Bio

* born n.c.
* see kevin keck’s 3 piece band do “purple haze” at high school gymnasiam pep rally
* bought a def leppard bootleg cassette at a north carolina flea market
* chose’s tesla’s “five man acoustical jam” over r.e.m.’s “out of time” at record bar
* two month’s later in the bargin bin of said record bar finds bad brains “youth are getting restless”
* discovers jane’s addiction “nothing shocking” and begins writing poetry seriously
* writes some seriously bad poetry
* borrows neighbors sears silvertone guitar and starts practicing in earnest
* see’s first rock shows of 24-7 spyz and mudhoney & magnapop
* discovers magnapop’s from athens, ga
* start regular trip’s down from charlotte to atlanta & to chapel hill to see whoever
* bond’s deeply with younger cousin keith and begin playing and writing music together
* see’s five-eight and permantly borrows “weirdo”
* leonard cohen
* drives across country w/ father to move to california
* discovers the smith’s
* visit south africa
* move to georgia fer first time
* befriend tom cheshire
* records fer the first time in kennesaw, ga
* california (again)
* split 7″ with five-eight
* australia
* thailand
* geogia (again)
* discover the rock*a*teens
* europe
* meet andy baker
* gradually record “teeth measure the need” in athens, ga with baker
* make “sew a doll about it” short film bout the r*A*t’s
* “raising” video
* australia
* month long US tour
* family health issues and all life pauses
* write all the time
*  james tate, john berryman, wallace stevens, david mamet
* “…whilst honey hums”
* david bermans “actual air”
* “ambulance driver’s” video
* over drinks with eric bachman decide to compile book on subject of unique songwriting
* sits down with steve malkmus, robyn hitchcock, neko case
* travels US fer book
* goes to dischord house and listens to queen with ian m
* sips sweet tea fer two hours w/ vic chesnutt on his front porch