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brad

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About Me

rabbits. cats. laughing. dark rum. hob nobs. cadbury mini eggs. pizza. tater tots. assorted vegetarian offerings. lots of cheese. rieslings. good tequilas. bread. olives. cigarettes. good weed. nag champa oil or soap. trees. hitting up any and every forest preserve i can find. sunlight. people who don't litter. recycling. cambridge ma. vermont in general. mayan ruins. belize. old school ska shows. starved rock. driving around aimlessly. making music. photography. textural photography. musique nonstop. watching someone else play a video game. freezepop forever. incense. piercings. tattoos. yoga. shoes. watching movies. warmth. general happy things. being lame. burning the candle at both ends. sleeping. inane humor. comfortable silence. periodic silence. making fun of pretty much everyone. spending money like i have it. sarcasm.

My Interests

see 'about me'

Music:

in the order i felt like typing::: freezepop. basement jaxx. björk. ladytron. lovage. rancid. toots and the maytals. weezer. the faint. greenhouse. david bowie. daft punk. my life with the thrill kill kult. badly drawn boy. talking heads. hepcat. del. madness. the specials. scissor sisters. bob marley. green day. the sounds. covenant. morcheeba. junior senior. hooverphonic. lords of acid. gorillaz. deal's gone bad. the gadjits. tilt. and one. the flaming lips. the slackers. agent 99. mount sims. the postal service. kraftwerk. garbage. dance hall crashers. portishead. the cure.

Movies:

in no particular order::: election. labyrinth. interstellar 5555. party monster. sin city. amelie. outrageous fortune. kids in the hall: brain candy. the princess and the warrior. the fifth element. trainspotting. noises off. legend. a life less ordinary. tons more...

Television:

lost. weeds. carnivale. 3rd rock. freaks and geeks. the simpsons. arrested development. buffy. strangers with candy. south park. roseanne. puppets who kill. ab fab. family guy. futurama.

Books:

if anything: morvern callar. these demented lands. sopranos- all by alan warner; the alchemist. veronika decides to die- both by paulo coehlo. tommy's tale- alan cumming. the techno pagan octopus messiah- ian winn. raymond carver; william burroughs; nick hornby before his super-par books became sub-par movies.

My Blog

NOFX

so yea, NOFX is also coming here. march 3rd. freezepop must be the 5th. i dont really know. :|  havent seen them since the 90s probably... crazy! this post is exceedingly pointless... oh well.
Posted by brad on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:37:00 PST

FREEZEPOP

yes, freezepop is finally gracing the city of chicago with their presence! march 3rd. i think... at the beat kitchen. as you can see, i can hardly contain myself... :) yay!
Posted by brad on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:35:00 PST

deal's gone fuckin' bad

howdy... deal's gone bad and the drastics at morseland new year's eve. what a celebration it will be! don't know why i am randomly writing this though...
Posted by brad on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:38:00 PST

drinking

well, i havent actually posted a blog unrelated to music... so here's some fun times from last night: so we went out last night.... went to the curragh to get some drinks. that was definitely not the ...
Posted by brad on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:53:00 PST

fucking garbage

so i'm finally getting to see garbage. loved them since their 1995 album. in fact, i was quite obsessed with them for a few years in high school. but i never made it to the show i had tickets for back...
Posted by brad on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Desmond fuckin' Dekker!

so we're going to Desmond Dekker in April at the Bottom Lounge. Totally shocked that he's gonna be there cuz it's so tiny. but it'll be great! anyone else going? i bet not. no one likes good music... ...
Posted by brad on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The fucking Slackers

Is anyone going to see the Slackers in Chicago late October? It's gonna be a fucking amazing time! Last time i saw them, it was a year ago; I can only imagine the insaneness now!
Posted by brad on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The fucking Faint

The Faint. What can I say? Fucking incredible! I was there Wednesday and Thursday at the Metro. And the nicest guy sold me a ticket for Thursday. Wherever you are, thank you! Wednesday was by far bett...
Posted by brad on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST