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Patricio's Interests
General
Pop music of bygone eras, cockatiels, vintage threads, OuLiPo, animal friends, Stiff records, grooving, rocking out.
Music
Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Serge Gainsbourg, Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns, Cowboy Jack Clement, Wigwam, Everly Brothers, Manu Dibango, Fleetwood Mac, Mose Allison, Thee Midniters, Pentangle, Lightning Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Zombies, The Animals (and EB solo!), The Kinks, The Mekons, Nick Drake, The Byrds, Love, MC5, Miles Davis, The Shins, Davy Graham, Carter Family, Emmylou Harris, Delmore Brothers, Sam Cooke, New Lost City Ramblers, (Small) Faces, The Who, Mocedades, Tony Bennett, Pink Fairies, Nick Lowe, Charles Aznavour, Dusty Springfield, Loud Toga, Biltmore Stairs, Gram Parsons, Sterlin, Skip James, The Standells, The Staple Singers, The Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Waylon Jennings, Rolling Stones, anything James Burton, Otis Redding, RTX, Shakin' Stevens, Katie Melua, Lewis Taylor, Beatles, Fred Neil, Tony Macaulay, Townes Van Zandt, Johnny Cash, Mississippi John Hurt, Allmans, Rodney Crowell, Dave Edmunds, George Jones, Donovan, Blondie, Mike Batt, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Jim Dickinson, Big Star, Kristofferson, Jimmie Rodgers, Jacques Brel, Slim Harpo, Van Morrison, Nick Cave, ABBA, Charlie Patton, Free, The Concretes, Memphis Jug Band, The Raspberries, Gerry Rafferty... AND the bands I play in currently: Dave Gleason's Wasted Days. The Mike Therieau Band, Dave Insley's Careless Smokers, Penelope Houston, The Maydays, Chase Gowdy and the Rusty Nails, The New Sheiks... and whoever wants me to go on the road with 'em!
Movies
Truffaut, William Castle, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Godard, Fellini, Almost Famous, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks (and II), Alex De La Iglesia, The American Astronaut, A Hard Days Night, The Sting, Bonnie and Clyde, Hammer Horror, Alfie, Get Carter, anything with Michael Caine, Heimatfilmes, Buster Keaton, Wim Wenders, and Mulholland Dr., which burnt up my mind!!!
Television
Commercials, cartoons, India Waves. Old variety shows.
Books
Don Quixote, Fowler's Modern English Usage, Parrots Of The World, Mystery Train, Crawdaddy, Harry Mathews, Father Brown.
Heroes
Mom, Dad, and Sis. Cervantes. Jimmy Carter. St. Francis. Randy Newman.
About me: Songwriter, musician, and Jackpine Social Club corporal. Born in Madrid. Air Force brat of the Great Plains region.
http://therealpatjohnson.com
Who I'd like to meet: Nice people, other musicians, groovies, freakies, funkies, and chizzies.
When you climb to the top of the mountain Look out over the sea Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be Then you jump back down to the rooftops Look out over the town Think about all of the strange things circulating round
Meanwhile back in San Francisco We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend, As we sit upon this jagged Storey block, with you my friend.
All the orange boxes are scattered. Against the Safeway's supermarket in the rain. And everybody feels so determined Not to feel anyone else's pain.
(You know that) No one's making no commitments To anybody but themselves, Hidin' behind closed doorways, Tryin' to get outside, outside of empty shells
That's the way it all should happen When you're in, when you're in the state you're in; You've got your pen and notebook ready, I think it's about time, time for us to begin.
what's up dog? haven't checked out your page in awhile - just read your various blogs - I read from Gatti that he's posted a version of October Moon that he recorded - but I ain't heard it yet.
Hey bus driver, keep the change Bless your children, give them names Don't trust men who walk with canes Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine Advertiser on a downtown train Christmas crier bustin' cane He's in love again
Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes To someday own the rodeo Tainted women in VistaVision Perform for out-of-state kids at the late show
Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps Interstellar mongrel nymphs
Rex said that lady left him limp Love's like that (sure it is) Queen of diamonds, ace of spades Newly discovered lovers of the Everglades They take out a full-page ad in the trades To announce their arrival
And Mary Lou, she found out how to cope She rides to heaven on a gyroscope The Daily News asks her for the dope She said, "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"
Senorita, Spanish rose Wipes her eyes and blows her nose Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose To some lucky young matador
Holiday Greetings. I will be returning to my college radio alma mater KDVS on Thursday night 12/13, circa 6pm PST to hang with Ryan Todd on his California Police State show. I will be bringing my guitar and Ryan and I will be discussing everything True West and the halcyon days of KDVS ('76-'86). I will be doing a few songs from my seven (gosh!) albums, as well as spinning a few discs.
Join us won't you? Streaming at http://www.kdvs.org/listen/ and YES, it's still available on the radio at 90.3FM (now at a blistering 9,200 watts).
hello. I am writing this to tell you that I got a loopy bird. I haven't named her yet but she's really very sweet! maybe I'll name her cracker. "Cracker, wanna cracker?"
Pat, at this very moment you have a number of friends that was a great year for music (1966). I vote you don't accept any new friends!!! Miss you. xoxo
Thanks for your support in our endeavor to honor Grant, Pat. Hard to believe it, but we'll be starting preorders next week!!
Come by the page to hear Future Pilot AKA, featuring Duglas BMX Bandit on vocals, covering "Dusty in Here." It's most evocative of how we've felt on losing Grant….and why we've put this tribute together.
