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gordie orlando

-still kewl

About Me

i like to sneak up on people. i write songs about songs. i like to spend the day pretending to drive a car. that way, later when i'm asked if i'll drive for reals, i can say "sorry, but i've been driving all day. i'm tired.". i'm a serious strutter with 5 masterful struts under my belt. i like to let my fingers do the talking. 5th grade ping pong champion at mt. view elementry school in corvallis. i have a side-kick that i wish would stop re-enforcing everything i say. i believed i fell into a quicksand pit when i was like 8....until a few years ago when i remembered that i had made that story up to look cool in school. i like lasers. i love mind control. i lie about headbanging... i never really headbang like i say i do. it hurts my neck. sorry i lied. oh, and nice poses.

My Interests

music. writing. skateboarding. boobies. nature. food. good times. travelling. shit talking. bleeding. puking. knocking teeth out. screaming. crazy arm. butts [girls only]. ice cream. 4 square. schwinn bikes [if you stole my bike, i'll find you one day]. power tools. aggrivating people. crunk. drunk. sex without rubbers. uncles. screen printing. collecting soil samples. spitting. saying the word "fuck". standing in lines. inventing new types of hugs. looking around. lights. training. special occasions. thugging. rolling around. making noises and then searching the house to find where they are coming from.....

I'd like to meet:

buddy thompson, the bully who terrorized me for 3 years of my life. so if you know where he is, let me know. anyone who still uses the words "fresh" or "fly" to describe clothing. the typical wizard, ninja, robot, lame superhero or evil clown.

Music:

lucero, 30.06, pixies, def leppard, motley crue, the start, circle jerks, bryan adams, black flag, minor threat, sunny day real estate, loverboy, tom petty, archers of loaf, last days of april, beck, eddie money, the cure, LKN, descendents, tilt, skid row, guns-n-roses, kpants, nirvana, HUM, sounds like violence, get up kids, motley crue, radiohead, bon jovi, danzig, crackerbash, jealous sound, face to face, air supply, nirvana, planes mistaken for stars, green day, daniel g. harmann, brian jones, hazel, gern blanston, svelt, moustache, superchunk, the wipers, billy joel, MJ, journey, lita ford... and other bands.

Movies:

legends of the fall [i'm not a pussy, YOU ARE!], home videos

Television:

i don't watch tv, i watch myself. but sometimes i record myself watching myself so i can play it on the t.v. and watch myself watching myself.

Books:

books about trouble. books about books. books with pictures of people rolling around and skidding on bikes. books about the female anatomy. books about dealing with the trauma of books about female anatomy. books about flippers and gills and cheese and the backspin.

Heroes:

my heroes have always been cowboys. finger tappers.

My Blog

the bird

i watched the slowly rising sun fight it's way through the spaces of my window shade today. and as the light started to light up this cave, i heard a strange noise from the back yard. i think i heard ...
Posted by gordie orlando on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:38:00 PST

recording day 4.....

we wrapped up vocals on saturday. i feel a bit "iffy" about them. on one hand it was a quick demo not meant to be perfect. plus i was getting sick while doing them. on the other hand, anything less t...
Posted by gordie orlando on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:10:00 PST

recording day 2 & 3

yesterday was spent laying down drums tracks and any other keepers that might have found their way onto tape. it went fairly smooth. the songs are sounding great... im really impressed. today, so far...
Posted by gordie orlando on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:55:00 PST

recording day 1

the valley floor, my new rock outfit, started recording our demo today. well, we didn't actually start recording, we basically set up and got sounds all evening. we layed down a few songs in ord...
Posted by gordie orlando on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:21:00 PST

poor baby, did mommy never hug you?

i'll start this by saying that local news is the most retarded thing since those lame segway things were invented. every year is a new "snow/flood/lightning bolt/ hail storm 20XX" and every "brea...
Posted by gordie orlando on Sat, 31 May 2008 08:09:00 PST

the valley floor

so next week my new band, the valley floor , is going into the studio to record a demo.  we'll be going into haywire to record with my very small buddy, rob bartleson. rob did all the W...
Posted by gordie orlando on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:39:00 PST

walking backwards

i'm trying to convince myself that by walking backwards i can magically rewind life and go back in time. the problem isn't so much in convincing myself, but in convincing life of this concept. so far ...
Posted by gordie orlando on Sun, 11 May 2008 12:44:00 PST

bruise

other than the bruising that comes with a broken bone, i have'nt had a visible bruise since i was a teenager. i've just never bruised easily. i've had plenty of macho-drunken-arm-punching tests of man...
Posted by gordie orlando on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:42:00 PST

ken boddie

i'm not sure why, but i get star struck by local new reporters. especially weathermen, for some lame reason. about 12 years ago i was in cannon beach on the oregon coast. i went inside a small local s...
Posted by gordie orlando on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

today i am 32

32. fuckin-a. just yesterday i was 22... or 16... maybe i'll make this my re-birth day. not so much to change who i am, but to change all those habits, judgments and views that have stuck with me sinc...
Posted by gordie orlando on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:54:00 PST