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It's Official! Me, Wideawake, The Kin, Green River Ordinance on Rock Boat 9! www.therockboat.com

About Me

Hi, well as you can see my name is gene. I love live music as it makes up a huge part of who I am am and takes up most of my free time....also love movies, live sports, road trips and hanging out with friends. I will say that I am happiest when my family and friends are happy...everything else falls into place for me after that. I love and support them to no end...

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My Interests

Live music, movies, live sporting events, almost anything involving entertainment. I enjoy traveling and thankfully my career allows me to do so for cheap if not free...and often. My social life is made up of going to see good live music, going to a good restaurant with friends (outdoor seating rocks!), seeing a good preferably offbeat, weird or scary movie, going on a roadtrip...like just hanging out with friends too. For the coolest texas getaway check out my good buddy Will's incredible cabin getaway on the river in canyon lake/new braunfels...stayed there many times and it is just amazing...it is also adjacent to Whitewater Live, his live music outdoor venue on the river...wowsa...see my top friends for StayandFloat and Whitewater Live or www.stayandfloat.com. *Blue October on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno (and me * HEY! Look for ME (and my hat and profile haha) at the beginning shaking Jay Leno's hand from the front row and giving him the thumbs up... It was a great night in L.A. for sure.*************************************

I'd like to meet:

Pretty much anyone and everyone. I am always open to new and good friends. If you love music and film and have a sense of adventure and have an open mind, that is all the better. My motto is: Today is for sure and hope for tomorrow...if you live that way as well, then we already have tons in common. If you want me to add you please send a message too if you want...i like to keep this to friends i have actually had some form of communication with! ESPECIALLY bands...while i LOVE music i wont just add any band that sends me a request...but hey, send me a message if you want me to check you out and if i love what i hear i will be more than happy to add you AND spread the good word about your music. Thanks.Check out this freaky cool video by Bat For Lashes! Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do
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Music:

See my top friends list...all are personal friends of mine and make incredible music. Additionally, here is the best of the best: BLUE OCTOBER, 5591, THE KIN (please add this incredible brother duo, amazing friends and musicians...they will blow you away), WIDEAWAKE, Scott Leger, Greatness In Tragedy, midlake, Mother's Anthem, Adam Jermstad, Tyler Jermstad, Cosby, Sleepthief, Deep Ella, A+Machines, MiNORiTY, DilanaRox, Surviving August, Sugarbomb, Portishead, Nicola Hitchcock, Mandalay, Olive, Ruth Ann, EBTG, Marc Broussard, Bjork, Lamb, Lou Rhodes, Tasmin Archer, Baxter, Delerium, Enigma, Conjure One, The Postal Service, Halou, Kirsty Hawkshaw, A-ha, Lhooq, Frost, Gabrielle, Emiliana Torrini, iSOLA, Beloved, Frazier Chorus, Royksopp, Hooverphonic, Ivy, Goldfrapp, Seal, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Ke, Zero 7, Anberlin, Yaz, Alison Moyet, Erasure, Cold Play, Kent, 30 Foot Fall, Snow Patrol, Mono, Dirty Vegas, The Vanished, Wesley Lunsford, Keane, New Radicals, Sarah Mclachlan, Annie Lennox, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Jason Mraz, Alanis Morrissette, Zayra, Pretty Baby, Keane, Matt Kearney, Eldon Thiele, ZWERG, and tons more... Simply put, I am a HUGE music fan... .. *************and now...The Awesomeness that is my buddies in THE KIN:

Movies:

Moulin Rouge, Fight Club, Edward Scissorhands, The Princess and The Warrior (WoW check this movie out....PLEASE!), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Delicatessen, City Of Lost Children, Amelie, Run Lola Run, Heaven, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, Pan's Labyrinth, A Very Long Engagement, Blade Runner, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Dancer In The Dark, The Reflecting Skin, The Devil's Backbone, Donnie Darko, The Ring, Barbarella, Superbad, Grindhouse (as it was released in the theater), Blood Diner, Splendor, Superbad, Cloverfield, Uzumaki, My Own Private Idaho, Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live, Life As A House, LOTR Trilogy, Evil Dead Trilogy, District B13, Right At Your Door, Miracle Mile, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Blade Runner, Gattaca, Boxing Helena, Garden State, Shaun Of The Dead, Night Watch, Day Watch, Anchorman, 28 Days Later..., Sin City, Kill Bill Vol I and II and tons more...quirky, weird, scary and strange films are a fave...In fact, i usually race to see those opening weekend...Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam are two of my favorites but Tom Tykwer is probably my favorite director right now. I like his storytelling and visual style. Oh and love Fellini...(and as a final note...anyone that truly knows me, knows that my lifelong dream is to make Aliens: The Musical... ha)*** My two favorite movie sites are www.aintitcool.com for all the coolest movie news and www.twitchfilm.net for all the cool and offbeat foreign films i love so much! If you dont visit these sites then you dont know what is going on in the world of awesome cinema.

