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Power Pop Pat

More Hooks than a Bait Shop; Pop Rock with an Edge

About Me



I am a musician/guitar player/guitar teacher and DJ at KOPN community radio. I play Lead Guitar in The Imbroglio; I Teach Guitar at Guitar Finder in DownTown Columbia, Mo, and I host Pat's Power Pop and Punk Hours on 89.5 FM KOPN Friday Nights 6-8 PM. I announce for the COMO DERBY DAMES roller derby teams. I also enjoy watching midget tossing, professional wrestling, (it's real, I just know it ... ), short walks in the forest and long guitar solos on the beach.

My Interests

Playing and teaching guitar, shredding, listening to music, writing music, typing on this damn computer, announcing for the COMO DERBY DAMES roller derby teams, reading, watching comedy movies & pro wrestling (no, it's GOTTA be real!), midget tossing, etc.

I'd like to meet:

I've already met her.

Music:

Power Pop, you idiot. And progressive rock. Favorite artists include: Todd Rundgren (TODD IS GOD), Utopia, The Cars, The NEW Cars, Rush, The Donnas, The Eyeliners, Tommy Bolin, Allan Holdsworth, THE RAMONES, Eddie VanHalen, The Holograms, The Raspberries, The Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Blondie, Pat Benetar, Kate Bush, Prince and the Revolution, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Mattius IA Eklundh, Jeff Beck, Al DiMeola, Jennifer Batten, Puffy Ami Yumi, Attention Deficit, Dream Theater, John Petrucci, Nevermore (Jeff Loomis ROCKS!), Eric Johnson, Bratmobile, Glay, Redd Kross, NWA, Public Enemy, Eazy E, Ice Cube, Yes, Megadeth, Early Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, Death, Morbid Angel, THE PASSION, the Follow, Foundry Field Recording, D.I., Joni Mitchell, The Sex Pistols,The Doxies, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music, The Dead Milkmen, David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust era) The New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders, Sweet, Poison, Motley Crue, Ritchie Kotzen, Brett Garsed, T.J. Helmerich, etc. Do NOT like (in fact, lividly DESPISE): Nirvana, Clone Pimple Toilets, (Stone Temple Pilots), grunge in general ... ah there is so much more to hate. In fact, if your band has the word "grunge" ANYWHERE in your description, I will NOT add you--if I can help it, I won't even LISTEN to you.

Tons of Songs at ..!

Movies:

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, (Even though Nina keeps falling asleep when we try to watch it), Strange Brew, Mystery Men, Nightmare on Elm Street, Blair Witch Project, The Exorcist, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Blues Brothers, Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Super Troopers, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Daughters of Darkness, Wizard of Gore, Airplane!, Little Otek, Broken Flowers, Purple Rain, Taste The Blood of Dracula, Nosferatu, Any Hammer film, The Wedding Singer, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Matrix trilogy, Friday the 13 (all parts), Jason X, The Last Broadcast, Rumble in the Bronx, Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, Enter the Dragon, Fists of Fury, Any other Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee movie (Bruce Lee gets extra points for good philisophical droppings), Benji. etc.

Television:

Red Dwarf, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, Futurama, Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Miami Vice, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Pro Wrestling (it's real, I just know it.....LOL!) South Park, and the much lamented Beavis and Butthead

Books:

Anything by Robert Green Ingersoll, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY--the 5 Part Trilogy by Douglas Adams, Anything by Jack Keruac, Michael Moore, Al Franken, Art Bell, Isaac Asimov, Henry Rollins, Bud Hopkins, Whitley Strieber, more to come.......

Heroes:

EDDIE VAN HALEN, Todd Rundgren, Richard Dawkins, Robert Green Ingersoll, Tommy Bolin, Allan Holdsworth, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Art Bell, George Noory, The Ramones, Yngwie Malmsteen, Douglas Adams, etc.

My Blog

playlist 6-20-08

..tr> Playlist For Pat's Power Pop Hours Aired On 06/20/2008 ..table> ..tr> Hosted By: Pat Keenan   Artist Song Recording 1 The Ramones Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Rad...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:30:00 PST

Friday the 13th playlist!!!

..tr> Playlist For Pat's Power Pop Hours Aired On 06/13/2008 ..table> ..tr> Hosted By: Pat Keenan   Artist Song Recording 1 The Ramones Do You Remember Rock & Roll ...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:23:00 PST

playlist 6-6-08

It's been a couple weeks (honeymoons, etc) but I'm back!  This week features disc 1 of the "Beautiful Escape-The Songs of the Posies" CD (Next week we'll feature Disc 2 and the Following week Dis...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:16:00 PST

Another salvo fired in the toilet seat wars!!!

Taken from cynical-c.com:  (I didn't write this, but I tought it was funny as hell....) I have been told the exact same reason for all of this from every girl who has screamed at me for it and ...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:54:00 PST

Playlist 5-16-08

..tr>About KOPN CD Submissions KOPN Home Airplay Reports ..table> ..tr> Playlist For Pat's Power Pop Hours Aired On 05/16/2008 ..table> ..tr> Hosted By: Pat Keenan   ...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:13:00 PST

MY WEDDING PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nina & Pat Wedding Slide-showThe greatest event ever....
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:39:00 PST

Intelligence

Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday. The father of rela...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Wed, 14 May 2008 04:09:00 PST

Playlist for pledge drive 5-09-08

..tr> Playlist For Pat's Power Pop Hours Aired On 05/09/2008 ..table> ..tr> Hosted By: Pat Keenan   Artist Song Recording 1 The Ramones Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Rad...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:53:00 PST

Playlist 5 2 08

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Posted by Power Pop Pat on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:04:00 PST

Please read this Ingersol Quote....

If it is important for us to know that he was the Son of God,I say, then, that it devolves upon God to give us the evidence. Lethim write it across the face of the heavens, in every language ofmankin...
Posted by Power Pop Pat on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:36:00 PST