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About Me

I dunno, I can never be objective enough about these things. Let's see... I'm a writer, I play guitar and sing in one band, Va Va Voom, and play bass in another, The No-Goodniks. I like long walks on the beach and cuddling all night long.

My Interests

Me. You. Other people. Stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Abraham Lincoln. Hot chicks. Jesus. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Gene Krupa. Lola Heatherton. Alice Cooper. Marilyn Monroe. Gene Kelly. Charlize Theron. Eugene Levy. Nicole Parra. Barbara Bain. William Shatner. Howard Hughes. Benjamin Franklin. Ringo Starr. John Candy.

Music:

I listen to music. I write about music. I write music. I make music. Music good.

Movies:

Rushmore; To Sir, with Love; Hoop Dreams; The Shawshank Redemption; The Benny Goodman Story; Logan's Run; Planet of the Apes (the original); The Time Machine (the original); Walk the Line; Emmanuel's Gift; Waiting for Guffman; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Gimme Shelter; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Rabbit-Proof Fence; Capote; Memoirs of a Geisha; The Towering Inferno; Boynton Beach Bereavement Club; A Face in the Crowd; Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress; Train Man; Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who; Heavy Metal Parking Lot; Amelie; Electric Shadows; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED; X: The Unheard Music; Metropolis

Television:

The Simpsons; Star Trek (the original); Dragnet; The Sopranos; Kung Fu; The White Shadow; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Mission: Impossible; The Muppet Show; SCTV; The Addams Family; The Daily Show; The Colbert Report; Mythbusters; Dirty Jobs; Band of Brothers

Books:

Mostly pulp fiction. I like sci-fi, westerns, fantasy. I also like Raymond Chandler. Biographies. Been reading some Stephen Ambrose lately that's pretty good. Harry Potter. John Steinbeck. Al Franken.

Heroes:

Jerry Perry. Abraham Lincoln.

My Blog

can’t put my finger on it

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. This 2007 HBO film received a lot of critical acclaim when it was broadcast, and I'd say it deserves the kudos. However, I have a hard time putting my finger on the exac...
Posted by Cary on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST

check it out!

Got some initial mixes of No-Goodniks songs up on our MySpace page. Please give them a listen and tell us what you think. If you’re not already a No-Goodniks friend you can find the page in my l...
Posted by Cary on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:10:00 PST

who’s your candidate?

There's a pretty interesting web quiz put out by Minnesota Public Radio, which asks you questions about issues then matches your responses to the various politicians' political platforms. This is prob...
Posted by Cary on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:52:00 PST

one day left

...till...Lite BritePrietaVa Va VoomOld IronsidesSacto CA11/299 pm21+only $3Can I get a woo-hoo?
Posted by Cary on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:10:00 PST

ross hammond

I just opened the paper to see Ross Hammond on the cover of the Ticket section. Very cool! You can check out the story online at http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/story/375905.html.
Posted by Cary on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:23:00 PST

show thoughts

We played a show last night at Java Lounge, and we'd like to send out many thanks to the surprisingly large number of people who came out and stayed for the whole show. We were stoked to be able to pl...
Posted by Cary on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST

missed bands

Last Saturday night I went to Old I and watched my friends in The Jacks play a set of Bon Scott-era AC/DC tunes. Now I'd seen them do this a couple times before, and during the course of their set a t...
Posted by Cary on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

looking for a room

Va Va Voom is looking for a practice room. Does anyone have any leads? Please email me here. Thanks.
Posted by Cary on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:29:00 PST

bowling

Last night Jerry dragged me out of my hermit hovel to go bowling for Team Alive & Kicking. I have to admit, it didn't take much persuasion. After initially begging off, I called him back a couple minu...
Posted by Cary on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:31:00 PST

argh!

Is there any way to tell if you rented a DVD from Netflix before besides going through the darn Rental Activity page? I have several hundred entries there and don't always have time or remember to che...
Posted by Cary on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:42:00 PST