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joeyESP

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About Me

..Stuff I've been paid to do: Graphic design, Fine art, Bartending, Illustration, Acting, Gallery manager, Stand-up comedy, Gymnastics instructor, Voice over work, Picture Framing, Web-design, Go out with someone's sister, Sound technition, Interior design, Selling Pants, Yardwork, Clean bathroom, Bouncer, TelemarketingAll images in this space were created by ME.

My Interests

Click the above banner to check out my website!People I Find Interesting Artists, Actors and Showbiz People, Firefighters, Comedians, Cheerleaders, Police Officers, Bartenders, Nerds, Class Clowns, Babes, Musicians, Creative Types, Surfers, DJs, People Who Find ME InterestingSports In High School - Wrestling, Pole Vaulter, Gymnastics. At University - Gymnastics, Cheerleading. I only enjoy spectator sports if I can see them live... then I'd watch just about anything. The sports I like to watch on television are the Olympics, karate and cheerleading. I still enjoy doing: running, biking, swimming, hiking, weight lifting, yoga, climbing and volleyball if I can get it. Would like to learn/improve: martial arts, yoga, surfing, sailing, scuba diving, archeryActivities Drawing, painting, surfing the net, club dancing, shopping in second-hand stores, playing with my kids when I can see them

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ ITA (In The Afterlife), Dali Lama, Pope Benedict, Sting, All three Beastie Boys, Madonna, Andy Warhol ITA, Run DMC, Salvador Dali ITA, Picasso ITA, Frank Sinatra ITA, Joseph Campbell ITA, Thomas Jefferson ITA, Drew Barrymore, Jack Nicholson, etc.Granted, I probably wouldn't know what to say to half of these people...

Music:

DISCO & FUNK I will boogie, shake my booty and embarass you on the dance floor. Love Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, KC and the Sunshine Band, WAR, Chic, Gloria Gaynor, etc. Ususally first one out on the floor, but will drag a few with me as well.
HOUSE My rave days are long gone...and I survived. I do miss the frenzy of techno. Feeling the music...letting it move me. I miss coming out of the club at dawn, after dancing hard all night.I like Fat Boy Slim and Felix the House Cat

HIP HOP I started listening to hip hop probably about 1982. Yes, I did spin around on cardboard in a hoodie and wore fatlaces on my adidas. My tastes are quite varied... Run DMC, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, NWA, De La Soul, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg, Jay Z
ROCK Yes, sometimes we all need to rock-out. My first cassette I ever bought was KISS- double platinum. Still love 'em. Also the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Henry Rollins, Jane's Addiction, Green Day, White Stripes, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Nine Inch Nails
ALTERNATIVE/ "MODERN" ROCK Bjork, David Bowie, The Police, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Madness, Elvis Costello, The Clash
REGGAE/SKA Bob Marley, The Beat, The Specials
POPULAR Madonna, Gwen Stefani and No Doubt, Scissor Sisters, Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys, Sublime, Destiny's Child, Christina Aguilera
PUNK I shaved by head and "moshed". Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies
JAZZ VOCALISTS Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day,Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis
R&B/ SOUL/ BLUES Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, most motown, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles
BIG BAND/ SWING I can swing dance a bit, enough to have fun. Royal Crown Review, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Brian Setzer, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
JAPANESE RETRO POP Shonen Knife, 5678s, Pizzicato Five love it... and I don't know why
COUNTRY My least favorite kind of music, but to be fair I do like Johnny Cash and Patsy Kline

Movies:

Include: Airplane (I & II), Star Wars (1,3,4,5...2&6 were a bit lame), Pulp Fiction, Animal House, It's a Wonderful Life, Reservoir Dogs, Sin City, Harry Potter (all), Lord of the Rings(all), Singin' in the Rain, The Ten Commandments, The Godfather (All), Army of Darkness, X Men, Spiderman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Basquiat, An American President, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Pirates of the Caribbean, Bambi, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, Bring it On, When Harry Met Sally, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Mallrats, Kill Bill (I & II), Goodfellas, She's All That, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Casablanca, An American in Paris, The Bells of St Mary's, On the Town, My Cousin Vinny, Batman (I & II), Edward Scissorhands, From Here to Eternity, The Great Escape, Bridge on the River Kwai, True Romance, The Sixth Sense, Shakespere in Love, Princess Bride, Indiana Jones (all), The Shawshank Redemption, The Agony and the Extacy, Young Frankenstien, Billy Madison, Fight Club, The Crow, Men in Black, The Devil's Brigade, Spy Games, The Bourne Conspiracy, The Professional (Leon), Pretty in Pink, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Juno, Superbad, 40 Year Old Virgin

