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CJ Marsicano

Still a punk rocker at heart.

About Me

I am a writer and musician from the Northeastern Pennsylvania area. Currently I am working on my new novel, HERE IS THE WONDERLAND. ("PLAY IT ALL NIGHT LONG" is on hold because it's gotten so unwieldy, but it will be returned to, most likely as a multi-part series.) I also maintain a music blog, Stuck In A Pagoda With Motoko Aoyama
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My Interests

Music, writing, reading, anime, all things Japanese, Apple computers, progressive politics

I'd like to meet:

Musicians who share the same influences as I do, and fellow writers and Japan/J-Pop enthusiasts....and...
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Music:

Morning Musume, The Stooges, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Whiteberry, MiniMoni, W (Double You), Yui Horie, SweetS, Puffy AmiYumi, Akiakane, Koda Kumi, The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Mike Watt, Thelonious Monk, Public Enemy, Nakanomori Band, ZONE, Hinoi Team, Minor Threat, Jello Biafra, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Tanpopo, PetitMoni, Coconuts Musume, Country Musume, Elvis Costello, James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Ai+BAND, Neurosonic, Mission Of Burma, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders, The Dictators, Television, Burning Spear, TLC, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Hawthorne Heights, Aiden, Bayside, Silverstein, Northern Liberties

Movies:

A Hard Day's Night, Malcolm X, The Road Home, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Ocean's 11 (both the Rat Pack original and the George Clooney remake), Bowling For Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Last Hurrah For Chivalry, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers, National Treasure

Television:

Law And Order: SVU, Love Hina, M*A*S*H, Living Single, Iron Chef, Will And Grace, CNN, C-SPAN, ESPN, Speed Channel

Books:

FICTION: Haruki Murakami (probably my top favorite author right now), Stephen King (wasn't a big horror fan growing up but I've gotten to read more of his stuff due to the influence of his "On Writing" book), James Joyce ("Ulysses" both fascinates and intimidates me), Vince Flynn, and whatever else looks interesting at the moment.NONFICTION: The Autobiography Of Malcolm X, anything by Henry Rollins, Spiels Of A Minuteman (Mike Watt), In The Hand Of Dante (Nick Tosches), Stupid White Men (Michael Moore), Dude, Where's My Country? (Michael Moore), Lies And The Lying Liars That Tell Them (Al Franken), Against All Enemies (Richard Clarke), House Of Bush House Of Saud (Craig Unger), Joe Strummer And The Legend Of The Clash (Kris Needs), Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden), State of Denial (Bob Woodward)

Heroes:

Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Henry Rollins, Mike Watt, Jello Biafra, Joey Ramone, Iggy Pop, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Haruki Murakami, Yukari Hasegawa, Kira Roessler, Chuck Dukowski, Flea, Paul Simonon, Bruce Thomas, Derf Scratch, Lorna Doom, Gene Simmons, Jah Wobble, Horace Panter, Robbie Shakespeare, Family Man Barrett, Tom Hamilton, Duff McKagan, Ron Asheton, Dave Alexander

My Blog

Another Tuesday night during <em>Idle</em> season...

...how do I spend it?Simple. Me, my PowerBook, my turntable, and a stack of (mostly) old Miles Davis and John Coltrane records (and the new Buono! CD):John Coltrane:The Coltrane Legacy (Atlantic, 1970...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:27:00 PST

Dear MySpace Assholes: Tara and I are ENGAGED, NOT SINGLE!!

Tara and I became engaged on Christmas . As you might expect, we changed our status on our MySpace and Facebook pages from "In A Relationship" to "Engaged" as soon as we could get on our computers. Ho...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:49:00 PST

Pre-Xmas Catchup

Holidays winding down. Shopping completed.Last Thursday, phoned Mike Watt and wished him a Happy Birthday. My friend and bass hero is 50! He got over the flu and commemorated the occasion by going for...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:36:00 PST

A GOOD BIT OF NEWS... A short story of mine is being published!

"The Man In The Hummer", a short story I composed very recently (and which to my point of view seems to be a cross between Stephen King and Haruki Murakami) has been chosen for Deliver Us From Evil, a...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:02:00 PST

Happy (NOT!) Monday

8:59 AMIdeal situation: Awake when not tired, enjoy coffee, sit down and write, and write, and write some more.Not-so-ideal situation: Awaken at a prescribed time irregardless of body state, guzzle on...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

This past weekend...

October 12, 2007, 11:01PM Home now. In for the night and shit has gotten cold. When I passed by the bank tonight on the way home from picking up Taco Bell the sign said it was 49 degrees. Jesus Xavier...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

My second novel needs a new title....

Last night, I was trying to write and sprouted an awful headache. Not fun. Work: The SM was out all day for something leaving only Bossman Barry and the part-timer. The part-timer was making some call...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST

Never mind the bollocks, here’s Mission: Impossible

From PunkNews.org: Bass player Glen Matlock has reportedly asked frontman John Lydon not to swear during upcoming Sex Pistols shows. Matlock apparently explained his request to Lydon, saying that his ...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:07:00 PST

Weekend stuffis.

Sunday, 9.30.07: Quiet day today. Yesterday one of my uncles passed away, so I'll be at the wake tomorrow night. This uncle is related to Judith Stish (and thus, by marriage, to Rudy Giuliani - ick) b...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:16:00 PST

Things I Wish Id Said Department:

From this morning, when I was setting up the store:Old Lady Who Just Escaped From Shady Pines: "Do you work here?"Me (What I Should Have Said): "No, I'm a burglar. I break into stores, play my Morning...
Posted by CJ Marsicano on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:46:00 PST