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George: Fuck you and your "moral value" hypocrite bullshit, you drive-drunk illiterate halfwit. Murdering liar, thieving denier, even Jesus hates you and he's sick of you dropping his name.
-Black President
They sent your son, with a plan
to fight some war in a desert land.
He ain't gonna come home again, he's making some money for a Texas man.
Helicopters in the sky.
All the little soldiers die.
Mothers and their daughters cry
because of politicians' lies!
-Valient Thorr
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Watch this. It's quite neat.
My general interests.....
People, and the sociological observation thereof.
Experiencing music in every way except for playing it.
Record collecting , filmmaking, art of all kinds, writing, reading, photography, nature, traveling, discussing / debating politics,
and most of all, hanging out with the people I love.
Oh, and The Onion.
While I do thoroughly enjoy all of the above things plus countless more, what is really consuming my life right now is music. Shows shows shows, bands bands bands, records records records, managing From the Mouth of Cthulhu.
Usually you can find me at a show, scroll down to my calendar (right above the friends area) to see what upcoming shows I'll be at, and come to them! Chances are they'll be good shows if I'll be there.....)
And what really takes up my time right now is combining my love for music with my love for filmmaking: I film a lot of concerts. Mostly local Colorado bands, but I have filmed quite a few national bands that have come through here as well. Bands I have shot include Throw Rag, Fair To Midland, Valient Thorr, Riverboat Gamblers, Leftöver Crack, Clit 45, Bullets And Octane, L.A. Guns, Murder By Death, The Sex Boys, Brides Of Destruction, Gogol Bordello, Satellite Party, Casket Salesmen, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, Cheap Sex, The Code, Lower Class Brats, The Dead Pets, Brain Failure, Time Again, The Briggs, Big D And The Kids Table, Whole Wheat Bread, Street Dogs, UK Subs, and The Casualties, plus many more. I'm usually up to shoot a show, so if you want to know more about my videography services, go HERE and check it out!
^one of the most incredible bands in the world....
I'd like to meet:
Anyone interesting. Perhaps you?
You know, it's funny: I just recently realized that this section was probably meant to be "what kind of people I'd like to meet as an end result of making a myspace account", but almost everyone puts down celebrities or musicians they are fans of. I always thought it was kind of arbitrary and irrelevant to have a section dedicated to what famous people a person would like to meet... and now the section makes sense. But hey, we've all got at least one household name we'd like to meet, right? Of course we do. So here are mine.
Practically any band I'm into, although I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them already. Some I haven't met..... Nikki Sixx, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian, John Dolmayan, Scorcho The Poet, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, this is another list that could continue for quite some time........................................................
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What You Need To Believe To Be A Republican:
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our
highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.
The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in
speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies,
then demand their cooperation and money.
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing
health care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but
creationism should be taught in schools.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is a impeachable
offense, but a president lying to enlist support for a war in which
thousands die is solid defense policy.
Government should limit itself to the powers named in the
Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but
George Bush's driving record is none of our business.
Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a
conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
Supporting "Executive Privilege" for every Republican ever born, who will be born or who might be born ( in perpetuity.)
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but
what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
Support for hunters who shoot their friends and blame them for wearing orange vests similar to those worn by the quail.
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS VOTE REPUBLICAN!
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1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
9) Children can never succeed without both a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans...
One of the saddest parts about our society is that these arguments, before the humorous common sense, are the real reasons why people can't accept gay marriages. Open your eyes people. Logic and tolerance before "religion" and its closedmindedness, fuckers.
The mighty concert calendar! Come to these shows. DO IT!
Music:
Oh god, this is going to take forever. For starters, I am a vinyl fanatic, and I completely contend that it is a vastly superior medium to CDs in terms of sound quality (plus it's really fun and addicting to collect) So go HERE to view my record collection. I'll usually not buy a CD unless the album is absolutely not going to be available on vinyl. Other music I like that I don't yet have on vinyl includes 12 Step Rebels , 17 Crash , AcousmA , The Adicts , AJ Bighead , The Allergies , Austin And The , Band Noir , Blackfire , Black President , Blun , Brain Failure , The Briggs , Bullets and Octane , CART , Casket Salesmen , CAT , The Cheap$kate$ , The Chelsea Smiles , The Chieftains , The Chuck Dukowski Sextet , The Code , Crash Kelly , The Dead Pets , DDC , Devil Doll , DeVotchKa , Dick Dale , Dread Pirate Roberts , The Dresden Dolls , Dropbox , DVDA , Elektrician , Eliza Lütz , E.O.T.R. , Ends !n Tragedy , Enya , Eric Schwartz , Evil Empire , Fair To Midland , Fifty Stars Anger , Friends With A Ghost , For You? , From the Mouth of Cthulhu , Frontal Assault , Gaelic Storm , Gay John XJTY , Genitorturers , Global Hour , Godsmack , The Grahzny Bastards , Grand Moth Tarkin , The Gypsy Fembots , The Haggardies , Havok , Henchmen , Home , Human Rights Soul Brains , iluminado , In The Red , InQue , Intro5pect , Iron Head , IRONHEAD , Jett Black , Jim Yelenick, Johnny Cash , Justin Sane , Keeping Sanity , Lynam , Make Or Destroy , Man The Guns , The Mansfields , Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System , Maris The Great and the Faggots Of Death, Matthew Robinson , Michael Jackson , Molotov Cockfight , Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator , More Than Never , NDAAZ , N.F.F.U. , The Nimwits , Noncompliant , Opie Gone Bad , Outl4w , Oxygen Puppet , Placebo , The Phenomenauts , The Potato Pirates, Pukemop , Radical , Rammstein , Resilience , Rezurex , Rightfully Accused , River City Rebels , Robert Rodriguez , Roe , Ryan Harvey , Satellite Party , The Scarred , Scissor Box , Scotch Greens , The Sex Boys , Shark Soup , Sierpinski Set, So Random, Stabbed In Back , The S.T.D.'s, Street Dogs , Streetlight Manifesto , Strong Bad , Stuntdoubles , The Stupid Stupid Henchmen , The Suicide Machines , Sunshine's Mimic , SuperGiant , Tanner Heggy , Tenacious D , Three Ton Gate , Time Again , Tony Iommi , Trashlight Vision , Trevor Rabin , Trey Parker & Matt Stone , Trike , Türoke , Vangelis , Viper : Viper , Viva Hate , Von Skinny , Wasabi In Your Neck , Wesley Willis , Whole Wheat Bread , Yanni , Zombie Ghost Train . There's probably more, so if you think of any that you know I like that aren't listed here or in my record collection, feel free to jog my busy memory. Or if there are any bands that I may have never heard who you think I might like! I'm always up for discovering an awesome band!
