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Alienclown

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About Me

Born and raised in South Jersey, near Philadelphia. Learned music first from my parents, then studied with Maestro Loebin, pianist for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Later studies included Dr. Rudolph, as well as Scott McGill. Further hard lessons were learned in every dive bar and studio from Long Island to DC.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Lots of musicians that I wish were still with us! Sam Cooke - Billie Holiday - Dinah Washington - Eva Cassidy - Jaco Pastorius - Basil Poledouris - Jerry Goldsmith - Miklos Rozsa - Ernest Gold - Frank Zappa - Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Beethoven!

My Blog

Mutton Chops

OK...I saw a guy in the store tonight that had a big set of mutton chops....and NOTHING ELSE!  Shaved head, no beard!  Nothing but MUTTON CHOPS!  I walked by him, and all I thought was, "WOW...this gu...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 22:26:00 GMT

Eva Cassidy

I had a craving to listen to Eva Cassidy's absolutely stunning rendition of "Autumn Leaves" the other day.  (Her version from "Blues Alley" is good, but her version from the bootleg "Live At Pearl's" ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Another Great Taken From Us

I know you probably think I am not too accepting of what life deals us, but here I go again ranting about how cruel the world is to take another great musician from us!  Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez died ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:37:00 GMT

Only In Laramie

So...i'm done class and i'm heading to Gen's trailer to pick up Aidan.  I get on the on-ramp to Rt. 80 west, and start building up speed.  I'm building up speed, getting ready to merge with traffic, w...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:00:00 GMT

More Work Crap

OK....so i'm working tonight, and two college kids come in wanting paint mixed.  They have paint chips...one is red, the other brown.  They ask me to mix up a quart of each, as they are pain...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:55:00 GMT

Problems With Christmas Music

OK...I like Christmas music as much as the next person...heck probably more than the next person, but I do have a problem with some of the lyrics to them.  For example:Winter Wonderland"Later on, we'l...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Black Friday

Oh, this weekend has been a joy so far! LOL  People pushing and shoving for mixers and blenders...I would imagine for TV's too, but that's not my area.  You know, when I think about Christma...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:58:00 GMT

Obituary Humor!

"I read the obituaries a lot, because it just seems to me that people that write the obituaries either want to be PR people, or they are failed PR people.  For instance, in the obituaries, no one...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:45:00 GMT

RIP Music Culture

Miriam Makeba died a few days ago.  Does anyone outside of Africa care?  "Mama Africa" was banned from her homeland for 30 years because of apartheid.  She did not sing about the proble...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:22:00 GMT

Xmas Stuff / CD Review

I realized today that Christmas kinda sucks when you don't have your family anymore.  All the stuff I had in mind to do withthe family in the future, when Aidan gets older...out the window!Christ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:31:00 GMT