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the volta sound

About Me



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We knit and run black ops missions to the deep end of the pool. No water wings. Learn how to swim in the dark.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/24/2004
Band Website: thevoltasound.com
Band Members: mike c(guitar, vox, percussion waaaaaaaaaah)
mike a (bass, percussion)
todd v (keys)
leia alligator (flute, keys, vox, percussion)
ben g from the dreadful yawns (drums)

Influences: love, charles bukowski, kurt vonnegut, the black angels, daoism, buddhism, kahlil gibran, ceiling fans, open windows, sitars and shrutis, big blue vans, rocknroll, peter relic, brian jonestown massacre, convertibles, the warlocks, american analog set, sex, acetone, belle and sebastian, rolling stones, the beatles (that means john lennon and george harrison, not paul and ringo), henry james, pink floyd, bob dylan, spacemen 3, black holes, love and rockets, realism, surrealism, douglas adams, calvin and hobbes, our own boring mundane lives, jack kerouac, drugs, nag champa, drunk canoe rides, hunter s. thompson, john irving, dead meadow, ravi shankar, the postal service, a brave new world, led zeppelin, staying up late, the cure, ray bradbury, little white rabbits, the polyphonic spree, dancing under the stars, space needle, mothers sisters and daughters everywhere, velvet underground, supernovas, the dreadful yawns, alligators, puppet shows, air, timequake, outer space, jesus and mary chain, stargazing, daydreaming, neil young, apples in stereo, tom robbins, bauhaus, radiohead, new order, stereolab, joy division, road trips, space shuttles, dandy warhols, levis 514s, ipods, the high dials, the quarter after, contemplation of the universe, animal collective, liars, black mountain, pink mountaintops, the essential cosmic perspective, the beta band, gypsy scarves, blacklights, koolaid, wearing all white, hot summers, walks in the desert at night, fifths of whiskey, henry miller
Record Label: orange sky (dionysus records) / davenport records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

goofiest?

Have you ever read a goofier news article about a goofier subject? then again... maybe there is a blatant statement being made here... -thinks-mike...
Posted by the volta sound on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:21:00 PST

one sentence

I'm about to go to bed. I like to stumble a bit before that so I did. I found this web page: http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1881It has this sentence in it: "Interestingly, while there is a seemingl...
Posted by the volta sound on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:12:00 PST

sigh

Great, now I'm getting "Cease and Desist" letters from the original artist of that awesome poster.Mother. Fuck. I had nothing to do with it. How god damn embarrassing. We have too many brilliant creat...
Posted by the volta sound on Thu, 22 May 2008 01:00:00 PST

We make our own around here

I need to fucking re-establish the fact that I'm not an Art Stealing Assclown. I put up a poster promoting The Tony Meda Project thinking he had made it himself or had someone local like Jon Hicks mak...
Posted by the volta sound on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:28:00 PST

Douchebaggery

Got myself a righteous myspace mail today!! -grin- it was incredibly difficult to not spew insults and self righteousness back at this twat (ooops, dammit, just lost control again... sigh). I loathe l...
Posted by the volta sound on Thu, 22 May 2008 05:28:00 PST

Will make you shit Skittles

AunteaterIf you don't love Leia, you are wrong.mike
Posted by the volta sound on Mon, 19 May 2008 01:06:00 PST

just bought it

just bought this car: You feel me? mike...
Posted by the volta sound on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:37:00 PST

somI was talking about today

Out of the blue, this name came to me: IlsaILSA!!!yes...dude...I gotta get these movies. So do you: you're welcomemike...
Posted by the volta sound on Wed, 14 May 2008 01:14:00 PST

phew! -wipes brow-

As long as we're clear on this
Posted by the volta sound on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:16:00 PST

no matter what you do its gonna grab hold on you

Just wanted to share some awesomeness with everyone today. if you know how to dance, please do so. if not, sit down and learn how to clap your hands. mike...
Posted by the volta sound on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:00 PST