Band Geek

about me
When you really stop and think about it... music is a frivolous, self-indulgent waste of time. There's absolutely no purpose in it. That's why its so essential. I'm a total slacker.

why i'm a source
The whole institution of music as we've known it has radically changed. MP34U.com takes the original concept of college FM radio programming to the Internet. It's a privilege to contribute. You can contact me through my MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/geekofbands

i'm into
* jazz: Louis Armstrong, Anthony Braxton... * Little Richard * 60s psychedelic * 70s: punk, funk and reggae (DUB!!!) * "world" music * sound-collage * spoken-word

state of mind
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

favorite bands
Adam Ant, Afrika Bambaataa, Albert King, Al Green, Allman Brothers, Angelic Upstarts, Aretha Franklin, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Aswad, Augustus Pablo, The Avengers, B-52s, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, Bad Manners, The Bangles, Barry White, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Big Star, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Black Uhuru, Blind Faith, Blondie, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bobby Womack, Bootsy Collins, Bow Wow Wow, The Box Tops, Brian Eno, Buddy Holly, Buddy Miles, Burning Spear, Butthole Surfers, The Buzzcocks, The Byrds, Caberet Voltaire, Cameo, Camper Van Beethoven, Cannonball Adderley, Captain Beefheart, The Cars, Charlie Parker, Cheap Trick, Chicago (Transit Authority), Chico Hamilton, Chuck Berry, Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, The Clash, Cold Blood, Commodores, The Congos, Count Basie, Count Ossie, The Cramps, Cream, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Crusaders, Culture, The Cure, Curtis Mayfield, The Damned, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, The dB’s, Dead Boys, Dead Kennedys, Decendents, Deep Purple, Dennis Brown, Derrick Morgan, Desmond Dekker, Devo, The Dickies, The Dictators, Dinosaur Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Donny Hathaway, The Doors, Duke Ellington, Earth Wind & Fire, Earthquake, Eddie & the Hotrods, Eek-A-Mouse, The English Beat, Elvis Costello, Fats Domino, Fela Kuti, Fishbone, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Fugazi, Gang Of Four, Gary Numan, Generation X (Billy Idol), Gil Evans Orchestra, Gil Scott Heron, Graham Central Station, Grand Funk Railroad, Gregory Isaacs, Hank Williams, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Husker Du, Ike & Tina Turner, Illinois Jacquet, Isaac Hayes, Isley Brothers, Jackie Mittoo, Jackie Wilson, Jaco Pastorius, The Jam, James Brown, James White & The Blacks, Jane’s Addiction, Japan (post-punk new wave), Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Cliff, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Walsh, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Johnny Cash, Johnny Guitar Watson, Joy Division, Jr. Walker & The Allstars, Ken Booth, King Crimson, King Curtis, King Sunny Ade, King Tubby, The Kinks, Kool & The Gang, Kraftwerk, KRS-One, La Peste, The Last Poets, Laurel Aitken, Led Zeppelin, Lee Scratch Perry, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Little Feet, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Love (psychedelic soul), Lowell Fulsom, Madness, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Marvin Gaye, MC5, M.D.C., The Mekons, The Members, The Meters, Mikey Dread, Miles Davis, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Missing Persons, Morphine, Mott the Hoople, Muddy Waters, Mutabaruka, New Order, New York Dolls, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 999, Ohio Players, Otis Redding, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pat Metheny, Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Phil Ochs, PiL, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, The Police, Prince, Prince Buster, Procol Harum, The Ramones, Rasaan Roland Kirk, Ray Charles, The Replacements, The Residents, Richard Hell, Rick James, Robert Fripp, Rockpile, The Rolling Stones, The Roots Radics, Roxy Music, The Runaways, The Ruts, The Saints, Santana, Secret Affair, The Selecter, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Skatalites, Slave, Sleepy LaBeef, The Slits, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & Robbie, Small Faces, Social Distortion, Sonic Youth, The Specials, Stan Kenton Orchestra, The Staple Singers, Steel Pulse, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Stiff Little Fingers, The Stooges, Sugar Minot, Sun Ra, T. Rex, Talking Heads, T-Bone Walker, Television, The Temptations, Thelonious Monk, 13th Floor Elevators, Todd Rundgren, Tom Robinson Band, Tom Waits, Toots & The Maytals, Tower of Power, Traffic, Trouble Funk, U2, UB40, UK Subs, Ultravox, The Undertones, Velvet Underground, The Vibrators, War, Weather Report, The Who, Wire, Woody Guthrie, Woody Herman, Wynonie Harris, X, X-Ray Specs, XTC, The Yardbirds, Yellowman, The Zombies

favorite movies
All Monty Python's movies, Spinal Tap, True Stories (David Byrne), Brazil (Terry Gilliam), Goodfellas, JFK (Oliver Stone), Kung Fu Hustle... to name a few

favorite books
"Is There Life After Birth" by Alexander King