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the Samhain Kid

All the misfits, and the losers - well you know you're rocknrollers!!!

About Me

Hey 24 hour party people! Thanks for viewing this wacky thing. I am a pop culture junkie with a jones for useless trivia. My life revolves around music; finding new bands, learning about old bands, analyzing the music industry and how it influences people/the world, and basically just rocking out. I listen to rock n' roll, punk, goth/industrial, glam rock, rockabilly, 50's R&B, oldies, mod, 60's soul, and 80's metal. It's a broad spectrum, but I don't go into any of these genres blindly and just accepting of everything. I particularly enjoy re-discovering older bands that most people forgot about. I feel it separates me from being like everyone else at times, which is fun. I am a bit of a music snob, much like the main characters in "High Fidelity", but hey, at least I admit it. I also love movies, especially horror, sci-fi, mob stuff, and comedies. I read lots of band biographies, true crime books about mobsters and serial killers, and "beat generation" type stuff. And while I hate to admit it at times, I do watch a lot of TV, though I steer clear of most "reality" tripe. Lately, I try to spend a lot of time with my cute as a button newborn daughter, Autumn.Yup. Free Twisted layouts at twistedsiblings.com

My Interests

Music, movies, books, pop culture, and karate chopping the elderly in the throat

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is into the same kinda stuff I'm into. Now, I've been getting a few odd friends requests lately which has prompted me to amend this section. Please think about it for a second before trying to add me to your list. Take the time to really look at my interests and then decide if you think I'll want to be your friend. I take music seriously, so if you're into nu-metal, rap-rock, mallpunk or any boring, safe radio tripe, please don't bother because your taste in music appalls me. I understand that some cool people might actually like that stuff and if I still decide to add them, it's because there's probably enough common ground so I can overlook the other stuff. For example if Dave Matthews, Britney Spears, Panic at the Fuckin Disco, Korn, etc. is on your list, forget it. Sorry folks. I'm here to meet people with the same interests as me, not give ego boosts to cutesy teenyboppers who have no sense of musical history and listen to utter crap. Send me a message giving me a heads up if you want to add me please. I already have too many people on my list I never hear from. Thanx.

Music:

