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About Me

goal in life: the phrase "cult legend" will procede my name in my epitaph (legitimately).
people tell me that i'm fun to be around. i call them "friends" because calling them "liars" isn't nice. i enjoy being misunderstood, which is probably good because it happens a whole lot. my days are spent working at a recording studio in los angeles, which is helping me achieve my goal of turning my life-long love of music into hatred for the music industry. that being said, i'm one of those cliche people who moved to LA with his band to "make it." currently playing bass in three bands. a lot of people would say i'm anal retentive, maybe even borderline OCD... i think i just wield incredible powers of organization. sarcasm is funny. "ice, ice baby" may quite possibly be the greatest hip-hop song ever written. i don't like cheesecake. apparently, i'm the only one. a friend once told me that "i'm the kind of booty you want to call." i have no idea what that means... i've been to snoop dogg's house. true story: i had to ride the short bus (yes, that short bus) my entire junior year of high school. it was the only public transportation that came by my house. i don't dance very well, but i'm a master of the butterfly. r. kelly's "trapped in a closet" dvd is probably the most amazing thing i've ever seen. and i have more black t-shirts than all of the guys in metallica put together.
these are my bands:

My Interests

music- listening, recording, performing, composing, bass, reading, writing, tattoos, acoustics, intellectual stimulation, body piercing, cartoons, jack and coke, laughter, sarcasm, nerdom, dive bars, dead baby jokes, vanilla ice, tom foolery

Music:

tool, faith no more, dillinger escape plan, primus, miles davis, radiohead, the mars volta, victor wooten, meshuggah, jaco, johnny cash, mastodon, NIN, botch, john coletrane, jane's addiction, the melvins, fugazi, beastie boys, mr. bungle, neurosis, old metallica, paul simon, nirvana, between the buried and me, the beatles, helmet, simon and garfunkel, patton projects (fantomas, tomahawk, etc), isis, banyan, the beach boys, the locust, radiation 4, z-trip, kevin gilbert, red sparrowes, outkast, quicksand, pantera, minor threat, public enemy, slayer, death, alice in chains, dysrhythmia, bela fleck and the flecktones, the (original) misfits, converge, mc chris. dead kennedys, intronaut, the tony danza tapdance extravaganza, patrick johnson, tiffany kyees, flatline, crematorium, lee harvey griswold, in this moment... this list could go on forever.

i record bands too. check out some of my work:

Movies:

clerks, army of darkness, spinal tap, star wars (the three original films), reqium for a dream, monty python: pretty much anything, the big lebowski, lord of the rings, fear and loathing in las vegas, pee-wee's big adventure, singles, american history x, south park, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, garden state, evil dead 1&2, fight club, bottle rocket, the royal tennenbaums, cb-4, SNAKES ON A (muthafuckin) PLANE!

Television:

the family guy, freaks and geeks, mr. show, adult swim!: the venture brothers, aqua teen hunger force, robot chicken, squidbillies, future-rama, frisky dingo, the simpsons, the kids in the hall, the ali g show, wild world of spike

Books:

let's do authors: ray bradbury, george orwell, dr. suess, michael moore, mark twain, chuck palahniuk, neil gaiman (particularly his work with dave mckean), chuck klosterman, kurt vonnegut, etc. books: the tipping point, battle royale, biographies, and as a child i loved the sears catalog. i tend to read a lot of audio/ music magazines as well. does that count?

i also write. check out my column here:

Heroes:

in mythology and legend, men, often of divine ancestry, who are endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for their bold exploits, and favored by the gods.

My Blog

kinda like paul wall, but mexican...

... and dumber. may i present to you, you can't make this stuff up.oh man, his song hip-hop got deported even lifts from the nas album i worked on ("hip-hop is dead")! life is sweet....
Posted by josh on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:32:00 PST

salty eyes

two of my closest friends work with a band called the matches. to be honest, i wasn't a fan of their first album "e. von dahl killed the locals," but i really like their latest record, "decomposer." ...
Posted by josh on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:57:00 PST

this makes my head hurt

i'm sure most of you have seen this, but it's so mind-bogglingly amazing i had to share. i think watching this will actually make you dumber. may i present miss teen USA south carolina: ...
Posted by josh on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:25:00 PST

quote of the day

"you should never look down on people. the only time you should look down on someone is if they're going down on you."-dave chavarriill nino
Posted by josh on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:52:00 PST

the only "reality" tv show i’ll endorse

i finally got to see an episode of this show. it's everything i hoped it would be.behold "MAN BAND!" ...
Posted by josh on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:38:00 PST

in the spirit of my high school reunion

please visit my buddy nate's page at fever stirs recordings. not sure how long it'll be on the page, but there's a recording of the first song i wrote with a band in pulaski, tennessee. originally s...
Posted by josh on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:33:00 PST

tennessee, tennessee... part 2

spent a few days in pulaski. whenever i go to pulaski, my mother insists on taking me to wal-mart. i'm not going to bore you with my political/moral stance on the place. just sufficd it to say, i m...
Posted by josh on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST

tennesseee, tennessee.

well, made it back to the volunteer state in one piece. had to deal with some really packed flights, one being from denver to nashville where i ended up in the row in front of the exit row. for the ...
Posted by josh on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:27:00 PST

favorite songs

not the real video, but they never made one for this song. i love botch. you should too. ...
Posted by josh on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:24:00 PST

marketing

while this endeavour is going to require a little more thought on my part, i've begun putting together a marketing campaign to sell personal hygiene products to men. i'm operating under the premise t...
Posted by josh on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:42:00 PST