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Tristan

Pretentious. Bastard. Online.

About Me

I play guitar and vocals in a band called Tree of Woe (www.treeofwoe.com) and Occupation Foole (www.occupationfoole.com). Check it out!You can check out some songs at The Tree of Woe Media Page !

I have recently gotten married to a beautiful and wonderful girl; Danielle. I'll post up pictures as soon as I get them.As for all of you that know me; I hope your year has gone well so far and make sure to keep in touch!Here are some photos from an ever growing log.Thailand Vacation - 2006

Halloween in Madison 2005

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Misc Pictures taken in Northern WI

Simple Studios

2/27/2005

Night Photo Series 1

2/20/2005 - 4-5am - Taken by Tristan and Jake (Skudrow) Near Downtown Stevens Point

My Interests

What?Music; lots of music. I like to stare at huge gaps in the earth.

I'd like to meet:

Jesus singing lead vocals for Lynard Skynard with an angel band.

Music:

And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Andrew Bird and his Bowl of Fire, A Perfect Circle, Arcade Fire, Atticus Fault, Audioslave, Beck, Ben Folds, Big Wreck, Caroline's Spine, Candlebox, Chemical Brothers, Children of Bodom, Code Seven, Counting Crows, Crystal Method, Days of the New, Death Cab for Cutie, Decemberist, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dianna Krall, Dredg, The Felix Culpa, Fourtet, Four 80 East, Iced Earth, Josh Rouse, Jimmy Newquist, Led Zeplin, Mastadon, Mayfield Four, Moby, Mogwai, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Norah Jones, Number One Fan, Opeth, Pavement, Pearl Jam, Pinback, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Plus-Minus, The Police, Porcupine Tree, The Postal Service, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Ryan Adams, Sefton, Sevendust, Sigur Ros, Silik, Smashing Pumpkins, Sparklehorse, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Sufjan Stevens, Thornley, Thursday, Tool, Waylon Jennings, Whiskeytown, Willy Nelson

Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Heist, American Pyscho, The Machinest, Battman Returns; I like to watch underwater co-ed ski'ing videos

Television:

I don't have any channels!

Books:

God's Debri by Scott Adams, Body for Life by Bill Phillips. Under the Moons of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

My Blog

Birthday Weekend

After work Danielle and I made for Sturgeon Bay.  We got here about 8 or so; had a meal of chinese and checked into the Bridgeport Resort.  I'm currently on the private deck of our suite; th...
Posted by Tristan on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 08:26:00 PST

What's going on/Episode 1 in the White Trash Life of Roy and Thelma

Hello!  I've been very happy for the last 5 weeks because I'm going out with a swell lass.  I've been doing lots of low impact aerobics and trying to watch my figure.  I've also been re...
Posted by Tristan on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:31:00 PST

Now We Are Crossing The Divide

You, and me, we let our love just slip away and now we're free The songs, we sing, the notes in play, the signs that lead the other way. No we just run away and hide. I can't explain the reasons why....
Posted by Tristan on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 02:03:00 PST

We're playing tonight!

My band will be opening up for No Address at Dome Sports tonight.  I'm so pumped I can barely stand it!  Hopefully there will be a few people that show up to rock out.  On another not...
Posted by Tristan on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:54:00 PST

Disc Golf and Boat Phones

After another day at the place; disc golfing commenced. We had conversations about my boat phone on my very own pirate ship. Yeah, you could say I'm the captain. You could call me on my boat phone ...
Posted by Tristan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Riding the tuna boat

I just got off the tuna boat! YAY! Artwork is progressing nicely for the Tree of Woe album. CD should be out in late May. http://www.treeofwoe.com | http://www.myspace.com/treeofwoe
Posted by Tristan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Action Items

Oh, how all my action items are resolved for the day! Just got the piano tuned. I'm primed up and ready to lay down piano tracks for my solo project. I can't wait to release this baby! If you have...
Posted by Tristan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Simple Studios yesterday

We had studio time reserved at Simple Studios yesterday. After practice I went in with the goal of recording 6 songs. I came out with 8 songs. This is just me with my guitar. I'm going to be addi...
Posted by Tristan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Tonight at the Wheelhouse / EPIC TRICEP ASSAULTS

Tonight I will be playing the open mic at the Wheelhouse in Waupaca with my good friend Scott on violin. Make sure to come check it out! Today I awoke bright and early at 7:30AM to join "Luke Hero...
Posted by Tristan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Slumbering until 2PM

Last night I was out and about until 5AM. JEEZ! Was taking night shots with Skudrow of the downtown area. Got some good shots. I'll be posting a few. I hope everyone's weekend has been great.
Posted by Tristan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST