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ShawnC

Is it a brainstorm or an errant weather system?

About Me

www.shawncarlow.com - check out my new short film "Lana" and some of my stand-up in the media section.

My Interests

Writing comedy, stand-up, music, living

I'd like to meet:

Big savings rapper Saver Sav

Music:

Blur, Nada Surf, Earlimart, Franz Ferdinand, Grandaddy, Ambulance Ltd., Depeche Mode, U2, Francine, Strokes, Pixies, Green Day, Ultravox, Fats Waller, Cavedogs, Poundcake, The Gravel Pit, Shins, Sammy, Nirvana, Buzzcocks, Beatles, Ash, Gorillaz, Weezer, Air, Blancmange, Ella Fitzgerald, Swervedriver, Kinks, Smiths, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Cure, Lush, Crowded House, Kururi, Bowie, Bauhaus, Madness, Gwen Mars, Handsome Family, Devo, Porterville, X UK, Capes, Nine Black Alps, Clearlake, Ladytron

Movies:

Airplane, Election, Sure Thing, Ferris Bueller, English Patient, In America, Blood Diner, Evil Dead II, Meaning of Life, Wages of Fear, Dr. Akagi, Hard Day's Night, It's a Wonderful Life, Notting Hill, Palookaville, Iron Giant, Dancer Texas Pop. 81, Tetsuo: Iron Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Singin' In The Rain, Star Wars, Rear Window, MASH, Godfather, Brothers McMullen, Tommy Boy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spirited Away, Before Sunset, Fargo, Donnie Darko, Short Cuts, My Left Foot, Witness, Dead Poet's Society, Good Will Hunting, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Ran, The Conversation, West Side Story, Blue Velvet

Television:

Conan O'Brien, The Office (both versions), Simpsons, Monty Python, The State, Frasier, Cheers, Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, Titus, Young Ones, Robot Chicken, Premium Blend, South Park, Brisco County, Jr., X-Files, Bean, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Wonder Showzen, Little Britain

Books:

If On a Winter's Night A Traveler, No Exit and Other Plays, Barrel Fever, Naked, Slaughterhouse-Five, Catch 22, Jack Ritchie mysteries, Road To Wellville, Confederacy of Dunces, Color Along with President Bush

Heroes:

we can be...just for one day

My Blog

Comedy never loved me

I finally caved in and went to see a comedy psychiatrist today. I was finally forced to admit that comedy never loved me as a child. I remember comedy being fond of tank tops and sometimes p...
Posted by ShawnC on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:55:00 PST

New Wonder Drug!

Normalsin Commercial, Take One: ANNOUNCER: You're sitting at home on your living room couch. You're feeling generally pretty okay (A BEAT) Well, now there's a drug for that. Introducing Normalsin, the...
Posted by ShawnC on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:30:00 PST

Beware of the chain letters!

I laugh in the face of chain letter-related (or these days, chain e-mail related) death. But maybe that's a bad idea, given that a number of my friends and relatives have died in chain lette...
Posted by ShawnC on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:55:00 PST

More heroes of the Titanic!

Watched a new documentary about the Titanic today. Very enlightening. Surely you've heard about the Unsinkable Molly Brown, and the ship's captain who stayed at the helm of the ship even at ...
Posted by ShawnC on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:56:00 PST

New shows "With the Stars"

The reality shows featuring celebrities competing with each other seem to be the hottest trend in reality programming right now. "Dancing with the Stars" and "Skating With Celebrities" are the ho...
Posted by ShawnC on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:31:00 PST

Ah, (sigh), disturbing poetry of the past.

Here's a poem I found in an old notebook, called "Simon Says."   Simon says,  "touch your toes" Simon says, "lift your left leg" And now your right leg Simon didn't say to lift your right le...
Posted by ShawnC on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:35:00 PST

This is a paid advertisement - Do you want concrete results?

That's right, for one low, low price you can join The Concrete Foundation, the company that will immortalize your name in concrete right in your own hometown. Forget that dead-end star registry, ...
Posted by ShawnC on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 03:10:00 PST