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About Me

my name is nick. i know nothing.

'reader's digest' edition
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i'm intense. according to some, i talk really fast. i like live music. i play the keyboard. i think about ridiculous shit all the time. i eat out a lot. i'm really good with metaphors. i'm a computer engineer and i love it.

'$25,000 pyramid' edition
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intelligent, open minded, idiosyncratic, slightly eccentric. artist, audiophile, perpetual geek, technical whiz, space cadet, guerilla engineer, detached observer, critic, future expatriate, profligate.

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+ i love music. everything about it.
+ my computer can beat up your computer. and so can i.
+ i + i drink, smoke, and curse, and you fucking love it!

i tune in. i turn on. i drop out...then i get up for work.

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My Interests

art, MUSIC, creative expression, recording, sound, watching people, vinyl, computers, microsound, glitch, granular synthesis, hacking, reaktor, dada, Max/MSP, the sixties, LA public library, quantum physics, string theory, psychedelia, the short stop, moog synthesizers, shows, sunrise in the city, horrible noises, my electric piano, pretty girls, serial killers, bizarre music gear, style, staying up late, hi-fi, hardcore porn, wardriving, dystopia, cinematheque, music theory, polyrhythms, outer space, documentaries, weird movies, bowling, singing in my car, big tits, p2p, www, mp3, soulseek, bit torrent, atari, being mysterious, going out for breakfast, robots, rain, france, road trips, shopping sprees, life cereal, del taco, parliament lights, gin tonics, coffee, transoceanic flights......

I'd like to meet:

i want to beat the meatles

Music:

experimental rock / avant-prog / indie / garage rock / 60s psych / noise rock / electronic / punk rock / free jazz / fusion / neo-classical / minimalist

us maple, brainiac, bob drake, les sexareenos, the coachwhips. massacre, popular shapes, harry pussy, beatnik filmstars, the kinks, deerhoof, mclusky, chokebore, download, cheval de frise, tortoise, ween, nin, mahavishnu orchestra, desert sessions, skinny puppy, upsilon acrux, syd barrett, magma, the beatles, thinking plague, faust, steve reich, miles davis, phillip glass,

now playing:

crappy music i've been listening to this past week:

i started tracking my playlists on nov. 8 '04. nerd alert.

geek out on your digital music collection like me! --- + Audiopod Goes iScrobbler ......

Movies:

brazil
the big lebowski
withnail and i
fear and loathing in las vegas
american psycho
schitzopolis
the deer hunter
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
knocked up
the machinist

Television:

seinfeld
mr. show
the state
the office
curb your enthusiasm
flight of the conchords
space ghost coast to coast
flight of the conchords

Books:

'the doors of perception' by aldous huxley
'the devil's dictionary' by ambrose bierce
'billions and billions' by carl sagan

Heroes:

robert moog
jan hammer
frank zappa
aldous huxley
bob drake
syd barrett
slavoj zizek
carl sagan
david attenborough

My Blog

riddle me [fucking] this.... and HAVE FUN!

oh. thanks, captain obvious and princess pea-brain, but i think we can ALL agree that EVERYONE likes to HAVE FUN and/while meeting other people who like to HAVE FUN. file that under A for Asinine, the...
Posted by half empty on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:38:00 PST

recommended viewing

Zizek! (2005) - Documentary on Slajev Zizek, psychoanylist, social critic, author, and head of social sciences at the university of Solvenia. a boisterous and eccentric guy, to say the least, had my...
Posted by half empty on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:08:00 PST

slugs and snails and puppy dog tails

yesterday evening, i was driving around looking for an apartment and talking to myself at great length. i was actually saying what i was thinking out loud, because i couldn't contain the thought in my...
Posted by half empty on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:57:00 PST

who gives a shit about where all the cowboys went?

i say 'good riddance.' the question that REALLY deserves some poopy sarah mclaughlin lesbo jam written about it is this:where have all the _individuals_ gone? i don't have an answer. but i DO know tha...
Posted by half empty on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:06:00 PST

i'm afraid there are results

this could, very well be the last time i'm able to write about what we will refer to as the experiment. the changes, best not described, are making it difficult. and now there is no choice but to go f...
Posted by half empty on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:59:00 PST

i no longer speak of myself in sentences...

my final online survey propagation...and no more sentences, for real this time...starting now!name: -/- nicholas paul lejejsbirthday: -/- jan 25 1979birthplace: -/- los angeles, californiacur...
Posted by half empty on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:34:00 PST

what the fuck is a 'hater,' anyways?

...will someone please clarify this for me? and while you're at it, determine if I am, in fact, one of these 'haters.'and while i'm mildly on the subject...i, hereby, take an official stand AGAINST th...
Posted by half empty on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:39:00 PST

i lost my car last night

last night, i somehow managed to completely lose track of where my car was. i forgot where i parked! totally blanked when it came time to go home. i was at starshoes...like 5 BLOCKS FROM MY APT!!! wal...
Posted by half empty on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:51:00 PST

names for bands

rock and roll band names from me to the world!private pyle & the major malfunctionsgo go gadget au-go-go!bill cosby & the jigglersracecar backwards
Posted by half empty on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:29:00 PST

two words: PUNK ROCK!


Posted by half empty on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:29:00 PST