sam
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a good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "hear that?" you say. "that's dynamite baby!"---jack handey
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30 years old
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
United States
Last Login: 5/22/2009
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sam's Interests
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| General | playing music, hearing live music, frisbee golf (when i'm in NC), reading, eating good food (falafel from sultan's market), chicago baseball, hanging out with good friends and an abundance of wine, making fun of people that i don't know. | | Music | improvised music of all types- particularly jazz. miles davis, john coltrane, eric dolphy, jim hall, keith jarret, brad melhdau, herbie nichols, dave douglas, bill frisell, john scofield, kurt rosenwinkel, mark turner, ben monder, bobby broom, jean-michel pilc, bill gerhardt, bill evans, grant green, chris potter, thelonious monk, charlie haden, dave holland, brian blade, wayne shorter, ben allison, don byron, lee konitz, all the great chicago musicians who i listen to, admire, learn from and play with.
other: radiohead, the rachels, nick drake, tom waits, cinematic orchestra, jaga jazzist, blackstar, jurassic 5, ryan adams, toninho horta, tin hat trio, elliot smith, the cure, jeff buckley, david bowie, gillian welsch, bob dylan, tortoise, will oldham, neutral milk hotel, air, stevie wonder, sigur ros, talking heads, erykah badu, the smiths, andrew bird, sea and cake and many many many more | | Movies | planes, trains and automobiles, all wes anderson films, amelie, stir crazy, back to the future (all 3), lost in translation, ghost dog, stranger than paradise, fishing with john (not a movie, but hilarious), the godfather, the big lebowski, round midnight, basquiat, (soundtrack kicks ass), any movie with philip seymour hoffman, little miss sunshine, city of god, motorcycle diaries | | Television | tom skilling's channel nine weather forecasts. | | Books | the new yorker magazine, one hundred years of solitude, any david sedaris, you shall know our velocity, tolkien, autobiographies-- (capone, duke ellington, miles davis), carson mccullers, the river of doubt, esquire | | Heroes | my parents and greg maddux. |
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sam's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Charlotte, NC | | Body type: | 6' 0" | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Agnostic | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces | | Children: | Undecided | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | music teacher/freelance guitarist |
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About me:
i've been living in chicago for over 5 years now. my main thing over all that time has been playing music. some groups that i've played in and still play in include: the ed breazeale group, collage, tomorrow music orchestra, leafbird, ITQ, sam macy trio/duo/quartet. i've worked with a whole bunch of great musicians such as: geof bradfield, dave miller, hyosub kim, dan effland, scott burns, jeff greene, john deitemeyer, greg wyzer-pratt, dan thatcher, doug stone, john kregor, todd boyce, matt ferguson, jake vinsel, leslie beukelman, rose collela, john smillie, quin kirchner, matt golombisky, greg ward, caroline davis, james davis, mike salter, todd howell, mike avery, dan bruce, tim haldeman, ed breazeale, joe policastro, matt ulery, ted sirota and many others who i can't think of at the moment! anyways... life has been good- and now i'm going to grad school for clinical psychology. i'm pretty much busier than i've ever been in my life right now.
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Who I'd like to meet:
anyone who's presence doesn't make me want to take a nice long nap.
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