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About Me

I play the drums. Sometimes I also play other instruments. I also sell drums entirely too much of the time. There are many bands that I will be performing with soon. There are even more bands that I've performed with in the past. You may have heard some of them. Especially if you're in any of these places: Princeton, Philly, DC, Jakarta, Portland, Glasgow, and Brooklyn. Since that's where I've been.
For the record, no, my hair isn't long anymore.
I pimped my profile using Apple Text Edit, bitches.
Here's what you can learn about me from Blogthings:
Your Birthdate: August 20
You are a virtual roller coaster of emotions, and most people enjoy the ride.
Your mood tends to set the tone of the room, and when you're happy, this is a good thing.
When you get in a dark mood, watch out - it's very hard to get you out of it.
It's sometimes hard for you to cheer up, and your gloom can be contagious.
Your strength: Your warm heart
Your weakness: Trouble controlling your emotions
Your power color: Black
Your power symbol: Musical note
Your power month: February
All too true
What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
You Are Animal
A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts.
You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary.
But you sure can beat a good drum.
"Kill! Kill!" The Muppet Personality Test
How to make a Wayan
Ingredients:
3 parts competetiveness
1 part ambition
1 part ego
Method:
Layer ingredients in a shot glass. Serve with a slice of lovability and a pinch of salt. Yum!
Maybe make that a very large tablespoon of salt ;-)
Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com
What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com
You are a Self-Discoverer
You're not religious, but you've created your own kind of spirituality.
Introspective and thoughtful, you tend to look inward for the divine.
You are distrusting of all forms of organized religion.
You especially dislike religious gurus and leaders, who you feel are charlatans. What's Your Religious Philosophy?
Your Birth Month is August
Ambitious and strong, you find it easy to be successful.
You are brave and stubborn. No one's going to set your limits!
Your soul reflects: Strength, character, and devotion
Your gemstone: Peridot
Your flower: Poppy
Your colors: Orange, red, and light green What Does Your Birth Month Mean?
You Are Somewhat Machiavellian
You're not going to mow over everyone to get ahead...
But you're also powerful enough to make things happen for yourself.
You understand how the world works, even when it's an ugly place.
You just don't get ugly yourself - unless you have to! How Machiavellian Are You?
Who Should Paint You: M.C. Escher
Open and raw, you would let your true self show for your portrait.
And even if your painting turned out a bit dark, it would be honest. What Artist Should Paint Your Portrait?
Your Sexy Brazilian Name is:
Rodolfo Pera What's Your Sexy Brazilian Name?
Your Values Profile
Loyalty:
You value loyalty a fair amount.
You're loyal to your friends... to a point.
But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties.
Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself.
Honesty:
You value honesty a fair amount.
You're honest when you can be, but you aren't a stickler for it.
If a little white lie will make a situation more comfortable, you'll go for it.
In the end, you mostly care about "situational integrity."
Generosity:
You value generosity a fair amount.
You are all about giving, as long as there's some give and take.
Supportive and kind, you don't mind helping out a friend in need.
But you know when you've given too much. You have no problem saying "no"!
Humility:
You value humility a fair amount.
You tend to be an easy going, humble person.
But occasionally your ego takes over.
You have a slight competitive streak - and the need to be the best.
Tolerance:
You value tolerance highly.
Not only do you enjoy the company of those very different from you...
You do all that you can to seek it out interesting and unique friends.
You think there are many truths in life, and you're open to many of them. The Five Factor Values Test
You Are a Punk Rocker!
When it comes to rock, you don't follow any rules
You know that rocking out is all about taking down the man
You've got an incredible stage presence and rock persona
You scare moms, make bad girls (or boys) swoon, and live life on the edge! What Kind of Rocker Are You?
The Cure Shares Your Taste in Music
See their whole playlist here (iTunes required)
Which Musician (or Group) Shares Your Taste in Music?
Your Brain's Pattern
Your brain is always looking for the connections in life.
You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first.
You're also good at connecting people - and often play match maker.
You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white. What Pattern Is Your Brain?
You Are The Sun
You represent the best of life - vitality, success, and and truth.
You tend to have a strong, centered, balanced personality.
Inspiration and discovery are your fortes. You are very mentally strong.
A talented mind, you tend to excel at math, philosophy, and music.
Your fortune:
As well as you have done in the past, the future is going to be filled with more success.
A new creative project is coming your way. Feed it, and it will grow into something huge.
Great riches, recognition, prosperity, or happiness is coming your way.
And it's possible that a fantastic vacation, or a new baby, is coming sooner than you think. What Tarot Card Are You?
Your Hidden Talent
You have the power to persuade and influence others.
You're the type of person who can turn a whole room around.
The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don't abuse it.
Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think! What's Your Hidden Talent?
You Are Guinness
You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world.
Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them.
When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all - especially about subjects you don't know well.
But your friends tolerate your drunken ways, because you introduce them to the best beers around. What's Your Beer Personality?
You Are Internal - Believer - Powerful
You feel your life is controlled internally.
If you want something, you make it happen.
You don't wait around for things to go your way.
You value your independence and don't like others to have control.
You are a true believer in luck, fate, and karma.
You believe that life is a game of chance - not a game of skill.
You either consider yourself very unlucky or very lucky.
No matter what, you don't feel like you can change the hand you were dealt.
When it comes to who's in charge, it's you.
Life is a kingdom, and you're the grand ruler.
You don't care much about what others think.
But they better care what you think! The Three Dimension Luck and Power Test
You Are Japanese Food
Strange yet delicious.
Contrary to popular belief, you're not always eaten raw. What Kind of Food Are You?
Your IQ Is 120
Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average
Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius
Your General Knowledge is Exceptional
Me? Illogical? Never!
A Quick and Dirty IQ Test
You Belong in Amsterdam
A little old fashioned, a little modern - you're the best of both worlds. And so is Amsterdam.
Whether you want to be a squatter graffiti artist or a great novelist, Amsterdam has all that you want in Europe (in one small city). What European City Do You Belong In?
Your Quirk Factor: 67%
You're so quirky, it's hard for you to tell the difference between quirky and normal.
No doubt about it, there's little about you that's "normal" or "average." How Quirky Are You?
You Are a Dreaming Soul
Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world
So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time
You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all...
But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult
You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you.
Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses.
Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others.
Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life.
Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?
Arty Kid
Whether you were a drama freak or an emo poet, you definitely were expressive and unique.
You're probably a little less weird these days - but even more talented! Who Were You In High School?
Your Heart Is Purple
For you, love is about establishing and developing a deep connection.
If it's true love, it brings you more wisdom and inner strength.
Your flirting style: Sincere
Your lucky first date: An afternoon at a tea house
Your dream lover: Is both thoughtful and expressive
What you bring to relationships: Understanding What Color Heart Do You Have?
You Are 70% Boyish and 30% Girlish
You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. How Boyish or Girlish Are You?
You Are 40% Control Freak
You have achieved the perfect balance of control and letting go.
You tend to roll with whatever life brings, but you never get complacent.
Are You A Control Freak?
You Are An ENFP
The Inspirer
You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends.
You are also unconventional, irreverant, and unimpressed by authority and rules.
Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives.
You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're qutie the storyteller!
You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist. What's Your Personality Type?
You Are 40% Normal
While some of your behavior is quite normal...
Other things you do are downright strange
You've got a little of your freak going on
But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself How Normal Are You?
You May Be a Bit Schizotypal ...
A bit odd and socially isolated.You couldn't care less of what others think.And some of your beliefs are a little weird.Like that time you thought you were Jesus. What Personality Disorder Are You?

