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John X

you ARE what I eat

About Me

Have you ever found a piece of clothing in a thrift shop that's just absolutely hideous? After you put it down, I walked in and bought it. It is now part of my favorite outfit. Despite the colorful garb, I'm a nerd. MAYBE I SHOULD"VE KEPT THE DAY JOB? 26 years in the music business and still not jaded OR evil. DON'T ASK HOW BECAUSE I DON"T KNOW. I have managed to cover alot of of ground during those years. Starting as an engineer, then mixer...remixer...producer...songwriter...composer. I am not rich and famous, but happily notorious. After all this time, I still love my work. I can't imagine doing anything else. I feel exceptionally fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with such a vast and diverse array of incredibly talented people. They keep rollin' in. I have rearranged this page to give a "shout-out" to some of the people that I have been working with through the years. There are so many, I'm not even going to attempt to list and link them. I plan on rotating, so if you don't find yourself there right now, please don't take it personally. For a complete and (nearly) current discography, go to: John X Discography DON'T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME! In other unrelated stories: Recently, I took up flying trapeze classes and i LOVE it! I'm only a couple of months into it, so I am still just an awkward beginner. I have advanced from looking like a clown falling out of a helicopter to looking like a clown on a trapeze. I consider that to be progress. If anyone has a real interest in joining me, I am always recruiting.DISARM AND CONQUERI also love going to the firing range and doing "artwork" with the sniper rifle. Target shooting is about precision, not violence. Any of you who know me will also know that I am non-violent. Somewhat antagonistic and obnoxious, but definitely non-violent. I've also taken up archery but not nearly with the same passion as trapeze and target shooting. . I have jumped out of an airplane, eaten alligator, AND, best of all, skinny-dipped in the Atlantic Ocean while watching a rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center at 1:30 am. ALL of these within a 24 hour period.I've hitch-hiked my way across the USA 3 times. I have not plucked my eyebrows along the way, but I HAVE been a "she". I've done karaoke in almost every city I've ever visited..I can keep a secret and love to play pranks on people...I've been known to wear a watch on my ankle, though I can't read it at all...Sometimes I seem like a ballbuster, but the truth is that I REALLY care about people I love. I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF BLACK SHEEP If you ever meet anyone from my family, you can guess that they will be total characters. I consider myself to be the quiet one. I have 4 older sisters who are my heroes. My mom is one of the only people I know who actually is supporting herself as an artist. My daughter Jessica is living proof that if you want to meet a great woman, you have to make one yourself. Thanks for turning me into a Grandpa, darling! I can't even begin to tell you how awesome she is, so you'll just have to just take my word for it.YOU KEEP TALKING LIKE THAT AND WE'RE ALL GETTING LUCKY There is Greek mythology tattooed on my right arm...I'm a second-generation, purebred, Greek, triple Scorpedo.. Although I tend to be a somewhat strict vagitarian, I might just eat ANYONE who laughs at my jokes. •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• ••••• MYFLYPROFILE.NET

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Music:

Member Since: 10/4/2003
Band Website: youtube.com/user/SheepshaggerX
Band Members: John X - that's it. I'm the only one in here.......producer/mixer/remixer/songrwiter/composer/sound design/terrible dresser/general public nuisance these are a few of my favorite things my daughter Jessika,flying trapeze, target shooting with a sniper rifle, cooking, playing in my garden, bicycling, Greek mythology, Great Outdoors, blindfolds, travel, laughter, karaoke, theater, making music, archery, making whoopee, making noise, playing dress-up, having my back scratched, getting naked, hot oil, being silly, practical jokes, science fiction AND fact, wordplay, pattycake That's my girlfriend, Ellie Mae!
Influences: dead silence, Harry the Dog, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Opshop Tom Waits, Outkast, Showtunes, Led Zeppelin, Debussy, Hank3, Peter Gabriel, Greek music, Danny Kaye P-Funk, Alan Toussaint, John Lennon, Tom Waits Munda Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd,Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Stravinsky,Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, The Band, Beatles, the birds outside my window PORNO, Adaptation, Being There, Barbarella, Immortal Beloved, Blue Velvet, Airplane Granny Gang Bang, 2001, Spinal Tap, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Willy Wonka wacky Indian movies, Young Frankenstein, Rocky Horror, Blade Runner The Point, Scary Movies, Austin Powers, Wizard of Oz Kill Bill 1 & 2, Shrek anything with Angelina Jolie anything creepy or full of monsters Stephenson, Clockwork Orange, Vonnegut, Narnia L. Carroll, CS Lewis, Seuss, Heinlein Wicked, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Idiot's Guide to Tantric Sex, Le Petit Prince The Guide to Getting It On, Tolkien, When Actors Sing!
Sounds Like: WHO I'D LIKE TO MEET! Bright, silly people who actually enjoy being alive. Smart people who don't mind doing stupid things. I'm wide open. Bring it on. F R I S K Y, S E X Y, SINCERE, F U N, D E C A D E N T, R U T H L E S S, W I L L I N G, B R I G H T, F E S T I V E, W I L D
Record Label: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnx62
Type of Label: None

My Blog

To Anyone I have worked with who has a YouTube clip....

If you have used one of my mixes or songs in a YouTube video, please send me the link...I am trying to assemble a playlist of EVERYTHING I have worked on......... but I have absolutely NO idea which o...
Posted by John X on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:42:00 PST

Brent Wendell Williams - IN TRAINING

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4qq-eox6Q This is my 62 year old neighbor Brent...He is training for a chance to compete in an upcoming reality show and has turned the driveway area into a t...
Posted by John X on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:17:00 PST

The long awaited debut of Vivian Black this Wednesday!

The long awaited debut of Vivian Black has arrived!This will be the first time that John X & Joe X have shared a stage since the lobotomy.Hosted By: John XWhen: Wednesday May 21, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere:...
Posted by John X on Tue, 20 May 2008 07:59:00 PST

Operation Poppydrop

We took a little road trip to the California Poppy Reserve and here’s a few pics..........then we visited Vazquez Rocks..............
Posted by John X on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:01:00 PST

"Home" by Mike Ragogna

This video of Mike Ragogna’s duet with Dobie Gray titled "Home" was posted in honor of the over 4000 US soldiers killed in Iraq and for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.We did this here at th...
Posted by John X on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:26:00 PST

AN UNUSUAL VERSION OF "SMOKE ON THE WATER"

AN USUAL VERSION OF "SMOKE ON THE WATER"http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/01/video-smoke-on...P owered by ShareThis...
Posted by John X on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST

LOST DOG IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS

Feel free to repost if your friends are local to Los Angeles.For those of you who know me, this is NOT MY DOG....Bela belongs to my great friend Stephanie and I am helping her with this posting...Plea...
Posted by John X on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:40:00 PST

Up the Water Spout

I recently posted this as a bulletin:Beaver and I are in a quandary about a certain nursery rhyme.Certainly we could Google this, but I figured: "Why not see what our friends think?"What kind of spide...
Posted by John X on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:27:00 PST

Dream

I was involved in some kind of trans-continental race. There was a train involved and I had to get to the train. Beaver was also competing in this race, but was on a different team and was unable to h...
Posted by John X on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:01:00 PST

Who's your Grandpa?

I AM!!!!11:20 PM Eastern Standard TimeI would like to officially welcome into this world:My FIRST grandchild!Mr. Laithan Joseph Bayersdorferweighing in at a whopping 9 lbs. 7 oz.As expected, he is SUP...
Posted by John X on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:26:00 PST