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Ward

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About Me

The CricketSoda Myspace Editor! Where to begin? ...30 something former a.d.d./nerd/dork turned skate/punk/lefty/hippy/freak/etc/...a.d.d./nerd/dork. (Yet computer challenged.) Born in Corvallis, Oregon in 1968. Moved constantly as a kid..(13 schools in 13 years).. settled in Portland in 1986. Played guitar in a series of political hardcore bands (RESIST*, GODLESS, AMNESTY, AFTERMATH) and keyboards briefly in a black metal band (THY INFERNAL) with varying degrees of success. Had long hair (not cool), embarked on psychonautical exploration... Watched many friends/contempories/locals become drunks/junkies/stupid/interlectually lazy/assholes/yuppies or just drop out of the scene.(Yet still have a few great friends with whom I can talk about the "old days" of HC/etc..) Developed Fibromyalgia and related fun health problems that go with it (Depression, IBS, etc..) in the mid-ninties.. Began my self-imposed exile from "the scene".. Married Ms. Right and bought house in 1997... In 2001 I co-founded the mighty STOVOKOR*, Portland, Oregon's only Klingon death/black/battle/space/metal band. We kick ass to this day!...RESIST is now back together and will be playing shows again soon! Living with 3 cats, 1 black lab and 1 pug in a small house(sneeze). Work days in a Tile factory. Have never had (or wanted ) a driver's license.(..Ride a mean bicycle, though), Still able to eat ramen and drink cheap beer(to a degree). Still pissed at Paul Weller for breaking up the Jam. Still despise capitalists (still pigs!) yuppies, and all other regressives and flat-earthers. Advocate Subversion, Class War, and Anti-Capitalist Resistance, as well as Peace, Flower Power and Positivity (without apology and on demand!!)... And the freaking out of squares.(maybe you!).. Wear Tie Dyes, Birkenstocks, and Hawaiian shirts(definitely not cool). Not too punk (ha!) to wear weather-appropriate clothing. Follow the golden rule. Thankful for everything. Not above holding a grudge (when deserved). Starting to wonder if my chances of winning the lottery will improve if I actually buy a ticket...... This space will look better / have more when I know how / can be bothered. IMPORTANT!!!.. MySpace is cool, but doesn't make me any less socially challenged...And, I'm fairly busy and computer illiterate.. so don't get offended if I don't get back to you fast enough or don't have some cool photo to post. I don't have time to re-post bulletins, or do surveys, ok?*If you want to see/hear STOVOKOR, check out our space (below) and/or check out www.purevolume.com/stovokor *If you want to see/hear RESIST , check out our space. (below)

My Interests

My Wife (because she rules!!), Politics (lefty/anarcho/progressive/...pragmatic), Music (all kinds), Knowledge, Enlightenment, History, Bicycling, Collecting Hawaiian shirts, Books, Freaking out squares, Food/Cooking (ethnic/spicy/curry/veg/etc..), Putting hot sauce on everything, Pugs (best dogs ever), Cats, Enthogens, Carob, Star Trek/sci-fi, Pro Wrestling, Beer, Wine, Whiskey, Copyright Violation (still your best entertainment value), Common Sense(more valuable than gold), Oregon Country Fair, Reefer, Fibromyalgia(it sucks and you don't want it), Vacationing in Wisconsin(a yearly tradition), gardening, listening to Air America/NPR(and yes, even right wing talk radio - guilty pleasure), Girls (asian/punk/short-haired(!)/glasses/MILFs... hey, I'm married but not blind!!), Playstation/Xbox (tiger woods, t. hawk, ssx, rez, sly cooper, sw: battlefront, okami, smuggler's run 2, katamari damacy, state of emergency, rogue trooper, oddworld: strangers wrath, stubbs the zombie, halo(!), etc....)...

