The TASM Lab Fellows
v1: 10/15/99 v3: 12/12/99, v2: 11/17/99 v4: 2/17/00, v5. 12/09/00 v6. 5/28/01, V7. 3/29/04The following women and men have contributed to TASM Lab projects. Many of them are interesting humans who have collectively created many other fascinating projects. It is recommended to find and devour each of thier works. Its nearly impossible for me to track all of these folks on a regular basis, so I apologize for any inaccurate information. Thanks in advance. As they are:
About the players and contributors:
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Chris Beck (Hudson Debacle Bassist and vocalist)Dr. Beck lives in Washington DC and is an Advisor to Congress on issues of Science and policy. He may even run for office some day. Yeah, holy fuck. He's got a PhD in protein folding from Tufts University. He used to play bass and sing for SODLID, which was a punk band in Boston, but more interestingly, the word for Dildos spelled backwards. Now he plays and sings guitar in a jamboree in Baltimore. Prior to advisin' and jamboreean, ol' Montana (or 'The Anvil' or 'The Hinge' or 'the Professor' or 'thumbacler') lived in Paradise-city and played bass in the sensational the HUDSON DEBACLE. He used to be a professor at NorthEastern University and taught astronomy. He enjoys old, old t-shirts, truck-drivin', (and drunk driving), chewin' and remedying hangovers with cold beer. |
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Natalie Beversluis (In The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Violin) Natalie plays violin in the Western Michigan folk band, Central Sun (jeff 2004 - still? who knows?). She lives in Grand Rapids, MI (jeff 2004 - maybe). Her first studio recording is The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker |
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Charles Bradford (In The Essential Cubicle
Nosepicker: Man on the street) Sorry for the terrible photo, Charles! Charles fronted the rock band "Black Spring", who
recorded with Butch Vig (garbage) and had thier drums stolen by The Smashing Pumpkins once. Oddly
enough, Chuck would later play bass with a pumpkin on his head (no shit).
Charles went on to play bass in Genius Hired Guns with fellow TASM gentlemen Brent,
Colin and Jared. Charles recently rocked out with the outfit OWSLA with Chris Bryers. (Jeff 2004 - has there been something since?) Charles works as a television producer in Kalamazoo MI which means he
constantly has to wake up early in the morning. He lives with his wife, Heather, and thier beautiful baby, Arlene. (Jeff 2004 - could be more?) Charles' recordings include: TASM Lab (The essential cubicle nosepicker,1999), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, 1994) and Black Spring (Girth, 1991) |
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Colin Bradford (In Anthemunanthem: Himself, a man, cynic, The good and evil Dr. Simmons, Loopy Duck, and Captain John Barneveld. In Thing and Nothing: Captain John Barneveld. In The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Classical Guitar) Colin was trained in classical and modern guitar at the Mannus College of Music in New York, and finished his degree recently in Chicago. Colin has performed both vocally and instrumentally in The Shills, Screwtape, Doxie, Genius Hired Guns and Astrid Flood.
Colin currently lives in Chicago where he continues to study music and plays in the mod/alt band UNDERCAST. He works as a credit card marketer, a guitar teacher,a bartender, and has a dog (maybe?). His recordings include: Penisgeek Chrestomathy: The essential cubicle nosepicker (TASM Lab, 1999), Thing and Nothing (TASM Lab, 1995), Doxie (Doxie, 1994), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, 1994) and Screwtape (Anthemunanthem, 1993) |
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Jared
Bryant (In The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: A Telemarketer) Jared
can impersonate the guy from Queensryche pretty well. Jared
has played drums with Rollinghead, Thought Industry, Genius Hired Guns, Table
and Clockmaker. His TASM Lab appearance is his second vocal performance recorded
over the telephone. Jared is a master carpenter, and used to build TV sets
for a living. LITTLE KNOWN JARED WRITING - SECRET
Jared is lactose intollerant, but he eats ice cream anyway. Jared's past recordings
include TASM Lab (Essential Cubicle Nosepicker, 1999), Thought Industry (Recruited
to do good deeds for the Devil, 1998), Thought Industry (Black Umbrella, 1997),
Thought Industry (Outerspace is Just a Martini Away, 1996), Table (Blank,
1993), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, 1994), and Thought Industry (Songs
for Insects, 1992) |
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Christopher Bryers (In Thing and Nothing: Simon Still) Chris sang and played guitar for the Los Angeles-based rock band SLEET, and was the vocalist and songwriter for Owsla and Twitch and Selling Heaven and Son of One. He lives in Kalamazoo and sells cell phones. His discography includes: Sleet (The Volume Drops, 2000), Sleet (self titled, 1999), Rollinghead (vol.3 Live, cameo, 1996), TASM Lab (Thing and Nothing, 1995), Twitch (Beaten Senseless and Giddy with Love, 1994), Twitch (Chairman of the Board, 1993), Twitch (Jedi 7", 1993), Twitch (Homewrecker, 1993), Selling Heaven (self titled, 1991) |
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Scott Carver (Screwtape Anthemunanthem producer) Scott recorded all of the bands in Kalamazoo back in the early nineties at Fast Trax before Mike Roche built his studio |
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Kari Fairchild (Editorial Assistance) lives in Ross, Ca (near San Fransisco) and is the key supporter for the Amy Fairchild Band. Kari and her husband, David, have a son named Griffin. David works as one of the 12 masters of the universe, and Griffin likes to eat pizza. |
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Michelle Graf (In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Ruby. In Thing and Nothing: Christmas) Michelle's last big gig (besides TASM stuff) was with moody, alt band Blue Dahlia. She has also sung with The New York Room, Lo-Fi Scorpio, Veronica Speedwell and others. Also my new neighbor, she lives in wicked |
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David Grant (In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Dick)
Dave Grant is a long-time cool guy in the hopping Kalamazoo scene. He has recently reformed legends, ROLLINGHEAD, and is already touring West Main Ave, AND Burdick St. in Kzoo. He used to be in The Confirmation,
then went on to sing for a long time in Rollinghead and then closed
up work in Dead River Drag. Dave used to be a janitor at the art museum, then worked as a vendor-side procurement practitioner
in the suntanning products industry, and now reportedly is in internet sales. Dave lives in Kalamazoo with his charming and foxy
wife, Coleen. Dave's recordings include: TASM Lab (essential cubicle nosepicker,
1999), Dead River Drag (Scarlet, 1998), Rollinghead (Vol 3. Live, 1996), Rollinghead
(Long Black Feeling, 1994), and Rollinghead (Daddyhorse, 1993) |
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Barbara Grib (In Thing and Nothing: Exta Noises) Barbara said all the dirty words in Thing and Nothing. She used to date Colin. She was a nice lady. Probably still is. |
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Dan Humiston (Overman racecar producer) People used to call Dan "Danno". Dan had a little studio with a little four track. Dan also recorded the Sinatras and 4 Piece. Dan used to play bass in Shroud of Secrecy and Memories of Tomorrow, both which are mysterious and mystical names. |
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Irving B. Mayor (Essential cubicle nosepicker: piano) Irving was born in Paris, France and later moved to Dorchester, MA when he was three. He began playing piano at the age of seven, and by the age of 12 he played classical guitar, bassoon, drums and vibraphones. Although never a prolific composer, Irving enjoys playing both the classical masters and modern acid jazz. Irving is alergic to strawberries, and now lives in Cambridge with his outspoken wife, Andrea. Irvings recordings include TASM Lab (Essential Cubicle Nosepicker, 1999), Irving B. Mayor (Mayor On Aukerman, 1997), The Gelsing Trio (Daydreams in My Underpants, 1994), The Gelsing Trio (Vodka Sleep, 1993) and The Ruckus Seven (Fuck, Animal, Fuck!, 1988) |
