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About Me

My Interests

ashley's face. sushi. jumpkicks. soundtracks. blogs. strawberry pocky. wandering. diamond frames. the south. small towns. finding new places. jumping over things. talking in parking lots. video games in laundromats. arcade crashing with ash. new ideas for old things (ie: schools that are now my place of living). americana. walks. roadtrips. printwork. minimalism. cameras. non-perfection.

I'd like to meet:

i don't want to meet dreamers. i want to meet people who are awake, alive, and screaming.

Music:

lately.. magnetic fields, voxtrot, and a lot of southern california punk circa 80-86. i've also rediscovered my love for the slackers.

Movies:

life aquatic. punch drunk love. pi. mulholland drive. team america. eternal sunshine. brick. the mayor of sunset strip. searching for the wrong eyed jesus. fargo. run lola run. amelie. slc punk. ferris bueller's day off. the doom generation. swingers.

Television:

flight of the conchords. twilight zone. anthony bourdain.

Books:

born in the year of the butterfly knife. where the sidewalk ends. a man without a country. potato stamp dreams. multiple works by jean baudrillard. the brief and frightening reign of phil. photography books. most recently.. brassai.

My Blog

misc pictures/new camera

I've recently picked up an old Minolta (1960s-1970s..ish) through a friend and decided to do all picture taking, through this year at least, with it. It's been quite a pain in the ass, the shutter is ...
Posted by BRANDOM on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST

Kris Roe @ Uncle Pleasant’s

It's been a long time since I've heard of these songs performed live. It was good to see Kris come out and play a lot of older songs.. songs that remind me of 1999-2003. Kris Roe @ Uncle Pleasants in ...
Posted by BRANDOM on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:10:00 PST

DCB @ The Basement

Derrick Brown performing hits from his books All Distortion All The Time and Born In The Year In The Butterfly Knife pre-Spring Hill Spider Show. 4/3/2008 @ The Basement in Nashville.Check out his swe...
Posted by BRANDOM on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:56:00 PST

DCNY

Recent visit back to New York. Awesome trip. Revisited some familiar areas. This time around it felt more like home. Highlights include seeing Brooklyn, New Jersey, and running into Zach Galifianakis....
Posted by BRANDOM on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:26:00 PST

best of 2007

2007 turned out to be one of the better recent years. my life is shaping up somewhat. i met a cute nashville native. and my new personal goals are starting to surface. some of my favorite things about...
Posted by BRANDOM on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:04:00 PST

bal’more/dc

Earlier this month, Ash and I made a trip to see some friends in Baltimore. Baltimore wasn't a city that I knew much about.. in fact, before deciding to make a trip there, I hadn't really heard much o...
Posted by BRANDOM on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:42:00 PST

voxtrot

i'm glad i finally got to see them. they were worth a two hour drive to birmingham on a work night (which i'm still convinced that there's not a thing to do there besides the empty bottle cafe).. whic...
Posted by BRANDOM on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:30:00 PST

ashley's camera

ashley got a new camera for her birthday.. so we played with it!...
Posted by BRANDOM on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:38:00 PST

bonnaroo

bonnaroo 2007. i like to refer to it as one of the best/worst camping experiences i've been apart of. of course, i'm a little biased.. i like to shower once a day and enjoy decent food. in general, i'...
Posted by BRANDOM on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:10:00 PST

st. louis

last weekend i got to spend a little time in st. louis. matt and i drove out there after work and it took around four hours to get there. one of my favorite things about living in tennessee is being i...
Posted by BRANDOM on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:15:00 PST