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Zeek

Born low down, naked, and original

About Me

Guitar Geek and All-Around Music Freak ( and vice versa )

My Interests



Rock N Roll,
Telecasters and Fender amps,
Graffiti Art,
Women,
Southern Writers,
Comedians on the road,
Texas Hold 'Em,
Interracial Pornography,
Harley Davidson Motorcycles,
German Shepherd Dogs,
Latin America,
Rockabilly,
Indiana basketball,
Beers O' The World,
Indian Motorcycles,
American fiction,
Hiking,
American roots music,
Gangster Movies,
50's Scandinavian furniture,
brotherhood,
Germany,
Mexican poets,
Honkytonk,
Russian philosophy,
military history,
Western movies,
Country and Blues music,
The Great Depression,
New Orleans, Memphis, and the Mississippi River,
Irish authors and poets,
great teachers. ....


I'd like to meet:


People who open me up to new ways of thinking about music..

Some of the Baddest Motherfuckers of All Time

Los Amigos
Zeek has sexy friends

Josh

Russ

Andy B

Gavin

Charlie

Special K

D Rock

Ryan

Katie

Matt

Mason

Nathan

RWK

Brandon

Brian Duarte
..

The Great Hookup

good luck finding anyone

Zeek's MySpace Friends
I have 5,781 friends that I will take a bullet for

Maggie

The Black Keys

Hank Williams

Dr. Pepper

Indianapolis

Josh

The Blues

Jimmy Bryant

Blue Healers

ZZ Top

Whiskey Dick

dairy-ette

Don't Be A Hater

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Music:



