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Shaun Paul Gordon

Welcome to the Embassy of Toluca

About Me

I play music. I sing. Sometimes I do both at the same time.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/25/2005
Band Website: You are looking at it. Thanks for stopping by.
Band Members: Me. But always interested in working with qualified applicants.
Influences: Neil Young - empty parking lots - Kris Kristofferson - standing on abandoned highways on vacant nights - Tom Waits - the lost gazes in small town cafes - Waylon Jennings - beers brewed in strange sounding towns in far away places - David Bowie - reading Tolstoy and Nietzsche and pretending to understand them - Billy Corgan - the smile Giulietta Masina flashes at the end of 'Cabiria' - Leonard Cohen - old receipts and dog eared photgraphs - Jimmy Webb - other people's miseries - Son House - fear and the ravages of age -Talking Heads - slight embarrassments and a series of awkward moments - John Prine - the first girl who undressed for me - Ray Davies - staying awake while the rest of the world sleeps – Nick Drake – Fitzgerald and Vonnegut and Kawabata and Thompson (Hunter S.) - Brian Eno - breaking something, getting angry that I broke it, then breaking something else - Roxy Music - the suspicion that everything dies - Willie Nelson - drinking the sun down at the Snake Pit – Pink Floyd - a few timely letters from my father - The Clash - the uncomfortable hug given to an aunt at my grandfather's wake - Trent Reznor - the hearts I have broken - Hank Williams Sr. – the theme music from syndicated 70s sitcoms I heard through the floor of my childhood bedroom - Brian Wilson - hours alone left to my own devices - Pulp - British humor and Japanese cinema - Howlin' Wolf - putting time in perspective - Mississippi John Hurt – the melancholy of 3am on Sunday night - Glen Campbell – the sound of children laughing at other children
Sounds Like: ...music, mostly.
Record Label: Single...but dating.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Moustache May Is Upon Us...

...and I have hit the ground running!!!I encourage you all to participate - for one month, and one month only! Feel free to send your suggestions on how we tame this beast, for as the 'stache grows, ...
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:09:00 PST

What I Tell the Wind...

I am sound editing/mixing a flick for a friend:Elrobozo. You may view the trailer here:What I Tell the Wind - Trailer 1http://www.vimeo.com/726700The music from the trailer is by Chris Larsen (he is a...
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:16:00 PST

Poor Gary Gygax...

...had died. I'm kind of sad. And not just because I know who that is.-SPG-
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:39:00 PST

Celebrate the Leap Year with SPG at Room 5 Lounge

Folks - It only happens once every four years - February 29th. Why not come on down to Room 5 Loungeand join me for my first Friday night gig in Los Angeles and we'll celebrate Leap Year with pagan r...
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:06:00 PST

SPG - Live on 12.19.07 - Acoustic Cordiale (at Cordiale Cafe)


Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:25:00 PST

Whats the Worst Film of the Year, You Ask?

"I'm Not There"I'm fine if a film is self-indulgent, self-important, and pretentious. In fact, more often than not, I prefer those type of films. And I like Bob Dylan...I think critics overstate him...
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:35:00 PST

What Hath God Wrought?

SPG-now with iPhone.My scripts will never be read.-spg-
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:44:00 PST

me play

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Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:51:00 PST

2 Words: Neil Fucking Young

NEIL YOUNG:10-30-2007, Nokia Live, Los Angeles, Californiaw/ Rick Rosas, Ben Keith & Ralph MolinaFrom Hank To HendrixAmbulance BluesSad MoviesA Man Needs A MaidNo One Seems To KnowHarvestCampaignerAft...
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:52:00 PST

buzz buzz

North America's honey bees...all dying. Well, at least those kept commercially. But a lot of wild species, too.Apparently they have become infected with some kind of AIDS like virus that breaks dow...
Posted by Shaun Paul Gordon on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:25:00 PST