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Will

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About Me



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My Interests

backgammon, majong, world music, slam poetry

Music:

indie rock, classic rock, NPR's classical station

Movies:

Wes Anderson, Kurosawa, John Ford, Leone, Judd Apatow, Lynch, Kubrick, the Coens.

Television:

Chappelle's Show, Simpsons, Freaks and Geeks, documentaries on PBS, Arrested Development, The Office (UK)

Books:

CS Lewis, Nick Hornby, Roald Dahl, David Sedaris, Elmore Leonard, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, TS Eliot, JD Salinger, the occasional short story collection. Comics by Eric Powell and Doug TenNapel

Heroes:

Johan Guttenberg, PT Farnsworth

My Blog

Knocked Up Thoughts

Many of you know I am a huge fan of The 40 Year Old Virgin. I have been excited the past few months for Knocked Up, director Judd Apatow's follow-up. I went opening night and I haven't been in a theat...
Posted by Will on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:19:00 PST

Birthday Wishlist

My birthday's coming up. I'll be 24, almost a quarter of a century. I'm posting links to items that are very cheap that I would like as birthday gifts. Remember, if you buy me something, it obligates ...
Posted by Will on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:30:00 PST

Underappreciation

Most of the bands I listen to are well-known in their genres, even if they're independent, and I wouldn't call most of them "underrated." Underappreciated, definitely, but mainstream listeners wouldn'...
Posted by Will on Wed, 23 May 2007 12:35:00 PST

New PacNor Commercial

Local ad agency Advantage Advertising asked me to make a commercial for the LCSC Humanities Division, of which I am a graduate. They had the script. They just said "make it." So I did. Thanks to Vern ...
Posted by Will on Mon, 21 May 2007 02:47:00 PST

Dan Deacon on Ludacris

Electronic music spasmo Dan Deacon (he's in the video in the About Me section of my profile) described what listening to Ludacris is like. I've never heard it described better:"I've also been listenin...
Posted by Will on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:34:00 PST

Movie Wishlist

Criterion puts out the best DVDs on the planet. Check them out: www.criterion.com.Every month they send out an e-mail telling of their upcoming releases that includes a list of favorite Criterion rele...
Posted by Will on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:56:00 PST

Bully

Today, I found the MySpace profile of a guy who used to pick on me in freshman gym class and call me "fag."I also found the profile of a guy who swore vehemently to us he wasn't gay, despite displayin...
Posted by Will on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:53:00 PST

The Existential Blogging Crisis

Last time I kept a regular blog here on MySpace, I got 100+ hits a week. In a year and a half, I had over 10,000 hits. It got old because I rarely got comments. I'd rather have a blog that is a place ...
Posted by Will on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:37:00 PST

New Article

Burnside Writers Collective has published an article on the band Lunaractive. I wrote it.Scheduled in-print publishings for the summer:-Relevant Magazine, July/Aug issue, article on Colin Meloy of the...
Posted by Will on Mon, 07 May 2007 12:32:00 PST

Great American Novel

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Posted by Will on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:29:00 PST