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About Me

-I was born in Suitland, Maryland
-I now live in Yuma, Arizona, a town which I've grown to love and hate at the same time.
-I'm Irish
-I am happily married with two children
-I play bass and sing in a fast-core punk band called Harvey Keitel
-I own an Ibanez bass guitar and a Gallien-Kruegar bass amp.
-My idea of a good weekend is staying up all night writing songs and practicing my on my bass
-I promote old school punk, hardcore, political crust, and thrash shows in Yuma
-I have a huge collection of underground punk, hardcore, crust, and thrash records, 7"s, CDs, and tapes.
-I'm a vegetarian. I have been a veggie for eight years.
-I drink a lot of coffee and smoke clove cigarettes
-I am into Leftist politics.
-I am a pagan.
-I read a lot of books by Noam Chomsky, Hunter S. Thompson, Wicca, Paganism, and music history.
-I work in the home care profession. I have worked in this profession for a majority of my adult life.
-I hold true to the D.I.Y.-ethic.
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My Interests

My wife (Carol); my two kids (Joseph & Mia); writing songs; playing my Ibanez Soundgear bass guitar; playing guitar (though I'm not that good); AZ underground music; I'm a vegetarian; punk/ crust/ old school hardcore/ grindcore/ indie/ other music; promoting shows in Yuma; clove cigarettes; beer and wine; Noam Chomsky books; pulp indie films; writing bleak poetry; and daydreaming

I'd like to meet:

Other punks, anarchists, musicians, activists, and you.

Music:

ARIZONA BANDS: Cancer Brides, Conflict Resolution, Creosote, deadwrong, The Declaimed, Landmine Marathon, Line Of Fire, Pay Neuter, Rotozaza, Saboteurs of Progress, Standard Deviants, Warfair? ___________________________________________________________
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Television:

....rots your brain!

Books:

Dude Where's My Country by Michael Moore, The People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn, Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, The Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson, The Wiccan Handbook by Scott Cunningham, The Vegetarian Times, most vegan/ vegetarian cookbooks or I'd starve to death, The Philosophy Of Punk by Craig O'Hara, American Hardcore by Stephen Blush, Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien, and Sin City by Frank Miller

Heroes:

Carol, Donn, John John Jesse (Nausea), Mike Watt, Quentin Tarantino, Brother Inferior, The RZA, Tuesdae (Wreck Room), and Food Not Bombs!!!
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My Blog

No More Gigs......

In case you missed Monday's show, aside from the fact that the crowd was small and intimate, I feel that I went out with a bang. When I showed up at Joe Henry Park, I was immediately scrambling for a ...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:25:00 PST

The American Hardcore Movement 1990-2000: Introduction

THE SHAPE OF HARDCORE TO COMEFORWARD Hardcore punk music existed since the late-70's with bands such as Black Flag, MDC, Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, and Reagan Youth. Through bands putting o...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:28:00 PST

Bass guitar playing

This is going to be my next purchase as far as bass guitars are concerned. Ibanez Sound Gear basses are lovely, aren’t they? I have been playing bass since I was 14 and have always used a pick...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:26:00 PST

How Ive Supported My D.I.Y. Habit

Over the years, I have promoted shows in Yuma, played in punk bands, set up mini-tour networks, and have even started my own distro called the Pagan Leprechaun Distro. It's the D.I.Y-ethic. My current...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:21:00 PST

Retiring from promoting shows in Yuma

Last night's show was fun while it lasted. It was good to see old friends, familar faces, and new friends at my last Prison Hill show. DSC played and they were great. Then all good things came to an e...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:34:00 PST

Prison Hill shows were fun while they lasted....

Last night's show was fun while it lasted. It was good to see old friends, familar faces, and new friends at my last Prison Hill show. DSC played and they were great. Then all good things came ...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:16:00 PST

Play List

Here is the music that I have been listening to lately. My band, Harvey Keitel, is currently writing and preparing songs for our first album. But this music has inspired my work, thus far. This is wha...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:06:00 PST

FEBRUARY 29th IS THE LAST SHOW THAT I AM GOING TO PROMOTE IN YUMA

You heard it right. February 29th is going to be the last show that I am going to promote in Yuma, Arizona. The reason being is that I have to start saving money up to move to Tuscon. The show is goi...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:28:00 PST

2008 - My final year in Yuma

As we approach 2008, I have realized that this is my last year residing in Yuma. I've promoted a hell of a lot of shows, played in four bands, and seen a lot of really good bands play shows in Yuma. I...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:06:00 PST

The Crossroads Mission Show became a bust.

Below is my open letter to the City Of Yuma and the Yuma Police Department. I know that this letter is not going to make a difference. I know that this letter is not going to be read by anyone from th...
Posted by Mr. Andy on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:43:00 PST