages, charlie wilson's war, time bandits, the three burials of melquiades estrada, high fidelity, apocalypto, twelve monkeys, say anything, boogie nights, what's eating gilbert grape, E.T. the extra-terrestrial, purple rain, hustle & flow, black snake moan, rocky, julien donkey-boy, close encounters of the third kind, all the president's men, good night and good luck, the science of sleep, shotgun stories, julien donkey-boy, the woodsman, snow white and the seven dwarves...

Television:

the andy griffith show, good times, old sesame street, antiques roadshow, TAXI, M*A*S*H, the muppet show, sanford and son, welcome back kotter, lydia's kitchen, SOAP, all in the family, fat albert, school house rocks, original dubbed version of iron chef, one day at a time, barney miller, BONANZA, freaks and geeks, arrested development, the office...

Books:

the lorax, zorba the greek, the doctor is sick, lolita, sometimes a great notion, the book of the duncow, the little prince, travels with charlie, report to greco, hunter's horn, magister ludi, animal farm, the tenants, watership down, bless me ultima, alice in wonderland, a clockwork orange, the hobbit, the road, no country for old men, the love song of j. alfred prufrock, william carlos williams, e.e. cummings, teacher man, being there...

Heroes:

mr. rogers. jim henson.