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Emily

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About Me

I love music and play the bass in the Handcuffs . I'm a clean freak. I wish I could get enough exercise from my nose running. I am in love with Mike Maerz. Life is good.

My Interests

My dog , baseball, music, reading, horror movies, the Handcuffs , my lover , Not necessarily in that order.

I'd like to meet:

Intellectually and visually stimulating people who rock.

Music:

The Pixies, Ween, Weezer, Sleater-Kinney, Breeders, Strokes, Urge Overkill, Guns N' Roses, Violent Femmes, Dead Milkmen, Blondie, Cake, Beck, Afflictions, Beatles, Velvet Underground, Sullen, New Black, Suffrajett, Venom Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, Supersuckers, Queen, Chris Isaak, Evil Queens, the Killers, Dresden Dolls, Shanna Kiel (and Black Fur), Team Band!

Movies:

Lord of the Rings trilogy. Harry Potter movies. Chronicles of Narnia. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Drop Dead Gorgeous. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Dawn of the Dead. Texas Chainsaw Massacre. House of 1000 Corpses Wet Hot American Summer. Stir of Echoes. 200 Cigarettes. Documentaries. Horror movies. Funny movies. I wish my boyfriend liked to watch movies more often. I heart movies.

Television:

What Not to Wear. A Haunting. Living with the Kombai Tribe. I Love NY (just don't tell anyone, please.) South Park. stupid Family Guy. The Simpsons.

Books:

High Fidelity, Harry Potter books, LOTR, Chronicles of Narnia, The Dwelling, The Oracle Glass, Angels & Demons, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Katherine, Shutterbabe, historical fiction, ghost stories. I love to read. Tons.

Heroes:

Duff McKagan, Kim Deal, Paul McCartney. Mike Maerz moved my car from two blocks away to right outside my door at 7 AM in -12 degrees, so I wouldn't have to.

My Blog

BP/Lake Michigan

BP recently received approval from the state of Indiana to increase their pollution into Lake Michigan.  Apparently they can put out more pollution or they have to start cutting jobs.  (Is ...
Posted by Emily on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:27:00 PST

I Hate My 30s.

We saw it last night for the first time.  It was ok, kinda cute.  It is about how your 30's roll around and you realize your mortality, that you're probably not going to achieve all tho...
Posted by Emily on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:30:00 PST

Shameless Self Promotion

We're hosting this crazy good bill Friday night at the Abbey featuring the Handcuffs AND Team Band, as well as two other fantastic bands! You can see my band & Mike's band - all for one little cov...
Posted by Emily on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:30:00 PST

Handcuffs on WLUW - Thursday, July 19

The Handcuffs will be performing live in the WLUW studio on Thursday, July 19th at 1 PM sharp! Tune in and support your local independent radio station. You can also stream live if 88.7 doesn't quite ...
Posted by Emily on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:40:00 PST

Cushy softness

Mike and I finally got our new mattress!!!  Yay!  I can't wait to sleep on it and to sleep well.  We think it is going to change our lives.  We've been sleeping like crap...
Posted by Emily on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

Dear Thief...

who is now in possession of my 15" speaker, Fuck You.
Posted by Emily on Tue, 29 May 2007 07:21:00 PST

Wolfmother & birthdays & band

Wolfmother rocked.  Great show.  I like them a lot.  They packed up their t-shirts right as the show was over though, so no one could buy one after the show.  What was up with that...
Posted by Emily on Wed, 02 May 2007 09:18:00 PST

Yar, I'm a pirate.

Handcuff: a metal fastening that can be locked around a wrist and is usually connected by a chain or bar with another such fastening -- usually used in plural.    Similar to the popular br...
Posted by Emily on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:52:00 PST

Early Handcuffs Show on 3/28.

If you haven't had a chance to check out our new line-up, you should do so on Wednesday!  It is an 18 and over early show at the Beat Kitchen!  You can see the whole show and be home by 11 P...
Posted by Emily on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:12:00 PST

I Love Rock N' Roll. For real, yo.

I am really busy at work, but I need a breather.  I have been working hard.  Our show Tuesday night was fabulous, if I do say so myself.  Ellis did a great job, and friends said that o...
Posted by Emily on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:58:00 PST