Todd Bishop
Todd Bishop
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Cruise ship drummer! Get excited!
Male
42 years old
PORTLAND, Oregon
United States
Last Login: 4/18/2009
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Todd Bishop's Interests
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| General | Music (jazz-related, anything else good); art, especially abstract expressionist painterly painting in general; photography, movies, Roman history, travel (Italy, France), cheap and delicious restaurants (like Portland's King Burrito and Pho Oregon, and Rome's Formula 1 Pizza). | | Music | Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, Stereolab, Beta Band are what I'm listening to most these days. Also Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Bill Evans, Bill Frisell, Ahmad Jamal, Velvet Underground, Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Mingus, Brian Eno. The usual. Stuff everyone listens to.
| | Movies | Yojimbo, Animal Crackers, The General, anything by Soderbergh, Phantom Of The Paradise, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, The Wild Bunch, Bedazzled, Weekend, Fellini's Roma, anything by Jarmusch, Johnny Stecchino, Day Of The Jackal, Repo Man, Straight To Hell, The Man Who Skied Down Everest, Evil Dead II, Rear Window, Rope, Maltese Falcon, The Killing, The Big Sleep, Night Of The Living Dead, Forbidden Planet, The 10th Victim, The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Sorcerer, Wages Of Fear, Blow Up, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, Broadway Danny Rose. | | Television | I don't watch a crapload of TV these days, but these are old favorites: Daily Show, Colbert Report, Reno 911!, Arrested Development, Mr. Show, The Office, MST3K, Get A Life, Mr. Show, Kids In The Hall, Exit 57, Strangers With Candy, Frontline. | | Books | Bukowski, because I can barely read, favor the 60's stuff; The Adding Machine and Exterminator! by WS Burroughs; Brutality Of Fact- Interviews with Francis Bacon; Neil Stephenson. Plus I've always got a ton of crap lying around about whatever I'm obsessing over currently - photography, war, poker, politics. | | Heroes | Drummers: Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, Frankie Dunlop, Ringo Starr, John Bonham spring to mind instantly. Also Ed Blackwell, Paul Motian, Vernell Fournier, Ben Riley, Brian Blade, Dannie Richmond, Stewart Copeland, Steve Gadd, Joey Baron, Billy Mintz, Jon Christensen.
Other musicians, for their vision:Miles Davis, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Jimmy Giuffre, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Gil Evans.
Painters: Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Brice Marden, Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Arshile Gorky, Turner, Constable, Titian.
Photographers: David Bailey, Jim Marshall, Annie Liebovitz, Don McCullin.
Politicians: Bill Clinton for being Elvis; Howard Dean; Jesse Jackson and Mario Cuomo for their 1988 Dem convention speeches; Reps Henry Waxman and John Conyers for being tireless badasses in the face of Satan, basically. |
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Photography, [art]iculated., Cameron Frost Photography, B&W Photography, - T.U.S.C.A.N.Y -, Photography of Italy, Ancient History, Nightlife in ROME - La Dolce Vita di Roma
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Todd Bishop's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Portland, OR | | Body type: | 5' 11" / Athletic | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Atheist | | Zodiac Sign: | Taurus | | Occupation: | musician | | Income: | Less than $30,000 |
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Todd Bishop's Companies
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American West Steamboat Company
Portland, OR US
musician
entertainment
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1997-
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Delta Queen Steamboat Company
New Orleans, LA US
musician
Columbia Queen
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2000-2001
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Carnival Cruise Lines
San Juan, Puerto Rico US
musician
Tropicale
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1990
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About me:
I'm a jazz musician from Portland, OR. I'm also a visual artist. I take pictures and paint. I have a sweet gig playing music on a Columbia river cruise ship. I co-lead with Saul Cline and Matt Wayne an ambient improvised music group called Lower Monumental.
My other URLs:
My trio: www.lowermonumental.com
My photoblog: shipdrummer.blogspot.com
My merchandise: www.cafepress.com/shipdrummer
The boat band on land: The Notables
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Who I'd like to meet:
musicians, artists, photographers, old and new friends and acquaintances
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