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Martin H. Gonzalez

I had the titular line.

About Me

I used to go to music school, where I wrote all the songs in that little player up there. I wanted to write music for commercials and tv shows using computers and samplers and all the latest technology. Now I like real people playing real instruments, and soon I will have have some of that on my Myspace.
Mainly I play rock and roll, ride my bike, drink root beer (and real beer), make dirty jokes, read comic books (and real books), make ice cream at Toscanini's, and cook and bake for my friends. I am a huge fan of laughter so if you have a good joke I would love to hear it.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/23/2004
Band Members: Martin H Gonzalez - Electric guitar, bass, Wurlitzer electric piano, Moog synthesizer, and miscellaneous Casios.
Influences: Mingus, Brian Eno, Miles Davis, The Flaming Lips, Astor Piazzolla, Neu!, Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma, Wilco, Van Morrison, Talking Heads, Os Mutantes, The Kinks, Pixies, Nick Drake, anything that came from Motown, Robert Johnson, anything on vinyl (especially if it's under 5 bucks), Providence noise-core, anything from Cambridge bands, the same indie crap that everyone else my age wearing Chucks listens to, and lots of surf music.
Record Label: Secret Decoder Ring Productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"sound guy rock"

Poor, poor Jesu. They take the stage to a crowded Middle East Downstairs and their laptop crashes during the first song, followed by half an hour of restarting during which many fans leave. Just goes ...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:39:00 PST

supply and demand

Frustratingly, the power supply to my laptop has burned out, rendering me inable to look at Myspace at home (I'm using the Toscanini's computer) or work on music. And new ones from Apple cost 80 fucki...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:25:00 PST

it's boring reading French newspapers

Since I am in that awkward just-paid-rent-but-haven't-gotten-paycheck-since week, I couldn't go out tonight, so instead I am drinking beer in bed. It's actually really cozy, and it's not the first tim...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:08:00 PST

everything looks better on the internet

The Sunset Rubdown show actually ended up being kinda weird. They asked for just soft white lights to be turned on at the beginning of the set and then left alone. So some of their songs that really w...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:01:00 PST

shut up I am dreaming

I had another every-dream-has-the-same-thing dream last night, except that this time it was a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos. In every dream I ended up eating so many that I felt sick. Better than zombies ...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:51:00 PST

existential shit

Any day that begins with an extremely long-distance phone call from a friend telling you they were seconds away from being killed a car bomb (but survived and appreciate life in a whole new way) can o...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:35:00 PST

you ain’t goin nowhere

I would just like to mention a few really nice things:-doing fun "rah rah rah you are watching a rock show" lights for Freezepop's CD release show (side note: though they were really cool, I was scrat...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:30:00 PST

dude

Last night I did lights at the Middle East. And it was awesome.Also awesome: the Drug Rug album. By my estimates, I have listened to it 16 times in the past five days. Go get it if you haven't already...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:28:00 PST

goddamn tofu

It is not my fault I fucked up the tofu. I've never cooked it before; as a non-vegetarian I have never really felt the need but since so many of my friends are and I like cooking for my friends and I'...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:39:00 PST

dreams

ok, so I always have pretty weird dreams in general, but this week I have had some seriously weird ones: -"Who Wants To Be a Member of Wilco?" needless to say I did not win-I caught the wrong flight t...
Posted by Martin H. Gonzalez on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:47:00 PST