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Dawn Yell

Once in a while, once in a while, you've got to burn down your house, keep your dreamin' alive

About Me


American Poetry

Whatever it is, it must have
A stomach that can digest
Rubber, coal, uranium, moons, poems.

Like the shark, it contains a shoe.
It must swim for miles through the desert
Utter cries that are almost human.

Louis Simpson, 1963

I was there...and I stole Jack's sunglasses...
also there...front row...Eleanor reached for me...
Currently, I'm known as "Mister" or "Curly Fries"

The greatest link section ever:
Dock Ellis no-hitter
The Best Music Blog
Dutch Discog Site
Meg is a Robot!

Listen to me Fridays 11am-1pm Pacific Time: Stream KXCI

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My Interests

Las Rayas Blancas, Cherry Cola, Parker Posey, Radio, The Jive Dialect, Atlanta Braves, Chicago, Jim Rome and the Jungle, Print Journalism, Earl Grey Tea, La Ciudad Juarez (El Paso del Sur), Manchester United, The Max Fisher Players, Lollapalooza, Pittsburgh Penguins, Alambama Whitman, Die Nationalelf, Naomi Watts, El Tri, Baroque paintings, The Bluths

I'd like to meet:

Jack White and Ray Davies; only been in the same room as them, but boy was it refreshing.
Wes Anderson
Yusef Komunyaka
Ricky Gervais
writers of Arrested Development
Michelle Serros (ha, one down)
Anton Newcombe
Heather Phares
Albert Grossman, Diogenes, and Caravaggio if they were alive

Music:

The White Stripes, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, De La Soul, Viva Voce, Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Son House, Primus, Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Soledad Brothers, The Fiery Furnaces, Mr. Airplane Man, The Black Keys, Beck, Talking Heads, The Raconteurs, A Tribe Called Quest, The Beta Sweat, Ella Fitzgerald, The Village Green, The Little Killers, The Ettes, Clapton: The Yardbirds, Bluebreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, Derek & The Dominos, The Dirty Mac

Movies:

Rushmore, True Romance, Say Anything (movies of troubled love)

Under Blackpool Lights, The Kids Are Alright, Punk Attitude, Don't Look Back, The Last Waltz, Dig!, Gimme Shelter

Catholic High School Girls in Trouble, Rochelle Rochelle

Television:

Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dog Bites Man, The Office (UK), Police Squad!

Books:

Yeats, Tennyson, William Carlos Williams, Komunyaka, The Conversational Moron, Dear Mr. Henshaw

Heroes:

Benito Juarez, Juergen Klinsmann, Hunter S. Thompson, Leslie Neilsen, My parents and grandparents

My Blog

Awesome album covers

If you ever read this, post an awesome album cover as a reply.  Artwork only matters here, the music doesn't necessarily have to be great. I'll reply with another.  Maybe a long thread of co...
Posted by Dawn Yell on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:26:00 PST

I'm simply overwhelmed by the album scene

With Jay-Z, Diddy, Christian Aguilera, K-Fed, Paris Hilton, JoJo, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and Fergie all releasing albums in the past couple of months, I'm feeling overwhelmed.  It's obvious ...
Posted by Dawn Yell on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:41:00 PST

Could O'Reilly, Fox, or the Republicans be any more pathetic?

Sure...
Posted by Dawn Yell on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:32:00 PST

Anton on The White Stripes

Anton Newcombe, perhaps pop music's greatest 60s revivalist, was compared to another vintage-style musician, Jack White, by a fan while on stage in Tucson September 18th at Plush.  ...
Posted by Dawn Yell on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:35:00 PST

Red Vines simply conquer Twizzlers

There is no debate.
Posted by Dawn Yell on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:56:00 PST

Hot Dogs in front of Circle K

Have you seen these guys that stand in front of convenience stores and pound their freshly purchased hot dogs like their on sacred ground?  These guys are the champions of the world.
Posted by Dawn Yell on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:10:00 PST

Jack White gives me the business.

(Please note that this entry happens to be about my hero.)It looks like Jack White has recently revamped his presence on myspace. Let me state that I don't see anything wrong with an artist managing h...
Posted by Dawn Yell on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:29:00 PST