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Zipper

Like a princess stuck in a factory...

About Me

I play guitar & mandolin. I love punk rock, Irish whiskey, good music, and men. Especially the last two. And the first two.
I like living in the midwest. Cleveland is where I'm from and Chicago is my soon to be adopted home. I used to live on the east coast, but I prefer the great lakes.
I love my guitars, mandolins, and other assorted instruments. Music is my passion...too bad I rarely get paid for it.
"To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory."Brendan Behan was a wise man.
"If I had Flogging Molly money, I'd be giving this shit away."So is Tony Duggins.
One more thing, I'll be getting a profile on this damn thing up and running for my solo music efforts soon. I've been invited to play a few places and have been working on some originals, so feel free to check back here to find out how you can listen to my tunes. Just don't expect it to be tomorrow because I'm no good with computers. Honestly, I'm much better with a stringed instrument in my hands than a keyboard!

My Interests

Guitar
Mandolin
Fiddle
Tin Whistle
Music
Bicycles
Cooking
Mixology

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people, music lovers, and dogs.Click this while you're at it:

Music:

The Tossers
T. Duggins
Pogues
Brennan's Revenge
Jacknife Powerbombs
Lower Class Brats
A10s
The Exploding Hearts
Nigel Burch & Flea Pit Orchestra
Flatfoot 56
Iggy Pop
Icewagon Flu
Irish Rovers
Dead Kennedys
Frankie Yankovic
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Horror of 59
Luka Bloom
DC-4
Bitchy
Polkaholics
Dubliners
G-13
Labor Force
Tribe 8
The Guild Navigators
Modern Lovers
Fabulous Disaster
Chieftans
Gogol Bordello
Moses Atwood
Arrivals
The Briggs
Cock Sparrer
The Unseen
NOFX
X-Ray Spex
Darkbuster
Pere Ubu
Plug Uglies
Blood or Whiskey
Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival
Elbowdrop
Beerzone
Brazen Rogues
Hot Stove Jimmy
Coinslot
Murphys Law
Neck
GC5
The Shirelles
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Willie John
The Big Bopper
Citizen Fish
Bosstones
Motorhead
Egan's Rats
Cory Vs. Cory
Jackdaw
Minor Threat
Peelers
Haymarket Riot
Killigans
Colt 45
Sharky Doyles
Boys From County Hell
Luke Kelly
Blue Meanies
The Go Set
Dishes
Circle Jerks
Exene Cervernkova
Thug Murder
Electric Six
Chuck Berry
Taggy Tones
Gadjits
Stiff Little Fingers
88 MPH
Prodigals
Switchback
Johnny Cash
Real McKenzies
Ledbelly
Shane MacGowan
Mahones
Local H
Popes
Swingin' Utters
Filthy Thieving Bastards
Kirsty MacColl
Scuttlers
Clash
Dropkick Murphys
Madcap
US Bombs
Queers
Tiger Army
Broken Shillelaghs
Fastway
New Black
Methadones
Electric Six
Brace Yourself Bridget
Cenk
The Briggs
Deal's Gone Bad
The Kinks
Wages of Sin
Meisce
The Peelers
Subhumans
Young Dubliners
The Mutiny
Sharky Doyles
New York Dolls
Swingin' Utters
Black Irish
The Undertones
Siderunners
Duvall
Cockney Rejects
Ramones
Bad Manners
She's A Guy
Subhumans
New York Dolls
Catch 22
Rum Rebellion
Paddy Rock Radio
The Scallywag Show
There's way too many good artists to list...

Television:

5 guitars
2 mandolins
1 violin
1 organ
a few tin whistles
my lovely voice
...what TV?

Books:

The library is neat.
They let me borrow books.
Then I read them.

Heroes:

My friends
Spider Stacy
The old guy who sits at the end of the bar and bitches out guys who drink light beer and/or Jager.

My Blog

The dog

Photos of my dog, D'Arcy. Or best dog ever as my cousin's kid calls her....
Posted by Zipper on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:18:00 PST

New guitar

It sounds as pretty as it looks ...
Posted by Zipper on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:21:00 PST

Guinness Chicken Recipe

I may be sick with this damn cold, but I still managed to cook this delicious chicken.Roasted Guinness Chicken1 whole chicken1 bottle Guinness (I used extra stout)2 large onionsEnough carrots and litt...
Posted by Zipper on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:46:00 PST

If you didn't hear about the trees...

Over 2,000 trees made by USO volunteers have been shipped, the remaining I-don't-know-how-many are waiting to be sent.Thanks again to everyone who helped, donated, or supported in some way the USO Hol...
Posted by Zipper on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:46:00 PST