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Actual Dave

Actors speak louder than words

About Me

Writist, musicker... and aspiring cannibal.

Red Sparowes

Pleasure Forever

The VSS

My Interests

Crossword puzzles. Evidence. My favorite Canadian in need of constant mental stimulation.

I'd like to meet:

The arrow of Zeno's Paradox -- head on.

Music:

Claude Bessy, Longmont Potion Castle, The Derek Tape, Bill Hicks, the Misfits, DEVO, Jerry Lee Lewis, Germs, The Cramps, Howlin' Wolf, Emmett Miller, George Jones, Birthday Party, Queen, Gun Club, Swans, Charles Manson, Beatles...

Movies:

The Jerk

Television:

Psychic

Books:

Lynda Madaras - What's Happening To My Body? A Book For Boys; Oscar Kiss Maerth - The Beginning Was The End; Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari - Anti-Oedipus; Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Antonin Artaud - The Theater and Its Double; Modris Eksteins - Rites of Spring; Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point; and Motley Crue - The Dirt.

Heroes:

Give me a fuckin' break.

My Blog

Band Names... For Bands! The Revengeance...

That's right, it's time for the latest installment of...Band Names... for Bands:The Insufficient FunsSafety!Stevie, Nicks and YoungFartGauge Against the MachineYesterday's JewsPlus SizesThe Old Testam...
Posted by Actual Dave on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:53:00 PST

What Have I Done?

A few weeks ago was the (gulp) 22nd anniversary of the first time I ever played live. I had just gotten my first guitar a couple of months before that show and still didn't know how to tune it properl...
Posted by Actual Dave on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:44:00 PST

I'm just gonna come right out and say it...

I don't support the troops.Nope. Neither the war, nor the troops. Just because you're poor and stupid isn't a reason that I have to care about you "just following orders" when you could be just as poo...
Posted by Actual Dave on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:59:00 PST

Bodies Need Rest - new Pleasure Forever album now available

The new album by Pleasure Forever titled Bodies Need Rest is now available in stores and by mail order. The album contains unreleased, rare and previously released material spanning the band's existen...
Posted by Actual Dave on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:55:00 PST

Band Names... for Bands!

The ever-ongoing quest to help bad bands choose band names continues.Band Names... for Bands:The Forget Me NazisMidwife CrisisReligious JuiceAlice In JeansThe Ex-Junkies & Their Tedious StoriesGovernm...
Posted by Actual Dave on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:41:00 PST

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS 2007

In the spirit of self-betterment and improvifying for the new year, I have made some resolutions for 2007 and thought I'd share them -- but be advised, they just might blow your mind:Remind old people...
Posted by Actual Dave on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST

Punks and Skins - where did we leave off with that?

Hey Punks and Skins -- where did we leave off with that? Did we decide that punks and skins *could* unite or not?I know it's been about 20 years or so, but I just wanted to tidy up a few old files.......
Posted by Actual Dave on Thu, 25 May 2006 04:39:00 PST

Walpurgiswhat?

I'm a Satanist?!? Really? Awesome! Well, grab me a virgin sacrifice! I gots me a talk show to appear on! Maybe I should scream? Or, join a support group -- I'll bet I was a victim of some ritualized s...
Posted by Actual Dave on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:51:00 PST

More Band Names -- For Bands!

In the ongoing effort to help your stupid band pick its stupid name... here it is, yet again:Band Names for Bands:The Courage to Be StokedPresent & A-Countried For (alt-country outfit)The FlieredGown ...
Posted by Actual Dave on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:17:00 PST

Let's make it painfully clear.

If you're visiting my MySpace page and NOT one of my elite "Top 8" friends, I just want to make it hurtfully, painfully clear to you that I value those other eight friends much, much, much more than I...
Posted by Actual Dave on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:33:00 PST