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damon

ALLES KLAR

About Me

I'm really simple; I love music & dogs & a few other things.

My Interests

music, wine, whippets, apples, alter egos, etymology, shoes, books, maps, charts, facts, conspiracy theories, nice pens, globes, tailored clothing, German engineering, naps

Music:

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Get yer own playlist!

rolling stones
bowie
eno
queen
omd
kraftwerk
arnold
primal scream
the zutons
paul mccartney & wings
the darkness
ocean colour scene
led zeppelin
paul weller
t. rex
rod stewart & the faces
richard hawley
neko case
the coral
black crowes
pretenders
george jones
tammy wynette
the doves
connie smith

Movies:

buffalo 66, life is sweet, naked, touching the void, documentaries, etc.

Television:

simpsons, no reservations (w/tony bourdain), letterman, history channel, whatever....TV is kinda horrible

Books:

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down & out in paris and london, 1984, mere christianity, nausea, sherlock holmes, keep the aspidistra flying

Heroes:

ronnie wood, my dad

My Blog

Local Yokels

And like most Wednesdays I pick up the usual issues of pap, looking for nothing, disinterested in reading. One of the worst of the glossy ones, (that's always chock-full of your vanilla Sorority siste...
Posted by damon on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:19:00 PST

A Convenient Half-Truth

I watched this film with great caution. This is a highly-charged political topic. I told a friend, I will not be bullied into this political corner or that one, for their or for their agenda (or anyo...
Posted by damon on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:44:00 PST

WHITE FLAG

WARNING! POLITICAL SUBJECT.Recent news of the "Iraq Study Group" and their report has left me all but hopeless. Hey, I was sick of the word 'Iraq' years ago, and am no less than fed up with it now. Am...
Posted by damon on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:01:00 PST

Rolling Stones - Zilker Park. 10/22/06.

I don't think there was anyone more skeptical than me. Everything I've heard, everything I ever saw, everything about a Rolling Stones stadium-extravaganza foretold a less-than-fruitful  experien...
Posted by damon on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:32:00 PST

BLAH BLAH BLOG

I was reading a friend's blog the other day and when I went to post a comment, a window popped up stating "Awaiting user approval", or whatever it says. Dumb. Why has it taken me this long to rea...
Posted by damon on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:13:00 PST

MUSIC THIEF

I was looking for vst plug-ins (stuff for computer music) but I can't recall what forum I found it in. I can't even credit the gent who wrote it. But I know it ...
Posted by damon on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:42:00 PST

TO THE LETTER

There is what is called 'the letter' of the law and 'the spirit' of the law. Both of these techniques are used to interpret our laws themselves and the 'spirit' is used much more. In essence, thi...
Posted by damon on Tue, 02 May 2006 08:01:00 PST

PARIS IS BURNING

I could be wrong. I leave that open. But I am sick of it. It seems to me that there are problems in all parts of France. I am really struggling to understand how all this started and why it's turned i...
Posted by damon on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:24:00 PST

PHYSICAL GRAFITTI - II

Can you believe it? Driving past yesterday, I noticed that this house had been tagged. I was so thoroughly disgusted and pissed off that I didn't know what to do. Not only is it completely disprespec...
Posted by damon on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:29:00 PST

THIS MESS

I hesistate doing this simply because I don't wanna sicken myself over the current (and coming) media coverage. I don't want to downplay the suffering of others or make light of it. I don't want to di...
Posted by damon on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 09:23:00 PST