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L.A.

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

.. Professional Guitarist and Systems Engineer......(weird mix huh?) Spend most waking hours trying to keep my birds from killing the cat, Writing code for projects that I probably should know NOTHING about, Trying to up the Plate voltages in the old 50 watt Plexi's without taking it through the fingertips.Cracking Admin passwords, and trying to figure out "where's the beer and when do we get paid?" It's kind of funny if you think about it...... I guess I've become what this country FEARS most... An educated Hoodlum. I'm just having a hard time getting used to the idea that I LIVE A DILBERT STRIP!!!There are so many people I owe a debt of gratitude;Tom Driscoll, Randy Chapman and Mickey Finn, Julie and Joy,Christine, Karen,Julie,and Sky, Plus everyone I forgot. Just remember............
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. " Hunter S. Thompson
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My Interests

Pete's Wicked Ale,Vintage Guitars, more specifically my neverending quest for 1950's Gibson solidbodies.Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,American Motorcycles (perferably those made before 1984)Pete's Wicked Ale, Anne Rice, 600+ meter rifles (Stoner SR-25, H&K PSG-1, and the ever faithful M40A3) 1/4 M.O.A Baby!!!, trying to retain any collector value in The Wife (yes CD....She's on her 3rd neck) I think Gibson sent someone up to punish me...... I'm safe for a while though..... most southerners can't take -20 windchills :) Oh, did I mention Pete's?
CadaverForSale.com - How much is your cadaver worth?

I'd like to meet:

Who I'd like to meet? Fuck that!!! Because I have neither the time or patience to edit theselinks at the code; I think that this space should be used to remember some old friends whohave passed.......
Chuck Schuldiner: Singer/ Guitarist of the band Death who with Rick kept me in stitchesduring the horrible end of my time in/with The Genitorturers
http://www.myspace.com/schuldinerlegacy
Tony Bono: Bassist for the band Whiplash and Cerebral Hemmorage Tony, I'll never forget you.The Grunge Club in Middletown with Scaggs and Spooge. R.I.P. My brother
http://www.myspace.com/whiplash1984
Amy Gellert: ONE of Brevard County's Unsolved Murders. I'll never forget driving past thecrime scene with Denise and thinking it was just a car accident. You would've LOVED FullSail!
http://www.brevardsheriff.com/ciu/cold_cases.htm
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/OSI/Unsolved/cards/deck1/Gellert .htm
GG Allin: Singer for the band Murder Junkies. You were the True KING of Rock n Roll
http://www.ggallin.com
Jeff Healey: A true innovator succumbed to the cancer which took his sight at the age of 1. I guess you Lost us at the Border.
http://www.jeffhealey.com/
And now today after recieving a message from Jamie Rickett, I've learned that the SpaceCoast has lost another incredible soul. Billy Van Riper, one of the most gifted and truelyinspirational musicians has passed. My heart goes out to Chuck and all hisfamily.......Europa, I'll never be able to play that song again without thinking of you.Peace

Music:

Instumental Fusion, Old School Punk and Hardcore,

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Ritchie Kotzen,Greg Howe (if you couldn't tell),Steve Vai,The Good Rats,Al DiMeola, Michael Lee Firkins,Jason Becker,SRV,Paul Gilbert, Robben Ford,Yngwie J. Malmsteen,Steely Dan,Vinnie Moore, My old friends Whiplash,Lower Eastside Warzone,Pete Tabbot and Vision,Overkill,Leeway,Ludichrist, The Ramones,Scatterbrain,Samhain,Tesco,Lyle,Jamie and The Meatmen, GG Allin, Death,Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete,Mark,and Louie from Carnivore,Dan and Nuclear Assault,Pete and Andy from Hellwitch,Casey and Disorderly Conduct, The Rhythm Pigs, Curt and Spike from D.R.I.,Lydia Lunch,Wendy O (my first love), Poe, Merciful Fate, 1970's Aerosmith,Bobby and Rikki from Poison,Chris and Dead Serios,Mike Owens, Marissa Gen,and The 'Festering' Genitorturers (it wasn't ALL bad),Rhed Asphault. John and B.O.N.G,Dave Flett,Paul Chapman,Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Frank and Dweezil Zappa,Jimmy Crespo,Gary Moore,and those who've helped along the way.....Lars Jacobson,Bruce Marion,Howie Katz,George and Florida Discount Music, Larry and Ace Music Orlando

