| 1970, age 5. Several things here:
1) My pants. 2) That painting. WTF? 3) The 500lb. TV. 4) The decoupaged Magi. 5) The lamp, based on the Witch King's mace from the Lord of the Rings. 6) One word: Paneling. All that and the ever-present second hand smoke, and you have my childhood in the 1970's. | 1972, Age 7. I think this was the last in a long line of kiddie drum sets that I would receive each Christmas, and utterly destroy by New Years. At age 7 my parents relented and got me an adult drum kit. |
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| 1975, Age 10. First time on stage. Johnny Martin and I are singing Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at a cub scout talent show. And, we won! 50 dollars* and a gold cup**! (*Monopoly. **Our troup leaders bowling trophy that we had to give back.) | 1988, Age 23. This was my second set, garage sale $40.00. Not pictured is the original gawd-awful orange 'glitterflake' finish, which I painstakingly peeled off. I also added various mis-matched components and a lot baling wire and duct tape. Oh, and the last appearance of my chin. |
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| 1989, Age 24. Same set with even more fleamarket finds stuck on. I was in Quazimojo at this point, in that garage studio for the next ten years. (Fun Fact!: I worked at Community Hospital at this point, and we eventually covered the entire studio in eggcrate foam taken from patients that had died.) | 1989, age 25. Enter Pflip, my Pearl World Class 7 piece kit with rack. I added roto-toms (in pic) and several other woodblocks, bells, and eventually 10 cymbals. Fun with insurance settlements! Note also that I have a microphone and appear to be "singing". Unfortunately what emerges sounds like a yodeling clock radio alarm. |
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| 1990, Age 25. First Gig with Quazimojo, at a dive bar in Live Oak. | The Latham Brothers rhythm section. |
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| 1991, age 26. Promo Shot with Quazimojo: Mike, Lisa, Me and Don. | 1992. Gig in Quasti. Looks like I have the double bass drum contraption working, as well as a serious mullet going. Business in front - party in the back! |
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| 1994, age 29. Rockin' the porta-potties! I decided to learn hand drums. This is a July 4th gig in San Jose with Jim Greiner's Hands On! troupe, who I performed with for 4+ years. That day we played for 8 hours with three 15 minute breaks. | 1993. First band on the Wharf-to-Wharf course. The good news is you get to play for 10,000 people. The bad news is your audience is running away from you. |
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| 1995, age 30. Quazimojo Mark II: Barbara, me, Don and Ed. This was a "Leo" costume Party. I came as the constellation. | 1996, Age 31. Cycling Club gig in 95 degree temperatures. |
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| 2002, age 37. Playing Riq for the Village Idiots at a pirate party. | 2007, Age 41. Last several years I have been doing a lot of music for large public rituals. Here is a Beltane I played with my fellow Goth Faeries, Victoria and Amanda. Looks like I have the doumbek out. Dig the socks. |
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| 2007, age 41. Mykey's Epic birthday party. After 15 years Quazimojo finally called it quits and Cath and I reorganized as AMN, the band with many names. Here we are, Me, Cath, Jack and John (not in pic), introducing "House of the Rising Grace". | So that's it. Music IS the harshest mistress, But I have managed to have a buttload of fun doing it. |
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