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Christian

ill be gone like ur wishin cuz i aint got time for hangin around while ur fuckin my love in all the

About Me

Christian Lawrence Alvarez -- 083175 --im a professional working drummer .ive focused the majority of my energy into the artform for about 18 years ,ive worked with alot of cats...most recently ive been working with blessed be thy name, i did some time (recorded, videos, live)with giantkiller, and im all over town with cosmic jazz..ive played/made beats for/performed with/members of...the buddy rich big band, the treme brass band, the dirty dozen brass band, the stan kenton orchestra, jimmy/tommy dorsey big band, graves at sea, saul williams, money mark(beastie boys/jack johnson band), bombshelter dj's/ dj radar, z-trip, emiel, thavius beck(labwaste), death row, herb-n-life, margo reed, fleetwood smack, rick aldrich,katie koehler, rusty falk (jazz alliance), muppletone/aaron russel, destructo boy, grimpond, trudge, kevin (beat angels), gabe santacruz (futurekind),giant killer,stephanie (groot) hershey, blessed be thy name, serene dominic(new times,vic masters), blackhouse twins, one nut pig, cosmic jazz, squid liquid, cory stephens, geoff andress (newport nights), klutch, the mcmonigal bros.,steve fernandez (r.i.p.), t.d.k., molotov cocktail, one, shahzad ismaily,linda cushma, darrin mahoney, dalamtion car, the brides, mark witt, molly ringworm, idiot mongrels, stained glass door, soulgrind, drunken immortal/blow op-co-op, dislo-antidote, fred green, rabbit vs. dragon/heidi gadd, eddie boh paris, greg from 32 leaves, sons of serro, earthride/spirit caravan, brotha b and lady j, stone circle...and a bunch of recording gigs and stuff i just cant remember and will have to update ...born in the bay(sf),now live in az.. ............maybe im just gonna shed and never be heard from again...maybe the lost tapes will be found..someday.............................................. ...........................................

My Interests

chaos , mugwumps, basquiat, bill hicks, truth, life, drums, beats, music, poetry, words....my yamaha recording custom drums and my zildjians and my sabian rides and my vic firth and my pro-marks and my mpc and my kaos pad...

I'd like to meet:


one day i want to lay down some drums for madlib, georgia ann..thavius beck (again)..ornette coleman....branford marsalis...tony malaby...thurston moore...iggy pop....pharrel....the mighty M.I.A.

.....i want to meet up with saul, atticus ross, and trent and beat the shit out of some trash cans and record it... drop the pitch, reverse the wave and trigger it screw style with accompany'd 808's on my mpc...saul and trent singing .. remix by thavius and daddy kev labwaste style...maybe some 16th notes arpeggiated razorblade glass taps through filters...low end swells,,....distorted thunderclaps...subtitle(ginomarks) rappin backwards also screwed in the background...all to a video of skaters in slo-mo....maybe some livegrafitti timeelapse....yeah and...who else would i like to meet?...lets see, , , , quasimoto.?? rhcp.... anthony kiedis...whom i met but was unable to move to say hi even though i was in the middle of reading his book at the time..so i just gave a head nod like...sup? ............................................................ ........................................ ...i want to score a skate film....4.......baker........or...... ..altamont.....or.........ice cream..............i want to remix stoner rock w/ adlib....................................................... .. ...be the star trak house percussionist........i guess i wouldnt mind meetin ...like... shit i dunno ....you??.... ...WHAT IM SAYIN IS I NEED TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MEET MY FUTURE FACE TO FACE...rest in peace to dilla..wsb...hicks...basquiat...kerouac..mitch.....jim...ali ce and john coltrane....beaver....fred shepherd...jmj...jb..steve...donna....paul raven...odie....matt..fly....martha alder...joe alvarez...elvin jones...james brown...alan...social d sara...mrs. van horn...big tony bassman.... life is ....................too short.

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live w/ saul nyc/cmj...04

Music:

