Shua profile picture

Shua

fly in the ointment

About Me

Create or get your
very own MySpace Layouts

My Interests

I make noise with noise making things. I love music foremost. www.popinpurgatory.com I like chess. Films. crosswords, Animals. Frisbee, hikes and drives. Ireverant humor. Artistic accomplishments, intelligence in people and animals, community service, information, sound, emergency, obscurity, cartoonish violence, grotesque, pop, effect pedals, situationalism, synthesism, absurdism, cotrol voltage, garage sales, thrift stores, minimalism, artifcacts, sushi, reason, llamas, faces, personal evolution, rock and roll, pain, joint days, day dream fuck fantasties, pajama ass, skinny dipping, finding lost things and reviving them. finding my next big thing, having my next moment of true happiniess.I reject these things: HYPERMORALISM, low self esteem, most hippies and most religions, thought process and belief systems.

I'd like to meet:

TRUELY FUNNY MOTHERFUCKERS.

Music:

My bands are called PANIC OPERA & SCHIZOPOLITANS. ENO. Coltrane. CAN. Talking Heads. Kraftwerk. Bowie. Miles. VU. PiL. Cage. The CLASH. Terry Riley. WIRE. Joy Division. ACR. Magazine. (fucking anythng from manchester in the 70s) Zorn/ Tzadik rec. The Stones. The Pop Group. Lee Scratch Perry. Morricone. King tubby. John Richman. Ramones. Cabaret Voltaire. I do believe in DEVOlution. The Stranglers. FAD gadget. Gary Numan. Mike Patton. B52s. Mr. Fripp. Mr. Ribot. Mr. Cale. Kate Bush. the Fall. DNA. Raymond Scott. Fela Kuti. Smog. Roxy Music. Bahaus. Magma. Neu. Boredoms. Ali Farka Toure. FAC recs. Runegrammaphone rec. Rough Trade rec, Constellation rec, MUTE, Carter Burwell. James Brown/ Chance/ Etta/. Fugazi. 4ad rec. Neubauten. Rudy VAN Gelder.

Movies:

Quick Top Five; Network, Dr. Strangelove, Mishima, Adaptation, Eddie Murphy's Delerious. i'm a directors lover so its not so much induvidual movies. But if Lost could be condiered one film, it would totally be my favorite.

Television:

Marquee Moon. LOST. PBS. The West Wing. Daily Show. Ali G. Penn and Teller Bullshit. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Entoruage. Nova. The sheild. Real TIme. Nip/ Tuck. Sapronos. Six feet. Law $ Order.

Books:

Historic documentation. Reference guides! Tape op. Screenplays. Graphic Novels. Pulp. Grotesque. Post modernism. I'm into alot of books, maybe you are too.Lately I've been on a heavy does of Bataille, Shelby Foote, and poker stradegy in a post cold war America.I love me some Borges! Kafka, Henry Miller, Neitzche, Mishima, Hemmingway, Burroughs always. Hunter s, . lately been enjoying Frank Miller, Robert anton wilson. Alan Moore. Love Dostoyevski most. enjoy most black sparrow, mc sweeneys, 21361. ect...

Heroes:

Great fuckin' album.

My Blog

APRIL 2

I'VE STOPPED DREAMING AND STARTED DOING. UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS ARE JUST THAT. I CANNOT PLACE FEELINGS INSIDE OF OTHER PEOPLE, I CANNOT REPLACE MY OWN FEELINGS WITH INTELLECTUALISM. I'M JUST TOO OLD.23 ...
Posted by Shua on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:42:00 PST

top for april (ARIES GIRL B DAY REQUEST)

THIS HEAT: DECEIT (ENDANGERED AND UNDERATED MASTERPIECE FROM 1980)SWELL MAPS: JANE FROM OCCUPIED EUROPEMENOMENA: FRIEND AND FOE (MUCH BETTER THAN COOKIE MOUNTAIN)OF MONTREAL: HISSING FAUNA, ARE YOU TH...
Posted by Shua on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:45:00 PST

the novembers

top tenish for October and Novemeberjohn cale; paris 1919neil young; harvest moonlou reed; transformerlost; michael giacciiothis heat; decietfunkedelic; tales of kidd funkedelic, cosmic slopneil young...
Posted by Shua on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:11:00 PST

AUG

The sound - From the Lions Mouthecho and the bunnymen - heaven up hereAli Farka Toure- Savana XTC - English Settlementthese are all insane masterpieces. All I've been listening to day in day out....
Posted by Shua on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:05:00 PST

July

If anybody reads this, Please go check out the new cds this month from Pop in Purgatory. Music by Schizopolitans and Panic Opera.Top Music Right Now;XTC; English Settlement, Drums and Wires, Black Sea...
Posted by Shua on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:46:00 PST

The Church of Joy Division's Closer and Latter Day Martin Hannet Production Techniques.

I'm in a great mood. its Nearly 1:30 tonight and I have listened to Closer five times in a row because in many ways its the best record in the history of music. It certaintly was tonight. Decades is d...
Posted by Shua on Mon, 15 May 2006 01:47:00 PST

top april

ULTRAVOX; HA HA HA!!!!Blondie; Parrellell LinesElvis Costello; Armed Forces!Elvis Costello; ImPerIaLbEdRoOmElvis Costello; King of AmericaMagazine; Correct use of Soap, Real LifeXTC: Dub Xperiments, N...
Posted by Shua on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:17:00 PST

March top ten

Ultravox; HA HA HA - amazing prog punk from 1977- the missing link between Roxy and Wire! Liars; drums not deadElvis costello; Imperial BedroomPaul Simon; Rhythm of the SaintsUltravox; Systems of Roma...
Posted by Shua on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:39:00 PST

top ten for dec

top 10 or so for decstranglers; no more heroes/ black and whitemeat puppets; IIKilling Joke; Revelations/ whats this for?Elvis; the country collectionIan Dury; New bootsElvis Costello; this years mode...
Posted by Shua on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:55:00 PST

top 20 nov

top twenty novNew Talking Heads BoxA cetain Ratio; Graveyard and the ballroomA certain ratio; SextetTubeway Army; ReplicasMick Harvey; pink elephantsThe Clash; Sandinista!The Clash; Super black market...
Posted by Shua on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:06:00 PST