I'm a big fan of great times with good people. I enjoy everything and anything music related, and particularly going to see live music. I love to help people accomplish good things, and I love the joy and feeling of accomplishment that comes from the success of working together.
If you know a good place that we should eat, well then we should go. If there's something fun happening in another city, let's take a road trip and make it happen!
Religion is an important part of my daily and weekly existence, and I continue to work on becoming that person that I know is the real me. I'm happy with the "me" that people know and love, but also continue to have my own personal goals of who I want to be.
There's a lot more to the overall picture that makes up who I am as a person, but if you know me, you pretty much know the vitals: I like to have fun, trust is very important to me, and I don't like it when that trust is broken.
Music
My Ipod is just as dysfunctionally fun as I am. Here are a few of my favorites:
AK Healey
Alice in Chains
The Beatles
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Jackson Browne
Cheap Trick
Chimaira
Clapton is God
Clutch
Corrosion of Conformity
Cracker
Bill Cosby
Del Amitri
Dream Theater
Eric Gales
Faith No More
Ben Folds
Foo Fighters
Fountains of Wayne
The Gathering Field
Sammy Hagar
Iron Maiden
Eric Johnson
Kathleen Edwards
Mark Knopfler
Sarah McLachlan
Alanis Morrissette
Nada Surf
Nine Inch Nails
Tom Petty and everyone he hangs out with
Liz Phair
The Police
Randy Newman
Joe Satriani
Scout
Silversun Pickups
The Smithereens
Social Distortion
Bruce Springsteen
Stone Temple Pilots
Matthew Sweet
Tesla
Van Halen
Yes
ZZ Top
Movies
Always watching something, but here are a few that are regarded as classics in my book:
Anything from John Cusack, Bill Murray, Kevin Smith, etc. including:
Back To The Future trilogy
Better Off Dead
Bill & Ted's (both movies)
Caddyshack
Cheech and Chong (various)
Clerks
Die Hard (all four)
Groundhog Day
High Fidelity
The National Lampoon Vacation movies
Star Wars Trilogy (and the other three two)
Wayne's World (both movies)
Television
This is a "lot of TV" for me. Luckily, not all of these shows are on at the same time during the season!
30 Rock
Big Love
Californication
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dirty Sexy Money
Friday Night Lights
Gossip Girl
Leno/Letterman/Conan (though it's been a while since I have seen any of 'em!)
Nip/Tuck
Reaper
Rescue Me
Saturday Night Live
The Henry Rollins Show
The O.C.
The Office
The Riches
The Shield
Weeds
animated
Droopy
Looney Tunes
Tom and Jerry
Books
I've been doing more writing than reading lately.
I'd like to think that's a good thing.
Heroes
My friends and my family for all that they add to my world. You're all I need.
and other destinations TBD and TBA when the time is right.
I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere.
- Keith Richards
Those dreams are dead, and I'm alive
- Jackson Browne
Faith will be rewarded
- Bruce Springsteen
I want to spend my time with you, you turn me upside down
- Nicholas Megalis
I ain't takin' shit off no one. Baby, that was yesterday
- Sheryl Crow
...My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun....
- Shakespeare
are you what I think you are or just what I think I want
- Blue Rodeo
In this world, I have three essentials for daily survival: God, music, and Dr. Pepper. I don't leave the house without all three on board.
2008 has been interesting, and to say that I'm really happy with where things are at now, would be an understatement. It's amazing how good life can get when you least expect it.
Let's Watch Videos:
A Youtube playlist of a bunch of my favorites.
Who I'd like to meet: Neil Diamond, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Molly Ringwald, Kevin Nealon, Willie Nelson, Eddie Van Halen, and random ex-members of Menudo. Why not.
Just an end of the year note to wish you a happy Christm-ed alhada-unnuckawanzaagil Skallagrimssolstice-day of infamy-crimboxing day or whatever holiday you are hoping to pop a cork over. You can sing along to the Waterboys, Collective Soul, Static X, Pride & Fall, Weezer, Puffy Ami Yumi, Dick DeGraaf, David Gray, Breathe, the Beautiful Mistake, Ross MacLachlan, Eric Nordhoff, Bleach, Only Living Witness, Lux, the Nixons, Divinity Destroyed, the lemonheads, Shadows Fall, Expose', Teenage Fanclub, Linkin Park or maybe just jam a little George Winston as part of your party! No matter what you do, be sure to just enjoy what's left of oh eight and let's celebrate and not be irate and exasperbate by continuing to alientate, so maybe radiate or fornicate after all it's the end of oh eight. wait, what, well something like that hahah. Have a good end of the year!
Matt! Good to hear from you man! Hope things are well! Steve Brown said he was going to try and nail down a lunch for us to get together, hopefully soon!
Understood on why you disabled the pics thing. Then again, it's not just Rush the Rock Hall has a bias against. There's many artists who should've been inducted eons ago that've yet to be inducted...Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Kiss, Yes are just a few off the top of my head.
i was finally in C-land long enough to hear you on-air!! (of course, i can't get you where i'm at) It was great to hear my Matt!! :) love ya - miss ya - BETTER talk to you soon!! -c
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