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About Me

I guess the most notable things about me are that I'm the lead singer for the band Sister Hazel and that I have a wonderful family. We have 3 kids - 7, 4 and 2 - who I am in COMPLETE awe of. I truly believe that they hung the moon. I play guitar and I write a bunch of songs.
I'm also partners in the greatest merchandise company in the country - Period.... Sound Wave Merchandise/Campus Customs. If you're an artist/ band (big or small), promoter or ANYONE who needs merchandise or a web store - let me know and I will plug you into a phenomenal merchandise program. Drop me an e-mail right here or click the link and shoot an email there.
There is A LOT that goes down on the Hazel side of things:
Touring, writing, recording, rehearsing, hosting/promoting our music festivals and events (www.therockboat.com and www.theRockslope.com), running our cancer charity foundation (www.LyricsForLife.org) and enjoying the community that supports us. It's the most remarkable community of music fans anywhere.
- Wit, wisdom and humor. Good.
- Naysayers and whiners. Lame.
- My best friends make me laugh and think.
- I love Truck stops. I have to spend at least $3 every time we stop at one.
- I love to surf, but these days I can't seem to find the ocean very regularly.
- I love to tour. It's good laughs, good people and good music... But I miss my family.
- I am fascinated with people in general. And most of the time I like them.
- Odd is interesting. Normal is comfortable. Kind is cool. Mean is beat.
- I think that cancer sucks. It ripped my younger brother Jeffery from me when he was only 18 years old. I miss him every single day.
- I get VERY excited about great ideas and creative concepts.
- I seek out great dialog and good conversation. They both give me hope for the world.
- I like dreamers and I believe that everybody dreams... It's just that SOME people dream only for themselves while others dream for us all...
- I have trouble with selfish people. They're like a rock in my shoe.
- I think America is an incredible idea. We should keep working on it.
- Sometimes I act like a moron to cover up the fact that I'm a jackass.
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My Interests

My Family... My band (www.SisterHazel.com) and the community that surrounds the band (The Hazelnuts). My Merchandise company (www.soundwavemerch.com) that is here to help bands maximize their merchandise potential. Moving things with my mind. Writing songs and creating music. Being awesome. Great conversation and good dialog. My friends. Current events. Caramel. Anything that makes me laugh or think. Oddities. Brainstorming new ideas. The Beach, the ocean and surfing (although I rarely get to go these days). Traveling and wandering around new places. Reading. Florida Gator football and basketball. The World Wide Web and Google. People watching. Good practical jokes...... And Coffee.

I'd like to meet:

Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain. Also, I'd love to hang out with my parents and grandparents when they were kids/teenagers. For that matter it might be interesting to hang out with myself as a kid. That would be weird but insightful.

Music:

.. width="425" height="350" ..Sister Hazel (Shameless self promotion), Fleetwood Mac, The Black Crows, Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow (Basically all of the Crows), Damien Rice, Patty Griffin, Van Halen (The David Lee Roth years), James Taylor, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Eminem, Crosby-Stills and Nash, Simon and Garfunkel, Sam Cooke, Elton John, Big White Undies, Patrick David Koch, R.E.M., Indigo Girls, Guns and Roses, The Eagles, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Run DMC, Marvelous 3, The Cult, Queen, Dave Matthews Band, The Police, Tenacious D, Toad The Wet Sprocket, More to come...

Movies:

Vanilla Sky, Kung Fu Hustle, Old School, Fight Club, Jaws (just the first one), Forrest Gump, Big Fish, Night Shift, Clay Pigeons, Silence of the lambs, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Dogma, Starsky and Hutch, Good Will Hunting, Clay Pigeons...

Television:

Curb your enthusiasm, Scrubs, Huff, CNN AND CNN Headline news, Sons and Daughters, Boston Legal, SNL, Grey's Anatomy, The Family Guy, Reba (Who knew this show was funny?!), Six feet under (I know it's gone, I'm just not ready to say goodbye), ANY Funny Home Video show (I challenege anyone to watch a whole episode and not laugh out loud), The Weather Channel, Conan O'Brian and The Daily Show with John Stewart.

Books:

Running with Scissors, Dry, Possible Side Effects, Magical thinking - (All by Augustin Burroughs), Anything by David Sedaris, A Million little pieces and My Friend Leonard (Whatever, they were great books regardless of the contraversy), Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamotte), I Am Just Not Myself These Days (Josh Kilmer-Purcell), Most anything by Harry Crews...

Heroes:

Anyone who does life well.

My Blog

We still got it...

We have played a bunch of colleges this spring and all I can say is wow..."We still got it". :)The college crowds have been as rowdy and packed as ever and we are greatly appreciative for all the lov...
Posted by Ken Block on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:26:00 PST

Baby Troj

Big congrats to my friend (and our Sister Hazel Drummer) Mark Trojanowski and his wife Robin as their first child has arrived in fine fashion...Miles Garrett Trojanowski.... Welcome to the world....K...
Posted by Ken Block on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:09:00 PST

My Solo Record

Solo Record. That even sounds weird to me! I prefer the term "outside creative endeavor". Let me start by saying that Sister Hazel is as healthy as ever and continues to be the top musical priorit...
Posted by Ken Block on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:43:00 PST

INNER PEACE CORPS

INNER PEACE CORPSI'm developing a new brand/community/line that I'd love you guys to check out. It just went up on the www.SOUNDWAVEMERCH.com site.I have been working on this idea for a long time... T...
Posted by Ken Block on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:16:00 PST

National TV

I will be going to my very first NASCAR event this weekend in Daytona. And for a first timer, I think I'm doing it right!It just so happens that we'll be playing 3 songs before the race and a 60 min ...
Posted by Ken Block on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:25:00 PST

My Merchandise Company

Some of you know and some don't - but aside from all my Sister Hazel endevours, I co-own the greatest merchandise company in the world that has recently expanded more into music and fashion from the c...
Posted by Ken Block on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:44:00 PST

Live Acoustic CD For Your Mamma!

We recorded a Live acoustic CD in Atlanta Georgia on Saturday night... It's actually not JUST for your Mamma. It's for anyone who wants to get their mellow groove on to some sweet, sexy and soulful ...
Posted by Ken Block on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:08:00 PST

My "Not Really A Blog" Blog.

This is not really a blog, just a quote..."The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs... There's also a...
Posted by Ken Block on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:23:00 PST

"Silent, But Deadly Night" - OR - "If it smells bad - It is bad" .

Wrapping up our 12 days of Christmas tour in Tampa and Orlando this weekend. It's been a lot of fun and a BIG change from our usual show. Highlights:-Last night in Atlanta, DAVE FM broadcast our enti...
Posted by Ken Block on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:32:00 PST

"Hands Down Idiot" or "Broke Wrist Mountain"

For the people who heard about this on the Sister Hazel Site I apologize, but here it is again...First let me say that I DO know how old I am. But as many of you know that never really stops me from s...
Posted by Ken Block on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:28:00 PST