political/social activism, acoustic guitar, no-limit texas hold-em, vegetarianism, bill hicks {RIP} free state project, professional wrestling, all MMA, but especially UFC, spirituality, fractals & sacred geometry, history {esp ancient egyptian, babylonian, united kingdom 1200-1400, united states, and the history of beer brewing}, comparative mythology, Equal rights for all species, marijuana, {INDUSTRIAL, medical, and recreational} pro-footbal
i honestly feel that music is the perfect and ultimate expression of the soul, it has helped me through tough times, and enhanced some not so tough times... there are 6 bands i consider my "favorite" because i love every single song i have ever heard by them, tool and NIN are the modern mozarts of our time.-- NINE INCH NAILS, TOOL, SUBLIME, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PINK FLOYD....others include but are in no way limited to : JOHNNY CASH, kaki king, NICK CAVE, a perfect circle, TORI AMOS, ravi and anoushka shankar, marilyn manson, DINOSAUR JR, mindless self indulgence, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, THE DEAD KENNEDYS, the ex, the ramones, PROPAGANDHI, THE CLASH, crass, SOCIAL DISTORTION, green day,---THE TALKING HEADS, the beastie boys, OPERATION IVY, rancid, front 242, MISFITS, skinny puppy, {oghr}, pigface, DISPATCH, peaches, the police, mad mike the hippie bum, nirvana, bloodhound gang, ANI DIFRANCO, blue october, willie nelson, MODEST MOUSE, DAMIEN RICE, bright eyes, (put those two on a compilation and you are in singer/songwriter heaven) bob marley, puscifer, kmfdm, primus, BOB DYLAN, PORTISHEAD, THE TOADIES, the beatles (esp JOHN LENNON), THE ROLLING STONES, king crimson (very early), steely dan (ditto), TENACIOUS D, flogging molly, WEEN, guns n roses, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ANYTHING mike patton is involved with (esp MR BUNGLE), the dead milkmen, XTC, dire straits, LIVE, the pogues, EMINEM, HANK WILLIAMS SR, jr, and THE THIRD, outkast, ANYTHING FROM THE 80S, DEVO, FRANK ZAPPA, THE GOD DAMN PIMPS!!
however...i think that in every genre, (besides pop written by A & R shills) someone is pouring their heart into what they are doing. so to say "i don't like {enter genre here}" means you are going to miss out on something.
Punk Fucking Rock you're a classic punker. you are intelligent, hard headed, antiestablishment, and strongly motivated in government relations. you like a lot of underground bands that other people don't really know about. you are strongly opinionated, but generally care about others and what they think. unless they are idiots. you know who the fuck you are...you think cigarettes and beer {especially miller high life} kick fucking ass. you smoke pot, even though most "real" punks think you are kind of lame for doing so.
Movies
orwell rolls in his grave, 1984, ZEITGEIST!, v for vendetta, bowling for columbine, a scanner darkly, iraq for sale, the breakfast club, the crow, evil dead series, star wars series, fight club, loose change, hacking democracy, pink flamingos{anything by john waters, actually--divine is so freakin' hot for a fat guy!}......
reflections on the art of living, {campbell}, 1984 {orwell}, A People's History of the United States, {zinn}, Understanding Power, Propaganda and the Public Mind, {chomsky},true hallucinations {mckenna}, everything you know is wrong, {various- ed by russ kick}, {or anything by the disinformation society), LIES: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, the truth, (with jokes) {franken}, a scanner darkly, do androids dream of electric sheep? {phillip k dick}(anything by him, actually) Underground History of American Education, {john taylor gatto}, misquoting jesus: the story behind who changed the bible and why {ehrman} the self-sufficient life and how to live it, {John Seymour}, beyond belief--the secret gospel of thomas, {elaine pagels}, candide {voltaire}, perfume {suskind}, fun with pedophiles: the best of baiting {stanhope}, Stupid White Men and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation, Dude Where's My Country?, {moore}, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy {adams}, american gods, fragile things, & the sandman comics {gaiman}, the illuminatus! trilogy {shea & wilson}, breaking open the head {pinchbeck} lost souls {poppy z. brite}, river god {smith} dark tower series, insomnia, the eyes of the dragon, {king}, fight club, survivor, lullaby, diary {last 4 by palaniuck} anything in terry prachett's discworld series, but especially the truth, jingo, thud, and going postal, omnivore's dilemma {michael pollan}, gates of fire, {pressfield} angels and demons {brown} (same formula as davinci code, but better because it's the illuminati), have a nice day: a tale of blood and sweatsocks, foley is good: and the real world is faker than wrestling, hard knocks and cheap pops {mick foley}
Heroes
living heroes
george w bush is obviously not a hero, but i would like to sit down and pick his brain for a while.
i think bettie page was the perfect female specimen when she was younger, and at 80 years old is still very beautiful.
