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nolando

feedinbasscabssince1989

About Me

i like to laugh, i like to smile i like to work with people i'm pretty good at doing stuff i like to make things i like to play music i like these --> :) 13ROOMS20063D2007YALLROCK!EXPERIMENT2008#1ZONEINTHEUS!! !!
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My Interests

sounds that inspire motion, things that make me laugh, objects that produce pleasing tones, low end frequencies, rich harmonics, the natural world, puppet shows, haunting, sculpture, animation, fine art, the diner, places where the girls are dancing

I'd like to meet:

peoplewholikemusicartanimationandfilm

Music:

...my favorite local kids that kick ass: THE MIGHTY PARADOCS, sweetie, the GUN MUFFS, jail, ghetto songbird and her rocksplotation band, the nooses (the lit joint collective), iceax, toxic life, plastik little, the percocettes, concrete grass, philmoore brown, get down with Strawberry Mansion, the HIYAGROUNDSOUND!, motikos, undergirl, burning brides, twenty30, little bitter, the ritards, alien archetect, soulamite, foundsound, the roots, red ox, north philly's BBC, west philadelphia's emotron and mose giganticus, need new body, adam fieled, abe the rockstar AND the happy hour band, consonant dissonance, dubsmith, bells bells bells, sarah judge and the jury, sorry and the sinatras, pt lovecraft, the baptist preachers, the embryonic, trashlight vision, the union dead, the hydrogen jukebox, losing sleep, the national rifle, victoria tresko, emcee stick figga, anti emz, common side FX (inter-planet-ary crew!), scareho, the ray gradys, the po po, blame the kid and cold hands collective, orca orchestra, solo doctor zero, univox, tha TIMECHILD!, black landlord, big attack, drew gillis, dude seriously...wise up, the blessed muthas, tritton, dj kreme, dj helix, philadelphia slick; BE SURE TO CHECK THE MIGHTY PARADOCS for all your cardial re-alignment and vibrational recalibratory needs...

check my boyz from the sucka free: the brothers lekas, in rare form, mc duh, supper! holla out there on the left coast yo...

i also like: primus, mr. bungle, jane's addiction, faith no more, curtis mayfield, my life with the thrill kill kult, smashing pumpkins, nin, depeche mode, stevie wonder, blind mellon, lucky dube, wagner, mos def, blackstar, sepultura, stp, fugazi, aphex twin, leadbelly, sade, a tribe called quest, modest mouse, dead milkmen, crystal method, the ramones, basement jaxx, greyboy, god lives underwater, p-funk, 10,000 maniacs, sly and the family stone, the cure, immortal technique, circle jerks, daft punk, alice in chains, first 3 blues traveller albums, white zombie, nofx, no doubt, david bowie, tool, miles, tom waits, otis redding, rhcp, bad religion, beastie boys, bob marley, mozart, crue, placebo, dj shadow, infectious grooves, suicidal tendencies, steel pulse, pixies, pennywise, bad brains, brand new heavies, alien sex fiend, radiohead, ac/dc, dee lite, beatles, gnr, massive attack, peter tosh, sublime, annie lennox, allman bros, ratm, ministry, james brown, slayer, fiona apple, gypsie kings, nirvana, charlie parker, buddy guy, jeff buckley, the doors, the cars, minor threat, and i like to dance to drum and bass, trance and industrial noise

Movies:

captain ron, harlem nights, spaceballs, rock n roll highschool, muppets from space, sammo hung's knockabout, donnie yen's kung fu master, pee wee's big adventure, roadhouse, the dark crystal, hook, dazed and confused, time bandits, once upon a time in china, big trouble in little china, the last dragon, enter the dragon, they still call me bruce, spike lee's sucker free city, detroit rock city, the spawn series, interstella 555

Television:

extra big tvs

Books:

books about astronomy, art books, all books about music, tao of jeet kung do by bruce lee, old dictionaries, the nolando kitchen sketchbook. computer music mag is decent, white dwarf magazine keeps it kickin, gear rags are forever, and the rite aid circular tells me things.

Heroes:

chris bernstein, moses, charlie parker, ella fitzgerald, snake eyes, ray brown, lenny bruce, eddie murphy, bob moog, mirage, thomas jefferson, les claypool, ben franklin, jesus hernendez, martha jeneski, jerry rice, jim henson, bruce lee, prince, mike watt, hacksaw jim duggan, jimmy mouth of the south hart, pele, geraldo, nightcrawler, mankind, stevie wonder

My Blog

check out the Mighty Paradocs!

Hey yall! i'm having a lot of fun playing bass in THE MIGHTY PARADOCS. We've been working together writing new music and coming up with some kick ass stuff. Holla and I'll play our basement tapes for...
Posted by nolando on Tue, 20 May 2008 01:51:00 PST