My hobbies and interests include playing percussion and theremin, graphic and web design, photography, my snakes, '73 VW Thing, '74 VW Riviera Camper Bus, '73 Honda CL100, local bands, neighborhood pubs, collecting funky stuff from the 40s-70s....spending time and playing music with my sweetheart Pete in our band WaveSauce.
Mount Shasta, CA, where I grew up... where I call home. Gotta get to the great outdoors every now and again. Camping, hiking, fresh mountain air... that's how I rejuvinate my spirit...
I'd like to meet:
Designers, photographers, musicians - artists in general, and those who appreciate and dig the arts.
Music:
My musical endeavors:
WaveSauce, theremin
Panhandle Pete and Cookie, theremin
Jesus Presley, percussion
Joey, percussion
Percussion kit includes: Trashcan cymbal, tambourine, a multitude of shakers, thunder tube, afuches & cabasas , flex-a-tone, drill, guiro, marakas, triangle, bike horn, frying pan, cowbell, tone & wood blocks, theremin, chimes, sleigh bells, and whatever else makes a cool noise.
Theremin: Playing an Etherwave Theremin by Moog. Electromuse tube amp, an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb pedal. Experimenting with various other pedals and sound effects, the Echoplex is very cool. I am available for gigs and studio recording.
Music portfolio: more to come...
playing guiro
Corroded Angel by SweetJuice
Theremin instruction from Gene Segal; Wavefront Technologies
Theremin links:
Sound samples
Theremin World schematics
Wikipedia - theremin
Theremin Vox
Moog Music
An Electronic Odyssey
PAiA Theremin Kit
Odd Music
Music I listen to: Stan Ridgway, David Byrne, Tipsy, RL Burnside, the Billy Nayer Show, soundtracks (Snatch is one of my favs), and so much more...
Cookie's latest Myspace find...Check em out!
The Wayne Gacy Trio
If you're brilliant...raise your hand...
Movies:
Love movies, would be a horrible critic, as I pretty much like everything - oh, there are exceptions... I am currently into foreign horror flicks. May I suggest Dead Alive, A Tale of Two Sisters, the Audition, and the very strange and artsy Uzumaki. You can't go wrong with a good Italian horror flick (gotta love the cheez factor).
Television:
I'm a minimalist TV watcher, although I'm hooked on Lost. Hate local news. I really have no clue what’s on and when. But give me a marathon of Clint flicks, 007, John Wayne, and I’m all over it. Recently rented the entire series of Trailer Park Boys - super funny out of Nova Scotia. Give me some SeaLab, Lost In Space, and Samaria Jack and I'm set for hours
Books:
I have an extensive Stephen King collection, also Terry Pratchett. I enjoy reading most horror, thrillers, some scifi, fairly well-rounded. Nothing too techi. A few of my favorite books include Strange Ritual by David Byrne, The Shining by Stephen King, The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris...
Heroes:
My heroes are individuals that I highly regard and respect as unique, interesting, artistic, and creative, as are the characters, images, designs, and sounds they create and portray (not in any particular order)... Leon Theremin, Clara Rockmore, David Byrne, Dr. Seuss, Stephen King, Vincent Price, Paul Klee, Pre Raphaelites (all of them), M.C. Escher, Frank Lloyd Wright, Modigliani, Bruce Campbell, Andy Kaufman, Cory McAbee, Stan Ridgway, oh, and the Dude.
