Jim

Moo Cow

I was born in the Boston area in 1971. I lived in Belmont, MA my entire life until I left for college. I grew up on Little Pond along the Arlington/Belmont/Cambridge border and quickly fell in love with plants, animals, and the study of ecology. At first it was trapsing through the woods, fishing, catching frogs and turtles.Later it was leaving home for the University of Vermont to study Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, which was my B.S. I had already gotten into hardcore/punk at that point. The spring of 1989 I was introduced to both the Dead Milkmen and Slapshot! I know, a crazy mix. I quickly fell in love with the whole scene and started to going to shows as often as possible and absorbing all things hardcore punk. After graduation from college I returned to Boston for a short time and then relocated to Madison, WI to pursue my dream of working in the environmental conservation field. Things were going well for awhile, I even got my graduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, but I made some poor choices and had to regroup. I moved back to Belmont MA in July of 2003 and have refocused myself. My record label and my love for all things wild renewed, I intend to be back were I was within a year and to surpase that soon thereafter. Moo Cow Records has been in existence since 1993 and it is not going anywhere anytime soon.