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djshane

Woe To Da Tofu Cow!

About Me

Probably over the hill to be on this thing... but still do a good job pretending I'm a college student even though I graduated eons ago. Errr... let's see. Sales Whore by day, Club DJ by night, newspaper columnist somewhere in-between. Co-founder of a little website called Excellent Online (www.excellentonline.com.) Music nerd extraordinaire. Or maybe just ordinaire. I dunno. One can never have enough cyber-friends, though. Sign my a** up.Wanna see my newspaper columns?
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My Interests

Music, mayhem, and coffeeside chats at midnight.

I'd like to meet:

You.

Music:

My 100 Fave Albums: Create Your Own! Belle and Sebastian, Of Montreal, Polyphonic Spree, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Nick Drake, Postal Service, Bluetones, Boo Radleys, Isobel Campbell, Housemartins, Gene, Brave Captain, Koala, Razorlight, Driver of the Year, Tenki, Koala, Marlboro Chorus, Massive Attack, Duran Duran, a-ha, Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, James, The Kinks, The Cure, Spiritualized, Stone Roses, Trash Can Sinatras, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Rapture, Hot Hot Heat, The 1900's, MIA, thebrotherkite, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Mark Gardener, Euromotion, Airiel, and loads of cheezy hip-hop that you probably hate.

Movies:



Wedding Crashers - Unrated (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Bridget Jones's Diary
Ali G Indahouse - The Movie (Widescreen Edition)
Eraserhead

High Fidelity
Clerks (Collector's Series)
Dress to Kill
Cry Baby (Director's Cut)
Twister

Blue Velvet (Special Edition)
Dazed and Confused powered by frazy.com Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Dazed and Confused, Clerks, Ali G Indahouse, Bridget Jones, Run Ronnie Run, Donnie Darko, Dig!, Some Kind of Monster, Pieces of April, Monty Python, Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig, Quadrophenia, 24 Hour Party People, 40 Year Old Virgin, & the usual prerequisite David Lynch, Kevin Smith, & Richard Kelly namedrops that everybody does to make themselves sound cool.

Television:

Lost, The Daily Show, South Park, Six Feet Under, Da Ali G Show, The Office, Family Guy, Futurama, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab, Al Franken Show, VH1C's The Alternative, etc.

Books:



Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
High Fidelity
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1)

Radio On: A Listener's Diary
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World
Assassination Vacation
Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story powered by frazy.com Sarah Vowell, Dave Eggers, Chuck Klosterman, Dave Barry (I'm a humor columnist, too; sue me,) Helen Fielding, Dilbert, Pearls Before Swine, Get Fuzzy, The Onion, and a whole lot of music reference books.

My Blog

DJ Shane’s Old School Mix - Get It Here!

So I worked up a new mix of all old school jams - and instead of trying to make a buck or two selling it at the club, I figured what the hey and just put it up on the net for you guys to check out. H...
Posted by djshane on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST

I Feel Strangely Improvised.

Okay, I might have officially reached my limit of improvisational comedy for the next 5 years or however long it'll take until the Comedy Sportz World Championships roll thru town again. In 4 days, I ...
Posted by djshane on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:06:00 PST

Wanna Hear How I Spend My Weekends?

That hip-hop side of me has been busy of late... I put together a new mix cd, and thanks to my pal Scott, you can check it out online here: http://www.djscottferguson.com/sounds/DJ%20Shane%20Brown%20. ..
Posted by djshane on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:30:00 PST

Clerks 2

The verdict?   Kinda good. Not as good as its predecessor (and I don't mean Jersey Girl,) but still a worthwhile time at the cinemas regardless. 
Posted by djshane on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:14:00 PST

Is it just me..

Or is Ashlee Simpson getting her ass kicked by LIMAHL FROM KAJAGOOGOO in her new video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrqeYKtfkxw...
Posted by djshane on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:38:00 PST

A Day in the Life

20 YEARS AGO: 1) I thought that Crowded House was the best band on the planet. 2) I DJ'ed my first dance.  It was a post-basketball-game dance in the cafeteria at Galesburg High.  We mixed b...
Posted by djshane on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:24:00 PST

Weekenders are for the young.

Oh, how I ache.  But man, what a weekend. Left on Friday afternoon for the great city of Chitown for what I like to call Tweepalooza, where every Quad Citizen with thick specs and tight-fitting c...
Posted by djshane on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:36:00 PST

Damn you, Cameron Crowe.

Sunday evening, and I just threw on "Elizabethtown." Damn you, Cameron Crowe.  Once again, the man cuts through the bullshit of life to bring me a movie that makes me almost IMMEDIATELY feel ...
Posted by djshane on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:37:00 PST

w00t

XBOX 360, baby. Nerd, thy name is Shane.
Posted by djshane on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:22:00 PST

Fine, I'll Do One More Of These Things

Stole this one from Scott... I'm bored.[my name is]: Scott (see, told ya I stole it from him). Actually my name's Shane. [in the morning i am]: Very, very, very tired. [love is]: Two answers here: (a)...
Posted by djshane on Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:32:00 PST