Where does your user name come from?

One of my friends used to spurt out "a buck-two-eighty-five and some change" when talking about the cost of anything. It wouldn't all fit so I abbreviated it a tad. It was either this or "chowderhead", after our first cat, now long deceased. Chowderhead is more fitting at times.

Glory, how dare you say something religious in this haven of secular humanism (also a religion). You're lucky all you got was raised eyebrows.

My username sounds suspiciously like what my mother used to call me, although I think there was another syllable in the middle somewhere...

My handle comes from the world of horses. In the show ring, five gaited American Saddlebreds are ridden & judged at the walk, trot, slow-gait, rack and canter. The horses proceeed from the slow gait - a slow stepping pace - directly into the rack, which is judged at speed. The Announcer will call "rack on" at the command for the gait. It is the flashiest, most exciting andmost demanding gait these horses can perform, the ultimate in that breed of horse. Hence Rackon.

Mine is based on my childhood experiences. My stepfather, a part time stand in for Santana in San Jose California would show us kids his reel to reel tape machines and bonogs, congos and other instruments and play us some of the session tapes from clubs and such. I remember him telling us about feeling the music and how it could make you feel alive and how powerful it is. He also stated that the musical journey was a lifelong event for someone interested in music. Sadly, he passed away in the early 90's and since then I always thought of music as being a passion and a lifelong journey; hence "Audioquest4life".

My sister is still in touch with Santana and meets the Estovan family occasionally. She is a dedicated singer on the West Coast and has fame on the original Beverly Hills 90210 soundtrack, No Intermission with the group 5.0 and now solo and part time singer which have included players like Elton John, Pablo Cruise. I play trumper part time, but cannot sing, and dogs, birds and cats all run when i even try, so my contribution is to keep music alive by involving and welcoming others to become inteersted in music all over again.

My sister, when not performing in Oakland at any of the clubs, can be found pretty much up and down the west coast, or Italy performing. She can be found at venues and her pages have samples of her works:

http://www.reginaespinoza.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Regina-Espinoza/187351008625


Ciao,
Audioquest4life

Mine is my name and my wifes name. i was rushing when I joined years ago and we had a joint email account at that time with the same name, didn't put much thought into it. I actually looked into changing it a few years ago but got sidetracked. I don't think I can anyway. It's really kind of cheesy and has no relationship to the site or hobby. Makes me look like a good husband! I wonder if Audiogon would help me change it if I come home and my stuff is in the front yard...again.