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Grady

I have a problem with reality, especially when it's fake

About Me

My band has just released a cool EP:
GRAVITY RAINCOAT'S "SPACE THUMB" EP NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES

I am a musician, artist, and family man who loves good movies, theater, music, and art. I have two adorable children, 7 and 6 months who are my pride and joy. I enjoy living in my small town where everything doesn't move so fast. It also just feels safer for my kids here.

I have been writing, playing and recording music since age 14. I was going to be a recording engineer and managed to do so for a few years there; 1997-2002. I ended up getting into and out of* computers because the money was better. After performing with many bands over the years, I am now making music alone(for the most part)in my home studio. I continue to work hard at it even though it will most likely go unnoticed by the public at large. I set up a web page awhile back with many of my previous band's material. www.fastactingrecords.com This gives me a way to show friends, family, and whoever is interested some of the music I have put my heart and soul into over the years. I'm still hard at work in my studio and next year, I should have some new material coming out. Also see my other MySpace pages for more about the music.
Go find my music at my other spaces www.myspace.com/fastactingrecords.com www.myspace.com/elkabong1 www.myspace.com/mayhawprophets www.myspace.com/gravityraincoat

*I work in landscape and garden design now and am much happier doing something beautiful and creative for a living.

My Interests

Playing guitar(mostly electric and rock music), recording and pro audio, vintage cartoons, hanging with my family, history, museums, symphony, live bands, theater, movies, boating, swimming(not in the ocean please), water skiing, animals(cats in particular), scuba diving(when I used to go in the ocean), I'm sure there are many more that I didn't think of for the list. Check back and I'll add more sometime if you are the sort that cares about my interests.

Music:

Foo Fighters, Jellyfish, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad, Big Star, Wilco, Weezer, Burden Brothers, Cheap Trick, Kansas, Mountain, Smashing Pumpkins, Eisley, Frank Zappa, Badfinger, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, The James Gang, Queen, Jason Falkner, Eric Burdon, Raging Slab, The Black Crowes

Movies:

Oh Brother, the Ladykillers, The Princess Bride, Waiting, Office Space, True Romance, The Big Lebowski, American Beauty, Anything with Chevy Chase, Dr. Strangelove, AI, The Shining, and too many more to mention....

Television:

Old TV before reality TV destroyed TV entertainment for the rest of us

Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Joe Lansdale, Edgar Allan Poe, or Stephen King. I also like most classic literature as it's classic because it's so good. Things like The Good Earth, Of Mice and Men, The Once and Future King. I love to read about history...especially Roman, Egyptian, or Greek history.

Heroes:

Dad, Park Smith, Grandpa, Frank Zappa, Steve Sadler, Rick Rooney, Vaden Todd Lewis, Mark Farner, Tom Scholz, Rich Robinson, Chris Robinson

My Blog

We no likey Ikey!

Well, we survived Ike, but what a bitch it all was! I'm still cleaning my damn yard and I doubt I'll ever find my lost shoe out there now. The only good thing to come of it was that it made the govern...
Posted by Grady on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

Friends

I may not actually be your friend in real life for the following reasons:1. You may smell funny2. I might not really like you3. I might not really know you except for on MySpace4. You might have pisse...
Posted by Grady on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:34:00 PST

Space Thumb

A lot of my blogs are about music because that's what I care about the most...besides my family and friends of course. My latest musical venture, Gravity Raincoat's "Space Thumb" EP has just come out ...
Posted by Grady on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:16:00 PST

It's a boy!

My wife and I finlly found out Friday that our unborn child is a boy! I can't wait to meet my new son! This is the most exciting thing EVER! If we keep our current choice, his name will be.....wait a ...
Posted by Grady on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:24:00 PST

Goodbye to one of my greatest Heroes, Brad Delp

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard by now that Brad Delp, lead singer for Boston, took his own life last Thursday or Friday. Boston was THE first band I was ever "into" as a...
Posted by Grady on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:16:00 PST

Pudding

I like Pudding. I mean I really like pudding. It's really good. chocolate is my favorite but banana is good too AND healthy don't forget. Maybe one of these days I'll get me my $240 worth of pudding.....
Posted by Grady on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:07:00 PST