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My favorite music artists are....
Beatles, Nick Lowe, Paul Westerberg, Rockpile.
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Ice Hockey, Baseball, Recording Sound.

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My Earliest 'Spinal Tap' Moment

Posted on December 30, 2011 at 12:00am 0 Comments

Many moons ago, I was in a rock band with a drummer who fancied himself as a ‘McGyver’ sort of guy. He was always rigging up these insane contraptions that he believed would make our gigs better and propel us into instant stardom, or at least the occasional backstage case of beer. Trouble was, none of them worked. Ever. Once he welded one metal snare drum shell ON TOP of another. Why? I don’t know.

Anyway, I still vividly recall the time he had the brilliant idea to take one of my…

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