Slick Tricks and Bright Lights

About Me

I'm Scott. Musician. Aries. Dork. I'm obsessed with watching Arrested Devlopment at the moment, and reading books by Johnathan Lethem. I prefer my albums to be on vinyl, and not CD or digital download. I'll take a pair of fatty cans over a pair of speakers anyday. I admire Japanese culture and cuisine. I also have a big love for video games. I have a wonderful girl (Alison) that makes me very happy. I'm in a band called Jatun . I have a solo project as well, called Biltmore Dive . I also run a joint blog/podcast site with my friend Ben, called The Speed Of Silence .
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For visual stimulation, please view the following videos below.
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Hedgehog in the Fog
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Empress Superdelay Reverse Mode
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GZA - Liquid Swords
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Vangelis Improvisation (with a Yamaha CS-80 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer)
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Yamaha CS-60 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer
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Vangelis & Neuronium ( In London 1982 )
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ON Video Hubba Hideout
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Stars of the Lid â€“ "FRATRES" (composed by Arvo Part)
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My Interests

Guitar / Piano / Singing / Synths / Drums / Bass / DAWs and Music programs / Computers (PC and Mac) / The occasional joint or blunt / Skateboarding / Snowboarding / Europe / Japan / Anime / Manga / Sci-Fi Pulp novels / Mini Discs / DVDs / Video Games / Max Payne 1 and 2 / Trees / Mountains / Water / Maker's Mark or Knob Creek / Pabst Blue Ribbon / Pizza / Yakitori / Sushi / Thai Food / Kirin Ichiban / Pho / Miso / Crunchy Peanut Butter / Vintage Lamps / Vinyl ... not CDs / and tons of other crap.

I'd like to meet:

Eric Bachmann. Brian Causey. Keigo Oyamada. Takeshi Kaneshiro. Jurgen Soder. Sam Raimi. Markus and Micha Acher. Dose One & Jel. Danny Elfman. Michael Lucker. Martin Gretschmann. Musicians/skaters/snowboarders with common interests and tastes...good peeps.

Music:

Archers of Loaf / Heavy Vegetable / Pia Fraus / Ms. John Soda / The Notwist / 13 & God / Cornelius / Castor / Barry Black / Hammock / Couch / Manual / Syntaks / Aerosol / Guided By Voices / Mogwai / Man ... or Astro-man? / The Joy Circuit / Shiner / The American Analog Set / John Vanderslice / Other Men / Schwermut Forest / Ogonjok / Built to Spill / Big Black / Sun Ra / Theolonious Monk / Lali Puna / Sonic Youth / Console / National Skyline / Crooked Fingers / Yo La Tengo / Pinback / Autolux / Contriva / Mono / Quruli / Pixies / Yukari Fresh / Philthy and The Philtharmonics / Dianogah / Village of Savoonga / Eric Bachmann / Elliott Smith / Frank Black / HUM / Les Savy Fav / Macha / My Bloody Valentine / Pavement / Ring Cicada / Superchunk / Track Rabbits / Man Band / The Big Bright Lights / Radiohead / The Pillows / Tom Waits / Nick Cave / M83 / Kevin Shields / te' / Alles Wie Gross / Epic45 / Themselves / cLOUDDEAD / Subtle / DJ Shadow / Wu-Tang Clan / A Tribe Called Quest / The Hieroglyphics family / Redman / Ol' Dirty Bastard / The Pharcyde / De La Soul / Jel / Portishead / Elliott Smith / The Shins / Nirvana / Chris Smith / Midoriyama / Dive / Cruyff In The Bedroom / Hartfield / Dsco / Finepitch / Jinen / Glowworm / First Aid / Fantasytank / Bjork / Belong / South Pacific / Sigur Ros / Asobi Seksu / The Breeders / Loveliescrushing / Rumskib / Gonzo48k / The Great Fire of 1666 / Pond / Swervedriver / Sunny Day Real Estate / Sonic Youth / Dinosaur Jr / Minus The Bear / Plexi / Grandaddy / C-Clamp / Cat Power / B. Fleischmann / Bathyscaphe / Ulrich Schnauss / SPOOKIE / Tied & Tickled Trio / The Iceburn Collective / Iceburn Double Trio / Yume Bitsu / Goblin Cock / Kinski / Slint / Tarentel / To Rococo Rot / Tortoise / Devo / The Cure / Big Black / The Jesus & Mary Chain / Ida / Azure Ray / early-era Smashing Pumpkins / The Vaselines / Shonen Knife / Flipper / Yo Yo Ma / Rachel's / Bjorn Olsson / Codeine / Pizzicato Five / Yukari Fresh / Mon Hang / Beck / The Flaming Lips / Optiganally Yours / Wesley Willis / Astrobrite / Glifted / Growing / Monster Movie / Paik / Macha / Pacific UV / Phosphorescent / Sparklehorse / Thingy / Spraydog / Rob Crow / Dntel / 33.3

Movies:

