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Joe VanDyke

you want me.

About Me


whats up, i love to play music, and just live. im in a band called SHADOW AGENCY that plays all over the southeast, i do artshows for a living, everything in my life right now is somehow related to music or art. i like to have as much fun as possible all the time. i love to read. i also would like to write novels one day, when i have more free time. i believe in god, i like beautiful women of all races. i have a new (to me) excursion lifted up on 37" tires. i love volkswagens, i have a 71 bug thats is green and white, and just turned in a 2001 white turbo bug i was leasing for the last 5 years. i was in a band called lurch that has been together forever with good friends of mine since highschool, i also played 60's surf music in a group called the surfin' urchins, but we dont play as often anymore, unless the price is right, haha! and now time for the shameless promotion: go to
SHADOW AGENCY and check out our stuff, later!!!!!!!!oh yeah, i just recently went to LA and got to go to the playboy mansion, my life is changed forever. TRAVEL=FREEDOM, i need to see the world!!! take me on trips and i will love you fo' sho'. holla at your boy-joe
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VESTAL ON THE ROCKS 4 ARTS AND MUSIC SHOWCASE
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heres one of those STUPID myspace surveys that i have bought into:
A-Z
[A is for age:]
27
[B is for booze of choice:]
redbull vodka, or whiskey w/cranberry gingerale
[C is for career:]
not-so-starving musician
[D is for your dog's name:]
cats names is pirate and estaban
[E is for essential items to bring to a party:]
nothing is more essential than me showin up
[F is for favorite song at the moment:]
songs by death cab, jimmy eat world, paramore, inkwell, underoath, park
[G is for favorite game:]
poker, ping pong, wii bowling, ds
[H is for hometown:]
jax beach, FL
[I is for instruments you play:]
GUITAR, hand drums, some bass, i F w/keys sometimes, little mandolin and banjo
[J is for jam or jelly you like:]
grape jelly
[K is for kids?]
none.
[L is for last kiss?]
february 25th~im gonna stop editing this stupid survey, so 2/25 was officially my last kiss, for ever. (according to myspace) sorry ladies
[M is for mom's job:]
elem. school teacher
[N is for name of your best friend(s):]
ian, dave, steve, sean, brad, justin, gumbo, marasco, michelle, tab, james, chris, tim, lindsy, benji, christen, kyle, aaron, joe, jason, luke, vw dave, bo, lots more, but here is a few
[O is for overnight hospital stays:]
none
[P is for phobias:]
fear of people knocking on our front door instead of just walking in.
[Q is for quotes you like:]
any and all lines from The Big Lebowski
[R is for relationship that lasted the longest:]
1 1/2 years
[S is for sexual preference:]
hetro-
[T is for time you woke up today:]
9:30am
[U is for underwear:]
boxers
[V is for vegetable you love:]
squash/corn/peas/green beans-love em all pretty much
[W is for worst habit:]
asking too many questions/saying weird sayings that i make up and noone understands, but i think are funny
[X is for x-rays you've had:]
just a couple when i broke my arm at 13
[Y is for yummy food you make:]
frozen pizza? im not much of a cook
[Z is for zodiac sign:]
virgo-you know it!!
DONT WORRY, WE'LL HAVE A NEW FULL LENGTH RECORD AND NAME A LITTLE LATER IN THE YEAR

My Interests



heres some stuff i love:

music
family
volkswagens
simpsons
surfing/skateboarding (though i dont do much of either anymore)
reading
water parks
cookouts
jacksonville jaguars!
the beach
art
movies
traveling/touring
women
holidays
snowboarding
camping
partying
playboy mansion
good meals
the pearl
rocking out hard
playin big shows
football games
bike rides at the beach
drinking
church (occasionally)
brooke burke!
harry potter
honey roasted peanuts (only from glass jar)
western books and movies
museums
new york city
Los Angeles
punk rock
emo/screamo
hardcore
indie rock
rock n roll
old country
surf rock
hip hop
eighties music
acoustic music
the beatles
friends
chillin
hangin with pretty girls
restaurants, especially long horn
taking long trips in our shuttle bus
guitar

I'd like to meet:



Music:

i love all types, but here are some of my favorites:
SHADOW AGENCY! HAHA-
THRICE
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!
underOATH!!!
ANBERLIN
VALIENT THORR!!
INKWELL
PARK!
NOFX
SOCIAL DISTORTION!!
THE SPILL CANVAS
MOMENTS IN GRACE
MEW
WU-TANG CLAN
ACCEPTANCE
FOREVER CHANGED
UNEARTH
THE AUDITION
JIMMY EAT WORLD
COHEED & CAMBRIA
SAOSIN
BEASTIE BOYS
GREEN DAY
INSPECTION 12
STRUNG OUT
CHIODOS
DONT LOOK DOWN
NEAR MISS
HOPESFALL
POISON THE WELL
AT THE DRIVE-IN
LORENE DRIVE
COPELAND
EVERY TIME I DIE
AS CITIES BURN
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
MXPX
EVERGREEN TERRACE
THE KILLERS
RISE AGAINST
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
BLINK 182
ME WITHOUT YOU
SAVES THE DAY
MAN OR ASTROMAN
STARFLYER 59
YELLOWCARD
EXHAUSTRA
BOB MARLEY
CAKE
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
AFI
BAD RELIGION
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
THE BEATLES *1st band that got me into rock music at 13*
ALKALINE TRIO
METHOD MAN
JOHNNY CASH
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
LAGWAGON
NO USE FOR A NAME
BRAND NEW
CYPRESS HILL
DICK DALE
STOLE YOUR WOMAN
311
RANCID
DAVID ALLEN COE
MILLENCOLLIN
DOGWOOD
CRAIG'S BROTHER
SNOOP DOGG
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
DR DRE
NIRVANA
there is a lot more that i forgot, but this is enough for now!

Movies:

Napoleon Dynamite, DUH!!
lord of the rings
the big labowski (my favorite movie)
oceans 11
star wars
half baked
gladiator
donnie darko
tombstone
40 year old virgin
the ladykillers
go
talladega nights
detroit rock city
pulp fiction
snakes on a plane
kill bill 1&2
jackie brown
wedding crashers
pirates of the carribean
indiana jones
all bruce lee
how high
harry potter
fight club
snatch
dumb and dumber
ace ventura 1&2
troy
pearl harbor
titanic
shogun
boogie nights
the basketball diaries
batman 1, 2, and new one
there are too many other good movies to try and list right now.

According to the "Which Big Lebowski character are you?" quiz:

Why don't you check it out? Or we cut off your Johnson!

Television:

seinfeld
simpsons
stevens untitled rock show
the sopranos
entourage
that 70s show
batman animated series
king of the hill
pimp my ride
headbangers ball
friends
fuse
mtv2
i love the 19__'s
cribs
smallville
discovery channel
emerill
family guy
laguna beach

Books:

*shogun* is my favorite novel
the whole shogun series
all books by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Harry Potter series
lonesome dove series
The Celestine Prophecy
The 7 habits of highly effective people
any michael chricton novels
clive cussler novels
King Warrior Magician Lover
The Footprints of God
the rum diaries
left behind series
Robert Ludlum
Nelson DeMille
The Name of the Wind
Star Wars novels when i was younger
any john grisham
C.S. Lewis
north and south trilogy
john jakes
orson scott card
some stephen king
The Rule of Four
fast food nation
angels and demons/davinci code
there are so many more, yes im a nerd
i love to read! does that make me wierd? probably

Heroes:

The Dude
Walter
Hugh Hefner
Johnny Cash
Jim Morrison
Walt Disney

My Blog

::some of my Name History::

MactruQue himself has inspired me to use the full name and share some of my family name historyEven tho my VanDyke/Nicholas Amsterdam (Holland) roots are stronger than the English Floyds from my Grand...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:21:00 PST

::random thoughts and ideas about humans::

So im on a constant quest to improve every aspect of my life. Not perfection, which is impossible, but constant improvement. Even though i dont always improve, im always thinking i need to, which is a...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:21:00 PST

::the first Artshow i did, 7/22/06::

this is gonna be an awesome night, everyone should come hang!!
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:32:00 PST

a novel about my sick-ass trip to L.A. (and PLAYBOY MANSION!)

YEAH, i just had probably my best week ever. this will be long, so only read it if you are bored, or if you are in love with me. anyway, we (me and my boy jason from the embraced, formerly opiate) lef...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

underoath=FLIPPIN SWEET!!!!!

i went to the underoath show at freebird last night-HOLY SHIT! talk about a band that goes off live, those dudes KILL IT! i dont think ive ever seen a band with as much energy as them, besides the fac...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

motha shuckin redneck show!!! woohoo!

yeah, i went to the planet radio 93.3 mutha shuckin birthday show, and partied with a bunch of west side rednecks, YIPPEE!! we got in VIP for free (me, dave, and ian) free beer, food, cool shit. we so...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

goin to LA next month

yeah, ill be in LA from may 15th-may20th. on may 17th im teching for the summer obsession at the PLAYBOY MANSION! so yes, i will be chillin at the grotto, livin it up with heff, you know how we do. tw...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

this world is....

awesome! i love so much about life, its crazy. yeah, there is a lot of f-ed up stuff that goes on, but life in general is an amazing thing. there are so many different things we can do and become, and...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

social distortion is the f-in sh*t!!

yeah, social d was so awesome tonight at plush, i had a freakin blast. they played for an hour and a half, and just rocked that shit the whole time, it was so fun the whole time!!!! i think me and rob...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

life....lately

hey people, whats up. so ive been on the road for a couple of weeks without bo singing with us, and we are still hav'n a blast. ian sounds good enough to play as a 4 piece until we have the right sing...
Posted by Joe VanDyke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST