My recording studio and aspiring record label Rocket Soul Music, my bands; The Dirty North, Razors & Red Flags, Circle Drive and my artsy solo project Glorious Mono & the Pop Rox Disaster. I like singing, playing guitar, the drums and the keys, and have a new passion for the accordian and harmonica. Things other than music I really love are art, photography, painting, writing, skateboarding, film, martial arts, surfing, turntablism, sunsets and beaches and ya know, pretty shit like that, robots, really cool animals like the badger, wombat, cobras, bald eagles and seals, pirates, vikings, most all seafaring warriors(gypsies are alright),I feel strongly that fire is sexy and ice is pretty cool, I like beer, wine, tequila, open mic nights, bars, bar fights, self help books, conversation, science fiction, bonfires, punk rock concerts, jazz bars, the ocean, time travel, space travel, well most any traveling, hiking, camping, drinking, drinking and camping, drinking and camping and bonfires with robots, sometimes I like tearing up the dancefloor, technology is alright, I guess it seems I like the internet now too, ummm, did I forget to say that I am rather attracted to fire?
A partner in crime. Every one needs one. Then maybe an arch nemesis, to give my life purpose, you know, someone for whom I will not rest until one of us is destroyed........
Some of my favorite artists in no specific order would include Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground, Jesus & Mary Chain, Shuggie Otis, Brian Wilson, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams,Waylon Jennings,Air, Stereolab, Ween, Chromeo, The Beta Band, Animal Collective, America, ELO, Jose Gonzalez, Stone Roses, Neutral Milk Hotel, My Morning Jacket, Melvins, Pavement & Stephen Malkmus, AC Newman, New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Billy Idol, The Clash, Wayne Hancock, Gorillaz, Neil Diamond, Supertramp, Ninja Tunes, Joy Zipper, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Morphine, Black Heart Procession, Murder City Devils, Mazzy Star, Al Greene, The Ramones, Pixies,the Breeders, Mile Davis, U.S.E., DJ Krush, Zappa, Beatles, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Rolling Stones, Cheap Trick, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison & Them, Damien Jurado, Journey, The Outfield,Sonic Youth, DJ Shadow, Built To Spill, Social Distortion, Bob Marley Peter Tosh, Sashaman, Jackie Mitoo, Halfpint, UB40, Sublime, The Specials, Aggro-lites, English Beat, hell most all reggae, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thievery Corporation, Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, Sam Cooke, Greyboy Allstars, Dan The Automator, The Avalanches,NOFX, The Clientele, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Misfits, Melvins, Corduroy, Jeremy Enigk & Sunny Day Real Estate, Simian, Portishead, International Noise Conspiracy, Joy Division, Interpol, Tones On Tail, Bassbin Twins, Mogwai, The Strokes, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith, Rush, Scorpions, Poison, Motley Crue, G'n'R, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Def Lep, The Killers, The Postal Service, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Q-bert, Good Riddance, Strung Out, Ill Mitch, Nightmares On Wax, Molly Hatchet, Nazareth, 38 Special, Andrew W.K., Ill Mitch, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Long Winters, The Eagles, Two Sheds,
Some of my favorite movies right now would be Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Garden State, Dummy, Virgin Suicides, Napoleon Dynamite, Butterfly Effect, The Jacket, Human Traffic, Ice Pirates, Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, Say Anything, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, just about everything Tarentino, Four Rooms, Dazed & Confused, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, The Goonies, The Fifth Element, Reality Bites, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Singles, Tape, Almost Famous, 12 Monkeys, Evil Dead II and Army Of Darkness, Monty Python, Kung Fu Hustle, everything Christopher Guess, Best In Show, Mighty Wind, Spinal Tap, etc. Shaun Of The Dead,The Planet Of the Apes Series, the Back To The Future Series is uber-rad, and I still love all the old surf and sk8 movies of the 80's like Thrashin, Animal Chin, and North Shore, oh yeah and all my old skate vids.
My new favorite program is Flight Of The Conchords and my last guilty pleasure was The O.C. I know I am going to hell, but understand I don't watch much TV. Ohh and if you want to see me die laughing turn on the Most Extreme Elimination Challenge on Spike TV.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. 1984 by George Orwell. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. Zen & the Art of Mortcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. Most everything by Herman Hesse or Kurt Vonnegut. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. The Complete Isacc Asimov Collection. The Titus Groan Trilogy by Mervyn Peake. The Magus by John Fowles. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The Importance Of Living by Lin Yutang. The Art Of War. The Dhammapada. Bhagavad Gita. Random philosophical & theological books. Quantum physics. Comic books. Photography books, poetry, recording and engineering books. Oh and I have this strange obsession with the Stranger's want ads, the I Saw U's and the Weekly World News.
Kenny Loggins.