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Matt

meet the new boss, same as the old boss

About Me

I play bass, guitar, drums, piano, trombone and the microphone. When I am not doing that, I write music. I am currently demoing material for a solo record that I hope to finish sometime before I die, but most likely not. I also play bass and rock the backup vocals in the rock and roll expose called President Bomb . I also moonlight in a Blink 182 tribute band called Blank 281 . Before that, I played bass and sang background vocals in a band called The Reception . And before that, I played bass (though throughout the years, I ended up playing guitar and drums at some point in time) in The Pechanios . When I am not busy playing or thinking back, I also DJ clubs, weddings, parties; and host karaoke. I am a gentleman, and a scholar, or so I'm told...but mostly, an Aristocrat (look it up). And yes, the camera does add a few...hundred pounds, but thanks for asking. Let's hang out sometime!

My Interests

Being more awesome than you, learning music theory, writing, playing and producing music, Chicago Cubs, sleeping, hanging out with my band/friends/brother and sister, going to shows, watching movies, meeting new people, seeing new places, learning life lessons from the Tanner Family, watching Lt. Horatio Caine OWN the city of Miami, trying not to be emo.

I'd like to meet:

Ryne Sandberg, Dennis DeYoung, Jon Bon Jovi, Prince and your mom.

Music:

Rock:
artie lange, acdc, aerosmith, alex v, alice in chains, alkaline trio, all, bad religion, beach boys, black sabbath, blink 182, blood, sweat & tears, bon jovi, boston, butch walker, chicago, coheed and cambria, danzig, dead kennedys, def leppard, dio, drew lynch, dropkick murphys, elvis presley, escape from earth, faith no more, foo fighters, fozzy, frank zappa, fuel, goo goo dolls, green day, guns 'n' roses, hangnail, iron maiden, jimi hendrix, jinxpack, johnny cash, judas priest, kevin max, lagwagon, led zeppelin, local h, logan square, lucky boys confusion, lynyrd skynyrd, misfits, motley crue, mr. bungle, much the same, mxpx, nofx, no use for a name, offspring, onelife, operation ivy, pantera, president bomb , rage against the machine, rancid, red hot chili peppers, rufio, samiam, screeching weasel, silverchair, slayer, smoking popes, social distortion, strung out, stryper, styx, sublime, suicidal tendencies, suicide machines, survivor, swizzle tree, the darkness, the descendents, the ides of march, the pechanios , the reception , the scissors, the vandals, the verve pipe, the waiting game, the wedding, the who, the wunder years, thrice, van halen, velvet revolver, zz top,

Rap/Hip Hop:
2 live crew, a tribe called quest, black eyed peas, common, g love & the special sauce, jurassic 5, lil jon, sean paul, sir mix-a-lot, snoop dogg, sugarhill gang, tupac, wyclef jean

Blues/Funk/Jazz/Motown:
al green, aretha franklin, bill withers, blues brothers, boosty collins, cab calloway, curtis mayfield, drifters, duke ellington, frank sinatra, foundations, four tops, funkadelic, james brown, kenny wayne shephard, miles davis, morris day & the time, ohio players, otis redding, parliament, prince, rick james, sam and dave, sly & family stone, stevie ray vaughn, stevie wonder, temptations, weather report

Techno/House/Trance:
benny benassi, bob sinclair, bobby d, chemical brothers, crystal method, dj stixx, green velvet, jj flores, massive attack, paul oakenfold, steve smooth, tiesto

Comedy:
bob saget, chris rock, dane cook, dave attell, dave chappelle, dennis leary, don rickles, eddie murphy, george carlin, jim gaffigan, jeff ross, joe rogan, john pinette, lewis black, lisa lampanelli milton berle, norm macdonald, red buttons, richard pryor, steven lynch

Movies:

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Airheads, Airplane, Alice in Wonderland, Anchorman, Back To The Future, Big Fish, Blow, Blues Brothers, Boondock Saints, Butterfly Effect, Casino, Chasing Amy, City Hall, Clerks, Constantine, Cube, Dazed & Confused, Dirty Work, Dodgeball, Dogma, Donnnie Brasco, Empire Records, Fight Club, Goodfellas, Godfather, High Fidelity, Home Alone, Identity, any James Bond Movie, Love Actually, Mallrats, Matrix, Memento, Office Space, Reservoir Dogs, Royal Tenenbaums, Scarface, Seven, Spinal Tap, Suicide Kings, Super Troopers, Team America, The Aristocrats (look it up, it's awesome and dirty...which is awesome), Tommy Boy, The Pitcher and the Pinup (best b-movie ever!), Wayne's World

Television:

Baseball, Behind The Music, Chappelle's Show, Colbert Report, Conan O'Brien, CSI:Miami, Dead Zone, Family Guy, Gentleman Grachoski Show, Jeopardy, Law & Order, Mythbusters, Simpsons

Books:

Bible, Brave New World, Dead Zone, Fight Club, Look At My Striped Shirt, Lord Of The Flies, Omerta, The Alphabet of Manliness, The Sicilian, The Real Frank Zappa Book, and last, but most certainly not least...Choose Your Own Adventures!!!

Heroes:

My Grandparents, My parents, Ryne Sandberg, Jon Bon Jovi, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jim Peterik, Horatio Kane, you and your mom.

My Blog

I still hate Joe Buck

But let's be honest...Conan O'Brien can help anyone be funny... ...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:42:00 PST

Never go to Mexico without a passport; and other randomness

First off, thanks to everyone who wished me well on my first adventure to Mexico.  And I do mean adventure.  Here's a little recap:   THURSDAY I go to the post office to get the letter ...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:43:00 PST

Your drink of choice sucks.

Like your clothes, your job, or your strict adherence to Megan's Law, the cocktail you order at your local bar/restaurant/key party tells people a great deal about your personality. "What does it say,...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:53:00 PST

OMG, David Beckham is here! What does he do?

Dear America,David Beckham is here! Maybe you didn't read the previous sentence correctly. David Beckham is in the mother fucking United States! Why aren't you masturbating and shooting off fireworks?...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:18:00 PST

New Sunday Night Show

Are you free tonight (Sunday)?  If so, from 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM I will be at a killer new bar DJing and hosting karaoke. It's located at 1615 N Clyborn (the old Aldente) which is located just nort...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 20 May 2007 02:18:00 PST

Types of people I see while working at a bar.

While DJing at the various bars and nightclubs I have worked at, I have seen quite the vast array of people.  The good, the bad and the ugly.  Here is volume one of the list.  As I thin...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:22:00 PST

This is for my favorite person of all time...

...ME!  Because, apparently, I am full of myself.  So this is for the reading pleasure of anyone else who finds me to be as awesome as I find me.  Clearly, that means you...you are read...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 03 May 2007 01:54:00 PST

Questionable ending to an amazing night

So Jamie and I went to the Cubs game tonight (mega thanks to Kurt for the tickets.)  Aside from the ubiquitous drunken rambling idiots, the game was very enjoyable.  They lost a heartbreaker...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Serious lifestyle / geographic change for Matty (april fools)

As you know, I have a lot going on right now.  I play bass for President Bomb, with 3 guys who I love as brothers.  I work a really fun job where I get to meet new people, and have made frie...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:59:00 PST

"Nobody likes you" or, "Signs you're an idiot"

Another Phatty classic with a Matty twist.   Your friends and family all know it, but no one has the guts to tell you. You think you are funny, you think you are smart, a regular mover and s...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:39:00 PST