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About Me

MY CREATIVE MUSE:_____In my free time (which has been pretty rare recently) i stroke my love for music and writing by attempting to freelance write for a few online jam/music sites. Genres tend to include: jamband, jazz, international, percussion, old-school R & B/Funk and Psychadelic-Trance / electronica, classic country, punk, etc... I am also attempting to re-ignite my spoken word / 'slam performances w/ a live drum and bass ensemble, (total pipe dream) if anyone is interested? ____________________________________________________________ MY $$$ MUSE: (ie-Work)______I work in the orthopaedics field in upstate new york. In the past, I have completed various internships at NBC-TV news affiliates in colorado Springs, Elmira, NY., produced ski movies and commercials for American Ski Company @ Sugarbush Resort, VT., and worked as a staff reporter at a mid-sized daily newspaper. ________________________________________________________My other interests include outdoor endeavors, music and music festivals, meeting new positive and uplifting people and staying in touch with my spirituality. ___________________________________________________________O ur Proud Elmira Heritage includes: Brian Williams - NBC News Anchor / Ernie Davis - Syracuse University - First African American Heisman Trophy Winner / Mark Twain / Eileen Collins - First female Space Shuttle Commander / Tommy Hilfiger - The Ill Figure of Fashion Curt Schillings First stop in the farm clubs was in Elmira, for the Single-A Elmira Pioneers/Boston Red Sox...
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My Interests

"Good things happen to good people."
Go to ImageShack® to Create your own SlideshowI am interested in an equal balance of my work life, my family life, my spiritual life, my athletic life, my artistic life and my life w/ friends.Athletic Interests include skiing, basketball, backpacking, golf (if you call golf athletic), league softball, mountain biking (not as much as I'd like)dancing and did I mention skiing?

I'd like to meet:

New People: (Honestly) Anyone who is an uplifting source of optimism in my life.I've met too many people in my life who are downers. I've learned that I can control separating myself from those types of people. Cheers if you're a positive person too.oh...I'd also like to meet Tinker Hatfield--the famed guru of podiatric soleful leather and tread---(aka-the designer for the Air Jordan line @ Nike) I have had this off-the-wall, creative notion of someday designing outdoor footwear...(it will happen)

Music:

Anyone that isn't afraid of giving it "their all" and perhaps making a fool of themselves! -- Phish, Soulive, Talking Heads, James Brown and/or The JBs, Moe., Raq, dark star orchestra, disco biscuits, Sasha and Digweed, Junior Vasquez, Sphongle, Younger Brother, Simon Posford, Hallucinogen, Benevento and Russo, Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars, Nucleus, Revision, Zen Tricksters, Psylab, Eric Krasno, John Medeski, Lettuce, My Morning Jacket, The New Deal, Amfibian, The Lost Sailors, Donna the Buffalo, U-Melt, G Love and Special Sauce, 2 Live Crew, 311, A Tribe Called Quest, Acoustic Syndicate, Afroman, Allman Brothers, America, Barenaked Ladies, Beatles, Beck, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, Flaming Lips, Better Than Ezra, Beulah, Bill Whithers, Billy Joel, Big Wu, Black Crowes, Black Eyed Peas, Blind Faith, Blind Melon, Blues Traveler, Bob Dylan, BOB MARLEY, Bob Weir, Buffalo Springfield, Buju Banton, Burning Spear, Cat Stevens, Coldplay, Corey Harris, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Dave Matthews, Death Cab, Derek Trucks, Dirty Heads, Disco Biscuits, Dispatch, Donovan Frankenreiter, Doobie Brothers, Dynamite Hack, Eels, Ekoohstik Hookah, Eric Clapton, Everclear, Finley Quaye, Foxtrot Zulu, G. Love, Galactic, Geggy Tah, Gov't Mule, Gran Torino, Grateful Dead, Green Lemon, Greyboy Allstars, Heiroglyphics, Hot Tuna, Hootie, Iron and Wine, Janis Joplin, Jazz Mandolin Project, Jimi Hendrix, John Butler, John Mellencamp, John Scofield, J 5, Katchafire, Keb Mo, Keller Williams, Zeppelin, Lee Scratch Perry, Leftover Salmon, Lil Wyte, Little Feat, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marcy Playground, Mason Jennings, Matisyahu, Matt Costa, Medeski Martin and Wood, Michael Franti, Mike Jones, MOE, Mofro, Nada Surf, Nappy Roots, Nelly, Nice Peter, O.A.R, Offspring, Old Crow Medicine Show, Outkast, Paul Wall, Pearl Jam, Peter Frampton, Pete Yorn, Phil Lesh, Phish, Pink Floyd, R. Kelly, Railroad Earth, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rehab, Richie Havens, Rooney, Roots, Rusted Root, Sean Paul, Secondhand Jive, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Sister Hazel, Slightly Stoopid, Spin Doctors, Spoon, Steel Pulse, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Ray Vaughn, STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, Sublime, Sufjan Stevens, Sugar Ray, Taj Mahal, Tea Leaf Green, Ted Nugent, Tenacious D, Third Eye Blind, Three Six Mafia, Tom Petty, Toots and The Maytals, Train, Travis, Trey Anastasio, UMPHREYS MCGEE, Vida Blue, Virginia Coalition, Warren Haynes, Ween, Widespread, Wilco, Xaxier Rudd, Yonder Mountain String Band, Young Jeezy, Ziggy Marley
David Welker's (from Phish CD Cover Art fame --- Rift, Billy Breathes, etc) "The Levitator" A great Woman in Rock / Jam --- Ms. Liz Berlin (of Rusted Root fame) Proprietor of Mr. Smalls Theatre - Pittsburgh, Pa.(pic below)- DON'T WORRY. I DON'T HAVE THESE PLATES ON THE CAR ANYMORE. I CAME TO MY 'ADULT' SENSES A WHILE AGO. (the stickers stayed however)Not affiliated in any way w/ ropeadope records....I am just in awe of their identity, their artists, their mission and their committment to cutting-edge sounds...thus, this non-descript pic of their banner....

Movies:

don't have too much time to watch movies. go outside.

Television:

Boston Red Sox games when on TV, Buffalo Sabres games, Sopranos, Deadwood, Curb your Enthusiasm, King of Cars (only reality show I watch)Simpsons occasionally, Bennie Hill reruns, Buffalo Bills games. THE FOOD CHANNEL!Manny being Manny?

Books:

TO MOST, THIS BOOK WOULD SEEM ODD. HOWEVER, THIS IS A PIC OF A COPY I FOUND IN MY LOCAL LIBRARY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. ASIDE FROM MANY WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN THE CONNECTION, I AND SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE ATTRIBUTED THIS CHILDREN'S BOOK AS THE PRIMARY MUSE FOR THE WRITINGS OF THE BAND PHISH.

Heroes:

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My Blog

the_goff reviews The Nucleus’ new album on Jambase.com

The Article below can be found @ : http://www.jambase.com/Articles/13573/Nucleus-Love-and-Gold By: Johnny Goff Humboldt County's own The Nucleus has taken a winding journey to the release of ...
Posted by _goff. on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:09:00 PST

the_goff reviews "Jimkata" on jambase.com

..> By: Johnny Goff In the suburban Haight 'n' Ashbury college town where one of the slogans is "Ithaca: 10 square miles surrounded by reality," one might assume the profession of musician is as ...
Posted by _goff. on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:12:00 PST

the_goff's review of Mountain Jam III on Jambase.com

..> MOUNTAIN JAM | 06.01 - 06.03 | HUNTER, NY 32 Comments..> ..> Words by: John Goff :: Images by: Adam McCullough Mountain Jam III :: 06.01.07 06.03.07Hunter Mountain Ski Resort :: Hunter, N...
Posted by _goff. on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:19:00 PST

Banooba writeup on Jambands.com 2/20/07

http://www.jambands.com/NewGroove/content_2007_02_19.00.phtm l Banooba John Michael Goff 2007-02-19 ..CONTENT-->The streets of Queens, NYC do not necessarily carry jamband street cred. Nor, for that m...
Posted by _goff. on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:49:00 PST

the_goff on jambase.com (Lotus / The Frequency Show Review)

http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=9859 ..> LOTUS | 01.27.07 | TOWSON, MD ..> ..> Words by John Goff :: Images by Sam Friedman Lotus & The Frequency :: 01.27.07 :: Recher ...
Posted by _goff. on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:20:00 PST

My Camp Bisco V preview article (local paper)

One Tank Trip: "Music Festival Weekend Summer Camp @ Hunter Mountain"..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />This summer is nearly behind us and so many great regional...
Posted by _goff. on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:08:00 PST

The Las Vegas Jam Band Society (taken from jambands.com)

On The Spot: The Las Vegas Jam Band Society Tests Area 51 John Michael Goff2003-03-25 -appeared in www.jambands.com ..CONTENT-->LAS VEGAS, NEVADA A wise man once warned that building on sand would cau...
Posted by _goff. on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:28:00 PST

Values and Honor - Two Great Stories

Two Great Stories - BOTH TRUE - and worth reading! STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the wind...
Posted by _goff. on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:22:00 PST

Joe Catanzaro just got owned

http://Joe.Catanzaro.justgotowned.com/ please click and watch Joe Catanzaro get owned.
Posted by _goff. on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:47:00 PST

Tighten Up

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Posted by _goff. on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:28:00 PST