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Chris Diaz

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About Me

I book the Knitting Factory Hollywood.
www.knittingfactory.com

I run sound for:
The Briggs - www.myspace.com/thebriggs
Angel City Outcasts - www.myspace.com/aco
Dead Kennedys - www.myspace.com/deadkennedys
.. ....

My Interests

Marlo King
Music
Live sound
Booking shows
Playing in my band
Graphic Design
Photography
Dogs
Spicy food
Cold Weather
Hats & Coats

I'd like to meet:

less stupid people...

Music:

Current Rotation:
Alkaline Trio
The Draft
Dead to Me
Allison Kraus & Robert Plant
Neko Case

Aside from REALLY bad 80’s music, I enjoy:

AC/DC
The Adicts
The Adolescents
The Album Leaf
Alias
Alkaline Trio
Amy Winehouse
Anavan
ANDREW WK
Angel City Outcasts
Animal Collective
Annie
Aphex Twin
Aqueduct
Arlo
At The Drive-In
Autolux

Bad Religion
Beach Boys
THE BEATLES
Beck
Bedouin Soundclash
Billy Bragg
Billy Joel
Bis
Bishop Allen
bjork
Black Fag
Black Flag
Black Heart Procession
Black Mountain
Bloc Party
Blonde Redhead
Blondie
Blood Brothers
Blood Group
Blood on the Wall
Bob Dylan
The Books
Bouncing Souls
Brandtson
Brian Eno
The Briggs
Bright Eyes
The Broadways
BUZZCOCKS

Cage
Call & Response
The Cars
Cass McCombs
Cat Power
The Catheters
Charlie Parker
Chris Isaak
Circle Jerks
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
THE CLASH
Cock Sparrer
Coco Rosie
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Constantines
Crystal Skulls
The Cure

Daedelus
Dance Hall Crashers
Danger Mouse
David Bowie
Dead Kennedys
Dead To Me
Deathcab For Cutie
The Decemberists
Deerhoof
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Depeche Mode
Descendents
Detachment Kit
Devendra Banhart
Devo
The Dickies
Dilated Peoples
Dillinger Escape Plan
dios malos
Division Day
DJ Shadow
DNTEL
Donovan
The Draft
The Dresden Dolls
The Ducky Boys
Dutch Dub
The Dwarves

Eagles of Death Metal
Echo & the Bunnymen
Eels
Eisely
ELLIOTT SMITH
ELO
Elton John
Elvis Costello
English Beat
Envelopes
Erlend Oye
EXPLOGASM
Explosions In The Sky

The Faint
The Fall
Fetus Eaters
Fiery Furnaces
Fifteen
Figurine
Fischerspooner
The Flaming Lips
Flogging Molly
Frank Sinatra
Franz Ferdinand
French Kicks
Fugazi
The Futureheads

Gang Of Four
The Generators
George Sarah
Germs
The Get Up Kids
Giant Drag
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
The Go! Team
Gorillaz
Grandaddy
Greater California
GREEN DAY

Har Mar Superstar
The Helio Sequence
Hello Goodbye
The High Strung
The Hold Steady

The Icarus Line
Ice Cube
Idaho Falls
Iggy Pop
Ill Lit
Ima Robot
Interpol
Irving
Isis
Islands

James Brown
Jawbreaker
The Jealous Sound
Jets To Brazil
Jimmy Eat World
Joanna Newsom
John Vanderslice
Johnny Cash
Journey
Joy Division
Jurassic 5

KanYe West
Kelly Clarkson
THE KILLERS
Kings Of Convenience
Kiss

Ladykillers
Langley Schools Music Project
The Lawerence Arms
LCD Soundsystem
Le Tigre
Leonard Cohen
Les Savy Fav
Lily Allen
The Little Ones
Locust
Lou Reed
Love

M83
Madness
The Mae Shi
The Magic Numbers
Marvin Gaye
Mates of State
Matt Sharp
MCLUSKY
THE MICROPHONES
Midnight Movies
Minor Threat
Mirah
The Misfits
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
The Monkees
Monsters Are Waiting
Mum
Murder City Devils
Muse
My Bloody Valentine

Nada Surf
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Order
The New York Dolls
Nico
Nightmare of You
Nirvana
No Knife
NoFX

Oasis
OINGO BOINGO
Ok Go
Old 97’s
Operation Ivy
Os Mutantes
Ozma

Pat Benatar
Paul Simon
Pelican
Phantom Planet
The Pharcyde
Pietasters
Pinback
PIXIES
Pleasure Forever
The Pogues
The Police
P.O.S.
The Postal Service
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Prince
The Promise Ring
Public Enemy

