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Dave

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About Me

You know, I'm coming to realize that art is a symptom of intuition, and since we're blind without intuition, we're pretty much blind without art. I've been writing and playing music my whole life, and I'm pretty sure I'll continue doing so for a long long time. Recently, though, I've developed my first bit of interest in visual art. Funny because I used to scorn it for some dumb reason. I guess it wasn't loud enough. I'm also into food, funny stuff, books, guitars, ignoring mainstream music, and trying to "do the right thing." I'm not interested in making acquaintance with nay-sayers, snobs, people who choose to think negatively of others, gossip-mongers, and narrow-minded types who assume that everyone is running the same race. Check out my most recent band, Porch Mob, at http://www.myspace.com/porchmob ... and while you're at it, check out a few of my other old bands: VPR, at http://www.myspace.com/vpr and Enough, at http://www.myspace.com/enough1988 . If you haven't completely lost your attention yet, also check out The Goons, at thegoons.com, I had the honor of filling in on guitar for The Goons on crappy-ass Warped Tour '04.PMA

My Interests

Wacky humor, BS'ing about music, playing guitar, bass, drums, vocals, keys, glockenspiels, whatever-the-hell, and at least trying to "do the right thing". Also, gettin' my zen on.

I'd like to meet:

People who see a little magic in life (or better yet, a lot), laid back people, counter-culture heroes, funny mofos.

Music:

Bad Brains, Bon Scott era AC/DC, Government Issue, Void, MARLEY, Bedouin Soundclash, Stevie Wonder, any high-energy band that's trying to do things a little bit differently, and I've been diggin' around for old soul and soul/funk hybrids a bit recently: Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, and Funkadelic, to name a few. Oh yeah, Scream's Still Screaming is the 2nd best album on the planet. Check out my pics for the best...

Movies:

I dunno... Life Aquatic, Big Fish, cool concept sci-fi.

Television:

Adventure shows, When Animals Attack, Shows about giant asteroids and tsunamis. and smart, sarcastic comedy.VH1 Classics

Books:

Fahrenheit 451, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Lord of the Rings, Ironweed, books by the Dalai Lama.

Heroes:

Simple people, people who don't settle for less, but don't need a lot. People who know they can change things. People who realize that you don't really hold a belief unless you act it out on the smallest stages... i.e. you aren't a socialist unless you're also a generous person. People that can take a joke.

My Blog

The second I found out

that CNN had a countdown to when Paris Hilton was to be released from jail, I switched my homepage from CNN.com to BBC.com. Makes me wonder about all that media-fattening-us-up-for-the-kill talk from ...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:15:00 PST

Next Monday: Bad Brains on a boat

how can ya go wrong? I mean... c'mon. It's BAD BRAINS ON A BOAT! and I get some see some old friends too. It will be a good day.
Posted by Dave on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:56:00 PST

New project in the works

There's something in the works but I don't know if it's gonna pan out. I still wanna play fast, and I'll do either guitar or vocals. I'm tryin to push ahead a bit... and not fit into any easy category...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:19:00 PST

Reading physics on Ambien

hmmm... feels like tryin to do jumpin jacks on jello. except it takes more concentration. This Ambian stuff makes ya feel a little sloppy. Obviously I took it a little too early to...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:32:00 PST

bluh blahbluh!

China's tearin it up, while production is being pushed off our shores... and was having a little slice of desert thankful to us for the 2 months after Saddam fell worth destroying our diplomatic capit...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:47:00 PST

Cro-Mags

Age of Quarrel is all I've been listening to recently. My hair's been getting shorter every time I clip it and I keep wondering what the next tattoo will be.
Posted by Dave on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:39:00 PST

july 3rd 2006 randomness

20 years since my first punk show. Well, a little more than that really. Livin in a cave on the cheap, getting my kicks by imagining I'm making smart decisions... and slamming down a brew or two here ...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:01:00 PST

RIP Bomber from RKL... a musical hero of mine

Best punk drummer ever... bad ass bassist... superb songwriter... this guy and the rest of RKL BLEW MY MIND when I first heard them in the mid-80's, and I still get blown away when I listen to this am...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:51:00 PST

RIP Andy from Official

so sad... found dead by his roomates this past weekend... the nicest guy you'd ever meet and an excellent drummer... all heart. rip Andy
Posted by Dave on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:47:00 PST

Yup, I must now part ways with VPR

Yeah... year-round school, work, not trying to either be homeless or live at my dad's or something, plus the fact that VPR just keeps getting bigger and doesn't seem to be slowing its progress... well...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST