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I work as a music & media librarian at a private university. I have also toured the world working for such bands as Stuck Mojo, Fozzy, Sick Speed, CAFU, The Duke, LILITU, Ultraspank, Skinlab. One of the highlights was touring Spain with Pantera in 1998. I am also the mascot for the heavy metal band Fozzy (sounds stupid, but it's a lot of fun).Check out www.fozzyrock.com ; www.thedukerocks.com ; www.lilitu.wsPersonality-wise, I think most people think of me as nice, intelligent, and serious-minded. I am a sociable loner, meaning I prefer to be alone most of the time, but I love one-on-one discussions, and the company of good friends for reasonable lengths of time. I love to meet new people from all over. In my travels with the bands I meet a lot of interesting and wonderful people, but I have trouble meeting people in the city in which I live. I prefer the company of women, because I find it easier to talk openly and honestly with them, though I do have a few good male friends that are good to talk to. I have opinions on most subjects, but I love to hear other perspectives, and I often incorporate new ideas and perspectives into my opinions--I am very empathetic, and can see issues from many sides. This ability to empathize leads in to my attitudes about morality and judging people. I think everyone has the right to do whatever makes them happy up to the point just before it impedes on someone else's rights. Some people will call my attitude moral relativism, but I call it freedom. I am tired of society being dominated by fear, superstition, and brainwashing evangelical religions. I have no problem with spirituality, and I have no problem with people that have faith in religions that I do not believe, just don't try to minister to me. I am open to intelligent discussion on religion, but based on reason and logic, not superstition and faith. Bible-beaters beware: I probably know more about your religion than you do. That said, please feel free to contact me to chat about most anything. I especially love to discuss music, cinema, art, philosophy, religion.

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My Blog

CARCASS--Exhumed To Consume 2008 Tour

CARCASSExhumed to Consume Tour 2008First draft This past weekend saw the realization of an unlikely dreamthe reunion of death metal/grindcore legends CARCASS. This highly influential band split ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Stuck Mojo Summer 2008 Tour Dates

SUMMER TOUR 2008 June 6th, Friday Red Lion Pub 1936 Walton Way Augusta, GA 30904 phone: (706) 733-2008 website: www.redlionaugusta.com June 7th, Saturday Ground Zero 3059 Howard St Spartanburg, SC 293...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 21:23:00 GMT

Celtic Frost R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31cG-RJCZU I just learned that Tom Fischer resigned from Celtic Frost last month. It's really sad that a band comes back after 15 years to create the greatest ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Thanks to Stuck Mojo

I've just been listening to the podcast on the new Stuck Mojo site (www.stuckmojo.us) and thinking about the podcast I am planning to record with Rich in a couple of weeks. As I wax nostalgic of my ye...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:24:00 GMT

Ted Nugent: Gun-free zones are recipe for disaster

By Ted NugentA CNN Special http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/19/commentary.nugent/index.htm lWACO, Texas (CNN) -- Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gun-free zone, Ne...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:21:00 GMT

Ultimate Melodic Death Metal, An Anthology

After a nice discussion on Swedish Death Metal with my friend "The Scream Queen," I thought I would share with my MySpace friends the tracklisting for a CD I compiled for myself and friends (see song ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:27:00 GMT

Van Halen & Sammy Hagar

I am reposting this message I sent to a good friend where we were discussing Van Halen's induction to the Rock An Roll Hall of Fame. I thought I might include it here because of my description of a sh...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:04:00 GMT

Who Cares if You Listen?; or TheComposer as Specialist

http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html Here is an interesting article by composer Milton Babbitt from High Fidelity (Feb. 1958).  The article was originally titled, "The Composer as Specialist,"...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:06:00 GMT

New Stuck Mojo Album Available For Download

That's right! The long-awaited new release, "Southern Born Killers," from Stuck Mojo is now available online! You can listen and download it for free. You read it right, FREE! If you dig it and want t...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:20:00 GMT

I love this short film by Tim Burton with Vincent Price

Check out this early film by Tim Burton. What luck that he was able to get the incomparable Vincent Price to do the voice over.Posted By:DIDIGet this video and more at MySpace.com
Posted by on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:35:00 GMT