For realsies this time. No accidental clicking of the back button on my mouse at home, no random iTunes/VLC/Mozilla freeze that drops my computer faster than Timmy down the well.
At work, out of coal samples, and an hour and a half left of nothing to do but finally get this thing written down.
Formative Years (1-12)
States: Idaho, Arizona
Music: Solely parental influences (mostly) passed through a Baptist doctrinal filter.
Jerry Lee Lewis
Roy Orbison
The Beach Boys
Carman
Steven Curtis Chapman
Meatloaf
Events of note: Carman, Sesame Street on Ice (Oh yes, you haven't lived till you've seen Big Bird on ice skates)
Early Adolescence/JR High/Freshman, Soph years of HS (13-15)
States: Washington
Music: Hella pop
The Barenaked Ladies
Matchbox Twenty
Train
Everclear
Shawn Colvin
Third Eye Blind
Vertical Horizon
Events of Note: None
Jr./Sr. years of HS (16-18)
State: Washington
Music: Blue-haired, spike-wrist-ed, wallet chain-ed, angsty, angry, commercial metal, Nu-metal, etc. Don't judge me, even Milly Vanilly had fans at one point.
Korn
Tool
Rage Against the Machine
Disturbed
Trapt
Chevelle
Mudvayne
Project 86
Staind
Limp Bizkit
Events of Note: KUFO's Rockfest at Columbia Meadows in Portland. Saw Korn, Chevelle, Trapt, Disturbed, Motograter, and more. Spiked blue hair, way-too-tight jeans, way-too-tight black
Stavesacre t-shirt, spiked wristbad. I was so scene. The only punk kid at a metal show.
Post-HS/Comm. College (19-21)
States: Washington
Music: Entry level diversification, appreciation for older stuff
Jem
The Violent Femmes
The Presidents of the United States of America
Echo and the Bunnymen
Dio
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Millencolin
Flogging Molly
Bad Religion
A Perfect Circle
The Mars Volta
The Postal Service
Death Cab for Cutie
The Dandy Warhols
Portishead
Massive Attack
Events of Note: Vans Warped Tour '04, Several Flogging Molly shows, A Perfect Circle w/ The Mars Volta @ The Tacoma Dome, The Violent Femmes + Echo and the Bunnymen + POTUSA +The Psychedelic Furs @ The White River Amphitheatre, COACHELLA feat. Tool, Massive Attack, Atmosphere, Gnarls Barkley, She Wants Revenge, Sigur Ros, Kanye West, etc, etc. Roadrunner Record release party featuring Mastodon, Three Inches of Blood.
WWU (22-23)
States: Washington
Music: So much indie hip-hop, turntablism, 3-4 month stage of nothing but female vocalists, burgeoning interest in the local scene, Mike Patton projects
Atmosphere
The Blue Scholars
Common Market
Aesop Rock
DJ Shadow
Cut Chemist
Ozomatli
Regina Spektor
Amy Winehouse
Blonde Redhead
Björk
My Brightest Diamond
Silversun Pickups
Girl Talk
The Decemberists
Patient Patient
The Braille Tapes
Onalaska
Peeping Tom
Faith No More
Mr. Bungle
Fantomas
Tomahawk
Iron And Wine
Jason Webley
Events of Note: Atmosphere at the now defunct Nightlight, Blue Scholars + Common Market + Aesop Rock on a couple of occasions, The Decemberists with My Brightest Diamond, Peeping Tom on two consecutive days followed immediately by Regina Spektor (That was an amazing weekend, ps) Silversun Pickups twice, Patient Patient at Endfair, Yacht at Endfair, Viva Voce at Endfair
Migratory Path to Texas to Present State (23-24)
States: Washington, Texas, and everything in between
Music: *shrug*
Events of Note: B.B. King...
Wow, I can't believe I've only seen one show since I've been in Texas...
Tomahawk
Vanity Fair
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