Enjoying life in Chicago, the music scene. Dig traveling all over the USA and Europe. Love movies, indi films, foreign as well as thrillers. Sailing/boating is fun too!
My jobby (job/hobby) is writing, editing and publishing Music News Network www.musicnewsnetwork.net International Monthly Progressive Rock Newsletter.. for 13 years now....Progressive music is what I enjoy and write about, however, I enjoy most all kinds of music of quality.
Other fun things I enjoy doing, singing, some acting, reading, walking by Lake Michigan, a good burger & beer at a nifty pub.. and more.
Music
Wow..where to begin?
The Flower Kings, Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Dream Theater, SPock's Beard, Echolyn, Lazuli, Amarok, Kino, Mike Keneally, Beck, Moby, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Peter Gabriel, Earthworks, Blackfield, Keane, Travis, No Doubt, Styx, Kansas, CAKE, Oasis, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Queen, Duncan Sheik, It Bites, Sarah McLaughlin, Jellyfish, Kick The Cat, Drop Q, Umphrey's McGee, California Guitar Trio,Indukti Kip Winger, Matthew Sweet, Prince, RPWL,Ritual, Queensryche,Satellite, Riverside, Jars of Clay, Evergrey, Pain Of Salvation, IQ, The Tangent, Karmakanic, Transatlantic, Isildurs Bane, Alan Parsons, Kate Bush, Arena, Pendragon, John Wesley, Jadis, Spaced Out, Asia, Steve Vai, David Gilmour/Pink Floyd,
Pink, Heart, NIN, All American Rejects, Jazz is Dead, The Dregs, Steve Morse Band... ans oh soooo many more.. far too many to mention all of them. I have over 4000 cds... no IPOD though!
The Godfather series (anything Pacino), Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Julia & Julia, Enchanted April, The Pianist, I'm a movie junkie enjoy my netflix membership to the fullest!
Television
Way too much TV.. 24, The Amazing Race, Lost, Survivor .. thankfully with DVR.. my TV viewing is commercial free.. saves a LOT of time.
Books
Yes I have books, and have read books, and like to read books! (Mostly fiction, thrillers.. suspense)
About me: A nice, down to earth, easy going person who enjoys travel, music, movies, good burger & beer, or wine & cheese...there is so much more!
Who I'd like to meet: Looking to meet friends in Chicago (northside) who share similar intrests in music, travel, movies, live music and enjoying what Chicago and the world has to offer.
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and also directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
I drop you a line to tell you that some copies of The Field Where She Died, my first album, are still available, but stocks won't last... Only 150 copies left...
Available from http://www.spleenarcana.com
or from CD Baby http://cdbaby.com/cd/spleenarcana
Thank you for your support and interest! Peace - Julien/Spleen Arcana
Hi Christine and Dennis. If you only knew how good it feels to have started the recording. We really had a blast during the studio session. Anyway, have a nice week and take care. Hasse
hi! iam wolfgang the guitarist of dreamscape. we should learn to be the best persons we can be and our world will change. i try. but it's not as easy as playing guitar in a high class band...
H. Jackson Brown: Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece -- by thought, choice, courage, and determination.
kind regards! DREAMSCAPE (progressive metal from germany) (new cd september 2009! - buy or let die!)
A belated (by a whole week... I'm embarrassed) Happy Birthday. I also wanted to send you the link to my Marillion Convention photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/progman/sets/72157616556151055/
Hi Christine and Dennis, now there's no turning back. We're heading for the studio, starting this wednesday. In case you're interrested, you can read the "studio reports" later this week. Take care. Hasse
Hi Christine, hope you're having a nice easter. We almost have summer temperatures over here, so today I wore shorts for the first time and it felt marvellous. Take care. Hasse
Tonight on the Wood Shed Prog Rock Radio! Go to WSLR.org click listen now from 11pm to 1am(Florida time). Wood will play a track from the soon to be released Cryptic Vision Cd. Hear it first ONLY on the Wood Shed!
Hi Christine, I hope you're fine. I just booked the studio, starting week 21. Have a nice weekend and take care. Hasse Fröberg (HFMC, The Flower Kings)
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and also directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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