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steve

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About Me

INFJ: Intuitively understands people and situations/ Idealistic/ Highly principled/ Complex and deep/ Natural leader/ Sensitive and compassionate towards people/ Service-oriented/ Future-oriented/ Value deep, authentic relationships/ Reserved about expressing true self/ Dislike dealing with details unless they enhance or promote their vision/ Constantly seeking meaning and purpose in everything/ Creative and visionary/ Intense and tightly-wound/ Can work logically and rationally - use their intuition to understand the goal and work backwards towards it/

My Interests

skateboarding.reading. guitar. running. politics. art. culture. hiking.camping.weight lifting. going to shows. conversation. family. oldies and old cars. snowboarding if I feel like it.

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Music:


The Cramps, Paladins, Los Lobos, Danzig, Misfits, T-REx, Rocket from the Tombs, Radio Birdman, Link Wray, Johnny Cash, Bad Brains, Hank I, II, III, L7, Seven Year Bitch, Meteors, Mazzy Star, the Smiths, Morrissey, Elvis, the Blasters, Dave Alvin, Guru and Gang Starr,White Stripes, Cock Sparrer, Combat 84, Black Label Society, Johnny Burnette,Tiger Army, Frank Black, GBH, the Stooges,Cro-Mags, Minor Threat, Social Distortion, Morphine, Lee Scratch Perry, Desmond Dekker, Gun Club,Love and Rockets,Ricky Nelson.pretty much most music that fits in the categories of roots rock, rockabilly, punk rock, hardcore, OI, ska, reggae (especially late 60s/70s), honkytonk,goth, glam rock, Oldies, hip-hop, SK8rock. I'm not a purist. Most everything that has some connection to the underground is great. I'm always up for new sounds.
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Movies:

Mad Max, Road Warrior, Once were Warriors, Gallipoli, Apocalypse Now, Black Hawk Down, Bachelor Party, Club Paradise, A Clockwork Orange, Bones Brigade Video Show, Future Primitive, Search for Animal Chin, Shackle Me Not, Hokus Pocus, Wait for the Black Out. Any and all sk8 videos, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Jacob's Ladder, Pray for Me (when it comes out), Blood in Blood Out, Mi Vida Loca, Mi Familia, Y Tu Mama Tambien, La Heine, Happiness, Welcome to the Doll House, Dazed and Confused, Who Killed Bambi, Sid and Nancy, Romeo is Bleeding, Wicked City,
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Television:

Seriously, the MacNeil and Lehrer news hour is the only show I watch regular. Beyond that is just a trash culture montage that I create with my remote control. Miento. I also like McLauglin Group and Bill Moyers. Big Love and Rome get me pumped. Bill Maher if I actually subscribed to HBO. Anything skateboarding that isn't exploititive.
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Books:

Dune, the unabridged Jack London, Trainspotting, Ecstasy, Lipstick Traces- A Secret History of Rock and Roll, Please Kill me,Consilience-Edward Wilson, About Face, the autobiography of Hans Von Luck, Black Hawk Down, An Army at Dawn A Thousand Splendid Suns, Shalimar the Clown. Have slowed down on the novels as of late but an avid reader of periodicals including: Thrasher, Time, Army Times, Juxtapoz, Westword, Slate Online, Huffington Post, Andrew Sullivan, Matt Yglesias, PBD, Daily Kos, the Horse BC, Ol skool rodz, Car Culture Deluxe I'll usually go the magazine stand at the grocery store and read a sample of everything.

Heroes:

Fuck You Heroes. All professional skateboarders. Most muscians, inventors, humanists, engineers, artists and mechanics. Anybody and everybody who embodies the creative spirit. See Jason Jessee. My mom and dad of course.
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My Blog

Rock,Roll and Responsibility

Though faced with the prospect of work, online coursework, physical therapy, and the other myriad demands of my life, as well as being sedated by muscle relaxers I choose to go see the Legendary Shack...
Posted by steve on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:42:00 PST

SK8 ROCK

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content &task=blogsection&id=3&Itemid=40&clipid=276& amp;category=Other&frontpage=1...
Posted by steve on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PST

Solace

Whenever I’m hurting I take solace in two things: skateboarding and rock and roll. With rock and roll, as Courtney Love said, " I fake it so real..I am beyond fake." And with skateboarding, tha...
Posted by steve on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:54:00 PST

Integrity

I've never felt prouder in my life than to carry a rifle in the service of my country. I have seen the might of the United States military on display, and take pride in being part of this de...
Posted by steve on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:04:00 PST

What Counts as an "Issue" In the Clinton-Obama Race?

What Counts as an "Issue" In the Clinton-Obama Race? .. To the editors of the New York Times, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama agree on policy goals: "On the major issues, there is no real gulf se...
Posted by steve on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:27:00 PST

Archived me

100% Latino leaning low brow skateboarder/snowboarder. Avid reader and culture afficiando. Guitar player and struggling mechanic. Soldier. Veteran. Worker. Intellectual. Independent  working towa...
Posted by steve on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:41:00 PST

The West is the Best

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&am p;videoid=17542615
Posted by steve on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:38:00 PST

The List

Current reference and stimulation: An Army at Dawn: Rick Atkinson The Nymphos of Rocky Flats: Mario Acevedo Working with Emotional Intelligence: Daniel Coleman Layer Cake Hype Keg Killer Rockin Bones ...
Posted by steve on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:56:00 PST

Sobriety

Surprised myself. Sobriety rules!
Posted by steve on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:04:00 PST

Work Blows

Slave to the Grind like us all. Got my legs clipped, and what I thought was an opportunity, was stripped by someone else's rigidity. Fuck it.
Posted by steve on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:01:00 PST