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Les Vegas

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...

About Me

I pledge a grievance to the flakes of the united snakes of a merry cow...and to the republicans, for which they scam...one nacho, underpants...with licorice and jugs of wine for owls........................................................ ............................................................ ........................Resentful of authority...revolted by popular culture...distrustful of most people and organizations...freaked out by clowns, dolls, and fundamentalists...appalled by religion...I don't buy into the system...everything the government says is a lie...everything corporate america says is a lie...I ignore it...fuck 'em...I'm a positive pessamist...My son means everything to me and his happiness is my primary concern. We have a blast together. He's my motivation...Founding member and guitarist of pioneering hardcore thrash band Cryptic Slaughter in the mid 80's, best remembered for our volatile combination of speed, aggression, and radical politics...Also former member of Portland fun gods Sweaty Nipples, who's legend still looms large in the Northwest. I've stayed close to music even though I no longer play in a band. I'd like to reconnect with the many friends I've lost touch with over the years. New friends are always welcome, too.Convicted and Money Talks have been reissued by Relapse Records and are available at www.Relapse.com. Picture discs were released earlier this year and may be all gone by now. Try www.soarecords.com.Some of my favorite old Cryptic flyers are posted in my blogs. We're working on getting some of the old Cryptic t-shirt designs back into production as well, although I can't promise that you'll look this good wearing one.

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My Interests

heavy music, zombie movies, photography, camping, fishing, songwriting, skateboarding, reading, coup d'etats, making waves, traveling, seeing the world through my son's eyes, soccer, college football, crop circles, black bean burritos, dark coffee, freaks (meaning anomalies, i.e. two headed babies, etc), animals (ones that don't bite or urinate on me), kids (same rules apply), extreme puppet shows, dropping acid...no, wait, I don't do that anymore. Three points

I'd like to meet:

Bigfoot flying a UFO

Music:

Jane's Addiction, Bad Brains, Melvins, Zeppelin, Slayer, Ministry, Cheap Trick, Turbonegro, KISS, Hendrix, Butthole Surfers, the Accused, Raging Slab, Discharge, R.K.L., Doors, Faith No More, Beastie Boys, Sabbath, Strapping Young Lad, Beatles, Soundgarden, VoiVod, Fishbone, Ween, C.O.C., Blind Melon, The Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Monster Magnet, Mr Bungle, Parliament, Concrete Blonde, Bowie, War, Pink Floyd, Tenacious D, Bongwater, D.R.I., The Cramps, Wehrmacht, early AC/DC & Van Halen, The Who, Miles Davis, Sweaty Nipples, Love On Ice, Storm and the Balls, FloodBucket, Big Brother/Janis, Minor Threat, early Suicidal, Sly and the Family Stone, Eric Helzer and the tea-baggers...can I stop now?

Movies:

David Lynch, Tarantino, George Romero, Stanley Kubrick, Sam Raimi, Tim Burton, Scorcese, Woody Allen, Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater, F.F. Coppola, George Lucas, Hitchcock, Robert Altman, The Coen brothers, Brian DePalma, Terry Gilliam, Ken Russell, John Carpenter, Blake Edwards, John Waters, and so on...

Television:

Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Kids in the Hall, Mr Show, Get a Life, Ali G Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Simpsons, Mystery Science Theater, Daily Show...can't stand shows about the "justice system". Sitcoms suck. Dope Operas are worse. Have no use at all for reality shows, especially the news.

Books:

Hunter Thompson, Robert Anton Wilson, Danny Sugerman, Carlos Castaneda, Dr Seuss, Henry Rollins, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Miller, William Burroughs, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, George Orwell, Edgar Allen Poe, Ken Kesey, H.P. Lovecraft, Hemingway...Vice Magazine...Johnny the Homicidal Maniac...lots of biographies...history...social commentary...satire...road stories...anything that promotes independent thought and subversiveness.............................................. ..............................................."He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man"--H. Thompson

Heroes:

my son, my family, George Carlin, Hunter Thompson, Bill Hicks, Michael Moore, Richard Pryor, Timothy Leary, Jimi Hendrix, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, and the good folks at NORML Paintings by my Dad, Dallas Evans. He's an ar-teest.

My Blog

Convicted Tribute!

I can't believe it's been 20 years. Our debut record Convicted was released 7.26.86. With Napalm Death releasing an amazing version of 'Lowlife' on Leaders Not Followers II, we thought it would be fun...
Posted by Les Vegas on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:48:00 PST

R.I.P. Jason Sears and Tom Pig

Jason Sears of RKL passes Former RKL (RICH KIDS ON LSD) vocalist Jason Sears passed away on Tuesday (Jan. 31) in Tijuana, Mexico while receiving treatment at an alternative detox clinic that primarily...
Posted by Les Vegas on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:37:00 PST

George Carlin quotes and musings

Soft rock is an oxymoron. That sucky, non-threatening, easy-listeningpussy music. Furthermore, it's not rock and it's not even music. It'sjust soft. If lobsters looked like puppies, people could never...
Posted by Les Vegas on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:47:00 PST

Tell that to my nutsack

So, isn't it about time to outlaw religion? I mean, the world is going down fast and it's all due to this silly, "My pretend man in the sky is better than your pretend man in the sky" argument. Can yo...
Posted by Les Vegas on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:20:00 PST