Name: Jason Hee

What you play in Rookie Card: roots, thirds, fifths, passing tones.

Role in band: think-tank

Born: Berkeley, California, Summer of '76

Lived: Oakland then San Diego.

What's up with that picture? Trying hard to look cool at the National City drive-in.
(do I? vote here)

Favorite musics: (in no particular order) David Bowie, Elvis Costello, hard bop, Radiohead, Willie Nelson, Tenacious D, Pavement, The Dirtbombs, Led Zeppelin, Three Gut Records (in Toronto), Pernice Brothers, White Stripes, Elgin Park, vintage soul and funk, The Beatles, Bunky, U2, The Von Bondies.


A few favorite tunes: "Underwear" by Pulp, "Wild Is The Wind" by David Bowie, "Sweet Thing" by Van Morrison, "The Imposter" by Elvis Costello, "I Found A Reason" by The Velvet Underground, "Lack of Communication" by The Von Bondies, "Cute, Not Beautiful" by Bunky, "At Rush Hour The Cars" by Royal City, "I Know Now" by The Stereotypes.

Favorite lyric: "If fashion is your trade, then when you're naked I guess you must be unemployed." - Jarvis Cocker

Favorite singers: Jack Black, Jack White, Neko Case, Joe Pernice, Willie Nelson, Stephen Malkmus.

Favorite bassists: James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Bruce Thomas, John Paul Jones.

Other bands you've been in: (in chronological order) Twin Dynamo, The Chaz Wesley Group, The Jason Hee Juice Explosion, The Fookin' Wankers, The Pinwheels, The White Christmas Stripes, Cracklin' Oat Band, The Buzzkill Romantics.

First concert: with chaperone - Jackson Browne/David Crosby at the Paramount Theater in Oakland (I was falling asleep so my mom took us home a few songs into JB's set); solo - Nine Inch Nails at the San Diego Sports Arena 1994 (see the flyer!).

Websites I'm a part of: newspapertaxi.net, heemusic.com (coming soon)

Favorite links: allmusic.com, rall.com, 92/1 Message Board, onion.com, anti-complacency.org, Harmony-central.com.

Favorite rookie card: Ken Griffey Junior (1989 Upper Deck) - I used to have two of these gems when I was 13; I sold them for $10 each to buy the 1989 Fleer Update Set (double frown!), thus beginning a lifetime of regret.

Adam Nasr Dylan