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It only hurts when we laugh.

About Me


Wasteland friended Sonny Daze at a Tiffany gig--a teen disaster, known as the "Pork & Beans" fiasco--after he spotted, with covetous envy--spied from afar through a screen of Tabasco that covered his lenses, smothered his mind--Sonny sporting a one-and-only, one-of-a-kind, New Kids on the Block design (hangin’ tough with rolled sleeves, signed!!!, and yet, defenseless, runny and blind), which, in a flash (what a curious find!), beckoned to him as if buried alive like a beacon of hope in a bacchanal blizzard of bubblegum, Benetton, Esprit spies, and eerily Day-Glo hair-scrunch--fried; churned in a chasm; burning (like lies). Their discourse was something like ectoplasm, or like a birthday without a surprise--a journey of fathoms they learned to despise:
Said BARON WASTELAND (turning in spasms, worms in his eyes): "Hey...uh...errrm.... Hi! Are those the New Kids, or turds in disguise?"
DAZE: "Yeah--listen, squirt, to words of advice; chew this first, then murder it twice: fists don’t swing at the shirt that’s best, hurting what’s nice."
BARON VON WASTELAND: "Surely you jest! Jersey Christ!" (awkward pause, but burly, impressed, dirty as vice...)
SONNYBOY DAZE: "Lay to rest your worried dice, bury your mice, and ice this quiz: who’s your favorite New Kid, whiz?"
’RON VON WASTELAND: "Elvis, of course! That’s who it is!"
SON: "What?! You’ve gotta be horsin’ me, givin’ the biz! Everyone knows that Joan of Arc’s the sieve with the fizz!"
WASTELAND: "Fantasy! Grief wins war! Wanna form a band with me, to even the score?"
DAZEY: "Yes! We’ll glisten! And mourn...."
Thus was dIsTaNt NeIgHbOr born.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/26/2005
Band Members:
Baron von Wasteland: vox, axe, keys, beats, malevolent gaze

Sonny Daze: thoughts, bass, keys, treats, benevolent haze

Influences:

abba, abc, ac/dc, adam and the ants, the adverts, aerosmith, the afghan whigs, agent orange, a-ha, air, the alan parsons project, the alarm, alice donut, gg allin, luther allison, allman brothers band, amon duul ll, and you will know us by the trail of dead, angry samoans, the animals, apb, the archies, louis armstrong, arrested development, art of noise, the association, atari teenage riot, at the drive-in, the avengers, babes in toyland, baby long legs, bach, angelo badalamenti, bad brains, badly drawn boy, bad religion, eryka badu, afrika bambaataa, the band, the bangles, bardo pond, syd barrett, bartok, bauhaus, the beach boys, the beastie boys, beat happening, the beatles, beck, jeff beck, captain beefheart, beethoven, belly, ben folds five, tony bennett, berlin, chuck berry, the B-52s, the bicycles, big audio dynamite, big black, big business, big country, bill haley and the comets, bjork, black flag, the black keys, black moth super rainbow, black mountain, black sabbath (with ozzy), blind idiot god, blind melon, bloc party, blondie, kurtis blow, blue cheer, blue oyster cult, blur, bob marley and the wailers, bolt thrower, bonde do role, tracy bonham, booker t and the mg's, david bowie, boxcar willy, the boxtops, brahms, the breeders, the brian jonestown massacre, bronski beat, brothers martin, james brown, junior brown, the buckinghams, buddy holly and the crickets, jeff buckley, buffalo springfield, buffalo tom, the buggles, bullet lavolta, bunnydrums, eric burdon, r.l. burnside, kate bush, butthole surfers, buzzcocks, the byrds, cactus world news, the cairo jazz band, cake, camille, can, canned heat, the cardigans, caribou, carny, the carpenters, john carpenter, the cars, johnny cash, catherine wheel, cavedoll, celtic frost, the champs, tracy chapman, chapterhouse, charlatans u.k., ray charles, cheap trick, cheech & chong, the chemical bros., the chocolate watchband, chrome, the church, cibo matto, stelvio cipriani, circle jerks, clap your hands say yeah, the clash, patsy cline, the coasters, eddie cochran, the cocteau twins, leonard cohen, nat king cole, paula cole, edwin collins, john coltrane, come, concrete blonde, the connells, consolidated, ry cooder, sam cooke, the coral, nikka costa, elvis costello, couch flambeau, the cowboy junkies, cracker, the cramps, crass, cream, credence clearwater revival, helios creed, cro-mags, bing crosby, crosby stills nash & young, crowded house, the crucifucks, crystal method, the cult, culture club, the cure, curve, cypress hill, dag nasty, daisy chainsaw, the damned, the dandy warhols, bobby darin, the dave clark five, miles davis, dead can dance, dead boys, dead heart bloom, dead kennedys, dead or alive, death cab for cutie, dee-lite, def leppard (before they went and spoiled the whole thing by insisting that people pour sugar on them, of all the silly...), the dehumanizers, de la soul, the del fuegos, depeche mode, descendents, devo, dexy's midnight runners, diamondhead, the dicks, the dickies, the dictators, bo diddley, dinosaur jr., dion, dion and the belmonts, dire straits, dizzee rascal, d.o.a., thomas dolby, fats domino, donovan, the doors, dream academy, the drifters, duran duran, the dwarves, steve earle, the earlies, earth wind and fire, the easybeats, easy-e, eater, echo & the bunnymen, echobelly, eddie and the hot rods, duane eddy, eels, ein astronaut, elastica, elbow, electric light orchestra, the electric prunes, yvonne elliman, missy elliot, elvis, elvis costello and the attractions, elvis hitler, the english beat, erasure, ethyl meatplow, eugenius, eurythmics, the everly bros., the exploited, the eyes, the faint, falco, false prophets, harold faltermeyer, fang, fastball, fear, feist, fields, fields of the nephilim, 50 foot wave, filter, the finn bros., ella fitzgerald, the five satins, the fixx, the flaming lips, the flamingos, the flamin' groovies, flat duo jets, fleetwood mac, flipper, flock of seagulls, foetus, folk implosion, tennessee ernie ford, the four tops, frankie goes to hollywood, aretha franklin, frank zappa and the mothers of invention, the frantics, franz ferdinand, frente, john frusciante, peter gabriel, gang of four, gary numan and the tubeway army, marvin gaye, g.b.h., generation x, genesis, the georgia satellites, the germs, gerry and the pacemakers, geza x, ghostland observatory, gladys knight and the pips, crispin "hellion" glover, gnarls barkley, goblin, godley and creme, godspeed you black emperor, the go-gos, golden earring, goldfrapp, jerry goldsmith, leslie gore, gorillaz, gorky's zygotic mynci, government issue, grandmaster flash and the furious 5, grant lee buffalo, eddie grant, the grays, al green, norman greenbaum ("spirit in the sky"), guadalcanal diary, guns 'n' roses, woody guthrie, buddy guy, merle haggard, 1/2 japanese, half life, hall & oates, herbie hancock, george harrison, p.j. harvey, juliana hatfield, screamin' jay hawkins, hawkwind, heart, reverend horton heat, helium, hellhammer, bernard herrmann, kristin hersh, the highwaymen, the hives, billie holiday, the hollies, holy fuck, the honeydrippers, hoodoo gurus, hot hot heat, hothouse flowers, house of love, howlin' wolf, hum, the human league, hunters and collectors, lida husik, husker du, icehouse, icicle works, billy idol, inspiral carpets, inxs, iron butterfly, iron maiden, chris isaak, the isley bros., the jackson 5, janet jackson, joe jackson, michael jackson, the jam, etta james, the james gang, jamiroquai, jane's addiction, the jayhawks, jellyfish, jefferson airplane, jesus jones, the jesus lizard, the jesus and mary chain, jet, the jim carroll band, the jimi hendrix experience, joan jett and the blackhearts, elton john, johnny thunders and the heartbreakers, robert johnson, daniel johnston, howard jones, janis joplin/big brother and the holding company, joy division, judas priest, juliana hatfield three, junior walker and the all-stars, kenna, chaka khan/rufus, killing joke, b.b. king, ben e. king, carole king (for her part in the king and goffin alliance, as well as for that nifty little earth-moving ditty of hers), king missile, kings of leon, the kingsmen, the kingston trio, the kinks, kitchens of distinction, k-os, kraftwerk, lenny kravitz, kyuss, mark lanegan, k.d. lang, the la's, cindi lauper, lcd soundsystem, leadbelly, paul leary, led zeppelin, legal weapon, leiber and stoller, the lemon pipers, john lennon, let's active!, level 42 ("you know there's somethin' abouuut you, baaaby..."), jerry lee lewis, the lightning seeds, lime spiders, link wray and the wraymen, lipps inc., little eva, little richard, living colour, l.l. cool j, lords of the new church, loudness, love, love and rockets, the lovin' spoonful, L7, low, lubricated goat, the lunachicks, luscious jackson, lush, loretta lynn, sarah maclachlan, madonna, the magic numbers, magnetic fields, the mamas and the papas, henry mancini, henry manfredini ("friday the 13th" soundtrack), manic street preachers, mantronix, the marcels, m/a/r/r/s, marshmallow overcoat, the mars volta, martha and the vandellas, dean martin, john martyn, the marvelettes, massive attack, masters of reality, material issue, curtis mayfield, mazzy star, paul mccartney, the MC5, scott mckenzie ("san francisco"), the meat puppets, meeting places, john cougar mellencamp, melvins, men at work, mercury rev, metallica, mgmt, george michael, midnight oil, charles mingus, minor threat, mission of burma, the misfits, missing persons, joni mitchell, modern english, modest mouse, mog stunt team, monitor, the monks (the "black monk time" monks, not the punk band), the monkees, monster magnet, the moody blues, rebecca moore, morphine, ennio morricone, mos def, the motels, motorhead, mountaineers, mozart, mudhoney, the mummies, muse, musical youth, mussorgsky, my bloody valentine, nada surf, naked eyes, naked raygun, the nazz, ned's atomic dustbin, neil young and crazy horse, ricky nelson, willie nelson, nena, n.e.r.d., neutral milk hotel, newcleus, new model army, new order, new york dolls, nick cave and the bad seeds, nilsson, nine inch nails, 999, nirvana, no doubt, nomeansno, the normal, heather nova, gary numan, n.w.a., oasis, the ocean blue, sinead o'connor, odetta, office, oingo boingo, the o'jays, mike oldfield, ol' dirty bastard, olivia tremor control, opal, orb, roy orbison, beth orton, early ozzy osbourne, shuggie otis, outkast, the ozark mountain daredevils ("jackie blue"), pale saints, robert palmer, charlie parker, parliament-funkadelic, dolly parton, parts & labor, the pastels, pavement, carl perkins, peter and gordon, peter and the test tube babies, pet shop boys, pharcyde, sam phillips, slim pickens, wilson pickett, pilot, pink floyd ( the barrett years, mosty), pixies, robert plant, the platters, the plimsouls, p.m. dawn, poe, the police, polvo, the pooh sticks, iggy pop, porno for pyros, portishead, the posies, possum dixon, the postal service, cat power, power station, the pretenders, primal scream, prince and the revolution, the producers, prokofiev, psychedelic furs, public enemy, public image ltd., punishment of luxury, pursuit of happiness, pussy galore, q and not u, quasi, queen, queen adreena, queens of the stone age, ? and the mysterians, the raconteurs, radiohead, gerry rafferty, the raincoats, ramones, reagan youth, otis redding, redd kross, red hot chili peppers, red house painters, jim reeves, re-flex, r.e.m., the replacements, the residents, richard hell and the voidoids, ride, the righteous bros., robbie robertson, marty robbins, the rolling stones, the romantics, romeo void, the ronettes, the roots, roxy music, royal trux, the runaways, run d.m.c., the ruts, mitch ryder, saccharine trust, sade, st. vitus, sam and dave, sam the sham and the pharoahs, sand in the face, santana, santo and johnny ("sleepwalk"), peter schilling, school of fish, scratch acid, screaming trees, seal, seals and crofts, the searchers, sebadoh, the sex pistols, shadowy men on a shadowy planet, the shangri-las, del shannon, the shirelles, shocking blue, shriekback, sigue sigue sputnik, sigur ros, simon and garfunkel, paul simon, simple minds, siouxsie and the banshees, sisters of mercy, slade, slaughter and the dogs, the slits, sloan, sly and the family stone, smashing pumpkins, bessie smith, elliot smith, patti smith, the smithereens, smokey robinson and the miracles, soft cell, soft toy emergency, something for rockets, the sonics, sonic youth, soundgarden, space, spacehog, spandau ballet, sparklehorse, phil spector, the spencer davis group, spinal tap, the spinners, split enz, spooky tooth, dusty springfield, stains, stanleylucasrevolution, the staples singers, steeler's wheel, steel pole bathtub, steel pulse, steely dan, steppenwolf, stereolab, stereo mc's, amii stewart (for her cover of "knock on wood"), the steve miller band, ray stevens, stevie ray vaughn and double trouble/triple threat, stiff little fingers, sting, stone roses, the stooges, straitjacket fits, the stranglers, stravinsky, strawberry alarm clock, the stray cats, the strokes, subhumans, sublime, subway sect, suede, the sugarcubes, sugarloaf, suicidal tendencies, suicide, donna summer, the sundays, sun volt, supergrass, the supremes, the surfaris, the sweet, matthew sweet, the swirlies, taco, taj mahal, the talking heads, talk talk, tangerine dream, tears for fears, teenage fanclub, television, the temptations, tenacious d, 10cc, texas, thee headcoats, thelonius monk, the the, them, this mortal coil, the thompson twins, three dog night, the 360's, the thrills, throbbing gristle, throwing muses, timbuk 3, tommy james and the shondells, tom petty and the heartbreakers, tom tom club, tones on tail, tortoise, toykult, the tragically hip, trans am, traffic, the travellin' wilburys, t rex, a tribe called quest, tricky, the troggs, t.s.o.l., ike turner, tina turner, the turtles, tussle, tv on the radio, twisted sister, bonnie tyler ("total eclipse of the heart"), ultra vivid scene, ultravox, the u-men, the undead, urgent fury, urge overkill, U2, ritchie valens, van halen (sammy hagar sucks, though), van morrison, the vapors, the vaselines, vast, suzanne vega, the velvet underground, the ventures, verbal assault, the verve, the vibrators, gene vincent, the vines, bobby vinton, violent femmes, vodka broad, the vogues, voivod, volcano suns, wagner, rufus wainwright, tom waits, wall of voodoo, joe walsh, war, muddy waters, wax, ween, weezer, the weirdos, whale, wham!, the white stripes, whitey, the who, wicked scepter, wilco, kim wilde, hank williams sr., john williams, lucinda williams, saul williams, jackie wilson, wings, wire, bill withers, wolfmother, stevie wonder, world party, the wu-tang clan, tammy wynette, X, x-ray spex, xtc, the yardbirds, yaz (or yazoo, if you're british), yeah yeah yeahs, yello, yo la tengo, the youngbloods, young galaxy, neil young, the young rascals, warren zevon, ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars, the zombies, zz top
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