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Some Knothead

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About Me

When I was born, I was very young. There were these two older kids that somehow had me convinced that they were in charge of what I should think, how I should act, and like that. I believed them! Then, this little squirt popped out, and changed everything. Who knew that you could learn more about what this insane, insignificant existence might offer from your baby brother than all of the 'mature' influences in control? Not me. I shrugged off the manifest wisdom, the inherent, wholly lucid outlook this little upstart embodied, and whipped around like a paramecium in a sea of amoebae, looking for something or other, for a few decades. When I woke up, I was this ancient misanthrope that you see before you, who sees his species as a troup of hysterical, deluded, narcissistic monkeys. I might be right, you know. But nevertheless, I keep doing stuff. An old friend once told me I have a naivete that refuses to respond to experience. I'll buy that.And get THIS: Since I wrote the above, Sam & I have found each other. We bonded immediately, deeply, and I'm now living in a quiet neighborhood, blissfully (yes!) partnered with one of the sweetest humans to have ever trod sod. Imagine that! I couldn't have.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey

Name: Bill, Billy
Birthday: Dec 7, '47 - same year as Howdy Doody & the 45rpm record...
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Current Location: Las Vegas
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: white
Height: 5' 11"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Euromix
The Shoes You Wore Today: Bay Watch plastic sandals
Your Weakness: codependency
Your Fears: not getting to see the outcome
Your Perfect Pizza: sausage, mushroom, green olive, xtra sauce
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: staying in my current employ
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: never use 'em
Thoughts First Waking Up: how did I become a slug?
Your Best Physical Feature: my magnificent pex
Your Bedtime: minuit
Your Most Missed Memory: my first phono
Pepsi or Coke: diet brown soda
MacDonalds or Burger King: oh, criminy
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: brewed
Chocolate or Vanilla: depends on the cake
Cappuccino or Coffee: vats of coffee
Do you Smoke: of course
Do you Swear: always
Do you Sing: in the car
Do you Shower Daily: who wants to know? You gonna lick me?
Have you Been in Love: I thought of it as that
Do you want to go to College: never again
Do you want to get Married: nuh uh
Do you believe in yourself: Um, yeah
Do you get Motion Sickness: nope
Do you think you are Attractive: all over
Are you a Health Freak: I like health, but nevermind the cigs
Do you get along with your Parents: now that they've shuffled off this mortal coil
Do you like Thunderstorms: since I was a tad
Do you play an Instrument: guitar
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yeah
In the past month have you Smoked: silly question to ask a nicotine addict
In the past month have you been on Drugs: antibiotics & diabetes meds. Oh, and nicotine
In the past month have you gone on a Date: nope
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: nope
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: I've never eaten a box of Oreos
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yep
In the past month have you been on Stage: nope. And do I miss FOH? Lots.
In the past month have you been Dumped: yep. He refuses to call it that, but that's what it was.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no. where's the nude beach?
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: not even a kiss
Ever been Drunk: in a past life
Ever been called a Tease: not to my face
Ever been Beaten up: nope
Ever Shoplifted: a screw, from a hardware store, when I was 9
How do you want to Die: never
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: saturated with music
What country would you most like to Visit: America, during the Jurassic
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: steely grey
Favourite Hair Color: what on Earth difference could it make? Well, OK...white.
Short or Long Hair: yes
Height: yes
Weight: I sure hope so
Best Clothing Style: off
Number of Drugs I have taken: couple
Number of CDs I own: a thousand or so
Number of Piercings: one
Number of Tattoos: probably never
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Maybe 1 or 2
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My Interests

Music, Writings, drawing, people I know, people I don't know, movies, records, nurturing record players, flights on rockets to planets of dinosaurs, real fossils, word games, strolling with my best pal, Japanese cloisonne, long drives to pleasant surroundings, with a stack of CDs in tow, playing rhythmic, melodic music louder than anyone else wants me to, finding stuff and dragging it home, lots more.

I'd like to meet:

I have been SO ... what? blessed? lucky? fortunate! That works! I've met some of my favorite people, idols no less, over the last few years. And some of them I am now proud to call friends! Wha..!?!? April Stevens, above all, has been so gracious and generous since we 'met' back in '96. How I love that dear woman! And with the internet making instant communication possible to all who want to partake, I can now count rock & roll royalty among my friends: Mark Wirtz,(who,contrary to what he wants you to think, is one of the dearest men on the planet), Denny Randell and Biddy Schippers, (classy, talented, and handsome/beautiful beyond all reason!) & Lauren Wood -- have all responded to my hero worship with genuine friendship.But for folks that I'd still like magic to intervene and assemble: Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Igor Stravinsky, Clive Barker, Terry Gilliam, Leonard Cohen, Ray Harryhausen, Jimmy Webb, Van Dyke Parks, & Bob Crewe, all in the same comfy living room, at the same time, and open to collaborating with each other artistically. Oops, I just boggled my own mind!

Music:

Wow. Mostly pop music writer/performers: The Beatles - individually & collectively. The 4 Seasons. Frankie Valli. Bob Crewe productions. Denny Randell & Biddy Schippers. The Toys. Mark Wirtz. The Shangri-Las. Trevor Horn. Jools Holland. Turley Richards: www.turleyrichards.com .The Marvelettes.
Lesley Gore.Mary Wells. Timi Yuro. The Firehouse 5 +2. The Searchers. Cliff Edwards. Leonard Cohen. Annie Lennox. Lauren Wood. Novi Novog. (in reverse order here) Bow down. Do it!Bowie. Ricky Gilmore. Murray Head. Ronnie Spector. The Bubble Puppy/Demian. Laurie Anderson. Miss Toni Fisher. Roxy Music. Brian Eno. Ellie Greenwich. Alan Shacklock. Andy Pratt. The Zombies. The Ventures. The Fleetwoods (no, not Mac, the real Fleetwoods).
Don Gibson. Gandalf. Scatman Crothers. Duke Ellington. Randy Newman. John D. Loudermilk. Dr. John. Gladys Knight. Barry Mann. Peggy March. The Four Tunes. The Four Tops. The Diamonds. Dr. Samuel Hoffman. John Eller. Eller/Lynch. The Picadors. Ravel. Rick Nelson. Badfinger. The Yardbirds. Tim Hardin. Jo Stafford.
Van Dyke Parks.Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry. Peggy Lee. Ella. The Move, ELO, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne. Betty Hutton. Godley & Creme. Squeeze. Debussy. Oscar Peterson. Buddy Holly. Steely Dan. Murray Head. k d lang. The Browns. Joni Mitchell. Nat Cole. Jimmy Webb. Dion.Peggy March. The Kinks. John Cale. Spanky & Our Gang. Blue Man Group. Mike Batt. Pere Ubu. Denny Laine. Patti Page. Colin Blunstone. Stackridge. Danny Elfman. The Zombies. The Searchers. Yes. Bob Dylan. Pete Townshend. Genesis--thru Wind & Wuthering. Peter Gabriel. Roy Hamilton. Charlie Calello. Bob Crewe. Sam Cooke. The Dells. Gladys Knight. The Byrds. Benjamin Britten. Sam the Sham. Zappa. Aretha. Curtis Mayfield. The Everly Brothers. The Residents. Early Elvis. Perry Como. Can. John Cale. Tangerine Dream. Ernestine Anderson. Gwynplaine. Neil Sedaka. April Stevens. Nino Tempo: www.ninoandapril.com .Michael Nesmith. Bobbie Gentry. Little Richard. Ray Charles. City Boy. Ian Dury. Elvis Costello, The Hollies. Artie Shaw. Benny Goodman. Eddy Arnold. The Andrews Sisters. Judy Garland. In no particular order, and that's just for starters. I used to have over 8,000 45s, and 2,000 LPs. And it was NOT enough...but ultimately, Igor Stravinsky's 'Le Sacre du Printemps' is the most satisfying experience for me. Well, next to 'Marlena' by The 4 Seasons.

