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Fuzzco

I'm More Punk Thank You

About Me

"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity."
Christopher Morley
"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality."
Pablo Picasso
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!"
Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata
"What is the difference between a dating expert and a slut with a pen?"
Opie & Anthony
"An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do."
Dylan Thomas
"If the Monkees had recorded "Mm-Bop", all these people would LOVE it."
Anonymous Chick at Cavestomp! 2007
"I'm pretty much convinced that Seal is a warlock."
Some dude on DoubleViking.com talking about Heidi Klum
"Everyone is beautiful, especially if they have a cunt."
X-Ray Burns, Thew World's Most Dangerous Jerk-Off
"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
Philip K. Dick
"Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want."
Clive Barnes
"Not owning (or watching) a TV is the new Starbucks. Dummies."
Some dude named Neil
"I couldn't laugh at 'Friends' if you fed me mescaline and tickled me."
Jim Norton
"It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars."
Arthur C. Clarke
"When I look back at the best times of my life, none of it was for my own good."
Oscar Madison
"When nothing is certain, the greatest skill is improvisation."
Miranda Zero
"Be uncomfortable; be sand, not oil, in the machinery of the world"
Gunter Eich
"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants"
Isaac Newton
"Wine is strong, a king is stronger, even stronger are women, but Truth conquers all. "
Zerubbabel
"It was a mistake, you know! But you would think my boob had popped out and shot Gandhi!"
Tara Reid
"I don't want the government as my nanny. I still have never understood why something as simple as turning it off is not part of the answer."
Michael Powell, FCC Chairman - 2001
"Rock'n'Roll: the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."
Frank Sinatra
"The Ramones are more important that the solar system."
Sean Finnerty, "Grounded For Life"
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My Interests

Garage/Punk Rock, Barbelith, VALIS, Chaos Magik, Grant Morrison, The Invisibles, The Church of the Subgenius

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Obligatory Links

My Punk Podcast: The Zero Hour

My Photo Blog

Punk Turns 30/pix of punx
TenTenSixSix/my regular blog
Strange Reaction Blog /out of print cool tunes
Lost Bands of the New Wave Era /just what it says. duh.
Garage Punk Dot Com/The past, present, and future of garage, punk, and primitive rock and roll.

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Music:

    The SUBWAY SURFERS (my band) FLESHTONES REPLACEMENTS RAMONES Woggles Swinging Neckbreakers Edison Rocket Train Los Dudes Insomniacs 70s Punk Rock Northern Soul ROCKPILE NICK LOWE Dave Edmunds Jam The Clash Pretenders Alex Chilton (but not much of a Big Star fan oddly enough) Cramps Beastie Boys Martinets Forty Fives 60s kiddie records about super heros Hatebombs Circles The Boys Screaming Blue Messiahs Screaming Tribesmen The Boyfriends Buzzcocks Exploding Hearts Flying Lizards Cosmopolitans Happy Flowers Larry Wallis Nasty Facts Shrapnel Sugar Vice Squad Amber Squad Any band with "boys" in the name that recorded between 1977 and 1982

Movies:

    The Great Escape The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai The Flint Movies Sean Connery Bond seriesDowntown 81 Taxi Driver Adventures of Baron Munchausen Apocalypse Now Planet of the Apes Blazing Saddles A Clockwork Orange Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Crumb Jupiter's Wife Animal House Superman II (The Donner Cut) Time Bandits Three Days of the Condor Brazil Punk: Attitude Jandek on Corwood

Television:

    Thunderbirds (probably the single greatest influence on my ideas on style) SCTV (my biggest comedic influence) The Tick (animated) Stargate SG-1 and Star Trek: DS9 Lancelot Link/Secret Chimp (he-he! monkeys!) Lost Heroes Mystery Science Theater 3000 (I like Dave better than Joel. Sue me.) The Soup Best Week Ever Buffy the Vampire Slayer Americas Next Top Model Blow Out Family Guy American Dad Bones House Veronica Mars Monk My Name is Earl Always Sunny in Philadelphia Duckman The Critic Dr. Who Torchwood Rescue Me Project Runway Psych NewsRadio Top Chef The Odd Couple Journeyman Stargate: Atlantis 30 Rock Rock of Love Burn Notice How I Met Your Mother (my guilty pleasure)

Books:

PJ O'Rourke, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Lomas & Knight (anything Templar related), Grant Morrison, Joe Bonomo

Heroes:

J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, Harlan Ellison, John Holmstrom, the POWs of Stalag Luft 3, and Mike Sinocchi

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My Blog

Is it just me, or? Part 1

Is it just me or does the Devil's part in "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" kick ass over Johnny's?  I mean, after the band of demons joins in it ROCKS. I'm pretty sure that Johnny is that wuss fr...
Posted by Fuzzco on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:09:00 PST

Happy Birthday, Hef

So today, April 9 is Hugh Hefner’s 109th birthday.  I’m never quite sure if I like Hef or not.  Most of my professional career I’ve worked in publishing, so I have a hearty...
Posted by Fuzzco on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:04:00 PST

The Manatee Is Saul

Read this carefully:In a 1970 issue of "Batman", the Dynamic Duo addressed the "Paul is Dead" phenomena in a story called "Saul is Dead".  You can read more about this totally AWESOME story here:...
Posted by Fuzzco on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:58:00 PST

I’ve been promoted

Following in the family tradition of volunteer service (my father helped found the volunteer ambulance corp in my hometown, my uncle and cousin were both fire chiefs, and my brother-in-law is voluntee...
Posted by Fuzzco on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:34:00 PST

There is no EMOTICON for what I am feeling right now

I spent the bulk of this evenings festivities drinking beer and listening to Cigarette Ralph at the Lamp Post.  All in all a good night. As I start this blog I am buzzed and listening to the New ...
Posted by Fuzzco on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST

Steve Gerber, R.I.P.

The passing this weekend of Steve Gerber leaves the world of science fiction a lesser place. He's probably best known for creating Howard The Duck. (Ignore the movie and read the original comics, whic...
Posted by Fuzzco on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:50:00 PST

When did Eric start playing guitar for the Fleshtones?

This past Saturday night was the record release party for the new Fleshtones album, "Take A Good Look" at Manitoba's on Ave. B.  I was excited for a number of reasons.  For one, as anyone wh...
Posted by Fuzzco on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:04:00 PST

Steak

Last night I busted out the George Foreman grill and cooked up a Black Angus Rib-Eye steak for dinner.  It was awesome.  Black Angus Rib-Eye might just replace Hanger steak as my favorite cu...
Posted by Fuzzco on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

I’m Boned

On Friday when I was leaving, I held the elevator door for an unknown person.  Turns out it was our sales manager.  I joked with him that "If I knew it was you, I wouldn't have held the door...
Posted by Fuzzco on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:57:00 PST

The Odd Couple

As a child I was fascinated by "The Odd Couple" tv show.  To me, Oscar Madison was the epitome of manliness.  He drank beer in the shower, ate greasy food, was unkempt and a slob.  I th...
Posted by Fuzzco on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:43:00 PST