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Phil G

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About Me


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I live in Portland, OR, although I'm often not here! I work for Audix Corporation, we make fabulous microphones. I work with sound companies and festivals. I write songs, too (doesn't everybody on mice pace?). I love guitars; I'm a guitar geek. I'm an intermittent correspondent and I love to pun. You have been forewarned (and, as you know, forewarned is forearmed; four-amed is half an octopus [or 2/5 of a squid]).I think these blogthings are really funny. I'm such a geek :)
Your Personality Profile
You are nurturing, kind, and lucky.
Like mother nature, you want to help everyone.
You are good at keeping secrets and tend to be secretive.
A seeker of harmony, you are a natural peacemaker.
You are good natured and people enjoy your company.
You put people at ease and make them feel at home with you. The World's Shortest Personality Test
You Are 88% Open Minded
You are so open minded that your brain may have fallen out!
Well, not really. But you may be confused on where you stand.
You don't have a judgemental bone in your body, and you're very accepting.
You enjoy the best of every life philosophy, even if you sometimes contradict yourself. How Open Minded Are You?
Your Heart Is Purple
For you, love is about establishing and developing a deep connection.
If it's true love, it brings you more wisdom and inner strength.
Your flirting style: Sincere
Your lucky first date: An afternoon at a tea house
Your dream lover: Is both thoughtful and expressive
What you bring to relationships: Understanding What Color Heart Do You Have?
Your Brain's Pattern
Your brain is always looking for the connections in life.
You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first.
You're also good at connecting people - and often play match maker.
You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white. What Pattern Is Your Brain?
You Are a Life Blogger!
Your blog is the story of your life - a living diary.
If it happens, you blog it. And make it as entertaining as possible. What Kind of Blogger Are You?
Your Personality Is Like Acid
A bit wacky, you're very difficult to predict.
One moment you're in your own little happy universe...
And the next, you're on a bad trip to your own personal hell! What Drug Is Your Personality Like?
Your Inner Child Is Naughty
Like a child, you tend to discount social rules.
It's just too much fun to break the rules!
You love trouble - and it seems that trouble loves you.
And no matter what, you refuse to grow up! How Is Your Inner Child?

You are The Magician

Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity.

Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing, you are clever, witty, inventive and persuasive.

The Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things so just by speaking them aloud. Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is represented by Mercury. He represents the gift of tongues, a smooth talker, a salesman. Also clever with the slight of hand and a medicine man - either a real doctor or someone trying to sell you snake oil.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.


You Are 28% Control Freak
You have achieved the perfect balance of control and letting go.
You tend to roll with whatever life brings, but you never get complacent. Are You A Control
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

My Interests

Music, Good Food, Travel, Social Interaction, Deep Conversations, Reading, Writing, Being Playful

I'd like to meet:

I'm actually pretty fortunate; I've met just about everyone I've ever wanted to meet. I'm pretty social; you wanna meet ME? Just ask...

Music:

Couldn't make it without it. This will be an ever expanding list: Grateful Dead and associates, Allman Brothers Band, Little Feat, Gov't Mule, Jackie Greene, Bob Dylan, Tom Rush, Eric Andersen, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, It's a Beautiful Day, Moby Grape, Howlin' Wolf, numerous obscure folk singers, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Steve Goodman, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Henry Kaiser, Barry Sless, NRPS, more to come I'm sure...

Movies:


Your Famous Last Words Will Be:
"I dunno, press the button and find out." What Will Your Famous Last Words Be?

Television:

I avoid it if I can. That said:

Books:

I love to read on planes (which I'm on too often). I like Michael Connelly, Lawrence Block, and James Lee Burke to pass the time. I read books on physics and metaphysics, sales and psychology, materialism and religion. A good read makes for a good day!

My Blog

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come back during the in-between days

As I write this, it's overcast in a light gray, with bright spots peeking through. Yesterday, it rained so hard that the fest shut down early because of lightning and torrential downpour. Today, it's...
Posted by Phil G on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:05:00 PST

In Praise of The Raising Sand Tour

I graduated high school in 1979. That was a time, musically, when the rock world was really changing; people and bands like Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, and The Clash were starting to make their Pun...
Posted by Phil G on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:22:00 PST

Bloggers Block

Hi y’all. I know it’s been a while; I have started many a blog and gotten no where. It’s not that I don’t have a lot on my mind and it’s not like I don’t have stori...
Posted by Phil G on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:39:00 PST

You Cant Make This Up

I have no idea what transpired before this clip but is it funny! See for yourself here...www.alternet.org/blogs/video/77892
Posted by Phil G on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:31:00 PST

Hello, It’s me...

When I first started blogging, I thought I would see how long I'd stay with it. I look at my blog as just kind of a journal; occasionally I'll "pontificate" on matters of import to me; mostly it's kin...
Posted by Phil G on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:27:00 PST

My Dinner With John Molo

Tonight was a better dinner. TF and I met up at Jake's, one of the best restaurants in the US and had dinner with John Molo, drummer from Bruce Hornsby and the Range and Phil Lesh and Friends. John is...
Posted by Phil G on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:01:00 PST

My Dinner with Confusion

Tin Foil and I went to dinner tonight. It was a nice Lebanese restaurant over on Grand called Nicholas. Our food was wonderful; we had the vegan mezza and, as usual for a great Lebanese joint, there w...
Posted by Phil G on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:02:00 PST

In Praise of The Pretty Things

Ah yes, the age-old debate. SO much more interesting, imho, than the Ginger/Mary Ann or paper/plastic or stuffing/potato debates&What's your choice? Me, I was never a big Beatles fan. I mean, I like ...
Posted by Phil G on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:20:00 PST

Tool in Portland

Tool is a band that I'd never really paid that much attention to; I always thought they were too agro or something. However, since my job is artist relations, and Tool is a band that uses Audix, I wen...
Posted by Phil G on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:12:00 PST

Report From New Orleans Part two

If you've read my New Orleans-based blogs before, you know that I have a difficult time describing what's it's like to be here; it really is something that has to be experienced first hand to grasp th...
Posted by Phil G on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:47:00 PST