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AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK

snow leopard

About Me

..the secret keys to al's happiness:

playing the guitar and making music (a great deal)
riding my bike
looking at pictures and things
the occasional cup of coffee
a clean sweep
a close shave
summertime
reading
being a jackass
a good show
a good time
dr. pepper
cards
victories
swimming
getting some work done

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/25/2005
Band Website: zombo.com
Band Members: Zoe: guitar
A Ghost to Kill Again: guitar
Spearbeak: guitar
21 Tandem Repeats: bass whisperer
The Mingler: bass, rage
Cortez the Killer: bass, jumping around
Influences: frank zappa, john zorn, mingus, metallica, kurt rosenwinkel, bill frisell, jim hall, dave holland, charlie parker, uri caine/bedrock, ventures, atlantics, iron maiden, meshuggah/fredrik thordendal, rush, slayer, metalwood, boredoms, the holy molar, dillinger escape plan, refused, mars volta, the locust, mike patton, tortoise, nine inch nails, mahavishnu orchestra, john mclaughlin, 3 inches of blood, hendrix, black sabbath, yes, king crimson, strapping young lad, tool, allan holdsworth, shockk, rc & mongoose, wpp, danny gatton, wayne krantz, tom waits, the police, ben monder, miles quintet, wayne shorter, ornette coleman, inhabitants, clint eastwood, blade runner, terminator 2, 2001, anchorman, office space, simpsons!, southpark, trailer park boys, curb your enthusiasm, big lists, paul klee, hokusai, mc escher, preacher and transmetropolitan comics, kurt vonnegut, tom robbins, mickey spillane, george orwell, philip k. dick, hp lovecraft, bob the angry flower, toonie burgers @ oscars pub, uncle fatih's pizza, teles & strats, good times, whatever...
Sounds Like: a giant bee flying through the city playing a moog synthesizer.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new tunes

well, time to change the tunes up on this thing. for the moment, an acoustic interlude will have to do....then maybe some more crazy music.
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:13:00 PST

Extreme Paranoia Theatre: an ongoing story...

Scene 1With the glow of a hard days manual work on his face, and further evidence in the rings under his armpits, Max walked up the hill charged with that 'good exercise feeling'. The wind was blowin...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:52:00 PST

Regular ongoing gigs....

for those of you who may be interested, there are 3 ongoing gigs that ive been a part of for some time, which i dont typically post in the 'upcoming gigs' section....and here they are.1- Zoe @ The Arm...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:04:00 PST

mixed blessing

"this tastes like its full of sand!".....not the first words you want to hear after taking a bite of something (not the first words you really wanted to say either, for that matter....unless of course...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:19:00 PST

the old man, he kicks the trees.

TREEKICKER The gossamer web of some dream (thanks E.A.Poe) was lifted and Alvaro awoke one fine October morning to the sound of those damn birds again. "Damn birds", thought Alvaro. He got o...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:01:00 PST

PYLON POWER

Mokie was driving down the highway one sunday afternoon, driving to go and visit his mom and dad, have some dinner and maybe watch a little cable; all in all it was looking like a pretty good little s...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:43:00 PST

ode to a toonie burger

ode to a toonie burgerby alon ev-er-y tuesdaywe go and we playat the arms reach bistrodown by the baywe play mostly jazzand some funky stuff tooand have worked up an appetiteby the time we are through...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:40:00 PST

"if there is a god..."

i went to uncle fatih's pizza tonight looking for a late night snack. when i entered i found the place bustling with activity and fast transactions, and a man in a green jacket said that i could go in...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:45:00 PST

sauna etiquette

so really, what are the rules of sauna etiquette? i mean ok, some stretching is ok....it feels good in a sauna, right? but i do think that excessive naked stretching is unneccessary...i know you want ...
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:03:00 PST

Black Sabbath Vol.4

.....heeaaaaaaaavy.
Posted by AL: GREAT WHITE SHARK on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:16:00 PST