I'm your standard Artist/Musician/Writer/Philosopher. I want people to turn off their TVs and stop being hypnotized and brainwashed by the insidious corporate media; That's why I wear my patented TV Helmet- People just can not resist looking at a TV screen. By wearing the helmet, they might listen to my ranting instead. Power to the People. Yeah, it's like that.

I'm a jack-of-all creative trades and a master of none.

I like to paint, draw, and make sculptures. I have a 10 foot tall steel sculpture, entitled "Postmodern Tree", on display along the Monongahela River in Morgantown, WV. Lately, though, I've been painting a lot.

I play bass guitar and sing some in a sludgy, psychedelic garage rock band called "I AM AHAB" which can be found on Myspace. We just recorded our demo, and after it is mastered, we will be taking the world by storm. The URL is www.myspace.com/iamahab, if you're in the mood to hear something heavy with a groove.

I also have a weird experimental space rock project of my own called "Billy and the Floating Eyeball of DOOM" for which I have home recorded one CD, "Mosquito Joe's Alien Abduction Blues". I sell them online at CDBaby and also locally at shows. It will be really big in the year 2100, but a lot of good that will do me. For this project, I play all the instruments(Guitar, Bass, Drums*, Programming, Ukulele, Keyboards, Sitar, Mandolin, and Laser Guns) You can look me up at www.myspace.com/spacecadet23, if you want to hear what a real weirdo sounds like. Drop me a line.

*I am an aspiring drummer. Like, since I was 8 years old, but I'm finally getting good at it. Yes!

I make weird homemade instruments and record weird homemade songs with them.

I can sing backwards.

I'm in the initial stages of writing a book. (Okay, the VERY initial stages.)

My passion is ...

Music/Art/Writing/Thinking

I know too much about ...

pop culture, music

My parents always told me ...

I was special

My childhood ambition ...

Brain Surgeon/ Comedian

My favorite memory ...

My street growing up.

Why I write ...

To express myself and contribute to the betterment of humanity

My first job ...

roofing with my dad

My best moment ...

tough one, I've had a few

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How to make a Pocket Dobro
I invented a guitar that can fit in a cargo pocket. It's the highest pitched guitar ever. It sounds like a cross between a Banjo, a Dobro, and rain on a tin roof. Actually it's a creative re-imagining of an old idea.

In the old days, poor people who wanted to make music but didn't have money for fancy instruments used to make their own musical devices with the materials that they had. These are the original folk instruments. A couple of the most famous examples are the washtub bass and the cigar-box guitar. Two other such homemade creations were the Spike Fi...

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