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Clayton Drake

About Me

I am trying to become a secular monk leading a life of meta-military discipline. Join me or be crushed by the machinations of the coming war.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/12/2006
Band Members: Clayton Drake
Influences: Charles Babbage, Marvel Zombies, SNOLAB, Matt Beech
Sounds Like: Someone who can barely sing or play his instrument.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

http://claytondrake.blogspot.com/

I have started a blog at http://claytondrake.blogspot.com/ I will be posting there from now on since the myspace blogs are too cumbersome and my new blog just looks so much prettier. Please g...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:02:00 GMT

Black Man to visit Sudbury

Amidst a flurry of excitement, Sudbury mayor John Rodriguez announced Thursday that the rumours of a Black Man coming to Sudbury are indeed true. The Black Man, pictured below, is scheduled to arrive ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

The Great SGA Election Satire

It’s that time of year again: elections for the Student’s General Association at Laurentian University. The scent of apathy is almost tangible, and a palpable feeling of complete indiffere...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:24:00 GMT

State of the World 2008

Clayton Drake, 152975 Engineering, Technology and Society: ENGR 4117 Summary of "State of the World 2008: innovations for a Sustainable Economy" Dr. Dougal McCreath Wed, Feb. 27th, 2008   Nak...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:03:00 GMT

Giants for president!

On the David Letterman show the other day, Hillary Clinton, "&said she was modeling her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president on the Giants' last-minute, 17-14 victory over the undefea...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:44:00 GMT

Upcoming LU events which I hate

So there are a few goings on coming up at Laurentian that are intended to be entertaining. Being the cynical misanthrope that I am, I detest all of them. Following are the upcoming campus events and t...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT

short poem?

Words come slow. If you find poetry easy, maybe you're not trying. Or maybe I'm trying too hard?
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:56:00 GMT

1984, A Brave New World, Slapstick

I read two classic novels recently which presented different visions of a future dystopia. These novels are "A Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and "Slapstick" by Kurt Vonnegut. After having read the...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Joanne Drakes review of In Rainbows

Ever since the new Radiohead album came out, I have been listening to nothing else. I usually have a very schizophrenic listening pattern and attempt to cram in as much different music into my day as ...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:57:00 GMT

The top 3 most influential albums of my youth

I was asked this week to write a "100 words or less" article for the Lambda about an album that I felt contributed significantly to my musical development. (because obviously I'm sitting atop the pin...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:23:00 GMT