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Steve

Ars Longa Vita Brevis

About Me

Im a pretty laid back guy. Im really into music. I like to write, watch movies, go to concerts, play guitar, shop for music, and hang out with friends. Im not full of shit and im not fake in any way.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Cool Cats and Chicks

Music:

LOVE, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, SONIC YOUTH, The Yardbirds, Rolling Stones(64-73), The Who(64-67), Os Mutantes, Spirit, Black Sabbath, New York Dolls, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, The Remains, The Nice, THEM!, (early)Van Morrsion, Link Wray, S.R.C., Little Richard, John Coltrane, Blonde On Blonde, Miles Davis, John Cale, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Esquerita, The Misfits, MC5, Pink Floyd, Dead Boys, Kim Fowley, Blue Cheer, Hackamore Brick, Neil Young, Hasil Adkins, Kaleidoscope(UK), Gram Parsons, Budgie, Electric Prunes, The Sonics, Sebadoh, Chuck Berry, Peter Green, Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, Sam Cooke, T. Rex, David Bowie, Elmore James, The Fugs, Alice Cooper, Shadows Of Knight, Chocolate Watchband, 13th Floor Elevators, Traffic, Dream Syndicate, King Crimson, KAK, Hound Dog Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Dick Dale, Peanut Butter Conspiracy RADIO BIRDMAN, The Clash, Big Star, Small Faces, Dale Hawkins, Incredible String Band, The United States Of America, The Damned, Television, Silver Apples, Fairport Convention, The Standells, Jesus and Mary Chain, James Brown, Hawkwind, Joy Division, The Wailers(garage), Roxy Music, Nirvana(UK), Curtis Mayfield, Moby Grape, Buffalo Springfield, (early)Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Rev. Horton Heat, The Cramps, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash, Johnny Burnette Trio, Cream, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, CAN, Nick Drake, Donovan, Otis Redding, Johnny Thunders, Richard Hell, The Ramones, Captain Beefheart, Marvin Gaye, The Left Banke, Grapefruit, H.P. Lovecraft, The Groundhogs, Black Flag, Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, The Modern Lovers, NICO, Frank Zappa, Bo Diddley, Screaming Trees, Sparks, Husker Du, Sun Ra, Skip Spence, Gong, UK Subs, The Animals, The Strangeloves, Wilson Pickett, Badfinger, Mott The Hoople, Muddy Waters, Jim Carroll Band, Robert Johnson, Fats Domino, Tim Buckley, Johnny Ace, Sam and Dave, Procol Harum, Lightnin' Hopkins, Joe Meek, Suicide, The Red Crayola, My Bloody Valentine, (early)R.E.M., The Moving Sidewalks, The Kingsmen, X, The Flamin' Groovies, Roky Erickson, Spencer Davis Group, Chuck Willis, Emitt Rhodes, The Merry Go-Round, The Stems, Dinosaur Jr, Charles Mingus, The Seeds, Syd Barrett and many many more. I try my best to be openminded towards music.

Movies:

Clockwork Orange, Blow Up, Trainspotting, Clerks, Gimme Shelter, The Wall, Dont Look Back, STAY, Sid and Nancy, Dr. Strangelove, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Taxi Driver, Cabinet Of Dr. Calligari, Nosferatu, Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, The Great Escape,Once Upon A Time In The West, Full Metal Jacket, HEAD, Pulp Fiction, The Searchers, Near Dark, The Warriors, Where The Buffalo Roam, The French Connection(1 and 2), The Maltese Falcon, Harold and Maude, Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, Stagecoach(39), Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather(1 and 2), Serpico, One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest, Papillon, Bullit, The Fly(58), Return of The Fly, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars(4,5,6), Citizen Kane, The Stranger, The Bedford Incident, Woodstock(69). Montery Pop(67), Song Remains The Same, Barry Lyndon, The Mechanic, Sin City, Fellinis' 8 1/2, Phantom Of The Opera(1925), The Unknown, The Shining, Marathon Man, Boys From Brazil, Chinatown, The General, The Cameraman, Day The Earth Stood Still, Born Into This, Video Drome, Blue Velvet, Psycho, Mallrats, all the Cheech and Chong Movies, Apocolypse Now, 1991:The Year Punk Broke, Forbidden Planet, THEM!, The Black Cat, The Raven, Night Of The Living Dead(69). The Quiet Man, Baron Blood, Drugstore Cowboy, Factotum, The Thing, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Suburbia(the 80's one), The Kids Are Alright, The Wild One, Naked Lunch, Im Your Man, Decline Of Western Civilization(part 1), Ed Wood, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Down By Law, You're Gonna Miss Me, No Direction Home, No Country For Old Men, W.C. Fields movies, The Lost Weekend, The Devil Bat, Riot On Sunset Strip, Carnival Of Souls, The Valley Of Gwangi, Stalag 17, Mystery Train, and tons and tons more. I like lots of independent fims, classics, comedies, horror, action, silent and foreign films. I'll give almost any movie a chance.

Television:

Is mostly shit unfortunately. But I like some of the movies they play on TCM and IFC.

Books:

anything by Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Lester Bangs, Hunter S. Thompson, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Anthony Burgess, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, Charles Bukowski, H.P. Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Herriot, Edgar Allen Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, and JULIO CORTAZAR

My Blog

I got a birthday present from The Ramones

So I bought this really beat up cheap copy of The Ramones' End Of The Century and later on out falls a piece of paper with all their autographs!!!!!! Then when I get home I notice that the inner sleev...
Posted by Steve on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:22:00 PST

I love John Cale

I keep buying his solo records and each one Ive heard is awesome.  Vintage Violence is my favorite so far with Slow Dazzle close behind and im listening to Helen Of Troy right now for the first t...
Posted by Steve on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:29:00 PST

Boplicity

I dig it
Posted by Steve on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:30:00 PST

4 births, 4 deaths, and lots of scuffles

I saw The Rolling Stones last night and it was insane.  Riots broke out, people set fires, angry old hippies stormed the stage and kidnapped Keith Richards.  No just kidding I wish...
Posted by Steve on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:16:00 PST

R.I.P. CBGB's

Here's a great obituary   ...
Posted by Steve on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:12:00 PST

Link Wray 1929-2005

Link Wray was one of the original rock and roll guitarists who started it all in the 50's.  His most famous song Rumble is one of the best rock instrumentals ever.  The Who, Led Zeppelin and...
Posted by Steve on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:10:00 PST

Blog is such an ugly word!!!

Blllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuggggggggg gg!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Steve on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST