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About Me

I am multi-faceted, I don't fit into a text box. I have a lot of stories, all true. Put them all together and that's a beginning. Oh, andI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.1
You Are 92% California
You're totally Cali. Sweet! How California Are You?

My Interests

Music, intellectual conversations, a plain'ol good time, driving Toyota Celicas. Aside from being in the recording studio or my home studio, I like checking out gear, wrapping my cables, re-wraping my cables... okay but aside from that, uh, a great cup of coffee, drinks, pool. skydiving, the shooting range (outdoors). movies, chilling out with cool people. great conversation. bonfires. large peaceful public gatherings. taking advantage of free time sleeping, or of a roommate-free apartment and walking around the house in skivies. a great book. fun with photo booths (or like my new mac, the photo booth program). baking from scratch and delivering hot bread or cookies or s to my friends who sniffed down the scent and wait outside my window. putting fresh sheets on my bed and turning up the blanket. taking walks. concerts. college. oh how i miss college. Ah heck, you get the point.

I'd like to meet:

Intelligent, creative people with a good sense of humor and a good sense of self. People who are addicting to be around."There's no place like home! There's no place like home!"

Music:

Sublime. RANCID. Common. Erykah Badu. Cowlicks. The Beatles. The Funk Brothers. The Clash. Elvis. Garth Brooks. No Doubt. OZZY. Metallica. Wu-Tang Clan. Rolling Stones. Stevie Wonder. The Transplants. Van Halen. Al Green. Otis Redding. Michael Jackson. Tupac. stuff from the 80s and 90s I grew up with. aah nostalgia...oh the list goes on and on, this isn't even a beginning. All music inspires me.

Movies:

The Color Purple, Monsters Inc, Braveheart, American Beauty, American Dasi, High Fidelity. You rarely catch me at a fast food joint, but Super Size Me scared me to death! Coming Soon: The U.S. VS John Lennon.. width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" ..

Television:

The Simpsons. um...yeah I don't have much time for tv.

Books:

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Jonah's Gourde Vine, Seraph on the Suwanee, Sweat, The Color Purple, Harry Potter Series. The biography of Bessie Smith. The autobiography of Berry Gordy, "To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown". I recommend it! "Smoking, Drinking & Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times". My favorite author is Zora Neale Hurston, The Mother of the Harlem Renaissance (pictured in 1932).

Heroes:

My Mom and my Daddy! I'm the daughter of a Navy SEAL! My Grandparents. Music: George Martin, Barry Gordy, Mozart, Rick Rubin, John Scanlon, Dave Aron, Miguel Happolt. Life: Cynthia Katona & Dennis Roby, my favorite college professors, His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama.

My Blog

I got tagged

I got tagged and therefore am required to write 10 weird habits or facts about myslef. Additonally, I got tagged TWO MONTHS AGO, so lately I suck at timeliness. So here we go.(1) I can focus my thoug...
Posted by Montara on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:39:00 PST

Interview with Bob Ohlsson - Motown Mastering Engineer (2001)

Nowhere To RunBob Olhsson, magic and theMotown soundBy Philip Stevenson(Editor..s note: Our thanks to Philip and Tape Op for this superb feature. Audience, all we can say is this: Read, learn, and mos...
Posted by Montara on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:13:00 PST

George Martin Interview with Allan Kozinn (1987)

George Martin Interview with Allan Kozinn (1987)Category: MusicWhy release the first four albums on CDin mono? Well, why not ...A 1987 interview with George Martin by Allan KozinnThis interview with B...
Posted by Montara on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:38:00 PST

Rick Rubin - An Interview by Joy Williams

first published in Shark Magazine, Germanycover photo © Lisa Johnson"I always listen to what other people have to say. Sometimes they're right and I learn something."One steamy summer night in New Yor...
Posted by Montara on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:10:00 PST

Re: Hip Hop Dead?

I read Monk's blog, "Hip Hop Dead?" and the replies, the following was my response:It worries me that unless something drasticly changes soon, we will have a generation of music that loses its ability...
Posted by Montara on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:18:00 PST

Forgiveness

We get out of something what we put into it. We get out of life what we make of it. We get out of people what we give to them. And that is why it is important to forgive and love those who challe...
Posted by Montara on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:09:00 PST

When I Met John Carter Cash

This past Saturday I wanted to go to a record store, so I looked up the nearest Tower Records online, and instead of just finding it, for some reason I clicked on the link to the specific store. At th...
Posted by Montara on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:33:00 PST

Adventures in Banking

So my employer doesn't have direct deposit, and the bank I keep my money in will deposit but not let me have my money unitl it's about time to get my next paycheck. So that leaves me in the situation ...
Posted by Montara on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

my Birthday thursday ;-x

Well it's my birthday on Thursday, and it's making me miss my friends and loved ones, being so far from you all. I do have my parents to thank for the youthful gene, everyone out here (TN) thinks ...
Posted by Montara on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Moving X-Country

In six weeks my car will be packed with my most important/heaviest belongings (lighter things get shipped), may or may not have my cat in a cage, and my old roommate, Stephanie, in the passenger's sea...
Posted by Montara on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST