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Marcus

Uranus is erratic and explosive.

About Me

Sometimes I sleep too much. Sometimes I don't sleep enough. I like to make things. I get paid to make websites. I don't get paid to sit on the porch drinking whiskey with my friends, but if anybody has any openings, I'm definitely your guy. I say “excellent” too much. I'm crazy about my motorcycle. I don't like sugar (except in bourbon and kisses). Let's have a dinner party.

Oh, and I'm nuts about personal defense:

My Interests

For:
My friends; Music; Comedy; Cooking; Programming; Righteous beards; Thrifting; Bicycles; Ya-Ya's; Nerds; Truth; The way Wilford Brimley says 'Di-a-beet-is'; Lichtenstein; De-strangering; Making up words; Other things, probably

Against:
People with tons of potential and no brains; Bugs / Spiders; The Dog Whisperer; Metro (the bar, not the transport); Humidity; Northern Virginia; Elevators; Spelling words wrong on purpose (u, kewl, stoopid, etc); Elitism; Bob Vila

I'd like to meet:

People with stories to tell, and folks that want to pick guitars and sing on a porch someplace.

Don't post flyers in my comments.

Music:

This thing here tells you what I listen to, when it chooses to work: Last.fm

Here are some songs that I like. Maybe you'll like them, too:

A few important bands in my history: Blonde Redhead, Built to Spill, Dismemberment Plan, Galaxie 500, PJ Harvey, The Hold Steady, Karate, Ted Leo, Low, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Pavement, Pixies, Queen, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, The Zombies.

I'm looking for a way to put a permanent end to white people playing reggae. Any ideas?

Movies:

Harold and Maude. Anything Woody Allen. I'm a sucker for horror movies, especially the bad ones. The back catalog of regularly-watched flicks includes Cradle Will Rock, Freaks, State and Main, The Girl in the Cafe, Fear and Loathing, etc.

Television:

The West Wing, Freaks and Geeks, Sports Night, Studio 60, The Office, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, Scrubs, Weeds

Books:

God, it's been a while since I read any fiction. I tend to use my reading time for learning and my TV/Movie time for pretending and entertaining. That's sort of sad, now that I've had a reason to think about it. Anyway, I'm a big Hunter Thompson / Kurt Vonnegut / Henry Miller / Charles Bukowski / John Fante / Nick Hornby / CD Payne / Tom Wolfe / Hubert Selby fan when I do get around to reading books that aren't about programming languages.

Heroes:

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Andy Kaufman
Groups: The Church of R. Kelly , Roanoke Star City Virgnia , Star City Vicious , Beard Pervzzzz

View all of my groups.

Marcus' Details

Status: Oblivious
Here for: The showcasing of my slow wit.
Hometown: Roanoke, VA; Minneapolis, MN
Body Type: Skinnyfat
Sign: Scorpio (hide your wives and your daughters)
Smoke / Drink: I dabble
Education: I prefer self-education.
Occupation: Software / Web
Income: Could be worse

My Blog

Best music of 2007

I realize I'm a bit late with this, but I drink too much to be punctual. Or something. Anyway, without further delay:05: Foreign Born: On The Wing NowSort of in the same vein as Wolf Parade, but with ...
Posted by Marcus on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:43:00 PST

Music 2006

In the past I've done a list of my favorite albums released in any given year. This year's going to be a little different, mostly because I haven't really been listening to 2006 music at all aside fro...
Posted by Marcus on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:41:00 PST

Layout changes

I've decided to say goodbye to the old layout. Here's an archival jpg for those of you that wish to recollect fondly on the old me:http://www.poundcommapound.com/oldmsp.jpgNow leave me alone....
Posted by Marcus on Sun, 07 May 2006 06:17:00 PST

17 perfect albums

1) The Band - The Band2) Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I3) Hot Water Music - Forever and Counting4) Karate - The Bed is in the Ocean5) Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks6) Ted Leo and the Pharma...
Posted by Marcus on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:42:00 PST