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Northwest Passage

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Member Since: 25/02/2007
Band Members: The Assessor, Treason
Influences: Andrei Tarkovsky, David Lynch, Charlie Kaufman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov, Gustave Flaubert, Russell Banks, Alphonse Cuaron, The Mad Professor, Slayer, SUNN0))), Jandek, Boris, Aphex Twin, public television music, Horace Andy, Bob Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby, Primal Scream, Massive Attack, Scott Smith, Mikhail Bulgakov, Karl Marx, Howard Zinn, Humphrey Bogart, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Kilgore Trout, George F. Will, Thomas Friedman, Paul Krugman, Mark, Twain, Molly Ivins, Anne Lamott, David Brooks, E. J. Dionne, Wonderfalls, Six Feet Under, Big Love, Weeds, Arrested Development, Veronica Mars, This American Life, Russell Rathbun, Debbie Blue, Mark Stenberg, C. P. Larson, Jim Walsh, Joe Walsh, Matt Fisher, Dan Fisher, Joe Terry, The Cryogenic Strawberries, Running Sore/Arise, Devilfish!, MRPF3, Deborah Madison, Madhur Jaffray, The Office (x2), 30 Rock, the first three and only the first three Kevin Smith films, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman, Orson Welles, Carol Reed, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (original playstation version, desert level): DON'T DO DRUGS!
Sounds Like: last night. the parts you can't remember.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

blue flowers.

Just for fun today, I remixed the classic Dr. Octagon cut "Blue Flowers". Minnesota winters are made so much more bearable by the existence of GarageBand.
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:34:00 GMT

war prayer.

I was thinking about this upcoming event and wrote a song.House of Mercy Goes to War! Featuring Romantica, Roma di Luna, The Roe Family Singers, The House of Mercy Band and More. Sunday November 18th,...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:18:00 GMT

winners don’t use drugs!

the show last night went really well. we had lots of fun and we even got along with the other bands. we plan to do it again sometime. thanks to everybody that came out. if you missed it, the live show...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:02:00 GMT

what was that noise?

choke on this, pig:NORTHWEST PASSAGEESTATENOBOTpossibly 1 more tbaFriday, November 9at the Nomad, 501 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis9pm/21+/$5THE BONE RULES, NEVER FORGET-TEE!
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:54:00 GMT

ticky-tacky.

for your pleasure, my take on "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds. you may recognize this from the excellent Showtime series "Weeds". Nancy Botwin, I salute you.
Posted by on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:47:00 GMT

dread.

I think the new song may have been influenced by the excellent movie "children of men", but not necessarily in a direct way. this song is more like my way of processing the movie. either that, or it's...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:08:00 GMT

hysteria when you're near.

nobody should feel guilty about loving def leppard.
Posted by on Fri, 18 May 2007 16:50:00 GMT

new song.

"She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is doing." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradlethis is what happens.
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 00:32:00 GMT

snow day.

it's snowed like crazy all weekend. seemed like a good time to finish up some of the first tracks for this new side project. these are the songs that don't fit in Secret Panels or Murzik. too many key...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:24:00 GMT