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Josh

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About Me

Music is my life. That's what Satan has given me. If you want to know more than that, I would gladly sit down and converse with you.
Me playing with one of my bands, Beckoned, at the Johnson Coliseum in front of 3000 people at a SHSU basketball game half time:Beckoned - LIVE @ The Johnson Coliseum
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This is a video I made when I was 17 just in case my fingers ever fell off... something to remind me I could once do this. Josh Shredding
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My Interests

Guitar, Playing Guitar, Breathing Guitar, Being Guitar, Movies, Music, playing music, any form of art... VOLLEY BALL, Working Out, TENNIS, Nature, Discussion, Debating, Philosophy, Theology, Eschatology, Religion, God, People, Loving People, Politics, History, trying to get this freakin' jet engine back to it's own dimension
Check out this wonderful music video I had the privilege to be in! I'm the thief ; ) CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA ROCKSKingdom of Hearts - The Church of Philadelphia
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I'd like to meet:

whoever invented string, Jesus, Leonardo da Vinci, , Shane Claiborne, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Saint Paul, Rich Franklin, Albert Einstein, John Lydon aka "Johnny Rotten", Dave Matthews, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, Alfred Hitchcock, Mozart, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Augustine, Martin Luther, R.C. Sproul, Rob Bell, Eric Cartmen, Billy Corgan, Henry Rollins, Descartes. Oh, and every politician, so I can kick them in the nuts as hard as I possibly can!

Music:

I enjoy anything from Classical, Jazz, Electronica etc. But my heart definitely belongs to Rock. Here are some of my favorite artists: Boy George, Smashing Pumpkins, Sigur Ros (best band LIVE... EVER), Mogwai, Brother Machine, Explosions In The Sky, Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Kelly Clarkson, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Avril LaVigne,The Church Of Philadelphia, Pixies, Mum, Arcade Fire, Caribou, Clinic, Amiina, Clay Aiken, Elton John,The Annuals, Dave Matthews Band, Modest Mouse, Animal Collective, Silver Mount Zion, Dignan, Muse, Pearl Jam, Old 97's, The Shins, Beauty Pill, Cooper Temple Clause, The Walkmen, Butthole Surfers, Band of Horses, Shout Out Louds, Sufjan Stevens, Elbow, Zero 7, Nobuo Uematsu, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Regina Spektor, Nick Drake, Piers Faccini, Feist, Kellie Mckay, Ambulance Ltd., Wilco, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Van Morrison, Daniel Johnston, Emily Haines, Canada, Andrew Bird, Ray LaMontagne, Iron And Wine, Robert Randoph, Doves, The Scabs, Bob Schneider, Bjork, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, ACDC, Tenacious D, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Cream, Blue Oyster Cult, Tom Petty, The Presidents of the United States of America, Don Martinez and the Raisin' Cain Band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Sex Pistols, The Doors, James Gang, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica (before they cut their hair), Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Rob Zombie, Rage Against The Machine, The Clash, Primus, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Sonic Youth, The Cranberries, Sound Garden, At The Drive In, My Morning Jacket, Bob Marley, Sunny Day Real Estate, Placebo, Collective Soul, The Octopus Project, Moby, Oasis, Travis, The Silent Type, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Massive Attack, Prodigy, Tricky, Dj Krush, Gorillaz, Weezer, Bare Naked Ladies, REM... and all the other worthy bands I can't think of at the moment.

Movies:

Here are some of the most amazing pieces of art known to man: Queer as Folk, SLC Punk!, America: Freedom to Fascism, Boondock Saints, Heima, Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, Fantasy Mission Force!!!, Children Of Men, Thank You For Smoking, Garden State, 3:10 To Yuma, Sin City, 300, I'm Not Scared, the Harry Potter movies, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Ran, ALL Quentin Tarantino films, Buffalo 66', Brick, Little Miss Sunshine, A Scanner Darkly, Run Lola Run, V For Vendetta, The Devil's Backbone, Fight Club, Trainspotting, Spun, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Munich, Ravenous, Shoot Em' Up, The Chumscrubber, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Stay, Tideland, Science of Sleep, The Shining, The Exorcist, Supersize Me, Blue Vinyl, The Machinest, American Psycho, The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, ALL Wes Anderson flicks, Punch Drunk Love, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Team America: World Police, Sideways, City Of God, Godfather I & II, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Jackie Brown, Ransom, Menace II Society, Do The Right Thing, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Squid And The Whale, Smokin' Aces, Running Scared, I Married A Strange Person, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut (blame Canada!), Les Miserables, Braveheart, Aliens, Clerks, Clerks II, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army Of Darkness, Dead Alive, House Of 1000 Corpses, The Usual Suspects, Snatch, Lockstock And Two Smoking Barrels, Magnolia, Crash, Blood In Blood Out, Dazed And Confused (Huntsville, represent!), Punk: Attitude, The Salton Sea, Swingers, Made, Blood Simple, Raising Airozona, Barton Fink, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, The Big Labowski, ALL Coen brother's movies, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, Gangster No. 1, Go, The Ring... and all the other worthy films I can't think of at the moment. Did I mention that I happen to like movies?

Television:

Anything MMA, The History Channel... and all the brilliant shows that of course get canceled that I just watch on DVD SUCH AS: Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, Stella etc. And Dexter!!!!!!

Books:

Ah lak me sum Bible. I also like Plato.

Heroes:

Kristin, Elton John, George Michael, Boy George

My Blog

Crushing concrete

Men can crush concrete all day... but it’s the soft, delicate things that leave us bruised.
Posted by Josh on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:14:00 PST

The Beauty of the Night

This Halloween weekend has further affirmed something about myself: I am a night owl. I LOVE the night. There is a certain beauty about the night that I just can't get over. The world truly changes wh...
Posted by Josh on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:56:00 PST

"God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"

" "When the earthquake hits, or the tsunami inundates, or the twin towers ignite, you can see and hear the secret satisfaction of the faithful.  Gleefully they strike up: 'You see, this is what h...
Posted by Josh on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:21:00 PST

My Music

Alright, I just got done organizing my 'My Music' folder on my PC. The folder contained over 350 artists I had come across over the last 8 years or so. My family has gone through many computers and ov...
Posted by Josh on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:27:00 PST

Real Adventures

Remember when we were younger, before all the exhausting politics of social status? Back when you could grab a couple of friends and go on a mystical adventure in the woods. Remember the role-playing?...
Posted by Josh on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:40:00 PST

American Beauty

Most people know that I'm somewhat of a movie buff. Most people don't know that I just watched the film American Beauty for the first time... EVER. "Coincidently" enough, I think if I had seen it befo...
Posted by Josh on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:27:00 PST

Spiritual MySpace Bulletins

You know those bulletins that are titled something like "BREAKING NEWS!!!" or "something terrible happened today" and inside you find a message similar to the following?: "It's kinda cool there are so...
Posted by Josh on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:36:00 PST

Music: Mind, Body, And Soul

If it is true that the essence of man's existence can be summed up in three parts: mind, body, and soul, then music could arguably be a golden thread that weaves these three together as it courses thr...
Posted by Josh on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:45:00 PST

Regarding "Texas"

"Texas rocks!" "Texas is the only state that matters" "Everything is bigger in Texas"! "Texas pride, baby!" "Texas, fuck yeah!" I'm sure we are all familiar with this "Texas pride" and at least for t...
Posted by Josh on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:52:00 PST

Causality...

Is it possible to have a cause without an effect? I've personally - along with other great minds - have decided the simple (yet not so simple) answer is no. You can get into endless amounts of technic...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:55:00 PST