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Wes "straight outta" Kempton

i'd say i miss you but that would be a lie, you were gone long before you ever said goodbye

About Me

Ive been making music for over a decade, its taken me across the better part of north america, and it makes me feel alive, if only for moments at a time. I will fail in my time on this earth, it is innevitable, so long as i do not fail as a human being, and I have always been and will always be a man of strong convictions, even though i have never seen the percentages in it... ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- I work for The New York Giants Television Studio, YES Network, A+E, and College Sports Television. I make beats, record bands, book shows, and occasionally document it ( www.myspace.com/angelgraffiti )----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------"Punk is the most conservative musical form there is. Even in Hardcore, there are so many rules about what is and what is not acceptable, and that completely negates the whole spirit of the original idea”. - Dennis Lyxzén / Refused. -------------------------------elvis presley was a god damn thief... its true..... width="425" height="350" ..Mankind must put an End to War, or War will put an End to Mankind.

My Interests

Interests/passions: all things music listening or performing, there is nothing like the moment when music hits you, my bands/projects, sunrise, reading random and new information or stories, watching movies unlike anything ive ever seen or loved before , realizing how much i can change on a daily basis and have and will over the course of my time on this earth, the moon, my dreams both unconscious and aspirational, certain aspects of competitive creations i.e. fighting, sports, business... , my pets, my friends, my family, traveling both the process and the destinations, certain art - not pretentious gallery snobby stuff that im "supposed" to like but more like www.artspace.com kinda stuff that really makes me d(n)umb, and everything by idiot box down there. you want my attention? impress me with who and what you are and do, but dont do it for me, do it for you, and ill know the difference, trust, rock and roll. ..

I'd like to meet:

#1 Christopher Walken, Kenneth Schalk, Emeka Okafor, Earl Boykins, Chino Moreno*, Brad Pitt, Stephen King, Stephen Carpenter, Darren Aranofski, Lawrence Fishburne, Roger Avery, Brett Easton Ellis, Abe Cunningham, Michael Jordan, Shannon Sossamon, Tiki Barber*, John Malkovich, The Cohen Brothers, Talib Kweli*, Maynard Keenan, Chi-Cheng, Mos Def, Sifl+Ollie, Albert Pujols, Quentin Tarantino, Chuck Palahniuk, Marilyn Manson, Robin Williams, John Liguizamo, Howard Jones*, Dennis Leary, Johnny Depp, John Lamachia*, Chuck Liddel, Rick Ruben, Jacob Bannon*, Jennifer Connoly, Carly Coma, Jared Leto, Derek Hess, Danny Carey, Charles Barkley, Dave Chappelle*, Lebron James, Jerome Bettis, David Bollt, Angelina Jolie, Rick Ruben, Chris Pennie, DJ Shadow, RJD2, Keira Knightley, Edward Norton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jason Statham, Flea, Tito Ortiz, Samuel L Jackson, Natalie Portman, Nelson Mandela, Arthur Ashe, Brandon Jacobs*, Steve Nash, Sting, Jimi Hendrix, You, and more TBA ... *=mission accomplished, and yes i understand some of these persons are either deceased or fictitious

Music:

