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forrest

If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end, No one

About Me



I live in Los Angeles, which is the strangest collision of dreams and darkness I have ever experienced. The freaks are the only true artists, the rest is manufactured bullshi*. Despite this, beautiful souls abound and it feels like home now. Plus the weather is nice. I manage slackstring and latch key kid and i write for jambase.com, music connection and relix magazine. I'm also a background-actor/photographer/model. You can call me a Renaissance Man or a bum, a flake or a genius. It's all been said before, and this will all be repeated.

Former headlines:
The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk - Dustin Hoffman
If you need a shoulder, or if you need a friend, i'll be here standing, until the bitter end... W. Axl Rose

My Interests

being outside, going to concerts, listening to music, travel, writing, photography, Vegetarianism, The Seattle Seahawks

some of my photography
Coachella pix over the years..
Vegoose '05
Knitball '06
Costa Rica '05

I'd like to meet:

"...The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" ----Jack Kerouac, "On The Road"

Music:

Phish, The Beatles, The Doors, slackstring, latchkey kid, The Weather Underground, musket, Dr. Dog, Don McCloskey, Jack Johnson, Ween, The Disco Biscuits, The Grateful Dead, Moondog, The Velvet Underground, Mike Pinto, Galactic, Gun's 'N Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Babyshambles, Kasabian, The Secret Machines, The Pixies, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Black Crowes, John Coltrane, The Rolling Stones, Rage Against the Machine, The Strokes, Kings of Leon

Phish promo for Junta
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Pulp - Common People

a photo i took of Trey @ IT

Movies:

Starslyderz, True Romance, Point Break, Big Wednesday, Casablanca, Donnie Darko, Apocalypse Now, Heat, Performance

a Taste of Phish at Coventry - memories of the last Phish concert..

Starslyderz - The Greatest Movie Ever Made

Television:

the NFL Network, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Tivo'd History Channel
my favorite videos
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
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Bob Dylan - When the Deal Goes Down
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The Secret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes
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The Strokes - Heart in a Cage
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Books:

The Helping Friendly Book

My good friend Lonn's memoir. For anyone who ever wanted to hang out with Axl, Slash, Steven, Lars, Alice or even Bon Jovi. Honest and entertaining from start to finish.

Heroes:

Jean-Luis Lebris de Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Robbins, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Earnest Hemmingway, John Steinbeck, Dave Eggers, Michael Chabon, Kurdt Cobain, Ray Bradbury

My Blog

Swell Season @ KCRW

i was lucky enough to witness this in person. (thanks sunshine!) ...
Posted by forrest on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:44:00 PST

Yoko Ono!

check out my interview with Yoko Ono
Posted by forrest on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:26:00 PST

Bettye LaVette!!

I was lucky enough to witness Bettye LaVette perform at the Independent in San Francisco, which my friends call the club-house . LaVette smoked, teased, coaxed and otherwise amazed the crowd; her perf...
Posted by forrest on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:51:00 PST

I *heart* Dr. Dog!!

Dr. Dog and The Teeth breezed through California in mid July for a week of sold-out shows in small, sweaty clubs. The limited size of the venues left fans who procrastinated on the street, but those ...
Posted by forrest on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:13:00 PST

The story of the Jersey

Last year i gave my 'Hawks #12 jersey to a "Cope girl" at Swinger's on the night before the SuperBowl. It was a huge mistake - i was drunk, stoned and the girl was cute and professed to like football...
Posted by forrest on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:50:00 PST

Go Seahawks!

Finally, a classic sports moment that goes Seattle's way. i could watch Babineux's tackle a million timeshe saved the Franchise with that tackle. hurdled past one guy, looked like a matador getting p...
Posted by forrest on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:22:00 PST