My old bands:

First up are two tracks from Captain Paradox, which I was in from the Fall of 2000 through the winter of 2001-2002. We had to split up because our singer/songwriter/guitarist got married and moved to Pittsburgh where he continues to play as Captain Paradox the solo artist. The following are from our very last show together in January of 2002 straight from the soundboard of the Velvet Lounge in DC. Here's Captain Kirk Kicks Ass (which also appears in the Washington Interns Gone Bad soundtrack) and Sargasso Sea.

Before I was in Captain Paradox, I was in Dirtpatch from the summer of 99 to the summer of 2000. I met Russ Henry on an online forum for Ween fans and we decided to start a band since we both lived in the DC area and had similar tastes. He brought in his old friend John Wood on guitar and vocals. We went through some cheesy drum machines and two drummers before we split up due to Russ and John both needing to be the songwriting force behind their own bands, both of which are great. These tracks are from our first gig with our first drummer at a house party in College Park, MD. Fighting Rambo Action Man and Evil Elf.

Long before Dirtpatch, before I moved to Washington in the summer of 96, I was in a band called Fnord. We played mostly dark and moody songs with silly names and references to Space Ghost, the X Files and the Jerky Boys. Our stage gimmic was that our singer used to set his trumpet on fire while playing solos. We split up because our drummer moved to New Orleans and I moved to DC. Here are some fairly muddy sounding recordings of Flaming Sam Büca and The Song that Dare Not Speak its Name.

My blog themesong

A few years ago, a guy named Philip from a blog called swordfight offered to write and record themesongs for blogs. At the time, I was running a blog that was a production diary for my first film, Washington Interns Gone Bad. Here's the theme he did for me.

Covering Radiohead

Experimenting with Cakewalk Pro Audio sometime in 2001, I whipped together my own cover of Radiohead's The Bends. Here's the MP3. I think that was the last time I played with Cakewalk.

George Dubya Genius Mega-mix

Just an assortement of clips of our moronic president sounding retarded while campaigning in 2000, set to some trippy beats with a Jello Biafra intro.

Mike Watt does Sleater Kinney

I recorded this at the Black Cat in DC on 10/16/00. During the encore, Mike Watt busted out All Hands on the Bad One. It rocked.