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Adal

Dear we better get a drink in you before you start to bore us

About Me

this guy!

My Interests

Improv, sketch comedy, theatre, stand-up, movies, Books, performing magic tricks, travel, music, art, LOST, sushi, Haunted Houses, TJ And Dave, ghosts, writing, exploring, trying new food, concerts, board games, Todd Barry

I'd like to meet:

anyone and everyone.

Music:

The Thermals, The Hold Steady, Neutral Milk Hotel, Joanna Newsom, Devotchka, Menomena, Jeff Mangum, Olivia Tremor Control, The Gerbils, Ulysses, The Libertines, Ween, My Morning Jacket, Sigur Ros, Son Kil Moon, Red House Painters, Ted Leo, Spoon, The Wrens, Bloc Party, Pixies, Fiona Apple, Arcade Fire, Babyshambles, Tom Waits, Gogol Bordello, The Beatles, Beck,The Smiths, Sons and Daughters, Bjork, Black Keys, The White Stripes, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Cat Power, The Coral, The Dears, The Doors, RJD2, Dungen, Nick Drake, DJ Shadow, PJ Harvey, Gillian Welch, Hawksley Workman, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin Wolf, The Misfits, The Magnetic Fields, Tom McRae, Oasis, NIN, Martin Sexton, Super Furry Animals, The Raconteurs, Mugison, Jaga Jazzist, Arctic Monkeys

Movies:

The Best Of Youth, The Departed, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sympathy For Mr. Vengence, Amores Perros,8 1/2, Buffalo '66, Head-On, Happiness, Wet Hot American Summer, Goodfella's, Donnie Darko, Bottle Rocket, Down By Law, City Of God, Oldboy, Kontroll, Sin City, Bottle Rocket, I Heart Huckabees, The Squid and The Whale, Le Samourai

Television:

LOST, Nip/Tuck, Scrubs, The Office (UK version), Extras, Carnivale, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Sopranos, Press Your Luck, Simpsons, Family Guy, The 4400, Wondershowzen, Jeopardy

Books:

Everything Is Illuminated, Skinny Legs And All, The Pillowman, The World According To Garp, A Prayer For Owen Meany, Still Life With Woodpecker, Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Master and Margarita, Kane And Abel, anything by Chuck Palahniuck, David Sedaris, Bret Easton Ellis or Hermann Hesse and of course all the Harry Potter books.

Heroes:

Ricky Gervais, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roald Dahl, Dave Pasquesi

My Blog

FLA ASAP

Huzzah Friends! I'm off to Florida in 18 hours or so. I'm being paid (along with my improv group Insult To Injury) to go to the University Of Florida and do a show and teach workshops! The great news...
Posted by Adal on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:13:00 PST

Metromix Review

Review of the pH show pHrenzy.   The Centerstage Review, by Rory Leahy. Friday Aug 03, 2007 Chicagoans take improvisational comedy very seriously. Its devotees can trace its roots to the sacred t...
Posted by Adal on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:45:00 PST

Hello?

Holy crap! It's been about 8 months since I blogged. I can't access Myspace at work and I'm never home so that is my excuse. Your forgiveness please. I've been up to so much. Too much to write a...
Posted by Adal on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:52:00 PST

short and simple

things are fantastic......busy and happy.....I have the coolest friends alive
Posted by Adal on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:49:00 PST

my cup runneth over..

Many things in the works as of two days ago. 1. Will be co-writing a holiday sketch show with Matt Fotis for his theatre company, Shantz Theatre . I have taken it upon myself to t...
Posted by Adal on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:48:00 PST

All you need is love...

thoughts, reflections and lessons learned from my trip to Vegas: - I've always been weary of Cirque Du Soleil because of the tremendous hype built up around it. In my mind I thought "yeah it's pr...
Posted by Adal on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:23:00 PST

Tom Waits for no man

Hoorah! This Saturday in the 3 minute window in which you could purchase tickets before they sold out, I managed to get tickets to see Tom Waits at the Auditorium in Chicago and also to see him at a ...
Posted by Adal on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:35:00 PST

They Call Me Mister Ribs!

So what's new Adal? Went to RibFest over the weekend and saw all kinds of delicious looking ribs....but couldn't eat any cause none of them were beef, so I settled for a BBQ brisket sandwich from Smo...
Posted by Adal on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:10:00 PST

If you're bored at work or home....

Go here to create your own radio station, but know that nothing you make will ever be as cool as 184.30 THE ADAL (that's what I named my station). ...
Posted by Adal on Fri, 12 May 2006 10:46:00 PST

LOST

In case you didn't know I am obsessed with LOST, so this past wednesday when they creators of LOST launched their interactive LOST Experience I was hooked. If you haven't heard of this and you love th...
Posted by Adal on Fri, 05 May 2006 10:01:00 PST