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the eloi

rocket like hammurabi.

About Me

the eloi - ripping off my favorite musicians since 1995. .. Male
Some years old
Portland, Oregon
United States

Last Login: 07/04/1776

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/4/2005
Band Website: rocketempire.com/theeloi/
Band Members: casey montgomery works alone. All his partners eventually die like dirty harry's.

instrument-nation: drums, guitar, bass, glockenspiel, melodica, organ, piano, xylophone, rhodes, and a rather impressive assortment of casio keyboards.

damn, i've really got to start using more of those instruments!
Influences: burnin' up the turntables of late:

mum, sparklehorse, charles mingus, 31 knots, M83, low, the books, e*vax, stereolab, the mountain goats, mogwai, the wipers, three mile pilot, neutral milk hotel, pseudosix, hum, copy, the pastels, worm is green, ulrich schnauss, the album leaf, arab strap, beck, ben lee, glue, jeremy enigk, the streets, songs: ohia, mississippi john hurt, andrew bird, prime meridian, blonde redhead, damien jurado, crooked fingers, destroyer, do make say think, eliott smith, godspeed, the evens, four tet, guided by voices, iron & wine, l'altra, bedhead, mono, the new year, ratatat, shellac, rex, the shins, flake music, the zombies, yo la tengo, etc.

jan 06
Sounds Like: onomatopoeia
Record Label: rocket empire machine ltd.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

riddle me this...

if a  soccer mom  has a nervous breakdown in the woods and no one is around to hear her, do i still laugh my ass off? hmmmmmm?...
Posted by the eloi on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:56:00 PST

gatwick, oh, gatwick.

after two llllooooonnngggggg layovers at gatwick airport in london i have learned a couple of things that i thought i would share: free internet should be worldwide. there is such a thing as too big o...
Posted by the eloi on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:35:00 PST

r.i.p. george carlin

this truly saddens me. thank you  for the hillarously angry rants, my friend... at least you didn't go out like dennis miller will: a turncoat, leashed little pussy pitifully begging his venom s...
Posted by the eloi on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:31:00 PST

aquaduct fever!

so it turns out... i love to climb aquaducts in rome, though it hurts my hands immensely. that is all. P.S. i did it by ladder, not like indiana jones or a mountian climber or anything, i'm not THAT c...
Posted by the eloi on Thu, 29 May 2008 01:01:00 PST

something happened today!

over the course of our recent european tour with audrey i have aquired the first new nickname that i like since michael started calling me "case" in fourth grade... are you ready? are you su...
Posted by the eloi on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:55:00 PST

that’s schleif for ya.

alternating between feelings of utter stupidity and naivety and feelings of absolute love and exaltation daily can be an exhausting way to live, but everything great i have ever had happen in my ...
Posted by the eloi on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:43:00 PST

i’m clickable

¤: meow :: let's begin at the beginning: afghanistanimation© blows my mind; and let's all share names. good job with the sicilianchameleon-- title, talia. oh, and thug means never having to say you're...
Posted by the eloi on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:21:00 PST