Living. Loving. Laughing. Family. Friends. Music. Live shows. Music. Traveling to see various bands at said live shows. Music. Great conversations. Music. Reading. Music.
Music
MUSIC = LIFE
"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." –Stokowski
"A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks, music is with us from the beginning." -Pamela Brown
Emphatic, Street Drum Corps, The Used, G.W.A.R., DevilDriver, 36 Crazyfists, Chevelle, Flyleaf, Cursive, Deadsy, MUSE, Thrice, S.T.U.N., Thousand Foot Krutch, Bush, Stabbing Westward, Sunny Day Real Estate, Deftones, Bullet for My Valentine, Nonpoint, Shinedown, Seether, Killswitch Engage, A Perfect Circle, Mudvayne, The Faint, The Cure, Egypt Central, 10 Years, Red, Vaux, Dredg, Pantera, Dave Matthews Band, The Ramones, Goo Goo Dolls, Pearl Jam, Trapt, Fair to Midland, Kill Hannah, In This Moment, Apocalyptica, Mudhoney, Sponge, Coal Chamber, Alice in Chains, A Day to Remember, Three Days Grace, Violent Femmes, NIN, Cold, (hed)p.e., Tsunami Bomb, Edgewater, Taking Back Sunday, Marilyn Manson, No Doubt, Opiate for the Masses, Van Halen, U2 (old stuff), The Distillers, Atreyu, Silverstein, The Birthday Massacre, Mindless Self Indulgence, Lamb of God, Kidney Theives, Shadows Fall, CKY, Senses Fail, In Flames, Trivium, Mastodon, Sick Puppies, Sepultra, Prong, SNOT, Machine Head, KORN, Meshuggah, Machina, Linkin Park, FLAW, Hatebreed, Puscifer, Chiodos, Chimaria, Cracker, Stereophonics, Nirvana, Hole, Enya, Sigur Ros, Great Northern, Lacuna Coil, Paramore, Evanescence, Faculty X, Prince, Madonna, Coldplay, Art of Noise, Hum, Audioslave, Cracker, Smashing Pumpkins, Blur, Foo Fighters, Jane's Addiction, Tori Amos, The Who, Led Zepplin, Tu Pac, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Garbage, Sarah McLachlan, Bright Eyes, Crossfade, Stone Sour, Sevendust, Breaking Benjamin, Tonic, Depeche Mode, Toadies, The Nixons, Better Than Ezra, The Verve, Mazzy Star, Buffalo Tom, The Sundays, Gin Blossoms, Weezer, Placebo, Silverchair, Live, Rancid, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Soundgarden, Veruca Salt, Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr., Spacehog, Poe, Green Day, Halestorm, TOOL, Coheed and Cambria, Rise Against, Dresden Dolls, My Chemical Romance, The White Stripes, Shiny Toy Guns, Band of Horses... ... ...
Check out my friend list as well. Lots of great bands on there.
Movies
Almost Famous, Dazed and Confused, Fight Club, So, I Married an Axe Murderer, Sol Goode, Singles, Empire Records, High Fidelity, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, The Lost Boys, Matrix, Rules of Attraction, Star Wars (first 3 movies), Resident Evil (1,2,3), ET, Cruel Intentions, Underworld, Queen of the Damned, Office Space, Purple Rain, Goonies, Clueless, American History X, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Requiem for a Dream, The Dark Crystal, The Money Pit, Romeo and Juliette, Ghost World, SEVEN, Stage Beauty, Young Frankenstein, Clue, Legend, Dumb and Dumber, Son In Law, My Life, The Banger Sisters, Office Space, Princess Bride, Finding Nemo, Lord of War, The Wedding Crashers, The Secret of Nimh...
Television
CSI, Friday Night Lights, The Family Guy, Big Bang Theory, Medium, NCIS, The United States of Tara, Bones.
Books
Dharma Punx by Noah Levine, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, Comic Book Tattoo (Tori Amos), Dune by Frank Herbert, Verses That Hurt, Don't Try This at Home: A Year in the Life of Dave Navarro, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson and Neil Strauss, Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis, The Dirt - Motley Crue, The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience by Sean Manning, Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses by R. Gary Patterson...
