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Big (RED)

no talking, just looking

About Me


i play in the Telepromptors. and i used to be a dj on WPVM-LP Asheville 103.5 FM. BLITZKRIEG POP! Wednesdays 9-11pm. but now i am doing my time and making money in a different city. so check out the Blitzkrieg Pop! selected archives page.

other than that, Big Red is an instigator. has a pinch of paranoia. and is a passionate fighter... but don't take my word for it, come over and give me something to work with.

My Interests

exhalting the heroes and heroines of the true and honorable. anything Elvis. noting how the Japanese will take everything American and do it better. finding subversive pop elements in common places. fighting the evil empire. painting the town red. then painting it black.

I'd like to meet:

Kevin Ayers, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno, Pete Townshend, Bryan Ferry, Nick Lowe, Stephen Colbert...and other smart sassy people

Music:

powerpop, art-rock, BritPop, glam-rock, punk-pop, punk-funk, electro-pop, indie-rock, new wave, soul-pop, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60's girl groups, Motown, folk, good-time rock'n'roll

Movies:

Kieslowski's Red, Boogie Nights, the Kids Are Alright, Rock'n'Roll Circus, Man Who Fell to Earth, Space is the Place, the Shining, the Servant, the Jerk, Blow-Up, 24-Hour Party People, Pootie Tang, Born to Boogie, Rock'n'Roll High School, No Direction Home, True Stories, DIG!, Punk Attitude, Live Forever...

Books:

Flannery O'Connor, Society of the Spectacle/Debord, Soft Subversions/Guattari, Ecstasy of Communication/Baudrillard, Vertical Color of Sound...

Heroes:

Brian Eno, Kevin Ayers, Ray Davies, Nick Lowe, Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan, Chrissie Hynde, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry, Bob Dylan, David Byrne, Nina Simone, Kimya Dawson, Jarvis Cocker...