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brian pearl

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. --George W. Bu

About Me


Californian turned New Yorker turned Californian.
Musician.
Mets Fan. (and getting back into the Dodgers)
Progressive Democrat
Atheist (reading the God Delusion now. Its excellent)
Trying to make a living playing Piano/Guitar/Bass (I need work son!)
Played in a band called Matt Pond PA for about 4 years.
I played these instruments on these albums:
    Several Arrows Later (2005, Altitude Records)
    guitars, piano, Wurlitzer piano, vibraphone, electric bass Winter Songs EP (Altitude Records, 2005)
    guitar, keyboards, bass Emblems (2004, Altitude Records, B-Unique Records in the UK)lt;brBass, Guitar, Keyboards Four Songs (EP)(2004, Altitude Records)
    guitar, keyboards, bass

While a member of matt pond PA, I toured/shared stages with: Keane, Youth Group, Dios (Malos), Guster, Liz Phair, Gomez, Kevin Devine, Straylight Run, TV on the Radio, Yo La Tengo, The Stills, Band of Horses, Nickel Creek, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The New Amsterdams.
mpPA has a new ep out this June and a new full-length to follow. Buy them.
I played on upcoming albums by Buick Audra, and the Explosion (their last album unfortunately). When I have release dates I will post them.
I just got home from touring as part of Kevin Devine's Goddamn band, opening up for Brand New (with Manchester Orchestra). I wish I was still on that tour.
My3 minutes on Conan O'Brien (with matt pond PA)
matt pond pa on Conan

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My Interests

music. baseball. politics. earning a living without sitting at a desk.

I'd like to meet:

you, maybe.. but I'm really opinionated and if you're a Republican we won't get along. but yeah, you. why not? and this guy, of course:

Movies:

still trying to wrap my head around the aqua teen movie. children of men, pan's labyrinth, the departed, cool hand luke, double indemnity, nights of cabiria, jules and jim, bonnie and clyde, chinatown, last picture show, the graduate, godfather 2, the conversation, they live, big lebowski, rushmore, royal tenenbaums, boogie nights, glengarry glen ross, lost in translation, mr death, my architect, hurly burly, annie hall, zelig, robocop, starship troopers, goodfellas, raging bull, the squid and the whale, anchorman, spinal tap

Television:

Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Jim Lehrer New Hour, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office (UK and US), The Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Aqua Teen, Robot Chicken, Chappelle, Daily Show, Colbert Report, 2 1/2 Men (whatevs, its awesome. ok its not. you TOTALLY bought that. fucking moron.)

Books:

this one now.

this one next.

and his books are an ongoing project.

Heroes:

sorry to be redundant but Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins.