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distraction

I'm definitely not dancing to this song on repeat... oh wait

About Me

I'm a day to day artist manager and I'm always on the lookout for new talent.
It's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they are happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you've realized how wrong you've been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it. God, I love this industry.
"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. And maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." -Charles Bukowski

My Interests

My friends, tropical islands, anything exotic actually, the beach, warm weather, swimming, shopping, shopping, uh.. shopping? the aston martin I WILL have one day, gummi bears, Bar Marmont, guys who can dance, drinking martinis with my father, concerts, sushi, staying up for hours for no good reason, coffee, Tab, road trips, Hollywood, baseball games, massages, clubs, red wine, The Vegas, chocolate covered strawberries, and obviously music

I'd like to meet:

This is my personal page. I'd love to reconnect with old friends or new ones.

Music:

I'll listen to absolutely any genre of music. Everything deserves a chance.It's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they are happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you've realized how wrong you've been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it. God, I love this industry.Pearl Jam, Deftones, Blink 182, Band of Horses, Coldplay, A Perfect Circle, Interpol, Tool, The Postal Service, The Secret Handshake, La Rocca, Making April, Arctic Monkeys, Van Halen, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Angels and Airwaves, Mute Math, U2, Boxcar Racer, Sum 41, Alice in Chains, Cold, A Simple Plan, Pennywise, Plus 44, Plain White T's, MGMT, the Weepies, Papa Roach, Yellowcard, Beck, Bad Religion, Third Eye Blind, the Beatles, Mazzy Star, Maroon 5, the Ramones, The Police, Brand New, Journey, BT, Metallica, Incubus, Uh Huh Her, AC/DC, Green Day, Staind, Fuel, R.E.M., Spoon, Korn, Taking Back Sunday, Offspring, The Wallflowers, Weezer, System of a Down, Underoath, Tom Petty, the 88, Sick Puppies, Dashboard Confessional, Aerosmith, Disturbed, Dredg, Primus, Lit, Dave Matthews, Snow Patrol, Barcelona, Michael Jackson, The Killers, The Used, Kamera, AFI, Thrice, David Bowie, No Use for a Name, Soul Asylum, The Fray, Stone Sour, Radiohead, DJ Rap, Oasis, 311, Live, Silverchair, Smashing Pumpkins, STP, Soundgarden, Mr. Bungle, Matchbox 20, 50 Cent, Snoop Dog, Tupac, Sublime, Domeshots, Gogol Bordello, Chevelle, The Small Hours, Rob Whalen, The Ataris, This World Fair, Beastie Boys, Mew, Marjorie Fair, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, Datarock, Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Kinky, Sting, Black Sabbath, Sarah Mclaughlin, Goo goo Dolls, Alanis Morresette, Don Henley, Big City Rock, Warren G, Spundae, Dido, Crystal Method, Dr. Dre, Evergrey, Delirium, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Everclear, Guns 'n' Roses, Paul Simon, The Grateful Dead, Ben Harper, Fine Young Cannibals, Madonna, Heart, Imogen Heap, Peter Gabriel, Floyd, Zepplin, the Who, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, the kooks, Rolling Stones, Tori Amos, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dr. John, etc. I love all kinds of music though including indie rock, punk rock, alternative rock, hard rock, any kind of rock, jazz, blues, electronica, etc.

Movies:

Anyone who loves Bond movies with Sean Connery is my soul mate, haha. Otherwise, I'm somewhat movie deprived. As a kid I was always playing outside, and now I'm still always playing out and about. Some favorites are Fight Club, The Devil's Advocate, Office Space, 25th Hour, The DaVinci Code, V for Vendetta, A Night at the Roxbury, Bowling for Columbine, Clerks, Empire Records, Titanic, The Graduate, The Devil Wears Prada, Alice in Wonderland, American History X, Cruel Intentions, American Psycho, or anything hilarious or dark and twisted. I'll also watch any movie with Leonardo DiCaprio in it.

Television:

SEINFELD-anyone that doesn't like Seinfeld can just go home right now! lol... The O.C., Entourage, Will and Grace, South Park, Scrubs, Arrested Development, One Tree Hill, The Wonder Years, 90210, and of course, Grey's Anatomy...

Books:

LYRICS, LYRICS, POETRY, LYRICS, LOVE LETTERS, LYRICS, ETC. I read everything from legal articles to Foucault to music notation to the business section of the newspaper to Us magazine to the window to the wall!

Heroes:

Kurt Cobain is my greatest hero. Obviously his story ended tragically, but his musical vision, his intelligence, and his determination still inspire me to this day. Other heros include David Geffen, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Chris Martin, Danny Carey, Daniel John, Max Martin, Terry McBride, and anyone else who inspires others with a purpose, a vision, a desire to change the world we live in through art.

My Blog

daily blog 7.8

okay.. so why do I keep thinking about him? this is so strange! this is not like me... I always have SO much self control.. maybe even too much.. until.. this happened and what the heck?!?!?! Well th...
Posted by distraction on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:51:00 PST

I was inspired

6 am&he feels as if he just went to sleephe wants to go back to relive his dreams6 pm&He sits at the mall while she tries on her clothesAnd again she picks out that same shade of tanhe wonders...Is th...
Posted by distraction on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:55:00 PST

So heres what you need to know.....

So a lot has going down recently...I moved to a new position at my company last week. It's a lot of work, but it's cool to learn all this sales and production stuff on the label side. I figure if I'm ...
Posted by distraction on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:47:00 PST

I had a dream last night...

Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real, when you woke up you didn't know what to believe? What would you do if what you thought was true wasn't? And what you thought wasn't true was? That's how...
Posted by distraction on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PST