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fasterdammit

I'd rather be on a motorcycle.

About Me

In no particular order: Father. Husband. Motorcyclist. Ducatista. Web designer/developer. College prof. Occasional editorialist. Guitarist and once-upon-a-time-guitar-hero and builder. Resident of Earth. Drinker of beer and fine scotch. Annoyer of neighbors when the Mesa-Boogie warms up. Smart mouth. Likes motorcycles, cars and things that go vroom. Likes tube amps and analog recording practices. Prefers analog to digital in most cases, actually. Likes working on the house, too. Lover of Italian things (motorcycles, my wife, food).

I'm on FaceBook too (hint hint)

Some of my music:

Favorite saying: Just because you're not dead doesn't necessarily mean you're living, either.

My Interests

Motorcycles - Ducatis in particular: I own a '97 Monster 750 (1 of 100) and a blue '88 Paso 750 (1 of 55). Sex. Playing guitar. Making indulgent music with good friends. Wrenching on various automotive items - motorcycles, in particuar. Fixing up the house. Breathing. Beer. I miss my old FJ40 ... :( but now I have a nice old Land Rover Disco I to play with! :)

I'd like to meet:

In no particular order: Stevie Ray Vaughan, but that's gonna be sorta tough. Jimi Hendrix, too, but again = difficult. Dr. Fabio Taglioni (another tough one). Lao Tse (really tough). Mike Hailwood (again, tough). Frank Zappa (sensing a trend here?)Among the living ... Michael Connelly (author, "Concrete Blonde", "Bloodwork" et al). Loris Capirossi. All the guitar heroes I haven't met: Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, Vernon Reid, Steve Vai, Greg Howe. Frank Miller.

Music:

Indulgent guitar music. Jazz, fusion, all sorts. Dixie Dregs, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Aquarium Rescue Unit (Col. Bruce, too!), Greg Howe, Vernon Reid, Guthrie Govan, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Liquid Tension Experiment, Jeff Beck, Project Z, Incubus, Rush, Living Colour, Big Wreck, Jazz Is Dead, I Mother Earth, Miles Davis, Soul Coughing, SRV, etc. I'm currently digesting some of Paul Gilbert's latest, and holy shmokes

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Movies:

Many: Heat (DeNiro + Pacino!). Ronin. Boondock Saints. Faster & Faster. On Any Sunday. Long Way Around. 12 Monkeys. Last Samurai (even though Cruise is in it). Akira. Good Fellas. Memento. Usual Suspects. Batman Begins. The Last of the Mohicans. etc

Television:

Who needs it? Besides something to play Xbox on. Well, Lost & 24 are pretty good, but that's about it.

Books:

Anything by Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, Dick Francis, Robert Parker. Writings from Lao Tse, Sun Tzu, Fu Hsi, Confucious and Ayn Rand (Fountainhead). And everything ever produced by Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes!)

Heroes:

Whoever deserves it

My Blog

Not enough time

The best line Jean-Claude van Damage ever had in his misbegotten career was, in TimeCop, in his stilted English: "There is never ... enough time."  And man, you got that right, ol’ JCvD. Th...
Posted by fasterdammit on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST

Hello, is this thing on?

So it's been a long time since I've met up with some like-minded fellows and annoyed the neighbors.  And now I find myself once again, behind a guitar and in front of a loud amp.  Three thin...
Posted by fasterdammit on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:09:00 PST