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8th grade--Nate n' Andy Pitts doing "Money for Nothing" at MacDonald Middle School assembly, 1986
photo from our East Lansing HS 'dog odd' demo-from left: Nate, Andy, Jeremy and David
dog odd HS grad party 1990. From left: Andy, David, Nate and Jeremy
dog odd at grad party, 2nd set (note-people did have some fun!)
Jeremy Scott-throat, words, sax for dog odd--RIP... gone too WAY too soon.
Nate playing a Beatles tune at East Lansing HS graduation, 1990
Nate & Jon's dorm room-350W at Wadsworth Hall at MTU, fall 1990
Nate and Jon's dorm room--smoke free, of course...
Zoltan just when he met Nate, fall 1990 at top of Douglass Houghton Falls
Douglass Houghton falls from below (before it later tragically eroded/collapsed)
Nate & Jon--roomies at Wads Hall--wanted to get a band going (organic)
a damn good reason--to gig where you're workin'!
Boot Hill... LIVE! (at home)
Nate's Library work shirt from early 90's--still got it!
Benefit for historic Calumet Theater. Made great friends + changed our band's name. Pristine poster from Pete!
earliest how'syerdey photo? Timothy, Zoltan, Nate and Jon
Thursday, $2--now THAT was a deal!
Nate's best bud since kids--Jeremy at Hancock house shared with the band
Grandma B. when she and Grandpa B. visited the Hancock house... 1992-3
funcacious schwank-down session!
how'syerdey rockin' a Houghton party, U.P. of MI
Timothy Beutler on the drums!
full-color promo after how'syerdey moved to California in 1995
Nate & Zoltan, working on Stumble Proud in Boulder Creek CA
LIVE! in the redwoods
hang over easy--New Year's morning breakfast
just fixing a speaker at Felton's Pantry
CD announcement ad--lizard logo and cover art drawing by Matt Cummick
CD release story in unknown U.P. Michigan paper
seriously, circus attire please.
Nate and brother Bryan's house in Aptos CA
Nate at the early quilted fish records, start of 'blue years'
Mike with a new mic at early quilted fish records
Nate with Kim (Lightening's GF) at old SMC clubhouse during a visit home to Lansing MI.
Nate's ol' 1975 Goldwing--#502 ever made!
fellow Pantry cook Jose Gonzales doing a track on Chimichangaria--same day as Nate's first (known) seizure. 1998
Grandpa B. and Nate at Santa Cruz Wharf, early 2000s
catching some air at Club Caution, Santa Cruz
Nate's Action Playset (workin' hard!). Photo by Amy Figel (now Bennett!)
serving up cheese at the UCSC dining hall
banner made for Nate by Japanese summer camp students at UCSC
appreciation banner made by UCSC students and staff at UCSC before studies at Stanford
Stanford study phase 1--external tabs to see which side causes seizures
Stanford study phase 1--external tabs and wires galore!
Stanford study phase 2--probes inside skull to narrow down prob area
Stanford study phase 3--mesh covering left side of brain (inserted)
probes and scar from 3rd phase of study at Stanford 2014
data collected from probes during 3nd phase of Stanford study, 2014
Stanford study phase 3--'seizure mapping' to see if Neuropace could help
Back brace added because seizures caused spine probs, and wires had to get covered.
dent-head (after 3rd/final round of studies at Stanford)
Scar from 3rd/final study at Stanford
Aug 2012... Wendy, Larry & Nate telling planet Santa Cruz about Rock n' Roll
Nate and Wenders at night in Santa Cruz
old NAP banner with mildew
Kris, Nate & Larry (when filters were a new thing)
maybe filters could fix it!
looook.... deeper....
steppin' back for chin-man and pop-eye
Best Band Selfie EVER!
NAP at The Crow's Nest!
Kris Yunker-funker at The Crow's Nest
Brett making an announcement
Larry and Brett at The Crow's Nest
Kris and Brett at The Crow's Nest
Nate slidin' on the lap
Wendy lets The Crow's Nest have it!
Now back to Nate... he must have written the tune...
Larry at The Crow's Nest
Timothy Douglas Gard--gone too soon. RIP.
bye bye to Joe's, Boulder Creek, and CA--20 years later....
Went back to school in Lansing at LCC--school paper did a story before I graduated
simple diagram of the CrutchBot (built for class project)
geekier diagram for CrutchBot project
rockin' the LCC halls with the CrutchBot--2019
'LCC Stars' shirt (that's the official team's name BTW). So, having graduated I guess I'm finally a Star.
(non) business card--book description side
(non) business card-website music side