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J-Bird

Dirty birds, done dirt cheap.

About Me



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adopt your own virtual pet!JBird is for the animals.

My Interests

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Animal rights, good coffee, all kinds of music, listening to music on vinyl, traveling, being vegetarian, exercising, touring, meeting people, Jack Daniels & Sprite, reading, collecting action figures, hop hop culture, jacking keys from hotels, art, movies, my i-pod, taking pictures, learning to play well with others and documenting the adventures of Toby Tofu.

Music:

Atmosphere, Miles Davis, Spoon, Primus, Wolf Mother, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits, Alice In Chains, Cold Crush Brothers, The Meters, The Clash, Public Enemy, John Coltrane, Spooky Tooth, Baby Huey, System of a Down, Nina Simone, The Stooges, Led Zepplin, Murs, Built To Spill, Ultramagnetic MCS, Bob Dylan, Crash Crew, Nirvana, Bouncing Souls, Lou Rawls, Eric B and Rakim, OJay's, STUN, Prince, Bob Seger, P-Funk, Black Keys, Sage Francis, Herbie Hancock, Bill Withers, Ben Harper, Kool and the Gang, Leadbelly, Jimi Hendrix, Brother Ali, Minutemen, Muddy Waters, Outkast, Pink Floyd, Billie Holiday, Foo Fighters, Pennywise, Shuggie Otis, Run DMC, Stevie Wonder, Wilco, P.O.S, Treacherous Three, PRT, Fatback Band, O.C, Nick Drake, The Yardbirds, Rage Against Machine, Kraftwerk, Radiohead, Slick Rick, Pixies, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Cash, Isley Brothers, Rise Against, Mazzy Star, Zapp, Main Source, NWA, Blind Faith, Howlin Wolf, GZA, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fugazi, Elton John, Buck 65, CCR, Bob Marley, Beck, Al Green, Sublime, Tower of Power, KRS One, Bob James, TV on the Radio, Gap Band, Tool, Cypress Hill, Sly and the Family Stone, Fishbone, Aesop Rock, Nas, Metallica, Lee Scratch Perry, Bad Brains, Helmet, Grand Funk Railroad, EPMD, Flogging Molly, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Otis Redding, Zapp, Pantera, Marvin Gaye, Dr. Dre, Lakeside, JVC Force, James Brown, Ice Cube, Funkadelic, Bobby Hutcherson, White Stripes, Thelonious Monk, The Pogues, Sunny Day Real Estate, Santana, Robert Johnson, Jay Z, De La Soul, Queens of the Stone Age, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Portishead and "The Rain" by Missy Elliot and all good djs that play good records...good music is good music...yo.

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, Night Watch, Walk The Line, Ice Harvest, Broken Flowers, March of the Penguins, The Motorcycle Diaries, Almost Famous, Dead Man, Lost Highway, Usual Suspects, The Warriors, Ninja Scroll, Reservoir Dogs, Stand By Me, Floundering, Big Fish, Star Wars, Bustin' Loose, Better Off Dead, Memento, Trainspotting, Friday, Shawshank Redemption, Groose Pointe Blank, Fahrenheit 9/11, Kill Bill 1&2, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Dogma, Down By Law, This Is Spinal Tap, Amelie, The Godfather, Royal Tenenbaums, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Clerks, Freeway, Mean Streets, The Five Heartbeats, The Bodyguard From Beijing, Mulholland Drive, The Outsiders, Goonies, The Big Lebowski, City of God, Say Anything, Wild at Heart, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Adaptation, High Fidelity, 12 Monkeys, Coffee and Cigarettes, Dazed and Confused, Good will Hunting, Blues Brothers, Lost In Translation, Training Day, Stripes, El Mariachi, Dusk Till Dawn, Beat Street, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Boondock Saints, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Old School, True Romance, Taxi Driver, Fast Times at Ridgement High, Wayne's World, Snatch, Rushmore, Animal House, Last American Virgin, Half Baked, Hollywood Shuffle, Goodfellas, Made, Pulp Fiction, Casino, Happy Gilmore, American Splendor, Finding Nemo, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shrek 2, Seven, Swingers and everything

Television:

Lost, Entourage, Animal Planet, Birdman, Law and Order, The X- Files, Chapelle Show, Twin Peaks, Daily Show, Aqua Teens Hunger Force, The Simpsons, CKY, The Sopranos, Inside The Actor's Studio, VH1 (Behind The Music), Discovery Channel and the History Channel.

Books:

href="http://33third.blogspot.com"Read All The 33 1/3 Book Series Desolation Jones, Planetary Series I-III, LIES And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them-Al Franken, Catching The Big Fish-David Lynch, Chronicles: Volume 1- Bob Dylan, Get In The Van- Henry Rollins, Bury Me At Wounded Knee- Dee Alexander Brown, Ask The Dust and The Brotherhood of the Grape- John Fante, Choke- Chuck Palahniuk, Ham on Rye and Women- Charles Bukowski, The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas, Rolling Thunder Speaks: A Message for Turtle Island- Rolling Thunder, Hellboy series- Mike Mignola, The Catcher In The Rye- J.D Salinger, Light In August- William Faulkner, Fastfood Nation- Eric Schlosser, Geronimo- Geronimo/Fredrick Turner, Miles: The Autobiography- Miles Davis, Cash: The Autobiography- Johnny Cash, Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with The Clash- Johnny Green, The Art of War- Sun Tzu, The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists- Sacha Jenkins Lord of The Rings trilogy- and The Art of Happiness- Dalai Lama.

Heroes:

My Mom, Yoda, Dalai Lama, Al Gore, Murs, Marley Dawg and Ferris Bueller...

My Blog

Tune For Tails This Thursday in Minneapolis

I will be playing records for the "Tunes For Tails" cause on Thursday, May 11, 2006. Since this is a benefit, I will not have any guest list. If you want to come on down to support the furry ones- her...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 08 May 2006 03:15:00 PST

ATMOSPHERE POUR ME ANOTHER TOUR DATES

POUR ME ANOTHER ROUTING (AS OF SEPT 1, 2005) FEATURING: ATMOSPHERE, BLUEPRINT, P.O.S DATE CITY STATE VENUE 09/09 Duluth MN Luce (w/ out Blueprint) 09/10 Duluth MN Luce (w/ o...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 03:16:00 PST

@ IT AGAIN TOUR ROUTING

@ IT AGAIN TOUR (FINAL ROUTING) featuring: ATMOSPHERE, GRAYSKUL and P.O.S 03/01- Madison, WI @ Luthers (w/ Vox Vermillion) 03/02- Champaign, IL @ High Dive (w/ Vox Vermillion) 03/03- Bloomingto...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Sydney...random thoughts at 2:19am

I've been here four days. People are nice. People are not too happy about the United States. Some people think Minneapolis is in Canada. People do not like George Bush. I like the people here. When...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

BDO-GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA

Arrived in Australia. I haven't seen a koala yet, but I'm searching. Staying on the Gold Coast at an area called Surfer's Paradise. Man, I feel very lucky right now, especially since it's snowing in M...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Straight Out of Auckland...New Zealand

We've been in New Zealand for three days now, actually in a city called Auckland. Here's a few birdy notes yo: 1- Piah Beach is tight, if you wait until dusk you might see a penguin on the beach. ...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A Week At The Entry

I spent eight consecutive days at the 7th Street Entry for these historical Atmosphere shows in Minneapolis. It's was weird basically having my office at First Ave. The conversations and the stories s...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ATMOSPHERE, SE7EN, 7 SHOWS, $7 @ 7TH STREET ENTRY

In celebration of the CD reissue of Atmosphere's, "Se7en", Atmosphere will play SEVEN shows at the 7th Street Entry (First Ave. North and 7th Street in Minneapolis) for $7 (advance). The week-long run...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

R.I.P ODB

Back in 1993, my job was doing street promotions in the Chicago and Milwaukee area. One of my accounts was Loud Records and they had a new group called Wu Tang Clan. I first met some of the members; M...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

MF DOOM SHOW MOVED TO THE QUEST IN MINNEAPOLIS

Due to the closing of First Ave, we have moved the MF DOOM show (as well as The Leave of Absence Tour) to The Quest in Minneapolis. The show is NOT canceled. The show is still all ages with advance ti...
Posted by J-Bird on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST