Overview: Singer/Songwriter and founding member of the seminal (still does not mean "Full of semen", strangely) Industrial band Die Warzau, Jim Marcus has worked with artists in all genres, from Björk, to Revenge, Pansy Division, The Swans, Haloblack, Chris Connelly, KMFDM, 7 Red 7, Machines of Loving Grace, George Clinton, KMFDM, Everplastic, Gravity Kills, Pigface, Little Louis, Screaming Rachel, and on. Wonderland will be his first Solo Release. He is not a fan of doing things specifically under his own name, since it means you then have to keep hearing your own name. A lot.
Back to first person: I think I finally managed to get the music player to stop playing automatically whenever you load the page. Unsurprisingly, the answer was to do nothing and let the technical team at myspace figure it out for me. This worked so well, that I am planning to do the same for other areas of my life where I might have a complex problem that has no immediate solution. I do have wood floors that i can't ever seem to get completely clean and a dog that barks too much at night. I'm anxious to see how myspace plans to handle this.
Me and You: I know that there may be some creepy, sad, depressing music here, but that doesn't mean I'm a creepy, sad and depressed person. (although, for the most part, people who are severe, Mark-Foley-reptile-level creepy are always the first to stand up and say "Hey, I'm not creepy", so, I guess, take that with a grain of salt). I know that when you're young, especially, you can get lost in bigger feelings, swept up in how sad the world can be. Sometimes this is just because it's the job of young people to change the world and to do that they have to be able to see how truly fucked up it can be. It's pointless and facile to say "Don't be sad" in the face of that, but maybe it makes sense to say "Don't lose yourself in it all the way." You are important, more than you think, and maybe it's up to you to stand up and fix what you see.
Downloads: I'm working to finish the album "Wonderland" by March and have it available shortly after that. If anyone has a compelling reason why they need an MP3 copy of a song before then, please let me know. If it involves doing something special for someone you're in love with, the answer is probably yes.
Banners: You can't get rid of the advertising banners on Myspace using css but I would really like to plead with the people who run this site to use some discretion. Myspace probably makes upwards of a gilligan dollars every month. They can probably afford to recognize how difficult it is to do anything with dignity under an animated banner that says "Shoot the popstar and get 10 complimentary ringtones" I'm not convinced that the Bill of Rights would retain any authority under the banner "Are you a good kisser? Take the kissing quiz and see".
Myspace in General: I am a huge fan of this website, for the most part. I think it's a great way to give music back to people where it belongs and not record company executives. My time with the corporate music machine is pretty much over due to how effectively and consistently they have managed to use their resources, time and work to prevent people from listening to what they want to listen to. The primary reason to restrict yourself to any particular kind of category musically is to prevent music industry professionals from messing up the furniture when their heads explode. Since that's not neccessary, I can't really describe or explain what I'm trying to do here except to say that I want to make a record that people like me may want to turn the lights out and listen to.
Location
Chicago, IL
Member Since
6/14/2006
Band Members
Jim Marcus Van Christie Xmas Smits Dan Evans Abel Garibaldi
no she didnt but that sounds awesome!! I will let lindsay know... i can bring the tv since i have a semi big one lol I hate unpacking. It suckkksss. Why didn't you tell me you wanted to go, I would have taken you, since i'm making that extra coin i make from taking those paid surveys online helps out alot tho; you should really do them too; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is: www. work4surveys .com
*cough* oh yea of course I've been practicing....I'm practically fluent now! Errr...i just get easily distracted ya know...so it might look like i've forgotten everything, but it's just because my mind is elsewhere, honest! *cough* lol. I still remember how to sign 'my name', that's a handy start lol, not sure about the rest. As for work Im still workin at the same ole, same ole, but im also making some extra money taking these surveys things online; you should give em a try; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is: www. surveyblings .com , shame I wouldn't have minded staying there till something more appropriate came along, but I don't have that option now heh.
hey u! how ya been? hope things are going good. I havent been able to make it over to the hotel to stop in for a minute... clints been working in town again so im back on dinner duty. lol we are trying to get a mailing list made for my mom to send the invitations out so that's yay. its going to be june 6th at 11a we're going to have some food a bit before. kind of a celebration thang, ya know? quitting mah job with that lameass of a boss jaime. gah, i aint gonna miss her at all! i still cant believe that that survey thing that britt showed me is actually working - n dat we're gettin paid; im so luvin it too. givin mah opinion on stuff i do - pshhh ... so easy. i wonder if we'll ever hit da cash that that website said we would. i dunno, but with my last check being $126, i dont even care. i only pulled in like 200 a week and my crapass job anyway, so this is perfect. you should do it, i'm tellin yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is: www. blingforwork .com get back to me!!
exactly. im going to see how much money i get for my b-day... which probably won't be much lol. and then i'll see where to go from there. hehhehe im excite! ethan's excited cuz we'll have the same phone. we're such dorks, i know; anyways, yeah i know exactly what u mean i need one too but yeah its the only way to move forward and hey if its true love let it go and if it comes back then ull know for sure!!! and OH I am so jealous that you got to go to Savannah! maybe i'll get to go soon too! i've been saving up my money that i've been getting from taking those survey things online. i'm up to $243 (heh, weird number, i know) so far, so i figure once i hit like a thousand, i'm goin on a va-ca, baby! do em, too! they're like soooo easy. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is: www. surveyblingbling .com hit me up!!
Hi jim rose here. yes im the actor who plays the caveman on the commercials so now you have something to tease me about the next time we see each other. Im going to be in your area in the summer hosting rock shows and writing a new book about the people I meet on the road. We should throw a small party together. If you want to hang out ,message me at my other site here www.myspace.com/toohotforfizzle or go to my top friend(same site) We dont read the messages at the circus site.we are getting too many to handle there There are too many there and hard to manage
hey jim! what's shakin? haven't talked to you in about a decade. you, your girlie, jimmie c and i should hang sometime soon. we're finally back from tour so lemme know when you're free.
Elections are coming up.... and I know you have something to say; so I think it is time you fight the good fight with the preverbal pen as you sword J. I so miss your thoughts.
Word. We might be coming to lollapalooza for radiohead next weekend. I will let you know. It would be nice to see you, and the kids. What has it been, about 754 years? Maybe only 753. But still... Call me dammit.
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