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Alex

Accustomed to the frequency of glow

About Me

Opinions vary.

My Interests

Dirty & raunchy & dreamy guitars, visceral rhythm, noise with a pulse.
Live rock music, artistic expression, traveling, revelry, relaxation, cosmology, astronomy, video games, philosophizing, existential musings, road trips, good conversation, skiing (snow + water) ...

I'd like to meet:


Other like-minded sentient lifeforms.

Music:

is something I love to listen to. I also love to create it, record it, and play it live. The never-ending process of taking noise/chaos, mood-drenched chiming or varying complexities of random sound to create something finite and vital is always compelling.

Movies:

recent favorites: 300, Half Nelson, some of the Masters of Horror series - namely Takashi Miike's "Imprint", Dario Argento's "Jenifer", and John Carpenter's "Cigarette Burns", Pan's Labyrinth, May, Ichi the Killer, Talladega Nights

Television:


Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Rome, Six Feet Under, Sushi Whore, The Joe Show
stand-up: Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, David Cross, Bonnie McFarlane, Joe Rogan, Greg Giraldo, I used to like Dane Cook but I just don't know any more ...

Books:

recent: "Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics" by Nick Herbert, "Dragons of the Dwarven Depths" by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser, "Road to Rembetika" by Gail Holst
non-books: National Geographic; Tape Op; strange, occult, and obscure topics on the Internet ...
topics of interest: astronomy, music biographies, fringe culture, cosmology, spirituality, Eastern religion, ancient history + prehistory, quantum theory, recording techniques + sound physics ...

Heroes:

schmeroes.

My Blog

Just saw Dinosaur Jr. down the street...

Dinosaur Jr.Live at Amoeba Records (San Francisco)Free In-Store Appearance ... 5/15/07(They sounded fucking phenomenal!  Ears still ringing...) ...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:08:00 PST

My music gear was stolen!

Tim and I had some equipment stolen out of the bottom (unoccupied) apartment below his house in the Haight...we know the landlord and owner, and were using the space for recording music. This shit is...
Posted by Alex on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:07:00 PST

Ponder it up

Try this on for size, friends.
Posted by Alex on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:44:00 PST

Yeah...

Life is fucking great, man! Hope everyone else is doing well! 
Posted by Alex on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:31:00 PST

Dig it

Some interesting press for you to read...even though it's a little late in the coming.  :) Enjoy...Edit 12/12:  The Red Right Return Washington City Paper Pop Quiz has been taken offline, e...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:25:00 PST

Rumor has it...

And rumor is confirmed -- I am moving to San Francisco/Bay Aea in October...I need to hang out with all my close friends in VA and DC before then (y'know, just to really drill it all home the awesome ...
Posted by Alex on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:53:00 PST

Sometimes...

...you just gotta vent....
Posted by Alex on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:38:00 PST

noise, beautiful noise

... the colors of noise ... Once again, I am astounded by the eye-opening, perception-widening possibilities of the informational behemoth that is Wikipedia. So maybe it isn't just my own subjective p...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:17:00 PST

tuning into the frequency

Matter has coalesced at the very point of your birth, and until your return to oblivion, providing you a chance to seize the very reigns of your existence and do with them what you will.Sleepwalking v...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:37:00 PST

perception is reality

original article posted at: http://www.meta-religion.com/Psychiatry/The_Paranormal/hallu cinations.htm i've highlighted passages that I found to be of particular interest or a profound reflection/verba...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:55:00 PST