Television:

Heroes, Big Brother (GO BUDDY JAMES RHINE!), College Football, NFL, Cop Rock! (yes i said it and i mean it), The Comeback, My Life On The D List, The Office, Adult Swim in general, Family Guy, 24, Reno 911, Strangers With Candy, Prison Break, Wonder Falls, Lost, Carnivale, OZ, Real World, Cops and all those shows on Court Tv about car chases etc, American Idol (yep i admit that too!...in fact i like alot of reality tv...oh well!), SYTYCD!, TLC Home shows/Carter Oosterhouse rocks, I am a sucker for all the old Sid & Marty Kroft shows, Love the Sci-fi Channel, Science Channel (Survivorman) and good or bad there is alot more...

Books:

Conglomeros, Mark Ryden Art Books, Matthew Barney Art Books, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Edward Gorey, really dig Pop-up Books and a collector of all the cool ones. Scary, weird books and like strange art and pop culture books.

Heroes:

Besides my Sisters, My best friend(s) in Blue October who change the world with their music, My friends in Wideawake who inspire the world with their music, My friends in The Kin who help and inspire the world with their charity: water/Thirst Things First and their music, My friends in Mother's Anthem who rock the world with their music, My friends who make soundtracks to lives with their music (see my top friends on right for my close/good and favorite musician friends), and finally all my friends who love me...thank you...i appreciate and love you right back...

My Blog

Join Me and Blue October for the BIGGEST Weekend of The Year! July 6th and 7th!

This will be THE WEEKEND of the entire year Mark your calendars now for Friday July 6th and Saturday July 7th! Imagine a whole July 4th Holiday Weekend of Camping out and Tubing with fellow Blue Octo...
Posted by gene on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:54:00 PST

First new blog of 2007

wow, 2007...well guess I better rap up 2006 first. What an amazing year...some bad, some sad but mostly incredible things have happened... Guess I should get the bad and sad out of the way.... such a...
Posted by gene on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:52:00 PST

Yep!

In honor of her being up for 2 Grammys!!! wowsa! So proud of her and of course proud that she sings on this song which appears on the Blue October cd Foiled! www.myspace.com/imogenheap edit to sa...
Posted by gene on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:02:00 PST

My L.A., Vegas and Shiner Blue October Weekend!

Okay so I am too excited not to share this... Tomorrow at 330pm i head to the airport...fly to l.a./orange county. My longtime friend and psuedo little brother Blake lives there now and is picking me ...
Posted by gene on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:24:00 PST

WoW...The Rolling Stones ask Blue October to open!!! Oh and Cali...

okay the news has been posted in the headline and tour section at www.blueoctober.com 09/26/2006 Blue to open for ROLLING STONES in Idaho!! The Rolling Stones have selected Blue October as support for...
Posted by gene on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:11:00 PST

9/11 ....and my loss...and a thanks...

Well 5 years after 9/11 and 5 years and 1 day after a loss I suffered, I wanted to post a link that has helped me and so many others... A huge and heartfelt Thank You to Blue October and all my friend...
Posted by gene on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:33:00 PST

So I call E! Entertainment Television Yesterday...

So lets start from the beginning... I have know Zayra for years and we share a love of Reality TV...(and of course a love for Blue October where she appears on 3 of their cds, History For Sale ("Come ...
Posted by gene on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:14:00 PST

Wideawake Releases new LIVESTRONG Foundation song- HELP a good cause!

Hey all,my great friends Wideawake have released a brand new song called "Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow""MAYBE TONIGHT, MAYBE TOMORROW"AVAILABLE NOW!!BENEFITING THE LANCE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATIONUpon lear...
Posted by gene on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:48:00 PST

Zayra is going to be on CBS' Rockstar: Supernova!!!

Well just found out my friend, Zayra (pronounced Zah-ee-dah) (she appears on Blue October's songs "Come in Closer" and "Into The Ocean" has been selected as a contestant on this show so everyone tune ...
Posted by gene on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:32:00 PST

Guess why I am going to Los Angeles This Week!!!???

  I am so excited!!!  ...
Posted by gene on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:35:00 PST