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Forrest.

"Youth of Today and early 7 Seconds taught me some of life's most valuable lessons." --The Hold Stea

About Me

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My Interests

... Songwriting ... Guitars ... Collecting Music ... Nature ... Cities ... Vintage Things ... Travelling ... Punk Rock ... The D.I.Y. Ethic ... Live Music ... Dancing my ass off ... Trivia ... Movies ... Art ... Spring and Summer ... Reading ... Tattoos ... Hackey-Sack ... Disc Golf ... Learning ... Thai Food ... TV ... Writing To Do Lists ... Stand-Up Comedy ...

I'd like to meet:

Punk Rockers & Moon Stompers. Oh and Zooey Deschanel.

Music:

The Clash + Rancid + Operation Ivy + Tim Armstrong's new solo album + Minor Threat + Fugazi + The Evens + The Smiths + Morrissey + The Cure + The Specials + Pixies + Frank Black + Arcade Fire + Cursive + Santogold + TV On The Radio + Kings of Leon + Girl Talk + The Pogues + Wolf Parade + Sufjan Stevens + Modest Mouse + Spoon + Hot Chip + The Knife + The Broadways + Feist + Amy Winehouse + Sparklehorse + Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Sex Pistols + At The Drive-In + Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers + Elliott Smith + The Magic Numbers + Interpol + The Cribs + Sublime + T. Rex + Blonde Redhead + Misfits + Nas + Big Pun + Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros + Thievery Corporation + Johnny Cash + Bob Dylan + M.I.A. + Tiger Army + Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + Dinosaur Jr. + Sonic Youth + Libertines + Babyshambles + Dirty Pretty Things + Cinderella + The Strokes + Nancy Sinatra + Jackson 5 + Crass + Eek-A-Mouse + Television + Tom Verlaine + Nirvana + Ladytron + Rolling Stones + Beck + White Stripes + Alkaline Trio + Elvis Costello + The Hold Steady + David Bowie + Murder City Devils + NOFX + Iggy Pop and the Stooges + Black Uhuru + 2 Pac + Biggie + Big Audio Dynamite + C.C.R. + Tapes N' Tapes + Talking Heads + David Byrne + Bob Marley + Guns N' Roses + The Shangri-Las + Talking Heads + Bloc Party + LCD Soundsystem + Tom Petty + New Order + The Aggrolites + Moldy Peaches + Adam Green + Kimya Dawson + Fleetwood Mac + My Morning Jacket + The Zombies + P-Funk +

Movies:

Pulp Fiction _ Death Proof _ Kill Bill _ Reservoir Dogs _ Jackie Brown _ From Dusk Til Dawn _ True Romance _ Natural Born Killers _ Four Rooms (Pretty much anything Tarantino has touched) _ The Evil Dead Series _ The Halloween Series (Except Part 3, Damnit) _ House of 1000 Corpses _ The Devil's Rejects _ Night of the Living Dead _ Final Destination 1/2/3 _ Idle Hands _ The Others _ Children of the Corn _ Dreamcatcher _ Dawn of the Dead _ High Tension _ The Descent _ Hostel _ Walk the Line _ This is England _ Thumbsucker _ Murderball _ I Heart Huckabees _ Adaptation _ Little Miss Sunshine _ Donnie Darko _ City of God _ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind _ Factotum _ Royal Tenenbaums _ Rushmore _ Fargo _ Identity _ Sin City _ Joe Dirt _ Napoleon Dynamite _ Love Liza _ Bubba Ho-Tep _ Being John Malkovich _ Amelie _ The Rules of Attraction _ Summer of Sam _ Party Monster _ Edward Scissorhands _ Corpse Bride _ Igby Goes Down _ Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle _ Fast Times at Ridgemont High _ Requiem for a Dream _ Magnolia _ The Devil and Daniel Johnston _ School of Rock _ Goodfellas _ Dig! _ Wedding Crashers _ Kevin Smith's Movies (Yes, I even like Jersey Girl but I am not a fan of Clerks...) _ Goonies _ License to Drive _

Television:

:: Curb Your Enthusiasm :: Weeds :: Entourage :: Da Ali G Show :: The Office (American) :: Sopranos :: Big Love :: Roseanne :: Miami/LA Ink :: Six Feet Under :: Man vs. Wild :: Flight of the Conchords :: That 70's Show :: John From Cincinatti :: Tell Me You Love Me :: Californication :: Wonder Years :: The Simpsons :: Three's Company :: Dog The Bounty Hunter :: Conan O'Brien :: Run's House :: Seinfeld :: Freaks and Geeks :: Undeclared :: Rob and Big ::

Books:

Anything by Charles Bukowski
Anything by Stephen King
"Illusions" - Richard Bach
"Trainspotting" - Irvine Welsh
"On the Road" - Jack Kerouac
"Cash" - Johnny Cash
"Kiss and Make Up" - Gene Simmons
"Scar Tissue" - Anthony Kiedis
"Ultimate Survival Guide to the New Music Industry" - Justin Goldberg
"All You Need to Know About the Music Business" - Donald Passman

Heroes:

Larry David, Ian MacKaye, Joe Strummer, Tim Armstrong

My Blog

Possibly the best lyrics ever?

Thanks to Nick Payne for reminding me of this song with his myspace music player. Gotta love the squatter punk rock. Choking Victim - "Infested" If there was a God,Im sure he would be hated.For m...
Posted by Forrest. on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

Craziness.

So last night I was driving home from work around 1AM.  I was going around 65mph down the highway and saw some cars stopped up ahead.  I slowed down and as I got closer I saw that there...
Posted by Forrest. on Sat, 03 May 2008 12:58:00 PST

My So Called Life.

The past few months have been some turbulent times for me. Firstly, I am now a published writer.  My first article was published in Radio World, a trade journal for radio professionals, on A...
Posted by Forrest. on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:02:00 PST

A Pretty Girl.

A Pretty Girl by The Magnetic FieldsA pretty girl is like a minstrel showIt makes you laugh, it makes you cry, you goIt just isn't the same on radioIt's all about the makeup and the dancing and the Oh...
Posted by Forrest. on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:39:00 PST

I am a blogging machine.

Sorry.. The Cure's "Lovecats" video is on VH1 Classic.  This makes me happy.  Sometimes we need to remember that simple things can make us happy.  Like pre-bloated Robert Smith's s...
Posted by Forrest. on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:16:00 PST

Religion & Whatnot.

Organized religion mixes spirituality with politics.  These are two things that should be kept totally seperated.  Throw money and fundamentalism in the mix and you've got pure evi...
Posted by Forrest. on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:06:00 PST

Furthermore..

The show "Breaking Bad" on AMC is the absolute shiznittle of shiznittiest. It stars Bryan Cranston (Hal from Malcom in the Middle) as a chemistry teacher who finds out he has lung cancer and deci...
Posted by Forrest. on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:26:00 PST

An Honest Politician?!

Obama honest about drug use as a youthBy Sheryl McCarthy, NewsdayFebruary 11, 2008   Of all the presidential contenders, Barack Obama has been the most forthcoming about his past drug use.In his ...
Posted by Forrest. on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:22:00 PST

Life Changes.

So yeah.. I am getting kinda sick of repeating the story a thousand times.. but Margo and I broke up. It's complicated and shitty but so is life.  What makes it shittier is that we live(d) togeth...
Posted by Forrest. on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:35:00 PST

George Carlin is a funny guy.

Thanks Nicole for the new rules bulletin.  I had to copy one of George Carlin's rules b/c it cracked me up: New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spirit...
Posted by Forrest. on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:03:00 PST