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general leigh

I stick my neck out for nobody.

About Me

My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.

Life is renewed and full of wonder again... check out my new existence in BAND OF THIEVES .

Now available on iTunes!

(You might also remember me from the BBC .)

hit me on aol im: leighbbc

My Interests

being clever, rocking out, working the bar scene, staying up late and falling asleep on the floor, lip balm, Sweden, Porsches, pinball, tech stuff, Stella Artois, my kitty, TiVo, slashdot, mint dental floss, audio gear, Guitar Hero, mustaches

I'd like to meet:

Bill Clinton. Paul McCartney. Harry Houdini. Kari Byron from Mythbusters.

Music:

[short answer]
Rock 'n roll, dude!.
[longer answer]
Butch Walker, Kent, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Guns 'n Roses, The Beatles, Nada Surf, Queen, Jim Croce, Michael Jackson (when he was black), Alkaline Trio, David Bowie, Elton John (11-17-70 era), Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads era), Ben Folds Five, Fountains of Wayne, The Police, Motley Crue, Billionaire Boys Club, and a few thousand more that I'm not going to list here.
[clever answer]
Radio presets in my car: 89.5, 93.9, 104.3, 105.5, 106.3, 1600AM.
[plug]
BAND OF THIEVES

Movies:

The Fifth Element, Casablanca, So I Married An Axe Murderer, 12 Angry Men, Being John Malkovich, Almost Famous, Amadeus, Miracle, Rushmore, The Sandlot, Seabiscuit, Shaun Of The Dead (and just about any other zombie flick), The Big Lebowski.

I also tend to like documentaries, whether it's band biopics like Some Kind Of Monster or Dig!, or the sci-fi/nature stuff that's usually playing at the local IMAX.

Television:

Venture Brothers, Prison Break, Lost, The Office, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Books:

I don't have the patience for reading books all that often, but I did recently finish The Godfather and was pretty stoked about that. I also love band biographies like Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin, duh), The Dirt (Motley Crue) and Long Hard Road Out Of Hell (Marilyn Manson.)

If I read anything offline these days, it's usually just music mags for five minutes at a time. More often I give myself a headache scrolling through pages and pages of text at these fine sites:

not proud / lowbrow / slashdot / The Onion / The Best Page In The Universe / Penny Arcade / DVDFile / Metacritic / All Music Guide / IMDB / Salon

My Blog

December is Beard Month

Reposted for my old buddy Aaron--it's that time of year again! not that any of you need it, but i thought id remind everyone that decemeber is, of course, beard month. shave tonight, and then not a...
Posted by general leigh on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:30:00 PST

The North Atlantic

C'mon out to Maxwell's tomorrow night to see my favorite new band:THE NORTH ATLANTICw/ Wax on Radio / The PictureTues. 10/3, 8:30pmMaxwell's (Hoboken, NJ)Seriously, don't miss these guys!  They'r...
Posted by general leigh on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:25:00 PST

BAND OF THIEVES

I have reaffirmed my faith in rock & roll.  Witness my new life in music: BAND OF THIEVESIt's brand new so we don't have much beyond a few demos, but they are more than suitable to kick your ...
Posted by general leigh on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:58:00 PST

Last hurrah for the BBC

This one is going to be emotional, for sure.  Saturday night will be the finale for the Billionaire Boys Club, the band I've called home for the last four years. Come join the party and be part o...
Posted by general leigh on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:53:00 PST

Hello! Panic at the Academy Acceptance

Went to see The Academy Is at Irving Plaza last night.  Thought they put on a good show (better than their record, which I find somewhat average) but it was Acceptance that really did it for me.&...
Posted by general leigh on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 02:49:00 PST

Since when did SNL get good again?

This is awesome....
Posted by general leigh on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:37:00 PST

It's about time NJ got it together

I can barely believe it... clean air in New Jersey bars may be right around the corner!A bill to ban indoor smoking in New Jersey easily cleared a key Assembly committee yesterday despite impassioned ...
Posted by general leigh on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:50:00 PST

Billboard Boys Club

[as posted on the BBC blog]From the new issue of Billboard Magazine:After years of hard work to accomplish everything we've done, I'm not sure how much of it has been "luck," but it's cool all the sam...
Posted by general leigh on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:18:00 PST

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, also.

CNN ran a story today mentionting that Mitch Hedberg's death in March was indeed due to an overdose (as reported in the January issue of Spin.)  Until the medical examiner's findings were release...
Posted by general leigh on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:56:00 PST

Sinner

I need to get my shit together and write about the west coast tour.  It was cool as hell and there are just far too many cool people in California.  Vegas was...memorable. Any more than two ...
Posted by general leigh on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:46:00 PST