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About Me

I'm a drummer, pilot and I make ugly people not so much ugly. I love music and will play in some form or another till I die. I love flying and hope, one day, to get paid for it. Can't WAIT to stop retouching ugly people. I say go with what God gave ya.Check out my band Last Falling or atLast Falling on MySpaceWe're working on a new record but for now our album "In Loving Memory" is available at our store, Last Falling Store andiTunes

My Interests

Drums, music, aviation, animals, Chicago food, Italian Beefs, sushi, biking, outdoors, smog, earthquakes, fire.

I'd like to meet:

Frank Sinatra (he was the original rock star before rock was around). Buddy Rich, David Lee Roth, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Andy Kauffman and Bob Hoover.

Music:

AIC, Audioslave, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beck, Van Halen, Tool, SRV, QOTSA, RHCP, Radiohead, RATM, Dave Weckl, Doors, Styx, Foo Fighters, Sinatra, Coletrain, Genesis, Rush, GNR, Jane's, Zeppelin, Metallica, Maiden, Sabbath, Miles Davis, Nirvana, Floyd, Pumpkins, Mars Volta, Al Green, AC/DC, Albert Collins, The Who, Sublime, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Soundgarden, Santana, The Police, Muddy Waters, Louis Prima, Count Basie, Killing Joke, John Lee Hooker, Journey, Judas Priest, Incubus, Dream Theater, Duran Duran, Elton John, The Falling Wallendas, Green Day, Jackson 5.....just to name a few. Oh and my band of course: Last Falling

Movies:

Star Wars, Spinal Tap, Goodfellas, American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Tron, Taxi Driver, Fight Club, The Doors, Willy Wonka, Casino, Few Good Men, Blues Brothers, Shawshank Redemption, Kevin Smith movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blazing Saddles, Grosse Point Blank, Hi Fidelity, Zoolander, Tombstone, Fast Times, Breakfast Club, Ferris Beuller, Being John Malkovich, Kill Bill, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Kung Pao Enter the Fist, Usual Suspects, Gladiator, Sling Blade, Jaws.

Television:

Simpsons, Family Guy, Sledge Hammer, Police Squad (when it was on TV), 24, Lost, Everybody Loves Raymond, Sopranos, Looney Tunes, South Park, Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, Chapelle's Show, Reno 911, Futurama, The Daily Show. Reality TV is retarded! I watch TV to ESCAPE reality! OK, I lied, I like ONE reality show. Chef Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

Books:

Drum and aviation magazines. Soon to be buried in some instrument training textbooks.

Heroes:

Superman, period! Drumming heros: Les DeMerle, Dave Weckl, Todd Sucherman, Steve Smith, Vinnie Colaiuta, Buddy Rich, Dave Grohl, Neil Peart, man this can go on forever. But the first three really inspire me on a daily basis to play.

My Blog

Flew in the pattern

So I haven't flown in about a month. I decided to go up in the pattern for a little today. Uh, can we say rusty?? More like rusty trombone! It wasn't pretty but I got back to normal after the 3rd land...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:01:00 PST

Recent flights

Just thought I'd post the link to some pictures of recent flights I took.Flight to Santa BarbaraAerial survey over Palmdale...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:07:00 PST

First flight

Here's a little video of my first flight as a private pilot.flight video
Posted by Pilot Cat on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:47:00 PST

I am now a pilot!!

Well it finally happend. After one long year and some minor set backs I passed my check ride and am now a licensed pilot. It's really just the beginning though casue there's STILL so much to learn and...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:43:00 PST

I soloed today!

Well after a lot of hard work and some frustrating moments I finally soloed today!! I'm now officially a pilot! So I got to the airport this morning and did the pre flight as usual and went up in the ...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:16:00 PST

Landed by myself today!!

Its been a while since I posted last but I realized that Im not a writer! HahaAnyway Im excited cause today I FINALLY landed without any help from the instructor. Granted it was far from a perfect lan...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:57:00 PST

Last weeks lessons.

Well I decided that I just don't have time to write about each lesson so just thought I would try and update the blog once a week.Last weeks lessons went really well. I'm really polishing up my slow f...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:35:00 PST

second flight lesson

I had my second flight on Friday and it was just as exciting as the first one. We had some weather coming on that afternoon so I wasn't sure we'd actually get to go up that day but the could ceiling w...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:57:00 PST

My first flight lesson

I had my first flight lesson today and I made it back alive! I'll try to write this one for non pilots. I know I'm gonna skip a few things too but if I got REALLY detailed I'd be writing all night and...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:24:00 PST

First flight lesson

Well the day is finally here. I just scheduled my first flight lesson for next Wednesday!!! I had origiinally planned to train at Van Nuys Flight Center but as it turns out I ended up at a place calle...
Posted by Pilot Cat on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:16:00 PST