Playing drums, music, sleeping, movies, driving, having fun, drinking, and things.
Music
(In no particular order) Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, My Morning Jacket, The Beatles, Kings of Leon, The Police, R.E.M., Secret Machines, Neil Young, Tool, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, NIN, Queens of the Stone Age, The Flaming Lips, Albert Hammond Jr., Centro-Matic, The Pixies, Calhoun, The Appleseed Cast, Trail of Dead, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Interpol, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Ray LaMontagne, Beck, The Burning Hotels, Arctic Monkeys, Black Sabbath, Chris Cornell, The Subways, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jack Johnson, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, The Shins, Coldplay, Incubus, Aerosmith, Miles Davis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush, The Doors, Sigur Ros, Rooney, Jeff Buckley, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Oasis, Nick Drake, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd and more good stuff...
Movies
Almost Famous, The Sandlot, Vanilla Sky, Casablanca, Garden State, Superbad, Toy Story, Lost in Translation, Singles, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Dumb and Dumber, Remember the Titans, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Man on the Moon, Saving Silverman, Superbad, Elizabethtown, Say Anything..., Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Brave Little Toaster, The Godfather, American Pie, The Song Remains the Same, Star Wars (Empire is the best one), Eternal Sunshine, Elf, Napoleon Dynamite, Sin City, A Bug's Life, School of Rock, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Eurotrip, Zoolander, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks, Dogma
Television
Freaks and Geeks.
Books
The Berenstein Bears Go to the Doctor, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Huck Finn, The entire Hank the Cowdog series.
Heroes
My dad, John Bonham, Dave Grohl, Buster Keaton, Lloyd Dobler, Jim Halpert, Dwight Schrute, Eric Kretz, Jonny Greenwood.
I also play bass for QUO.
Come see us, we're probably the best local bands you'll ever see.
Playing drums and music are pretty much the most important things in my life to me....I love it.
From the Fort Worth Weekly "Best of 2008 Awards" issue: Critics' Choice Local Rock Star - Matt Mabe
"As drummer in three local outfits, Matt Mabe sets up and breaks down his kit probably more often than any other skin-beater in town. Once comfortably on his stool, Mabe brings an immeasurable amount of energy and skill to every song. Quiet and polite, he's not your typical rock star but injects nothing but pure positivity into the scene. In addition to his endless slew of dates as a stickman for Stella Rose, Jefferson Colby and The White Walls, Mabe also plays bass for his brother Chris' band Quo."
Led Zeppelin Tribute w/ Me, Big Mike & Sam Damask
(Ramble On & Misty Mountain Hop)
Who I'd like to meet: Dave Grohl, Jenna Fischer, Cameron Crowe, Scott Weiland, Jonny Greenwood, Oscar the Grouch
Whaaaat? I had NO idea about KOL in October... are the tickets already on sale? Oh- and I'll need a "front of the line, lets wait out here for six hours" buddy!!
I've been here and there and around. Mostly Dallas. Weird huh? I just havent been around YOU. Which WILL change before you head off to where ever you're going next month.
One: because I miss the Mabe.
Two: i need tunes for the ipod before I can take my road trips in May.
But I still havent figured out how to make it work in my car? Well- I shall text/call/message you next week and see when you'll be out and about. TRY and plan on going out on a wednesday. Those are best for me.