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It's the closest thing I had to a home, growing up. | It's the closest thing I had to a home, growing up. | ||
==Alone IV== | |||
I currently have no plans to release a 4th Alone album. | |||
I'm finding that old material is very useful for new songs. | |||
==Avant Garde== | |||
My metal band in senior year of high school and for a few years after. | |||
I saw the name in an airline magazine on the flight home from LA my senior of high school. | |||
I later renamed it "Zoom." after Randal Cohen suggested we change the name.. | |||
==bac== | ==bac== | ||
==Beethoven== | ==Beethoven== | ||
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==Elliot Smith== | ==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. | 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. | ||
==Frank Cuomo== | |||
My dad. My parents divorced when I was about 4. | |||
==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.) | ||
==Guitar Picks== | |||
I normally use Jim Dunlop .73mm guitar picks but will use thicker picks in very hot conditions and thinner picks in very cold conditions. | |||
==Harutoshi Ito== | |||
Kyoko's dad. A really cool guy. | |||
He helped carry in my luggage when I first arrived at their house in 2005. | |||
He volunteers as a teacher of ma jong to other seniors. | |||
He has afib. | |||
==Headphones== | ==Headphones== | ||
Bed = noise cancelling. everywhere else = not noise cancelling. | Bed = noise cancelling. everywhere else = not noise cancelling. | ||
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==Kyushu== | ==Kyushu== | ||
The island where Kyoko is from. | The island where Kyoko is from. | ||
==Leaves Cuomo== | |||
My brother. | |||
aka James Kitts | |||
The “Jimmy” I wrestled with in Say It Ain’t So | |||
==Little Martin== | ==Little Martin== | ||
I use a Little Martin Ed Sheeran ÷ Edition Guitar when I play in my home studio. | I use a Little Martin Ed Sheeran ÷ Edition Guitar when I play in my home studio. | ||
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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. | 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. | Time magazine did a story about my Nerd Nights, written by Joel Stein; it was originally published in the November 3, 2014 issue. | ||
==No One Else== | ==No One Else== | ||
Written about Petra. | Written about Petra. | ||
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My grandparents owned a black lab, and one time it cut its nose by getting it stuck in a can of pork and beans. | My grandparents owned a black lab, and one time it cut its nose by getting it stuck in a can of pork and beans. | ||
==Plants== | |||
Dig 'em. I got a lot of 'em. | |||
All kinds of plants. Yep. | |||
==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. | ||
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I will review your work before it goes public. | I will review your work before it goes public. | ||
==Santa Monica== | |||
The city where I live. | |||
==Sleep== | ==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. | I go to sleep at 10:45pm every night. Alarm set for 6am.Sometimes I wake up earlier. I'm not a great sleeper. | ||
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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.) | 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.) | ||
==Songs From The Black Hole== | |||
Songs from the Black Hole was a space themed rock opera/musical originally envisioned as the follow-up album to The Blue Album, but during the course of songwriting/demoing, the concept was discarded, and the project evolved into the album Pinkerton. Several of the SFTBH songs ended up on Pinkerton or as single b-sides, some of which were slightly altered lyrically or sonically. | |||
Actually, most of the songs were written before I had the concept in mind. Then I tried to alter them to fit the concept. Then after abandoning the concept, I went back to the original version. For example, the first 4 songs on Pinkerton. | |||
As stated on the April 9, 2020 Island in the Zoom episode, I do not plan on releasing a Songs From The Black Hole album, as all songs have been released on various other albums available for listening on my Spotify pag | |||
==Toothpaste== | ==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. | 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. | ||