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Chops

rjlac

About Me


I play bass for...
...and I am...
Call me R.J. I am a CWU student, a casino dealer, and a metalhead. Just because I'm a metalhead, however, doesn't mean I smoke crack and worship satan. I may joke about that stuff, but I'm truthfully one of the nicest and most gentle guys you'll ever meet... I just enjoy some brutal music. I play guitar, bass and a little piano, and I aspire to become a graphic designer. I prefer to associate myself with people who have a good head on their shoulders, so please feel welcome to say hi if you know which end is up!
Random Facts About Me!
White Russian = My favorite drink.
Spinal Tap = My favorite movie.
Elvis Presley = My favorite artist.
Like it or not, I'm a golfer.
The volume setting should be on an increment of five or an even number.
I'm not a fan of bridges.
I'm honestly terrified of moths and crickets way more than any other bugs.
I can riffle shuffle a deck of cards with one hand.
I let out any aggression (which, honestly, is none anyways) through music, and am really a peaceful person.
I don't regret any of my past decisions, no matter how wrong they may have been. Life's about experiences.
Built from blind faith
Passed down from self-induced fantasy
Turn a page to justify
Conjuring power - it opens wide
On seventh day,
is that how it's done?
Twisting your eyes to perceive
all that you want
To assume from ignorance
Inflicting wounds with your
cross-turned dagger
Inside crystal mountain
Evil takes its form
Inside crystal mountain
Commandments are reborn
All the traps are set to confine
All who get in the way of the divine
In sight and in mind of the hypocrite
A slave to the curse forever confined
Shatter the myth
Don't cut yourself
On your words against
dreams made of steel
Stronger any faith
That inflicts pain and fear,
is that how it's done?
Twisting your eyes to perceive
all that you want
To assume from ignorance
Inflicting wounds with your
cross-turned dagger

My Interests



I'd like to meet:



I got tired of ranking my friends, but feel free to browse...

View All of My Friends

Music:



Music is the spice my life. Here's all the bands I enjoy listening to... I love 'em all, but the bold one's are my absolute favorites.

3 Inches Of Blood
Aborted
Aeon
Alabama 3
Alan Parsons Project
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
AxCx
Arsis
Atheist
Barry White
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Behemoth
Behold... The Arctopus
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Black Label Society
Black Sabbath
Blotted Science
Blue Man Group
Bon Jovi
Bootsy Collins
The Brothers Johnson
Buckethead
Bumblefoot
Cannibal Corpse
Carcass
Cattle Decapitation
Children Of Bodom
C2B3
Contaminator
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cryptopsy
Danzig
Death
Decapitated
Deep Purple
Dethklok
Dimmu Borgir
Dio
Doobie Brothers
The Doors
DragonForce
Dream Evil
Dweezil Zappa
Dying Fetus
Earth, Wind & Fire
Elvis Presley
Epica
Eric Johnson
Fantomas
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Foreigner
Frank Zappa
Freak Kitchen
George Clinton
Gorgoroth
Gorod
Hate Eternal
Illegal Aliens
Impelliteri
Infectious Grooves
Iron Maiden
Jaco Pastorius
James Brown
Jamiroquai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Judas Priest
Led Zeppelin
Les Claypool
Lionel Richie & The Commodores
Liquid Tension Experiment
Loudness
Louis Armstrong
Luca Turilli
Manowar
Marty Friedman
Marvin Gaye
Mastodon
Mattias IA Eklundh
Megadeth
Mercyful Fate
Meshuggah
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Jackson
Morbid Angel
Morphine
Motorhead
Mr. Big
Mr. Bungle
Necrophagist
Nile
Norther
Nuclear Rabbit
Origin
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Paul Gilbert
Pink Floyd
Primus
Prince
Psycroptic
Psyopus
Queen
Racer X
Return To Forever
Rhapsody (of Fire)
Rick James
Rolling Stones
Rush
Sepultura
Six Feet Under
Skip James
Slayer
Sly & The Family Stone
Spastic Ink
Spinal Tap
Stanley Clarke
Stephen Lynch
Steve Vai
Stevie Wonder
Strapping Young Lad
Stratovarius
Symphony X
The Temptations
Tenacious D
Tower Of Power
Tyranny
Venom
Victor Wooten
Vinnie Moore
Weather Report
Yes
Yngwie Malmsteen
ZZ Top

And for you people listening to really loud shitty music...

