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steve

Bring enough to spill some

About Me

I'm argumentative.
I can be quiet. Not like, all the time. But some times.
I'm rhythmically inclined.
I'm not quite as funny as I'd like to think I am.
I can't seem to shake this creepy malaise.
I appreciate any and all questions or concerns you may have.
I really like the word auspicious.
I seriously love food.
I'm an accomplished back-cracker.

My Interests

shooting pool, bowling, expensive meals, drinking too much coffee, foreign affairs, trivial pursuit/movie trivia, lager, red wine.

I'd like to meet:

shale-jumpers
bowlers
tribe fans
pool players
dnb fans
movie marathoners
someone with an extensive jazz collection that i can plunder.
someone that can recommend a good book or two.
Kristin Chenoweth
Amy Sedaris, Zuzana Kanoczova

Music:

high contrast, nu-tone, juju, calibre, craze, josh ritter, cage, little brother, engine down, modest mouse, midwest product, operation ivy, tha alkaholiks, the roots, a tribe called quest, bebel gilberto, burning airlines, black star, hum, sade, fugazi, dj shadow, dismemberment plan, pink floyd, jill scott, sarge, fifteen, gorilla biscuits, avail, suv, kenny larkin, ben sims, john tejada, reid speed, cave in, piebald, julian adderly, charles mingus, poison the well, minus the bear, glassjaw, his hero is gone, terror, texas is the reason, sonic youth, integrity, the sundays, elliott smith, coldcut, dj krush, mastodon, these arms are snakes, the foreign exchange, say anything, rjd2, alexisonfire, mathematics, armor for sleep, small brown bike, iron and wine

Movies:

secret of my success, happy accidents, spanglish, all the president's men, major league, french kiss, LA Story, fletch and fletch lives, the big lebowski, monsoon wedding, amorres perros, high fidelity, out of sight, city of god, shakespeare in love, swingers, made, punch drunk love, high art, shawshank redemption, the quiet american, confessions of a dangerous mind, solaris, contact, the royal tenenbaums, sideways, garden state, 13 days, the life aquatic with steve zissou, the rules of attraction, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Television:

fucking real time, sportscenter, simpsons, family guy, frasier, er, m.a.s.h.

Books:

extremely loud and incredibly close, the end of the affair, anything by thom friedman, moneyball, rogue nation, the quiet american, atlas shrugged, the poisonwood bible, neuromancer, the grapes of wrath, the winter of our discontent, memoirs of a geisha

Heroes:

weekend warriors everywhere

My Blog

work in progress

"And then Ray brought it back.  The excitment that rocks through your body when you're a kid like lust does when you're grown up; just pure excitement--for Christmas, for grape Kool-Aid, for play...
Posted by steve on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:37:00 PST

Aldo, a treasure trove of linguistic anomalies

It's been a funny time, the last six months or so. So many big things going on. I haven't written about much of it, or expressed any big opinions on it, and I won't act as though there was any good ...
Posted by steve on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:21:00 PST

in a market dimly lit

"You kept a distance out of fear you'd breakBut what good's a single windchime, hanging quiet all alone?The music our collisions makeIs a sound that turns the road-that-leads-us-back-home into home."...
Posted by steve on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:12:00 PST

two conversations

"Of all the things you're not supposed to accuse people of, being unhappy is certainly the main one. Crazy, stupid, lazy, cowardly, these are all acceptable accusations among friends in polite societ...
Posted by steve on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 04:35:00 PST

thin blue flame

Blah blah blah...it's another birthday. Everyone keeps asking me what I'm going to do tonight...whether or not I'm going to go out and have a big party somewhere...a nice dinner maybe...something alo...
Posted by steve on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:02:00 PST

Rosetta Stoned

"On TV, well, a man and a woman. Together. Vigorously and imaginatively. Is that her leg? And what's that? Is she having the time of her life or is he hurting her? Are they in love, these people...
Posted by steve on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:16:00 PST

good morning

anyone interested in stroking my ego (or possibly learning something new, but more likely the former than the latter) can view my latest cd review here:http://www.clevescene.com/Issues/2006-04-05/musi...
Posted by steve on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:57:00 PST

the light and the glass

What is it that's so hard for people to get about why music writers and listeners categorize and compare music? Bands are constantly excusing their way out of describing their sound by rattling off s...
Posted by steve on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:29:00 PST

Noticed

So I spotted a rather interesting story in some magazine that I've never read before called Fast Company at the library the other day. The magazine appears to cater to the technology-based business/e...
Posted by steve on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:09:00 PST

Two-night Stand

Eager to test my new theory that a rock show is indeed more interesting when one drinks, I ventured out to the east side again, this time to the hallowed Grog Shop for an intimate engagement with Mute...
Posted by steve on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:37:00 PST