Spending time with the love of my life, making music with others, dreaming, scheming, observing culture at an arm's length, reading autobiographies, and putting one foot in front of the other and seeing where God leads. That's the short version.
Music
Steely Dan, Joe Jackson, Bruce Hornsby, Todd Rundgren, U2, Billy Joel, Kevin Gilbert/Toy Matinee, Michael McDonald, Joni Mitchell, Elton John, Dave Grusin, Owsley, Semantics, Ben Folds, Terramara, Rippingtons, Acoustic Alchemy, Vanessa Daou, Paul McCartney, The Bad Plus, Spiraling, Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, The Cars, Chicago (old), Norah Jones, David Holmes, Sara Groves, David Benoit, Paul Simon, Josh Dodes, Spymob, Duran Duran, Earth Wind & Fire, Feist, Sting, Lewis Taylor, Put Down The Muffin, Huey Lewis & The News, Ivy, James Taylor, Jeff Lorber, Scott Jones, Joe Rogness, John Scofield, Keane, Peter Gabriel, Kubla Khan, Madeleine Peyroux, Nick Drake....oh, and the Beatles.
Back To The Future has always been on top of the list. Anything Christopher Guest rocks. I love classics: To Kill A Mockingbird, Robin Hood (Errol Flynn version), pretty much anything Hitchcock, Kubrick, Truffaut, etc.
The Criterion Collection is also a frequent stopping point.
www.criterionco.com
Television
The original "The Wild, Wild West" (hence the shout-out to Robert Conrad), The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Batman, Lost, Arrested Development, The Office (BBC), Freaks & Geeks, Seinfeld, Firefly, Knight Rider...and so many others from the 80's! I also consider "Saved By The Bell: The College Years" a guilty pleasure.
Heroes
Gerald Fields (my piano teacher) and Atticus Finch.
Webster University
St Louis,Missouri
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Media Communications
Minor: Jazz Studies - Music Technology
Clubs: Fahrenheit 151 fraternity (heh, heh...)
1996 to 2000
St. Louis Park Sr.
St. Louis Park,Minnesota
Graduated: 1996
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Cross-country running, track, jazz ensemble
Musician (anything with black and white keys--bonus points for anything handheld!), graphic/web designer, voiceover superstar, essayist, addicted to deepening relationships with others, one at a time.
- Actively involved in the Upper Room in Minneapolis, MN. - Keyboardist for uncategorizable groove-based band Put Down The Muffin. - Also keyboardist for Minneapolis cover band Steeling Dan. - Lifelong sponge of anything creative and avant-garde. - Connoisseur of short-lived television shows.
MyRig
Who I'd like to meet: Robert Conrad and Dave Grusin
AT/DT was just confirmed last-minute for a show Thursday night at the 400 Bar, so we're on a no-shame promotion trip to get word out about it. Come on down if you can make it, eh?
AT/DT Live @ 400 Bar w/ Cody McKinney (Tickle Fight) 400 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis Thursday, January 8th Doors: 8 PM / Music: 9 PM 18+ / $5
Honestly. Ridiculous. That was fun and as always a pleasure. You add so much to the sound and I just love it. Thank you thank you! We must do this again soon! Take care of you. C
Hey, buddy. How's it going? I missed you so I thought I'd write a little love comment (you know...not a love letter, but just a short, sweet nothing).
Are you and Jen still going to Oakwood? And are you guys still playing Famous Dave's on Thursdays? I'd love to come out with our nice camera and try to take some nice pics of you guys! It'd be fun with that many people.
