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Damien Bassman

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I play drums. I eat Indian food. I love the Beatles like they're oxygen, which really, let's be honest here, they are. I'm a knee-jerk liberal and I miss Bloom County.

My Interests

music, food, love, art, nature, philosophy, conversation, literature, dance, world travel

I'd like to meet:

All 4 Beatles. Buddy Rich. Alan Dershowitz. Ghandi. Tom Robbins. Martin Buber. Berkley Breathed.

Music:

Did I mention the Beatles? King Crimson, Rush, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, U2, Galaxie 500, They Might Be Giants, The Police, Prince, The Who, Yes, Bjork, Pink Floyd, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Anita O'Day, Ella, Miles, Bartok, Brahms, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Neilsen, Mahler, Sibelius, and for the kids: The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Mika

Movies:

8 1/2, Fantasia, Rope, Peter Gabriel:Secret World Live, Star Wars: (especially) The Empire Strikes Back, any Marx Brothers Movie, Tampopo, The Goonies, School of Rock, The Princess Bride, High Fidelity, When Harry Met Sally, Spinal Tap, The Dark Crystal, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Breakfast Club, Pan's Labyrinth

Television:

Seinfeld. European soccer. VH1 Classics. The Daily Show. Top Chef. South Park. The Office. Guilty pleasures: L&O CI. Heroes. CSI. Project Runway.

Books:

Tom Robbins. John Steinbeck. R.W. Emerson. Michael Chabon. Herman Hesse. J.D. Salinger. Kurt Vonnegut. Robertson Davies. Jasper Fford. Alan Watts.

Heroes:

My grandpa who played for The Philadelphia Eagles! Ghandi. Every good teacher who really cares. The Beatles.