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About Me

CONCERTS: I've attended (work in progress, since 1990, not in chronological order) Cinderella, David Lee Roth, Queensryche, Metallica, Pantera, Skid Row, Alice In Chains, Tool, Lollapalooza 93, 94, 97, Stone Temple Pilots, Megadeth, Tesla, Rusted Root, Phish, Nil Lara, Dave Matthews Band, The Beastie Boys, Anthrax, White Zombie, 10,000 Lakes festival 2003-2006, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Xavier Rudd, Ray Lamontagne, Lucero, Rocky Votolato, The Black Crowes, Ani Difranco, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, The Decemberists, Nickel Creek, Gomez, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Jack Johnson, Neko Case, Corrosion of Conformity, String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic, North Mississippi Allstars, Pearl Jam, Trey Anastasio, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jewel, Second Coming, Poison, 311, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Elton John, Jonny Lang, Rage Against the Machine, Def Leppard, Guns n' Roses, No Doubt, Bush, The Goo Goo Dolls, Dave Matthews and Friends, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Big Wu, Cornershop, Oasis, Son Volt, .moe, Keller Williams, Mike Doughty, John Mayer, Hole, Soundgarden, Guster, PJ Harvey, Live, David Gray, A Perfect Circle, Soul Coughing, Indigenous, Counting Crows, Ben Folds Five, Phish's Coventry Festival, Gravity Kills, Less Than Jake, Tori Amos, The Bloodhound Gang, The Wallflowers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Galactic, William Eliot Whitmore, U2, The Crystal Method, Steve Miller Band, Everclear, Beck, Green Day, Incubus, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Donna The Buffalo, Phil Lesh and Friends, The Mutaytor, Rhett Miller, Primus, Prince, O.A.R, Smash Mouth, L7, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Danzig, Gov't Mule, The Allman Bros, Backyard Tire Fire, Public Enemybody, div, p, strong, td, .text, .blacktext10, .blacktext12,

My Interests

contributing music writer, camping, going to concerts, traveling to Blue States, racing the brown-spotted monster on my bike, drinking Crown Royal, watching tv series on dvd because I'm Cable free and proud of it (5 years and counting)

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Ben Folds, Gomez, Pearl Jam, Rocky Votolato, Ray Lamontagne,Dave Matthews Band,Ben Harper, Tool, Radiohead, The Mates of State, My Morning Jacket, Lucero, most of the bands and performers at 10,000 Lakes Festival, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Phish, Nil Lara, Wiretapped,(add a Y for the I for their Myspace page, folkie/acoustic, bluegrass, a good jam, dirty Southern rock, indie, and whatever Matt tells me to listen to.

Movies:

The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, Stand By Me, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Dumb and Dumber, Magnolia, Almost Famous, Braveheart, Office Space, American Psycho

Television:

The Office (British), Curb Your Enthusiasm,Seinfeld, Trailer Park Boys, Six Feet Under, Weeds, Arrested Development, The Extras, Frontline, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Freaks and Geeks, Newsradio,

Books:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Satanic Verses, The Catcher in the Rye, Breakfast of Champions,Longitudes and Attitudes,

My Blog

Hey Bro, You Headin to the Festy?

The summer festival season has been getting warm since the end of last year, which was very bizarre because it is usually around the end of February beginning of March when summer tours start to get a...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:17:00 PST

End of the World As We Know It (We're Fucked)

Ok- So there are a number of you who still don't believe in global warming. Just conspiracy bullshit. So I finally watched An Inconvenient Truth, and it is not just alarming,bad news just keeps comi...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:46:00 PST

Who Killed the electric car? Osama or Hillary

Well, I'm officially 22 days smoke free. Still challenging, but getting easier. A friend told me to watch the doc. Who Killed the Electric Car? and I'm glad I did. It made me angry and frustrated...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:30:00 PST

16 Days of No Smoking

So far so good with quitting smoking. It has been definitely easier due to the sub-zero temperatures and wind chill. Still get cravings and I have had to become addicted to going to the gym to beat t...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:05:00 PST

45,000 Camel Lights

Well, actually, it should be broken up into the fond days with Marlboro Lights, Winston Lights, and Camel lights. That's how many cigarettes I have smoked in the past 12 years. If you are a smoker, ...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:39:00 PST

No Longer A Choice

Well, resolutions come and go, and Hay-soos knows that I've had quite a few of them in my 29 years. Instead of trying January 1st as the beginning of my resolution, I cowardly decided to wait until J...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:29:00 PST

Jesus Camp and Public Enemy

Well, almost a week ago I was treated to a free ticket to see Public Enemy at The Venue. Now, Hip Hop shows usually sell really well to these upper-Midwest kids, but the Friday before Christmas sent ...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:23:00 PST

And to all, a very merry brown x-mas

Yes, this is definitely the brownest x-mas I can remember. When it's 43 degrees in North Dakota less than a week before Hay-soos's birthday(I like the Spanish pronounciation better, and yes, I felt t...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:21:00 PST

1.5 hours of my life I can't get back

So much for giving a talented comedian/actor a chance. Unfortunately I wasted part of my evening watching a neutered version Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights: The Sterilizing of Will Ferrell.&nb...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:34:00 PST

Backyard Tire Fire Interview, Concert this Friday @ The Broken Axe

December marks an important time of year for many of us in the northern part of the country. This is the point on the calendar that marks the beginning of the end of a season, the season of touring ba...
Posted by Give me 2 Smokes on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:43:00 PST