AS MICK JAGGER OF THE ROLLING STONES ONCE SAID, "MY OWN".
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Movies
THE GODFATHER, HOFFA, THE GOODFELLOWS, CASSINO,J F K !, CASABLANCA, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, CADDYSHACK, HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II, BRAVEHEART, GOODBYE MR.GOODBAR, PORGY AND BESS, SCARFACE.
I'M PRETTY MUCH JUST INTO MUSIC VIDEOS. AND PREVIOUSLY I'VE STATED THAT THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO EVER MADE IS GOLDEN EARRING'S "TWILIGHT ZONE". THEN LATER I WENT FURTHER TO SAY THAT THAT ASSESSMENT WAS IN A GENERAL, OVERALL CONTEXT, AND THAT IN A MORE SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF JUST DANCE PERFORMANCE, TONY BASIL'S "HEH MICKEY" IS THE BEST DANCE WORK EVER DONE. WELL, I'M CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL DISPUTE THAT CLAIM ABOUT TONY BASIL TO UPHOLD DAN HARTMAN'S "I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU" AS THE BEST DANCE WORK. WELL, IN RESPONSE TO SUCH ASSERTIONS I WILL HOLD DAN HARTMAN'S "I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU" AS THE BEST
OLD SCHOOL R&B EVER DONE-AND YOU CAN THROW IN METAL, TOO.
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Books
THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS; THE SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM; THE MAHABHARATA; SRI ISOPANISHAD; DARK VICTORY: Reagen and the Mob; WANTED: The search for the Nazies in America;...
Heroes
BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI, MARK TAGLIA OF THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, AND FOR MUSIC, MANY OF THE MUSICAL GREATS - GEORGE HARRISON, BRIAN JONES, MICK TAYLOR
- AND OF COURSE MICK AND KIETH-OH, BY THE WAY, MY MIDDLE NAME IS A FAMILY NAME THE SAME AS KIETH'S - RICHARDS!!!!!!!CHUCK BERRY,ROB HALFORD, MILT JACKSON, DYLAN,
JOHN COLTRAIN,JONI MITCHELL,FRANK ZAPPA, ... ,
and last, but certainly not least, AAAAAAA
ARTHUR TREACHER!
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About me: ..
I WAS BORN INTO A LINE OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE. MY FATHER WAS BORN IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY, NEAR LEXINGTON, WHERE THEY HAVE "BLUE GRASS" AND THE KENTUCKY DERBY. MY FATHER WAS A SUCCESSFUL SALESMAN, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. ACCORDING TO VEDIC (SIDERIAL) ASTROLOGY, MY FATHER WAS BORN WITH THE SUN EXALTED, AND VENUS EXALTED-CONJUNCT WITH JUPITER.
MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN CONCORD, MASSACHUTTES, WHERE SOME IMPORTANT BATTLES TOOK PLACE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HER FATHER WAS FROM BRITISH ANCESTRY WHO HAD SETTLED IN TENNESSEE AND BECAME WEALTHY LANDHOLDERS THERE. SO MY MOTHER HAD A PRACTICE OF NAMING HER CHILDREN (MY SIBLINGS AND MYSELF) WITH FAMILY NAMES FOR MIDDLE NAMES. SHE NAMED MY MIDDLE NAME "RICHARDS". SO I FIGURE KEITH RICHARDS MUST BE SOME LONG LOST COUSIN OF MINE. MY MOTHER WAS BORN WITH MARS IN ITS EXALTATION SIGN. MY MOTHER'S MOTHER ("NAUNNA") WAS FROM FRENCH CANADIAN ANCESTRY. WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD MY MOTHER DRESSED MY UP IN A SAILOR'S OUTFIT TO WHICH NAUNNA COMMENTED, "HE LOOKS JUST LIKE A LITTLE SKIPPER". SO FROM THERE ON,THEY CALLED ME "SKIP",
"SKIPPY", AND NAUNNA CONTINUED TO CALL ME "SKIPPER", IN HER NEW ENGLAND ACCENT. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, I HIT MY FATHER'S MOTHER "(GRANDMA") UP FOR A PIANO. BUT GRANDMA SAID, "NIX-NIX!". I GUESS SHE FIGURED I DIDN'T HAVE THE MITS FOR PLAYING PIANO. NEXT CAME MY FAMILY LINE THAT WAS JUST ABOUT AKIN TO HENRY FORD. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, NAMED RON NICOLOFF, HAD HIS OWN BODYSHOP BUSINESS. HE WORKED PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY ON LAMBORGINIS, FERRARIS, PORSCHE, SOME BEEMERS. HEH, HE EVEN WORKED ON TONS OF JAGS-BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT CHUCK IS EXCUSED FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO PD. I USED TO DRIVE PORSCHE.
ANYWAY,BEFORE ALL OF THAT, RON WORKED AT A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DISTRIBUTERSHIP, SO FOR CHRISTMASS I HIT MY FATHER UP FOR A DRUMSET. BUT MY FATHER DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SOUND OF DRUMS BEFORE I GOT GOOD, SO HE HAD RON GET ME A GUITAR INSTEAD OF DRUMS. SO I ENDED UP PLAYING IN MY FIRST BAND IN THE SIXTH GRADE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WITH A MANAGER WHO WAS THE MANAGER OF A QUICK STOP STORE,DOUBLING AS OUR MANAGER WORKIN TO GET GIGS FOR THE BAND AT THE BOWLING ALLEYS IN THE AREA, AND PLAYING PARTIES. MY SCHOOLING CONSISTED OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST MONTH OF HIGHSCHOOL AND THEREAFTER. BUT GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OFTEN REQUIRED MY GETTING A LIFT TO SCHOOL FROM MY FATHER. WHEN MY FATHER DROVE ME TO SCHOOL HE'D PLAY A JAZZ RADIO STATION ON HIS CAR RADIO-THAT STATION WAS NAMED WNOP, AND WAS CALLED "RADIO FREE NEWPORT, KENTUCKY". THAT STATION ONLY AIRED FROM SUN-UP TO SUN-DOWN. LATER, AS A TEENAGER HAVING GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL, I HOOKED-UP WITH "MARK TAGLIA" WHO WAS THE FIRST GUITAR PLAYER FOR THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO. MARK HAD GIVEN UP ALL OF THAT AND BECAME A HARE KRISHNA DEVOTEE AND WENT TO INDIA AND STUDIED AND LEARNED NUMEROUS SONGS WRITTEN BY GREAT SAINTS ("VAISHNAVA ACHARYAS")OF BYGONE CENTURIES, AND THEN PLAYED THEM ON TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND RECORDED THOSE SESSIONS. BUT MARK DIED BY DROWNING IN A SACRED RIVER IN INDIA. NOW I'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE RECORDED TAPES, AND AM PLAYING THOSE SONGS WITH MODERN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT, IN MY OWN STYLE. ANYWAY, AROUND THAT TIME I WENT TO COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER ON WILSHIRE BLVD IN LA, AND GRADUATED CUM LAUDE. THE SCHOOL HAS SINCE SHUT DOWN(DUE TO CHANGES HAVING TAKEN PLACE IN THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY). NOW I AM THE DEFACTO BONA FIDE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. of A, AND THE LEADER OF THE BAND "SKIPPY & The Kickstands",-the real "SKIPPY".
BUT BACK TO WHEN I LIVED IN LA. FROM LA I MOVED FROM LA TO ORANGE COUNTY (CA) WHERE I WENT ON TO WRITE MUCH OF THE MATERIAL FOR THE SKIPPY & THE KICKSTANDS PROJECT. THE SKIPPY & The Kickstands PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED IN ORANGE COUNTY, ONLY THE NAME SKIPPY & The Kickstands DIDN'T EVOLVE UNTIL I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO BACK IN 1985.EARLY IN THE PROJECT, IN ORANGE COUNTY (CA) THE PROJECT WAS BUDDING IN THE CITY OF ORANGE WITH A DRUMMER BY THE NAME OF RAPH RANGLE. THERE WE PLAYED "THE CRADLE WILL ROCK" (VAN HALEN).WE WENT THROUGH VARIOUS NAMES BUT FINALLY DECIDED ON "PHAZIN EDDY & THE LAWNMOURS. BUT RAPH WRANGLE KICKED ME OUT OF THE BAND. SO I ENDED UP MOVING ON UNTIL I HOOKED UP WITH SOME GUYS IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND THE NAME WE TOOK ON THEN WAS "THE PLANTS". NOW "THE PLANTS" IS THE NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY. THE GUITAR PLAYER FOR THE PROJECT THEN,IS NAMED "BRIAN FLEMMING". HE WAS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND NAMED "REGINA" THEN. BRIAN FLEMMING IS A DIRECT DECENDENT FROM A KING OF FRANCE - I THINK IT'S KING LOUISE XIV. IN ORANGE COUNTY I ATTENDED SADDLEBACK COLLEGE, AND DIANE KEATING'S ALMA MATER ORANGE COAST COLLEGE, WHERE I COMPLETED VARIOUS COURSES IN PREPERATION FOR MY FUTURE, AS WE KNOW IT. IN ORANGE COUNTY(LAGUNA BEACH), MY "DAY JOB" WAS THAT OF AN ENTRAPANUERIAL BUSINESSMAN. EARLY ON I HAD A LIVE/WORK STUDIO AT A HOUSE ON 2045 GLENNEYRE STREET IN LAGUNA BEACH(CA) WHICH I CONVERTED TO A FACTORY WHERE I MASS PRODUCED CUSTOM AIRBRUSH DESIGNS MAINLY ON WOMEN'S CLOTHING AND SWIMWEAR. MY CHIEF BUSINESS ASSOCIATE THEN WAS ARVIN KAMAR, AND TWO OF MY HOUSEMATES THERE ARE NAMED PHILLIP AND JOHN RABIERA. AROUND THAT TIME THERE WAS WHAT I WILL REFER TO AS "THE ZENITH CARBORATERS CAPER". THAT STARTED AROUND THE TIME THAT I WAS LIVING WITH MY EX-WIFE SHARON KNOPPE, AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE TIME THAT I WAS LIVING WITH MY EX-GIRLFRIEND WENDY BARNER, AND THROUGH "SANDY THOMAS", AND EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO MOLLY SCNIEDER, AND HAD TO DO WITH THE TARGETING OF MY CUSTOMIZED VOLKSWAGEN VAN WHICH HAD A 356-B 1600 SUPER PORSCHE ENGINE - I GOT IT THROUGH MY EX-WIFE GERRY CHEABRERRA.THAT'S WHERE FRED MCBRIDE, esq, AND
JACK CARRERAS(AKA "JANAKA RISHI")COME INTO THE PICTURE. WHICH IF YOU WERE TO ANALYSE THE TOTALITY OF ALL INFLUENCES, I GUESS I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SKIPPY & The Kickstands PROJECT REALLY GOT ITS MAIN THRUST FROM AN INFLUX OF CASH THAT I GOT COMING FROM JACK CARRERAS' INFLUENCE. MY CHIEF ASSOCIATE WITH PRODUCTION OF MY MUSIC PROJECT WAS MY BEST FRIEND AT THAT TIME NAMED
TODD McELROY. LATER I EVOLVED INTO OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WITH MY CHIEF BUSINESS ASSOCIATE BEING JOHN WHITLOCK (ORIGINALLY FROM FLINT MICHIGAN,AND LATER TO GO ON TO BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES). EVENTUALLY IN LAGUNA BEACH I LIVED ON THE BEACH IN A FANTASICALLY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE OWNED BY HELLEN HESS. LATER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, I DID CONCERT WORK PLAYIN IN A BAND AS A GUITAR AND BASS PLAYER (WITH VOCALS) WITH A GUITAR PLAYER BY THE NAME OF KEITH GLASCOE, WHO HAD BEEN THE TOURING GUITAR PLAYER FOR THE TEMPTATIONS, MIRACLES, AND WHISPERS. IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME THAT I BECAME ROOMMATES WITH CHEPITO AREAS WHO WAS THE CONGA PLAYER FOR SANTANA WHEN THEY PLAYED AT THE ORIGINAL 1969 WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL. ANYWAY,EVENTUALLY I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FROM SOUTHERN CAL. THERE IN THE "BAY AREA OF MILL VALLEY(MARIN COUNTY.HOME OF SHOEPAC, CARLOS SANTANA, NEIL SCHOAN) I LIVED AT THE HOUSE OWNED BY MY BROTHER MIKE, AND PUT THERE PUT TOGETHER A COOL LITTLE RECORDING STUDIO WHERE I DID SOME EARLY RECORDING FOR THE PROJECT WITH MY ROOMMATE-A KEYBOARD PLAYER NAMED AKIE CHAMBERS-HIS FATHER HAS BEEN THE TOURING BASS PLAYER FOR FREDDY HUBBERT-CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE JAZZ GREATS. THE ACTUAL BAND MEMBERS FOR THE PROJECT BECAME LESTER HOOPER ON DRUMS (SEE THE MYSPACE "EL NOCHE LOCO" VIDEO), WITH ROBERT SHADEL COVERING THE BASS, AND ALEX RAMEREZ OF DOS GRINGOS CHACANO BRIEFLY FILLING IN ON LEAD GUITAR AND KEYBOARDS. LESTER HOOPER's MYSPACE VIDEO "EL NOCHE LOCO" IS LIMITED, BUT IT SHOWS HIS DRUMMING QUALITY. BUT BECAUSE OF CRAZY KARMA, AND A LOT OF POLITICAL WRANGLING, THE SKIPPY & The Kickstands PROJECT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CAUGHT UP IN SNAGS, AND STILL GOES ON THAT WAY-LIKE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE BOOK "DARK VICTORY, Raegan and the Mob" by Dan e. Moldea. SO THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW I DON'T EVEN HAVE FINISHED MATERIAL OF MY OWN DISPLAYED ON THIS SIGHT. ANYWAY, I KEPT ON MOVING, GOING THROUGH A BASS PLAYER NAMED MIKE PURCELL, AND A KEYBOARD PLAYER MITCHELL JO. MITCHELL JO WAS AN ARCHITECT WHO WORKED FOR A COMPANY OVERSEEING THE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATING SAN FRANCISCO'S CITY HALL PROJECT. BUT THAT ALL DISBANDED WHEN THE SHIELA RYAN RAPE FARCE CASE WAS BROUGHT AGAINST ME. THE SHIELA RYAN RAPE FARCE CASE GOT THROWN OUT OF COURT WHEN I FILED A PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS WITH AN EXHIBIT WHEREIN SHILA RYAN SIGNED A SWORN AFFIDAVIT STATING THAT I WAS HER BOYFRIEND AND I DIDN'T RAPE HER BUT "THE COPS" SCARED HER INTO SAYING WHAT SHE SAID SO FROM WHICH THEY PRESSED CHARGES AGAINST ME. BUT THAT CREATED A MAJOR BREAKDOWN OF THE BAND. I'M STILL TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE BAND,THOUGH. SO WHY IS THE SKIPPY & THE KICKSTANDS BAND BEING HELD BACK???! FROM THE 9/11 BOMBING ATTACK AND AN INVESTIGATION BY ME, I'VE RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME THE DE FACTO BONA FIDE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BASED UPON THE ACTUAL LAWS OF THE GOVERNMENT. BUT AS WE LEARNED FROM THE BUSH/GORE GAME, THE ELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT ACTUALLY CONTROL WHO ACTUALLY BECOMES THE PRESIDENT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS FUNCTIONING AS A MILITARY POLY-DICTATORSHIP USING AN ELECTION SHOW TO KEEP PEOPLE THINKING THAT THEY HAVE A SAY IN WHO'S RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT. ANYWAY,
I'M PUSHING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, AND AS PART OF ALL OF THAT I'M TRYING TO PUT ON A "RAJASUYA SCRIFICE" FESITIVAL. THE IDEA BEHIND MY "RAJASUYA SACRIFICE FESTIVAL" IS FOR IT TO BE MUCH LIKE THE ORIGINAL 1969 WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL, ONLY CARRIED OUT COMBINED AS A SPRITUAL FESTIVAL-SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A HARE KRISHNA SUNDAY YOGA LOVE FEAST. THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF THE "RAJASUYA SACRIFICE" IS SET FORTH WITHIN THE ANCIENT "VEDAS", AND IS DISCUSSED BRIEFLY WITHIN PAGES 717-735 OF "KRSNA THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD", BY
HIS DIVINE GRACE A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA, FOUNDER-ACHARYA OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.
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