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Jamie Greer's Interests
General
Things that energize my soul: Hollypop in all her glorious forms, music, chocolate and peanut butter together as one, Guinness, love, camping, sleeping in, poetry, cuddling, documentaries about animals, movies about failed romances (and ones where they succeed), misfits (in society, not the band, although I DO like the band as well...), glam rock, being a rock star, gin, dancing, The Muppets, my harmonica, hanging with good company, discussing topics of importance or joking about things of irrelevance, picking up the pieces of a broken heart and watching someone else mould it into a new one.
You Are Gonzo the Great
"Is something burning in here? Oh, it's just me."
You're a total nutball who will do anything for attention.
The first to take a dare, you'll pull almost any stunt.
You're one weird looking creature, but your chickens don't mind!
You will drink too much gin. Not the worst way to die, but you won't remember too much of your life. Hey, at least you made some people laugh! Take this quiz!
Currently listening to: The Black Angels 'Passover', Camera Obscura 'Let's Get Out of This Country', Patrick Watson 'Close to Paradise', The Besnard Lakes 'The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse', Taj Mahal 'Taj Mahal', Arcade Fire 'Neon Bible', The Beatles 'LOVE', Ratatat 'Classics', Ox 'Dust Bowl Revival'.
All-Time Favourites: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Jane's Addiction, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, The Band, Willie Nelson, Bauhaus, Iggy & The Stooges, New York Dolls, Velvet Underground, Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Tool, Kiss. Way too many!
Movies
The Band: The Last Waltz, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, Microcosmos, Star Wars Ep1-6, V For Vendetta, St. Elmo's Fire, High Fidelity, About Last Night, Run Lola Run, Princess and the Warrior, Boondock Saints, The Blues Brothers, Lord of the Rings, The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, This is Spinal Tap, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Wedding Crashers, Royal Tennenbaums, Reality Bites, Himilaya, Why Dogs Smile & Chimpanzees Cry, Winged Migration, Gandhi, Chronicles of Narnia, Sid & Nancy, BackBeat, Patton, Clerks, Dogma, Sin City, Velvet Goldmine, Labyrinth, Meet The Feebles, The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhatten, The Great Muppet Caper, Muppets From Space, Muppet Treasure Island, The Dark Crystal, The Jungle Book, Girl With The Pearl Earring, Circle of Friends, Lolita, Grosse Point Blank, Ghostbusters, Animal House, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues, Kill Bill, Napolean Dynamite, 50 First Dates, The Jerk, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Hunger, Amelie, The Piano, Hammer Vampire films, Nosferatu, From Hell, Finding Neverland, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Legends of the Fall, Crash, C.R.A.Z.Y., Rules of Attraction, Marx Brothers, any movie with gratuitous nudity.
Television
Don't really watch much of it. Rots the soul and creates a sense of nothingness really. And not the good kind of nothingness. But I do watch some things, usually after they come out on DVD...The Muppet Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Arrested Development, Lost, Deadwood, The Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken, Heroes, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
The History of the Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People (Francis Davis), Please Kill Me: The Oral History of Punk (Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain), The Beatles: The Love You Make (Peter Brown), Everyday Zen (Charlotte Joko Beck), Waylon (Waylon Jennings), Cash (Johnny Cash), Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs (Chuck Klosterman), How To Talk Dirty and Influence People (Lenny Bruce), Whores: The Oral Biography of Jane's Addiction (Brendan Mullen), Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan (Howard Sounes), A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole), anything by Charles Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker, William S. Burroughs, John Lennon. I like the odd comic book now and then too: Nightwing, Batman, Outsiders, Fables, Astonishing X-Men, New Avengers, DC's whole Crisis thing (Crisis on Infinite Earths and the new Infinite Crisis), anything Booster Gold is in...
Heroes
Anyone who inspires me or has inspired me to be better than who I am at any given moment. My great loves, who have left me broken just to reform the pieces in an evolving sense of self. Each has left fingerprints on a heart in progress. Also: the first person to combine chocolate and peanut butter; John Lennon; Gandhi; Che Gueverra; Subcommandante Marcos; Leonard Cohen; Charlotte Joko Beck; Jim Henson.
About me:
Hello. I'm Jamie Greer. I am a musician, music journalist, DJ, bartender and musicologist of the Windsor, Ontario music scene.
I currently play in two bands in the Windsor area. The first is my long-standing roots rock band The Hung Jury, a band I started in 2003 with long-time pal Kelly Nicholls. It's since blossomed into a four piece and we've just been featured nationwide on CBC Radio's Definitely Not The Opera radio show, hosted by Sook-Yin Lee. The other band is The Golden Hands Before God Conducts Incredible Magic Band & The Spirits, a psychedelic garage rock band. We've also been on the CBC and played with some stellar national acts.
I also write The Windsor Scene each month in Upfront Magazine, a small section that deals with news and notes from Windsor's vibrant and creative local ORIGINAL music scene. I also run a companion Blog with a little more intimate reviews, news, etc. I love this city's music scene and I try very hard to make sure people are at least aware of the diversity and sounds coming from our streets. Funny enough, The Windsor Star recently called me the "local music guru"...haha.
Hello! What do you think are the best Windsor albums ever? Alexander Skip Spence's Oar? Bloemfontein's The Longer Now? The Dry Heaves' Shoot Yourself? Richie Hawtin's DE9? Luxury Christ's Buy Our Love? You tell us your picks & why?
You may also vote on myspace, just send us a message!
I will be playing a solo performance at the Taloola Cafe on April 5, 2008. Space is limited in this intimate setting. It's an early show and all ages are welcome. Hope to see you out.
Talola Cafe is located at 396 Devonshire Windsor Ont. in Walkerville.
I can't wait to get the CD done and do some shows where I can hopefully meet some of you.
I wish I had a time machine and could blast forward and start doing shows tomorrow.
PS. TWO GUITAR PLAYERS WANTED...
The new material we are working on will have a guitarmony sound and will require three players. We are looking for two players who live in the Detroit Metro area.
What we are looking for:
1. Age 18 to 27 2. Must be a great player. 3. Studio and Live experience a plus. 4. Style of music is pop/rock/alternative/punk 5. Style is a cross between 30 Seconds To Mars, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Muse, Garbage, and The Used with strong commercial appeal. 6. Lead or Backing vocal capabilities a plus. 7. Ability to write guitar parts for existing melody lines. 8. Must have time to make a commitment and be available for studio and live shows. Currently rehearsals are scheduled on Sunday between 1:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. 9. Will require learning a certain amount of filler cover material. 10. If you have drug or alcohol related issues this probably wouldn't work for you.
A label showcase is scheduled for late February - so time is of the essence.
If you or someone you know is what we are looking for. Please let me know so we can set up a studio audition.
we finally got a few tunes up on myspace... demo stuff for gig-a-fication in town and surrounding... have a listen brother. Thanks again for the UpFront words of wisdom! ;-)
who i'd like to meet.... .. already met her'.... priceless. anywho, realized i'll be in europe during that gig in december. have to get our heads together and figure out something else. hope 2 see you tonight, unless it's crazy. best of luck and all that love, -d.