Movies:

A Prayer for the Dying, Barfly, Saw I,II,III,IV, The Full Monty, Kill Bill, Kill Bill, and..........oh yeah...Kill Bill

Television:

Absolutely Fabulous, Fraiser, Grey's Anatomy (yeah,yeah, yeah....shut up), The History Channel

Books:

The Lonely Sea and the Sky by Sir Francis Chichester, anything by Anne Rice, Good Omens, anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Relic, Reliquary, Brimstone, etc.)Anything by Hunter Thompson(Especially Generation of Swine).The Art of War,The N.O.A.A. charts(saved my ass a few times).Virtually ALL the Palladin Press books.Jeff Dunteman's Assembly Language Step by Step(The Bible for anyone needing to learn to crack...also which has kept me from having to flip burgers between gigs)

Heroes:

+ORC, Fravia+, and the +HCU, Tesco Vee, Jason Becker, Hunter S. Thompson, Eric Clapton, Carlos Hathcock, Wendy O Williams, My friends

Frank Marino 1986 All Along the Watchtower Plasmatics the Damned Al DiMeola Live 1991 Al doing Egyptian Danza/Race With Devil

My Blog

Bullshit Economic Stimulous Refund Messages

Hi all, There is a Bogus Economic Stimulous message circulating Yahoo's mail servers. IT IS BULLSHIT!!! I REPEAT BULLSHIT!!! The header of the message says that it comes from [email protected]. DO NOT B...
Posted by L.A. on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:40:00 PST

MySpace as a Networking Tool

I suppose I'm preaching to the Choir but, it still amazes me how powerful a networking tool MySpace can be. Ever since Stef pestered me to actually 'populate' my page back in February, I've been in co...
Posted by L.A. on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:00 PST

Circle of fifths

The past few weeks I've been discovering just how lazy I've been. For some reason I've completely slacked on my sight reading over the past year. While working on my last few tracks I started to get f...
Posted by L.A. on Sat, 10 May 2008 08:18:00 PST

THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR ON A MUSICIANS’ TOUR BUS

THINGS YOU'LL NEVER HEAR ON A MUSICIANS' TOUR BUS:Shouldn't we go back for the drummer??On no you don't ! It's my turn to clean the bathroom.Checkmate !!Go roll 'em down the aisle all ya want.  T...
Posted by L.A. on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:59:00 PST

Been on the road too long?

KNOW HOW TO TELL IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD TOO LONG??12. You think sleeping inside the console lid is"comfortable."11. Your ears stop ringing all the time and themonitors seem to needmore HF EQ.10.&n...
Posted by L.A. on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PST

HAVE YOU BEEN HACKED?

HAVE YOU BEEN HACKED?Have you noticed weird bulletins posted by your friends lately? Instead of surveys and games, it looks like they're advertising ringtones for songs they don't even like, or tellin...
Posted by L.A. on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:32:00 PST

The Trials of Lenny Bruce

I found this while I was looking for information (completely unrelated) on the Crime Library Website. http://www.crimelibrary.com I've always been fascinated by Lenny's life and career. This is b...
Posted by L.A. on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:17:00 PST

Aint this a Bitch......

It's 8:25 AM and I'm still drunk from last night. We just got back about 15 minutes ago from Divine Rage. Everybody has crashed and Dumbass (Me) is still working (sort of). I was just reading the news...
Posted by L.A. on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:05:00 PST

Reflections

Well what to say........Today sucks! I'm sitting here on my third bottle of wine reflecting on all the bad news I've gotten over the last 24hrs. Where to start........A contract that I was trying for ...
Posted by L.A. on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:53:00 PST