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Gareth

Children take what we can see, we have only strength to breathe. There is one thing that I know, far

About Me

I'm 50, but the child within is alive and kickin'! I've been into music since I was a wee lad {mostly folk and rock in all its forms}. I also enjoy reading, mostly epic fantasy, metaphysics, and I'm also known to pick up some Koontz or King now and then. I sing and play acoustic 6 and 12-string, bass and mountain dulcimer. I'm also an insatiable movie junkie! I was married and divorced in my early-to-mid 20's. I love my two sons very much. They are awesome people, amazingly talented in music tnemselves, and I'm very proud to be their dad. By the way, the quote comes from "Sunrise" by In Tenebris. Very well put, my son.

My Interests

Music {listening, writing, playing, concerts}, astrology, animal mysticism, the ocean, aquatic life, reading, travel, movies.

I'd like to meet:

all the cool, interesting, sincere, down-to earth people I can

Music:

Silent Muse, In Tenebris, Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters, The Byrds, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmie Spheeris, Nick Drake, The Church, The Cakekitchen, Big Country, The Smiths, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Morgion, Opeth, Katatonia, Keen of the Crow, Daylight Dies, Mark Lanegan, Meat Puppets, Lloyd Cole, Robyn Hitchcock, QstandsforQ, DulceSky, The Happies, Theta Naught, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, The Outlaws, Pavlov's Dog, Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Pentangle, Horslips, Cat Stevens, Steve Harley {and Cockney Rebel}, Mott the Hoople, T. Rex, Mountain, Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, White Witch, early Rainbow, Hawkwind, Blue Oyster Cult, Fields of the Nephilim, Faith and the Muse, Human Drama, Lycia, Bella Morte, Redemption, Sol Invictus, Coheed and Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Yes, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Nektar, Raison D'etre, Desiderii Marginis, The Walkabouts, The Wallflowers, REM, Screaming Trees, 60's-70's Stones, Steppenwolf, Iron and Wine, Calexico.

Movies:

"Lord of the Rings" {all three}, "Dead Again", "Identity" "Velvet Goldmine", "The Crow", "{Pi}", "The Secret of Roan Innish", "Harry Potter" (all), "Lady in the Water", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Wait Until Dark", "The Haunting" {original}, "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Innocents", "The Changling", "In the Mouth of Madness", "Event Horizon", "Burnt Offerings", "The Other", "The Others", "From Hell", "The Ninth Gate", "Rosemary's Baby", "The Omen" {original}, "Basic Instinct", "Silence of the Lambs", "The Name of the Rose", "The Green Mile", "The Langoliers", "The Night Flier", "Stand By Me", "Dead Poets Society", "The Fountain", "The Illusionist", "The Prestige", "The Night Listener".

Television:

Hardly any, but I collect "Dark Shadows" stuff and will watch a good miniseries occasionally. I also think, "Supernatural" and "Criminal Mind" are quite good, though I hardly ever remember to watch!

Books:

Charles deLint:"Moonheart", "Spiritwalk", Tom Deitz: "Soulsmith", Ann Rice:"The Witching Hour", "Lasher"; Dean Koontz:"The Bad Place"; Steven R. Donaldson:"Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"; Stephen King:"It", "Dark Tower" series I-III {haven't finished all }, J.K. Rowling: "Harry Potter" series, Robert Hand:"Planets in Transit", Ted Andrews:"Animal Speak".

Heroes:

Jimmie Spheeris, Gordon Lightfoot, Jerry Garcia, Roger McGuinn, Nick Drake, Richard Thompson, Ian Anderson, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Ken Hensley, John Lawton, Steve Kilbey, Mark Kozelek, Graham Jefferies, Stuart Adamson, Johnny Marr, Curt Kirkwood, Carl McCoy, William Faith, Monica Richards, Mike Van Portfleet, Johnny Indovina.

My Blog

"Best of 2006"

I've always wanted to do this in some format or other. This is basically a rundown of what I remember from the last year, which may not be everything, as when I moved in May, my box of ticket stubs th...
Posted by Gareth on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:29:00 PST

Remembering a Legend

Five years ago today, the world became a darker place. We lost, in my opinion, one of the most talented singer/songwriter/musicians of the '80's, Stuart Adamson of Big Country. Back in '83, I had very...
Posted by Gareth on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:16:00 PST

"Dreams Do Come True"

Well, by now I guess it's pretty evident that I don't post blogs very often. But this is just way too imortant. I just had one of those kind of adventures that everyone dreams about having but rarely ...
Posted by Gareth on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:28:00 PST

"Tell me this town ain't got no heart, you just gotta poke around"

There's a local label here in SLC called Eden's Watchtower. Yesterday they put on a free all-day event downtown featuring some of their best bands. If you like good indie rock with a lot of diverse st...
Posted by Gareth on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:03:00 PST