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eric & the jicks

the mongooses, that's a cool team name. the fighting mongooses.

About Me

i'm eric, i buy waaaay too many cd's/record's
i listen to music most people never heard of.
i drive a car you've never seen.
i'm looking for a new job.
i'm finally going back to school
i also like to write songs + sing them
i play guitar+sing in a band you've never heard. yet.
aim=afterpawn.
check out my last.fm

My Interests

conspiracy theories, music, shows, cardigans, driving around, guitar, coffee, tigers, reading, jameson, i know there's more??

I'd like to meet:

music nerds/geeks.
musicians
pretty much anyone.
aim=afterpawn.
talk to me.

Music:

currentyenjoying=
Apes & Androids
Beck
Blur
Graham Coxon
Crystal Castles
Death Cab For Cutie
Deerhunter
Ben Folds
Fuck Buttons
Hey Mercedes
Islands
Daniel Johnston
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
My Bloody Valentine
Nada Surf
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
No Kids
Pavement
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Sonic Youth
The Beatles
The Blood Brothers
Th Mae Shi
The Postal Service
The White Stripes
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

Movies:

wet hot american summer, gummo, donnie darko, spun, serenity, welcome to the dollhouse, etc.. i don't watch many movies

Television:

Firefly
Simpsons, Scrubs, Futurama, Family Guy

Books:

currently: the art of war by sun tzu

Heroes:


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My Blog

best of 07

i really wanted to keep this list down to 20 or so, but there were so many records this year that deserved mentioning, and many that did not.30. the white stripes - icky thump29. tullycraft - every sc...
Posted by eric & the jicks on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:12:00 PST

best of 06

this year was a kind of meh. year for music, in that nothing really stood out from the rest this year. a lot of solid albums, but no clear favorites like stephen malkmus (2005) or the fiery furnaces (...
Posted by eric & the jicks on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:47:00 PST

best of 05

if anyone is interested, these are some of my favorite records of 2005also, feel free to post your own list's. 1 Stephen Malkmus - Face the Thruth 2 Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise 3 The New Pornographers ...
Posted by eric & the jicks on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:06:00 PST