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Stephen

Ok, two questions... What is he doing? And should we light him on fire?

About Me

I am a guy. This much is certain. I do lots of guy things, including waking up, dressing myself, and participating in vigorous outdoor activities. I also do lots of less guy things like writing poems and day-dreaming about what I would rename the color yellow if given the opportunity.
I'm a musician in that I play music of my own creation and people generally don't leave the room. I'm also a soldier in that I put on a uniform in the morning when it's still dark outside and go do soldierly things like march around and jump out of airplanes. Which one is more me? That depends on how close it is to payday.
25 years young and I'm sure I'm just getting started. Meh.

My Interests

Creating music, singing, performing, all forms of digital entertainment, travel, california, smiling, drawing and photoshop, photography, dreaming, writing, live music, humorous flash animations, the fine art of the nap, computer games... sigh, purevolume.com, myspace.com, facebook.com, poetry, being secretly socially awkward, drinkies, running, sports even though I watch them more now than play them, laughing when no one else thinks somethings funny, calling people obnoxious pet names like "lil' monkey" and "sugar butt", my fishies, being good peoples, saving lives and saying "Extra Curricular Banana Material," jumping out of airplanes, can you believe they got me to join the Army?

Alex bursting the stars.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, artists, dancers, tortoise lovers and anyone else who shares my odd outlook on thangs.

Music:


dave matthews, sublime, jason mraz, matt nathanson, 311, damien rice, jeff buckley, h.i.m., rooney, red hot chili peppers, howie day, no doubt, queens of the stoneage, the liks, stp, the cars, non-prophets, nirvana, tonic, kaki king, dixie chicks, steve miller band, S.T.U.N., avenged sevenfold, blackalicious, aceyalone, teitur, jack johnson, ben harper, coldplay, silverchair, al green, the postal service and deathcap for cutie, rusted root, O.A.R., gary jules, g love & special sause, pepper, erin mcgeown, jukebox wagon, ben folds, spoon, squirrel nut zippers, DJ Frane, akiva, aerosmith, darren flowers, dire straights, ben kweller, counting crows, dispatch, , bob marley, cky, dan owens, guster, the matt sheffer group, the dissociatives, blues traveler, jurassic 5, rjd2, stickboy, iron and wine, 2 pac, manuok, rilo kiley, snow patrol, buck 65, all the wrong dreams, bb king, eric clapton, deep purple, blue oyster cult, jupiter sunrise, marcus beirbaum, tim reynolds, the cure, john mayer, green day, david grey, elton john, filter, keller williams, incubus, black uhuru, bloodhound gang, radiohead, david gouldin, peter lane, franz ferdinand, jimi hendrix, barenaked ladies, donovan frankenreiter, maroon 5, martin sexton, number one fan, kingsfoil, tonic, nora jones, mindless self indulgence, slightly stoopid, system of a down, foo fighters, ani difranco, the police long beach dub allstars, jackson browne, tool, talib kweli, zion i, morecheeba, queen, hieroglyphics, seal, the darvon complex, urge, simon and garfunkle, marvin gaye, chronic future, james tayor, the beatles, the shins, nick drake, e-40, dizzee rascal, DJ dangermouse, they might be giants, pink floyd, oasis, ash, weezer, reedkd, count basie orchestra, nnenna freelon, billie holliday, portishead, etta james, ella fitzgerald, ben davis, louis armstrong, thelonious monk, flogging molly, dave grusin, hed pe, snot, the infrareds, charley christianson, joe pass, lots of house and trance, matt wertz, hoobastank, duke ellington, vivaldi, bach, beethoven, hayden, mozart, stravinski, andre segovia, christopher parkening, gigi d'agostino, george clinton, DJ Prone, pete murray, erin mckeown, the gamits, murder by death, the format, aaron hale, race the sun, matt sevrens, the bradburry press, todd carey, luke temple, blue oyster cult, billy talent, slowreader, southerly, keane, autolux, freezepop, the petit project, the cary brothers, tv on the radio, kings of convenience, nissi, atmosphere, the gorillaz, aesop rock, stephanie smith, geoff baker, the 3 heads, kanye west, miles davis, john coltrane, medeski martin and wood, her space holiday, duncan shiek, lyrics borne, cut copy, pendulum, burning airlines, colin hay, dntel, lali puna, sam cooke, neil finn, jacks mannequin, amos lee, dark town rounders, stevie wonder, rocky votolato, atom and his package, dane cook, missy elliot, the faint, the frey, wheat, kt tunstall, rocky votolato, imogen heap, three days grace, gangstarr, cut chemist, gnarles barkley, angels and airwaves, ben taylor, the hush sound, zox, gomez, My Chemical Romance, O.K. Go, Rascal Flatts

Movies:

ace ventura, punch drunk love, the pianist, saving private ryan, amelie, talk to her, donny darko, the triplettes of belleville, y tu mama tambien, the matrix, leon the professional, office space, pirates of the caribbean, adaptation, 28 days later, top gun, i heart huckabees, run lola run, the princess and the warrior, trainspotting, the incredibles, napoleon dynamite, garden state, lost in translation, zoolander, cooler, dummy, waking life, a good portion of the disney movies, live music dvds, and lots of anime, super troopers, full metal jacket, bowling for columbine, thicker than water, the september sessions, riding giants, step into liquid, endless summer 1 and 2, o, anything done by lost, constantine, the corporation, batman begins, charlie and the chocolate factory, wall street, the same river twice, legend of the drunken master, elephant, the life aquatic, the motorcycle diaries, suicide girls the first tour, good night and good luck, why we fight, from dust to glory, grandma's boy, talledega nights, the good shepard, 300, reno 911!: Miami, children of men, pans labyrinth, juno

Television:

simpsons, futurama, most extreme elimination challenge, invader zim, family guy, scrubs, 6 feet under, sealab 2021, aqua teen hunger force, homestarrunner, drawn together, southpark, samurai champloo, bleach, naruto, harvey birdman, death note, house, no reservations with anthony bourdain,
I need tivo, someone give me $600 so I never have to watch a commercial again. They make my brain bleed, and not in the way that is fun.

Books:

stranger in a strange land, jurrasic park, out of it: a cultural history of intoxication, the art of happiness, the stand, watership down, black hawk down, rainbow six, a confederacy of dunces, jthm, and squee, memoires of a geisha, the things they carried, east of eden, rain of gold, the alchemist, ishmale, under the banner of heaven, how to be a gentleman, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, slaughterhouse 5, siddhartha, me talk pretty one day, the known world, the areas of my expertise, on killing, choke, the art of war, killing yourself to live, robert frost, made in america, how i write: the secret lives of authors, the wind up bird chronicle

Heroes:

Jack Johnson. The man personifies everything I want out of the music business. It's funny it seems like everyone has a friend who is a good friend of Jacks, which is how he is, he treats you like he's known you forever.

My Blog

My New Album "Short and Sweet" Is Now Available!

To download it go to stephencovell.netEnjoy ...
Posted by Stephen on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PST

You’re a Two Time Volunteer, Son

This is always the worst part. Crammed on a tiny seat of red nylon cargo netting next to sixty other paratroopers, unable to find a comfortable way to sit that at the same time relieves the weight of...
Posted by Stephen on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:25:00 PST

Eating a Fish Taco

Living is pretty simple when you think about it. You have a few basic needs that have to be taken care of on a regular basis and how you view everything else is based on a personal doctrine carved ou...
Posted by Stephen on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:43:00 PST

Look

If I offended anyone with that last one which I know now I did, the whole point of it was to voice my frustration with change. It wasn't to out anyone for being a bad friend. I've been gone a long t...
Posted by Stephen on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:05:00 PST

New Years, Old Tales

I've decided to voice my discontent. A feeling that stems from situations born from my hand and those over which I have no control. In this season of fresh beginnings I wonder if it's possible to rea...
Posted by Stephen on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:02:00 PST

Calling All Fans of Great Music

CALLING ALL FANS OF GREAT MUSIC: There's only 1 day until the military takes over the music industry! To the Fallen Records is gearing up for the release of not one, but TWO compilations of incredible...
Posted by Stephen on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:29:00 PST

A Tale of Soap and Coming Home

I didn't know it was a game at first. The first time I played was probably back at the dorms at the University of Arizona. Just participated out of laziness and opportunity. It took two years of ho...
Posted by Stephen on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PST

The Pen Strikes Again

  Sometimes I'm a mess. A certain word or smell will trigger memories of things that may never have existed but haunt me just the same. When it happens I'll wonder how it is that we make it to ad...
Posted by Stephen on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:43:00 PST

Oops, bullets.

Here things go from boring to real damn interesting in the blink of an eye. We got a frago last night, which is a mission order on short notice that we would be going up to Anbuhkia (not spelled corre...
Posted by Stephen on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:06:00 PST

Instant Messenger: Iraq

Soldiers are many things.  We are amazing improvisers able to take a chunk of discarded plywood and turn it into a variety of useful pieces of furniture and shelter or take a Playstation 2 and a ...
Posted by Stephen on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:33:00 PST