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Dave Wood

WHITE WHALE. HOLY GRAIL.

About Me

Born DAVID CHARLES WOODS. Hails from Brier. Resides in Bellingham. Studies at Western Washington University. Aspires to be an English teacher. Listens to copious amounts of Madball. THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE WITHOUT: girls jeans, eyeliner, faux-hawks, bandanas (in the back-pocket), boys that look like girls, girls that look like boys, people who exude unnecessary amounts of sass and Jason Mraz. THINGS THAT COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT: Morningstar Farms Veggie Breakfast Sausage Patties and DIO.

I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V3.6

My Interests

Music:

Motörhead is awesome.
Aerosmith is not.

Movies:

"Hollywood is not failing. It has failed."
~John Cassavetes

Books:

Steinbeck
Bukowski
M.T. Anderson

Heroes:

All the people who hold it down in the streets and DragonForce.

My Blog

Best Albums of 2006

I am sure you were all looking forward to my self-indulgent exposition upon the best albums of 2006. Unfortunately, you have been spared of such a privileged position. There just wasn't enough time in...
Posted by Dave Wood on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:11:00 PST

Shitty NES games

Remember those NES games of your youth that were impossibly hard?  Was it just that you weren't a skilled enough gamer?  Or were the game's designers just fucking retarded?  Well, one n...
Posted by Dave Wood on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:06:00 PST

Steve Albini's take on the music industry

FACT: This is a relatively old piece (circa '93). FACT: Steve Albini has done work (producer/engineer) on some amazing albums (Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile, Nirvana - In Utero, Neurosis - T...
Posted by Dave Wood on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:46:00 PST

THE COAT EXCHANGE: Friday, May 19th

deadsure, Owen Hart and Dragline May, 19th @ The Coat Exchange 1327 Ellis St.Cost: $3.00 Time: 8pm Three most excellent bands for only $3!  Now that's bang for your buck.&nbs...
Posted by Dave Wood on Mon, 08 May 2006 01:00:00 PST

The demands of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

This is slightly dated, but I found it ridiculous and thought I'd share it. Time to take a trip backstage with Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band confederates. Below you'll find entertaining exc...
Posted by Dave Wood on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:50:00 PST

Champion (1999 - 2006)

Roughly five weeks after their break-up became public, Champion frontman Jim Hesketh has released a statement regarding the move:"After 7 years, one full length, two 7" eps, one split ep with friends,...
Posted by Dave Wood on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:31:00 PST

GET THRASHED: a thrash metal documentary

Being a connoisseur of metal music, I became very excited when stumbling across a profile which was promoting a documentary about such.  It's called Get Thrashed.  Here's the Myspace missio...
Posted by Dave Wood on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:51:00 PST

The White Supremacist Olsen Twins?

Young Singers Spread Racist HateThirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans.       They may remind you ...
Posted by Dave Wood on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:16:00 PST

Botch finalizing DVD release...finally.

It appears that Botch will actually release their long-awaited DVD afterall. The last time we heard anything official about the DVD was in late-2003. However, bassist Brian Cook recently posted the fo...
Posted by Dave Wood on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:28:00 PST

Top 5 Albums of 2005

It only comes once a year. No, it is not the Teen Choice Awards. It is Dave Woods recap of the year in music, or more specifically, the annual list of his favorite albums that saw a release. Where, o...
Posted by Dave Wood on Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:49:00 PST