Music/starting a band/learning any instrument that I possibly can (currently learning: Trumpet, harmonica, guitar, bass, keyboard/piano).
Books--as far as fiction, I only really read Stephen King (I haven't found another author I like, and I think Dean Koontz sucks), and as far as nonfiction, I prefer documentaries about politics and/or the punk rock/underground scene movements.
I'm not a *HUGE* fan of Teh Animus, but I have recently stumbled upon/rediscovered a few that I really, really like:
Neon Genesis: Evangelion
Elfen Lied
Gad Guard
Lucky Star
Fate/Stay Night
Shadow Star: Narutaru
Death Note
Gunslinger Girl (both seasons)
Pet Shop Of Horrors/PSoH: Tokyo
And I have the respective mangas for most of those series (the ones that have mangas, at least). Death Note really surprised me; all the indie kids hated it because it was "mainstream" and they warned me against it, but from what I've read and seen it's actually pretty damn awesome (and paranoid 0.0). And the show is pretty decent; the quality of the English dub doesn't make me want to cringe every time someone speaks, so I consider that a huge accomplishment~
Music
In alphabetical order:
Alkaline Trio
Anti-Flag
Bad Religion
Black Sabbath/Ozzy Ozbourne
Blink-182
Bottle Rockets
The Clash
Collective Soul
Cracker
The Damned
Dead Kennedys
Fall Out Boy
Flogging Molly
Green Day
Jimmy Buffet
Louis Armstrong
Midnight Oil
NOFX
The Offspring
OK Go
Pennywise
REM
Ramones/Joey Ramone
Rancid
Sum 41
U2
Rock Against Bush
ZZ Top
and various others.
Movies
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Pet Sematary
The Stand
Spaghetti Westerns
Fahrenheit 9/11 (for lols)
and that one Pokemon movie, also for lols :)
and pretty much anything else that's well-written, no matter what the subject matter.
Television
I don't really watch that much TV, but when I do watch, it's usually animated comedies like Family Guy, The Simpsons and King of the Hill (especially Family Guy). I don't necessarily share all the views of those shows, but I still like 'em 'cause they're still funny.
Books
-Pretty much anything by Stephen King, with a few rare exceptions
-Dean Koontz (for lols; "So Bad It's Horrible," indeed!)
I don't read fanfics, but I have written two (one serious and one comedy, both several years ago); you can find my longest one, "Silent Hill 5: Back of Beyond" at fanfiction.net, clocking in at just over 330,000 words 0.0).
Heroes
-Joey/Johnny/Dee Dee/Marky/CJ Ramone (for just being awesome regardless of what people said....or didn't say)
-ZZ Top (for being fucking ZZ Top
-Green Day (for having THE BEST LIVE SHOW EVER)
-The Offspring, for writing good hardcore pop (popcore?)
-Stephen King, especially before the Dark Tower became the centrifuge of his work (though I like DT as well).
Bro Hamm's Details
Status:
Single
Hometown:
Mobile, AL
Body type:
6' 0"
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Education:
High school
Occupation:
Freelance
Bro Hamm's Schools
Satsuma High School
Satsuma,Alabama
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Clubs: N/A
2004 to 2006
Bro Hamm is somewhere doing something. Posted at 5:17 PM Oct 17 view more
About me: Hi, I'm Tim. I've been playing guitar and bass for about a year and a half now, and I'm looking for like-minded musicians who are interested in pursuing a career in the music industry.
I'm particularly partial to grunge, pop, rock, and weird Australian indie stuff, but I'm still branching out, so I'm willing to learn just about anything. I don't want to "sell out," per se, though I also don't want to be in a band that's going to put its ideologies over the quality of the music (i.e. "I won't play solos because that's not punk," or "I won't play that because it's not metal," etc. etc.). I have my dislikes, too, but I can't stand genre-oriented players.
In any case, if you're interested in joining/forming a band, hit me up :)
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet Stephen King (I'm a hardcore fan, and I own and have read everything he's written to date). My all-time biggest musical influences, though, are as follows, in no particular order: Green Day, The Offspring, Ramones, Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys, Midnight Oil, Collective Soul, NOFX, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, Cracker, The Clash, The Bottle Rockets, OK Go, and Bad Religion.
Other stuff I listen to (that I like, but haven't had the time to get to know really well yet) includes Tim Armstrong and Rancid, Fall Out Boy, and The Damned.
Stuff I like but have no particular attachment to includes U2 and REM.
Stuff I absolutely can't stand includes The Sex Pistols (see blog), The Killers (also see blog), Slipknot, Metallica/any screamo-puke band, any band/artist whose entire career rides on the fact that they are part of a certain genre (i.e. "it doesn't matter how we sound because we're punk, right? We got the image!").
Ahe. In their [semi-]defense, that album is quite a few years old. And I never said they did anything particularly unique, or really very interesting. I don't own their albums.
That song isn't very great or a good representation of their trash rock. They're usually more metal. And the good kind of metal. The metal that doesn't take itself seriously at all. Not the "we were nerds in high school, but now we're fat and have long hair and beards, so lets pretend we're tough" bullshit. It's a band fronted by Rob Zombie's brother. You can't expect much else.
Truth be told, I didn't stay composed. It was only after I gathered myself that I sent that bulletin comment your way.
By the way, I just listened to your new song, the medley. It was really good dude. You did well on the vocal delivery and everything. Not to mention that part 2 really appealed to me because... well, it was really ska sounding. You really did a good job on the vocal harmonies and everything.
My only complaint would be that sometimes the transitions between parts seemed weird (except between 1 and 2, that worked really well) and that sometimes your guitar tone was kinda strange.
Nice. I've got a bunch of new shit written, and I think with a lot of this new stuff we can turn Saviors of Flavor into one of the catchiest, most fun albums ever made.
I'm thinking about eventually investing in a sampler or a synthesizer, or maybe just finding someone that could be fully devoted to the keyboard.
I think having a brass section would be fucking stellar, as well, if we can find anyone with those talents.
And yeah, definitely planning to do more work with GANM. Just not sure how right now. There's a lot I want to do with it, and a lot of the things I have in mind for it now require a full band and then some.
All I really do lately is work and sleep. I still don't have a way to record anything but it doesnt matter because i recently threw away all of my old songs. Looking back they all sucked, so I've decided to just start over now that I'm a little more experienced.
this is pure gold. i couldnt get the link to work on myspace. maybe you can. if not go to kieth oberman at msnbc. com. and look for his anti american rant.
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