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About Me

so i've been on earth you'd think long enough and i still don't know what the hell humanity exists for! i mean, there's still killing and wars and hatred and destruction of the earth and...arghhh!! you'd just think by now...so anyway, i'm a free improvising sound artist who enjoys performing and playing with others who are like minded. i enjoy good food, beer, music, film, books, comics, art. i love to hang out with friends and family but equally if not more importantly just myself. very, very important as a matter of fact. my favorite pastime will always be browsing used record/book stores and finding that one, or two or more, record/book that i've been searching forever for. this is truly the best. unless it's something i've never heard of before but the cover is just too cool to resist. surprises can be very fine also. i love to visit different places checking out the people and buildings but also love to stay home watching a film with dei falling asleep on the couch...aahhh! i have two grown children who are both artists which is very good. all in all i'm just waiting to get to the next thing that i'm supposed to be doing. as long as i like it of course.

My Interests

this is possibly very boring. i like to listen to interesting music, watch interesting films, read interesting books and comics, hang out with interesting people, and at times just be by myself. very boring indeed.

I'd like to meet:

people who can look and listen in between what society expects of us. controlled insanity is okay though i believe taking responsibility for our own actions is an obvious no-brainer.

Music:

obscure prog rock, krautrock, experimental, exotica, old time blues, various folk musics, electronic, psychedelic, modern composition, fluxus, cool and avant-garde jazz. i prefer earlier forms of these musics but there are some modern practitioners that i feel are simply amazing. van der graaf generator, wyatt-era soft machine, barrett-era pink floyd, miles davis, john cage, kevin drumm, yma sumac, john fahey, incredible string band, wolf eyes, amm, fred frith, howlin' wolf, eric dolphy, harry partch, bonzo dog band, hawkwind, can, amon duul II, faust, philip corner, id m theft able, crank sturgeon, mystic out-bop review, etc., etc....

Movies:

a mere sampling...italian horror, european fantasy, screwball comedy, hammer and amicus horror, sci-fi, classic hollywood, poverty row, mario bava, orson welles, roman polanski, akira kurosawa, jan svankmajer, edgar ulmer, james whale, alfred hitchcock, sergio leone, marx bros, and... and...the list goes on.

Television:

i do not watch television though i have enjoyed past shows including the twilight zone, monty python's flying circus, little britain, the league of gentlemen, twin peaks, the honeymooners and a few others that have stood out. for the most part television is a complete waste of my time that i can't afford to lose.

Books:

i'll include comics and magazines that i enjoy in this list. matt howarth, robert crumb, harvey pekar, julie doucet, the hernandez bros., jim woodring, the wire, record collector, signal to noise, h.p lovecraft, italo calvino, shirley jackson, milan kundera, and i'll stop here. for now.

Heroes:

all the people i have mentioned plus anyone else who has the vision, and the nerve, to take chances and to follow through with the conviction to do life their way. to not follow the ordinary as much as one can is my definition of a hero. life has many flavors and many smells and not too many people care to discover what they are.