Music, music and music. Play bass in The Neon Calm, do a little voice acting here and there.
Movies
This is quite possibly the coolest thing anyone has ever done in the history of mankind:
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
In the continuing spirit of such recent documentaries as Murderball, Grizzly Man and Supersize Me, culturaly relevant ones such as Farenhiet/911, and classics like This is Spinal Tap... I implore all of you to watch Brentumentary about the life of geek impresario Brent Simon:
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Television
Heroes
Like sandwichs?
^Don't hassel The Hoff Band.
^Yes, this is me on stage with KITT.
^It's like when like minds think alike.
^Got Frogs?
^Ian doesn't get drunk, he gets British. Rami, how could you be so scared of these two?
^This is Kuro. She likes to play with/destroy her mouse toy.
^She also guards my sleep.
^Uncle Frogs!! This is my neice Erika. She is 5 (picture is a few years old now). She likes pink.
^R.I.P. CBGB (October 2006). This is Rizzy, Me and Marc onstage at CB's in 2000. BEST - CLUB - EVER
^Could this possibly be the elusive Frog-face?
^Why did I leave Boston for LA again...?
About me:
To fully understand the Frogs, you must know the 1985 sci-fi adventure Explorers. Go out and buy the widescreen edition DVD if you are unfamiliar with this Joe Dante classic. Frogs is made out of equal parts of the three main characters:
^The nerd, loves science/computers. ^The cool kid, listens to the rock music. ^The dreamer...
Just your average Frogs tryin' to make his way in the world. I am a musician in Los Angeles (one of many!) and I have performed in/with many bands/artists:
-Oh Crap! Ninjas
-Marc Cogman/Welcome To The Danger Show
-Jami Ross
-Jaremiah James
-David Hasselhoff (seriously... The Hoff)
-Lucy Lawless
-The Neon Calm (R.I.P.)
A Brief History Of Frogs: Early 1980 - Chuck & Alice decide to bring offspring no. 2 into this crazy world. May '80 to Feb '81 - In Eutero. Highlights include: being warm all the time and not having any chores to do. Cons: no TV/atari/personal space. February 9, 1981 - Born on a Monday... figures. The early years - Pretty uneventful. Too young to really appreciate the 80's. I did fall off a building and onto my head when I was 3. That was fun. I had a tyranical older sister and a whiney younger brother (they both turned out fine). September 1986 - School. Hated it. I did get my first taste of the bass guitar that year though. 1990 - I started listening to WAAF Boston after getting a small radio for my room. The first albums I owned (on cassette of course) were Faith No More's Angel Dust and Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power. I was suprised my parents didn't notice that both had those annoying "Parental Advisory" stickers on them. 1991 - In 5th grade I started playing the tenor saxaphone. I made it rock as best I could September 1993 - Got my first guitar, a black Peavey Predator. Started a band with Marcus and Max called The Raging Idiots. The name fit. High School Bands:
Gasket (formerly Average Joe)
Reveille
The Uncalled Four (featuring Chuck) Freeride September 1999 - Began classes at The Berklee College Of Music. Cofounded Chimpira with Marc and J, later adding Rizzy. August 2001 - The death of Chimpira also marked the birth of The Neon Calm. Adding Arms completed the lineup and marked a change in direction of the music. May 2003 - Graduated Berklee with a bachelors degree in Music Sythesis. June 2004 - The Neon Calm relocate to Los Angeles. That is where I stopped updating this 4 years ago. A quick rundown of the new tish:
2005: - TNC releases One More Rocket Summer, tours. Music industry has indigestion, engineering work is hard to find. Financial instabilities abound. 2006: - More touring, back in the studio, TV appearances, and then THE DEATH OF THE NEON CALM. The void is filled with creating The Bowling Gnomes, joining Oh Crap! Ninjas, and assisting Marc with Welcome To The Danger Show. 2007: - Musician for hire: gigs include David Hasselhoff, Lucy Lawless, Jami Ross, Marc M Cogman, among others. Also session work for various labels, and freelance production in the home studio. 2008: - OC!N releases debut album despite almost all members being absent. Production begins on the LeetStreet Boys project with Matt Myers (and subsequent hit video on Youtube). Writing begins on first novel (it's a Sci-Fi space adventure with robots, go figure). Mysterious rumors begin circulating about The Neon Calm...
And that my friends brings you up to speed once more. Ignore the older pics to the left, I always mean to change them, but I am quite lazy I am very busy with other things at the moment.
Who I'd like to meet: Shakira... j/k, she sucks now...
Hey Frogs :] Thanks for accepting the request. I enjoyed hanging out with you and getting to know you better. Keep up that awesome ballet pose lol I love it xD Take care ~ Chelsea
Dude, missed you at Venison on Friday. Come see me play fiddle with Putnam Murdock on 11/8. We're opening for The Big Organ Trio and jazz/funk/fusion monster guitarist Will Bernard at the Mint. Mark your calendar! A funky good time will be had!
Decent is definitely the word... not only was I sick, but I had to go straight to work when I flew in. YUCK! As Traycee said, thanks for the stairs and canoe show!
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