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A.J.

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About Me

Just watchin' the world go round from the bunker in So Bro (South Broadripple)... knowin' when to hold 'em, when to fold'em... when to walk away, and when to run.
I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM and you should too! ----(

My Interests

Music, Guitar, Singing, Writing, Baseball, Football, Indy Car, F1, Texas Hold'em, Mountain Biking, Camping, Guns, Acoustic Guitars around campfires under thousands of stars.

I'd like to meet:

The greatest front man in Rock N' Roll History - Apologies to Elvis and Robert Plant. .. ..

Music:

Like to listen and play all kinds. Rock, Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz, Fusion. Can't dig rap, although I tried real hard - I respect it as an art form and enjoy watching/hearing an awesome DJ spin. I crash local open stages ususally on a weekly basis.Gov't Mule, Phish, Hendrix, Harper, Marley, Petty, Neil Young with and without Crazy Horse, Lucinda Williams, O.A.R., hard blues

Movies:

Don't see too many. Some favorites: Goodfellas. Scarface. Spinal Tap. Unforgiven. Eastwood's "Man With No Name" Trilogy - Fistful of Dollars; For A Few Dollars More; & The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (great soundtracks to all). Rising Low - A documentery by Mike Gordon on the Making of Gov't Mule: The Deep End. Dazed & Confused.

Television:

Don't watch it. Catch The Cubs and Colts at BW3's every chance I get. Maybe the news if i'm home by 11:00pm

Books:

Haven't read a book in a while, but read lots of periodicals. The Indy Star, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Guitar World, Time, Newsweek, Playboy, Sound & Communications, American Rifleman.

Heroes:

My Dad, Warren Haynes, Trey Anastasio, Michael Bloomfield, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Reggie Miller, The Unser Family, A.J. Foyt, Dwight Freeney

My Blog

Family Tour Fall '06

Had a good weekend, despite an elephant in the room. Went to West Lafayette Friday afternoon to hang out with my mom who was babysitting my brothers kids while they were on vacation.  She was ke...
Posted by A.J. on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:31:00 PST

Movie Review: Jackass Number 2

I couldn't resist after seeing the full page add in Nuvo yesterday afternoon. It's about as sick as you can imagine. If you like Jackass, you'll probably go see it if you don't you won't. It's just de...
Posted by A.J. on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:58:00 PST

The Musical Circuit (or circus)

Today is pretty much my last day of sleeping in and doing nothing in particular.  I'm excited to get rolling on a new career path,  have some variety in my life, and call my own shots again....
Posted by A.J. on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:32:00 PST

Indiana Dunes, Part III: The Blowouts

Get Your Own! | View Slideshow What you will see is the phenomenon known as "blowouts".  It is what happens when the straight linbe winds off Lake Michigan blow back the dunes over hundred of ye...
Posted by A.J. on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:39:00 PST

Indiana Dunes, Part II: Background

One thing that is so unique about the dunes is the diversity of ecosystems.  There are many different types converging in one area.  You have sandy dunes that grown conifers (pines) like it ...
Posted by A.J. on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:09:00 PST

Indiana Dunes, Part I: Night Hiking

As much as I enjoy doing it, i've been pretty bad about blogging.  You'd think being unemployed would give me all the time in the world.  As Bob Dylan would say, "It Ain't Me, Babe".  H...
Posted by A.J. on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:12:00 PST

The Rouge - Come on out!

Hey Magnolia fans...I wanted to extend a personal invitation to this Magnolia show. It's going to be a special night in more ways than one for us and we'd like to see you there.For starters - its our ...
Posted by A.J. on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:55:00 PST

Magnolia @ The Rouge

I'm back... and I had a great time thru my extended weekend.  There'll be blogs for that later.  Getting back late Monday, checking my inbox I realized i'm somewhat behind on my promotion fo...
Posted by A.J. on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:04:00 PST

gettin' outta dodge...

Headed up north Friday morning to Dunes State Park to visit and old friend - Ranger Mike - and his lovely fiancee.  Ranger Mike is an interpretive naturalist  at Dunes State Park, as well as...
Posted by A.J. on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:17:00 PST

Remonstrance Blues

The blues have done it to me again... taken a bad situation and turned it completley upside down. Are you a blues fan like me? Do you know what i'm talking about? If not, listen up - you might learn s...
Posted by A.J. on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:04:00 PST