The Well XVII:Cooter McClarky goin' buck wild"

[3'scompany]

JB was nice enough to bequeath this honor upon me.

In the words of Pat Benatar, "Hit me with your best shot".



Weird questions welcomed.





Thank you guys so much for coming out. Uhhh, I'm drunk. Here we go...

(Bonus points for anyone who gets that reference)

 

[jerryjg]

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First in. Coming out? what do you mean coming out?
I hope Theodie dont hit you with his best shot.
Okay. Lets see, a question...
Do you need new tires?

 

[3'scompany]

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First in. Coming out? what do you mean coming out?

To the slaughter of course. Derrrr.

I hope Theodie dont hit you with his best shot.
Okay. Lets see, a question...
Do you need new tires?

Nope. My truck doesn't even have 50k miles on it. And when my truck needs new tires, I'm putting tank treads on it like so:

 

[thucydides]

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Do you think jerryjg's avatar would go out w/your avatar?

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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What do you order at a sushi bar?

Favorite alcoholic beverage?

Wanna see a pic of my snake with a mouse butt hanging out of his mouth?

Know where I can get a copy of Office 2003 for a reasonable price?

 

[Willis]

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Know where I can get a copy of Office 2003 for a reasonable price?

thread hijacked!

 

[3'scompany]

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Do you think jerryjg's avatar would go out w/your avatar?

Of course. I'm pretty sure that I, errmm... I mean the dude in my avatar could turn even the straightest man gay, but not that he'd want to as he's filled with so much machismo!

What do you order at a sushi bar?

Well, I'm not really a sushi fan. I hate the taste of the seaweed paper (one of the few foods that automatically induce my gag reflex) so if I'm going to eat any "sushi" it is usually albacore sashimi.

But more often than not I usually order a crap load of tempura shrimp and gyoza. I can eat tons of both of those. It is kinda funny because I love going to sushi restaurants, but don't really eat sushi. Oh well, I'm weird like that.

Favorite alcoholic beverage?

Hmmm... Well I really like beer and cocktails so I'll just do my favorite of each.

Cocktail: Sailor Jerry rum and Ginger Ale. Tastes amazing.

Beer: Usually a revolving door. I'm not too picky. Though I really like Pyramid's Apricot-wizen (kinda girly I know) and Spaten is pretty good too.

Wanna see a pic of my snake with a mouse butt hanging out of his mouth?

How could I not? Bring it on!

Know where I can get a copy of Office 2003 for a reasonable price?

Hmm. Well, if you had a Mac I could just let you borrow my copy of Office Mac and install it and then just ship it back. But for some reason I don't think you have a Mac. You might want to just listen to NOOB. :dunno:

thread hijacked!

Keep it in your pants noobie

J/k

 

[cream123]

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what is it with glam rock? i've never understood that. it's good music for the most part, it's just kind of wierd (this coming from the 15 yr old who listens to jazz)


what was your first guitar?

 

[3'scompany]

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what is it with glam rock? i've never understood that. it's good music for the most part, it's just kind of wierd (this coming from the 15 yr old who listens to jazz)

All I know is it is flashy and fun. I'm not crazy in love with the music, though I do enjoy bands like Winger from time to time. It more so is my love with the whole gaudy display and self mockery. I love the crazy outfits, white amps, day-glo guitars, fireworks, smoke machines, lasers, etc. I just like it when bands have fun, often at their own expense, and aren't too stuffy or serious.

I always told myself that if I were in a big touring band that I'd have Europe's 'Final Countdown' playing while the roadies set up shop behind a curtain. Then when the solo hit I'd have fireworks go off, smoke rising, lasers shooting, the curtain drop and then have my other guitar player and I standing on ego boxes* and bust out the harmonized solo for that song as the rest of the band came in. If that gives you any idea how I feel about being a priggish and uber serious musician...

*ego boxes - for those not in the know, a box at the front of the stage with a metal grate on top. You place lights (possibly a fog machine too) underneath that shoot up. You then stand up on said box to rise up and flaunt your schtuff.

what was your first guitar?