Television:

I went without television for four years and I'm a much happier person for it...thank you very much. However, I do have some old favorites.Creature Comforts, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X Files, The Banana Splits, South Park, Batman and Superman animated series, Batman Beyond, Star Wars Clone Wars, Teen Titans, Animaniacs, Dawsons Creek, MASH, Ren & Stimpy, Police Squad!, Saturday Night Live, The Tom Green Show, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Smallville, Justice League, Super Friends, Yogi Bear, Friends, Cheers, I used to watch Days of our Lives faithfully about 20 years ago, Academy Awards every year, Olympics every four, Hogans Heroes, Get Smart, Leave it to Beaver, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, The Brady Bunch, Star Trek Original/NG/Voyager, Hill Street Blues, Adam 12, Barney Miller, Loony Tunes, COPS

Books:

Drawing Reference:Jack Hamm- How to Draw Animals, Drawing the Head and Figure, cartooning the head and figure,Nicolades- The natural way to draw.,Bridgman- Life drawing series, Perspective! for comic book artists, Hogarth - Dynamic Anatomy, How to draw comics the marvel way, Animation - Preston Blair, Action Cartooning - Ben CaldwellNon Fiction:Winning every day - Lou Holtz, The power of Myth - Joseph Campbell, Robert Henri - The Art Spirit, Sir William Orpen - Outline of Art (Art History), Bill Bryson - A Walk in the Woods, A Cop's Life - Randy Sutton, Blue Blood - Edward Conlon, Dead Man WalkingFiction:Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter series, Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy, Enid Blyton - Faraway tree, Wishing chair, Galliano's circus, etc., Dan Brown - Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Mario Puzo - The Godfather, Irving Stone - The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Hunt for Red October, The Green Mile, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Devil Wears Prada, Jurassic Park, Seabiscuit,Comics:Frank Miller, Jeff Scott Campbell, David Mack

Heroes:

My heroes are people who make a good living doing exactly what they want.My heroes are people who are positve and inspirational, who motivate me to be a better, more successful person.People who are energetic, happy and self motivated.People who work in public safety - police officers and firefighters

My Blog

The Best Thing about San Francisco

I was looking at some silver jewelry at one of those stalls at the end of Market street, in front of the Ferry Building. The vendor is chatting to a lady."Are you enjoying your stay in San Francisco?"...
Posted by joeyESP on Wed, 07 May 2008 06:44:00 PST

Rob’s 40th

Last weekend had a great time catching up with some of my Pike bros from SJSU. Went to dinner, clubbing, and hotel after party. It was great seeing everybody and catching up.Rob the Birthday BoyMe and...
Posted by joeyESP on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:44:00 PST

Tony Modica’s Birthday Roast

About 10 years ago, I worked for a comedy club called Rooster T Feathers in Sunnyvale, California. The years I worked there were some of my happiest days. I met many of my closest friends at that time...
Posted by joeyESP on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:03:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by joeyESP on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:04:00 PST

Show of my work in Totnes

Starting tomorrow at the Red Wizard in Totnes there will be a humble one man show of my work. Guaranteed funky. The Red Wizard is at the top of the high street next to The Happy Apple Market.
Posted by joeyESP on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:35:00 PST

The Business I Want to Start

I really want to open my own gallery. I like the idea of having a little bar area in it as well, so I can serve coffees and beer and wine maybe. I've worked in galleries before and I'm quite a good se...
Posted by joeyESP on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:04:00 PST

Celebrities on Myspace

One of the cool things about Myspace is occasionally you come across a profile of a celebrity (or near celebrity, or former celebrity, etc) and immediately you think one of two things... "Is this real...
Posted by joeyESP on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:50:00 PST

Drawings of MySpace friends

As it's difficult to find original imagery to create new work of the lowbrow trash I call art, I occasionally turn to MySpace for a bit of inspiration. The following images are inspired by people who ...
Posted by joeyESP on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:22:00 PST

Left Handed Freak

I'm left-handed. I had to learn how to use scissor and the mouse with my right hand as well out of self defense. My mouse at home is on the left side and the mouse at work is on the right. There are n...
Posted by joeyESP on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:39:00 PST

I have dreams...

I once read that if you write down your wildest dreams, they might actually come true because by writing them down, you start to make them real. I thought I'd share some of my biggest... I'd like t...
Posted by joeyESP on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:24:00 PST