I'd like to meet:

Kind and intelligent people, Music/Video traders, Punks/Freaks/Hippies/Lefties/Trekkies/Animal Lovers/Oregon Country Fair family/Pug enthusists/folks with fibromyalgia, etc..... IMPORTANT!!! - READ THE FOLLOWING!!!!: I have too many friends!(Some of which I have had zero communication with) I am getting very picky about who I approve, so don't be personally offended if I don't approve your request. No Phonies / Racists / Homophobes / Republicans need apply. Three-digit IQ, please. No, I don't want to add your band if you suck.(No Nu-Metal or gutter punk) If you're one of these people who change your screen name constantly(god,I hate that)I may forget who you are and delete you. No, I'm not interested in adding you so you can have a larger friends list. I have plenty of friends already. The fact that we knew each other years ago doesn't mean i've been dying to hear from you... maybe I thought you were a dumbass then and was just being polite. (There are however, plenty of good folks I would like to hear from.. hopefully you know who you are!!!!).. I never expected to have (or can keep up with ) this many friends, and I don't have tons of free time.. so if you want me to add you, ( and if it won't be obvious to me by looking at your profile why you wanted an add ).. send a message so I have some idea why. Hope you understand.....

Music:

PUNK: Wipers, Pistols, Clash, Stooges, Ramones, Radio Birdman, SLF, the Saints, Buzzcocks, MC5, NY Dolls, Replacements, Husker Du, X, Crime, GG Allin, Rezillos, the Obituaries, Dead Boys, Avengers, the Gits, No Alternative, Black Flag, DK's, Sado Nation, DOA, Moral Crux, MDC, Rancid Vat, Big Boys, MIA, Breakouts, NoMeansNo, Code of Honor, Gray Matter, Rites of Spring, Conflict, Hanson Bros, Chickenhead, NoKilli and their spinoffs.... HARDCORE: Minor Threat, Poison Idea, Raw Power, 7 Seconds, Adrenalin OD, Th' Inbred, Articles of Faith, Heresy, JFA, NOTA, Battalion of Saints, RKL, False Confession, Nardcore!, Doom, Crucifix, Sedition, Unamused, His Hero is Gone/Tragedy, Final Warning, Midnight, Born Against, Dag Nasty(1st lp), Discharge, Sore/Saw Throat, Piglet, Antischism, Initial State, the Stupids, One by One, Anti-Cimex, Sons of Ishmael, Terminus, Warmachine, the Freeze, Starved and Delirious, Hellshock, Varukers, Disrupt, Severed Head of State, Spazztic Blurr, Nip Drivers, etc...(I could go on forever...), NEW WAVE/ALTERNATIVE: Big Country, the Jam, Pretenders, Robyn Hitchcock, REM(first 5 lps), New Model Army, U2, Devo, Kraftwerk, XTC, Gary Numan, English Beat, Pond, Missing Persons, Psychedelic Furs, the Specials, the Smiths, the Young Fresh Fellows, Madness, Bob Mould/Sugar, Indigo Zeros, Midnight Oil, etc ... ROCK/PSYCH : Beatles, Grateful Dead, Rush, Spirit, Love, Brian Wilson/Beach Boys, Hendrix, Moby Grape, Zolar X, Santana, Floyd, S.C.I., Flying Burrito Bros., Rain Parade, Byrds, Mountain, Allman Bros., Blue Oyster Cult, Gandalf, Black Crowes, Cheap Trick, Sno Bud and the Flower People, N.R.P.S., Robert Randolph, Nik Turner, Hawkwind, Ozric Tentacles, Los Lobos, Patti Smith, etc... FUNK/SOUL: Sly Stone, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, the BarKays, the Meters, Earth Wind and Fire, Sam and Dave, Booker T & the MG's, Motown, Stax/Volt, etc... METAL: Stovokor (of course!!), Slayer, Voivod (Gods!), Manowar (the metal kings!), Sabbath, Motorhead, Exodus (Balof-era), Entombed, Melvins, Thor, Gargantula, Celtic Frost, Metal Church, Dethklok, Sodom, Destruction, Tracheostomy, Aryeon, Mercyful Fate, Abortuary, Napalm Death, Wehrmacht, Opeth, Brujeria, Deep Purple, At The Gates, Emperor, Arch Enemy, Immortal, Morbid Tyrant, etc... RAP/HIP-HOP: Paris, Public Enemy, Geto Boys, Treacherous Three, RUN-DMC, Beastie Boys, Insane Poetry, Jurrassic 5, Tweedy Bird Loc, Macho Man Randy Savage, Dee Dee King, K-Fed, etc.. MISC: Qaolin(Klingon karaoke god!!), Cuban/Latin Jazz, Praxis, Dead Moon, Gram Parsons, Ravi Shankar, Ozomatli, Bob Marley, Jamaican Ska/Reggae, Loretta Lynn, Townes Van Zandt, Bill Laswell, Zombi, Jamie Janover, North African/Arabic music, 60's garage, Bossa Nova, Samba, Salsa, Cumbia, Jean Micheal Jarre, Techno/Electronica(but I'm picky), Bluegrass, etc............!!!!!NOTE! : The above bands / genres are in no particular order of importance... and there's about a million more I forgot to list...

