Music art and literature and film. Anything that came from someone's mind and became real.
Music
Soul, Jazz, Punk, Rock, Hip Hop, Experimental, Hispanic - in no particluar order
Movies
Oh my....too many..here it goes, in no particluar order...Touch of Evil,Sunset Boulevard, The Sacrifice, Notorious, Stand By Me, The 6th Sense, Dreams, Spirited Away, The Third Man, The Lady From Shanghai, Vampire's Kiss, The Meaning of Life, The City of Lost Children, Minnie and Moskowitz, The Professional, Baxter, Bladerunner(director's cut) Lord of the Rings movies (sorry, Steve), Dark Days, Wings of Desire, Men With Guns, Solaris(original), Alien, This is Spinal Tap, Slaughterhouse Five, Betty Blue, Lost in Translation, Citizen Kane, Ghost Dog, No Direction Home, 5 Corners, The Big Lebowski, Limbo, Gods and Monsters, The Stalker, The Incredibles, Deadzone, Waiting for Guffman, Videodrome, A Nightmare on Elm St., Woman Under the Influence, The Shining, Better Off Dead, The Iron Giant, The Road to Wellsville, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Close My Eyes, Vertigo, Brother From Another Planet, Planet of the Apes movies, Hellboy, Nostalgia, The Dark Backward, Pulp Fiction, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hollywood Knights, Down By Law, Casablanca, Fargo, The Tin Drum, The King of Comedy, Cutter's Way, Pecker, Shadows, My Name is Ivan, Dog Day Afternoon, The Fantastic Planet, Life of Brian, Jacob's Ladder, Angelheart, The Devils, JFK, Brain Candy, Passion Fish, Paris Texas, 12 Monkies, Don't Look Back, Super Bad, Opening Night,Saturday Night Fever, Burnt by the Sun, American Beauty, The Jerk, Ghost World, A Mighty Wind, Brain Candy, Mars Attacks, The Orkley Kid (this is a work in progress...)
Television
Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Dead Like Me, The Office (British), Night Stalker, Twilight Zone, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Night Shadows, Wild Wild West, Star Trek, Law and Order, That 70's Show, Arrested Development, Columbo, Futurama, To Tell the Truth, Antique Road Show, Cosmos, Frontline, The Daily Show, Southpark, Adult Swim (especially Sea Lab), The Family Guy, The Lone Ranger, and ok...I admit it...Punk'd, The Amazing Race, Survivor, America's Next Top Model
Books
Light in August, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Scanner Darkly, Fight Club, Ulysses, Watchmen, The Wild Palms, For the Union Dead, Pattern Recognition, V For Vendetta, Cawdor and Media, American Tabloid, Empire of the Sun, Dylan: A Biography, The Tin Drum, Dr. Bloodmoney, Life Studies, Potrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Sandman (series), Dear Judas, The Crystal World, Lord of the Rings books, A Canticle for Leibowitz, The Bell Jar, 1984,The Devils of Loudon, The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Beauty Myth, Life Studies, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, American Gods, The Dune books, The Color Purple, The People's History of the United States, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the Atrocity Exhibition, Sculpting in Time, Concrete Island, Drunken Boat, Man in the High Castle, The Sirens of Titan, The Chronicles of Narnia, Virtual Light, Huckelberry Finn, Cat and Mouse, Robinson Jeffers; Selected Poems, The Neon Bible, The Sound and the Fury, the Harry Potter books, The Boys of Boise, The Kindness of Women, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, Steppenwolf, As I Lay Dying, Idoru, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Player Piano, Colosus, Robert Lowell: Collected Poems, Soldier's Pay, Time Must Have a Stop, Crash, Willard and His Bowling Trophies, American Blood, Manufacturing Consent, Sanctuary, Cortez and Montezuma, Tom Sawyer, The Passion, Post Office, Naked Lunch, The Horse and His Boy, The Unlimited Dream Company, Hocus Pocus (this list is, of course, a work in progress until it gets boring)
Heroes
There are many people I admire...'Hero' is a strong word. Usually, you are setting someone too high and they can never live up to it. I have met some of my 'heroes' and been disappointed. Real heroes, I suppose, are those folks that silently keep the fiber of the world together and get no recognition. Thank God (or whomever) for them!
About me: I am 43 (new to the MySpace/online community thing). I spent most of my youth playing music pretty seriously, drums and bass (Treepeople, The Halo Benders, Violent Green, Faintly Macabre', Panic Bird and many others as well as some studio stuff) but am now focusing on writing and visual art, which I have done since I was a very young (music hit at 16).
I grew up in Boise, Idaho, a wonderful small town. Despite its isolation and conservative base, there are many cool people, talented musicians and artists, with a unique point of view. I cut my teeth in music there, playing hardcore punk in the early to mid eighties, first singing in a band called Dissident Militia, who practiced in a garage with and played shows with Septic Death, brainchild of Pushead (the punk rock/skateboard artist) who lived there at the time. Because of his connections, we played with many of the best punk bands of the time, and had amazing record collections. Possibly the best time to be a teenager in Boise!
This band evolved into the band State of Confusion (bass) who toured the west coast and Northwest, this band evolved into the band Treepeople (drums), that relocated to Seattle in 1989 (just before the music 'explosion')playing pop-punk amidst a sea of retro 70's rock bands (and some badass, unfairly overlooked punk bands; read: The Purdins, Whipped, Christ on a Crutch), developed an all ages and bar following and did pretty well.
Personal differences got in the way and I quit in '91 and they went on, until eventually there was only one original member, who finally quit and formed his own band (Stuntman) Another member formed Built to Spill, whom I collaborated with in a band called The Halo Benders (bass and drums). Violent Green (bass) was next, punk/folk/goth/trip hop brainchild of one Jenny Olay. I quit in '98 and mostly worked with songwriters (Chris Kowanko, The Anathema Project) until I got a tech job that moved me to Boston, where I lived for 5 years. I am now located in Portland, Oregon.
For more on my music history and the histories of the Boise and Seattle scenes based on my experiences in them, see the music history blogs above. It's carb free!
Lastly, I have not arranged my 'top friends'in any way. Those were just the first friends I had on My Space. I would feel silly doing that.
i was telling a friend last night about the poem you read that poetically answered those annoying interview questions. she thought that was a great idea. i just wanted to tell you that i really enjoyed that piece. good work!
What's going on today? I'm moving everything back to Columbia City. Hope you're doing well. Are you playing any music? We're having a tough time to get a gig around here. Everyone thinks I suck I guess. Well screw them!
My band the Fred Roth Revue (Ana-Them) will play an all ages afternoon, quieter than normal show at Le Pichet (Seattle) on Sunday March 22nd. This special event will feature Fred Roth playing 2 sets of duets. Drummer Scott Griggs will not be playing for this quieter set but there’s a good chance he will stop by to give the band a very hard time (for fun of course). The first set will be with Fred Roth on Bass and Merch DeGrasse on Guitar. The second set will feature Fred Roth on Bass (again) and Keith Cook on Guitar.
The show starts at 2:30pm Sunday March 22nd and will last until 4:30pm. It’s a Free show but bring some change for the wine and good food at Le Pichet.
Le Pichet 1933 1st Avenue Seattle All Ages Free For The People
Greatness needs the weeds in order to truly thrive. Be unlike flower: open petals to darkness and light. Accept all and whisper thrice in mirror, "I AM GREAT . . . "
Rhino! why we no see you up here in snowy salty rustdom? you must fix this wayneless flowerless state of affairs asap. I know it's yo birthday in a day or three. Have a happy one. Finally got our Volunteer video downsized and uploaded on our myspace and youtube...good luck, big guy!
Happy Holidays Wayne to you and yours. I really hope that all is we and that we see each other some time soon. I was just listening to Violent Green recently and can't get over how unique that band was. Bloody brilliant. Take care. xoxo Martin