My first acoustic was an old Goya nylon string classical. It was made in the late 60's I think. Not well made and doesn't sound too great either. But it was a start and I still own it.

My first electric was a Epiphone Les Paul Special II. I still have it though it doesn't get any use. I'm pretty sure it is made out of particle board. And the saddles on the bridge were terrible. I used to break strings like crazy.

 

[thucydides]

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Do you have any thought re music as a life long pursuit and passion?

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

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You've mentioned before that you had a 'touring rig' and were in a touring band - mind giving us the backstory to that?

How do you like Berkeley? What made you pick that over other schools? Mind sharing your GPA/SAT/ACT scores, if applicable? (I'll be applying for Uni's quite soon, if you can't tell).

Mind giving us a brief (or detailed) history of your listening preferences.

Same as above, but with gear instead of music?

 

[3'scompany]

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Do you have any thought re music as a life long pursuit and passion?

Hahaha. Funny you ask. Nearly 3 years ago to the date I quit my job, quit school, moved 400 miles back to my home town to join a band that I thought for sure would give me a shot at making a living playing music for at least half a decade or so. That situation greatly changed my thoughts about pursuing music, more specifically how I would pursue it.

In short, I learned that music shouldn't be a means to an end but an end in and of itself. Not that I viewed playing music as a ticket to benefits before, but my last band really made me realize what music meant to me. I realized that music is as important to me with my guitar plugged into my headphones in my apartment or being played on stage in front of a thousand people. I believe music should be pursued for the love of it and for no other reason. Only then will music be genuine and if you truly love what you are doing, no one can take away or belittle authenticity of your craft.

I don't know. That probably doesn't answer your question too well but it really kinda put me in a daze as my mentality toward music has been all over the place lately. I'm kinda in a musical crisis right now with some decisions I have to make involving my future and music.

 

[3'scompany]

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You've mentioned before that you had a 'touring rig' and were in a touring band - mind giving us the backstory to that?

Ahhh... :laugh2:

Here we go. Christmas 3 years ago I moved down to So Cal (actually right by you, in Camarillo) to get a change of scenery, change of school (went to Ventura City College) and to find new musical prospects. Well, after about 4 or so months of being frustrated I get a call from my buddy who is a drummer. He said a band we knew from Sacramento needed a drummer and guitar player for their summer tour. A temporary thing.

Well, the more I investigate, I realize that it is a permanent gig. This is just after I had bought road cases for all my gear, put new pup's in my guitars, got my rig dialed. I figured it was fate.

The band had a toured with Papa Roach and Orgy before, had a solid touring schedule and a record deal with a company that looked like it was gonna get swallowed up by Victory. Things were looking really promising.

So I go and audition and they had already filled the position for their drummer but I told them that my buddy and I wanted to audition together and that they wouldn't be disappointed. I fly back up here for a weekend and audition with some borrowed gear from a buddy of mine and we end up getting the positions.

So after a month of practicing and getting the songs down we embarked out on the road. During this time Victory didn't buy our label, however, they were supposed to arrange a distribution deal for our record. After that things just went down hill. Our booking agent didn't promote our shows, our manager sent us out without proper funding, Victory didn't distribute our CD (the day of its re-release it wasn't even delivered to the Best Buy in our home town ) and we endured problem after problem on the road.

After being on the road for months and breaking down for the 3rd day in a row and having our van's motor blow I was about ready to kill. Then we find out that our manager wasn't going to help us get back to California even though he told us he'd "never leave us stranded". Oh yeah, we were stranded in Houston, Tx. in the middle of May. 100+ degrees and 95% humidity. Fun stuff. I had rent a Uhaul one way to Cali ($1500 in case you're wondering) to get our collective $40k worth of gear/merch back and three of us road back in a single cab Uhaul truck, from Houston to Sacramento, in pretty much two days non-stop.

After that endeavor I realized that this band wasn't going to fulfill its hopes and when we got back I quit and decided to go back to school. I decided that I had to pursue a career that had a little more stability.

Touring and that band experience was honestly one of the best and worst times of my life. Being on tour was like being on a bipolar rollercoaster ride. If I had the opportunity to do it again, would I? As crazy as it sounds, yes. But I'd be much more picky about it. And I'd wait till I was done with my bachelor's degree... unless it was a big national touring act that that called me up

 

[LesStrat]

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You are the conductor of a train. A train leaves the station at 4:00pm EST traveling west at 63 MPH and a bus leaves a station 567 miles away traveling east at 45 MPH, and the dining car runs out of t-bone steak at 5:38pm. The passengers riot, immediately, and the engineer accelerates to 75MPH for 30 minutes. What is the name of the conductor?

 

[3'scompany]

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How do you like Berkeley?

Berkeley? Don't really like it. Mostly the people who go here. Not really my cup of tea. But, I don't live here for the social life. The school I like as it challenges me and for once in my life I feel like I'm actually growing due to my education. That and I'm happy that it is one of the best universities in the country which looks good on my diploma (more on that later) and there are some phenomenal professors here. There are also a lot of great speakers that come through here. The school is cool, everything else? Kinda "meh" for me.

What made you pick that over other schools?

I got accepted to Berkeley, UCLA and UC Davis (the only schools I applied to). I chose Berkeley over the other two as I knew Berkeley's reputation and to help me get into law school. What name is on your diploma can be a big factor in what grad schools you get into and I wanted to help myself out as much as possible. I also, at the time, wanted to go to Boalt Law School (Berkeley's law school) and something like 60-70% of Boalt students come directly from Cal, so I figured that was another plus. Though honestly, given that I want to practice entertainment law, I think that a law school in So Cal might be better for me. Who knows? I've got a year to think about it.

Mind sharing your GPA/SAT/ACT scores, if applicable? (I'll be applying for Uni's quite soon, if you can't tell).

I don't mind at all. My SAT's are insignificant as I transfered from a community college and they don't look at your SAT's, though I got a 1300 on them, I think. Though the scoring for SAT's has changed in the last few years so it isn't really comparable to the standards now.

As far as GPA, I had a 3.95. I think I had maybe two B's out of 87 units Yes, I was in junior college for far too long, but because of that I've got some tips for you if you're going that route. Just let me know. But back on topic, grades are huge. Keep them as high as you can. It'll really make things easier for you in the long run.

 

[jerryjg]

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Ahhh... :laugh2:


After breaking down for the 3rd day in a row and having our van's motor blow I was about ready to kill. Then we find out that our manager wasn't going to help us get back to California even though he told us he'd "never leave us stranded". Oh yeah, we were stranded in Houston, Tx. in the middle of May. 100+ degrees and 95% humidity. Fun stuff.
E]

100 degrees and 95% humisdity in may. Yup thats Houston! LOL . Great Well so far!

 

[3'scompany]

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Mind giving us a brief (or detailed) history of your listening preferences.

Well, Greenday's 'Dookie' was the first album I ever bought, when ever that came out. I grew up listening to them, Silverchair, Soundgarden, stuff like that.

Then I got into ska/punk when Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger busted onto the scene. From there I got more into punk music than ska and discovered Strung Out which sparked my desire for harder music.

Slowly I started listening to harder stuff with more of a metal edge (i.e. Unearth), though still liking a lot of punk music.

As of now, I listen to punk, metal, southern rock, hip-hop, pop, soft acoustic stuff, basically anything as long as it has a good sense of melody. But really my preference is for punky, southern rockish, or metally stuff all rolled into one if possible. And Strung Out is still my favorite band after all these years. And I'm not afraid to admit I love Avenged Sevenfold. :laugh2:

Same as above, but with gear instead of music?

