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J N W

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music

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James Norton Walker here. I play bass guitar in a band by the name of This Specific Dream. We are located in Milwaukee, WI. We play a rather bizarre mix of music. Ambient, dark, chaotic, infused with jazz, funk and rock tones . . .Sigmund Freud and other later psychologists located inspiration in the inner psyche of the artist. The artist's inspiration came out of unresolved psychological conflict or childhood trauma. Further, inspiration could come directly from the subconscious. Like the Romantic genius theory and the revived notion of "poetic phrenzy," Freud saw artists as fundamentally special, and fundamentally wounded............In Greek thought, inspiration meant that the poet or artist would go into ecstasy or furor poeticus, the divine frenzy or poetic madness. He or she would be transported beyond his own mind and given the gods' own thoughts to embody................ John Locke's model of the human mind suggested that ideas associate with one another and that a string in the mind can be struck by a resonant idea. Therefore, inspiration was a somewhat random but wholly natural association of ideas and sudden unison of thought. Additionally, Lockean psychology suggested that a natural sense or quality of mind allowed persons to see unity in perceptions and to discern differences in groups..................................................New Full Length This Specific Dream cd entitled "Ohm" available now! At www.tsdband.com or www.myspace.com/thisspecificdream

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My Interests

staying up untill 4 or 5am noodling around on my bass and watching adult swim.

I'd like to meet:

Bass playing gods, the likes of Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten etc. Also Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and the Dalai Lama

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................................................"what a strange creature is man, that he would choose to cage himself so willingly"

Music:

Jaco Pastorious, Etradasphere, Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La band, Tool, Graham Central Station, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Weather Report, Bob Marley, The Verve, Lynard Skynard, Steve Miller, Ray Charles, David Bowie, Cannonball Adderly, Galactic, Cream, Credence Clearwater Revival, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Rush, Led Zepplin, RadioHead, Zombie, Goblin, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Doobie Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Queen, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Del the Funky Homosapien, Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello..umm ya there's more

Movies:

Sin City, Dazed and Confused, Boondock Saints, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Nightmare before Christmas, Fight Club, Resevoir Dogs, The Usual Suspects, Army of Darkness......

Television:

The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, The Boondocks, Venture Brothers

Books:

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My Blog

I had no clue?!?!

To all who care, i just realized something. (pretty much just musicians will care) Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of Cliff Burtons death. Sept 27th 1986. Now, earlier this month it was the 20th an...
Posted by J N W on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:58:00 PST

Wielding an axe

if i can get through this life without killing anyone, i'll consider it a success. -James
Posted by J N W on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:58:00 PST

Nicolas Slonimsky

"Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns" Slonimsky states in the Introduction, "There are 479,001,600 possible combinations of the 12 tones of the chromatic scale. With rhythmic variety added to the...
Posted by J N W on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:04:00 PST

i love having hours at the gas station to think about life

alright, so the other night i got to thinking about religions..what i do seem to follow. I know I really dont dont believe in much..well not the standard beliefs anyway. I researched quite a few ...
Posted by J N W on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:08:00 PST

remembering my life

Well, this thursday a rather large piece of my childhood was put down. My dog Shasta was 12 years old, and had unfortunately come down with bone cancer in her hip...it was time i know...had to be done...
Posted by J N W on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:29:00 PST

Trevor Goodchild's genious

Natural Evolution should amount to nothing by now but a vicious cycle of obsolescence. A world unnaccountable to its own past and doomed to repeat it indefinately. Oblivious to any consequence. We hav...
Posted by J N W on Thu, 04 May 2006 12:48:00 PST

whats with my mind?

so, i think i have far too much time to contemplate my life. workin at the gas station is ultimately boring, giving me time to think about everything, how to approach certain situations, to reflect on...
Posted by J N W on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:32:00 PST

st. patty's day

yeah so st. patricks day, and im not a fan of alcohol, on top of that im watching "A very Venture Christmas" .fuckin Venture bro's rules "Nobody wants a Dean in the box!" but not to worry, still...
Posted by J N W on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:47:00 PST