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About Me

I'm a hospice doctor and family practitioner. I'm 50 with two kids under the age of 3 so I'm basically exhausted all the time. I love my wife and love my kids and I used to be much more interesting than I am now. At one time, I had a bizarre magic act wherein my partner and I would cut off the hand of a spectator and turn it into a pig's foot. I played in the F:Art ensemble, an anarchist music group in Greensboro, NC. I used to downhill race. I worked in Championship Wrestling (behind the camera) for over three years and got a degree in Television Directing in college before going to medical school. In the 70s in college, I did a comedy talk show on campus radio called "The Wike and Waku Show". It had to be one of the first talk shows where the mikes were just turned on and we did bits and took calls for two hours. Looking back on it, I coulda been Howie or O&A...if only I'd been funny.
Now I watch Dora the Explorer and change a lot of diapers.
for entertainment, I listen to XM Channel 202. I have had the pleasure of corresponding with Opie, Anthony, Jim, Ron, Fez, and Steve Carlesi over the last year or so, and I am constantly amazed at their ability to be inventive and insanely funny day after day after day. I believe I can make a cogent argument to the effect that Anthony Cumia may indeed be the funniest person in America. Ron Bennington probably has the best comedic timing of anyone I've ever heard. Fez Whatley is a brilliant co-anchor, and somehow has the ability to make everyone love him, including people that would otherwise be rabidly homophobic. Gregg "Opie" Hughes is the cool and funny guy you (I) never got to hang around with in college, and Jim Norton is the most twisted comedic talent in the business. Together these asses make the most ingenious comedy in the history of radio.
So one of the other things I am is a fan. A huge fan. I don't get to listen as much as I like due to my job, but Channel 202 has been a lifesaver for me. When things get a little too grim in my work, I can always rely on R&F or O&A to cheer me up. None of them, I believe, has any sense of how important these shows are to many of us out here. If they did, they'd just get big heads and not be funny any more so it's probably good that they just think they're doing a stupid radio show.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Opie and Anthony, Jimmy Norton, Ron and Fez, and hell, I'd even like to meet East Side Dave. I'm a huge fan of both shows and I can't even think of any people from the music or film business that I'd rather meet. I'm a freak.

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Music:

I go to Ozzfest every year. I love Hed:PE and Rage, and the first Disturbed album, but I also love Zydeco (Chris Ardoin rules), and I'm a classical music fan as well. I had the distinct honor of playing with the "F" Art Ensemble of Greensboro for several years. This was an experimental music group that will never exactly die; they're in my "Top Friends" if you think you might be interested.I guess I like everything except modern country music and crappy middle-of-the-road tunes. I once formed a death-metal parody band called "AssMaggot". This was a lawyer, a doctor, and my pal Shannon "BucketHead" Wallen, a true musical genius. We parodied Carcass and Cannibal Corpse and had songs like "Ingestion of CrackWhore Giblets" and "Mouthful of Infected Placenta". My other genius friend paraphrased some other genius when he said "the narrower the audience, the more biting the satire." AssMaggot the band proved that statement true.

Movies:

I took a first date to see "Full Metal Jacket" when it first came out. I was/am a huge Kubrick fan, and I figured if the girl went out with me again after that she must be pretty cool. She was.Huge movies for me:1) 2001: A Space Oddysey (I made my parents take me to see it when it first came out...I was 11, I think. It was only playing at a drive in, and when the "Dawn of Man" segment started, my dad started yelling "What the f*..$ is this s*..$!?" His reaction alone told me I was in the presence of greatness.2) The Shining ...another Kubrick movie. I had just read the book and at first I hated Kubrick for changing stuff, but after seeing it about 20 times I realized Kubrick made the story his own and totally nailed it. When I reread the book, I kept waiting for the "all work and no play makes jack a dull boy" scene and I finally had to admit that Kubrick's version was superior to the original. All you have to do is see the overly-faithful Tee Vee version to get it.3) Full Metal Jacket ...what is this? A Kubrick fan site? Not yes, but F(&* yes.There are more...more later.

Heroes:

Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chafee