right this second im diggin on all ed blackwell and billy higgins,t.s.o.l., black flag,BAD BRAINS,the beasties,john blackwell, CLIPSE!, any rza, any neptunes,alan dawson, booker little, tony williams, pj harvey rob ellis,flood, alanmoulder, skinnypuppy, ministry, black sheep, n.w.a. asunder, wino, any richard davis, ron bruner jr,antonio sanchez,the black dahlia murder, can, the monks, billy mintz, jim black,dennis chambers, nas, nin, blondie, p-funk, funkadellic, battles, keith carlock, teddy campbell!!!!!!, brian fraiser-moore, gerald heyward, angie sanchez, tom rainey ...M.I.A.,georgia ann,jimi, koushik,chuck schultz,the eraser ,fritz freeling, the treme brass band,subtitle, the books,one nut pig,tone collector, ksb,otis redding,stanley cowell,joi, funk, dadelus, all bluenote, dr lonnie smith, quasimoto, mars volta, high on fire,madlib, dilla, jaylib, all stones throw, pure horsehair, marc ribot, adlib,stark reality, king tubby, prefuse 73, crash worship, dead prez , cherrywine,aaron russell,branford marsalias, ornette coleman, digable planets, dozer, del, fela kuti,god machine, kyuss, drunken immortal crew,islands, sun ra, eric dolphy,ramones,nobody,billy mintz, graves at sea, sabbath, charlie parker, janes addiction, velvet underground, tupac, sublime, animals, lz, aesop, lif,anything with earl palmer,, refused, sons of serro, grimpond, bvsc, the streets, iggy pop, wiley, dizzy rascal, jack johnson, bill laswell,john coletrane, herb-n-life,tony malaby,anything w/ shahzad ismaily,roll deep krew,sonic youth, doors,dj spooky,praxis,parliament, fishbone,handsome, dj shadow,rhcp,clash,giantkiller*, van halen,electric wizard,insects,rl burnside, gnarlsb, unicorns, saul williams...fivespeed..atari teenage riot/alec empire...thrones...superdestroyer, golden, de la sol, high on fire, algreen, spankrock,

Movies:

fear and loathing, four rooms, kill bill, ghost dog, scanner darkly,suicide club, slam, rockers, commissioner of sewers, roadside prophets,city of god, bird,american hardcore, dogtown z-boys, basquiat,kung fu flicks, baker vids, ice cream team vid1

Television:

tv on the radio and i dont have a tv so...

Books:

stick control, the alan dawson book and anything moeller, phillip k dick scanner darkly,,master studies, syncopation for the modern drummer!!!SHANTARAM!!...scar tissue...hemp eaters....please kill me...william s burroughs...charles bukowski...jim morrison..jack kerouac...saul williams..beau sia...black ice...georgia me...nuerda..jim carol...pound..will da real one...graves..hafiz..scott-heron, last poets...mums...T.A.Z. bey...shihan the poet...aaron russell..mayda del valle...jerry quickly...ginsberg...amir sulamain .....lemon....oscar brown jr. ...heru ptah...

Heroes:

the young ones .. ..

My Blog

saturday was life

fuck the faux-hawk'd wannabe punk rocker that thought he could steal a 500dollar guitar from my store and not get caught after i chased him on foot  through the mall.......mall parking lot.....
Posted by Christian on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:19:00 PST

goldennowworthfightingfor

broken phone till friday.... dont care.... tucson this weekend....bless-ed slaying the rock...plus a cosmic jazz party that is top secret the same nite...double dippin again... i want to hike the...
Posted by Christian on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:48:00 PST

rest in peace

 rest in peace and god bless tony ...and anyas mom ...and may anyone who has lost someone in any way find some strength.   life is too short....i miss so fucking bad the people that hav...
Posted by Christian on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:28:00 PST

--ShortLovePoem58b68421052fr597red :P--

my one and only love's lips are like summer and her mind is a forrest. her soul is a never-ending novel and her body a clock. im timeless for her. our palms met, and i memorized each and every ch...
Posted by Christian on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:34:00 PST

improvision

we let go of these our irrelevencies....and stand a time test. we grip and grab lifes lessons and find a learn-ed rhythm and pace. we pitch we search for keys to unlock the doors to our expression pa...
Posted by Christian on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:57:00 PST

ODE TOOOO CARRREEEEEE

i was sittin in the barnes and noble parking lot and  i thought, noble is my car and its nobility will never fade... as we bounced down the road suspensionless today and pulled up to th...
Posted by Christian on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:54:00 PST

inbox

I received a text message from a friend @ 10:28pm last night and all it said was.. Why am I an asshole???? not having a clue of the exact situation but having mos-definitely sailed in the boat of that...
Posted by Christian on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:38:00 PST

fathered by the night and mothered by the day

unexplained lies shoulder one side as unexplained truth shoulder another. angel on one, devil the other....this poem is about choice but its too late to choose, times made me the winner but as the vic...
Posted by Christian on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:01:00 PST

uncensored) asoulonice but today love smiled at me said anthony

notice to newbs, veterans, teachers, students, youngones, oldtimers, teens and kiddos, criminals, victims, junkys, straights, squares and hipsters...sinners and saints... it has been brought to your a...
Posted by Christian on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:23:00 PST

misfortune

job hunting and thinking about fight club quotes and life and love dont mix...i was eat'n chinese and cracked open the fortune ....dropped the fortune cookie 1/2'z onto my napkiny plate and threw...
Posted by Christian on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:35:00 PST