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Mr. Hinty

Down 142 pounds so far ... check it out at www.hintysen.com and www.morbidobscenity.com

About Me


Fat, 46, Wisconsin, single. In other words, I am a real trendsetter.
A newspaperman by trade, and a good one at that, but my avocation is comedy and punk rock/power pop. No, no, the good stuff mostly from before you were born, you skateboard jockeys.
Wish I had the time to be an alcoholic because getting hammered is fun. Wish I had a cow shitting up my backyard so the special mushrooms would oh-so-accidentally grow. Mostly I enjoy mind-altering substances vicariously, through my friends' drunk dials. I love drunk dials.
I have had the great fortune to fall in with a group of comedians, artists, filmmakers, rockers, etc., etc., who have taken me under their wing as a sort of chubby mascot, I guess. Either Englebert the fat catcher or Thurman Merman from Bad Santa, perhaps. Some of these people are famous and successful; others are grubby fuck-ups. But they're all the best people in the world. I love these people. They are family. I am a Panamint.
With their encouragement, I have finally written the songs I've always wanted to write, and I've even recorded a couple with more in the works. I've gotten up on a comedy stage a couple times now and there will be more of that in my future, too. I have poured my heart and soul out in one of those newfangled blog things that used to be called journals, and that has been interesting though the results have been mixed.
I'm also fortunate to have a great family and other friends nearby, my dog Chimpy is a fucking first-place champion mutt and companion, I like my co-workers and my job even though it's very challenging and responsible, and I get to go to terrific places such as Death Valley, Costa Rica, Arizona and Peoria on a regular basis.
Even though it's with a small L, I'm still truly loved by some of the world's most amazing people, and if that's as far as I'm going to get in this life, then that's better than average. So fuck you, bitches.
About the following video: I don't tour with anyone. I am not really a comic, just pretend.

My Interests

Comedy, writing (http://hintysen.com), power pop and punk music (I'm very particular but my taste is impeccable), photography, and most of all doing whatever I can to help my family and my people. Whatever, wherever, whenever. You know who you are.

I'd like to meet:

That hot-as-fuck chubby chaser Sarah Silverman (I did manage to stare at her blue-jeaned ass for 10 minutes once as she waited to go up at the L.A. Improv), the too-brilliant-for-this-earth motherfuckers Penn and Teller, Ween, Dave Attell, the perfect woman for me, Otto and George, Moe Berg (rock band Pursuit of Happiness), the lumpy-hot Kim Deal, Trey and Matt, Conan... I would say Larry David but we'd both disappoint each other I think. Taking stock in my head just now, it's kind of amazing how many people I've already met who would have otherwise been on my list, and how I learned through them that celebrities can be cool or cunty, just like everyone else. It's been good.

Music:

Ween (If I won the lottery I'd follow those fuckers around on tour like they were the Grateful Dead), X, the MUFFS, Psycotic Pineapple, Devo, Pixies, Pursuit of Happiness, Romantics, XTC, new stuff like Sugarcult and Dollyrots, Art Brut, Wizenhiemers, c'mon there are literally a thousand more. The Mattoid of course.

Movies:

otto & george



Otto & George ventriloquist on letterman late show. Animal House (best comedy ever), Aristocrats (best documentary ever), then in no order Office Space, Ron's Night Out (hi Renee), Girls Gone Wild America Uncovered (hi Douglas), Happiness, Oldboy, Visitor Q, lots of other Asian gore (live action moreso than manga), some of the schlocky 70's horror like Last House on the Left and Deranged, experimental stuff like Happiness, mainstream stuff like Boogie Nights and Welcome to the Dollhouse, blah blah blah hundreds more.

Television:

It's not that bad.

Books:

All-time favorite is Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. Just got going on Bukowski, better late than never, we'll be good friends before my end. Lately been reading non-fiction trying to figure myself out better, such as Freakonomics, Satisfaction and On Desire. I like biographies, even bad ones like Bonaduce's are OK. Some day I'll do a book I'm happy with. Maybe.

Heroes:

I have to spend a lot of one on one time with people before I can consider them heroes. So far, the list is at four:
Blake Sinclaire Daniel
Doug Stanhope
Renee Morrison
Andrew Andrist
With a couple others moving up and down the charts.

My Blog

It’s Hinty’s one-year anniversary.

On Aug. 29, 2006, I had the gastric bypass surgery that so many of you helped pay for through your purchase of The Unbookables' CD, Morbid Obscenity.One year later, I'm 140 pounds lighter, my diabetes...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:44:00 PST

Fickzd.

Unbookable magnifico Travis Lipski complained that I have never written about him on my blog.The situation has been remedied in limerick form. I'd have done a Haiku but Haiku Jim from Drinking with Ia...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:31:00 PST

This week’s iPod spotlight.

It's on the Canadian power pop band The Pursuit of Happiness. Will Smith was not involved. http://hintysen.com
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:33:00 PST

Social commentary and biting self-reflection.

In the wake of a weekend spent in the presence of Goad, Hank III and Rogan, perhaps Hinty has figured out his little head just a skosh more better. http://hintysen.com...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:39:00 PST

This week’s IPod Spotlight: Joe Jackson

I know maddeningly little about the guy. And I hate the world just a little bit more for the fact that his acceptance and stardom never quite rose to meet his amazing talent. But it's all good becaus...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:02:00 PST

Who wants to be a rock star?

I have these lyrics -- actually, it's an entire song inside my head -- but I don't know that many musicians around here in Milwaukee. And it's been hard to get them to pick up on the melody I've been ...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:25:00 PST

Three quick things.

1. A mini-update on my latest progress and milestones can be found here.2. Through Friday night, I'm offering a $5 rebate on the Morbid Obscenity CD. Just mention MYSPACE in the comment box of the Pay...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST

Photographic proof.

As I was uploading pix of my recent visit to Colorado, something told me to go look up some of the photos from my last visit, back in March of '06. Even I was stunned. Look at the difference! Thank yo...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:09:00 PST

Floating lightly home from Colorado.

Another heartwarming and fat-burning trip, with a wonderful, wonderful start. PS: I had no cell service all week and only a few minutes on the internet. Sorry if I lost touch. http://hintysen.com...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:22:00 PST

From out of the blue, a crash

Something happened today that shouldn't have bothered me for a second, but instead has knocked me for a whiny little loop. I am upset with myself for letting this little event upset me. It's strange h...
Posted by Mr. Hinty on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:43:00 PST