Ron Mann is an MMA fighter, and an LBK {left below knee} amputee. he is a personal hero, and has inspired me to begin training for my own MMA career. {as soon as i secure the insanely expensive prosthetic he has}
along with russ feingold, dave obey is one of the very few politicians i truly trust to vote the way i would. so much so, that i have voted against green candidates {the only party with a conscious} since i moved to wisconsin's 7th district.
Craig Hi
Janesville,Wisconsin
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: Chorus, Trancendental Meditation
Minor: hallucinogenic and herbal experimentation
Clubs: the cop in oliver twist {on LSD}
1993 to 1994
Poynette Hi
Poynette, WI
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: screwing around, football
Minor: street fighter II
Clubs: one act plays
1992 to 1993
Milton Hi
Milton, WI
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: smoking, Choir, Skateboarding, jack daniels
Minor: Headbanging, saturday detention, petty theft, mullet Hawks, nine inch nails
Clubs: choked in the sound of music tryouts....
i use my above average singing to hide my mediocre guitar!! come out to the open mics and see me--sunday at sams place, tuesdays at mickey's, and wednesdays at the intermission. and look for "dissident", coming soon
i've spent the last few years spreading the idea that religion is just part of the human condition, neither right nor wrong, merely a code of conduct to bring us closer to "god". the lowest common denominator of which is to be a decent human being. kindness, compassion, love, and above all HONESTY are the only way to get through this life. i am a hopeless romantic, and rabidly politically active, i write several letters a week to my congressmen and various statewide editorial pages.
i am an aspiring singer/songwriter--what had originally started as a career in scathing protest songs has evolved into a mellower affair--songs of unrequited love and love lost...demo should be coming soon...
"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, 'Hey – don't worry, don't be afraid ever, because this is just a ride ...' And we ... kill those people. Ha ha, 'Shut him up. We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because – it's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead, spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace. Thank you very much, you've been great." [several gunshots ring out, Bill mimes being hit and falls to floor, motionless.] (Onstage closing comments of Hicks's Revelations special from 1993)
Hi jim rose here. yes im the actor who plays the caveman on the commercials so now you have something to tease me about the next time we see each other. Im going to be in your area in the summer hosting rock shows and writing a new book about the people I meet on the road. We should throw a small party together. If you want to hang out ,message me at my other site here www. myspace. com/toohotforfizzle or go to my top friend(same site) We dont read the messages at the circus site. we are getting too many to handle there There are too many there and hard to manage
As I was laying down to sleep about midnight on October 25th I closed my eyes and immediately was overtaken with an overwhelming feeling...I can not fully explain the feeling , but was like no feeling I've ever had. *for the record I'm not really a "ghost" or "spooks" guy* I felt as if I was passing out? or, going under? if that makes sense? at this same time I "knew" in my heart that I was being visited by Solomon Remus..a dear friend who passed away recently of problems due to being diabetic..I was not scared, yet I was alittle uneasy as I was feeling something I cant say Ive ever felt before. he didnt appear...I didnt see a figure,or a face , I just knew he had stopped by ...maybe just to say Hi...nothing specific really? wierd...
this is a true account of a bizzare event indeed..
I thought friends of Sols might enjoy this story as the end result was: I have some amount of peace about the matter..
We remember what a great guy you were..and still are.. Solomon
Kerry B.
ps...as it would be I flipped on the TV that morning and V for Vendetta was playing on USA..
THIRD EYE – Tribute to TOOL will be performing at: Ballyhoos Brew & Chew Friday, Oct. 24th 124 Prospect Street, Merrill, WI w/ Less of 12 - 9-10pm and 4-Stools Tavern Saturday, Oct. 25th 180 2nd st n Wisconsin Rapids, WI 21+ age $5 -door w/ Time to Kill 10 - 11pm
I never got a chance to meet you personally, but I feel like I got a pretty good feel for who you are based on the comments and messages we traded in this virtual realm. I could tell that you were a an amazing guy who connected with and inspired many people.
I'm in Wausau this week and thought of looking you up. I was saddened to find out that you were no longer with us here on earth.
Hey Solomon . THIRD EYE – A Tribute to TOOL will be performing 2 complete sets! ¾ of TOOL’s catalog! Not to be missed! Sat July 26th @ The BBC 2022 E. North Ave., Milwaukee, WI $8-door /21+/ Show @ 10pm
.. "streaming radio" news that hold your values.: 
...i do watch a few things...
