Mondo Grapes
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"Never For Money, Always For Love"
Male
37 years old
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach, New York
United States
Last Login:8/20/2008
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Mondo Grapes's Interests
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| General | Food, Wine and Song (not necessarily in that order). Beer and spirits--bourbon in particular (the making and consumption of). History. Rock and Roll. Guitars. Analog recording. Old 4 and 8 track tape recording modules. Drums. Tube Amplifiers. Dive Bars. Old Man Bars. Blues. Bluegrass. Real Country Music. DIY. Forgotten New York (amazing website). Brooklyn. San Diego. Baseball. Fatherhood. The Crumbling Vestiges of Yesteryear. The Outdoors. Nature. The Ocean. The Beach. The Forest. Spirituality. Religion (although I am not religious, at least not in an organized sense). Analog Recording. Cycling. Physical Fitness. Dogs. Wildlife. Art. Buddhism. Being the Best Father and Husband I Can Be. I can't think of anything else right now. | | Music | Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Rocket from the Crypt, Fugazi, Superchunk, Helmet, Quicksand, Rival Schools, the Sultans, Demolition Doll Rods, the Dirtbombs, the Pragmatics, the Bad Mouths, Kickstart, Blondie, the Beatles, the Kinks, the Rolling Stones (pre 1977), Muddy Waters, Doc Watson, Dave Bromberg, Magnetic Fields, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Cheap Trick, Pink Floyd, Scissor Sisters, ABBA (that's right I said ABBA), the Detroit Cobras, KISS, Motorhead, ELO, Dave Van Ronk, David Lee Roth-era Van Halen, Henry Rollins, Neil Young, the Stooges, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Chris Walton, the Misfits, Ted Nugent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, Patsy Cline, the Pixies, Jane's Addiction, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the New York Dolls, I could go on forever, but for now I'm going to stop here. | | Movies | Betty Blue, This Is: Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, The Sandlot, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Trainspotting, Slapshot, Full Metal Jacket, The Godfather, Star Wars (the first trilogy that was made), The Wrath of Khan, Spiderman, Fight Club, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Ed Wood, Fright Night, Caddyshack, Back to School, Bull Durham, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Carnal Knowledge, Serpico, Moonstruck, Raising Arizona, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Tombstone, Point Break, Office Space, again, I could go on forever here. | | Television | The Simpsons, Arrested Development (RIP), American Gothic, Family Guy, Law and Order, My Name Is Earl, Seinfeld, The X-Files, The Sopranos, South Park, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Tha Ali G Show, and so on. | | Books | Skinny Legs and All, Jitterbug Perfume, Villa Incognito, Another Roadside Attraction, Still Life With Woodpecker, I guess anything by Tom Robbins really, the Black Coffee Blues Trilogy, Broken Summers, Get in the Van, by Henry Rollins, Desert Solitaire, Confessions of a Barbarian, the Monkeywrench Gang by Edward Abbey, just about anything by Ernest Hemingway, Long Day's Journey into Night (and other works by Eugene O'Niell), Motel Chronicles, Buried Child, True West (and almost anything else by Sam Shepard), Absolam, Absolam! and assorted other works by Faulkner, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, The Power of Myth (big fan of Joseph Campbell). | | Heroes | I really don't believe in heroes. That's not to say that there aren't people whose work or actions that I admire, but I believe in the concept of being your own hero. |
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Mondo Grapes's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | | Zodiac Sign: | Leo | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate |
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Mondo Grapes's Networking
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About me:
"I used to be with it, but then they changed what 'it' was. Now, what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s 'it' seems weird and scary to me."
--Abe Simpson
Rockin and Rollin dad, husband, son, brother, friend.
I love my wife, our kids, our dog. I love Rock-n-Roll, baseball, peach cobbler, and southern food.
I played guitar in these bands:
the Bad Mouths
the Pragmatics
And about 1,000 years ago in this band.
I'm also half of a radio station called the Brookly Broadcasting Service
So go listen. NOW!
If I told you any more, I'd have to kill you.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Artists, musicians, spies and all around mavericks and ne'er-do-wells.
People who do not let other people's opinions determine their choices in clothing, music, art, or anything else.
People who embrace the DIY ethic, especially in the fields of music, TV, art and radio.
Fellow RFTC fans.
Fellow devotees of the Swami.
Any tube amp aficionados.
Positive people who believe in the celebration of life, but with a bit of a dark sense of humor.
I don't freaking know. Maybe no one. I have plenty of close friends already.
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Mondo Grapes has 98 friends.
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