Movies:

Documentaries, Raising Arizona, Trekkies 1+2, Monterey Pop, Silent Running , JFK, American Movie, Ran, L.O.T.R., Fantastic Planet, Empire Strikes Back, Yellow Submarine, Blade Runner, Dead Alive, American Hardcore, Infra-Man, O Brother Where Art Thou, Das Boot, Evil Dead, Babe, Koyannisqatsi, Baraka, Matrix, S.T: Wrath of Khan, Little Big Man, Duel, War of the Buttons, Another State of Mind, Pan's Labyrinth, Bubba Ho-tep, Aliens, Quest for Fire, Dune (D. Lynch), V for Vendetta, X: the Unheard Music, The Elephant Man, Sky Captain.., Rolling Vengeance, Coal Miners Daughter, etc...

Television:

Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Outer Limits, Avengers, Simpsons, Politically Incorrect/Real Time w/ Bill Maher, the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, the Bugaloos, Freaks and Geeks, Lost, Monty Python, the News......

Books:

Biographies/Autobiographies, Non-Fiction, Political, James and the Giant Peach, Animal Farm, Where the Red Fern Grows, Where the Wild Things Are, Make Way For Ducklings, Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel, Food of the Gods, 1984, The Stand, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Dune, Mankind: Have a nice day, In the Absence of the Sacred, Cosmic Trigger, Plants of the Gods, The Tripod Trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia, Inside Star Trek: the Real Story, Pharmacotheon, the Ultimate History of Video Games, Ray Bradbury, etc...

Heroes:

Kim J. Young, My Parents and Family,My Friends, Sal Dodd for making my page for me(I'm clueless computer-wise), Rodney Mullen, Albert Hoffman, Nikola Tesla, Denis "piggy" D'mour, MLK, the ACLU, Jim Garrison, Abortionists, Wobblies, the Dalai Lama, Hugo Chavez, Mark Twain, Mick Foley, Yippies, Emma Goldman, Ric Flair, Carl Sagan, Owsley Stanley, Ghandi, Whoever invented Gold Bond, Joey DeMaio and Manowar, Buddha, Mike Lastra, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Noam Chomsky, David Lee Roth, Keith Olberman, Timothy Leary, Princess Dragon Mom, Michael Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Greg Sage, Nelson Mandela, the Whiskey Rebel, Howard Zinn, Earth First, Crazy Horse, Victor Jara, Helen Keller, Gene Roddenberry, Doug Henning, Randi Rhodes, Nicolai Volkoff, Aldous Huxley, the Iron Sheik, Gary Gygax, Lance Storm, El Santo, Ehren Watada, Terrance McKenna, Cindy Sheehan, Stephen Hawking, Mae Young, Gordon Wasson, Bulls(when they stomp on rodeo clowns and cowboys), People who have fatal hunting accidents, Carlos Santana, Ed Rosenthal, Jim Spagg(happy doodles!), Bushwick Bill, Fibromyalgia researchers, All those fighting to end capitalism(as we know it), etc...

My Blog

Fairly big RESIST news...

Well, as some of you already know, Kelly Halliburton has left RESIST. No hard feelings.. he just has too much going on between work, school, and two other bands(including fairly new band PIERCED ARROW...
Posted by Ward on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:49:00 PST

RESIST - my post-show analysis

Well, RESIST played our first show in a long time this saturday night... and it was a blast!!! Yeah, I was pretty(ok, real) nervous, as well as exited on many levels. We hadn't played a show in 14 yea...
Posted by Ward on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:58:00 PST

RESIST Lives!!!.....

Well, tonight RESIST(my old H.C./Punk band (which originally existed from '88 to '93) had what is our 5th or 6th(?) practice since deciding to re-form. And it ruled. We(Tom, Scott, and I) are making g...
Posted by Ward on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:19:00 PST