Ramones, Wildhearts, Backyard Babies, Dogs D'Amour, Tyla, Bad Religion, the Clash, Social Distortion, GangGreen, Dead Boys, Dethklok, Hanoi Rocks, Manic Street Preachers, Celtic Frost, Carpathian Forest, Nattefrost, Enslaved, Municipal Waste, Spazz, Infest, Combat Wounded Veteran, Leviathan, Mayhem, Terrorizer, Embalmer, Motley Crue, Dissection, Entombed, Nihilist, Death Breath, Eyehategod, Ratt, Poison, Faster Pussycat, Pretty Boy Floyd, Cinderella, the Devil Dogs, DGeneration, Jesse Malin, Billy Bragg, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, the Cramps, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Cooke, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Chubby Checker, Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Crash Kelly, the Chelsea Smiles, the Flaming Stars, the Beatles, the Who, MC5, Hellacopters, Down, Bob Dylan, Danny and the Juniors, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Jackie Wilson, Bill Haley & the Comets, Radio Birdman, the Crumbs, Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, Manic Hispanic, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Nine Inch Nails, Chemlab, Hanzel und Gretyl, Black Flag, Amen, 7 Seconds, Youth of Today, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Black Flag, TSOL, Adolescents, D.I., Smogtown, Dimestore Haloes, Chuck Matthews & the Busted Hearts/Bad Luck Charlies/the Dysfunction, Chris Isaak, Unknown Hinson, Sioux City Pete & the Beggars, Napalm Stars, Peppermint Creeps, Heart Throb Mob, Scritt Scratt, Black Halos, Electric Hellfire Club, Joy Division, New Order, Adam & the Ants, Josie Cotton, Jim Carroll Band, early Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Holly & the Italians, Nikki & the Corvettes, Lair of the Minotaur, Merrimack, the Feederz, Sonic Youth, the Damned, Sex Pistols, Mouth Sewn Shut, Red Invasion, Thrillride, Napalm Death, Skitsystem, the County Medical Examiners, Grave, Gorgoroth, Bathory, Destruction, Scum, Fudge Tunnel, Bolt Thrower, Satyricon, Kreator, Atheist, Dismember, Witchery, Buzzcocks, Blondie, Stay At Home Bomb, the Slits, the Dictators, the Boys, the Stitches, LES Stitches, Toxic Narcotic, Smoking Popes, Avengers, Circle Jerks, the Spaceshots, Alkaline Trio, Balzac, Misfits, Samhain, Undead, Vibrators, Voivod, Waco Brothers, Neko Case, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Buddy Holly, Stompin' Tom Connors, the Country Slashers, Fields of the Nephilim, the Wedding Present, Cinerama, Pulp, London Suede, Blur, Muse, James, Rialto, Stellastarr, These Animal Men, British Sea Power, the Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Psychedelic Furs, Puffy Amiyumi, Bauhaus, early David Bowie, Love and Rockets, Depeche Mode, Peter Murphy, Alien Sex Fiend, the Bronx, Dillinger Four, The Cult, Dead Milkmen, Elvis Costello, the Pogues, Kings of Nuthin', Lost City Angels, Damone, Dave Aaronoff & the Details, the Jam, the Four Tops, the Beach Boys, the Toys, the Temptations, the Supremes, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Rob Zombie/White Zombie, Motorhead, Turbonegro, Megadeth, LA Guns, Carcass, DarkThrone, Immortal, Finntroll, Dragonforce, the Sugarcubes, Sonata Arctica, Pig Destroyer, Guns N ' Roses, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Candy Striper Death Orgy, Red Right Hand, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Dio, Cannae, Destroyer666, Bouncing Souls, the Godfathers, the B-52's, the Muffs, Swingin' Utters, New Pornographers, the Dickies, DOA, Louis Prima, Stray Cats, Polecats, the Smiths, Morrissey, Oingo Boingo/Danny Elfman, Weird Al Yankovic, Fear, Murphy's Law, Dwarves, L7, Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Janes Addiction, the Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Birthday Party, Dresden Dolls, Belle & Sebastian, X, the Weirdos, Libertine, the Smugglers, the Mummies, Screeching Weasel, Green Day, the Mr. T Experience, Groovie Ghoulies, My Chemical Romance, Joan Jett, Prick, the Prids, Interpol, Rocket from the Crypt, the Gun Club, Concrete Blonde, the Sisters of Mercy, the Toy Dolls, El Vez, Epoxies, Exploding Hearts (RIP), Firewater, GBH, Hagfish, Mojo Nixon, Dramarama, the Dragons, the Replacements, Guitar Wolf, Generation X, Siouxsie & the Banshees, X-Japan, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Sugarcult, International Noise Conspiracy, New Mexican Disaster Squad, Gluecifer, Descendents, All, the Sadies, the Mean, Magnetic Fields, Void Control, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, They Might Be Giants, Pixies, Frank Black, Moral Crux, Venom, Death, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Death Angel, Cheap Trick, the Specials, Madness, English Beat, Mephiskapheles, Cold Spot 8, Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker, Symarip, Plimsouls, the Records, Romantics, Rezillos, the Joneses, Jesse Camp & the 8th Street Kids, AC/DC, Adrenalin OD, DRI, Ill Repute, Poison Idea, Cro-Mags, Kraut, Agression, JFA, the Faction, Bl'ast, Septic Death, Big Boys, Combat Wounded Veteran, Born Against, Beastie Boys, NWA, Public Enemy, Run DMC, MC Chris, the Libertines, Husker Du, Unsane, Nitzer Ebb, the Lemonheads, Redd Kross, Front 242, Laibach, the Go-Go's, the Hangmen, Divine Horsemen, Tex and the Horseheads, Big Black, 45 Grave, Pandoras, the Starvations, Prince, Flesh for Lulu, Gigolo Aunts, Morris Day & the Time, Kix, Tigertailz, the Sweet, T.Rex, Rich Kids, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Death Cult, Mau Mau's etc. etc. etc. etc.........

Movies:

Pretty much anything by Lucio Fulci (Zombie, the Gates of Hell, the Beyond, Demonia, etc.) and Dario Argento (Opera, Suspiria, Unsane, etc.), Jaws, Boondock Saints, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1, the Godfather 1&2, House of 1000 Corpses,the Devil's Rejects, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rock & Roll High School, Animal House, American Graffitti, Blues Brothers, the Road Warrior, the Harry Potter movies, Punk: Attitude, all Pixar movies, Fight Club, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, 24 Hour Party People, the Filth & the Fury, the Clash: Westway to the World, Ramones - End of the Century, the Omen, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, the Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Valley Girl, Wild Zero, Junk, Battle Royale, the Eye, the Ring, Eraserhead, Shaft, Dolemite, the Black Gestapo, the Black Six, I Spit on Your Grave, all the Alien movies, the Crippled Masters, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Caddyshack, Dirty Work, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons, the Exorcist, Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Them, Hostel, 28 Days Later, Nosferatu, Dracula, Frankenstein, the Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds (both old and new versions), Cabin Fever, Pumpkinhead, any Friday the 13th (except Jason X), Nightmare on Elm St. or Halloween movies (except Halloween 3), Triumph the Insult Comic Dog DVD, Analyze This, Analyze That, Hellraiser 1&2, Good Fellas, anything by Tim Burton (Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, etc.), and Breakin 2:Electric Boogaloo

Television:

FX originals The Shield, Nip/Tuck, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Rescue Me, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, Futurama, the Oblongs, Miami Ink, LA Ink, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Scrubs, ER, Trailer Park Boys, the Addams Family, the Munsters, Seinfeld, King of Queens, Trauma:Life in the ER, Hell's Kitchen

Books:

Bukowski, Kerouac, true crime books on the mafia and serial killers, anything about sharks (fiction or not), & music biographies, lots of music biographies

Heroes:

people through the course of history who fight for human rights, certain musicians, Don Knotts and Nathan Explosion

My Blog

Aqua Teen Hunger Force overthrows Boston!!!!

As many of you have possibly heard by now, there was a grassroots ad campaign for the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie that went on all over the country. Little neon signs with the Mooninites on ...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:11:00 PST

Merry Mex-mas!!!

El Vez - Paradise - Boston 12.5.06Oh yeah!!!! Last night was the return of El Vez and his Merry Mex-mas Tour! For those who don't know, El Vez is THEE Mexican Elvis impersonator! Well, maybe not an ex...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:33:00 PST

Tom G. Warrior vs. Bun E. Carlos!!!!

Celtic Frost w/ Goatwhore- Worcester Palladium, Nov. 5thMan, oh man! I never thought it would happen, but there I was at the craptacular Palladium about to see thee Celtic Frost!!! The metal gods who ...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:25:00 PST

my baby's first show!!!

Only 2 years old and my baby girl Autumn has already been to her first punk show! The Bouncing Souls were hitting Boston again so I hit up their bass player Bryan, who I go way back with, for some pas...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:58:00 PST

music blog numero uno, mofos!!!

Okay music fiends! Here it is - a new goddamn blog from me! So let's get right to it!Radio Birdman - live at the Middle East, BostonFor those who don't know, these Aussies made their mark back in the ...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:23:00 PST

vote vote vote

Alright, I have no problem with artists and musicians getting people motivated to vote. It's probably the only time I will ever listen to anything people like Dave Matthews has to say. What bugs me is...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dead icons

So in one week we lost Janet Leigh, the awesome Rodney Dangerfield and Christopher Reeve. They say these things come in threes and it sure as hell did. So I went looking to see who else might kick the...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Blue Collar Crap!

What the hell is going on here? I was watching Comedy Central and saw an ad for the new Jeff Foxworthy show with Larry the Cable Guy. Now personally I think the whole "You might be a redneck if..." sc...
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

another cultural icon lost....

For those who haven't heard yet, Janet Leigh has died. She of the infamous Psycho shower scene, and mom to Jamie Lee Curtis. God bless her.
Posted by the Samhain Kid on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST