J.J. Fury - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Cynical, yet sentimental. Romantic, yet libertine. Miles, yet The Who. Fried chicken, yet sushi.I can kill a man with a rolled up magazine.

My Interests

Prolonging the inevitable.

Music:

Charles Mingus, The Monkees, Miles Davis, The Who (esp. John Entwistle),Howlin' Wolf, Mahler's Second, Robert Schumann, The Auteurs, solo bagpipe music, Bulgarian singing.

Movies:

'Wings of Desire', '21 Grams', 'Les Quatre Cents Coups', 'Paris, Texas', 'September' & 'Husbands and Wives', 'Night of the Iguana', 'Betty Blue', 'Diva', 'Cat People'.

Television:

Absolute Power. Posh Nosh. Weeds. McLaughlin Group. Seinfeld. Black Adder. Coupling. Masterpiece Theater.

Books:

Saul Bellow, F.Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner. Peter Handke, Milan Kundera, Joseph Campbell, Hermann Hesse, Andre Gide, D.H. Lawrence. James Baldwin. Samuel Beckett. Occasionally some western civ. book I picked up for free at Paperbacks Plus.

My Blog

Band Names

Haul 'n Ass Rosh-sha-sha-na-na Gout Milf? Baby & the Mommytalkers The Polymorphous Perverse The Kool-Aid Choir Tony Danzig and His Electric Organ Donors Snuff Film Superstar Taint ...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:27:00 PST

second best dream ever.

I am snow skiiing around and up a very shitty and dangerous mountain at UNT in Denton, which enveloped the Library Mall, soared downwards toward Bruce Hall, squandered itself outward in every possible...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Wed, 30 May 2007 06:36:00 PST

Figures of Speech

"He hasn't met me yet" -(from my grandmother) An Oral History of Lies Swarmed to Secrecy Self-Made Martyr
Posted by J.J. Fury on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:37:00 PST

SENSITIVE GUY RIOT!

The street team kissed ass, the single's moving up fast And no-one breathed at the in-store. The big night comes 'round, but they were still underground And CMJ says "they're dazzling!" It's no...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:30:00 PST

Retirement Plan

Just moving zeros, just clearing sales It's a pocket transaction toward my retirement plan. I count down the money, put in a thumb, I may be underpaid, but at least I'm not dumb. The cameras were roll...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:13:00 PST

Dessert Before Dinner

There's a gas leak at the day care centerKids are dreaming of dessert before dinnerAnd no-one's going to wake up before it's too late. Taking exhaust fumes along with afternoon coffeeSeems to lessen t...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:27:00 PST

Trick of the Light

Was I alright? Was I alright? Did I take you to the heights of ecstacy? Was I alright? Did a shadow of emotion cross your face or was it just another trick of the light? - J. Entwistle...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:09:00 PST

Richard Burton, Richard Burton.

I wanna live like Richard Burton. Whisky tumbler in my shaking hand. The smell of leather from my library shelves, oh 18 foot ceilings and a southern exposure. Love of the century, the blushing...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:00:00 PST

Consolation Prize

I'll try to hold this smile right in place 'til you finish clawing the eyes out of my face. I finally got my wish just in time. After all that misery, I came to realize that now you know how it...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:53:00 PST

Happy for You.

There was a time when even misery had a special glow. After some years all those memories had no place to go. It's just comings and goings. It's the comings you remember and the goings you never get ...
Posted by J.J. Fury on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:42:00 PST