Other mega-interests: The maker of pixieprincess.com, Turtle - our dog, yoga, vegetarianism, Green Party politics (gp.org), environmental and social issues, Home Star Runner, music, movies, massage...
Porcupine Tree "Normal" (from the Nil Recurring -EP-)
Tomahawk "God Hates a Coward" (from Tomahawk)
stream of consciousness: Chroma Key, Radiohead, Silverchair / The Dissociatives, Celldweller, John Zorn, Masada, Naked City, Painkiller, Dave Douglas, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Ben Folds (solo and Five), Beck, Jude Christodal, Over the Rhine, Kim Taylor, King's X, Porcupine Tree, Frank Zappa, Megadeth, Nellie McKay, Ty Tabor, Pink Floyd, Placebo, Noctaluca / Jason Ludwig, The Times / Ashley Peacock, Toad the Wet Sprocket / Glen Phillips, Tool / A Perfect Circle, Ken Andrews / On / Year of the Rabbit, Copeland, Coheed and Cambria, The Album Leaf / Tristeza, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Elliott Smith / Heatmiser, U2, REM, Nick Drake, Fear Factory, Opeth, Saviour Machine, Monk / Ric Hordinski, Jurassic 5, Cut Chemist, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Carissa's Wierd (their misspelling), Incubus, Nelly Furtado, Iron and Wine, Galactic Cowboys, Dredg... and about 357 others...
Movies
Top 5... Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, Amelie, Waiting for Guffman,... and... Fight Club?
Television
Arrested Development, Family Guy, Simpsons, Seinfeld... Buffy, Angel, Firefly... the Muppet Show, The Office (BBC and NBC), My Name is Earl, Scrubs... Southpark, Sarah Silverman, Criss Angel, Pushing Daisies, Alton Brown's Good Eats, Top Chef...
Books
The Daily Show's AMERICA, and stuff by Noam Chomsky, Gary Lenaire, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, Bobby Henderson, Dan Barker, Bertrand Russell...
Heroes
Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Christopher Guest, Jason Lee, Thom Yorke, Kevin Moore, Nuno Bettencourt, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and the Brothers Chapman (Homestarrunner), Some Grey Bloke...
About me: A music fiend who works in accounting & finance in order to pay the bills... and afford my habit of shiny, plastic discs with 1's and 0's on them...
John Zorn mentioned on the Colbert Report:
John Zorn's Bar Kokhba Sextet- "Gevurah"
Who I'd like to meet: Nellie McKay on Live with Jools:
Have you heard of Ground Kontrol? That looks like the nerdy best place for GOS to attack, but I will try other places in Portland as well. Thanks for your suggestions! We are also definitely playing in Eugene, at Samurai Duck (a Japanese-themed metal venue, wtf!) on Friday Sept 19.
Hey.. You have super taste in music. I LOVE the bastard fairies.. : ) BTW.. CPA, huh? Funny.. I have a Masters of Policy Policy Administration.. not sure how I ended up in the music biz. *giggle*
