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Rat-BASS-Tard

VAGETARIAN

About Me

I'm currently in the process of a divorce although my ex (or soon to be ex) is a wonderful person and a fantastic mother to our beautiful daughter. I play bass in the band Zed's Dead and the band Rat Bastard. I live in Clovis, I am the Manager of Information Systems at Golden Valley Unified School District in Madera, CA and I sometimes teach part time for State Center Community College District.

My Interests

Music, motorcycles, geek toys

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I'd like to meet:

Many musicians that I admire such as (in no particular order), John Paul Jones, Tommy Shannon, Frank Bello, Les Claypool, the late Jaco Pastorius, Billy Sheehan, Victor Wooten.

Music:

Fairly varied -- I like most rock stuff from early classic rock all the way up to new stuff. If I'm just sitting and listening, it realy depends on my mood, but I usually lean towards progressive rock like Dream Theater, Rush, Yes, etc, but it could be anything from Motorhead to Depeche Mode. And of course there is always

Movies:

Clerks, Pulp Fiction, Heathers, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, Hudson Hawk, Raising Arizona

Television:

Guilty Pleasure = American Idol (Simon is always right)

Books:

Behold A Pale Horse by William Cooper -- believe it's contents or not, this book will make you think. I also like Anne Rice, Douglas Coupland, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many others.

My Blog

Pirate Radio on February 1st

I'll be "filling in' on bass duties for Pirate Radio on Thursday, February 1st at Shooters in Fresno.  Should be a lot of fun.  Everyone come on out!
Posted by Rat-BASS-Tard on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:18:00 PST

Rat Bastard in 2007

Lots of gigs already for 2007 -- Lucky 13, Fibber McGees, another Renegade show at the Madera Fairgrounds, some out of towners too.  Check the Rat Bastard myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/r...
Posted by Rat-BASS-Tard on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:11:00 PST