Ok, one more time: I WON'T ADD YOUR BAND/FILM UNLESS I PERSONALLY KNOW YOU! I probably won't add you personally unless we're actual friends.
That means I won't add you unless I've met you, we've shaken hands, I've had a conversation with you, I've dog-sat for you, I've bought you pizza, I've slept with you, and/or I've met your mother. So please stop adding me.
P.S. - People in Austin: I don't live in Austin anymore. I haven't lived there in over two years. I will probably never live there again. I'd love to support your label/coffeehouse/clothing store, but I'll probably never see it anyway, so you're wasting your 'add' on me.
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Lately, my life has come to resemble that of a Murakami character. Work. Make dinner. Feed the cat. Have a beer. Read - a lot. It's not so bad at all.
At the moment, I live in Krakow, where they actually pay me to write. Even though I work 1-2 jobs I'm still constantly broke (stupid college loans and expensive musical equipment). If your band is touring Europe and needs a couch, message me and I'll see what I can do. And give me a heads up while you're at it, because there's a severe shortage of good shows in this town, and I'll try my damnedest to change that while I'm here (see bottom of 'who I'd like to meet' section).
I used to write, a lot. I get joy out of verbing nouns. I plan to be a member of the intelligensia when I grow up. I'm obsessed with time. I always alphabetize all my books and movies (and CDs, when I used to have them) on my bookshelf - is that a sign of an unfit mind?
I subscribe to the Charles Bukowski school of writing.
Sometimes I DJ indie rock dance nights. I haven't had time lately, but maybe I'll get back into it one day.
I want to learn German very badly. Möchten Sie mich unterrichten?
I used to run an Austin-based indie music zine called stage_scene . It's on hiatus for now until we have time and money to get the web version running, but shoot me an e-mail if you'd like to contribute writing, time, or preferably, advertising (money): [email protected] or check out the myspace page here .
Not to be all "check out my band(s)! check out my band(s)!" ...but uh, check out my bands:
New Century Classics - my band in Krakow, consisting of two Poles, one Polish-American (me), one Polish-Canadian, and an Italian who likes to bang on things with sticks.
The Bruce Lee Dance Party - a long-distance Postal Service-type project with my friend Rob from Missing Pilots .
I also used to play long-distance synths for the band audio/visual . We even recorded a demo and played a show, once. I've since been replaced by a laptop. I also fake-played in the BEST BAND EVER: The Coughing Girls and the Failed ManWhore . We were too pretty to bother with writing songs.
I'm the hardest-working alcoholic you'll ever meet.
Most importantly, I am constantly on a quest for Quality, Art, and Truth (Q=A+T?).