My Interests

Any and all things musical, especially rhythm. Good books. Quality cinema. Progressive politics. Latin America. The rest of the world. Urban artistic expression. Revolution. Green tea.

I'd like to meet:

The guy who decided we could all get along fine with just two power sockets at a time. We need to have words.

Music:

jazz
funk
soul
hip hop
electronica
rnb (old and new)
rock/rawk/smart punk
jungle/dnb
(super)producers
studio/session musicians

More specifically, here's a small box of musicians:


March Fourth Marching Band
Employee Of The Month
Go By Train
Medeski Martin and Wood
the Roots
Radiohead
Common
Kanye West
Critters Buggin
Benevento Russo Duo (etc.)
The Mars Volta
Mos Def
De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
MF Doom
all things Danger Mouse
Prefuse 73 et al
Cinematic Orchestra
Jaga Jazzist
Kid Koala
DJ Shadow
Blackalicious
Quannum
Ninja Tune
Rope-A-Dope
Phish
John Coltrane
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Miles Davis
Jaco Pastorious
Charlie Mingus
Herbie Hancock
Joshua Redman
Stefon Harris
Roy Ayers
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
the Meters
James Brown (RIP)
Air
Amon Tobin
Squarepusher
Aphex Twin
Jojo Mayer/Nerve
David Fiuczynski
DJ Logic
RJD2
Steely Dan
Led Zeppelin
The Police
The Cure
System Of A Down
NIN
Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
311
Ani DiFranco
Sleater-Kinney
Fugazi (Red Medicine onward)
Yes
King Crimson
Allman Bros
Fela Kuti
Antibalas
Santana (pre-sellout)
Pete Rock
Jay Dilla (lives forever)
~40% of Madlib's output
Stones Throw
Soul Coughing
Frank Zappa
Primus
Jon Brion
Matt Chamberlain
John Scofield
Soulive
Jimmy Smith
(old) George Benson
Tchad Blake

Movies:

Here's a small box of names:

Soderbergh
Coen Bros.
Mamet
Gilliam
pta
Jeunet
Miyazaki
Aronofsky
Tarantino
Jarmusch
Jonze
Coppola(s)
DeNiro
Woody Allen
Alexander Payne
Todd Phillips
Monty Python
Will Ferrell
Wes Anderson
Johnny Depp
Tim Burton
John Cusack
Mel Brooks
Judd Apatow
Adam Sandler (sometimes)
Spinal Tap
Almost Famous
The Princess Bride

Television:

Oh Padma!

Books:

One Hundred Years Of Solitude and other works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, His Dark Materials series, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Neil Gaiman, Daniel Quinn, Hunter S. Thompson, Harry Potter (I finally gave in), George Orwell, Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell, Aaron Magruder, Frank Miller, Daniel Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Terry Pratchett, auto/biographies of musicians (particularly the Miles and Zappa autos), Douglas Coupland (sometimes), The Celestine Prophecy (the last chapter, not so much), anything that challenges the idea of religion and/or civilisation.

Heroes:

Fela, Bono, Sting, Dave Matthews, Peter Gabriel, Ani DiFranco, Rage Against The Machine, Chuck D, NOFX, the Clash, March Fourth Marching Band, anyone else who pushes social progress via music.

My Blog

Now Playing:

I've been 'acquiring' al kinds of music of late. As a result, I'm finding specific songs I'm really in to. Here's a wee list:Precious - Esperanza Spalding (the new future-ex-mrs.-zoey)Together - Wil...
Posted by YN on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:25:00 PST

I Keep Telling You This

Every time I have a customer or especially friend who’s talking about signing with a major label, I always tell them to Google this article written by Steve Albini (he produced In Utero), publis...
Posted by YN on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:42:00 PST

life is good

Im writing this on an iPod in abraxas coffeeshop in the dam. Thanks Matt. More when I get back to the burg.
Posted by YN on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:36:00 PST

All Rhodes Lead To Brooklyn

The Rhodes is here.A '78 Mk I Suitcase model that's barely been played in the last 30 years. Super light action. Bowel-disturbing bass. This thing is cherry. We figured out how to set it up in the...
Posted by YN on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:28:00 PST

Officially Official

Ticket is confirmed.Glasgow from the 13th to the 17th.Innit.
Posted by YN on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:26:00 PST

Back To The Back

Internet is back in action in Casa ~1050~. Also back is me to Scotland. Getting my ticket today I think. Also back is my sway as a manager. And as a salesman (although the last few days have found...
Posted by YN on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:54:00 PST

Somebody Get Me A Doctor!

I got a doctor! Yay! He told me I had a virus and was not suffering from menopause as I'd previously suspected. And I believe him. Know why? 'Cause he used to be Stan Getz's doctor. And I can de...
Posted by YN on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:30:00 PST

Like-A-Look

I'm not going to name any names in this story, cuz that's tacky.  But I'm sure you'll figure it out.  See, it concerns one of my 3 like-a-looks.  The first is the very obvious but ficti...
Posted by YN on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:27:00 PST

Incommunicado

I forgot to mention in my last post, I don't have any internet at home.  So, if you're trying to get in touch with me, try calling me.  I'm not posting my celly up here, but my work number i...
Posted by YN on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:26:00 PST

My New Band!

The new band is finally a band.  We will probably expand in to a few different varieties of the same basic idea, but the improv dance duo is now 10:50.  We're having our proper debut (aside ...
Posted by YN on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:10:00 PST