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Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins

Life is a bucket full of happiness

About Me

I am Sam. Don't know that there's much more to me than that. I like bikes, graff, and music of all varieties, and I'm in grad school - but if you're looking at this you probably already know me/know that. I guess that's about all. Drop me a line if you know me or want to.

My Interests

tilting at windmills, stirring up the rabble, bouldering, pool, anti-nomian religion, MUSIC (in all its forms, varieties and means of conveyance), DJing, graffiti, subtle forms of anarchy, aggravating people, generally being a pain in the ass, my dog (who I miss dearly, now that I've moved), movies, radio (especially of the "public" variety), ruling planet Earth. My academic studies, travel in Asia.

I'd like to meet:

People who are nifty, and people from the Boston area ('cause it's now my home), beautiful ladies who like guys who are into comic books and Star Wars (as if they exist, and, am I really allowed to ask for them?)... People who can help me take over the world. People who can help me with my Sanskrit homework.

Music:

I like anything with a beat that you can shake your rump to (if you're so inclined, and I generally am), or anything that's loud and angry... Insomnium, Buckethead, Kool and the Gang, Korpiklaani, Hellogoodbye, Bohren and Der Club of Gore, The Dead Milkmen, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Jay Sean, Juggy D, Panjabi Hit Squad, Mr Bungle, Reel Big Fish (up to, and including White Trash (you know what I mean if you're a fan)), Pendulum, Isis, Miles Davis, Blockhead, NOFX, Aphex Twin, Air, Daft Punk, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Victor Wooten, Clifford Brown, Bracket, the Procussions, Herbie Hancock, Arcturus, Secret Chiefs 3, Ulver, Alpinestars, Les Nubians, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Black Flag, De La Soul, Above and Beyond, The Faint, The Real Tuesday Weld, UNKLE, Underworld, Massive Attack, Jassi Sidhu, Flogging Molly, Wolfsheim, Judas Iscariot, Le Syndicat, Cathedral, My Dying Bride, Lisa Lashes, The Pogues, LTJ Bukem, Pink Floyd, Nightmares on Wax, The Dickies, The Dead Kennedys, Paul van Dyk, Armand van Helden, Orbital, The Specials, A.F.I., Madness, MAE, Cathedral, Bobby Friction & Nihal, Danzig, Say Anything, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Jesu, Green Carnation, Zyklon, The Damned, Way Out West, Wizzy Noise, Arkane, Pleasure, Santo & Johnny, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Cadillac Jones, Sekiden, Justice, Mr. Oizo, Bang Lime

Movies:

Generally including, but not limited to, zombie movies and bizarre comedies... Hocus Pocus, Ichi the Killer, Undead, Brick, Cursed, Shaun of the Dead, Stargate, Dogma, Dead Alive, The Killer, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Man Bites Dog, Playtime, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Shaolin Soccer, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Human Traffic, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Rear Window, Bubba Ho-Tep, Dazed and Confused, Mallrats, Cemetery Man, The Big Lebowski, American Beauty, The Big Blue, City of Lost Children, Amelie, Clerks, Star Wars, Thirteen, Scratch, Swimming Pool, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, La Derniere Combat, Equus, Naina, The Bad News Bears, Slacker, Santa Sangre, Tetsuo: the Iron Man, Nekromantik

Television:

I only watch TV once it's on DVD (yes, I know it's weird) - The Young Ones, Thin Blue Line, Futurama, The X-Files, Red Dwarf, Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Buffy, the Venture Brothers

Books:

Hi Fidelity, Scaramouche, Heart Seizure, About a Boy, Fever Pitch, The Fuck-Up, Manhattan Loverboy, Catch-22, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Good Omens, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Halloween Tree, Harry Potter, Candide, Slapstick, Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse 5, Prince Ombra, Lord of the Rings, the Chronicles of Narnia, Summerland, Being Invisible, Neighbors, The Golden Apples of the Sun, Dirty Work, Liberty Meadows, The Stranger, The Little Prince, French Revolutions

Heroes:

Brodie Bruce and Arthur Dent (even though they're not real people, and one of them is/would be an asshole), Nick Hornby, Joseph Heller, Karl Marx, Eugene V. Debs, Clifford Brown, Toshinori Kondo, Frank Cho (aka Monkeyboy), Miles Davis, Genesis P. Orridge ('cause he's one weird mofo)

My Blog

Bikeage

Yo, y'all. The bikes are being repaired and should be up and ready to go in a couple of days. Let me know (you know who you are) if y'all want to go ride soon. Also, I need input on a possible Brianhe...
Posted by Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:46:00 PST

Flagstaff, B!#@%s

I'm headed home for the summer, y'all. I wasn't expecting to initially, so only some of y'all know this. Anyway, I'm lookin' forward to seeing all of my friends... If you're going to be around our hom...
Posted by Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins on Mon, 21 May 2007 05:41:00 PST

Life in C-Town (aka Cambridge)

So, for all of you who are interested (and I know there's at least one), I'm all moved in to my new apartment in Cambridge. I'm still getting used to the area - it's a little weird moving to a town wh...
Posted by Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:47:00 PST

Harvard

For all of you who haven't yet heard - I have been accepted to Harvard and will be starting there this fall. Take that everyone who didn't realize I was a genius!
Posted by Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:04:00 PST

India

So, I made it through my first week here in India. It's pretty rad. Today I saw a dog eating a dead guy... wild!!! I've been doing tons of goofy sightseeing and touristy stuff. As of tomorrow I'm head...
Posted by Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:04:00 PST

flat tires

I had to change my first ever flat tire today and I have to say that it really sucks. I'm not the most mechanicallly minded person in the world (read: worthless) and it took me a while to figure out w...
Posted by Sam "Big Poppa" Hopkins on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:29:00 PST