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the matthew show

  Residences Live-ins Jobs Music Cars Schools
1974-1977

River Oaks, Texas, near Carswell Air Force Base (now NAS JRB)

Mom, Dad, Miss Kitty, Doc the Ugliest Dog In The World

Crying, creating insane amounts of poop, alarming other babies

Tuneless dreck, kinda like Lou Reed with a pacifier

Dad's Green Chevy Nova

Mom's Station Wagon

 
1978   Leslie enters the world, and it smarts for it Being indoctrinated into the George Lucas Army, where I will remain on call FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE   (no, I didn't drive them)  
1979-1983  

Daniel arrives and immediately starts irritating me

Stacked lunchroom chairs for no real compensation. Cost/benefit analyses continue to be a problem area for me.     Castleberry Elementary School, River Oaks, Texas
1984 Rural Parker County, near Weatherford, Texas Mom, Dad, Leslie, Daniel, various cats, Doc the UDITW Catching hornytoads, eatin' Captain Crunch Hating anything my music teacher made me sing   Crockett Elementary School, Weatherford, Texas
1985       Played alto saxophone in school band. Badly.   Stanley Middle School, Weatherford, Texas (Now destroyed, praise Pete)
1986-1987     Collecting interesting hats, watching Doctor Who and saving the TV Guides. Oh yeah, and masturbating like a homesick sailor Played baritone saxophone in school band. Not quite so badly.   Weatherford Middle School, Weatherford, Texas (Now Shirley Hall Middle School)
1988-1989           Weatherford High School, Weatherford, Texas (The old one, not this new hoo-ha they've got down on Bethel. Why, in my day...)
1990     Courtesy Clerk (sacker) - Crappy Little Groceries, Weatherford, Texas   1982 navy blue Chevrolet S-10 pickup (which I TOTALED)  
1991       The Average Deep 1985 beige Oldsmobile Delta 88  
January-September 1992      DJ - KZEE 1220 AM Radio, Weatherford, Texas      
September-December 1992       Also played tenor saxophone in the college jazz band. Fun, but outmatched like a mofo.   Weatherford College, Weatherford, Texas
January-September 1993            
September-December 1993     Music Seller - Sound Warehouse, southwest Fort Worth, Texas   1992 red Nissan Sentra  
January-April 1994            
May 1994-December 1994 Western Fort Worth, Texas, near I-30 and Las Vegas Trail Shithead, Meathead Bookseller - Bigass Books & Music, southwest Fort Worth, Texas      
December 1994-April 1995   Shithead, Gustavson, occasionally Mike P        
May 1995-November 1995 Eastern Arlington, Texas, near Collins & Arkansas Lane Gustavson, E, Jehosafat        
December 1995-April 1996     Promoted to Community Relations Coordinator at Bigass The Civilians    
May 1996-July 1996 Eastern Arlington, Texas, near Hwy. 360 and Park Row Gustavson, KISSArmy, Jehosafat        
August 1996-April 1997         1995 white Ford E150 Econoline van  
May 1997-October 1997 Southwestern Fort Worth, Texas, near McCart and Sycamore School Road Gustavson, deanpence, Jehosafat        
November 1997     Temp for Jelly Temps, various locations in west Fort Worth      
December 1997-May 1998 Southwestern Fort Worth, Texas, near Hulen and Altamesa Wifely, Jehosafat Temp at DINGO Systems for Jelly Temps, west Fort Worth  

The same 1995 white Ford Econoline, plus

1989 grey Honda Civic (Wifely's)

