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ryan

boy_roo

About Me

I've always loved music, especially sad music. I like painting pictures and drawing. I love colors, especially sky blue, powder pink and most shades of brown. Been a drummer since I was 8 years old. I play the drums for SOLAR POWERED PEOPLE and feel very fortunate to be a part of the group. I love my wife Erica Star, our boy Zious (who recently turned 6) and our garden. I use to drive fast (ex-street racer) but now we drive patiently to the redwoods or to the green hills near Skywalker Ranch. I couldn't ask for better friends.

My Interests

vegetarian,homemade smoothies,scenic drives,ANIME,animals,collecting vintage/new drum kits:SLINGERLAND,GRETSCH,LUDWIG (Green Vistalites 1976),TAMA,PEARL,DW. Collecting vintage/new action figures:STARWARS(125 12" figures alone) VOLTRON, GUNDAM WARRIORS, TRANSFORMERS, ULTRAMAN, THUNDERCATS, SHOGUN WARRIORS, TRON, KISS, SPEED RACER, G FORCE/BATTLE OF THE PLANETS.Current set-up: 10X14 marching snare(1970 slingerland)- 8X13 rack tom/9X14 rack tom- 16X16 floor tom(X2)- 16X24 kick. (1970's) "A" Zildjian cymbals: 13" K/Z/14" med. hi-hats, 18" med. crash, 20" med. crash, 20" crash/ride and 24" Med. ride

Music:

idaho, boards of canada, depeche mode, the smiths, grandaddy, great northern, team sleep, bjork, deftones, siouxsie & the banshees, morrissey, the cure(OLD), the police, electric light orchestra, neil young, air, the clash, failure, autolux, steely dan, duran duran, ken andrews, elliot smith, cocteau twins, guilty bystander, built like alaska, machine lovers, stasis, pink floyd, sade, brian eno, radiohead, the who, my bloody valentine, sonic youth, sigur ros, interpol, radar bros., aphex twin, at the drive in, jeff buckley, the shins, nick drake, for stars, hum, the cars, missing persons, danny elfman, KISS, iron maiden, judas priest, motorhead, van halen ('78-'84), AC/DC, black sabbath, america, bread, heart, tom petty, the carpenters, journey, bee-gees, bauhaus, the church, joy division, the jesus & mary chain, psychedelic furs, echo & the bunnymen, nick cave & the bad seeds, dead can dance, red house painters, the verve, pale saints, ride, the pixies, stone roses, pj harvey, dinosaur jr, slowdive, stereolab, kitchens of distinction, swervedriver, spiritualized, public enemy, prince, missy elliot, a tribe called quest, earth wind & fire, stevie wonder, loretta lynn, dwight yoakam...

Movies:

blade runner, the empire strikes back, akira, the warriors, over the edge, dancer in the dark, cinema paradiso, carnival of souls, sleeping beauty, the deer hunter, rebel without a cause, the big lebowski, the virgin suicides, escape from new york, lost in translation, breaking away, the jerk, the fisher king, this is spinal tap, waiting for guffman, best in show, a mighty wind, bottlerocket, rushmore, the royal tenenbaums, the life aquatic with steve zissou, the darjeeling limited, dazed and confused, westworld, logan's run, real life, lost in america, repo man, pee-wee's big adventure, the last american virgin, valley girl, tron...

Heroes:

she knows

My Blog

a moment of silence...

i had to let them go today...money doesn't grow on trees.we got to make some good records...and some records that weren't very good at all.we even got to take a few trips around the way...we made a go...
Posted by ryan on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:57:00 PST

what every meat eater should know

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Posted by ryan on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:14:00 PST

d r u mm e r s

RINGO STARR - the beatlesKEITH MOON - the whoPETER CRISS - kiss STEWART COPELAND - the police ALEX VAN HALEN - van halen TERRY BOZZI...
Posted by ryan on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:04:00 PST