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About Me

www.coachella.com

My Interests

Rock and/or Roll, avoiding the red states with a vengeance, New York Yankees, New York Knicks, Aston Villa FC, being the straw that stirs the drink...

I'd like to meet:

Righteous brothers and sisters, speakers of the truth

Music:

Movies:

Television:

Simpsons, The Office, Arrested Development, Homicide: Life on the Street, Psych, Cheap Seats, Peep Show, Seinfeld, Keen Eddie, Futurama, The Mighty Boosh, Young Ones, Jackass, My Name is Earl, Knicks/Yankees games, Bargain Hunt, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fawlty Towers, the History Channel

Books:

Authors: Noam Chomsky, Nathanael West, Lester Bangs, Joseph Mitchell, Lawrence Block, Legs McNeil, Chuck Pahlaniuk, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Saul Bellow, Al Franken, Nick Hornby, Chris Ware, Howard Zinn, Gary Kott, Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy, Martin Amis, history books about NYC, Crispin Kott

Heroes:

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Joe Strummer, Kandy Harris, Andi Sumpter, Amy Chase, Carl Mello, Mark Smith, Les, Leeson, Shandana Durrani, Peter Sellers, Chuck D, Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Wayne Coyne, Joey Ramone, Ray Davies, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, ?uestlove, Peter O'Toole, Damon Albarn, Ricky Gervais, Larry David, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Randy and Jason Sklar, you...No, not YOU, behind you.My drumming heroes - ?uestlove, Reni, Elvin Jones, John "Jabo" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Pete Salisbury, Jon Brookes, Tony Allen, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Tiki Fulwood

My Blog

Coachella - Day Three

Anti-climactic isn't the right word. Maybe it's relief. After three straight days of music on five different stages, fighting for a square foot on a patch of grass, frozen lemonades and organic foods....
Posted by stuporfly on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:07:00 PST

Coachella - Day Two

The second in my New York Press blogs...With dirty feet and sore muscles, and perhaps a touch of heatstroke, I wanted to be able to tell you that Prince was awful. Day two at Coachella brought his Roy...
Posted by stuporfly on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:26:00 PST

Coachella - Day One

I've been submitting daily updates from Coachella to the New York Press for their front page blog. So far they haven't shown up yet, though since my editor came up with the idea, I imagine they will. ...
Posted by stuporfly on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:21:00 PST

Coachella - The tumblers are locking into place

I've got to wrap up ten tons of freelance shit within the next 24 hours, but I still took the time to lay this Coachella update on you. Why? Because I care. My wait for my confirmation e-mail&nbs...
Posted by stuporfly on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:48:00 PST

Another fucking blog about Coachella

I realize I was already pretty insufferable before this whole Coachella thing came together. But now that it's all I can bring myself to blog about...Everything's about to happen. The final detai...
Posted by stuporfly on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:20:00 PST

Coachella

Two weeks from this very moment I'll be fighting off exhaustion and heatstroke in the desert as I contemplate how the fuck I'm ever going to make it through three full days of Coachella. After years o...
Posted by stuporfly on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:30:00 PST

Bliss

"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in." - Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), The Godfather IIII gave up my career as a musician in early 1992. I'd been the drummer for Flo-Tight ...
Posted by stuporfly on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:56:00 PST

The Music That Matters: Part One - 1969-1989

All music fans have them - Songs and albums that completely redefined how they looked at music. They're not always the runaway critical raves, either. Some of us found our way to those widely renowned...
Posted by stuporfly on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

American Football Doesn’t Suck After All...

Football isn't my favorite sport by any stretch, but after this past weekend's games, it's hard not to be excited about the game right now. I missed Saturday's action, but I did catch all the highligh...
Posted by stuporfly on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:40:00 PST

2007 In Review - 13 Reasons Why Music Still Matters

I'm hoping this will be the first in a series of music/movies/books-type recaps. 13 Best Albums of 2007M.I.A. - KalaMaybe the most unsettling music I've ever heard. Nothing lets you get comfortable, b...
Posted by stuporfly on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:30:00 PST