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strat70

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About Me

I am rather eccentric; I am quite Thoreauvian. I am divorced, unattached and enjoy the solitude afforded by my rather hermitic existence although on occasion I become lonely. I try to be true to the ideals put forth by my generation, and I do believe that much of my generation has sold out to "the establishment" that they fought so hard against at Woodstock. I am totally obsessed and consumed with music...I have constant "ear-worms" in my head along with what might be classified as the voices associated with schizophrenia although I have never been diagnosed as such. The only thing for which I willingly exit my cave is a gig with my band. I also firmly believe that THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM...if you have any doubt, just consider the current occupants of the White House and look who is running all the corporations.Any questions?

My Interests

Music, both playing and listening. I play bass, keyboards, drums, and guitar and am actively playing with a band which was first formed with my son and a friend of his. I also enjoy riding...motorcycles, that is...and I love to work on them as well as my cars. I also enjoy doing anything that I can relative to home maintenance and repair...I would "rather fix it myself than buy a new one".

I'd like to meet:


TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Al, a.k.a., "The Old Guy", "The Bass Man"
Birthday: December 17, 1952
Birthplace: Perth Amboy NJ
Current Location: Rockaway NJ
Eye Color: Blue/grey
Hair Color: What's left is salt-and-pepper
Height: 5'9 on a good day
Right Handed or Left Handed: both
Your Heritage: Italian, specifically Neapolitan
The Shoes You Wore Today: Sneakers of course
Your Weakness: The tears of a woman
Your Fears: The unknown
Your Perfect Pizza: Anything from M&S II in Rockaway
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Steady gigs
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I don't use the frigging thing
Thoughts First Waking Up: Bladder evacuation
Your Best Physical Feature: They tell me the eyes
Your Bedtime: Like 1AM
Your Most Missed Memory: I can't remember
Pepsi or Coke: Both are toxic
MacDonalds or Burger King: Heart attack wrapped in wax paper
Single or Group Dates: Single of course
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: What?
Chocolate or Vanilla: Ice cream is bad for you
Cappuccino or Coffee: CAWWWFEE
Do you Smoke: Quit in 92
Do you Swear: Fuck yeah
Do you Sing: Only when I'm alone
Do you Shower Daily: Often twice a day
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: Already did
Do you want to get Married: No comment
Do you belive in yourself: I think, therefore I am
Do you get Motion Sickness: Depends on the motion
Do you think you are Attractive: Im not a narcissist
Are you a Health Freak: pretty much
Do you get along with your Parents: no
Do you like Thunderstorms: yeah
Do you play an Instrument: several
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: no way
In the past month have you Smoked: no way
In the past month have you been on Drugs: just prescription
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: only as a last resort
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: you gotta be shittin me
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: yep
In the past month have you been Dumped: dumped on
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: back in the day, yeah
Ever been called a Tease: no but I have been teased a lot
Ever been Beaten up: just by the nuns and high school teachers
Ever Shoplifted: yeah...back in the day
How do you want to Die: im not into the dark shit
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: the king of all music
What country would you most like to Visit: Italy again
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: any that are looking deeply into mine
Favourite Hair Color: any attached to a head containing the eyes above
Short or Long Hair: any attached to the head described above
Height: short
Weight: a few extra
Best Clothing Style: jeans with sexy accessories
Number of Drugs I have taken: What are you...a frigging NARC?????
Number of CDs I own: countless
Number of Piercings: ear only
Number of Tattoos: three
Number of things in my Past I Regret: countless

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Music:

I like to play rock, blues and jazz. I enjoy listening to most everything, even 20th century music and New music. My favorite bands are mostly the 70s rock and blues bands. I don't have any current bands that I would consider favorites...just about any band that is playing rock and/or blues is good.

Movies:

COHEN BROTHERS!!! I like off-beat stuff like their stuff. On the serious side, I really like suspense movies and conspiracy stuff like the Bourne Supremacy. DeNiro, Pacino naturally...and I really enjoy psychology movies like "Girl Interrupted".

Television:

I am a History Channel junkie, and I really enjoy watching Comedy Central. Other than that, I surf cable for good movies because the rest of it sucks.

Books:

I love Dan Brown (all of his stuff), conspiracy theory books, general suspense novels, self-help books, books about cosmology, and technical manuals.

Heroes:

Victor Frankl, Albert Ellis, John F. Kennedy, Vietnam veterans, my Dad, my Uncle Joe, Richard Petruce, Bernie Hyatt.