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Chris

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About Me

I play in a band called Midori Umi . I've entered an interesting period in my life; homeowner. I enjoy a good steak. I also enjoy grilling steak. I like well made furniture and finally own a nice sofa. I like woodwork and at some point I may learn to build furniture. I have some woodworking experience as I've built my own drumset. I really enjoy the detailed miniature work of fantasy and sci fi movies. I find the kind of work that goes in to movies and music fascinating. When I daydream, I hear music. I enjoy being creative and working with creative people. I know the night sky and can find my way around the stars but only in the northern hemisphere. I keep up with the news but I don't have tv. I work with computers. I think chivalry is dying, but I agree that it isn't dead. I started walking and riding my bike. I would like to own a marimba. I plan to build a new drumset and also a hammered dulcimer. I don't watch television very much. I'm especially not a fan of televised sports but could tolerate the championship game at the end of the season. I'm unorganized. I'm quite often nostalgic. Working on getting my house updated, but more like the "figuring it out" stage.

My Interests

This kills me with laughter! I especially love the clapping!..

I'd like to meet:

I'm drawn to people with talent so if you are an artist, designer, photographer, film maker, web designer, musician, computer animator, carpenter, luthier, sand castle builder, teacher, day dreamer we would probably get along very well. I also like people who have a slightly twisted sense of humour when it comes to television, movies, books or music. People with mean streaks need not apply. If you are a genuinely nice human being and appreciate good things it would be nice to meet you.

Your results:
I am Spider-Man Spider-Man 85% Superman 65% Hulk 55% Green Lantern 55% Iron Man 50% Robin 50% The Flash 50% Batman 40% Catwoman 40% Supergirl 38% Wonder Woman 23% I am intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Music:

This is a short list. I like a lot of stuff and probably hate just as much. Being a musician does make you jaded but there are certain qualities that must be met for me to like a band or even a song. Like the movies I like, they don't have to embody all the qualities I look for in them... they can lack some qualities and make up for it in other areas. Ask me about the qualities that I seek... now without further adieu... some of my favorite bands.Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, The Police, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Cheap Trick, Mike Watt, Firehose, Minutemen, Radiohead, The Clash, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, The Young Gods, Squeeze, Split Enz, The B-52's, Yo La Tengo, Bjork, Cocteau Twins, Experimental Aircraft, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, Cyrus Rego, The Octopus Project Yes, King Crimson, Xcella, ZZ Topp, Sweet Daddy, Iron Maiden, Todd Rundgren, Blonde Redhead, The Pixies, Talk Talk (these guys were radiohead long before radiohead was radiohead), Duran Duran, Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Black Sabbath, The Moody Blues, Badfinger, Blue Cheer, Van Halen (Roth era), Rush, Magazine, Neu, Can, Roxy Music, The Kinks, Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Devo, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Chemical Brothers, The Dandy Warhols, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, The Smiths, Curve, Yes, Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Cure, Supertramp, Butthole Surfers, All, Descendants, REM (Green and before), Neil Young, Beastie Boys, Gary Numan, Dead Can Dance, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Macha, Trans Am, The Secret Machines, Magnet School, The Shells, The Shins, Seefeel, Outkast, Medicine, Matthew Sweet, Mogwai, WEEN, Ladytron, Interpol, Kraftwerk, The Future Sound of London, Kate Bush, The Go-Go's, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Walsh, Dead Kennedys, X, New Order, Joy Division, The Psychedelic Furs, A lot of stuff from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's ( this should cover all the one hit wonder stuff and things I may have missed). I also enjoy classical and jazz, some artists are, Charles Mingus, Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Beethoven, Ravel, Vivaldi... but rock is my lifeblood.This in no way represents how much I know about the artists records or history... It is only a reflection of bands I have consistently gravitated towards throughout my life.

Movies:

I absolutely love movies that draw from the imagination or have good stories or good cinematography and good editing... They don't all have to combine those assets so there is a good "cheese" factor I can appreciate too! So here we go. First and foremost: Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back (those movies have a special place), The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Blade Runner, Raising Arizona, The City of Lost Children, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, King Kong, The Matrix, THX 1138, Dr. Strangelove (or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb), Man Bites Dog, Punch Drunk Love, Lost in Translation, Rushmore, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry is a master!), Tommy, Animal House, 1941, Brazil, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, James Bond: Thunderball, The Fifth Element, The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Sin City, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Dazed and Confused, Jurrasic Park, Dead Alive, Bad Taste, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, The Exorcist, The Hidden Fortress, Shogun Assasin, currently I want to get more into gory, bloody Samurai movies, and 50's Sci Fi. Think I might get Netflix when I move to the new place. I can safely say that the directors I most consistently enjoy are the Coen Brothers, and Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson... George Lucas would be up there too but I saw Howard the Duck recently and cringed and I give a B- to the latest trilogy and I'm being really forgiving.

Television:

I watch TV through DVD's. Like Arrested Development (RIP) Firefly (RIP) Freaks and Geeks (RIP) Spaced (RIP)

Books:

Currently reading Being There by Jerzy Kosinski. Tried to get through Goedel, Escher Bach. I have read A Clockwork Orange, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, lot of Stephen King when I was in high school. Tim Robbins and way too many technical manuals. I also enjoy The National Audobon series of naturalist books- like insects, astronomy. I like coloring books. I like a variety of Vonnegut books, some fiction, some Sci Fi, Phillip K. Dick is good stuff. But honestly I don't get too much time to read as technical manuals are rather dull and I'm about to get busy rocking and rolling once again. I like big picture books of anthropology, architecture, astronomy, maps, collections of poster art and art deco, marine life.

My Blog

I have a gig this Saturday...

15 years ago I helped start a band in Corpus Christi, TX. As I remember it, it was a very monumental band for me, as this was the first band I played in that wrote AND played all our own material. I...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:04:00 PST

The funniest thing I’ve seen all week.

Jason showed this to me, I cried with laughter and it still makes me laugh.Just in case, this is not the real performance. Someone has cleverly re-recorded the audio. The attention to detail is to b...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

strippers can be fun!

this one is probably the most fun! ...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

Schnauss

I'm a pretty big fan of early Tangerine Dream. I love ambient music. It probably started with the 80's soundtrack from Blade Runner by Vangelis... this music was great incidental music, stuff to lis...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:20:00 PST

Not Lame!

I re-read my blog and it ended as if I was 'sour'... I am NOT in 'sour' mood. I'm in a pretty good mood, turns out they are giving me an iPhone at work and I saw the Police last week. That was was Aw...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:10:00 PST

The Police

So, I saw The Police (or as Jenna would say The Po Po) last Wednesday. Maybe you remember me trying to sell my tix on a bulletin, anyway they did not sell so I took them to Dallas with my friend Tom....
Posted by Chris on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:02:00 PST

It's been awhile.

Its been some time since I posted anything. Things have been up and down these past few weeks. Lets start by saying I went to Laredo on Mother's day weekend because my Grandmother passed away. She was...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:08:00 PST

one more before and after.

I got rid of the beard. I posted a before and after picture. Why? It's getting warmer outside and I now have yardwork and re-modeling to do. I don't need the sweat trap.Hope everyone is well. I'm...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:45:00 PST

Before and After

I just wanted to mention that I spent 4 days painting my living room.I posted some before and after pics... look on page 3 if you are interested.... now I will try to enjoy the rest of my days off go...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:11:00 PST

I'm off this week...

I've made myself available for sxsw and I'm taking care of some things at my house.anybody up for helping paint interior walls with me this week? I'm doing it all by my lonesome.Home all week, call, ...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:55:00 PST