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I'm still playing way under tempo. Being able to play the sonatas is one of my greatest sources of pride and Joy. I can't believe I'm able to do it after all the years of piano practice. | I'm still playing way under tempo. Being able to play the sonatas is one of my greatest sources of pride and Joy. I can't believe I'm able to do it after all the years of piano practice. | ||
==Betsy== | |||
Betsy was the name of our first tour van. Karl and Pat found it. It broke down a lot. We built a lot in the back. | |||
==Beverly Shoenberger== | ==Beverly Shoenberger== | ||
My mom. Born May 8, 1947. Lived in Charlotte South Carolina until she was 8, then Atlanta, Georgia. | My mom. Born May 8, 1947. Lived in Charlotte South Carolina until she was 8, then Atlanta, Georgia. | ||
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The web programming class I'm taking right now. Online through EdX. | The web programming class I'm taking right now. Online through EdX. | ||
A follow up to cs50 which I took from 2015-2019. | A follow up to cs50 which I took from 2015-2019. It's taught by Brian you. I met him. | ||
==DeTour== | |||
A 2015 TV show pilot that was inspired by my life, about a rockstar who decides to go back to college. The fictitious band name was originally "Modern Dukes" (from a song of the same name that I'd released to fans in 2001 and that I'd considered for Make Believe); but had to be changed to "Crimson Dukes" due to some copyright issue. (I thought the creators just like that name better?) | |||
I filmed a cameo in it, playing a "Professor Kitts". | |||
The show didn't get picked up. It's weird; in music, if you make an album and your label decides not to put it out, you can bring it to another label to release it. I learned that was not the case with TV, so we ended up with a completely finished pilot that we couldn't show anyone. | |||
==Elliot Smith== | |||
My 90's "girlfriend", Jennifer Chiba, was his girlfriend at the time of his death. She left me a distraught voice message but I was in one of my first meditation courses. | |||
==Gina Cuomo== | ==Gina Cuomo== | ||
My half-sister. Grew up in Germany. She has two kids now. I remember helping her practice piano when she was about 10 years old. That's when I was on tour in Germany in support of the blue album I think. In 1995? | My half-sister. Grew up in Germany. She has two kids now. I remember helping her practice piano when she was about 10 years old. That's when I was on tour in Germany in support of the blue album I think. In 1995? | ||
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We were able to get out of our management contract because our manager broke the law when he booked the GP shows himself (instead of going through our agent.) | We were able to get out of our management contract because our manager broke the law when he booked the GP shows himself (instead of going through our agent.) | ||
==Headphones== | |||
Bed = noise cancelling. everywhere else = not noise cancelling. | |||
==Hearing== | ==Hearing== | ||
Seems to be ok. Probably should get tested again. | Seems to be ok. Probably should get tested again. | ||
==Kids== | |||
I have two. Mia and Leo. | |||
==Knitting== | |||
I went through a knitting phase. Never finished the blanket I was knitting. It was fun. I went to that place Simpatico on Wilshire. Looks like it's closed now. | |||
==Kyushu== | ==Kyushu== | ||
The island where Kyoko is from. | The island where Kyoko is from. | ||
==Little Martin== | |||
I use a Little Martin Ed Sheeran ÷ Edition Guitar when I play in my home studio. | |||
==Nerd Nights== | |||
These were a series of events I did between 2011-2015 in and around Santa Monica, where I invited local fans to hang out with me. It started as private movie screenings (the first two were The Neverending Story and Time Bandits) where I rented out the entire small theatre both times. | |||
Subsequent Nerd Nights were all Shakespeare-related - either screenings of live performances; or an actual performance put on by a couple of different, local Shakespeare troupes that I supported. | |||
On the eleventh Nerd Night, Brian joined me, and after watching a screening of Antony & Cleopatra, we played an acoustic version of "Cleopatra" for everyone. | |||
There was also a related daytime event that I called Dork Day, where I invited fans to bring their children out to watch a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. | |||
Time magazine did a story about my Nerd Nights. | |||
==No One Else== | ==No One Else== | ||
Written about Petra. | Written about Petra. | ||
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==Norman Richey== | ==Norman Richey== | ||
Is my current step-dad. He's a cool guy. From Malone, NY. Still coaching as a retiree but worked most of his life as a marriage/family counselor. Good guy to have on the team. He has afib. He was in the air Force. And the seminary.. | Is my current step-dad. He's a cool guy. From Malone, NY. Still coaching as a retiree but worked most of his life as a marriage/family counselor. Good guy to have on the team. He has afib. He was in the air Force. And the seminary.. | ||
==nuun== | |||
Flavored electrolyte tablets I use to make sure I drink enough water. I like a variety of flavors. | |||
==One More Hit== | |||
A song not on Weezer's upcoming 14th studio album, Van Weezer. In talks with a video game. | |||
==Pets== | |||
I do not currently own any pet. I love dogs, though. I had a cat named Calvin when I was a senior in high school. I did not train him properly. | |||
My grandparents owned a black lab, and one time it cut its nose by getting it stuck in a can of pork and beans. | |||
==Python== | ==Python== | ||
Python is a programming language that can be used both for writing command-line scripts or building web applications. | Python is a programming language that can be used both for writing command-line scripts or building web applications. | ||
I like it a lot. the server script for this application was written in Python. The name python is a reference to Monty Python. | I like it a lot. the server script for this application was written in Python. The name python is a reference to Monty Python. | ||
==Riverpedia== | |||
Please add articles. Try writing in the first person perspective, as if you're me. | |||
For example: "And then I moved to Los Angeles". | |||
Actually, just starting a new article can serve as a prompt for me to answer something you're curious about. I guess I'll go through it from time to time and flesh it out. | |||
Feel free to use html, links, and any other features of markdown. Feel free to edit and correct what I or others have written. | |||
Please take things I've said in Riverchat or elsewhere and add them to Riverpedia, if you want. | |||
I will review your work before it goes public. | |||
==Sleep== | |||
I go to sleep at 10:45pm every night. Alarm set for 6am.Sometimes I wake up earlier. I'm not a great sleeper. | |||
==S.N. Goenka== | ==S.N. Goenka== | ||
My meditation teacher. I met him in 2005. | My meditation teacher. I met him in 2005. | ||
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I visited him at his house in 2005 in Mumbai. I brought Kilgore with me. That was before we were married His teacher was sayagi u ba khin. | I visited him at his house in 2005 in Mumbai. I brought Kilgore with me. That was before we were married His teacher was sayagi u ba khin. | ||
==Steve Kitts== | |||
Was my step-dad from 1976 to 1989. Age 5 to 18, so he basically raised me. Cool guy. Still lives in Connecticut. | |||
He played goalie for his soccer team in high school. | |||
He is referenced in the bridge of "Say It Ain't So." "This bottle of Stephen's". (The bottle is the 'bottle of Heine' in the first verse.) | |||
==Toothpaste== | |||
When I'm on tour in other countries, I like to try and collect foreign toothpaste. I like variety though I'm not supposed to use any whitening kind. Liking variety is one of the major themes of my life. | |||
==Vipassana Meditation Center== | ==Vipassana Meditation Center== | ||
Shelburne Falls, MA. | Shelburne Falls, MA. | ||
I sat both my 45-day courses there. | I sat both my 45-day courses there. | ||
==Weezer== | |||
My current band. And what my dad always called me. I think he was indeed think of the Little Rascals character. Cuz "he was the cool one". | |||
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