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Chris Goner

Pulled her at the Bottle Top; whiskey, dancing, disco-hop...

About Me

I am Chris Dalton. Husband to Emily. Father to Gabriel. Drummer to Goner. And I rule.

My Interests

My son Gabriel, the impossible beauty of Emily, now that I've found her, and the Rock Music. I also like other stuff...

Music:

Post-World War II Music including but not limited to: Classic Rock, Punk Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, the pre-Nirvana definition of Alternative Rock, Indie Rock and my beloved Heavy Metal.Chris' Album of the Moment:AC/DC, Accept, Aerosmith, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, Big Country, Black Flag, Blondie, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Buzzcocks, Carcass, Neko Case, Cathedral, Chameleons, Cheap Trick, Cocteau Twins, Comsat Angels, The Cure, Dead Meadow, Deep Purple, Ronnie James Dio, Doves, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elbow, Enslaved, Entombed, Funkadelic, Girlschool, High On Fire, Kreator, Kristin Hersh, Iron Maiden, Joy Division, Judas Priest, Kyuss, Magnetic Fields, Maximo Park, Mercyful Fate, Metallica, Mew, Morbid Angel, Motorhead, The National, New Order, New Pornographers, Gary Numan, Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, Prince, Queen, R.E.M., Rainbow, Rezillos, Roxy Music, Rush, Scorpions, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Skinny Puppy, Slayer, Sleater-Kinney, Slowdive, The Smiths, Soundgarden, Dusty Springfield, Suede, Tears For Fears, Thin Lizzy, Throwing Muses, UFO, U-2, Venom, Voivod and Wire

Movies:

The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, How Green Was My Valley, Better Off Dead, Over the Hedge, Lord of the Rings, School of Rock, To Sir With Love, This Is Spinal Tap, A Bridge Too Far, The Graduate, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Another State of Mind, High Fidelity

Books:

"Love Is A Mix Tape" by Rob Sheffield, "In Flanders Fields" by Leon Wolfe, "The Nature and Destiny of Man" by Reinhold Neibuhr, "Stairway To Hell" by Chuck Eddy. Stuff by Tolkien. Stuff by Terry Pratchett.

My Blog

Top Ten For the Week Ending 5-31-08

1. Slayer: "Reign In Blood" 2. Mercyful Fate: "Melissa" 3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: "Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 4. Kate Bush:  "Hounds of Love" 5. Arctic Monkeys: "Favourite Worst Nightmare" 6....
Posted by Chris Goner on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:03:00 PST

Top Ten For the Week Ending 5-24-08

1. Rush: "Signals" 2. Blonde Redhead: "23" 3. Radiohead: "In Rainbows" 4. Elbow: "The Seldom Seen Kid" 5. The Last Shadow Puppets: "The Age of the Understatement" 6. PJ Harvey:&n...
Posted by Chris Goner on Sun, 25 May 2008 06:47:00 PST

Top Ten For the Week Ending 5-17-08

  1. Elbow: "The Seldom Seen Kid" 2. Metallica: "Chris Is F***ing Old  Best of 1983-1986" 3. The Last Shadow Puppets: "The Age of the Understatement" 4. Band of Horses: "Cease To Begin...
Posted by Chris Goner on Sat, 17 May 2008 07:27:00 PST

Top Ten for the Week Ending 5-10-2008

1. The Last Shadow Puppets:  "The Age of the Understatement" 2. Elbow:  "The Seldom Seen Kid" 3. Metallica:  "Chris Is F***ing Old  Best of 1983-1986" 4. M83:  "Saturdays = Youth...
Posted by Chris Goner on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:30:00 PST

Sin

I've heard it said that the devil is a charming man.  Well, then I am probably the Lord of Hell.  It is so very true. Some days, I just sort of take stock of who I am, where I've come from a...
Posted by Chris Goner on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:06:00 PST

You Got the Silver

Actually, I got the silver.  My preternaturally thick head of hair (for a 40 year-old) is finally giving away the secrets of my age.  Recently, little shards of silvery-grey have been g...
Posted by Chris Goner on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:33:00 PST

I Am Officially Old

It just occured to me today.  I am pretty obsessed with English pop group, The Last Shadow Puppets.  They, like, so rock.  They are a duo.  One of the two gentlemen is named A...
Posted by Chris Goner on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:17:00 PST

April 23, 2008

I am 40 years old. I do not understand life at all. It scares me a whole bunch. I am either one of the luckiest or most blessed human beings on the planet Earth.  Depends on one's point of view. ...
Posted by Chris Goner on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:14:00 PST