“If a band ever finds that it is not giving their best effort and playing at the edge of their abilities at all times, then they are not playing the kind of music that they should be playing.” - Patrick T. Daly, Oxford, UK ------------------------------------------------------------ -----6 in the changer - 1. Deftones - B-sides and Rarities - 2. Circa Survive - On Letting Go - 3. Breather Resist - Only in the Morning - 4. The Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name - 5. Atmosphere - 7's Travels - 6. Aesop Rock - Labor Days ------------------------------------------------------ The List-------------------311, 6GIG, The Acacia Strain, AESOP ROCK, ALICE IN CHAINS, Alien Ant Farm, A life Once Lost, All Thats Lost, American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost, Animosity, APEX THEORY, FIONNA APPLE, As I Lay Dying, As Tall As Lions, AS THE SUN SETS, ATMOSPHERE, At The Drive In, THE AVALANCHES, Backlash, Bane, Gnarls Barkley, Batter Up, The Beatles, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, Between Walls, The Blackout, Blink 182, BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED, Bloodgound Gang, Bloodlet, Wes Borland, Boy Hits Car, Boy Sets Fire, Buddy Holly, Burial Year, BURNT BY THE SUN, Burst, BUSTA RHYMES, Cage, CANDIRIA, Candlebox, Caninus, Cave In, Century, Circa Survive, Circle Takes The Square, ERIC CLAPTON, Cleric, COALESCE, Coheed And Cambria, COLDPLAY, Colepitz, Collective Soul, CONVERGE, Copywrite, THE CRANBERRIES, Cream, The Cure, Daft Punk, DAY WITHOUT DAWN, Deadguy, Dead Letters, Decibel Devils, DEFTONES, Diecast, DILATED PEOPLES, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, DJ Dara, DJ SHADOW, Dog Fashion Disco, Dredg, Drums and Tuba, Dysrythmia, Earth Crisis, East of The Wall, ED GEIN, THE END, THE ESOTERIC, EVELYNN, Every Time I Die, Exit The King, Faith No More, Finger Eleven, Flashbulb, FOR THE LOVE OF..., SAGE FRANCIS, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Fuck The Facts, Fugees/Individual projects, NELLY FURTADO, Fuzzbubble, Gaussian Surface, Giant, GlassJaw, GOD FORBID, GRUVIS MALT, Guano Apes, The Handshake Murders, HASTE, Head Automatica, (hed)Pe, Helmet, Jimi Hendrix, THE HEURISTIC, H.O.P.E., THE HOPE CONSPIRACY, HORSE THE BAND, Hot Water Music, The Icarus Line, Idea's and Abilities's, Imogen Heap, Incubus, Indecision, In Flames, In Search Of..., Inside/Out, Into The Moat, Iron Maiden, ION DISSONANCE, Isis, Jay-Z, Jethro Tull, K-OS, Kaddisfly, Kayo Dot, Cevin Key, Sam Kininger, Malcolm Kipe, Lenny Kravits, LCD Soundsystem, LEECH, LIVE, Lye By Mistake, Machine Head, Maida, MARE, Mars Volta, Mastodon, Melvins, MESHUGGAH, THE MINOR TIMES, MINUS, Minus Driver, MISERY SIGNALS, Mogwai, Alanis Morrisette, MOS DEF, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, Mouth of the Architect, Municipal Waste, My Bitter End, NAS, Dave Navarro, Necro, Necrophagist, NEWENDYKE, Nientara, NIN, Nirvana, No Doubt, Nonpoint, Nora, Norma Jean(kinda), Ted Nugent, Octave Museum, Oh Sleeper, Oingo Boingo, Only Living Witness, Organized Confusion, Our Final Say, Pantera, PAULSON, PEARL JAM, Pelican, Pennywise, Pg.99, PHARCYDE, PIG DESTROYER, Placebo, POISON THE WELL, PRIMUS, Prodigy, PROJECT86, Protokoll, Psyopus, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, RAKIM, The Recieving End Of Sirens, THE RED CHORD, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, Red Sparowes, REFUSED, The Residents, RJD2, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, ROSETTA, Enzo Sangiorgio, Seven Angels Seven Plagues, Sevendust, Shadows Fall, SHAI HULUD, Shallow Water Grave, William Shatner, Shootyz Groove, Sigur Ros, Silence The Wake, SILVERCHAIR, Slayer, SNAPCASE, SNOT, Soul Coughing, Soulfly, Soulive, SQUAREPUSHER, Static-X, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, Strapping Young Lad, Stretch Armstrong, Sublime, Switched, System Of A Down, TALIB KWELI, TEAM SLEEP, Ten Foot Pole, Tesseract, These Green Eyes, THIS DAY FORWARD, Thrice, Thursday, Tides, The Transplants, TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Toadies, Tomahawk, TOOL, U2, Unearth, The Urge, WALLS OF JERICHO, Waterdown, Dave Weckl, White Zombie, WU-TANG, Zebrahead, and more TBA... CAPS = gave me chills either live or on recording.

