Anything that is hard for me to do.Spending and sharing time with the people I love.(and some that i don't)Writing songs(some that you'll hear, some that you won't)Playing Bass,Playing Drums,Playing Guitar,Producing and Engineering for myself and friends,Love all the new technology but think ringtones are cheesy,buying guitars and all kinds of cool shit off e-bay,my Trace Elliot AH500X and SMX(4001)Heads,Trace Elliot 1048Cabs,good pizza and cold beers,XM Satellite Radio,I'm still with the CD's fuck the MP3's I'm too much a Sound Snob what can I say?
The morning Image from the Satellite's all Blue and Green
And we've all got wounds to clean,Here's a rag and here's some Gasoline
I'd like to meet:
Maybe...You...maybe...Not...
Nothing or No-One could ever make me let you down
Music:
I'm a sucker for a good Bassline.Whether it's "Blood and Roses" by The Smithereens,"Waterfalls" by TLC,or "Peace Sells" by Megadeath,it's all about the Bassline for me.Just some of my Faves:Jane's Addiction,Pumpkins(early)Peppers(early)Our Lady Peace(early)Jimi Hendrix(ALL),Beat-les,David Bowie,PRINCE(Das MY lil man!)The Time,The Police,LEVEL 42 (Mark King of Slap Bass King!), Hum,Rust,Quicksand,Rival Schools,National Skyline,Orange9mm,Suicide Machines,Bad Brains,24-7 Spyz,(Jimi Hazel&Rick Skatore!HMSFL!!)When you gonna rock Detroit man!?,Living Colour(MUSICIANS beyond fucking description!),The Veldt,Deftones,NIN,P.I.L.,P.O.D.PLACEBO!!!,Harvey Danger,Billy Talent,Sisters of Mercy,Consolidated,Deconstruction(Dave N& Eric A's Proj),Porno for Pyros,Foo Fighters,Peaches,Joydrop,Bif Naked,Beck(an amazing musician/writer/producer),Cherrybomb,Kitty,Killing Joke,Psychedelic Furs,Love Spit Love,and the sexy sounds of moaning.Oh,and as far as Rap(No I don't call it HipHop,that's a radio friendly phrase)The Geto Boys,Fifth Ward Boys,Big Mike,Bushwick Bill.Mr.Mr. Scarface(Now I feel Ya),DMG,Lil Kilo,2Low,Mike Dean(jackoff king&produca' extradordinare!!)The Odd Squad,(Blind Rob tha handicapped assassin!),JohnBidoAnd all the Rap-A-Lot Label crew,HarrisCoTX!Gulf Coast'll Show'ya! Of the new shit,it really ain't sayin' much to me,but I do dig Neptunes and the Pharrell produced traxx.Good Shit.Em,gotta love Em,D-troit's finest.Trick Daddy(gotta mention 'ya 'cause I'm from Perrine!)"UofM Hurricanes Nigguh!" Tha U!--AND as far as Detroit Music?White Stripes,Von Bondies,The Sights,The Fags,The Reefermen,Howlin'Diablos,Stun Gun(Oh Janelle!)Pull out method,Clusterfucks,Brothers Groove,Broadzilla,Esquire,Detroit Techno Militia,The various DJ's that put Detroit(Birthplace of Techno)on the map,and so many more!
If I could start again,a million miles away......
Movies:
Meet Joe Black,Dead Dog Soup,Rock and Roll High School,End of the Century,Mulholland Drive,Mulholland Falls,La Bamba(Ese fue mi gente)Perros D'Amour,
Smilla's Sense of Snow(Julia Ormond is a true European beauty),Bend it like Beckam(a great story and a charming movie)The Professional,Sharkey's Machine,3 Days of the Condor,Subway,Swimming Pool,Scarface,Carlito's Way,Empire, Purple Rain(probably the best music movie ever)The new release of Jimi Hendrix live at Woodstock(Holy shit the footage is amazing!)Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys(Don't you Know?)the DVD of 24-7Spyz(HMSFL!:The Many Lives of Walter Rattamus)Great suff in there.And anything Cool.
Life's what You make it.Celebrate it.
Television:
Robin & Company on CNN Headline News in the morning.Robin
Meade is the hottest brunette on TV,and she's funny as shit.She laughs at the news as she's reporting it!Lot's of inside jokes too.Chris Jansing MSNBC "The Ethical Edge"pretty interesting.Where did ethics go anyway?PBS Frontline.That show gives it to you Blood Raw.PBS Detroit has more music shows on there than MTV&VH1 Combined.IMF(International Music Feed)ZeD TV on Canadian TV,some really cool shit on there.I recently got this thing called PCTV4Me,and I can watch stuff from all over the world.Brazilian(TerraTV)Bom dia meu amigos!,CzechTV,French,Italin,German,Hungarian(E-Klub Rocks!),and RussianTV.Ministry of SoundTV-UK,WamTV from the UK is pretty cool.You can check out some the Artists,Bands,and Dancers at www.worldart.com.Support All Arts!!
YouTube has been my TV of sorts lately,and I'd actually rather watch videos of talented strangers than the more well known spoiled and overpaid Hollyweird stars.It's about time for a change from all the same old shit don't you think?I have my fave subsriptions,and they know who the are.They're each special to me in their own way :)
Books:
Everything by Ayn Rand,Steve Martini,Robert Ludlam,Patricia Cornwell, and Dr Seuss.I also subscribe to FHM,Maxim,Stuff,Razor,Guitar World,Guitar Player,Bass Player,Bass Guitar,Modern Drummer,DRUM!,Pro Sound News,EQ,and Club Systems International,Metro Times Detroit,New Times Miami.
Heroes:
Anyone who created and invented all the shit we take for granted.Leo Fender,Les Paul,Jim Marshall,Ned Steinberger,Ray Kurzweil,And my Dad who did whatever it took to get me my first drumset thus anchoring my lifelong interest in Music.Rest in Peace Big Poppa.I Love You.
