Making music, painting, PUGS, taking long drives in the country with the top down, water skiing, snow skiing, my three pugs, dining out, bicycling, archery, kayaking, paint ball, philosophy & religion, Bjork, politics, human nature.
Here's what I've been listening to lately: Oucho Sparks, Def Tones, Frank Black's new album, Richard Thompson, Bjork, James Blunt.
Other music I love: James Brown, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Lucky Thompson, Miles Davis, Bela Bartok, Arnold Schoenberg, Ludwig v. Beethoven, Bjork, Shutter to Think, Adrian Belew, King Crimson, Jonathan Richman, Pink Floyd, XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphere, Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic, Van Halen, Primus, Mr. Bungle, KISS, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Joan Osborne, Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, John Hiatt, Jaco Pastorious, The Hellecasters, Roy Buchanan, Rush, Beck, Jeff Beck, Star Wars soundtrack, adn the theme song to countless tv sitcoms and lots of other wonderful sounds too numerous to remember and list.
Movies
the last 7 movies I saw: The Young Philadelphians Man of the Year An Inconvienient Truth SAW III Planes, Trains & Automobiles Spanglish A Dog's Life
There was a time in my life when I watched Caddyshack everyday. Sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.....so I got that goin' for me....which is nice.
Television
TV sucks! it is worthless. News is filled with lies and propaganda. Journalists are spineless pawns and tools. Media companies focus on profit without responsibility. Watch TV and you will slowly die. Do you like to be lied to? Then stop watching TV! With that said....I like game shows and Days of our Lives.
Books
Last 6 books I've read:
Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins
Power of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer
Infinite Mind by Dr. Valerie Hunt.
50 Simple things You can do to Fight the Right
Louder than Words by Andy Stanley
The Script - screenplay by Steve Hadley
Heroes
Tom, Jesus, My Dad, Thomas Jefferson, Earl's brother Randy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Steve Jobs, Batman, Donny Osmond, Billy Carter, Bjork.
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Music Composition
Minor: Instrumental Performance
About me:
God gave Adam and Eve freedom even though he knew that they would invite death into the world. That's how important freedom is in the Divine scheme of things.*
Conversely, those who try to limit our freedom, the freedom to think, feel, congregate, worship, decide, love, create, work, prosper, learn, share, educate, criticize, change, grow, and live as we see fit, are going directly against the will of the Creator. Don't let the propagation of fear, or "terror" compromise your freedom.
"The future is not a gift; it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present." -- Robert F. Kennedy
"If one person kills another person that is murder. But if a government kills 100,000 persons that is patriotism. We are taught that if a person invades another person's home that is breaking and entering. But if a government invades a whole country and searches and destroys the villages and homes of that country that is fulfilling its world responsibility." -- Dr.Howard Zinn, 1971
My name is Ray, member of the universe, but my friends call me Ray. I was born at a very young age. I grew up very quickly and now all my clothes don't fit. I am a musician originally from Chicago. Moved to Michigan 2 years ago. Married to my lovely wife Sue Ann and we have three pug children, Chloe, Chester and MooShu. We live by Cass lake and do a lot of boating and kayaking and canoeing and water skiing and knee boarding and stuff. I love coffee. I got a new Espresso/Coffee maker for Christmas and I'm really really excited about that....really really! I am going through a phase in my life right now where I'm trying to eliminate white sox from my wardrobe, so lucky for me Santa also got me a bunch of new wool sox! It doesnt' take much to get me excited these days.
Musically speaking, these are groups I'm currently working with: Ray Kool, Jr. is my 'solo' project. Protein packed alt-pop-prog-rock with candy sprinkles on top.
KAZY is a Chicago based band ala NIN, Def Tones, A Perfect Circle.
Joy Focus is also a Chicago based power-pop trio fronted by non other than Chicago's Power-pop princess Holly Joy.
I am currently accepting students for private guitar instruction. You can find out more about that at RayKainz.com.
My three pugs. Chester on the left, he's laid back and just wants to chill, never passing up an opportunity to snuggle up next to you on the couch. Chloe in back, she's fiesty, protective, fearless...an all around bitch...except when your holding her, then she just melts in your arms. MooShu is lying down, he's so smart. He learned how to do tricks from watching me train his thick skulled stubborn brother!
RAY KOOL, Jr.
This is my solo project. Try it....you'll like it!
*from Aaron Russo's Mad as Hell video
Who I'd like to meet: People who agree that seeking the TRUTH is more important than being RIGHT.
People who are independent thinkers
People who love PUGS.
Yeah, I have a webcam, but it's on a computer with a broken space bar, which also happens to be a mac, and it seems to be incompatible with most key board besides one from the apple store. Other then that yeah.
hey! Yep, that would be the V-drums... one day in guitar center I spent atleast an hour just checking out all the different sounds it can make, I got lost in those head phones. By the way my wife likes the sterocratic party
Thanks. It really f*in hurts the majority of the time. I don't want to take the drugs cuz they knock me out or put me to sleep. But then I wake up, and my finger is on fire again. Quite exciting in all the wrong ways.
I just saw the episode where they watched "Big Time Sensuality", but it wasn't on youtube. Beat a tomato! Then I saw one with Shudder to Think! That wasn't on youtube either.
