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Bilito

We're in the boredom-killing business!

About Me

Urban hick. Optimist. Writer. Rugger. Greenie.

My Interests

Competition, introspection, expansion, celebration, meditation, saving the nation.

Music:

..And You Will Know Us.., Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, B-52s, Bikini Kill, Black Sabbath, Bloc Party, Blues Explosion, Brian Eno, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Briefs, Built to Spill, Calexico, Clash, Cramps, Cure, Dandy Warhols, Dead Can Dance, Death Cab, Devo, Donnas, Doves, Eagles of Death Metal, Earlimart, Faint, Fall, Flaming Lips, Fugazi, Futureheads, Gang of Four, Gay-Gays!, Grandaddy, Iggy Pop, Imperial Teen, Interpol , Isaac Hayes, Kasabian, Killers, Stephen Malkmus, Minus the Bear, Neil Young , New Order, Nirvana, Pavement, Peter Gabriel, Pinback, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Prince, Q and not U, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Red House Painters, Replacements, Richard Buckner, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, Silversun Pickups, Slayer, Sleater Kinney, Smiths, Sonic Youth, Soviettes, Spoon, Stevie Wonder, Stooges, T. Rex, The International Noise Conspiracy, The Jam, The Kills , Throbbing Gristle, Tom Waits, Turbonegro, U.N.K.L.E. , Uncle Tupelo, Walkmen, X, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dwight Yoakum

Movies:

Godfather II still holds up as the perfect movie. Also dig: The Conformist, A Bande-a-Parte, Godfadder One, Empire Strikes Back, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, The Thin Red Line, Badlands, The Hours, Goodfellas... etc.

Television:

Not so much.

Books:

Currently reading: A Brief History of Nearly Everything

My Blog

A Good Show, Mate

The Phoenix Foundation are playing a free show tonight at Spaceland. I saw these guys play in their hometown of Wellington, NZ and they are SUPER! Highly recommended.http://www.myspace.com/thephoeni...
Posted by Bilito on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:22:00 PST

The Last Garage Band in Venice

By July, I should have known it was coming. That's when we gathered on Matty's rooftop to watch the most dismal local parade ever, the Venice Centennial celebration. Instead of a history lesson or a...
Posted by Bilito on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:49:00 PST

Totes Googs

These are the last ten Google searches I've made: Kona coffee cheap Thurman Munson gay (wishful thinking) Soviet tattoo AM 1710 Antioch Soderbergh bubble trailer Happy birthday Lesbian hooku...
Posted by Bilito on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:15:00 PST

Rapper or Toiletry?

I came across a wonderful li'l quiz that I'm sure you'll agree is harder than anything the DMV can come up with. DMV or DMX? Whatever, here's the link: Rapper or Toiletry?...
Posted by Bilito on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:43:00 PST

My Name on a Grain of Rice!

If this webpage was made of rice http://www.mov6.com/name/nm0003787/
Posted by Bilito on Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:48:00 PST

I Am Not a Bear!

Earlier tonight, while eating our meal of fresh salmon and blueberries, my boyfriend Dave and I asked "Are we bears?" I mean, with my untamed belly fur and Dave's propensity for knocking over trees t...
Posted by Bilito on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:00:00 PST

Quier Punque Pheh

I was born a half Jew and a full homo, and despite my upbringing as a straight Presbyterian, I feel I am more than qualified to make this statement: Queer punk -- feh! OK, that's it.
Posted by Bilito on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Flyover Fags Fail to Fucking Fathom

In My Humble Opinion: "First Date Jitters" starring Sheisse Minelli is a transcendent piece of cinema, providing a much-needed intersection of drag, southern hospitality, coprophilia and goulash. IMH...
Posted by Bilito on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

You've Gotta Have (Stan)Hope

Work is creeping along today, but Friday yields time with friends and boozy treats, so all is not lost.  My Doug Stanhope flame has been fanned once again after reading his latest blog in which he chr...
Posted by Bilito on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST