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Russ

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

You can get a pretty good idea of me from my groups, my blog babble and the stuff to the left in my interests section.

My Interests

Music, baseball, video games, comic strips, movies, politics, cartoon art, the Minnesota Lynx

I'd like to meet:

Music fans are always interesting people. If anyone who has heard either of the stations I work at, or might have heard me in Fargo in the mid-90s, I'd be willing to talk radio shop as well. If you don't fit either, that's cool too. I'm always up for meeting new people on MySpace. Since I see the IM part is down, I can be found on AIM as "russ of veblen" or on Yahoo! as "valmckee".

Music:

AC/DC, Ani DiFranco, Spooncat, Metallica, Spread Eagle, Sleater-Kinney, The Donnas, Leona Naess, Bari Koral, Suzanne Vega, ZZ Top, Avril Lavigne, Monster Magnet, Bowling for Soup, Everclear, Skid Row, Sarah Harmer, Anthrax, Katey Sagal, Lennon, The Wildhearts, Auf Der Maur, Godsmack, Static-X, Bif Naked, 10,000 Maniacs, No Doubt, Ludacris, The White Stripes, The Bangles, Annie Humphrey, Evanescence, Lillix, Nelly Furtado, Brassy, Fatboy Slim, Butch Walker, Reverend Horton Heat, Yellowcard, Cinderella, Weird Al Yankovic, Bjork, Slayer, Rammstein, The Start, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, They Might Be Giants, Fiona Apple, Tom Jones, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Hives, Strong Bad.

Movies:

Tremors, Mean Girls, X2, Pulp Fiction, Star Treks II, VI, and VII, Josie and the Pussycats, Aliens, Tremors 2, The Punisher, Maverick, The Matrix, Scortched, Red Green: Duct Tape Forever, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown, Vampire Hunter D

Television:

As far as shows still in production, The Colbert Report, Battlestar Galactica, Saturday Night Live, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Doctor Who, Daily Show, and X-Play. Dearly departed shows I liked include Mystery Science Theater 3000, Veroncia Mars, Ghost in the Shell, Daria, Futurama, Sledge Hammer!, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Night Court, The Red Green Show, Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, WKRP and 2 Stupid Dogs.

Books:

I just finished "I Am America, and So Can You!" by Stephen T. Colbert, and next up I hope to finally read "House of Leaves".

Heroes:

Tom Servo?

My Blog

A man, a band, and a mess

But enough about Axl Rose... KKCK: The man: Judson "A Beautiful Day"He's got a bit more spring in his step than John Mayer, a bit less medicated mellowness than Jack Johnson, and less name than those ...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:56:00 PST

Weezers new song (and the other three new songs)

First the other three...KKCK:Lil' Wayne "Lollipop" I'm not sure why Lil' Wayne is so loved by the rap-listening masses.  I have yet to hear a song of his that does anything for me, and I've been ...
Posted by Russ on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:06:00 PST

Early blog for an early exit

I'm out of here early today for a doctor visit, so let's get to it! John Mayer "Say" Normally I don't pay a lot of attention to Mr. Mayer, but this song seems to have caught my attention, but in a way...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:16:00 PST

A musical army of two?

Someday I’ll get one of those new fangled machines...KKCK:Duffy "Mercy"The invasion of retro-sounding British women continues.  What separates Duffy from Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Kate ...
Posted by Russ on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:08:00 PST

Is Five truly alive?

Today it is. KKCK: Flobots "Handlebars" I had a thought in my head how a band called Flobots would sound, but I wasn’t even close.  The song’s rather weighty lyrical tone seems a bit ...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:24:00 PST

Due to unexpected circumstances, todays blog is...early.

Wait, what? KKCK: Madonna & Justin Timberlake "4 Minutes" This song is the Justice League of songs for Top-40.  Madonna is Wonder Woman, Justin Timberlake is Superman, and Timbaland is Batman...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:57:00 PST

How did these four songs enter my beautiful house?

How did I get here?KKCK:Ludo "Love Me Dead"A CD of this band was given to me many eons ago, and after a listen I shrugged and moved on.  Now I’m curious to go back and hear it, because this...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:13:00 PST

Up next are three songs and a...he cancelled? Well, get Russ up here then...

On with the show?KKCK:Britney Spears "Break the Ice"I was going to call this the vanilla ice cream of Britney songs, but since that’s my favorite flavor of ice cream I didn’t want to drag ...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:53:00 PST

Our Song in Love with a girl? Finally.

Eerie how that worked, isn't it?KKCK:Taylor Swift "Our Song"Her song, it's a slammin' screen door.  I've already heard this one enough times to prefer the sound of a slammin' screen door.  S...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:53:00 PST

Music and a manifesto. mix and match, 2 for $3.

Well well well...KKCK:Lupe Fiasco w/Matthew Santos "Superstar"Bling n' bitches rap is getting to be like drinking a Coke or Pepsi.  This song is a fizzy shot of Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper with a r...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:38:00 PST