 
June 1998-August 1998     Data Entry Supervisor - DINGO Systems, west Fort Worth      
September 1998-March 1999 Southwestern Fort Worth, Texas, near McCart and Sycamore School Road (again!) Wifely, Jehosafat, Albert        
April 1999     Temp at Pill 'Em & Fill 'Em at Alliance Airport, Texas - Jelly Temps      
May 1999     Customer Service Representative - w3cd.com, North Central Expwy., Dallas, Texas      
September 1999-December 1999 Western Arlington, Texas, near Fielder and Abram Wifely, Jehosafat, Albert        
January 2000     promoted to Director of Fulfillment at w3cd.com the matthew show    
February 2000-October 2000     Customer Conversations Coordinator - X (parent of w3cd.com), North Central Expwy., Dallas, Texas Recording of texas    
November 2000     Package Handler - Browntown, D/FW Airport, Texas      
December 2000-April 2001     Temp at Perky Logistics on Hwy. 360 in Arlington, Texas - Jelly Temps      
May 2001-June 2001     Temp at Doctors, Lawyers, & Such in Lakewood, Dallas, Texas - Jelly Temps      
July 2001-August 2001 Northern Dallas, Texas, near Coit and Arapaho Wifely, Jehosafat, Tomasland, Midge        
September 2001-February 2002         1992 greyish Nissan Stanza  
March 2002-April 2002 Rural Parker County, near Weatherford, Texas Mom, Dad, Sigmund, Socrates Temp at Banco Numero Uno in downtown Fort Worth - Jelly Temps   Drove Dad's 2001 purple Toyota pickup (spiffy!)  
May 2002 Brooklyn, New York, in the Sunset Park neighborhood Wifely Temp at Royalties R Us, New York, New York - Tempy Temps   None!  
June 2002     Temp at Rich Bitch Clothiers, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
July 2002     Temp for MLC (More Lawyer Crap), New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
August 2002     Temp for the federal gummint, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
September 2002     Temp for Rich Bitch & other misc. crapulence, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
October 2002       thematthewshow.com launches  

November 2002     Temp for MAC (More Accountant Crap), New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
December 2002 - January 2003     Temp for Rich Bitch Clothiers, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
February 2003 - May 2003     Temp for Bigass Bank, Brooklyn Heights, New York - Jelly Temps      
June 2003 - August 2003 New York, New York, in the Hell's Kitchen (or Clinton) neighborhood Wifely, Jehosafat        
September 2003 - October 2003     Temp for XYZ Business Credit, New York, New York - Jelly Temps texas released    
November 2003 - December 2003     Temp for Bigass Network Giant, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
January 2004     Temp for Fancy Pants Cosmetics, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
February 2004 - April 2004     Temp for Don't Be Gankin', New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
May 2004 - June 2004     Temp for Boulder Holders Inc., New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
July 2004     Temp for whoever the hell would have me, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
August 2004 - October 2004     Temp for Bigwig Securities, New York, New York - Jelly Temps      
November 2004 - May 2005 Brooklyn, New York, in the Borough Park neighborhood Wifely, Jehosafat, deanpence        
June 2005      

Recording of february

 

   
July 2005 - October 2005       Hurry Home Early compilation released, featuring the matthew show's version of Warren Zevon's Mohammed's Radio    
November 2005   Wifely, Jehosafat, deanpence, Nathan        
December 2005         2006 white Toyota Corolla (first new car I've ever owned)  
January 2006     Nuttin'      
February 2006 - March 2006 Crowley, Texas, near Highway 1187 and Crowley Road Wifely, Nathan, Wifeymama, Mister G, Roger the crosseyed cat Temp for Loansharks Inc in Watauga, Texas - Jelly Temps, plus some studio work Rotary Eleven Studio opens    

April 2006 -
May 2006

    Proprietor of Rotary Eleven Studio, stay-at-home dad      
June 2006 - May 2007 Euless, Texas, near Highway 360 and Trinity Wifely, Nathan        
June 2007 - July 2007 Dallas, Texas, near White Rock Lake Wifely, Nathan, Jehosafat        
August 2007 - September 2007     Temp for Countin' Accountants On The Wall in Dallas, Texas - Jelly Temps (Rotary Eleven is now a part-time thing)      
October 2007     Temp for Big Bank Dynamite in Dallas, Texas - Jelly Temps      
November 2007 - April 2008     Desk Jockey for Big Bank Dynamite in Dallas, Texas      
May 2008 - September 2008 Plano, Texas, near downtown          
October 2008 - January 2009       february released    
February 2009 - April 2009       Recording of The Band That Never Was    
May 2009 - July 2009   Wifely, Nathan, Jehosafat, Roger the crosseyed cat        
August 2009     Proprietor of the matthew show and its affiliated ventures      
September 2009   Wifely, Nathan, deanpence, Jehosafat, Roger the crosseyed cat        
October 2009 - March 2010   Wifely, Nathan, deanpence, Roger the crosseyed cat        

A BRIEF DRAMATIS PERSONAE

If you're interested in matthew's pre-show musical history, you can find some here.