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Loris

I'd like to keep this page rated G. OK, PG-13

About Me

I love music

My Interests

Music, art, travel, gardening

Music:

The Beatles. Queen. Led Zeppelin. The Rolling Stones. Aerosmith. Tom Petty. Bob Dylan. Neil Young. Deep Purple. The Scorpions. Pre-1980 Heart. Blue Oyster Cult. Sweet. Tommy Bolin. Frank Zappa. AC/DC. Steely Dan. ZZ Top. ************Audioslave. Silvertide. Slave to the System. Black Label Society. The Mars Volta. Coheed and Cambria. Wolfmother*************Paul Kelly and Marshall Crenshaw. And Jellyfish. The Electric Light Orchestra. 10cc. The Walls. Butterfly Jones. Jackpot********** The B-52's and Southern Culture on the Skids.***********When it comes to guitarists, this Texas girl has gotta say Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dimebag Darrell, Rick and Mark Del Castillo, Chris Duarte, Eric Johnson, Andy Timmons, Van Wilks, and Lance Lopez. But I also love Steve Vai, Mark Knopfler, Brian Setzer, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, and Slash. KWS and Bonamassa. Carlos Rodriquez, XO.. Oh, duh, Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. Fave bassist? FLEA! But Billy Sheehan is pretty awesome, too..Anyone who plays a double neck bass is alright with me! Everyone knows Neil Peart is the world's greatest drummer. Terry Bozzio, too!*******************BEAUX JOCQUE AND THE ZYDECO HI-ROLLERS! (R*I*P)********** C.C. Adcock, Morphine, Calexico, Friends of Dean Martinez***************Joni Mitchell, Chrissie Hynde, Poe, kd lang, K.T. Tunstall, Neko Case, Joan Jett, Amy Winehouse, Mavis Staples****Los Lonely Boys! Shall I get started on the locals? Vallejo, Podunk, Pushmonkey, Adrenaline Factor (this list is gonna be long)Del Castillo, Alpha Rev, Soulhat. I miss Canvas...Meagan Tubb is cool! Joe Ely, Guy Forsyth, GRADY...I used to LOVE Timbuk 3 back in the day..Anagen, ill camino, anything Jason McMaster touches. Dexter Freebish. Live Oak Decline. Fastball and all incarnations thereof. Devola. Full Service. Meg Hentges. Plane of Existence. Nakia. the Dirty Wormzzzzzzzzzzz. Damesviolet. Adrian and the Sickness. Bob Schneider. Will Taylor and Strings Attached. The fabulous vocals of Lisa Tingle and Malford Milligan. Lions! Anybody remember God Drives A Galaxy? Ironclad (so sad to hear they disbanded..)Love my Deadbeat Darling.

Movies:

Amelie, Bagdad Cafe, Zorba the Greek, It's a Wonderful Life, Friday, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad,World, Tempest, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Napolean Dynamite, Mystery Train, Sideways, Crash. Blade Runner. The Big Lebowski. I love rock & roll movies like Tommy, Rock and Roll High School, School of Rock, The Pick of Destiny, Spinal Tap, Sgt. Pepper's.

Television:

History and science channels, National Geographic, VH-1 Classic, and Boomerang

Books:

Wish I had time to read more..

Heroes:

My parents, Alyssa, Jesus, Ghandi, etc. Lady Bird Johnson.

My Blog

October 18, 2007

was the day that I was let go from KLBJ.  It was three and a half months away from my 20th anniversary with KLBJ.  My layoff was due to restructuring, and I am being giv...
Posted by Loris on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:26:00 PST

R*I*P* T-Bone

My sweet, mellow, funny, loyal dog T-Bone passed away on Friday the 13th.  I love ya, buddy.  Rest in peace.  
Posted by Loris on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:40:00 PST

My dog saved my life

My dog, T-Bone, is a cool ole hound dog, with scars from a rattlenake bite on his nose and a crooked tail.  He is an outside dog most of the time, which is cool since I live in the country. ...
Posted by Loris on Fri, 04 May 2007 02:42:00 PST

The bull killer

So, I'm driving home at 2:00 o'clock in the morning..I'm going about 60 m.p.h, I've got my brights on, the radio (KLBJ) jammin', then suddenly I see a pair of eyes in my headlinghts.  They were f...
Posted by Loris on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:45:00 PST

Oh, what a thrill

I got to meet the Rolling Stones on Sunday.  Words cannot describe the buzz I got from shaking Mick Jagger's hand, shaking Keith Richards' hand, Ron Wood.  Charlie Watts.  !!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by Loris on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:35:00 PST