Music, Poker, Guitar Hero on PS2, Mt. Everest, Star Wars, Europe (backpacking),Connect 4, Tiger Woods Golf on PS2, Super Mario Bros on Nintendo, collecting Beatles memorabilia and Pez dispensers
Music
wow...where to start...a few things I am into now or have been:
Locally: Andy Zipf, Vandaveer, Justin Jones, Middle Distance Runner, The Echoes, Monopoli, emmet swimming, Justin Trawick, The Sketches, EBP, Getaway Car, Shane Hines, Brindley Brothers, Army of Me, Soft Complex, sould, CRASH BOOM BANG, The Hint, Politicks, Welbilt, ebo, Rotoglow, Lionize, Sharif, These United States, Alfonso Velez, Brother Shamus,Copperpot, John Francis, Honeychuck, Spectre, 33 West, Shwa, Pat McGee, Cobbler, Pepper's Ghost, Colouring Lesson, Matt Waller, Paul Bonsiero, The Speaks, Everyone But Pete, 4th Element, Junkfood, Andy Zipf, Aphile, Shane Hines, Mike Holden, Dave Hill, Bill Burford, Some Odd Sense, Clutch, Voodoo Blue, I'm sure there are tons I am forgetting....
Otherwise- a variety including:
The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Radiohead, City Sleeps, Tom Petty, My Morning Jacket, The Postal Service, Mars Volta, Dredg, Keane, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Elliott Smith, Citizen Cope, DMB, Steely Dan, The Underwater, Ben Kweller, The Working Title, The Fray, Mute Math, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Travis, Counting Crows, The Killers, Nike Drake, Remy Zero, Snow Patrol, Blur, Sufjan Stevens, Michael Jackson, Jethro Tull, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, The Shins, Jack Johnson, NERD, Tori Amos, Metallica, The Cure, Chicago (old school), 311, Bob Marley, Sublime, BNL, Cake, TMBG, Elton John, Jimmy Buffett and many many more...
Movies
In no order...
Anything Woody Allen...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Napoleon Dynamite, Star Wars, Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory, Garden State, Slackers, Big Fish, Caddyshack, Stand by me, Kung Pow: Enter the fist, Pulp Fiction, Say Anything, Dumb & Dumber, Pay it forward, Good Will Hunting, 16 Candles, Dead Poet's Society, American Beauty, anything with Ben Stiller or John Cusack
Television
Flight of the Conchords, Entourage, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, SNL, World Poker Tour, Ab Fab, Fawlty Towers (any Brit-com) Jeopardy!
Books
"To kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, "On the Road" by Kerouac, "Into thin air" by Jon Krakauer, "I know this much is true" by Wally Lamb
Heroes
The people I admire musically...that inspire me as someone working in artist development... are Matt Waller, Anthony Fiacco, Pharrell, John "gOtti", Buddy Speir, Greg Roche, Andy Zipf, Shane Hines, Andrew Gorski, Raf, Mauricio, among others...
I work in artist development and management and have had the opportunity to work with amazing bands such as: EBO, The Echoes (now the Blackjacks), Everyone but Pete, CRASH BOOM BANG, Saturn Down, Spectre, TDP, Justin Trawick, Cobbler, Politicks, Future, and Sould as well as some great acoustic artists like Andrew Gorski (33 West), Charlie Bernardo (The Sketches), and Nate Ihara (Welbilt). I am a producer for Local Lix at DC101, host a New Music Showcase at TT Reynold's every week, and have written a monthly music column for On Tap. Music has always been the most important thing in my life, and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to be surrounded by so many insanely talented artists. My company, Giggin' Artist Development, launched 2 years ago and I am thankful to have joined forces with Jason Howell, former accountant for Clear Channel Entertainment and co-creator of Giggin' band accounting software. I am a full-time booking agent for Party DC Events and love doing music full-time...I'll never work in an office 9-5 ever again!!
A wise man recently gave me the following advice...he said the key to success is to "Take care of people" and "Never stop working". That's what I intend to do! (thanks j"G"p)
ps. I will destroy you in Connect 4. Seriously. Try me.
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Hey Amber: A little bird told me that today is your Birthday. If it is true, I wish you a very happy day and hope you have many more to come. Hope to see you at a show sometime. Hugs. Jan
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR NICE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR MY "MAI TAI'ED SELF" hahaha...not the gift exchange I had planned :( Hope you liked your gifts as much as we like ours! We love you...and one of the best friends ever!
Thanks for the compliments... I'm super glad you are diggin' on the tunes! If you get the chance, you should come catch us live sometime. I promise a rockin' good time is guaranteed for all.
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