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jrm

if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass a'hoppin..

About Me

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My Interests

good whiskey, shitty attitudes, slick driving, drunken pool, fuck-you cuisine, old trucks, sun-warmed tomatoes, loud music, green hills, good air, ornery dogs, raw tuna, mean grannies, sharp knives, bad haircuts, deceptive rhythms, antique drums, electronics, old houses, run-on-profanity, . ..

I'd like to meet:

a big pile of money.

Music:

recently: The Dead Trees (amazing), Heartless Bastards - All This Time, Kjell Anderson (all), Gospel Gossip (new shit), Captain Of Industry (new shit), The Whigs (all)

Movies:

recently: I watched 27 Dresses on a flight from Denver to Philly. I don't even know why. I even watched the whole damn thing. Kat Heigl is just that friggin cute I guess...

Television:

recently: nothing, aside from Food TV while I work on my video blogs... making shows is more fun than watching them I've discovered...

Books:

recently: nothing. I can't. I don't know why.

Heroes:

Master Shake, Vincent Gallo, Frank Zappa, Kurt Vonnegut, Shel Silverstein, Rube Goldberg, Tony Clifton, Bill Hicks, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Tony Bourdain, Dave Chapelle's "Silky" Johnston of The Haters, Gordon Ramsay, Doug Stanhope, Mike Patton, Karen O, Hunter S. Thompson, Brian Chase, Tony Williams, Bud Curtiss, Mom, Christopher Walken, Sarah Silverman, Jim Black, Sam Elliott, John Turturro, The Mooninites, Harry Goz, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Aeson, Dirt McGirt, BigBabyJesus, Les Claypool, John Roderick, El-P

My Blog

jrm goes to film school....

here's my latest art project from the road... again, keep the notes and comments coming. I've slowed my credits down and gotten rid of (most of) the shaky camera hand... I'm now on to freez...
Posted by jrm on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:30:00 PST

Im On FoodNetwork.com!

yes! they loved my first piece from the road so much, I get to keep doing them! so check it out, and let me know what you think. another shot, edited, and "scripted" entirely by me production:RIGHT...
Posted by jrm on Sat, 24 May 2008 07:45:00 PST

Roll Film!

so....HERE is my first tour video blog (vlog!) from the current What Made Milwaukee Famous tour. .. . meanwhile, I've submitted my first food video blog to foodnetwork.com and am still waiting to hea...
Posted by jrm on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:53:00 PST

I kill me.

literally. here's a snippet from Cheap Wine from the last tour, I'm playing Mark from Louis XIV's drums, and in the breakdown, in my usual polyrhythmic assholery, I'm always looking for sneaky new th...
Posted by jrm on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:05:00 PST

there are no laws in friendship

you've not planned ahead, and here you are, home, exhausted, and nearly whiskey-less at 11:48pm at the crest of a long night of winding down. your only means of transportation is a scooter, and it's ...
Posted by jrm on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:29:00 PST

Reason 1,369 Why I Should Not Reproduce

because shit like this would never get old for me. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual &videoid=2038959821
Posted by jrm on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:54:00 PST

Battles + Emo's + Stanier's Drumstick = PRIAPISM

so I took a rare journey out to See A Show last night. after missing Amon Tobin at SXSW, there was no way I was missing seeing one of my favorite living drummers (John Stanier, ex-helmet, tomahawk, e...
Posted by jrm on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:12:00 PST

hell yeah, Applebee's!

nice to see Tyler Florence is making some real changes around that dump....http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19252488/?GT1=10056
Posted by jrm on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:54:00 PST

Texas Man Charged In Skittles Heist

A little candy can add up to a rainbow of trouble.A man caught removing tires from a truck has been charged with stealing the tractor-trailer containing $250,000 worth of Skittles, police said.Seven p...
Posted by jrm on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

today's challenge

watching Shaun of the Dead while eating is hard.  not unlike eating in a strip club.  maybe it's just me.  zombies and sandwiches and tits and steaks send wrong chemicals to the wrong p...
Posted by jrm on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:02:00 PST