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Movies:
Summer Of Sam, The Chumscrubber, Little Miss Sunshine, Blow, SLC Punk!, Bowfinger, Treasure Island (the one with Charlton Heston and Christian Bale), Sleepy Hollow, The Land Before Time, the Back To The Future trilogy, L.A. Confidential, The Butterfly Effect, Titanic, V For Vendetta, Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Doors, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Pirates of The Caribbean, Mystery Alaska, Gladiator, Braveheart, Magnolia, American Beauty, Around The Fire, 8 Heads in A Duffel Bag, The Jerk, Jungle 2 Jungle, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Being John Malkovich, *batteries not included, American History X, Fistful Of Staples, Rock Star, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Invisible, A Day In The Life Of Summertime The Mime, Phenomenon, 1969, House On Haunted Hill, Field Of Dreams, Donnie Darko, Baraka, Lords Of Dogtown, Death To Smoochy, The Decline Of Western Civilization I, II, and III, Goodfellas, Heat, The Sound Of Music, October Sky, Mary Poppins, Enemy At The Gates, Moulin Rouge, Anchorman.... ah I could sit here all day and type titles that come to mind..... but I won't.
Here's a short film I directed and edited in Production II, Spring 2007. It was the only film from the class that made it into the student show at the end of the semester....
Collision Course
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Here's a music video on which I directed 2nd Unit and ran one of 3 cameras:
Dead Town
Here's a 16mm film I worked on in the Fall 2006 semester...
A Day In The Life Of Summertime The Mime
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and here's a trailer for a band documentary I shot most of and edited...
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Television:
South Park, Lost, Family Guy, Seinfeld, Malcolm In The Middle, the occasional Simpsons.....
Books:
White Line Fever (Lemmy Kilmister), The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell (Marilyn Manson), The Dirt (Mötley Crüe), The Adventures of Tintin (Hergé), Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson), The Devil's Highway (Luis Alberto Urrea), The Heroin Diaries (Nikki Sixx), The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom), South Of The Pumphouse (Les Claypool), Frequent Flyer Miles (Julene Huffman), So This Is Readin?: Life On The Road With The Unseen (Tripp Underwood), everything by Dr. Seuss, everything by Bill Peet! and Marie Louise the mongoose. yeah, I'm still a kid at heart.
Heroes:
My parents.
From the Mouth of Cthulhu for collectively being one of the greatest bands ever, for letting me be their manager, and for being some of the greatest friends anyone could ask for. Plus the fact that they're all musical geniuses, and due to their talent and creativity they blow my mind almost every time I hear a new song for the first time, or even just see a show of theirs. The best experiences of my life have all somehow been related to this band thus far, with the prospect of more to come.... thanks for everything, guys. "Prepare for life to go from ordinary to extraordinary."
AJ Bighead circa summer 2005 for writing the hands-down best political- and social-commentary lyrics ever. Period. He basically says all the things I am usually thinking about society and politics, but I'm not articulate and witty enough to put it into words like he can. And they rhyme! Every time I read a new song / rant, I am blown away. There used to be a site with all of his writing up on it, but somehow it all got deleted. Damn.
The Chelsea Smiles for being fucking awesome and for getting me into the 21+ them/B.O.D. show.
Katherine Jashinski and all conscientious ojectors everywhere, and anyone who stands up for their beliefs in peace, justice, equality, anti-homophobia, anti-fascism, anti-militarism, pro-choice, pro-equal rights, and the good of humanity.
Time Again, The Briggs, and Louis/Angel City Outcasts because they are awesome, completely and all around, and have been for as long as I've known them.
Lemmy Kilmister for his sense of humor.
And also Fair To Midland, Throw Rag, The Mansfields, Bullets and Octane, Charley Horse, Geoff Kresge, Tracii Guns, London LeGrand, David Kekone, and Shäwn Smäsh for always being really really fucking cool to us whenever we see them.