Well, I started off wanting to play bass and wanted a sparkley G&L ASAT bass as that is what the dude from silverchair played :laugh2: But the guy at the music store convinced me to play guitar for a year to get that down and then switch to bass so I'd know how to play both. Well, I took his advice about guitar and never looked back towards playing bass.

First off I got my Epi les paul special and really wanted a gibson les paul. I played that thing for years just saving for an appropriate axe. Over the years of saving I really wanted a Rick 360 and was looking at Guild hollow bodies too. When it came time to do some real shopping as I had saved a load of cash, my mom and dad told me to play a PRS they pulled off the wall as they knew I had loved the way those looked. After I played that W/F neck I was in love. Then I knew I had to save up even more $$ :laugh2:

At 14 years old I bought my blue Cu22 artist package (back when they didn't cost upwards of $4k) and have been a PRS guy ever since.

But now I'm really interested in some different guitars as I don't like having umpteen reiterations of the same guitar. Now I really want an ES-335 and a GAS over a ton of guitars but too many to mention.

As far as amps go, I got a Mesa nomad combo as my first good amp after years of playing through a crappy DOD Grind practice amp :lmao: The nomad I never really could get to sound how I wanted so I ditched it and got a JCM 2000 and had that amp until just a couple months ago. I bought a Mesa Triple rec about 6 years ago as a dumb buy (shoulda bought the dual but I was a stupid 17 year old) which I still have now and actually love how it sounds. I'd love to try out some splawns or own a bogner uber or ecstacy though. I like me the high gain stuff, but not buzz saw-y. I love the vintage setting on the 2nd channel of my recto. It sounds so heavy yet organic, if that makes sense.

Pedals, never really been a fan of. The only ones I would contemplate buying would be a delay, wah, and some other random crap that I'd use for like 30 seconds of one song.

Man VK, those were some verbally taxing questions, but good ones none the less. Made me reflect a bit

 

[3'scompany]

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You are the conductor of a train. A train leaves the station at 4:00pm EST traveling west at 63 MPH and a bus leaves a station 567 miles away traveling east at 45 MPH, and the dining car runs out of t-bone steak at 5:38pm. The passengers riot, immediately, and the engineer accelerates to 75MPH for 30 minutes. What is the name of the conductor?

Cooter McClarky: Conductor Extraordinaire


Edit: Funny story about the name 'Cooter McClarky'. I actually almost legally changed my name to that in a bet for some money. Good times

 

[Jake]

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Is the social scene at Berkeley really that bad? How rough is the coursework?

I ask because I've been considering it for when I go to graduate school.



P.S....what the heck is it with that dude in your avatar? :laugh2:

 

[3'scompany]

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Is the social scene at Berkeley really that bad?How rough is the coursework?

I ask because I've been considering it for when I go to graduate school.

No, not unbearable. I just don't really hang out with hippies, hipsters and pretentious pseudo-intellectuals. :laugh2: There are some cool people here, but as a whole I don't really get along with the majority of them. And most people here get really mad when they hear I'm a gun dude and love to go shooting.

The music scene here isn't my thing either, as I'm not into indie music and liking obscure bands just to be obscure. Though the music scene here does inspire me to start my rock/southern rock/party rock band I've wanted to form and name either 'Whisky Tango' or 'Night Panther' just to stir things up :laugh2:

As far as the course work goes, while I can't comment on the grad programs, the undergrad isn't insane. I was worried about it when I transfered but managed to have my lowest grade last semester be an A- for a class I really didn't like to much. It is a lot of work, but it isn't ridiculous. There is A LOT of reading though. I spend a lot of my time reading. A lot.

You mentioned wanting to get your MBA right? Haas is a great business school and good luck. Hope to see you here. If you go here and I go to Boalt we'll have to grab a beer! :beerchug:

P.S....what the heck is it with that dude in your avatar? :laugh2:

Other than him being extremely awesome? I don't know. He just glows with rad-itude. When I found my old avatar of him I just about died with delight. Then when I found another I was ecstatic. I lost the old pic of him I had though I just want to know who he is.