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Sylent Syd

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Former bass player with the Rhinos and Danny Michel, Ryan Hovinga(aka Sylent Syd) has quickly developed into one of the Tri-Cities most insightful house DJs. Having completed his DJ residency at Revolution Night Club's Purple Room, Sylent Syd is geared to exhibiting his unique mixing skills to a wider audience.

My Interests

Music, food, writing, humour, soccer, travelling, video games (Winning Eleven and Katamari Damacy to be specific)
Which British Band Are You?

I'd like to meet:

Brian Wilson, Arsene Wenger, Graham Coxon, Eric Idle, Jarvis Cocker, Barry Davies, Roberto Beningni, Jon Stewart

Music:

THE BEATLES + BOB DYLAN Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blur, XTC, Pulp, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Otis Redding, The Velvet Underground, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Swirl People, Mark Farina, Tim Patrick, Jelo, Marco Carola, Justin Long, Jason Hodges, DJ Heather, Chris Anderson, East Coast Boogiemen, Switch/Solid Groove/Induceve

Movies:

American Graffiti, Quadrophenia, The Godfather Part II, Midnight Cowboy, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Help!, The Filth & The Fury, Taxi Driver, This Is Spinal Tap, La Vita e Bella, When We Were Kings, Trainspotting, The Life Of Brian

Television:

Very rarely watch TV anymore (soccer games excluded), but my all-time faves were WKRP In Cincinatti, Fawlty Towers, Happy Days (when Ron Howard was still in the cast) and The Simpsons

Books:

Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast Of Champions," "A Brilliant Orange" by David Winaar, "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald, Mario Puzo's "The Sicilian," "Who Is Bugs Potter?" by Gordon Korman and "Fever Pitch" and "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby

Heroes:

Bob Dylan, Johan Cruyff, Dennis Bergkamp, Muhammed Ali, Bugs Bunny .. width="425" height="350" ..

My Blog

www.sylentsyd.com

with the help of my friends Stephen Tremor and Chris Muncan, I have an official website up-and-running.  www.sylentsyd.com It's still in the development stages, but it currently has my last two ...
Posted by Sylent Syd on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:35:00 PST

New Mix: INEBRIATION STATION

This was recorded informally - pretty much off-the-cuff (hence the abrupt beginning) - at a buddy's place this past Friday night...Despite an admittedly weak start, I seemed to have settled ...
Posted by Sylent Syd on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:58:00 PST

"Commercial Interruption" (re-issued)

Hey all, I had a few requests made for this mix as of recent, so I decided to make it available for everybody who might've missed out the first time around...It's easily my personal favorite... SYLENT...
Posted by Sylent Syd on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:17:00 PST

Q Magazine's Top 100 Song List

...latest issue of Q magazine....not a bad selection of tunes...I've always been able to make a top 10 albums list...for decades that list has stayed pretty consistent with only minor tweaks now ...
Posted by Sylent Syd on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:46:00 PST

40th anniversary of The Beatles' REVOLVER LP

Further proof that 1966 was far and away "The Greatest Year Of Popular Music."  Many cases have been made from musicians and critics alike that this is "The Greatest Rock Album Of All-Time." ...
Posted by Sylent Syd on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:04:00 PST