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About Me

6'4", Cancer, California elitist (born & raised). Humility has no place in my life. I spend two hours getting ready every morning. I brush my teeth for 10-15 minutes daily. I have thus never had a cavity. I have a pompadour which I try to keep in perfect form when at all possible. I'm a snobby music elitist. I am among the biggest Morrissey fans on the planet. I'm seriously OCD about a few things, including hand-washing and CD-collecting. I am deathly afraid of spiders. I will not puposely kill an animal or bug. I am a vegetarian. It's worth mentioning, however, that I would absolutely kill and/or eat human. Seriously. No... seriously.
I currently play in This Charming Band , likely the closest thing to the Smiths since the Smiths. I suppose most other Smiths/Morrissey tributes also started out with that goal. But this one is different, because it's us. If you don't believe me, well... why don't you find out for yourself?
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My Interests

music
guitars
manatees
mirrors
rockabilly
pop art
art nouveau
Lincoln Town Cars
The Irish Republican Army

I'd like to meet:

Morrissey fan types, rockabilly/rockabettie types, emotionally stable types. I like confident people, people who contribute to the conversation, people who bring something to the table. I like narcissists like me. If you don't love yourself, why would anyone else? So yes, I'm very black and white, and very unforgiving. Notably, if you are taller than I am, I will avoid you. If you listen to shitty music, I will ignore you. If you like to hunt or fish, I might actually kill and eat you.

Music:

Artists:
Morrissey
The Smiths
Johnny Cash
The Reverend Horton Heat
The Cardigans
The Violent Femmes
Edwyn Collins
Joy Division
The Cure
The Who
Leonard Cohen
Bootsy Collins
Deadbolt
Simon and Garfunkel
Genres:
rockabilly
psychobilly
surf rock
spaghetti western
spy music
post-punk
new wave
synth pop
new romantic
indie rock
doo wop
motown
French pop
British invasion
Britpop
jangle pop
glam rock
folk rock
art rock

Movies:

Films:
Army of Darkness
Silence of the Lambs
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Wanderers
A Clockwork Orange
Big Trouble In Little China
The Seventh Seal
Legend
Last Dragon
Magnolia
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Fight Club
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
The Big Lebowski
Garden State
Cry Baby
Actors:
Christina Ricci
Christopher Walken
Bruce Campbell
Tim Curry
Janeane Garafalo

Television:

Kids in the Hall
The State
Chappelle's Show
Reno 911
The Critic
The Upright Citizen's Brigade
Dr. Katz
Trigger Happy T.V.
The Daily Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Insomniac with Dave Attell

Books:

Authors:
Stephen King
Daniel Silva
Oscar Wilde
Lawrence Block
Anne Rice
Chuck Palahniuk
Artists:
Frank Kozik
Coop
Alphonse Mucha
Salvador Dali
Man Ray
Jan Saudek

Heroes:

Myself
Morrissey
Johnny Marr
Jose Canseco
Hannibal Lecter
Johnny Cash

My Blog

Brother, can you spare a dime?

Brothers and sisters, allow me to be the bearer of the worst economic news yet: Mother's Cookies is closing its doors! Let me repeat that. Mother's Cookies, the California company that fill...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:34:00 PST

Rooted In The Me

Can you believe that it's October already? The last year went by so fast. :( Time is, as ever, speeding up. And I know I say that a lot, but really this has been the fastest yea...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:16:00 PST

The Call Of The Great Indoors

Well I did end up getting that "sun nap" in a week ago, if you're interested. Sunday afternoon was actually pretty sunny, and in an extremely un-me-like fashion, I sat out on my balcony in my sh...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:41:00 PST

Making Lemonade

Well, I feel like there's been no shortage of lemons lately. To keep it simple, let's just say I've had a pretty stressful few weeks, and though it's getting better, it continues. Too much...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:01:00 PST

Emerging From The Rubble

After a relatively hot week here in San Francisco, my beloved fog finally rolled in again today, and I'm enjoying a rare peace. There's no telling how long it will last, but for howeve...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:33:00 PST

The Things We Take For Granted

Too much. Everything.
Posted by This Charming Ben on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:38:00 PST

Diapause

Well I guess the Olympics are finally over, huh? Despite the many, many things that went wrong, at least we were all introduced the smokin' hot javelin thrower from Paraguay, Leryn Franco. ...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:00:00 PST

Frankie Say Relax?

I've spent the last week in several appointments trying to get as much of a handle on what's going on with me as I can. All the evidence seems to point to me having high anxiety and panic, which...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:07:00 PST

Panic on the streets of SoMa!

How I Spent My Friday Night: Panic On The Streets Of SoMa! Well, I went and saw this... ... during which I apparently had my first one of these. The high point of my night? Seeing an...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:48:00 PST

The land that I stand on is mine.

I've been on a bit of a self-improvement kick lately, and part of that has led me to explore some of the holes in my musical education. And being that I'm mostly self-taught, there are a lot of ...
Posted by This Charming Ben on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:28:00 PST