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Dan

SKAPPLETON May 19th

About Me


EDUCATION

(current)

WORK



My Interests

LIKES



DISLIKES

I'd like to meet:



Music:

"INDIE"
Adam Richman, Andrew Bird, Ani DiFranco, Architecture In Helsinki, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Ben Harper, Ben Kweller, The Bens, Brendan Benson, Bright Eyes, Cake, Damien Rice, Death Cab for Cutie, Fiona Apple, The Flaming Lips, The Format, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Frou Frou, The Futureheads, Gary Jules, Hard-Fi, Her Space Holiday, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, James Yorkston, The Julianna Theory, Keane, The Killers, Littlest Man Band, The Lovely Feathers, Mates of State, Matt Pond PA, Metric, Mike Doughty, Mirah, Modest Mouse, Motion City Soundtrack, The National, Nellie McKay, Neutral Milk Hotel, The New Amsterdams, Nightmare of You, Of Montreal, OK Go, Ozma, Panic! At the Disco, The Postal Service, The Rapture, Rooney, Say Anything, The Shins, Shipwreck, Small Leaks Sink Ships, Spoon, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan and Sara, Travis, The Unicorns, Vampire Weekend, Yesayer

"SKA"
The Aquabats!, Big D & the Kids Table, Buck-O-Nine, Catch 22, Catch of the Day, Codename: Rocky, Distorted Penguins, Donkey Punch, The Fallout, Fingerpaint Renaissance, Five Iron Frenzy, Forces of Evil, Fred Savage and the Unbeatables, Goldfinger, The Guilty Parties, Hepcat, Heptic Skeptic, The Hippos, I Voted For Kodos, The Indecisives, Jeffries Fan Club, Kemuri, Less Than Jake, Let's Go Bowling, Long Shot Hero, Mad Caddies, Madness, Mephiskapheles, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mu330, Mustard Plug, My Superhero, The O.C. Supertones, The Pacers, The Pietasters, The Planet Smashers, The Reactants!, Reel Big Fish, Save Ferris, Siren Six, Skankin' Pickle, Smuggle Doug & the J. Crowe Band, Something To Do, The Specials, Stamp'd, Streelight Manifesto, Sublime, Suburban Legends, The Superspecs, Suicide Machines, Three Blocks To Murdock, Tusker

"ALTERNATIVE"
311, The Academy Is..., Aerosmith, Against Me!, Alkaline Trio, All-American Rejects, American Hi-Fi, An Endless Sporadic, Andrew W.K., Anti-Flag, Arctic Monkeys, The Ataris, Blues Traveler, Bob Marley, Burbank Cartel, The Clash, Coheed and Cambria, Common Rider, The Criminals Cadillac, The Darkness, Dashboard Confessional, Disturbed, Dragonforce, The Early November, Eve 6, The Flipsides, Foo Fighters, The Get-Up Kids, Gogol Bordello, Green Day, GWAR, Hard-Fi, Hey Mercedes, The Hives, Idlewild, The Impossibles, Jack’s Mannequin, Jet, Jimmy Eat World, Joe Satriani, The Living End, Lucky Boys Confusion, Mae, The Matches, Matt Skiba, Metalocalypse, Mudvayne, Mute Math, No Doubt, O.A.R., Phantom Planet, Plain White T’s, The Real McKenzies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Relient K, Rise Against, Roper, RX Bandits, Senses Fail, Serj Tankian, Sister Hazel, Smash Mouth, Someone's Hero, Something Corporate, The Starting Line, The Subways, Sugar Colt, Switchfoot, System of a Down, Tenacious D, Trapt, Tub Ring, The Urge, The Used, Violent Femmes, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The Wonder Years, Zox

"JAZZ"
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Art Farmer, Arturo Sandoval, Benny Goodman, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Chuck Mangione, Clark Terry, Clifford Brown, Count Basie, Dave Grusin, Diana Krall, Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Severinsen, Dominic Spera, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, First Brass, Frank Mantooth, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Hubbard, Gerry Mulligan, Glen Miller, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Harry Connick Jr., Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Hornheads, John Coltrane, The John Raymond Project, Louis Armstrong, Maynard Ferguson, McCoy Tyner, Mel Torme, Michael Giacchino, Miles Davis, NIU Jazz Band, Robert Baca, Thad Jones, Thelonious Monk, UWEC Jazz I, Wayne Senior, Woody Herman, Wynton Marsalis

