Ballard Lesemann

Porter-Gaud, University of Georgia

drummer / bassist / writer / livewire

Rock Affils: Hayride, The Daisy Group, Vic Chesnutt, Shannon Wright, The Rock*A*Teens, Roosevelt, Rehash, etc...

music (live and recorded - preferably loud), quality beer and brewing, history (American and elsewhere), politics (dirty and clean), comedy (standup and otherwise), coffee.

Crashing The Party (by Ralph Nader), Moon (by Terry Fletcher), Sleepwalking Through History (by Haynes Johnson), Our Band Could Be Your Life (by Michael Azerrad), David Brinkley: A Memior (by David Brinkley), Ball Four (by Jim Boutin)

Dr. Strangelove, This Is Spinal Tap, The Odd Couple, Airplane, Lolita, Sling Blade, Raging Bull, Up In Smoke, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Bad News Bears, When We Were Kings, Office Space, Fortune Cookie, Down By Law, The Kids Are Alright, Short Cuts

Minutemen, The Who, Wire, Zeppelin, DEVO, The Coasters, The Jam, Tom Waits, Gene Krupa, Mission Of Burma, The Fall, Pretenders, AC/DC, Wall Of Voodoo, Rush, The Jesus Lizard, Volcano Suns, Midnight Oil, Pylon, Dave Brubeck, R.E.M. (early), Hskers etc...

Colombo, All In The Family, The Simpsons, Muppet Show, Jamie's Kitchen, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Connections, The Andy Griffith Show, Insomiac, M*A*S*H, Saturday Night Live, Barney Miller

I'm a charming-but-awkward follower of loud, out-of-the-ordinary music, alternative media, classic beer styles, and 2004 politics. Love the Onion. Got plenty of on-the-clock food-makin' and servin' under the belt. Got plenty of gigs played. Got two drum kits, a bass, a guitar and an amp. Plaid button-down shirts aplenty. Nearsighted. Sarcastic. Supposedly hard of hearing (although everyone I know seems to mumble). Smart alecky. Sometimes overly polite. Sometimes utterly clueless. Drive too slow.

Anyone with an interest in anything other than what's on most TV, radio or print media. Ha! And (now or later): Johnny Bench (see photo),Victor Borge, Buddy Rich, Shelly Manne, Haskell Harr, Gene Krupa, Walter Matthau, Chrissie Hynde, Keith Moon, Dennes Boon, John Bonham, Rachel Ray, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Falk, Pam Dawber, and Colin Newman.