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Thom

I want a thousand guitars. I want pounding drums.

About Me


"God tends to pour blessings on people going in a direction He wants them to go. It is as if you are walking or running at a fast pace, and a moving sidewalk suddenly appears below you to carry you faster than your own effort would." -- Dave Ramsey
I play guitar for a band called THE ELMS with my three best friends (whom I've known for 20+ years). We play dusty, Americana foot-stompin' Rock & Roll, and we're signed to Universal.
I hate the Djembe.
"A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life." -- Oscar Wilde
"The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live. Mad to talk. Mad to be saved. Desirous of everything at the same time. The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes 'AWWW!'" -- Jack Kerouac
Allison... my AIM is true: WhenAKidGoesBad.

My Interests

Music.
Reading.
Cabernet/Sauvignon.
Corona w/ Lime.
Naturopathy.
Auto-telism.
Post-postmodernism.
Wikipedia.org.
Anti-oxidants.
Hyphenated terms.
NaptownNews.com.
The Metanarrative.

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Zeppelin.
The Beatles.
The Stones.
Tom Petty.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
(B.R.M.C.)
The Strokes.
Queens of the Stone Age.
Wilco.
Bob Dylan.
My Morning Jacket.
Beck.
Pearl Jam.
The Black Keys.
Oasis.
Ryan Adams.
Forgone Conclusion.

Pretty much anything that isn't Coldplay or Silversun Pickups.

Movies:

The Jerk.
Rushmore.
The Naked Gun. (1, 2 1/2, 33 1/3)
Airplane.
The Royal Tenenbaums.
Fight Club.
This is Spinal Tap.
Fear of a Black Hat.
Kids.
Gummo.
Storytelling.
Happiness.
American Movie.
Ocean's 11/12/13.

The Bourne:
- Identity.
- Supremacy.
- Ultimatum.

Anything directed by Quentin Tarantino or David Fincher.

Television:

Family Guy.
The Office. (BBC)
Curb Your Enthusiasm.
South Park.
CNN.
The O'Reilly Factor.
(Yep. You read it right.)
Indianapolis Colts Football.

Books:

This Side of Paradise.
(F. Scott Fitzgerald)

The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(Oscar Wilde)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
(Michael Chabon)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
...and...
Slaughterhouse Five.
(Kurt Vonnegut)

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs.
(Chuck Klosterman)

The Ragamuffin Gospel.
(Brennan Manning)

Amusing Ourselves To Death.
(Neil Postman)

Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview.
(J.P. Moreland)

Shopgirl.
(Steve Martin)

Pro Tools for Dummies.
(Someone Of No Repute)

Darwin's Black Box:
The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution.
(Michael Behe)

Heroes:

Dad.
J.P. Moreland.
Brennan Manning.
Bob Dylan.
My iBook.
Professor Koch.

My Blog

COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL WARMING REFORM.

With all of this talk about Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) these days, I've been thinking long and hard about what we can do to stop it, because I just don't believe that any of the ideas that sci...
Posted by Thom on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:13:00 PST

APRIL 30, 1957.

Today, Dad turned 50 - 50 years old - just like Sally O'Mallie. I regret not being about to head back to the Show-Me-State to celebrate with him and everyone else.But... the good news is that I'll ge...
Posted by Thom on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:53:00 PST

THE SECRET.

Trader Joe's whole wheat hamburger bunTrader Joe's honey roasted turkeyTrader Joe's white cheddar (one slice)Trader Joe's organic romaine lettuce (one leaf)Trader Joe's Extra Virgin Olive Oil (on the ...
Posted by Thom on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:23:00 PST

TWENTY-NINE.

Hey all - Celebrated my 29th birthday this past Thursday, and the results were... staggering.*ba-dump-ching!*All of my best friends came from far and wide, and we landed at the B.D.'s Mongolian BBQ Gr...
Posted by Thom on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:29:00 PST

I AM INSU(RED).

Dear [Farm Bureau Insurance Agent],I was a Farm Bureau customer for nearly 4 years. Your company billed me $197 for a new 6 month term of insurance, which I paid in November. A few days ago, I got a...
Posted by Thom on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:18:00 PST

LESS IS MORE.

Tonight, a friend of mine and I were talking about what it'd take to end war forever, and he jokingly made the comment, "All we gotta do is get rid of religion."It was funny.But... after a few minutes...
Posted by Thom on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:41:00 PST

96th Street Steakburger.

I've been missing California of late. Kinda hoping we'll go back soon. Not only because there are several cute girls there who'd probably like to see me, but also because of In 'n' Out Burger. There...
Posted by Thom on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:53:00 PST

"I WOULDN'T CHANGE A F*CKING THING."

I like people. I really do. I don't know if I could honestly say that this has always been the case, but it's definitely true now, and the more I go on (kinda like what this sentence is doing at the...
Posted by Thom on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:18:00 PST

The Humble Contributions of a Lyricist-in-Training.

"WHEN WHATEVER IS EASY."----------------------------I'm not sure what I think anymore.We tore away the roof so everyone can have the floor.Clamp 'em all you want, but you just don't stare,'Cos even if...
Posted by Thom on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:06:00 PST

"The road is a nurturing mother." -- Owen M. Thomas

We have some shows coming up next week, and they can't get here quickly enough. I've only been in Indianapolis for a few months, but the place already feels like home. I love it. Don't regret it.Bu...
Posted by Thom on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:15:00 PST