Lastest Records I'm Spinning at Home

- The Raconteurs-Consolers of the Lonely

- Flight of the Conchords-Flight of the Conchords

- Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band- Live/ 1975-1985

- Johnny Shines-Too Wet To Plow

- Van Morrison-Keep It Simple

- The Clash-Super Black Market Clash

- The Black Keys-Attack and Release

- The North Mississippi Allstars-Hernando

- The Black Crowes-Warpaint

- Eric Lindell-Low on Cash, Rich in Love

- Levon Helm-Dirt Farmer

- Arlen Roth-Toolin' Around Woodstock

- Drive-By Truckers-Brighter Than Creation's Dark

- Avett Brothers-Emotionalism

- Feist-The Reminder

- Pat Green & Cory Morrow-Songs We Wished We'd Written

- Kid Rock-Rock N Roll Jesus

- Tab Benoit-Power in the Ponchartrain

- Robben Ford-The Blues Collection

- Jimmy Dawkins-Feel The Blues

- Jimmy Thackery-Empty Arms Motel

- Coco Montoya- Can't Look Back

- Pat Green & Cory Morrow-Songs We Wish We'd Written

- Duke Robillard-Duke's Blues

- Robert Cray-The Collection

- John Prine-Live from Sessions @ W. 54th Street

- Tinsley Ellis-The Hard Way

- Merle Haggard-Live From Austin Texas

- Freddie King-The Best of The Shelter Years

- Van Wilks-Koko's Hideaway

- Lil Bit & The Customatics-Whiskey Nights

- Fred Eaglesmith-50-Odd Dollars

- Amy Winehouse-Back To Black

- Kings of Leon-Because of The Times

- Bill Kirchen-Hammer of the Honkytonk Gods

- Donald Fagan-Morph The Cat

- Alejandro Escovedo-The Boxing Mirror

- The Eagles of Death Metal-Death By Sexy

- Jerry Lee Lewis-Last Man Standing

- Citizen Cope-Every Waking Moment

- Ray Wylie Hubbard-Snake Farm

- Ray LaMontagne-Til The Sun Turns Black

- Eric Lindell-Change In The Weather

- Amos Lee-Supply and Demand

- Mason Jennings-Bonecloud

- Wayne "The Train" Hancock-Tulsa

- Todd Snider -The Devil You Know

- Jim Campilongo -Heaven is Creepy

- Seth Walker -Seth Walker

- James Hunter -People Gonna Talk

- Los Lobos -The Town & The City

- Bob Dylan - Modern Times

- The Subdudes -Behind The Levee

- Paul Weller - Illuminations

- Dale Watson - Whiskey or God

- Cross Canadian Ragweed - Garage

- The Mother Truckers - Something Worth Dying For

- Steve Bedunah - Hand Me Down Land

- Emmylous Harris and Mark Knopfler - All the Road Running

- The Black Keys -
Chulahoma

- Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

- ZZ Top - Mescalero

- Drive By Truckers -
A Blessing and a Curse

- Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

- Hank III - Straight to Hell

- James McMurtry - Childish Things

- Warren Zevon - Genius

- Bucks Owens - Greatest Hits II

- Lucinda Williams - Live at the Fillmore

- Merle Haggard - Live from Austin City Limits

- Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun - Tied to the Wheel

- Los Number 3 Dinners - Quiero un Camaro

- Cindi Cashdollar - Slide Show

- Matisyahu - Live from Stubbs

- Bruce Springsteen - The Seegar Sessions

- Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way

- The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

- Gram Parsons- Complete Reprise Sessions

- Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse

- Johnny Cash - American V, A Hundred Highways

Movies:



No Country For Old Men,
we own the night,
Black Snake Moan,
The Departed ,
Hellboy,
Open Range,
The Band: The Last Waltz ,
Heat ,
O Brother, Where Art Thou? ,
Falling Down,
Miller's Crossing,
The Royal Tenenbaums ,
High Plains Drifter ,
Good Fellas
Honkytonk Man
Bound for Glory
Hud
The Big Lebowski
Raging Bull
Reservoir Dogs
Eight Men Out

..

Television:



.. ..

Modern Marvels
World Poker Tour,
The Sopranos,
Austin City Limits,
Aqua Teen Hunger Force,
Napa Valley Style,
Charlie Rose,
Monster House,
Deadwood,
The Simpsons - of course,
Carnivale,
Musical Passport,
The Thirsty Traveler,
The Family Guy

..

Books:


Recent Books I'm Reading
- Eric Clapton Clapton: The Autobiography
-Dominic Spinale G-Men and Gangsters, Partners in Crime: How the FBI used James "Whitey" Bulgers and his Boston Irish gang to destroy the Italian Mafia
-Andy Bellin Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure in the Heart of Gambling Country
- The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
- Doyle Brunson According to Doyle
- Micheal Miller The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
- Jim McCarthy with Ron Sansoe Voices of Latin Rock
- Billy Joe Shaver Honky Tonk Hero
- Greg Kot Wilco: Learning How To Die
- Susan Tucker The Secrets of Songwriting: Leading Songwriters Reveal How To Find Inspirations & Success
- Annete McGivney Leave No Trace: A Guide to the New Wilderness Etiquette
- Gary Marmorstein The Label: The Story of Columbia Records
- Douglas Wolk 33 1/5 James Brown: Live at the Apollo
- Christopher Sandford Keith Richards: Satisfaction
- Dave Eggers And You Shall Know Our Velocity..
- Steven Kent The Ultimate History of Video Games
-Jane Austen for Dummies
- Willie Nelson Facts of Life and other dirty jokes
- Robert Coles Bruce Springsteen's America: The People Listening, a Poet Singing
- Aoki, Shoichi Fruits
- Gillian Gaar She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock N Roll
- Slash Autobiography
- Tucker Max I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
- John Stravinsky (ED)Read Em' and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion
- Pablo Neruda Su Mejor Poesia
- James Michener Texas
- James McMurtry Lonesome Dove
- Rick Riordan Southtown
- Michael ChabonThe Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
- Jan Reid The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock
- Micah and Nicholas Sparks 3 Weeks With My Brother
- Phil Lesh Searching For the Sound
-Texas Hold'Em: Techniques and Tips
- J. English Paddy Whacked: The History of the Irish-American Gangster
- Neil Peart Roadshow: Landscape with Drums
- Chuck Klosterman Killing Yourself To Live
- Kathleen Ann Cordes America's National Scenic Trails
- Deepak Chopra la paz es el camino
- Haruzo Ohashi Japanese Gardens of the Modern Era
- Ricky Vincent Funk: The Music, The People, The Rhythm of THE ONE
- Jamaica Kincaid (ED)The Best American Travel Writing:2005
- David L. Hough Proficient Motorcycling
- Bill Bryson Notes From a Small Island
-Hiking Texas
-Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion
- The Literature of Memory: Modern Writers of the American South
- John Graves-Goodbye To A River-
- Don Graham (ED)-Lonestar Literature-
- Manuel Luis Martinez-Drift-
- Jim Heiman (ED)-Mexicana
- Naiomi Shihab Nye-Red Suitcase
- Billy F. Gibbons-Rock N Roll Gearhead
- Jon E. Lewis (ED)-The Western
- Cornell Dupree -Rhythm & Blues Guitar
..
All-Time Favorite Books
Wallace Stegner: Big Rock Candy Mountain
Charles Bukowski: Ham on Rye
John Graves: Hard Scrabble
Bob Dylan: Chronicles
Woody Guthrie: Bound For Glory
Norman Mailer: An American Dream
Jack Kerouac: On the Road
Ernest Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Saul Bellow: Humboldt's Gift
Mikhail Lermontov: A Hero for Our Time
Larry McMurtry: Roads
Knut Hamsun: The Wanderer
Herman Hesse: Steppenwolf
Bill Bryson: A Walk in the Woods
Jack London: To Build a Fire
Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi
James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Erica Jong: Fear of Flying
Internet Site I Visit When I Should Be Reading: www.tdpri.com

