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C.

Bringin' the party to the people since '77!

About Me

I enjoy a subterranean lifestyle. I am a savage.a style

My Interests

I like baseball. I like rock 'n' roll. I like stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Check out my pal Jack's website. You should own all of his and his band the Penetrators stuff. Buy it here:http://www.jackpenetrator.com

Music:

Otis Redding, the Ramones, Testors/Sonny Vincent, Bo Diddley, James Brown, the Falcons, Wilson Pickett, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Flamin' Groovies, Dictators, Stooges, MC5, Bob Seger System (pretty much any early Detroit garage rock/R&B/etc), the Stones, Radio Birdman, Aussie Punk (Fun Things, Scientists, Victims, etc.), White Apes, Adverts, all kinds of 60s soul, 70s funk and punk, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Thee Midniters, Swami Records and Swami Sound System, Down In Flames, Rock and/or Roll, Elton Motello, Plastic Bertrand, DMZ, Nervous Eaters, Real Kids, Replacements, Husker Du, the Who, Cheap Trick (early), the Boys, the Beat (LA), the Kids, Little Richard, Larry Williams, the Sonics, the Wailers, Kaos, the Spits, X-Offender, Throbbin' Urges, Hornet, Nobody's Favorite, Mesa, AC/DC, the Easybeats, the Rationals, Gary Glitter, Slade, the Sweet, Shady Lady, NY Dolls, Nuggets, Pebbles, Back From the Grave, etc. Far too many to list completely.

Movies:

the Maltese Falcon (w/Bogart), the Big Sleep (w/Bogart), the Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, the Warriors, End of the Century: the Story of the Ramones, Rock 'n' Roll High School, the Dirty Harry Movies, Clint Eastwood's old westerns, I like John Wayne, Lady Frankenstein, Night of the Living Dead (1968), Invasion of the Bee Girls, Wasp Woman, This Is Spinal Tap, the Clash: Westway to the World, Fletch (both of 'em). Love film noir.

Television:

Baseball (especially the Detroit Tigers). Re-runs: Rockford Files and Magnum PI. New shows: The Office, Lost (just got hooked dammit). Guilty pleasures: Two and a Half Men (all the jokes are sex-based, which usually makes me laugh).

Books:

the Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Gates of Eden by Ethan Coen, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, the Martian Chronicles and Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, the Hamlet and Sanctuary by William Falkner (really fucked up) are among my favorites. I dig 30s and 40s private investigator novels, and biographies and autobiographies. I don't have much time to read these days though.

Heroes:

the Detroit Tigers, my old man, my chums.

My Blog

When I Was Young...

Today, on my way to class, I listened to an album from my past, present and future. You know an album that you dig as a youngin' and dig now and will dig probably forever! What is this record you ask?...
Posted by C. on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

O.K. Yesterday Was Yesterday...

I know what you're thinking..."Chad (or Rock 'n' Roll Gene depending on which me you know), you have a test tomorrow. You should be hard at work studying and stressing out about said test. Or maybe yo...
Posted by C. on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:46:00 PST

RJ's & Me

Took my mom to lunch today. Gave her some Roy Orbison. Very nice.Then it was on to band practice/photos for our eventual myspace page and short write-up in the Kalamazoo Gazette (which will be in the ...
Posted by C. on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:44:00 PST

Rock 'n' Roll ESP

Weird late night occurance tonight. First off, good times were had at my pal Curtis and his wife Lindsay's place. Good friends, and plenty of Sabbath was played. Beers were swilled. I used my fancy ph...
Posted by C. on Sun, 13 May 2007 01:00:00 PST

2 + 2 Is On My Mind

I had some errands to run in the morning. I know what you're thinking...But lots of people do things in the morning. And just because I'm not like lots of people, doesn't mean that I can't occasionall...
Posted by C. on Thu, 10 May 2007 09:01:00 PST

Why I Don't Go Out Anymore...

Has anyone noticed that Kalamazoo is infested with bands that play every fucking weekend lately?! What gives?! I used to like going out for a night of wine, women and song, but all is lost. I don't wa...
Posted by C. on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:29:00 PST

Been a Long Time, Been a Long Day (not the Purple Dave song)

It's been a rocky couple of weeks. I've been sick. I've lost a loved one. I've been incredibly busy finishing my studies.The good, the bad, and the ugly would be a nice summation of the last few weeks...
Posted by C. on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:11:00 PST

In Thee Midnite Hour/Too Cool For School

It says below that I am listening to In Thee Midnite Hour by Thee Midniters, but as I sit and wait for my next class, I am indeed listening to a podcast of the Swami Sound System.But I have not been a...
Posted by C. on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:24:00 PST

I'm On Heat

The clouds have parted and the sun shone in on my bare ass - I am nearly free from the shackles of this vexation of a cold! My throat feels like a barren, apocolyptic city, with a fire still burning i...
Posted by C. on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:20:00 PST

Phlegm Up To My Ears

Ouch! I got phlegm up to my earballs! What the hell?! I guess I expect this to happen once or twice during the year. My doctors says, "You need to stop making out with numerous random girls Rock 'n' R...
Posted by C. on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:29:00 PST