Wise Blood / Chunking Express / Intruder / Mondo Trasho / Multiple Maniacs / Battle Royal / Battle Royal II /
Uzumaki
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
28 Days Later
Infernal Affairs
Ju-on
Kung Fu Hustle
Fight Club
Zombi 2
Trainspotting - Director's Cut
Stalker
In the Mood for Love
Once Upon a Time in China
Bubba Ho-Tep
Bruce Campbell vs. Army Of Darkness - The Director's Cut
True Romance (Unrated Director's Cut)
Zatoichi
Once Upon a Time in China II
Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection
Lord of Wutang
Ol' Dirty Kung Fu
The Fatal Flying Guillotine
Shaolin Vs Wu Tang
Fist of Legend
Once Upon a Time in China III
Fearless - Jet Li
Ping Pong (2002)
Lost in Translation
2046
Infernal Affairs III
Infernal Affairs II
Zombi - Dawn of the Dead
Shaolin Soccer
Volcano High
Ju-On 2
Rasen
Ringu 0
Ringu 2
Ringu
Pecker
Serial Mom
American Splendor
Delicatessen
The City of Lost Children
Dead Alive
Rashomon - Criterion Collection
The Legend of Drunken Master
Drunken Master
House of Flying Daggers
Hero
Returner
Pootie Tang
Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence
Ghost in the Shell
Avalon
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
The Evil Dead powered by frazy.com

Television:

Twin Peaks / The Simpsons / Futurama / The Office / Family Guy / Monty Pythons Flying Circus / The X-Files (Seasons 1-5) / Arrested Development / FLCL / Hellsing / Samurai Champloo / Serial Experiments: Lain / Monster

Books:

Gun, With Occasional Music
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Man in the High Castle
Bleach, Vol. 1
The Fortress of Solitude
Girl in Landscape
As She Climbed Across the Table
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
The Minority Report
A Scanner Darkly
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Animal Farm
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
A Scanner Darkly
Amnesia Moon
Motherless Brooklyn
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye
Silent Hill: Dying Inside
FLCL, Vol. 2
FLCL, Vol. 1
Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
Naked
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Wise Blood
The Shining
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (A Twin Peaks Book) powered by frazy.com

Heroes:

My Mother / Eric Bachmann / Eric Johnson / Mett Gentling / Keigo Oyamada / Johnathan Lethem / Kevin Shields / Brian Causey / Takeshi Kaneshiro/ Jurgen Soder/ Sam Raimi / Markus and Micha Acher / Angelo Badalamenti / Erik Satie / Danny Elfman / Michael Luckner / Martin Gretschmann / Andrei Tarkovsky / Phillip K. Dick / Tony Leung Chiu Wai / Li Gong / Faye Wong / Kar Wai Wong / Maggie Cheung / Andy Lau / David Lynch

My Blog

A 2 part / 2 hour all vinyl podcast from me, to you.

This may or may not be your thing, but I originally made this 2 Part / 2 hour all vinyl podcast for a website that features podcasts that are made by bands, but the website is defunct now ... which su...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:57:00 PST

Upcoming shows that Im attending

For some reason, I can't get my freaking calendar to show up on my page. It's probably some stupid HTML error or something. Anyways, I'll always keep this blog updated so you can know what shows I'm a...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:18:00 PST

The death of my favorite restaurant, Lungta.

Tonight I found out that my favorite restaurant here in town (Lungta) has closed down. It was a wonderful Tibetan restaurant, with such good food and great service. For all the big cities that I've li...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:00 PST

The Top 5 Albums of 2007 and other noteable releases

There's a bit of everything on this list ... Ambient, Downtempo, Dream Pop, Electronica, Experimental, Folk, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, Post Rock, and Shoegaze.The Top 5 Albums of 20071. Manual - "Lost Da...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:15:00 PST

Glasses!!!

I thought that my eyesight had been getting pretty fuzzy the last couple of years, and I kept procrastinating about going to see the optometrist. I finally went in and had an eye exam, and it turned o...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:56:00 PST

The Simpsons Movie ...

So I was sitting here, looking at some various trailers for The Simpsons movie that's coming out soon. I must say, that there are some funny moments ... but there's lots of cliche/worn out jokes ('stu...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:27:00 PST

Cornelius is starting his tour in Portland, Apr 23 !!!

That's right PDX peeps, the man that is Cornelius will be here on Apr 23 at the Wonder Ballroom! He's touring in support for his new album, "Sensuous". Everloving Records will be releasing "Sensuous" ...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:48:00 PST

Dude, you're getting a Mac?

I just ordered my Macbook Pro today!!! I'm so freaking excited!!! Here's the specs on this badboy ...Macbook Pro15.4 Inch Matte Widescreen2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB160GB Serial...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:43:00 PST

Oh noes!

I broke my damn foot and pinkie toe.Ouch.No work or rocking out for a while for me, which blows donkey schlong.
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:15:00 PST

Busy Busy Busy Busy .... BUSY!

No Money Money Money Money .... Money yet. Just Busy. We had to push our album back to March instead of February for the release date. Mainly that's because of the tracklisting debacle. It's funny how...
Posted by Slick Tricks and Bright Lights on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:56:00 PST