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♪♫ TONYA ♫♪ A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful. Posted 15 hours ago view more
Touring with Tonya is my blog about all things music that interests me. Anything from music news, new releases, show reviews, local band and show information and more. I would be grateful if those of you visiting my page would take the time to check it out and comment. If you have anything you would like me to consider posting about (i.e. upcoming show flyers/info.) shoot me an email. This blog is featured on Grand Island's local newspaper website www.theindependent.com as well as the Grand Island Blogs site. There is definitely an audience of people that will be reading the content which will give bands and/or establishments added exposure. Much thanks!
DON'T LET SOMEONE BE YOUR PRIORITY IF ALL YOU ARE TO THEM IS AN OPTION.
"If history teaches us anything it is simply this...every revolution carries within it the seeds of destruction and empires that rise will one day fall."
--"Children of Dune" by Frank Herbert
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." -Julius Caesar
"To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
"A military force established by deception of sense that you deceive enemies so that they do not know your real condition, and that they can establish supremacy. It is mobilized by a game in a sense that it goes into action when it sees an advantage, dividing and recombining is done to confuse opponents and observe how they react to you so that they can adapt and situate and seize victory. Therefore, when it moves swiftly it is like the ramp, when it goes slowly it is like the force. It is rapacious as fire and immovable as mountains, and as swift
as the wind in that it goes without a trace and withdraws like lightning and it is like a force in that its whirling and is rapacious as fire across a plain, not leaving a single blade of grass. But as immovable as a mountain, and it is dark all around. It is hard to know as the dark ends up killing thunder. To ponder a locality to line up your troupes to expand your territory divide the spoils. The rule for military operations is to feed of the enemy as much as possible, however, the localities where people do no have very much it is necessary to divide up the troupes into smaller groups to take what they need here and there. For when then and there, there will be enough. Welcome to the universe." -From Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"
"Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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About Me
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Most importantly -- I am a FUN chick. I dislike wasting my time, I have little of it. HONESTY in people is important to me. I have a ginormous heart and love doing special things for those I adore in life. I am a good listener and advice giver. My biggest pet peeve is when people say they are going to do something and then don't -- no matter how big or small. Be true to your word. I am a firm believer in karma. You get back what you put out there.
I LOVE music. Having friends in the industry has afforded me many awesome opportunities to see and meet others in the industry. Traveling to shows and listening to people make music=therapy.
I dig scary roller coasters, haunted houses, cotton candy lip smacker, banana milkshakes, acai smoothies, eating lunch with my grandma every day, my family and my friends.
.::THIS *IS* INDEED THE DEFINITION OF ME::. CANCER - June 22-July 22: Tenacious, Retentive, Trustworthy, Resourceful, Loyal, Intuitive, Generous, Emotional, Loving, Sensitive, Protective, Cautious, Wise, Indecisive, Romantic, Moody, Imaginative, Sympathetic, Sentimental, Caring, Sincere. Compatible with Taurus, Pisces, Scorpio.
Who I'd like to meet: Don Miguel Ruiz, Christopher Walken, Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins, Dave Navarro, Gwen Stefani, Shirley Manson, Taylor Kitsch, Noah Levine & Marilyn Manson to name a few.
Hi Tonya...thanks for adding us! We have a couple of free downloads on our page if you'd like..also our CD will be available soon if you're interested...
Hey! I heard through the grapevine that emphatic was looking for an opening band on the 17th? Anyway you could hook that up? We would be eternally grateful!!!!
indeed the rumors have carried for miles and miles and yes you shall be seeing us at none other than the wonderful 'Garage' in Kearney sat. oct. 17. hopefully it will be as grand as the island from which you come? have a good one now!
Good seeing you the other night, official Street Team captain! The boys are shaking my house to the ground rehearsing in the basement as I type - wish we could hide in their equipment cases and run around NYC this week too!
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