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About
I’m a writer, music enthusiast, web-developer, typography geek, and a coffee and beer snob. Sometime around 1996 I created absolutepunk.net — a music community to discuss under-appreciated music I loved. Over the next few years, it got popular. Then it got really popular. The goal of the website was to introduce people to new music and provide a community for people to discuss music that was not often heard in the mainstream. Oh, and for me to whine and moan about things I felt like to a chorus of “why is this news!?” posts.
In 2004, I (sold-out and) sold the company while staying on to keep running AP.net and manage a variety of other websites. My passion turned into a job and I drudged through the next few years frustrated. For a while I thought about walking away from the internet completely. However, my passion for music, technology, and a slightly off centered pop-culture remains. So, I decided to take a chance and with that spirit build chorus.fm. I hope for this to be a platform to write and share my passions with you, and with that, I also want to continue my vision of a community for music fans looking to connect with kindred spirits.
I send out a weekly newsletter that recaps the week in music and offers thoughts on music, media, and other cool stuff.- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Mar 18, 1983 (Age: 41)
- Home Page:
- http://chorus.fm
- Location:
- Portland, OR
- Job:
- Blogger, Opinion-Haver, Whatever
- Real Name:
- Jason Tate
- Relationship:
- Married
- High-School:
- Tualatin High School
- College:
- University of Redlands
- Political Views:
- Progressive
- Threads:
- @jasontate
- Mastodon:
- mastodon.social/@jasontate
- Bluesky:
- @jasontate.bsky.social
- Twitter:
- @jason_tate
- Facebook:
- jasonnealtate
- Instagram:
- jasontate
- Letterboxd:
- jasontate
- Trackt:
- jasontate83
- Discogs:
- chorusfm
- Cashtag:
- $chorus
- Apple Music:
- jasontate
- Last.fm:
- jasontate
- Soundcloud:
- absolutepunknet
- Untappd:
- jasontate
- Goodreads:
- 30195904-jason-tate
- Favorite Albums:
- Brand New - 'Deja Entendu', The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds', Simon and Garfunkel - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', The Beatles - 'Sgt. Peppers', Thrice - 'Vheissu', Jimmy Eat World - 'Futures', The Gaslight Anthem - 'The '59 Sound', The 1975 - 'The 1975', Bon Iver - 'Bon Iver', Blink 182 - 'Dude Ranch'
- Favorite TV Shows:
- Friends, Parks and Recreation, Veronica Mars, Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Arrested Development, Batman: The Animated Series, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Doctor Who, You're the Worst, Nathan for You.
- Favorite Movies:
- The Dark Knight, Heat, Goodfellas, The Godfather II, Her, 2001: A Space Odyssey, LA Confidential, The Social Network, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back
- Favorite Books:
- The Catcher in the Rye, Calvin and Hobbes, On Writing Well, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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