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william

Stop that moody brooding.

About Me

Born in Detroit, raised in Sterling Heights. Adopted by my parents after an unaccounted for two weeks somewhere. I have two sisters, and we used to have a dog. My parents are still married. To each other. Graduated from CMU in the 90s. Worked at Cedar Point. I enjoyed driving about the country aimlessly, periodically. Used to draw and paint with pencils, pens and brushes, now I use a mouse. Used to sell shoes, now I "design" ads for the Yellow Pages. Used to play drums in some bands, now I play guitar with mySelf… but my son says I may one day be a member of his band, Ketchup. I have a beautiful wife, Carin, and two brilliant children, Pfeiffer and Arden.

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My Interests

family, comaraderie, music (making and listening to), reading, movies, walking, driving, traveling (I don't get to do it anymore, but it still interests me), sitting, watching (without binoculars)…

I'd like to meet:

Laurel and Hardy and Jack Kerouac… but they're dead. So until then…

Music:

…Afghan Whigs, Ambulance Ltd., American Analog Set, Arab Strap, Arctic Monkeys, Autolux, Bauhaus, Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Bizet, BRMC, Black Eyed Snakes, Blanche, Bowery Electric, Cab Calloway, Calla, Camera Obscura, Common, Creatures, Crippled Black Phoenix, the Cure, Curve, Dandy Warhols, David J, De La Soul, Dead Can Dance, Dean Martin, Delgados, Digable Planets, DJ Krush, Doves, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elbow, Explosions in the Sky, the For Carnation, Sinatra, Ganger, Ginger Ale, Gomez, Grandaddy, Hayden, Hentchmen, Interpol, Jazz Butcher, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jim O'Rourke, Johnny Cash, Kim Novak, Lambchop, Love and Rockets, Low, Luna, Madness, Magnetic Fields, S Malkmus & the Jicks, Massive Attack, Mercury Rev, Malcolm Middleton, Mighty Lemon Drops, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Morphine, Morrissey, Mos Def, Muggs, the National, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, New Model Army, Nitzer Ebb, Part Chimp, Pavement, Pharcyde, Piano Magic, Pinback, Pogues, Iggy Pop, Psychedelic Furs, PiL, Pulp, Ratt, Ride, Sisters of Mercy, Sixteen Horsepower, Slint, Slowdive, Smiths, Social Distortion, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized®, Spoon, Stone Roses, Stooges, the The, Tindersticks, Tones On Tail, Travis, Tribe Called Quest, Tricky, Twilight Sad, Velvet Underground, Verve, Voxtrot, Tom Waits, Walkmen, White Stripes, Whitey, the Who, Willie Nelson, Wire, ZZ Top…

Movies:

Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle, W.C. Fields, Chaplin's City Lights and the Kid. A Hard Days Night. Fight Club. Seven. Boogie Nights. Magnolia. Sling Blade. Unstrung Heroes. Amelie. Being John Malkovich. Evil Dead. The Professional. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Down By Law.

Television:

junk.

Books:

Jack Kerouac. David Sedaris. Raymond Carver. Short stories mainly. I admit I don't quite have the time or attention span to get through "novels," but I don't think you need 200+ pages to get your point across either.

My Blog

edit >no >edit

I tried to edit my friends since I have it on randomize. As if I was trying to sculpt a more interesting me by weeding things out that I couldn't justify or endorse. Most of my friends are bands. S...
Posted by william on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:43:00 PST

randomized

I randomized everyone.Carin did it and it looked like fun.So all the people that I do know will be shuffled around with all the bands I like.I hope no one's feelings get hurt by this news....
Posted by william on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:52:00 PST

The best thing

about having a full time jobis that at least once a day (monday through friday)my kids are really excited to see me.
Posted by william on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:53:00 PST

I just don’t know what to do with myself

So Carin is having a slumber party tomorrow night.So I'm supposed to make myself scarce.Truth be told, I would love to be a fly on the wall for that one, but...you ever have so many options that you e...
Posted by william on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:11:00 PST

uh

fuck this shit[because I care]
Posted by william on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:46:00 PST

Scotland is batting 1.000

I know the big flareUp of Scottish bands was about 10 years ago with chemikal underground records, but they're all still fantastic...mogwaigangerthe jesus and mary chainbelle and sebastiancamera obscu...
Posted by william on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:47:00 PST

just...

one more song...
Posted by william on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:40:00 PST

alone again.

kids in bed.carin out.bill alone.and i really just heard a cricket.in january.
Posted by william on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:01:00 PST

2 in one day

Some old friends came to town this past holiday season.And I just wanted to say that it was the most fun I've had in quite awhile.I actually went to work with a hangOver twice in one week.I never have...
Posted by william on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:07:00 PST

addiction

well, mySpace has driven a wedge in the household dynamic.Sure, it's all well and good to have an outlet where you can get away.maybe purge some otherwise notFun thoughts.But when you're running to it...
Posted by william on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:57:00 PST