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Baker

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About Me

One of these days I would like to be a musician full-time. I am currently doing the acoustic bar thing and working on original stuff that I may one day release upon the world. My goal is to take all the bands in my music list and combine them into one sound. That shouldn't be too tough, right?
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My Interests

Playing music, listening to music, watching concert DVDs, seeing rising comedy star Dave Waite at a comedy club near you, hanging out with my wife and our dog and cat, kicking it old-school style with my peeps

I'd like to meet:

Keller Williams, Ani DiFranco, Dave Grohl, Dave Chappelle, Jack Black; really, anybody who is talented and has a great sense of humor (famous or not)

Music:

North Mississippi Allstars, Tea Leaf Green, Keller Williams, Phish, String Cheese Incident, Bob Marley, Rusted Root, Sublime, Led Zep, Heroes and Madmen, Michael Hedges, Ani DiFranco, The Fine Lines, Weezer, Pink Floyd, the Dave Matthews Band of days gone by, Jack Johnson, John Butler Trio, Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, Tenacious D, Paul Simon, James Taylor, The Beatles, The Stones, The Dead, Garcia/Grisman Band, Allman Bros, Talking Heads, Black Camaro, Ween, Ari Hest, Beastie Boys, Audioslave, The Clash, Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, CSNY, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, Ozomatli, Todd Snider, Warren Haynes, Yonder Mountain String Band...to be continued

Movies:

Anything that has anything to do with Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Jay and Silent-Bob etc.), Almost Famous, Pulp Fiction, Swingers, Good Fellas, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Scarface, Dazed and Confused, Half-Baked, Anchorman, Old School, Walk the Line, Knocked Up, Superbad

Television:

The L Word, Weeds, The Family Guy, Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock

Books:

Stephen King's old stuff, political satire (John Stewart's America, Al Franken), Henry Rollins has some good stuff

Heroes:

Heroes and Madmen - Emory

My Blog

Tea Leaf Green is THE band you need to hear.

I know that I've been slacking quite a bit on my music posts, but I'm sure that nobody particularly cares.  I have been to some excellent shows over the past year (Citizen Cope, G. Love and ...
Posted by Baker on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:42:00 PST

Heroes and Madmen video release

The COV's own, Heroes and Madmen, have just released the video for their first single, "Emory".  I have it posted on my home page, but you should check it out on YouTube to get the views up. ...
Posted by Baker on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:49:00 PST

Crimson Skyy’s Grand Finale Weekend--Dec 28 and Dec 29 at the Bourbon House

That's right, everybody.  The band is going on an indefinite hiatus.  Paul's on-going battle with narcolepsy and my crippling addiction to Trimspa has finally taken its toll on the band.&nbs...
Posted by Baker on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:06:00 PST

Fickle at the Madison Theater this Saturday (Oct. 20th).

I am reposting this for the world's next great rock band, Fickle. If you want pre-sale tickets, contact me as soon as possible and I will try to hook it up. If you miss this show, your life will desce...
Posted by Baker on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:55:00 PST

Political rant...beware

I just received a bulletin to sign an online petition to get the "fuck the troops" group removed from myspace.  I visited the group site (groups.myspace.com/fuckthetroops) to see what the deal wa...
Posted by Baker on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:41:00 PST

North Mississippi Allstars rocked the Southgate!

This has become a relatively regular feature, but I enjoy letting everyone know about kick-ass bands. The North Mississippi Allstars brought down the house Thurs. at the Southgate.  Crazy funk an...
Posted by Baker on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:06:00 PST

Tea Leaf Green is unbelieveable!

I went to see Tea Leaf Green at the Southgate House last night and was completely blown away.  If you get the chance to see them, you absolutely have to go, no questions asked.  Incredible m...
Posted by Baker on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:02:00 PST

Grand Oversoul rocks!

I felt like I should let the 6 people that come to this site know that if Grand Oversoul is playing anywhere near you, you should definitely check them out.  They have kind of a southern jam rock...
Posted by Baker on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:39:00 PST