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AJ Ocho Cinco

it wasn't me, it was holden caulfield, brother, i just read and pulled the trigger.

About Me



I Am A Constant Soldier, A Sometimes Poet, And I Will Be King.

"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker." - Mikhail Bakunin

.. My name's Al. Some people call me AJ.
I like making things. I read some unusual stuff.
I'm an Ordained Reverend. I'm a socio-anarchist.
Favorite writer is Gaiman. Favorite movie is The Big Lebowski. Metric, The Cool Kids, Atmosphere, and Minus the Bear are in heavy rotation as of late.

My Interests

Film
Football
Music
Poetry
Politics
Religion

I'd like to meet:

People who are alive.
Because meeting dead people would be fuckin' BANANAS.

And whoever belongs to this secret:
..

Music:

My CD Collection @ The Music Made Me Do It

Aaron Johnson, AC/DC, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, The Beatles, Ben Folds, Blood Brothers, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Clash, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, Del The Funky Homosapien, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Costello, Felt, Flaming Lips, Flogging Molly, Gnarls Barkley, The Grouch, Hieroglyphics, Immortal Technique, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, Leftover Crack, Liars, Living Legends, Lovage, Mac Lethal, Magnificent Mic Molesters, MF Doom, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, Monster Magnet, Murs, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Non-Prophets, Okkervil River, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Prince, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reel Big Fish, Refused, Rehab, Sage Francis, Spoon, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Streets, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan & Sara, Thievery Corporation, Tiger Army, Tom Waits, The Unicorns, The White Stripes, Zion I

Scared/Confused yet? I just like my music to have substance, whatever the style. If music's real, you'll feel it, no matter what it sounds like.

Movies:

American History X
Boondock Saints
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Donnie Darko
Dr. Stangelove, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Evil Dead Trilogy
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Juno
Knocked Up
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Lost Highway
The Manchurian Candidate (the original, not that bullshit Denzel remake)
Memento
Mulholland Dr.
Pi
Pulp Fiction
Requiem For a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Rushmore
The Shawshank Redemption
Sin City
SLC Punk
Snatch
Superbad
Taxi Driver
There Will Be Blood
True Romance
Usual Suspects
V For Vendetta
Vanilla Sky

Television:

Q.I. (Quite Interesting)
Burn Notice
Lost
House, M.D.
Doctor Who
SportsCenter
Anything on Discovery, History, or any of the networks they operate.

Books:

American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens, Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
1984 by George Orwell
Choke, Lullaby, Invisible Monsters, and Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
Kingdom of Fear, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Mind & The Brain br Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D.
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
The Prince by Machiavelli
A Right To Be Hostile by Aaron McGruder
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzche
Catcher in the Rye by Salinger
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Secret History of the American Empire by Perkins

Comics:
Preacher - Garth Ennis
Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis
Sin City - Frank Miller
The Sandman - Neil Gaiman

Heroes:



Quotables:..
"God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time." - Neil Gaiman
"Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper." - Dr. Thomas Fuller
"[The movement] becomes designer struggle." - Joe Strummer
"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker." - Mikhail Bakunin
"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused." - Elvis Costello
"You have more power when you shut up." - Warhol..

My Blog

I Could Use Some Entertainment

Leave your name in my blog comments. Once you do that, this is what I'll do... 1. I'll respond with something random about you.2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.3.  I'll say ...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:46:00 PST

From Trees; and some other thing I found.

It's said that when you're just beginning to sleepAnd you feel that quick falling sensation,That you're experiencing an ancient instinctHeld over from when humans slept in treesTo avoid the beasts tha...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:01:00 PST

A Blog About Nothing (Er, Music)

Ever heard a mixtape that deserved a Grammy? I have now. If you click this picture, you're about to.I normally blog more substantial stuff, but you know once in a while I've got to throw in a nod to s...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:40:00 PST

My Cock!!!! (and The Sharp Taste of Your Name)

I've had a lot of people ask about this. I've had crowds in Flagstaff request it, even with a small but enthusiastic chant at the Grand Slam. I performed it once, and never took it on stage again. I j...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:08:00 PST

Its Like Show Time at the Al-Pollo

I went to see Spamalot last Saturday. I’m not usually a fan of musicals, but this is Monty Python & The Holy Grail as a musical. Total friggin’ gold. Even the set changes were awesome....
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:35:00 PST

My Favorite Mitch Jokes and Non-Sequiturs

This month, it's 3 years that Mitch has been gone. His influence is obvious in everybody from that corporate ball-licker Dane Cook to Demetri Martin and Daniel Tosh. In honor of his life and his great...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:09:00 PST

Wishlist (first draft) + Something for Everybody

I want Tom Waits dance remixes.I want John Lydon doing Sex Pistols karaoke at my wedding.I want to name my first boy Strummer.I want to hear Too Drunk To Fuck at a karaoke bar.I want to stop singing C...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:52:00 PST

Three Brief Pieces

Surveillance Camera Pointed at a WarholIn the future,Everyone will dreamOf being anonymousFor fifteen minutes. Singing for the SpiesSometimes,When the other end of a phone callGoes silent for a few mo...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:17:00 PST

Rap Lyrics Explained in Charts and Graphs

Credit to A Clever Cookie I'm kinda surprised there isn't one for the classic Cube philosophy: "Life ain't nothin but bitches and money."...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:05:00 PST

General Update

General updates: Mom's cancer is 95% curable, she's getting the lumpectomy and six weeks of light radiation treatment. Q.I. (Quite Interesting) is quite possibly the coolest show ever put on TV. It...
Posted by AJ Ocho Cinco on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:16:00 PST