Movies:

I also have a strong love for movies. Mostly I watch comedies, but I can appreciate most any genre of "cinematic adventures". Here's some of my favorite movies...
The 40 Year Old Virgin
American Beauty
American History X
American Pie (1, 2 & 3)
Anchorman
As Good As It Gets
Beavis & Butthead Do America
The Big Lebowski
The Boondock Saints
Cannibal! The Musical
Casino
Cinderella Man
Clerks (1 & 2)
A Clockwork Orange
Cruel Intentions
The Departed
Dogma
Donnie Darko
E.T.
A Few Good Men
Fight Club
Full Metal Jacket
High Fidelity
Grease
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Grandma's Boy
Grindhouse
Heat
High Fidelity
Hot Fuzz
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Kill Bill (Vol. 1 & 2)
Little Miss Sunshine
Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels
Lord Of The Rings (1 - 3)
Mallrats
The Matrix (1-3)
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Napoleon Dymamite
Ocean's Eleven
Office Space
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Pulp Fiction
Punch Drunk Love
Red Dragon
The Return Of Spinal Tap
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rounders
Saturday Night Fever
Scarface
Scent Of A Woman
School Of Rock
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence Of The Lambs
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Spinal Tap
Star Wars (1 - 6)
Super Troopers
Team America: World Police
Terminator (1 &2)
Thank You For Smoking
Top Gun
The Usual Suspects
V For Vendetta
Wayne's World (1 & 2)
The Whole Nine Yards
Zoolander

Television:

I watch TV occasionally... mostly I just download shows, though, and watch them at my own convenience. My favorites include:

The Colbert Report
Comedy Central Presents
Cops
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Daily Show
Entourage
Family Guy
Jeopardy
Man Stroke Woman
Metalocalypse
Mind Of Mencia
The Office
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Reno 911
Saturday Night Live
Scrubs
Seinfeld
The Sopranos
Southpark

Heroes:


My Blog

Bathrobe Adventures

Although this may seem like a strange thing to "blog" about, I felt it was worthy of a rant beyond my common short bulletin.  If you are enough of a friend (or simply bored enough) to read my sho...
Posted by Chops on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:38:00 PST

Metal Church & Die By Day show!

Last night (Feb. 17th, 2007) I had the pleasure of seeing Metal Church and Die By Day at Studio Seven in Seattle. I'll leave out the opening bands for this little review, since they were so bad I did...
Posted by Chops on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:48:00 PST

Famous People / Musicians I've Met

Just thought I'd put a blog up of all the famous people and musicians I've met throught the course of concerts / performances I've been to.  I've seen a lot more than this list of people in perso...
Posted by Chops on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:31:00 PST

3 Inches Of Blood, Zeke, Book Of Black Earth, and Plaster!

PlasterBook Of Black EarthZeke3 Inches Of Blood...
Posted by Chops on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:56:00 PST

Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Necrophagist, & Unmerciful

As promised, here's the 411 on the Cannibal Corpse / Necrophagist show I went to on Friday, November 24th at El Corazon in Seattle.My buddy Greg and I left early.  Doors opened at 7, and we were ...
Posted by Chops on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:53:00 PST

Kamelot's Black Halo Tour with Epica PICTURES!

Alright, these are the pictures I took at the Kamelot / Epica show.  These pictures are directly from the camera, too, not cropped or anything, so you can see how close we really were!  Enjo...
Posted by Chops on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:08:00 PST

Kamelot's Black Halo Tour (with Epica)

Two amazing power metal bands, Kamelot and Epica, came to Seattle last night and put on the most amazing show I could've imagined.  The best video I took is on my main page, if you want to check ...
Posted by Chops on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:55:00 PST

Bands I've seen!

Just a list of all the bands I've seen... updated as I continue to go to killer shows!  If I've seen a band more than once, I'll indicate it with a number of times after the name.3 Inches Of Bloo...
Posted by Chops on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:23:00 PST

Sounds Of The Underground!

I went to the Sounds Of The Underground tour in Canada last night.  It was absolutely amazing... by far the best concert I've ever been to.  The final line-up, in order, was Through The Eyes...
Posted by Chops on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:00:00 PST

Hilarious videos!

If you play guitar, or listen to great guitarists, you MUST watch these videos.  So fucking hilarious!Yngwie Malmsteen Super Amazing Guitar God LessonJohn Petrucci 1John Petrucci 2John Petrucci 3...
Posted by Chops on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:21:00 PST