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Mr. Pumpy

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About Me

I like...things that are old, manatees, jazz, pizza, woodwork, world war II novels, great thinkers, kites, long distance hiking, weather, pushing myself to physical/mental limits, dogs...and more recently cats, camping, riding my piece of shit bike, playing guitar, writing, reading, having good conversations, debating...and agreeing, growing, learning, belgian ales, yoga, science fiction, recording, creating things for the sake of their "one of a kindness," ignoring ignoramuses and assholes, making plans and sometimes deviating from them, sushi, the idea of life on other planets, time travel, songs that are an hour long, females, the ocean, the sky, the mountains, the good green earth, heavy tunes, people who hate television and are slightly paranoid, robots...real not human, rain, mornings, moving, the feel of clean sheets, mushrooms, films, creativity of most sorts, the universe and its myriad secrets, and...ohhhhh...so much more...oh yeah...Bill Hicks!

My Interests

Music, film, guitars, drums, good health, exercise, yoga, running, intense conversation, good friends, a nice bottle of wine, a fine ale, Nature, plants, the colour green, going to the theater, live music, recording music, playing music, making noise, having an opinion, the idea of solving huge problems by awareness on an individual level, literature, being real, always improving, always moving, being positive, saying what's on my mind, keeping people in the loop, education, writing, reading, living, expressing myself in words/sounds/pictures, making people happy, keeping myself happy, pondering the great mysteries of the universe, keeping an open mind, biting satire, uniqueness, defying the laws of tradition, and music.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting People, Frank Zappa, a cute girl who might wear jeans and/or chew bubble-gum...

Music:

Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Mogwai, Tortoise, Billie Holiday, Modest Mouse, Carcass, COUGH, Peter Rowan, Medeski Martin & Wood, Vein Melter, Porcupine Tree, Paquito DeRivera, Jack DeJohnette, Ornette Coleman, Los Natas, Lee Scratch Perry, Arturo O'Farril, The Who, No Neck Blues Band, High on Fire, Supertouch, MDC, Keith Jarret, Thelonius Monk, Nina Simone, Exodus, FUGAZI, The Cure, King Crimson, Primus, Tool, Interpol, Voivod, Clutch, Death Cab for Cutie, Marc & Gregg, Frank Zappa, Jarboe, Ravi Shankar, The Beatles, ISIS, Neurosis, The Allman Brothers, Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Brian Eno, Opeth, Dead Milkmen, MRB, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, The Smiths, WEEN, Dead Can Dance, Pinback, Dead Kennedys, Death, Obituary, Buzzcocks, X, Pagans, Ash Ra Temple, Roxy Music, 16 Horsepower, Cat Power, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Postal Service, The Bad Plus, Tom Waites, Spirit, The Clash, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Sound Garden, Nile, Camper Van Beethoven, Cave In, Mars Volta, Stereolab, King Tubby, Tristeza, Black Heart Procession, Nick Cave, Joy Division, Elliot Smith, Parliament/Funkadelic, J Majesty, Iceburn, Jets to Brazil, Nitzer Ebb, Violent Femmes...tbc

Movies:

George Washington, Punch Drunk Love, Throne of Blood, Rashomon, Fudoh, Heavenly Creatures, Weird Science, Touch of Evil, Crimes and Misdemeanors, All or Nothing, Forbidden Zone, The Fisher King, Dead Man, Yesterday, South of Heaven West of Hell, Bottle Rocket, Knife in the Water, Downfall, Steamboy, Last House on the Left, Creepshow, Magnolia, Naked, Audition, Goodfellas, Royal Tennenbaums, Palindromes, The Yes Men, Blue/White/Red, Akira, Pink Panther, Amelie, Talk to Her, Good Night and Good Luck, Pappillon, The Happiness of the Katikuris, Band of Brothers, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Blow Up, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Nil by Mouth, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Empire Strikes Back, Nightmare Before Christmas, Tree's Lounge, Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Vidoedrome, Existenz...

Television:

Divided replies, Stygian Lies, Neptune in headdress, Domain ID address, Robotic implies, Myriad third eyes, Impaled on chorus, All lay burnt before us,Compiled ransom, Misguided albums, Leviathan sating, Poseidon in waiting, Mechanics of mind, Tectonic Earth-rind, Retrieving the mind-wave, Undo and press save,Phase out and ask why?, Who did it? Is it done?, Phasing to critical mass, A particle shoots past, How am I to scream, in this weightless dream?, All gears and the axis, All lives’ faltered praxis --Black hole

Books:

The Good Earth, Fast Food Nation, Band of Brothers, Tokyo Doesn't Love us Anymore, Titan/Wizard/Demon, Idoru, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, Breakfast of Champions, Naked Lunch, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, I Robot, Lolita, Cosmos, The Time Machine, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Fear of Flying, Waiting for Godot...

Heroes:

My dear friend Amber Butterfly, who hooked me up nice with this sweet page!

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My Blog

faucet

Chimneys eating their own bricksNow birds on a wireOnce birds in air through smokeA different jokeOr at least one misspoke To climb out of muck and into mireThe base desire ..of..ManJus...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:07:00 PST

little pink riding hood

Little Pink Riding Hood Queen of the roster Birth my name I'm always here As always I've been Waiting Wading through The me The you Hand holds pen Where hand held cough then Examine me In a fortnight ...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:26:00 PST

orate

Orate Of late Speak of the last Aztec emperor Gray And green And in-between All white Then gray down to black souls (Then grey down two black soles) An angel with a choker Indulgent raveled stockings ...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:23:00 PST

satellites

satellites paving walks as we try not another welcoming and farthest from the true eye imposing all that's sacred and amending all my wants as a jaded, shaded army takes a shot at all we've got  ...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:19:00 PST

funny

funny how the glass floats by it's funny how, it's funny how the glass floats by all commentary turns to sin' white noise is happening and fades and spins and fades and spins children's happenings fun...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:41:00 PST

sum r luvin;?

To see the breeze, warm summer trees. Again you'll fade as days they wane. Upon the season's end the reasons bend&and sway as warm trees. Induced like fear and almost near as fall's leaves leave felle...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:40:00 PST

an event

As I gaze What do I see? Smokestack with an immigrant's name The tree beside Blue sky serves as canvas for black birds And the plane&at the perfect moment The incidents collide And though the smokesta...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:39:00 PST

HANG UP AND DRIVE!

I was at the Franklin Steak House on Friday night...first of all I have a habit of living in multiple moments at the same time. As I was sitting there...sipping a grey goose on the rocks...I was on to...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ego?

to sit and stare to sit on stairstake stepsdo without egodisregard deathwell, at least other peoples'how patheticit just doesnt faze youyet the thought may amaze youalthough laxwhen looking into the a...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:13:00 PST

the snow, the shoes, the me, the yous

It all had me so twisted inside. Someone had stuck a double edged blade in my guts guts and was turning it until my insides were out&until all the tissue and blood were gone. The thing that really ha...
Posted by Mr. Pumpy on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:32:00 PST