"CLASSICAL"
The Da Capo Players, Doc Severinsen, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gustav Holst, Howard Shore, Igor Stravinsky, Johann Neopalmuk Hummel, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Williams, Jouko Harjanne, Kent Kennan, Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Maurice Andre, Philip Smith, Raymond Mace, Robert Baca, Sergei Nakarikov, Wynton Marsalis

"FUNK/SOUL"
Average White Band, Blood Sweat and Tears, Blues Brothers, Chase, The Commodores, Earth Wind and Fire, George Clinton, Jackson Five, Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Tower of Power

"CLASSIC ROCK"
Beach Boys, Boston, Chicago, Cream, Guns 'n Roses, Kansas, Queen, Rush, Steppinwolf, Styx, Supertramp, Van Halen

"HIP HOP/EXPERIMENTAL"
Blue Man Group, Lily Allen, Ratatat, Saul Williams, Venus Hum, Youngblood Brass Band, Mocean Worker

"COMEDY"
Dane Cook, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg,

"OTHER"
Blugold Marching Band

Movies:

Donnie Darko, The Transporter, The Italian Job, Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12, The Negotiator, The Island, Sahara, Lord of the Rings, The Village, King Kong, Anchorman, 40 Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Talledaga Nights: Legend of Ricky Bobby, Borat, The Incredibles, Happy Feet

Television:

Flight of the Conchords, Simpsons, Family Guy, Lost

Books:

Miles: An Autobiography, I Am America (and so can you), and lately - books on reptiles

Heroes:

Your results:
You are The Flash The Flash 60% Robin 57% Superman 50% Spider-Man 50% Green Lantern 50% Iron Man 50% Supergirl 43% Wonder Woman 43% Batman 25% Hulk 25% Catwoman 25% Fast, athletic and flirtatious.
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My Blog

bns

So, we finally had another show and I would say that, more or less, it was a success.  Sure, we were a bit rusty - especially myself - but the crowd seemed to enjoy themselves.  Here's a cli...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:25:00 PST

first chance i get, im out of here

I was led to believe that today was going to be significantly colder (and windier) than yesterday.  Apparently, the weather man was (gasp) wrong - go figure.  Anyway, I made sure to layer up...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:56:00 PST

fotc debut album this month

What can I say? I’m obsessed. We all know this already. But come on - a full-length album?! Hell yes I’m getting it. In fact, I’ve already pre-ordered it from work.Conchords" target=...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:53:00 PST

i feel alive again

For those of you who don’t already know, I’ve spent the last three months without an iPod.  I don’t like thinking about those times - they are almost as awful as the dark ages.T...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:15:00 PST

unauthorized soundtrack of my life

If your life was a movie, what woud the soundtrack be? Here’s how it works: 1. open your library (itunes, winamp, media player, ipod, etc) 2. put it on shuffle 3. press play 4. for every ques...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:09:00 PST

got well soon

Even though I never wrote about Vladimir getting sick in the first place, I shall write now about his recovery.First off, about a week or two ago, I noticed him acting strangely:  sluggish in his...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

what really grinds my gears

After six weeks of the same Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday schedule, I'm finally getting sick of it...7:00 - wake up8:00 - catch bus9:00 - first class begins (or 10:00)2:00 - last class ends(or 1:00)2:30 ...
Posted by Dan on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:58:00 PST

did steve tell you that?

I think I might be just a little bit obsessed with these guys - it's starting to feel unhealthy... Danny...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:36:00 PST

check check it

Hope you like it. Danny...
Posted by Dan on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:52:00 PST

fuck you myspace

So I just wrote a long blog and myspace had "an unexpected error".  Everything was lost.  Thanks Tom. Danny ...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:48:00 PST