Heroes:



Duke Robillard,Bud Marsh, Johnny Cash, Pres. (Gen) Dwight Eisenhower, Prof. Manny Martinez, Bill Kirchen, Redd Volkeart, Technical Sergeant (Ret) Leville Crowther, Issa Mustaklem, Big John Profant, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Jack Kerouac, Hermann Hesse, Garrison Keillor, Bill Bryson, Norman Mailer, Larry and James McMurtry, Knut Hamsun, Homer Simpson, Ernest Hemingway and all first responders and relief workers

My Blog

Indy Rock

    Coming back to Indiana has been epic.  It has been so green here with all this rain and all these woods.  There seem to be farms and fields out the butt here and I would really...
Posted by Zeek on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:48:00 PST

The Black Keys - "Attack and Release"

This is their newest album.  It's an absolute classic.  It is funky, heavy, relaxing, invigorating, and rockin -- all at the same time.I'll probably have to get a copy for some of my friends...
Posted by Zeek on Sat, 24 May 2008 03:42:00 PST

Tuesdays with Jorge

Mason and I have been taking guitar lessons with my old teacher, Jorge.He's a great dude, - I'm learning to read sheet music little kid style with Mason.  Mase is just a beginner so it's like I'm...
Posted by Zeek on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:30:00 PST

Coming to Indy late May - early June

I'll be coming home at the end of May and the first week of June.  I'm gonna be the best man in Matt and Katie's wedding.I'll actually be there right after the Indy 500 so I'm gonna miss the race...
Posted by Zeek on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:08:00 PST

Don’t Drink And Blog

Some time back I got loaded and tried to write on the biotch.  I’d advise against that.  When you’re down in a bottle you think that you’re brilliant but you always find ou...
Posted by Zeek on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:42:00 PST

I Say We Party

I have now been drunk for over 24 hours.  It’s the weekend bitches...and I say we party!
Posted by Zeek on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:15:00 PST

Daddy Needs a Drink

All day long I’ve been dreaming about sitting down to a nice cold stiff drink.  You know when something itches and just drives you crazy and then you start scratching and it feels so damn g...
Posted by Zeek on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:52:00 PST

Elections Suck! I Think Ill Just Play My Guitar

My fellow Americans, I love the crazy-sweet cash just like you do!  I keep telling myself, "It’s the econony stupid!"  Hardy har har, nudge nudge, wink wink...    Politi...
Posted by Zeek on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:39:00 PST

Visiting Josh Skelton in Colorado

Last week I visited Josh Skelton in Fort Collins, CO. I flew from Austin to save money so I was there all night in the airport waiting to leave early in the morning.  They played Texas music pipe...
Posted by Zeek on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:20:00 PST

Slash

I just read the autobiography of Guns N' Roses' guitarist, Slash.  It is highly amusing.  Here are some of my favorite lines:    "I kept playing and tossed off some impromptu ...
Posted by Zeek on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:04:00 PST