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mr. music head

About Me

this would have gone better if I had read the manual....

My Interests

music

motorcycles

spending time in the garage with the bikes

spending time in the studio with the music

espresso

the perfect martini

single malt scotch

the gun range

truffles

preparing food

welding metal

consuming food

a good wine

fast cars from the country that once had an east and west

motorcycles from the country that brought us the mafia

forms of motorsport that involve turns other than left

exploring

road-tripping

time travel....

I'd like to meet:

It would be cool to meet Valentino Rossi ... other than that... I don't know.

Music:

i like a lot of music.

if you're in a band, or a producer or engineer, check out my studio: mastermind productions

Movies:

there are many I enjoy... from typical dude action flicks (category #1), documentaries about riding and racing motorcycles (category #2), and hipster indie/enlightened/smart kid movies (category #3). It's all over the place... a sampling could include:

Casino
Heat
The Fugitive
The Tom Cruise Action Pack
(category #1)

Faster
Faster & Faster
On Any Sunday
The Doctor, Tornado and Kentucky Kid
(category #2)

Also, The World's Fastest Indian and The Motorcycle Diaries (category #2 and 3).

American Beauty
Amelie
Blow
Traffic
etc.

Television:

Moto GP

AMA Superbike

Formula One

American LeMans Series Racing



Books:

A Twist of the Wrist , by Keith Code

Proficient Motorcycling , by David Hough

Best Damn Garage in Town , by Smokey Yunick

My Sweetest Victory , by Alex Zanardi

Valentino Rossi's Autobiography

God Is Not Great , by Christopher Hitchens

Infidel , by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Portable Atheist , by Christopher Hitchens

places on the internet i like to hangout:

Trackdaymag.com

Madison Sportbikes

Wisconsin Sportbikes

Sportbike Track Time Forums

CCS Forums

PSW Recording Forums

Gearslutz

TapeOp.com Forums

Heroes:

my kid.... she kicks ass !!!

My Blog

Coaching @ Putnam

The STT trackday @ Putnam Park last weekend was a great success. It was a bit foggy Saturday morning, but the day turned out to be great and Sunday was awesome! I taught novice both days and in betwee...
Posted by t on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:28:00 PST

t to winter....

screw off winter!!!!t
Posted by t on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:40:00 PST

fun in the snow....

A cold, snowy NYD ride.... here is my DRZ and a Guzzi:and resting at the Palamino after the icy-cold run:t...
Posted by t on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:39:00 PST

NYD Ride

Well, this year I was picked to organize the NYD ride..... what else are ya gonna do on NYD???The Annual New Years Day ride!When: January 1, 2008Start: The Fuel Cafe, 818 E Center St, Milwaukee, WI 5...
Posted by t on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:55:00 PST

Video from Barber Motorsports Park

I had this posted up before on the main part of my page... I thought I'd throw it up here. This is a little chase video following me around Barber Motorsports Park (please forgive the unfortunate musi...
Posted by t on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:48:00 PST

Field Trip

So today I got to visit Jordan Motorsport's race shop in beautiful Mukwonago, Wisconsin. For those of you that don't follow AMA Superbike racing, Michael Jordan is a team owner for that series. Michae...
Posted by t on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:50:00 PST

This Sunday: Ride for a good cause

Not doing anything Sunday? The weather is supposed to be awesome, come on a ride for a good cause:t
Posted by t on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:04:00 PST

on track....

So Emma designed her first slot car track this weekend... I was quite impressed with her layout. She basically did it all on her own, with a small amount of help from me.I think Alan Wilson1 would be ...
Posted by t on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:18:00 PST

Track Day Schedule

Now that we're in the bottom half of the year, here is my remaining track day schedule for 2007. I realize most people won't care, but if you do want to come out to a track day, this is where I will b...
Posted by t on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:11:00 PST

out of the closet

No.. I'm not gay.But, just as if someone who was gay finally decided to tell their family, I too had big news when I went home to visit my father the past weekend.A bit of history: Growing up, my dad...
Posted by t on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:54:00 PST