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richard

About Me

hirsute biped, begull

My Interests

hypertrophism, herpetology, phonographophilia,forts, campershells, back yards, disorganized sports

I'd like to meet:

amphibians, begulls

Music:

new and/or old weird america and/or world, DIY, what-the-heck festival, the "golden shoulders" tour, "come along" tour, "pre-'come along'" tour, the "paper moon opera" tour, the lions of acorn, the "big bang" festival, arthur magazine festival/ball, seabright beach shows, natural ampitheatres, gila monster jamboree, the copper record aboard the Voyager II spacecraft, folk-metal, "obsolete" recording formats, archieval protective sleeves, mix tapes, cassette-to-8-track adapter, clock radios, "now playing" shelf, audience participation, ethnomusicology, in-depth liner notes, voice-over narration, outtakes, B-sides, rarities, bootlegs, self releases, private presses, concept albums, legendary lost albums, acid casualties, wingnuts, 78s, 10 inch EPs, hand made and/or non-standard packaging, headphones, field recordings, my-first-sony, read-along book and record sets, being woken up by marching band competitions, drifting in and out of consiousness durring concerts when i used to be perpetually sleep deprived, that one time when i put the tape deck underwater in the bathtub and tried to listen to "thriller" with my head underwater and broke the tapedeck and luckily didn't electrocute myself, etc...mi banda es: THE COCKLEBURS, and we have nothing for sale

Movies:

any made using puppets, matte paintings, models, stop motion, elaborate costumes, and other non-digital special effects

Television:

bigfoot and wildboy, cal worthington and his dog spot, jolly green giant, tony the tiger, kool-aid man, michelin man, smokey the bear

Books:

the ones with the pretty pictures

Heroes:

anybody who did it their own way