Movies:

Stand By Me(..1ever), Pi, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, What Dreams May Come, Gladiator, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Requiem for A Dream, Biodome, Predator, From Hell, Donnie Darko, The Abyss, Patch Adams, Fight Club, The Pest, Enemy at the Gates, Trainspotting, The Rules of Attraction(..3 ever), Nightmare on Elm Street(all), Underworld, Labyrinth, The Count of Monte Cristo, Lost Boys, How High, Jacob's Ladder, Wedding Crashers, Romper Stomper, Cool World, He Got Game, Star Wars (first 3 only, dont care for the new ones at all), Stir Of Echoes, Swingers, Clerks, Punisher, Mystic River, Secret Window, A Beautiful Mind, Leprechaun(all), AnchorMan, Transformers(animated as well), Friday the 13th(all), 40 Year Old Virgin, Boondock Saints, X-men(all), Chasing Amy, SLC Punk(..2 ever), Crash, The Saint, Remember The Titans, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Full Metal Jacket, Top Gun, The Cell, Waiting, Scarface, Rounders, Team America, Goodwill Hunting, Jay and Silent Bob, The Mexican, Lost in Translation, Blow, Domino, City of God, The Forgotten, Clerks 1+2, Silent Hill, The Jacket, A Beautiful Mind, Brick, Hard Candy, Adaptation, Broken Flowers, Kingpin, American History X, Lord of War, The Last Dragon, and i just watched curious george today and it made me feel good, more TBA...

Television:

Family Guy and the rest of the Adult Swim lineup, Ultimate Fighting Championships, Chappelle Show, NFL, NBA, sportscenter, Dog The Bounty Hunter, not too many more TBA... oh but i think rock of love is outrageous

Books:

Anarchists Cookbook, Chuck Palahniuk, The Chronicles of Crime, Marvel Ultimate Collections, The Body/ Stephen King, The Dictionary, Bret Easton Ellis, anything philosophical i can get my hands on, Civil rights and racism commentary, more TBA...

Heroes:

The Deftones, Paul Hannah, Steve Nash, Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King Jr., Chris Pennie, Kenneth Schalk, Pat Chang, Rick Ruben, Arthur Ashe, Flea

My Blog

new(s)

feeling like things are moving with new ability, not so stagnant, work is consistent but not too inspiring, music is inconsistent but quite inspiring. money has been spent and capability is growing, ...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:43:00 PST

first step

dedicating my life to something ive been neglecting - Im taking drum lessons again for the first time in 8 years from Justin Graves of A Life Once Lost, check him out at www.alifeoncelost.com . Needle...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:56:00 PST

there has been an evolution...

and not so much a revolution, although the nature of the adaptation does pertain to violence and my predisposition to it, it does perhaps bring forth visions of revolt, in the sense that there is...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:38:00 PST

at the end of old whispers street

i smelled a sultry something, that surely did sense me, it knows my name, my every move, all my complacency.  I tiptoe softly down the stairs, my breathing becomes strong, but it's known thi...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:08:00 PST

for the last time

weve come to an understanding, while im not new to the understatement, its as obvious as the hunters crutch, forgetting all sensibility for lethality, your prisoners home, how was your day, stampeding...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:13:00 PST

lately...

i've opened this window to write in here several times in the past weeks, feeling like there is something on the tip of my tongue that needs to be said, then i get to typing and nothing makes any...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:56:00 PST

add LT to LTR

first show with Lou Tanuis with Lucid The River 10/21/06... another step taken...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:55:00 PST

first show

first show with LTR come and gone, had fun, it has been set in motion, 6-30-06...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:50:00 PST

Golf

one of the more seemingly simple sports on this earth, hit a ball in a hole with a stick.  got reminded today just how complicated that can be.
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:40:00 PST

chinese inscription tattoo's

Shawn Marion of the NBA's Pheonix Suns was under the impression that his nickname "The Matrix" was tattooed on his leg, but mr. Tang says the inscription translates as something like "demon bird mothb...
Posted by Wes "straight outta" Kempton on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:58:00 PST