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Mel

I'm like soccer in America. Nobody cool tries to play me.

About Me

It doesn't make me gay just because I can admit that Howie Long is a very handsome gentleman.

My Interests

Woodworking, metalworking, power tools, art (but not weenie art, like, tough guy you might get hurt art), pizza, red meat, quesadillas, music, hurting myself for the amusement of others. I love going to see bands but most the bands I dig broke up. Between that stuff and cowboy poetry gatherings I keep pretty busy.

I'd like to meet:

I think I'm good with that right now, thanks.

Music:

Against Me! and Drive-By Truckers are the only things happening right now that I'm completely behind. Recently put all my music onto itunes and its a pain to scrool through so for the last year or so I've been listening to nothing but Merle Haggard, the Misfits, Monster Magnet, and the Murder City Devils. Its all about my M section.

Movies:

Dancing Outlaw, Cool Hand Luke, Bad News Bears, Emperor Of The North, The Warriors, The Wanderers, The Butcher Boy, Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Spinal Tap, First Blood, Taxi Driver, Wild At Heart. Good documentaries: Heavy Metal Parking Lot, The Smashing Machine, Stoked, Be Here To Love Me. I never go see movies in the theater and almost never watch anything new. There are a few others but I pretty much watch the films listed above over and over and over and...

Television:

Now that I've started watching Trailerpark Boys any other program seems like a waste of time.

Books:

White Line Fever. Its Lemmy's autobiography. Read this book and tell me he shouldn't be president. Among The Thugs by Bill Buford. Doghouse Roses by Steve Earle is a collection of his short stories and some are really good. Anything and everything by S.E. Hinton (except Taming The Star Runner, never read that one. If you have let me know.) The Butcher Boy and The Dead School by Patrick MacCabe. I'd be lying if I acted liike I read alot. Its mainly woodworking magazines and musician bios.

Heroes:

My grandpa Lyman Rosenlund and "Chacho" Gonzalo Mendez. I like oldschool guys that live the way they want but are best friends to everybody. Real men that are more concerned with being solid than making money. Other than them probably Brian Stannard, Jasco, Jefe, and me when we're all together. "We're on some Voltron shit!"

My Blog

My Rock And Roll Week

Wed-On Halloween the Ax and I went to see Danzig at the Greek.  The song selection was pretty whack.  Lots of post Danzig 4 stuff.  But... at the end Doyle came out and they did Vampira...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:17:00 PST

My review of Mexico...

will not be taking place here on myspace.  I'm pretty much into latin girls exclusively and I'm not going to post some long blog only to shoot myself in the foot.  Insted I'm gonna mention a...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:06:00 PST

Thats what I get for being a pervert.

Yesterday I was driving to Bakersfield to visit the family.  Yes, Bako is the one place on Earth that might be hotter than the Valley but it was my mom's birthday so I had to represent.  So...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:56:00 PST

MURDER CITY DEVILS! AGAINST ME!

..> Murder City Devils reunion and Against Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest will have Against Me!, Youth Brigade, Neurosis, Riverboat Gamblers, and, YES!!!...THE MURDER CITY DEVILS!...
Posted by Mel on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:54:00 PST

"Will you stay here and rock my world?"

Don't let me watch Rock Of Love again.  Are you kidding me?  Never has such a collection of stupid, drunk, horseheads been assembled in one place.  Its like watching a tranny beauty pag...
Posted by Mel on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:38:00 PST

Someone please murder David Stern

Man, I hate this guy.  His suspending Amare and Diaw is the biggest bunch of bullshit ever.  This is a tough series and these 2 stars can't play because Horry (has-been averaging 4 points a ...
Posted by Mel on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:55:00 PST

Who ate all the Jesus?! Um, my dad.

I just got done having dinner with my parents and sisters.  My pops told a great story about when he was 9 years old.  He was an alter boy and before mass he and the other alterboy...
Posted by Mel on Sun, 13 May 2007 09:02:00 PST

Roscoes Chicken And Waffles

Today Axis, Anger, and I had lunch at Roscoe's.  I hadn't been there in years.  Yeah, we were the only white dudes in there.  I'm not one to get starstruck but, guess who we saw?  ...
Posted by Mel on Sat, 12 May 2007 07:41:00 PST

American Hardcore

So last night I decided to make it a Blockbuster night.  I hadn't done that in far too long.  I finally watched American Hardcore.  It was a cool flick.  Lots of insane Bad Brains ...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:39:00 PST

Last night's Circle Jerks show

   So last night Axis and I went to see the Circle Jerks at the Echoplex.  We didn't realize it at the time but the show was in conjunction with the Silverlake Film Festival.  At 8...
Posted by Mel on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:47:00 PST