Q and Not U
Queen

Radiohead
Ramones
Rancid
The Rapture
The Ravonettes
Red Sparowes
Regina Spektor
The Rentals
Re-Volts
Rhett Miller
Rilo Kiley
RJD2
Rogue Wave
The Rolling Stones

Santo & Johnny
Scared of Chaka
Sea Wolf
Secret Machines
Sex Pistols
The Shapeshifters
The Sharp Ease
The Shins
Sigur Ros
Silversun Pickups
Simon & Garfunkel
Single Frame
Slapstick
Slow Gherkin
The Smiths
Snow Patrol
Sole
The Specials
The Spinto Band
Spoon
The Starlight Mints
Stars of Track & Field
The Stills
The Streets
The Strokes
Subtle
Sufjan Stevens
Suicide
Sunday’s Best
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sweet
Swingin' Utters
System of a Down

T. Rex
Talking Heads
Tapes n Tapes
Television
The Thermals
The Thrills
The Toasters
Tom Petty
Tom Waits
Toots & the Maytals
Toy Dolls
Tuesday
TV on the Radio

The Undertones
The Unicorns

VCR
The Velvet Teen
The Velvet Underground
Violent Femmes
Volcano I'm Still Excited

The Walkmen
The Weakerthans
Weezer (pre-Green Album)
why?
Wire
Wires On Fire
The Wrens

X
Xiu Xiu
XTC

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Zombies

Movies:

12 Monkeys
200 Cigarettes
24 Hour Party People
40 Year Old Virgin
A Clockwork Orange
Almost Famous
Amelie
American History X
Back To School
Back To The Future (all 3)
Battle Royal
Big
Big Fish
Blade Runner
Blow
Bowling For Columbine
Breakfast Club
Chasing Amy
City of Lost Children
Clerks
Dark City
Dark Crystal
Dazed & Confused
Delicatessen
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Empire Records
Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fight Club
Fifth Element
Flight of the Navigator
Friday
Four Rooms
Ghostbusters
Ghostworld
Go
Goonies
Heathers
High Fidelity
I Heart Huckabees
Josie & The Pussycats
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Koyaanisqatsi
Labryinth
Lost In Translation
Love Liza
Major League
Mallrats
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mulholland Dr
Murder By Death
Office Space
Old School
Pi
Pirates of The Caribbean
Pretty In Pink
Princess Mononoke
Punch Drunk Love
Raising Arizona
Real Genius
Reality Bites
Reservoir Dogs
Requiem For A Dream
Royal Tenenbaums
Run Lola Run
Rushmore
Sandlot
Se7en
Sixteen Candles
SLC Punk
Spaceballs
Spinal Tap
Stand By Me
Star Wars
Super Troopers
Swing Kids
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Big Lebowski
The Exorcist
The Lost Boys
The Never Ending Story
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Outsiders
The Omen
The Princess Bride
The Reanimator
The Ref
The Shawshank Redemption
The Wedding Singer
The Wizard
Time Bandits
Tron
Usual Suspects
Waking Life
Wayne's World
Wet Hot American Summer
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Y Tu Mama Tabien
Young Guns
Zoolander

Television:

Lost
24
Ninja Warrior
30 Rock
SNL
Scrubs
M*A*S*H
The Daily Show
Colbert Report
Family Guy
The Wonder Years
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Madmen
The Simpsons
The Office
Road Trip/California's Gold with Huell Howser
Metalocalypse/Dethklok
The Muppet Show

Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut & Edgar Allen Poe
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
and some other random shit...

Heroes:

John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002) better known as Joe Strummer, R.I.P.

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) R.I.P.

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966)

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) R.I.P.

My Blog

My LAist.com Interview

I was interviewed by LAist.com!Check it out:http://laist.com/2007/09/05/chris_diaz_knitting_factory. php
Posted by Chris Diaz on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:33:00 PST

FUCK HIPSTERS! FUCK PUNKS! FUCK MTV!

A rant...All you Silverlake/Echo Park/Downtown hipsters can all go fuck yourselves! You fuckers think the world revolves around what you think is "cool." You wear the most hideous clothing from Amer...
Posted by Chris Diaz on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:10:00 PST

My Top Albums: 2001-2006

TOP 25 of 2006HONORABLE MENTIONS:-The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine [Sub Pop]-Band of Horses - Everything All the Time [Sub Pop]-Andrew WK - Close Calls with Brick Walls []-The Little On...
Posted by Chris Diaz on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:37:00 PST

CMJ 2004 Wrap Up & Pics!

Here are some pictures from some of the shows that I was able to make it to this year at CMJ in NYC. It was a good week all around... great to see everyone I only seem to run into this time of year in...
Posted by Chris Diaz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST