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Andrew Jimenez

Look at this room! Who lives like this?!?!

About Me


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I was once the King of Montezuma; all coin and paper money there bore my profile. Then one day, I (foolishly, I now know) decided to go to college at Florida State University. Florida State University exists in a town called "Tallahassee" in a region called "Floirda" in a land called "United States." No one in this Tallahassee even knew Montezuma existed, nevermind believed I was the king of such a place; I was surrounded by a village of idiots, each whom believed they were the king.

While I was there--in Tallahassee--despite all the odds, I found a beautiful woman and we moved in to a meager, two-bedroom palace together. It was very romantic at first, but we soon realized that she would not be a suitable queen for me--nor I a suitable king for her. Around this same time, I recieved in an official ceremony what I consider to be a useless piece of paper, but what everyone assured me was an important document called a "degree." This degree proclaimed that I was now a graduate of English with a focus in Creative Writing, certified by the Dean of the Liberal Arts College at Florida State University. Upon recieving my degree, I said goodbye to my failed queen, and sent my royal messenger to Montezuma to tell all of my return. Little did I know, he would not live to see my return.

With my adventure into college a decidedly unadventurous failure, I returned to my homeland to reclaim my throne. In my absence, I left my cowardly brother to rule over my beloved people, the Montezumans. What a mistake! Had I known that, upon my untriumphant return, I would find my people slain and my traitorous brother a servant of white men who came over the sea on large ships, I of course would have never left. Angry that the very men who gave me my silly declaration of graduation sent their own brethren over to my country with orders to kill and take-over, I realized I should have killed them while I had the chance--instead of working so niavely to recieve such a perposterous document_

Had the white men been planning this the whole time? I wondered. Is this why they lured me to their Tallahassee? I felt so foolish. While I sat on a lonely mountaintop, watching the smoke of my former home rise in apologia to the Gods, an idea--like a vision from those Gods--began to form in my mind.

One of the few good things I gleaned from my time in that wicked place was a new world of music through classes I took at Florida State University's Ethnomusicology program. In these classes, I learned about Gamelan, which is the native music of a mystical land called Indonesia. Through socialization, I also recieved an informal education on the seductive world of American Pop Music.

So it was with this knowledge that I decided, on that mountaintop overlooking the ruins of the land I loved, to take vengence upon these fat white men by moving to the city of their New York and assuming the humble personage of a singer/songwriter. It will be through the popularity I will gain by my heartbreakingly catchy melodies and sweet rythmn that I will take over their beloved, horrible America and reveal it's true ugly form to the world through powerful lryical imagery--the skills for which I learned from their very academic institution--Florida State University!


The recordings available on this webite are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License Andrew, Just 2005

You can do whatever you want with these recordings and songs, and give them to whomever you want, so long as you give me and my CC License our credit--even if your creating a derivative of a derivative of a derivative snippet of my original creation--and except if you're gonna charge people money for it; then you gotta go through me first. It's the law.

Also, if you're going to distribute the recordings, put them up on your blog or MySpace, cover a song at a gig, or do a mashup, sample, or remake, let me know because I'd love to hear it!

Andrew Jimenez
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Member Since: 10/21/2004
Band Website: andrewjimenez.com
Band Members: Andrew Jimenez and the Solo You Can't Hear Us Players
Influences: Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Rufus Wainwright, the Doors, Jewel, Thelonius Monk, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Hunt, the Roots, RadioHead, India Arie, Ours, Keane, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, Erykah Badu, ColdPlay, Herbie Hancock, Pete Yorn, Lauren Hill, Stevie Wonder, Jill Scot, Wyclef, Tom McRae, Coltrane, Shostakovich, Saint-Saens, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wilco, Ben Folds Five, Jon Brion, Kaki King, Peter Tosh, Damien Rice, Nirvana, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Stone Temple Pilots, SoundGarden, Balinese Gamelan, Hootie & the Blowfish, the Garden State Soundtrack, Michael Jackson, Benjamin Britten, Nick Drake, the Six Feet Under Soundtrack, Bob Marley, Dave Matthews and his band, Jack Johnson, Bjork, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington, Temple of the Dog, Janis Joplin, Cake, Leona Naess, Shuggie Otis, the Crash Test Dummies, the Spin Doctors, Missy Elliot, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, the Who, Robert Johnson, Otis Redding, Lou Rawls, BB King, Nico, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, the Cure, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash, Elmore James, Willie Dixon, the Goo Goo Dolls, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Prince, Maxwell, Sarah Maclaughlin, Ray Lamontagne, Donnie Hathaway, Laura Nyro, Rage Against the Machine, Seal, Violent Femmes, Queen, the Fugees, Rorie Kelly, Jeremy Gilchrist, Jon-flor Sisante, Glitter oh Dazzle, Busta Rhymes, Dresden Dolls, NIN, the Velvet Teen, the Mamas & the Papas, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Nellie Mackay, Rachael Yamagata, FatBoy Slim, Elton John, Aimee Mann, Billy Joel, OutKast, Simon & Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye, ESu...
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Record Label: TheyIs Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Come See Me in NYC This Saturday

I've been off the radar a bit lately. On accidentally on purpose. But you can see me in a rare (these days) showing in the world outside my office at the Really R eally Free Market at the St. marks Chu...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:11:00 PST

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy

I have to read Newsday for my PR position at Long Island Crisis Center. I normally don't enjoy reading Newsday--I find it to be sensationalistic and it's rhetoric paints only a slight gray between the...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:51:00 PST

RIP

While I was in Manhattan tonight, Kurt Vonnegut was, too. I was playing music to a room of two people on a night I wouldn't've otherwise remembered had it not been the night that Kurt Vonnegut died.He...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:52:00 PST

Dylan Wrote "em All

Skeet skeet! Show 'em what you got, Joan! ...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:30:00 PST

A lsser-Known Link Between Homophobia and Suicide

I went to an open mic tonight at this place called The Brokerage with Missy from work. When I walked in, Missy was already there with a friend of hers named Mike. Missy pointed to a guy down the bar w...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:41:00 PST

Ch-Check It

Thanks to MySpace's awesometastic marketing tie-in strategies, I am now able to have 5 songs available on my page.Whatever.So go on my page an listen to "Hostage." Tell me what you think. Or don't, be...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:08:00 PST

An Important Letter from Andrew Jimenez

Dear Guy Who Didn't Offer to Lend Me His Guitar After I Broke a String During the First Song of my Set Tonight,Before I begin, I just have to say that I do appreciate that you looked in your guitar ca...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:40:00 PST

Go, Friends!

My friend Shawn made this really funny movie called Culture Pop. He wants a million hits and a job making movies. Here it is, ya'll....
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:51:00 PST

Nothing Changes Except the Money Changing Hands

I was on You Tube earlier watching episodes of The Skeltor Show when I noticed this video on the sidebar, titled Everything Changes. I clicked on it and immediately became really confused about why th...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:53:00 PST

Listy Thang!

[ ] I am a university student.[X] I am a cuddler. [X] I am an okay dancer. [ ] I am a huge fan of lists. [ ] I am a morning person. [X] I am a perfectionist. [ ] I am a Republican. [ ] I am allergic t...
Posted by Andrew Jimenez on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:46:00 PST