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Paul Koopman

About Me

Alive and kicking, and planning to record a new batch of songs this fall. Also considering some new musical directions. In the meantime, I'll be posting some live records of new songs from time to time. Stay tuned.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/8/2005
Influences: Lindsey Buckingham, Mark Knopfler, Counting Crows, U2, Angie Aparo, The Jayhawks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul McCartney.
Sounds Like: A mish-mash of all the influences, with some other secret ingredients thrown in.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

I'm Koopalicious, and I'm Bringing Sexy Back

You read the title right. I just have one question: What happened to good music? Seriously. Why can't people who are paid to make good music make anything but 3 minute commercials for models and ...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:45:00 GMT

Don't teach me about loving my enemies...

I needed something to get me riled up to bjournal again. And here we go....First, check this out.Now, read this.OK. Now, let's discuss the differences between teaching rules and teaching values. Let's...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:46:00 GMT

Back to my roots....?

I spent last night adding friends for the first time in a looooong time. I did a search via the "classmate" section, and sent add requests to dozens of folks from my old high school. Except I really d...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:34:00 GMT

They're Here

I have just received a dozen copies of my debut independent release, Sound on Sound. It's not for sale yet, but when it is, you can buy it. In the meantime, I've uploaded a few of the final mixes for ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:02:00 GMT

Funny things leaders say

First off, here's the article. From this article, a couple things made me chuckle. They probably should have made me cry, and would have, had I not already become so cynical and numb toward ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:07:00 GMT

Soon...

The CD is coming soon. Tell all your friends. Tell all my friends, because I'm too lazy. Wait, I don't have any friends. Tell all my former friends, but don't tell them I don't have any friends. None ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:12:00 GMT

A good joke

Probably my favorite joke. I don't know where it came from, nor do I remember where I heard it. Sounds like it could be George Carlin, or someone like that, but I have no idea. Let me know if you've h...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:22:00 GMT

Liberal Hawks

Long doesn't begin to describe this article, although many of you won't get over that. For the sake of everyone's sanity, here's an abridged version of the first four pages. "More instructive than th...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:28:00 GMT

Political Karaoke

You know what I mean. Two 'regular guys' in a bar, office break room, or internet chat forum, blabbering on about what's wrong with the world. They take turns riffing on different subjects. They ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:29:00 GMT

The Happy Bjournal

My wife. My son. My wife and I road-tripping to pick up my son, who will be staying with us in July. Leaving in less than 2 hours. The three greatest bands on earth, especially when they are playing l...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:18:00 GMT