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Ryggy

And I want one with extra butter.

About Me

I am a socially awkward drummer..

My Interests

using ". . ." and onomotapoeia

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can help me audition for Blue Man Group. . .Bill Murray. . .Conan O'Brien

Movies:

Office Space, High Fidelity, All the Muppet movies, Films w/ Bill Murray, Wes Anderson films, National Lampoon's films, Big Lebowski, Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, really bad horror films(if its straight to DVD, even better). . .

Television:

Simpsons, Sealab 2021, South Park, Harvey Birdman:Attorney At Law, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the Muppet Show, Insomniac, Heroes, Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, The Colbet Report, Mr. Show with Bob & David, Strangers With Candy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development and my guilty pleasure of "Dateline:To Catch A Predator". . .

Books:

Nick Hornby novels, America:The Book, The Onion(newspaper and books), David Sedaris. . .

Heroes:


You Are Animal
A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts.
You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary.
But you sure can beat a good drum.
"Kill! Kill!" The Muppet Personality Test

My Blog

Its not unusual. . .

Um, so I went to Las Vegas this past weekend with my girlfriend and we saw Tom Jones at the MGM Grand. He is the man! I can't expalin how awesome it was to see him, complete with his little dance mo...
Posted by Ryggy on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:29:00 PST

a word about Gentlemen's Clubs . . .

All right, I'm the first to admit that I don't really know what is proper protocol when it comes to proper etiquette at Gentlemen's Clubs. I figure since its in the name I should act like a gentleman...
Posted by Ryggy on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:41:00 PST

slacking about the tour's end

If anybody is still interested. . .On Saturday Oct. 7 we played at Roman in Kearney, NE. Its an Italian restaurant that has live music. Its an all ages venue so it was fun to play for some music hun...
Posted by Ryggy on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:44:00 PST

Couple a more things. . .

Yesterday for breakfast I had a mushroom and swiss omelet from Perkins with hasbrowns and wheat toast.  This morning Jeremy made us ham and cheese omelets. I don't really care for the Red Hot Chi...
Posted by Ryggy on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:50:00 PST

the real info about a touring band. . .

To start, I'll put to rest the rumors.  I don't wear tighty whities on tour.  For real.  You can check our laundry and go through my unmentionables. We played at a place in Ames, IA on ...
Posted by Ryggy on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:45:00 PST

after the fiascos. . .

Well, Saturday night in Madison kinda made up for our lackluster Chicago show. The other bands that played brought in a good crowd. My parents came out in full support again. Thanks Mom and Dad! A...
Posted by Ryggy on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:51:00 PST

what's going on midwesterners?

Underwater City People returned to play Milwaukee on Sept. 28.  It was a Thursday, and we played at the Cactus Club.  Granted, it was a Thursday, but people who knew the other bands were the...
Posted by Ryggy on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:17:00 PST

band kept a rollin'. . .

The next stop on tour was our return to Clovis, NM and a show at Zia Hole.  This was our fourth time back there and we're still selling multiple copies of our first CD.  Very unexpected, but...
Posted by Ryggy on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:27:00 PST

These here "United" States. . .

 Well, Underwater City People are back on tour.  We started off last week Thursday, Sept. 21 in Tucson, AZ at club Heart Five.  Alex, the owner, was cool to us once again and we pl...
Posted by Ryggy on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:07:00 PST

My thoughts on the South. . .

. . .not so much "The South" as we know it. That will probably come next time I'm on tour. No, I'm talking about Long Beach. I played a show there on Saturday night and while I enjoyed the bar we p...
Posted by Ryggy on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:45:00 PST