the joseph grey AKA Loui$ RiÂ¢h AKA The LZA

About Me

i wrote a song for you today while i was sitting in my room. i jumped up on a bed today and played it on a broom. i didn't think that it would be a song that you would hear. but when i played it in my head i made you reappear. i wrote a video clip and i acted out each part. and then i took your picture out and taped it to my heart.
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-i travel a lot.
-i am the guitarist extraordinaire for secret crush society.
-musician, writer, entertainer -cyclist for team atomic, a bicycling team that rides from rehoboth, delaware to baltimore, maryland (a distance of 140 miles) every year to raise money for those with HIV/AIDS in baltimore
-i live and work in new york city but travel on the weekends either to play music or hang out with friends or both. if something is happening, more than likely i will get on a plane to be there.
-capture-the-flag enthusiast
-roller derby super fan
-shogun of harlem
-rock and roll genius
-pioneer of "bankster" rap, as alter-ego Loui$ RiÂ¢h and The E$tabli$hment. . . taking the financial industry back to the streetz
-man about town
-new orleans ex-patriate (pre-katrina)
-lover, not a fighter
-aspiring game show host
-ex-resident of baltimore, maryland, the greatest city in america.
AIM is greyplanet410
blog is greyplanet dot livejournal dot com
http://twitter.com/greyplanet
photos at http://flickr.com/rockandrollgenius

My Interests

rock and roll
capture the flag
long distance cycling
economics
doing the robot
lifting weights
dark rum
cheap beer
roller derby
drive-in movies
politics
chicken- anyway, anytime, anyhow
writing
guitars
drums
piano
dancing my ass off
people with style
obscure punk rock trivia
new york city
making out
sharp looking neckties
and of course. . . you, my dear

I'd like to meet:

girls.

Music:

the ramones, kanye west, the dwarves, gore gore girls, celebration, the damned, BILLY FUCKING OCEAN, the murder city devils, the misfits, run DMC, black flag, the epoxies, outkast, the germs, pariah pirahna, social distortion, iggy, black eyed peas, jay-z, mike jones, slim thug, the adverts, the rezillos, leonard cohen, the raveonettes, husker du, wu-tang, prince, early michael jackson, the killers, franz ferdinand, ted leo and the pharmacists, VHS or beta, the death set, king belvedere, water school, karmella's game, avec, two if by sea, the sprouts, johnny cash, little richard, secret crush society, powerwalker, missy elliot, kaiser chiefs, muse, the go! team, death cab for cutie, billy joel, postal service, paul wall, TV on the radio, backyard babies, agent orange, dead kennedys, the black halos, chester stacey, david bowie, hedwig and the angry inch, t-rex, slade, the go-go's, le tigre, the twin six, motorhead, descendents, neutral milk hotel, antony and the johnsons, the public, the hold steady, r. kelly

Movies:

rocky, happiness, ed wood, full metal jacket, caddyshack, hedwig and the angry inch, animal house, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, the wizard of oz, tron, heavenly creatures, edward scissorhands

Television:

hey new york! it's you!
Every Hipster - So 5 Minutes Ago

Books:

the great deluge- douglas brinkley, the rum diary- hunter s. thompson, slaughter-house five- kurt vonnegut, like being killed- ellen miller, any early stephen king, survivor/fight club/diary/choke- chuck palaniuk, war all the time- charles bukowski, the air-conditioned nightmare- henry miller, glamorama- bret easton ellis, get in the van- henry rollins, the wild boys- william s. burroughs, please kill me- legs mcneil and gillian mccain, on the trail of the assassins- jim garrison, i am the cheese- robert cormier, one flew over the cuckoo's nest- ken kesey, the sandman comic books by neil gaiman, last exit to brooklyn- hubert selby, jr., 1984- george orwell

Heroes:

The Voice.

My Blog

hey america.

here is my take on some events that happened today, and how big government is screwing the little guy. again. very boring stuff, but also very important, in my humble opinion....
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:32:00 PST

HELLO!

so yeah, i haven’t been on the internet much. it took me two weeks to get an internet hookup but i finally got one and. . . here we are.moved to new york city. living in the ghetto. working o...
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:19:00 PST

new york city

yesterday, three things happened:-i accepted a job working for the biggest bank in new york city-i got an apartment in west harlem-i celebrated by getting really, really drunkcongratulate me....
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:52:00 PST

oh shit.

as most of you know, i'm moving to new york city next month. i've decided that i will be having a going away party. but not just any going away party.i will be having an absinthe going away party.an...
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:45:00 PST

learning spanish, day one.

i've decided that i want to learn to speak spanish. this was one of the things on my "kick list" (things i want to do before i die). . . learn how to speak at least one other language, if not a few o...
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST

new york city, part 2 (electric boogaloo)

earlier this year i'd made plans to leave baltimore and move up to new york city. i had my sights set on fall of 2007. unfortunately, earlier this year my mom was diagnosed with cancer, and i put of...
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:13:00 PST

to the legendary MC rakim:

fuck you.yes, you are widely regarded as one of the most influencial MC's in hip-hop. yes, your music- in its day- was groundbreaking and helped to make rap music what it is today. that does not mak...
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST

the good, the bad, the ugly.

the good news:vegas was amazing. made a lot of new friends, had some fucking crazy adventures, and SCS played possibly the best set i think we've ever done. plus, when we finished, i got to say, "TH...
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:07:00 PST

a recap of last night's social distortion show:

i rocked my dick off for three and a half hours and then got drunk with english steve.the end.p.s. thanks deborah
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:49:00 PST

age

according to my profile, i'm 32 years old. my birthday is october 15, 1975. so that means that i'm presently 31. i still have three months. that's some bullshit, yo.
Posted by the joseph grey AKA Loui$ Ri¢h AKA The LZA on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:03:00 PST