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Micheal Mead (Sponsor of Screwtape) Mike Mead, back in the day, worked at a printer and used to help young punks, like Twitch, put out CDs and records. He's real nice. He lives with his wife and children in West Michigan. |
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D. Austin Nash (Guitar player for the Hudson Debacle, guitar guest star on Overman Redux, Foreword for Thing and Nothing, 53 stories) D. Austin used to play guitar in the HUDSON DEBACLE (strumbacler), ripped some mean leads on the new Overman Re-release, and is/was a writer of short fiction and poetry. He lives in Brighton, MA. He pays |
 | Mandy Neubecker (Other voices in Thing and Nothing) is a graduate from Western Michigan University in modern dance and choreography. Rumor has it that she has resurfaced in New York City, where she may very well dance. Who would know? |
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Brent Oberlin (In Anthemunanthem: Technical Officer Doyle. In Thing and Nothing: Mr. Mashpee Mungquack. In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Herald Salesman, bass guitar, and "magic") Brent is the alpha and (now, very much the) omega of Thought Industry (Metal Blade Modern). He has sold thousands of records worldwide and lives in |
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Pat Overman (Roadius Maximus for Overman) Pat helped Overman load in to Club Soda about twice and got this prestigious label on the Overman J-card. Only about 200 copies of the Overman tape was sold anyways. Pat's real name is Pat Balai. Pat went to college for acting, and was recently spotted on the web acting in professional productions out west somewhere. Pat's a nice guy. |
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Barbie Sparks & LJ Pascarella (Babs & Leather in Thing and Nothing) are not real. The nice, young lady whose only line was 'fuck me' wishes to remain anonymous. Her initials are "BG" and her name is listed above. |
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Rob Riester (Screwtape digital editor) Rob used to do digital editing and other stuff for Kalamazoo bands. He owned Fast Trax studio. He played the organ on Rollinghead's 'long black feeling'. He has a floppy eared rabbit (it was 10 years ago, the things stuffed by now). |
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Michael Roche (Producer, engineer for Thing and Nothing, Essential Cubicle Nosepicker) Mike, like myself, is a Diversified Independent Teleporter, which means he runs many businesses out of his basement. Mike used to play superguitar for Thought Industry (but he used to play bass). Mike started his studio business |
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Matt Sahlgren (Guitarist for Overman) Matt was so drunk one time that he had to walk on all fours at a big FAQ show. Seeing this, Craig thought it would be fun to have Matt play guitar. It was. Matt also played in Monster Zero and some other fun Kzoo bands. He was last seen in the Rural Electrification Act. Matt's a nice guy. I believe he's now working as a Consumable Delivery Enginneer in the pepperoni and cheese industry. |
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Xavier Siemens (Keyboardist for the Hudson Debacle) Xavi plays wicked keyboard's for the HUDSON DEBACLE. Xavi would rather be playing classical and acid jazz music, but we fill him full of beer so he won't notice. Xavi was born and raised in Spain, educted in London, and |
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King Tammy (friends for Overman and Screwtape) Back in the day, King Tammy was made of Chris Simmons, Jason Fortier, Darren Doyle, and John Barneveld. Then Davison's was in the band. Now they're broken up. We used to practice there. At their house. "There" is a triple homophone. |
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Jeffrey
J. Till (In Overman: Bass and vocals. In Screwtape Anthemunanthem:
Himself, Herman Keypad, Number 41, Screwy Duck, Senator Fortier, and Another
man. In Thing and Nothing: Composer, lyricist, cover artist,bookends. In Essential
Cubicle Nosepicker: composer, lyricist, cover artists, piano, buddy, Drummer
in the Hudson Debacle) Jeff worked at the Velvet Touch in Kalamazoo while
in Overman. During Screwtape, Jeff worked at Kinko's copies during the late
shift. "Thing & Nothing" was built over the course of a year
while working at a technology-based research company, called PTR. He composed
and recorded "The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker" while working as
a strategy consultant for Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Then
he worked as a marketing consultant for a small marketing and technology firm
in Boston, and then worked for HNW,
where he played drums in the HUDSON DEBACLE. |
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Craig G. Verity (In Overman: Drums. In Screwtape: Himself, passerby, voice of the city, Dizzy Duck, and Citizen 1.0. In Thing and Nothing: Passerby. In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Passerby) Craig's been around forever. He's said "why" in the songs "Independance Day", "Overman's Clear", "Free Delivery", "Disadvantage", "The Mungquack Initiative", and then said "how" in "everything seems clear". Craig lives in |
That's it, punk.