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About Me

I am an animator, cartoonist and musician livin' on the farm in Iowa City. I cut my teeth as a house drummer for Craig Schumacher in Tucson's 7&7 studio (which became Wavelab, the studio of Neko Case, Calexico and many others) and then moved up to Portland where I played with a wide variety of pickup bands over the course of a dozen years. Now I find myself in Iowa City playing with Liberty Leg. We're working on a lot of new material, recording at Corncrib Studio. I really like the scene here, and the musicians in Iowa City are both fantastic and supportive. It's a great place to be.Here are some of the non-musical projects I am involved in:
Clench and Cheese
Carrollhach Animation Studios
Grapnel Media

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bill Watterson, Steve Jordan, Glen Kotche, Levon Helm, Billy Collins, Frank Black, Brad Bird, Walter Murch, Annie Proulx, Michel Tournier, John Scofield, Lauren Bacall, Alice Munro... I like meeting like-minded individuals, smart and obnoxious charismatics, drunkards and so on. The world contains many wonders and even more people.

My Blog

tonight, tonight

I am in class whilst my students Flash away. I am likely the easiest teacher they have, but the idea is to learn the software and not to take tests. I would not fare well in this NCLB test-a-mania bul...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 16:48:00 GMT

poems, etc

I've drunkenly published poems online for years.sometime I saidthese later conversationsafter the evening, unfortunatelyalways off the cuff, my mindalready out the doorleaves me then as nowto stagger ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:34:00 GMT

del the funky homosapien

Del The Funky Homosapien is a hip-hop legend whose knotty flow has touched down everywhere: two unfuckwithable major-label albums, some tourdog Rosetta Stones with Hieroglyphics, one nerdcore classic ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:14:00 GMT

Green fairy

Odd as it may seem, it is legal to buy absinthe in the states. It is not legal to sell it, but you can get it from France or CZ. It's an odd thing... recent studies have wholly discounted the concept ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:36:00 GMT

pictures of guns

This barbershop with elk's headsand constant talk of sportsseemed bigger than the one roomI saw later, the tackedsoldier photos respectfully layeredto leave the faces showing from previous warsstill o...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:15:00 GMT

Stanton

I went to see Stanton's trio at the jazz fest. Super pro, tught and fun but lacking the emotional immediacy of Galactic. I wondered, because Stanton, long my favorite, has been essentially a mountain ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:23:00 GMT

Times of Trouble

In times of trouble, men waiton the rocks. Someonemight tell them what to do or why their daysspin away when something else outwaits them, luck maybeor the dark one:destiny, notwaiting but striking on...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:36:00 GMT

damned wires

You get a new mixing board and all hell breaks loose. In an attempt to get serious about recording, I've been slowly getting bargain-basement equipment (the best I can afford, which isn't much). Pream...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:23:00 GMT

Why is this funny?

Daily Iowa State PressIowa City, Johnson, IowaJuly 15, 1903HE SWALLOWED LAUDANUM.James Carroll of Marshalltown Desperate Over Drink Habit.Marshalltown, July 15- James Carroll, a cooper, committed suic...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:00:00 GMT

Needle North

Needle NorthIt is navigation, first. I lurch above the binnacle, ashamed I cannot tell you exactly where we are. I know we share the compass, a heavy brass affair we paid for dearly. I, you, we both...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:02:00 GMT