User Profile

I'm a forty-something longhaired almost-hippie stuck in the inner suburbs of a major rust-belt metropolis who's thoughtful, creative, and kind of geeky. In exchange for a paycheck I run around in a cubicle maze most days. When I escape, I play music, hang out in coffee houses, dink around on the computer, take naps, and think I should be off in the woods somewhere. Every once in a while I get in my car and drive far, far away, though I've always come back so far.

I realized I have presences all over the Internet. It's really kind of frightening. But here are some of them, for the curious:

• The Charlie Monterey MySpace site, because I was told I had to have one.
  
• My newest music-related endeavor is the Charlie Monterey page on Facebook, which seems to be viewable by non-Facebookers too.
  
• I have photos on DeviantART, mostly landscapes, nature, and urban scenes. And lighthouses.
  
• And more photos here at LJ; these are the ones that are part of LJ posts.
  
• And yet more photos are at my Flickr page. You'd get the idea that I like photos.
  
• There's also my very own YouTube page with some music videos.
  
• I have an account on Pandora.com with one radio station so far.
  
• Tremble in awe before my LibraryThing!
  
• I'm also on Facebook; search for my name there.

Lately I've been writing mostly about stuff going on in my life. A lot of that stuff is music-related, either as a performer or a listener. Sometimes I'll venture into commentary on news and politics. Sometimes there are photos. I try not to whine or kvetch—you don't want to read that anyway. The odd meme shows up if it's interesting enough.

Fun fact: Charlie Monterey is my stage name. It's longer than my real name. No, I didn't think that part through at the time.

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