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[.m.a.n.u.e.l.]

i thought you said forever, over and over...

About Me

I pretty much know everyone of u in the real world so this is no use really. for the others, my name's manny, i love all music from black metal to glam to hip hop to britpop. i gravitate more towards black and death metal though. i play guitar too. been playing for awhile and i really dunno how my life would be without music.
im really big on individuality and people being themselves. i despise trends and those who follow 'em even more. it's your life to do with as you will. why would you let growing up gotti or mtv decide what you should look like, dress like, talk like, listen to, etc. from the clubber-androgynous-blowout- having ginzo, to the trendcore emo-haired kids wearing their little sister's pants, to the mexican death metal guys that tuck their army fatigues into their combat boots. oh and hipsters. god...the horror.
im also really interested in my heritage and culture. my roots are in the autonomous spanish region of pays basque. though considered part of spain, it has its own culture, language, and its people are the oldest indo-europeans known to date. there's also a heavy celtic element in that region as well. my family is celt-iberian as well. i discovered all this about 2 years ago after spending a month in spain with my parents and going to where we know our family originates from. we learned a whole lot. so yeah i guess in the end i really am a white boy lol. a colombian celt? who wouldve thought. it actually isn't too rare
"THE MOTOR ROCKS YOU!"

My Interests

guitars, guitar stuff, amps, movies, music, metal, psychology, parapsychology, criminology, sociology, politics, history, conspiracy theories, "truth", mmm...i dunno plenty of stuff and quite varied.

I'd like to meet:

anyone really. but hopefully some cool people into black and death metal (a rarity). it seems like everyone into this music is an elitist "kvlt" fuck tucking his army fatigues into his combat boots. any other guitarists, not just people who can play, but other tech/gear heads who know what they're talking about. anyone that wants to start a black metal band (judas iscariot, tha-norr, gorgoroth kinda-ish). anyone selling an early 90's marshall valvestate 8100 guitar head.

Music:

black metal:
emperor, burzum, darkthrone, taake, dawn, ulver, mayhem, bathory, nargaroth, averse sefira, kult of azazel, judas iscariot, anaal nathrakh, raganarok, asgaroth, gorgoroth, sargeist, behemoth, leviathan, darkestrah, naer mataron, ash, cradle of filth (fuck you, theyre good), dimmu borgir (ditto), enthroned, ved buens ende, satyricon, havojeh, impaled nazarene, irhmgaar, xasthur, seth, lunaris, enslaved, abazagorath, absu, berserk, carpathian forest, plenty more...
death metal/grindcore:
devourment, misery index, at the gates, hate eternal, nile, necrophagist, vital remains, rotten sound, akercocke, cryptopsy, kataklysm, death, decapitated, suffocation, deeds of flesh, crowpath, origin, panzerchrist, repulsion, severe torture, morbid angel, opeth, goratory, despised icon, all shall perish, napalm death, carcass, arch enemy, the haunted, dehumanized, a whole lot more...

metal:
savatage, megadeth, slayer, sepultura, iron maiden, alice in chains, metallica, motley crue, skid row, nightwish, celtic frost, primal fear, wasp, motorhead, dokken, queensryche, overkill, pantera, anthrax

hardcore/metalcore:
candiria, darkest hour, blood has been shed, aftershock, shadows fall, bleeding through, unearth, sick of it all, the acacia strain, suicide file, thursday, misery signals, 7 angels 7 plagues, toe to toe, eighteen visions, premonitions of war, burnt by the sun, full blown chaos, heaven shall burn, hatebreed, killswitch engage, ill stop here.

the not so heavy:
oasis, the verve, the brian jonestown massacre, the libertines, the dresden dolls, stone temple pilots, dredg, peccatum, elkland, radiohead, travis, starsailor, the dandy warhols, garbage, 30 seconds to mars, faith no more, tomahawk, tool, a perfect circle, vex red, anberlin, beloved, nine inch nails, buckcherry, la guns, led zeppelin, yeah......

hip hop:
the roots, a tribe called quest, blackstar, mos def, talib kweli, immortal technique, wu-tang clan, tupac shakur, dr. dre, nwa, public enemy, e-town concrete, rage against the machine, seven star, lupe fiasco, not the typical mtv bling bling shit.

Movies:

star wars trilogy, matrix trilogy, jersey trilogy (clerks, mallrats, chasing amy)+dogma, reservoir dogs, coming to america, taxi driver, v for vendetta, nightmare on elmstreet (all), halloween (most), the tao of steve, me myself and irene, old school, mean girls (dont deny it. it was awesome), conan the barbarian, hellraiser, boyz n the hood, dont be a menace...., troy, lost boys, 28 days later, office space.

Television:

metalocalypse, beavis and butthead, aeon flux, the maxx, x-men (damn i feel old), robot chicken, family guy, drawn together, south park. i dont watch anything religiously anymore, i just catch these shows whenever.

Books:

lords of chaos (favorite book. fascinating), count of monte cristo, choosing death, mall, the da vinci code, apocalypse culture, the essential jung, the giver, the outsiders, batman:knightfall, watchmen, hellblazer, rising stars, fathom, x-men, preacher.

Heroes:

ihsahn, dave mustaine, mike chlasiak, sebastian bach, alan moore, garth ennis, jim lee, simon bisley, travis charest, varg vikernes, euronymous (should these last two even be on the same list?), el che (ernesto guevara), my mom, my grandfather.

My Blog

lost my phone + more

sorry ive fallen off the face of the earth with, well...everyone. my new job kicks ass and its been keeping me extremely busy as of late.today was wierd:went to see emperor after work today. amazing s...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:22:00 PST

guitar question...

so as per usual, i have once again come across a guitar in bad shape thats worth saving. this time its an 80's ovation celebrity acoustic that i'll be working on and "rehabbing". this is really questi...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:44:00 PST

round 2? unlikely...

somehow, someway, it all has to fucking fall apart. "too good to be true" no longer holds as just a cliche, but as a fucking curse and  "leitmotif" in my life. wow manny, you're on quite a streak...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:19:00 PST

swing life away

Am I loud and clear or am I breaking up? Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck? Are we getting closer or we just getting more lost? I'll show you mine if you show me yours first Let's compare sc...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:32:00 PST

hirohito??!?! what the fuck??!

harry potter?! mark david chapman?!?!? emperor hirohito?!?!?!?!?!!? hahahahahapparently i resemble an effeminate boy wizard, the miserable son of  a bitch who killed john lennon, and japan's rule...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:49:00 PST

new rant!!!

i really dont give a shit about don imus. hes a fucking tool. hes not funny and the only way he can get laughs is cheap jabs at people and his racist/sexist idiocy. he has quite the history with comme...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:16:00 PST

anyone? anyone? bueller?

ok guys check it out. my band is in desperate need of a bassist. we have new songs, we're pretty set on our drummer, we've been practicing individually and as a band, and seriously everything is comin...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:46:00 PST

the salsa-shark dillema

DANTE What do you want me to say? Yes, I suppose some of the things you're saying may be true. But that's the way things are; it's not going to change. RANDAL Make them change. DANTE ...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:27:00 PST

pretty damn emo i know...

..but it describes everything to a tee."who's gonna call on Sunday morning? who's gonna drive you home?i just want one more chanceto put my arms in fragile hands i thought you said forever over and ov...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:08:00 PST

nem volt merszem

i understand why it doesnt work. it cant. im just dissapointed in how it went down. why the apathy? i feel like it ended in one big "whatever". makes everything seem kinda meaningless.rám mindig számí...
Posted by [.m.a.n.u.e.l.] on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:49:00 PST