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J. Harrison

A Day In The Past, Forever In The Future.

About Me

Hand Made Hard Times Handed Back.

My Interests

Music & Other Distractions.

I'd like to meet:

Whoever's responsible for this:

A tip of the cap to you, friend.

Music:

OK, Let's See Here: !!!, Alkaline Trio, At the Drive-In, Belle and Sebastian, Black Keys, Blood on the Wall, Boards of Canada, Boris, Botch, The Boss, Built to Spill, Califone, Camera Obscura, The Casket Lottery, Cat Power, Cave In, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Coalesce, Converge, CSS, Danger Doom, Danielson, David Bowie, Death From Above 1979, Decemberists, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dismemberment Plan, Dizzee Rascal, Elton, Elvis, The Faint, Figurines, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, Holopaw, Iron & Wine, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Jucifer, Kid Dynamite, Langhorne Slim, Lucero, M.I.A., Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, Murder City Devils, Neon Blonde, Outkast, Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, Raconteurs, Refused, Rocket From The Crypt, Scissor Sisters, Spoon, Streets, Talking Heads, Tapes N Tapes, Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Ugly Casanova, White Stripes, Wolf Parade, Many Wu-Tang-related enterprises ... ETC!
Yes, I was lame enough to scroll through my iTunes library.

Movies:

JUICE? THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!

Television:

is a poor man's computer.

Books:

Vonnegut, Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson. Brave New World. The Magus. Native Son. Babbitt. Etc. I own 20x more books than I've actually read. I'm one of those people. I'll get to the rest someday, I swear.

Heroes:

Some family members and other folks.

My Blog

The End Is The Beginning Is The End

Well, I haven't done one of these in a while, and it'll probably be the last one ever. whimper whimper. If you've been paying attention, most of the loose ends are tied up here. If you haven't... w...
Posted by J. Harrison on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:37:00 PST

How To Properly Prepare A Potato.

Admission: I am an idiot. I've had this damn potato in the oven for an hour, and it's still hard as a brick. WTF potato?So, I'm still trying to recover from a (sur)real nappy-time dream where I sho...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

I Might Lay (Lie) On The Floor And Watch Lost

Just you try and stop me!!!I just had a few drinks out of the 'kitty'. Oh boy.Wish me luck!Adios, Muchachos/-as,Jason
Posted by J. Harrison on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:43:00 PST

Old School Revival Issue

Sometimes, if you're like me, you get one of those off days where the gods smile down on you from Mt. Olympus, or Arthur's Seat, and ya just feel good all day. Like, bulletproof.Well, I started out f...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:25:00 PST

Daydreaming / The Windows Are Clean!

So I realized, today, that I've been living away for over six months now. And the last time I really saw any GR folks was at least five months ago. Not gettin all sappy, just sayin.One thing that I'...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:14:00 PST

Escapades In Internet TV & Music

Warning: This Blog May Bore The Hell Out Of You.So, I watched the new Modest Mouse video today, "Dashboard": Some of it's cool, but the prosthetic instruments deal doesn't really wo...
Posted by J. Harrison on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:57:00 PST

Methods of Self-Preservation, Part II

A Letter I Recently Received:Dear Jason,I'm writing you this letter to express my dissatisfaction with your activities yesterday, Saturday the 10th of March.It has come to my attention that after near...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:46:00 PST

Methods of Self-Preservation, Part I

The worst part about being sick, I feel, for myself, is feeling yourself getting sick.I typically have an A++ immune system. I used to get sick a cold or something every two years or so, but this old...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:18:00 PST

The Extra Ton Of Cash On My Sinking Life Raft

I'm on the wrong side of a day right now, up at 6am on a Saturday without a drink in my hand. It's a smoke instead and I'm in the darkness of my bedroom.Yesterday, I drove for the first time since I'...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:26:00 PST

Stack Shot Billy (A Show/Night/Day Review)

I just dropped ashes on myself. Oh well.Tonight ends Jason Morton month, and I don't care if my full name's out in the digital air, because maybe a thousand other people have that name.First things f...
Posted by J. Harrison on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:59:00 PST