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matt

the fun machine took a shit and died.

About Me

murderer by deatherer; endorser of the use of picks, distortion, and 8X10 cabinets for the playing of the bass guitar (whilst covering the groin area with aforementioned bass guitar. exceptions made if you happen to be in los lobos.); drinker of beer and/or dr. pepper; admirer of fair ladies; teller of jokes, primarily of the objectionable variety; wrestler of arms; eater of babies; exposer of buttocks after said beer is imbibed; filler-outer of crossword puzzles; kisser of boo-boos; hugger of all who care to be hugged

My Interests

music, touring, pedals, feedback, gratuitous slides and/or pick scrapes, sarcasm, snide comments, film, putting mustard on stuff, inventing concept holidays, cryptic tattoos that i have to explain to most of my friends

I'd like to meet:

people who rip. greg dulli, tom waits, and their respective livers and lungs.

Music:

the cure, ten grand, mogwai, the jesus and mary chain, shiner, failure, hum, my bloody valentine, joy division, jane's addiction, jawbox, queens of the stone age, nick cave, depeche mode, massive attack, the life and times, nymb, channels, ned's atomic dustbin, james, aereogramme, burning airlines, against me!, thursday, william elliott whitmore, christiansen, explosions in the sky, afghan whigs, twilight singers, shudder to think, shellac, the jesus lizard, tight phantomz, ricky fitts, denali, troubled hubble, the bled, poison the well, my chemical romance, vaux, the appleseed cast, braid, minus the bear, riddle of steel, these arms are snakes, communique, paris texas, panic in detroit, codeseven, voice in the wire, the snake the cross the crown, sleep station, lucero, the weakerthans, chinup chinup, planes mistaken for stars, dearly departed, russian circles, open hand, ocean size, and various other bands who are scottish and/or with whom we've toured/played shows/ drank millions of beers

Movies:

ones with titties and 'splosions in 'em. and shaun of the dead.

Television:

simpsons, family guy, six feet under, carnivale, mr. show, ali g, entourage, basically hbo sunday night stuff. oh- and macgyver. that guy kicks ass.

Books:

ones with crossword puzzles in them

My Blog

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Many of you are familiar with J. Robbins, either from his bands Jawbox,Burning Airlines, and Channels, or perhaps from his work as aproducer. Some of you may just know him as a totally awesome dude. I...
Posted by matt on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:27:00 PST

pretty much the awesomest thing since boobs...

i present unto you...   THE HALL OF DOUCHEBAGS!http://www.rockandrollconfidential.com/hall/go now and giggle like a sillyass.  you will feel really good about yourself....
Posted by matt on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:49:00 PST

truer words...

reposted from the league of sexy bass players: 1) Thou shalt always shake thy ass when thou playest thy bass.2) If thy band hath a drummer, and thy drummer hath a kick drum, thou shalt stand on thy ki...
Posted by matt on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:34:00 PST

more kickassery

captain's log- stardate: studio day one million and five. currently jazzed about the following: *the always-kiler selection of tunes in our hotel elevator- peter cetera, abba, the supremes and o...
Posted by matt on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:00 PST

kick assery

so this is day eleven for us in the studio here in baltimore, maryland. the fantastical mr. j robbins has been twiddling our proverbial knobs and riding our so-called faders with delightful (if not n...
Posted by matt on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 03:34:00 PST