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A.J.K.

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am bassist/vocalist in
I also do a weekly metal radio show called Forte on 89.1 WIDR FM , which is a student-run commercial-free radio station at Western Michigan University. In my ever-decreasing spare time I write reviews for the long-running, highly respected underground music 'zine Worm Gear and spend time with my friends and cats.

My Interests

Music, good food and spirits, fun. Things that make you go "hmmm."

I'd like to meet:

.Phil Lesh, Geezer Butler, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, Herbie Hancock, Lisa Gerrard, Denise Milani.

Music:

Black Sabbath, Dead Can Dance, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Napalm Death, Pink Floyd, Morbid Angel, Umphrey's McGee, Disco Biscuits, Meshuggah, Deceased, Seppuku, black tape for a blue girl, Lycia, Godflesh, Swans, Eyehategod, Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, King Crimson, Emperor, Darkthrone, Arcturus, Weakling, Satyricon, Primus, The Cure, Alice in Chains, Pungent Stench, Steve Kimock Band, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Helmet, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Cradle of Filth, Sear Bliss, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, My Dying Bride, Cathedral, Ozric Tentacles, Dodheimsgard, The Doors, Craft, Frantic Bleep, Sonny Rollins, Carcass, Pentagram, Opeth, Edge of Sanity, Katatonia, Jeff Beck, Tommy Castro, the Lord Weird Slough Feg, Burzum, Coil, Death in June, Allan Holdsworth, Incantation, Devil Doll, Bury the Pariah, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Manilla Road, Terrorizer, Repulsion, Amorphis, Anathema and many many more.

Movies:

Spaceballs, Requiem for a Dream, Pulp Fiction, The Natural, the Wizard of Oz, the Wall, Phantasm I & II, Godfather I and II, Goodfellas, Memento, Being John Malkovich, The Sound of Music, Hellraiser I and II, Naked Lunch, Duck Soup, Animal Crackers, The Grateful Dead Movie, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, the Lord of the Rings trilogy

Television:

The Daily Show, the Colbert Report, Family Guy, 24, Seinfeld, The Office, Detroit Tigers baseball, Real Time with Bill Maher.

Books:

Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson), Miles: The Autobiography, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the first 4 Interview with the Vampire novels, Crime & Punishment, Dragons of Eden (Carl Sagan), the Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood), A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)

Heroes:

Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Jim Morrison

My Blog

Playlists

Here's something for those of you who like to peruse lists.  I usually list what I'm currently listening to on a message board I post on.  I thought I'd copy and paste them all here so other...
Posted by A.J.K. on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:19:00 PST

New Car

So I bought a new (used) car last week, after my old car pretty much died.  This has been a long time coming, and I feel pretty good about it.  It's a 2005 Toyota Corolla with 22,000 miles o...
Posted by A.J.K. on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:53:00 PST