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Joseph Karnes

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About Me

Ab Fab. Musician. Lately been spending my time playing and recording with the band Pedestrian and touring and recording with John Cale. I play with other people too. I could play with you. Even if you don't play. I get to play around town with alot of great artists as well that you should check out. Namely Jesca Hoop, Sextus, Raine Maida, Keaton Simons, Holly Conlan, Meiko, Steve Reynolds, Dewey Cox & the Hard Walkers, Quincy Coleman, John Gold, Cydney Robinson, Joe Frank, Foster Timms, Lawrence Katz, Dustin Boyer, Studebaker, Merrick and more everyday. So there it is. Also, check out my other myspace page for resume, shameless self promotion and some songs I've played on and write. If you want to know anymore just ask.Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy .COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor !!!
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My Interests

Music. Playing it, creating it, recording it and listening to it with as many people as we can fit into the room. Yoga. Hiking and biking in the hills. Swimming in the ocean (although it doesn't happen as often as it should). Lazy days. Buddhism. Getting into double decker buses and driving around L.A.

I'd like to meet:

Other Ab Fabbers. People with something new to show and tell me.

Music:

Changes daily. Lately, Daniel Lanois, The Shins, !!!, TV On The Radio, Radiohead, Tool, the Meters, Shuggie Otis, Wilco, Interpol, Nick Drake, Bill Withers, John Cale, The Cars, Supergrass, Air, Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age, always Zeppelin & Beatles, Beth Orton, Cee-Lo, Bowie, Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, XTC, Harry Nilsson, Journey, Ron Sexsmith, the Smiths, Duran Duran, Woven, Bird & the Bee, Mike Andrews, Willoughby, Soul of John Black, John Gold, Secret machines, Pleasure Club, Maimou, Theodore, and Stevie Wonder.Also, check out the sites of people I'm lucky enough to play with:***PEDESTRIAN*** www.pedestrianmusic.org www.myspace.com/pedestrianmusic***JOHN CALE*** www.john-cale.com***SEXTUS*** www.myspace.com/sextus***JOHN GOLD*** www.johngoldmusic.com

Movies:

The Godfather, Star Wars, LOTR, Apocalypse Now, Paper Moon, Farenheidt 911, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Lost in Translation, Donnie Darko, Pan's Labrynth, Anchorman, any Monty Python, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, in fact most concert films, Alien, and chinese kung fu movies.

Television:

I don't have cable anymore. I cut the cord. But I used to watch any cooking show I could get my hands on. Also, Arrested Development, The Office (UK), Battlestar Galactica.

Books:

Stranger in a Strange Land, Atlas Shrugged, Crime & Punishment, Unbearable Lightness of Being, any Hunter S. Thompson, the Alchemist, Life of Pi, Master & Commander Series, Harry Potter, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Stand, The People's Act of Love, Love in the Time of Cholera, Neruda, LOTR, weird health books, Blink, Archaic Revival, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Corrections, Middlesex, Choke, Perfume, People's History of the U.S., A Game of Thrones, all Vonnegut and anything you recommend. I love to read and always need new stuff.

My Blog

John Cale European Tour 2006

I'm touring Europe through February and March all around Europe playing bass with John Cale. Come see the show if you like or tell others to see it. We have a good time. Here's the dates if anyone ...
Posted by Joseph Karnes on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:29:00 PST

John Cale Tour

To any who care, I'm touring with John Cale right now, of Velvet Underground notoriety.  Check out his website for tour dates to see if we're coming through. www.john-cale.com...
Posted by Joseph Karnes on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:56:00 PST