Collecting, restoring, and playing vintage Ludwig drums; garage rock, punk, instro surf, and jazz; muscle cars, sports, politics; anything having to do with my hometown of Detroit or the University of Michigan.
Music
Dirty, trashy, sleazy, loud, fuzzy garage rock / punk / instro surf. The Ramones, The Cramps, Buzzcocks, MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, The Who, The Sonics, The Zombies, The Trashmen, New York Dolls, The Ventures, The Surfaris, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Duane Eddy, Man...Or Astroman?, The Mermen, The Bomboras, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, The Ghastly Ones, The Nebulas, The Dynotones, Phantom Surfers, The Volcanos, Flat Duo Jets, Deke Dickerson, 5. 6. 7. 8's, The Trashwomen, Gore Gore Girls, Detroit Cobras, The Sirens, Beat Happening, Tiger Trap, Nikki and the Corvettes, The Muffs, The Gits, FM Knives, The Gories, Dirtbombs, Billy Childish, Thee Headcoats, Buff Medways, Mighty Caesars, Milkshakes, The Headcoatees, Holly Golightly, The Kaisers, Fabienne Delsol and The Bristols, The Jam, Young Fresh Fellows, The Mach Kung Fu, Guitar Wolf, Teengenerate, Jackie and the Cedrics, Fifi and the Mach 3, Superbees, Vibrators, X, Pixies, The Mummies, Misfits, Didjits, Dwarves, The Monsters, The Oblivions, Devil Dogs, The Hexxers, The Holograms. Local STL bands The Nevermores, The Blind Eyes, The Dammit Boys, Left Arm, Bunnygrunt, Sex Robots, That's My Daughter, and Bitch Slap Barbie. Motown and greasy, nasty RnB from the 50s. Jump and broken blues. Rockabilly and western swing. Early honky tonk. Stoner rock. I'm also a huge fan of jazz from 1920-1965, and pledge allegiance to Blue Note Records. And I worship John Coltrane.
Movies
Film noir from the 30s and early 40s (The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, etc), B-movies from the 50s-70s, independent films, and documentaries.
Television
I'm a news junkie (CNN, MSNBC, Meet The Press, This Week, Hardball, Countdown, Frontline, and Now). Mystery! on PBS. I stopped watching network TV years ago. I only really care about TV when the Red Wings, Lions, Tigers, or Pistons are on. Every Saturday in the fall, you can find me glued to a Michigan football game. Go Blue.
Books
Rabbit Run, To Kill A Mockingbird, On The Road, Lolita, Bonfire Of The Vanities
Heroes
Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Billy Higgins, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, the Incredible Jimmy Smith, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Grant Green, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Paul Chambers, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, June Christy, Peggy Lee, Muddy Waters; Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Clyde Stubblefield, Earl Palmer, Benny Benjamin, Uriel Jones, Hal Blaine, Idris Muhammad, Tommy and Marky Ramone, Topper Headon, Paul Cook, John Maher, Russell Qwan, Crow, Mel Taylor, Pete Thomas, DJ Bonebrake, Nick Knox, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, Wolf Howard, Hugh Grundy.... Forget it. This list could go on forever.
University Of San Francisco
San Francisco,California
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Public Administration
Minor: N/A
1995 to 1997
San Francisco State University
San Francisco,California
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Journalism
Minor: Political Science
1987 to 1993
California High
San Ramon,California
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
About me: I'm a proud native of Detroit, Michigan. I wasted a great deal of time in the SF Bay Area, and wound up graduating from high school and college there. I was once a beat reporter and radio producer for the Oakland A's and San Jose Sharks. I interned for legendary Bay Area sports broadcaster Gary Radnich at KRON-TV in the early 90s. I paid my way through my last year of college as a jazz buyer for Tower Records. I have an unhealthy obsession with the University of Michigan and the City of Detroit.
I currently live in St. Louis, Missouri, where I play drums for The 75s. I used to play in Long John Thomas and the Duffs (that's me drumming my little heart out on the recordings), The Downcasts, and The Incisions, plus a couple of short-lived bands in San Francisco.
Oh yeah... I'm also a BIG fan of Ludwig Drums.
Who I'd like to meet: Bands that inspired The Ramones, bands The Ramones inspired, and The Ramones.
what??? the never satisfied, always cycnical, lovable Scotty, is finally happy??? Be at peace, OM. Even I voted for him. And proud to do so. Ya just gotta have hope! (now if only my stinkin' Cubs could win a playoff game!)
Congrats on getting through GH III on easy. Now you will find a new definition of pain and suffering: using the pinky!!! Ughhhh. Tom Morello is still whipping my ass.
Wore my 75's shirt to work today (jeans day)... had to represent! Great show on Friday. Thought you guys were really tight. Can't wait for RHH this weekend!
Kerry on myspace? Maybe, you need to work on him. He only read about half of my page before stating it was making him ill. I'm sure his page would be much more deep and profound.
Hey Doc... How's life treatin ya? Sounds like you're doin alright out there. If ya ever feel like making a move out east let me know and I'll talk to my company. You still working for the same customer?
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