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Big Rock

In Winos Veritas

About Me

Pretty much I am Peter Pan without the tights. I live in Prague, work about half the year as a tour manager for punk rock bands, enjoy life most of the other half, and love my job.

My Interests

Drinkin' and Stinkin', bars, niteclubs, restaurants with bars in them, bars with niteclubs in them, cocktails, punk rock, did I mention bars? Travelling, home cooking, exploring cultural differences, funny European holidays and customs, movies, live music,did I mention bars?

I'd like to meet:

any and all midgets

Music:

Leatherface, Against Me!, Kings of Nuthin', Throw Rag, The Paper Chase, Former Cell Mates, Hell's House Band, Tiger Army, Turbo Negro, Cocksparrer,the list goes on...

Movies:

The 40 Year Old Virgin, Tmava Modry Svet, Pelisky, Team America, Samotare, Time Bandits, Red Dawn, and of course... Shakes The Clown

Television:

I wish they showed The Shield on Czech TV....

Books:

I recommend anything by Jared Diamond or Charles Bukowski, also anything written by or about midgets.

Heroes:

Pan Bozkov, the guy that invented paper

My Blog

21 hours to go...

It is hard to believe that me, at age 41, would be this fucking nervous! It is not like the world is ending... tomorrow I will wake up, pull on my suit, meet some friends for breakfast and then, for t...
Posted by Big Rock on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:11:00 PST

rude awakening

So, it is now 9:40 am and the bells have just stopped ringing. I am staying in the Hotel Schweizerhof, a magnificent star hotel on Lake Luzern in Luzern, Switzerland. When I checked in yesterday with...
Posted by Big Rock on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:05:00 PST

Bad News For Me!

 Yesterday while driving from Prague to Schweinfurt, the motor of my Sprinter van blew leaving The Generators and I stranded in a parkplatz for several hours until a tow arrived. We are stuck in ...
Posted by Big Rock on Thu, 25 May 2006 06:37:00 PST

Gotta love Holland!

 The Queers tour is winding down and tonight we are at Cafe Stortebeker in Arnhem. Besides the good food and good crowd, Joe and the boys stopped the set for a few minutes so everyone could watch...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

4th of July Italian Style

 I spent this fourth in Milano. Not a very a big celebration here. I did go shopping and buy a new pair of Vans and then went to an Italian biker bar and had a shot (unbelievably just one!) of Ja...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What is up with French telephones?

After living in Prague for more than three years I have come to accept that not everything is the same and that items may be used differently in other countries. Some countries believe that a ham sand...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The big trip

Well, me and Chilly have only five days left on the big trip to the USA and it has certainly been an adventure! I have managed to do most of what I had hoped to accomplish and still have a few days le...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Election night in Austria

Well, I must admit that the whole thing is pretty surreal. Apparently, all over Europe the elections in the states are being covered live. I was just sitting in the bar at Kapu in Linz, Austria, selli...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Back on the road

So, here I am sitting in an internet cafe in Leicester, England, on St Patricks day. Leatherface is back on the road....finally! The tour has been good so far with us starting the whole thing off with...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

To je zima, ty vole!

Well, it has been an interesting year here so far. I have been off work since just before Vanoce(Xmas) and am broke and bored and more than ready to get back to work next week! Kristina and I broke up...
Posted by Big Rock on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST