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Greg

I feel like a piece of burnt black toast, threaded on a rusty wire.

About Me

Drummer. Photographist. my photos on flickr

My Interests

Music, Photography, Doctor Who, Dead and/or dying shopping malls, Lulu the Dachshund, coffee, sushi, Jelly Babies, Hob Nobs, Pizza

I'd like to meet:

Tommy Saxondale

Music:

ZZ Top, John Zorn, ZOMBI, X, X-Clan, Wire, Wipers, Whodini, VU, Vampire Hands, Valina, U.S. Maple, Tribe Called Quest, Tornavalanche, Ten Grand, Stooges, STNNNG, The Sound, Slowdive, Slits, Slint, Skoalkodiak, Signal To Trust, Shellac, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Sex Pistols, Sacchrine Trust, Roxy Music, Rosebuds, Ride, Lou Reed, Jerry Reed, Red Sovine, Redman, Rapeman, Ramones, Raincoats, The Primitives, PiL, Oxbow, Oh Beast, New York Dolls, Naked Raygun, My Bloody Valentine, Motorhead, Modern Eon, Modern English, Monkees, Moistboyz, Maps of Norway, Man or Astroman?, mclusky, MC5, Lush, Love of Diagrams, The Kinks, Killdozer, Joy Division, The Jesus Lizard, Imperial Teen, Polly Jean Harvey, Guided By Voices, Grand Ulena, Giddy Motors, Gaybeast, Gangstarr, Ft (The Shadow Government), Federation-X, The Fall, E40, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Echo & The Bunnymen, Devo, Delta 5, Deerhoof, Dead Boys, De La Soul, Damned, The Cure, Julee Cruise, Croc Sunt, Comsat Angels, Community Gardens, Cocteau Twins, Clash, Chameleons, Chambermaids, Cave Deaths, Cap'n Beefheart, Buzzcocks, Bush Tetras, Brick Layer Cake, Breeders, Breaking Circus, Boogie Down Productions, Blind Shake, Big Boys, Big Black, Angelo Badalamenti, Arcwelder, The Amps, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, A Frames

Movies:

Alphaville, Breathless, Contempt, Pierot le fou, Ma Vie Sa Vie, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, The Straight Story, Wild At Heart, Lost Highway, Raising Arizona, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Beat Takeshi, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Pierre Melville, Coen Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Mel Brooks, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick

Television:

Doctor Who, I'm Alan Partridge, Saxondale, Peep Show, Arrested Development, The Office, SCTV, Black Books, Little Britain, Project Runway, Twin Peaks, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Mr. Show, Kids in the Hall, Sealab 2021

Books:

Lawrence Miles, Lance Parkin, Elmore Leonard, Albert Camus, Tibor Fischer, Chuck Palahniuk, Tibor Fischer, The Classic Chris Claremont era of The Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, American Splendor, All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore

Heroes:

Sir Tom Baker, Raoul Coutard, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Paul Belmondo, Elliott Erwitt, Henri Cartier Breson, Gordon Parks, Brassai, Philipe Hallsman, Stanley Kubrick, Keith Moon, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Hunter S. Thompson, Barry Windsor-Smith, Philip-Lorca diCorsia, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams

My Blog

Photography & Drums

I've really noticed lately how being a drummer and a photographer are scarily similar.  Maybe this is because I've had to take gear home and try to turn The Music Area of the house into The ...
Posted by Greg on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:03:00 PST

Music and School

I ran into my friend Ben at a show the other day and wound up booking myself for a show on February 4th. Oddly enough I do not have "band" for this event, so I suggested that I would show up and play...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:45:00 PST

House Hunting

Lately Jean and I have been talking seriously about buying a house soon.  After three years of renting I welcome this endeavor as much as I relish the thought of being able to turn on a light swi...
Posted by Greg on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:17:00 PST

Good times

So its been a busy few weeks, but the hard work is paying off. 1. I'm almost done w/this semester of school and I couldn't be happier.  While Hennepin Tech is a great school with a lot of nice an...
Posted by Greg on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:35:00 PST