Movies:

King Kong '33, (and any Willis O'Brien) King Kong '05. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. (and any Harryhausen). Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia + most of Disney animated. Monty Python. Metropolis. Terry Gilliam. The Lord of the Rings. and all of Peter Jackson's to date. Hitchcock. Lagaan. Most Robert Altman. Max Fleisher. Women in Love & most Ken Russell. X-Men. Gods & Monsters. W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, The Marx Brothers. Waking Life. Any Sam Raimi film. Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow. The Dresser. Van Helsing. Sin City. Universal Horror films, and any Boris Karloff film. OK, Spielberg--with reservations. Geez, there are THOUsands. I'll get to 'em all in time. (Yeh, sure I will.)

Television:

Is expressly for watching favorite movies and playing video games on. Well, OK. I check out Jon Stewart & South Park with some regularity.

Books:

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (a link to a great interview: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/09/16vonnegut1.html ), Clive Barker, Michael Sinclair, D.H. Lawrence, Victor Hugo, J R R Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Joseph Heller, autobiographies, Ayn Rand, Evelyn Waugh, Roy Chapman Andrews, Edgar Rice Burroughs, paleontology, anthropology, Evelyn Sibley Lampman, early Marvel comics, Ray Bradbury, Graham Greene, So Long Ago.

Heroes:

My brother Den, Van Dyke Parks, John Lennon, Mark Wirtz, Peter Jesperson, the writers listed above, Walt Disney & The Nine Old Men, Willis O'Brien, Gandhi, Forry Ackerman, Stan Lee, Ray Harryhausen, Brian Wilson, Ellen, Bob Crewe, Steve Ditko, Ian McKellan, Charles Knight, Salvador Dali ...oh, and Popeye.

My Blog

Homosexuality is immoral? a reply

A new 'friend', Barry Eisner, posted a blog examining an essay on the immorality of 'homosexuality'. The following was my reply to a fundamentalist Xian's reply to his blog: ..> ..> ....
Posted by Some Knothead on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:42:00 PST

Love at first sight

Yeah, I believe in love at first sight. Better known as a crush, infatuation maybe. Possibly because it has that effect on your...psyche. I hesitate to use the word 'heart' because, except for the blo...
Posted by Some Knothead on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:52:00 PST

Soul Mates

Every so often someone will mention in my presence, or write of, their quest for a soul mate. Well, here goes: First and most important, I don't believe in souls. But if I did, if I could countenance ...
Posted by Some Knothead on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:08:00 PST

Happiness

Happy New Year???! Happy indeed--you know that cantankerous curmudgeons don't have happy new years. Besides, what if everyone who was wished a happy new year actually had one? Can you see everyone wal...
Posted by Some Knothead on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:13:00 PST

What the heck.

New Year's Eve. Fine. I wouldn't know it was New Year's Eve if ppl didn't keep reminding me of it. How can it matter? I suppose, if you use it as a benchmark to remind yourself to reflect on your beha...
Posted by Some Knothead on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:47:00 PST

What if I'm the problem?

Uh oh. An hour before I have to leave for work, and here I sit, swimming in a seethe of ideas, unfocused, and tapping at the keyboard. Look out below! Lemme see. The kitchen faucet drips. The vanity f...
Posted by Some Knothead on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:32:00 PST

Group hug for FoH

Yesterday was my first 'official' day in VIP services, having finished my retail detail, and reluctantly giving up Front of House duties to take the full-time position. I already know I'll love t...
Posted by Some Knothead on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:42:00 PST

Horoscopes! Splut!

Get this: "If you are in a contemplative mood, go with it -- now is a very good time to take stock of what has been going on in your life. Stepping away from the heat of the action is a wise move, so ...
Posted by Some Knothead on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:27:00 PST

Forwards

 I have this thing about 'forwards'. I disregard them if possible. Please don't. I consider any message without a personal note to be spam, and especially do not want spam in my bulletins. 'Bulle...
Posted by Some Knothead on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:11:00 PST

I warned you.

These are my Tom Swifties. MINE, do you hear me? All mine. No fair stealing.   "Look at me! I've been mummified!" said Tom, rapt with attention. "There sure was a lot of gristle in that ham," Tom...
Posted by Some Knothead on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:19:00 PST