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Mark

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Greetings friends and mysterious cyber-strangers. I'm a honest, goofy, music lovin fellow living in beautiful Bellingham, WA. By day I manage Avocet Environmental Testing. By night my passion is playing guitar and enjoying other people's music and company. Some local bands I've played in include Thermostat, La Push, Audrey, Everyday People, The Trytones, Yogoman Burning Band, The Shitake Mushrooms, The Monday Night Project, Alpha Roots Transmitter, Acorn Project and the Kind Buddies. I'm right at home in a jazzy funk setting but also love accompanying singer songwriters and acoustic sing a-longs with my friends. I care deeply about and sometimes do work for environmental and social justice issues. I also love to exercise, hike and mountain bike.

My Interests

Seeing live music and dancing. Laughing. Making new friends and keeping old ones. Climbing up mountains on my boots or bike. Collecting and listening to my music collection. Reading and learning about social justice issues and doing something about it. Nutrition and natural health. Challenging myself. Being content.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting, fun and creative people. Musicians who would like to share musical ideas or play together. Aliens who can teach me to use my hidden special powers.

Music:

Just about anything with originality and SOUL. Rock, jazz, world music, folk, funk and more. Some favorites include Bill Frisell, Garaj Mahal, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, The Talking Heads, Steve Kimock, Aretha Franklin, Phish, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Nora Jones, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Ween,The Beatles, STS9, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Sharron Jones and the DAP Kings, The Allman Brothers and all the great local bands of Bellingham.

Heroes:

Of my generation, Ani Difranco