Doug [Broken Halo] - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm 25, graduated from the UofM with my degree in English and minor in Philosophy in 2004.

I used to work full time from home doing graphic design and marketing/promotions, but I am currently going to Red River College for Creative Communications.

I live in south Winnipeg, in St. Vital, the best neighbourhood ever - take that, North Kildonan! Seriously though I don't judge people based on where they live. As long as it's not Transcona. You know? I just can't stand intolerance of other people. And the dutch. God damned wooden shoes, how can you wear those uncomfortable pieces of shite. Yes, I said shite, that is not a typo. I think shite is ultimately more effective than shit ... I think it's cable TV's fault ... or the fact that when you say shite, you have to use an accent, and accents are pretty damn sweet. That is why I must go to a foreign country, where I can be the interesting guy with the Canadian accent.

I sing for a band, we are called BROKEN HALO - you can hear us on freq 107 - or check out our page on myspace @ to listen to some tunes.

My Interests

Writing, recording and playing music, listening to music, going to shows (local or otherwise), graphic design, beer, pubs (irish or otherwise), travel, computers, the internet, video games, bad independent comedies, et cetera.

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking for some fun people to chat with about music or philosophy or cheese sandwiches, whatever your fancy. Further to that, as a journalist, I'd love to interview tons of bands ... I've already interviewed Electro Quarterstaff , Serena Postel , High Five Drive , and Ron Sexsmith for my school newspaper The Projector ... and for the next issue I'll be talking to Dallas Green of City and Colour (and alexisonfire).

Music:

Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Matthew Good Band, Age of Electric, Radiohead, Portishead, The Crystal Method, Fatboy Slim, Martin Sexton, Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren, Steve Miller Band, Billy Talent, Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds, Bob Marley, Reel Big Fish, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Frou Frou, Green Day, Bloc Party, Audioslave, Bright Eyes, Cake, Chris Cornell, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Howie Day, I Mother Earth, K's Choice, Jimmy Eat World, MUSE, Nirvana, Oasis, Queens of the Stone Age, Stereophonics, Switchfoot, Tegan and Sara, The Beatles, The Killers, The Who, Thornley, Big Wreck, Weezer, Wide Mouth Mason, My Morning Jacket

Movies:

Fight Club, BASEketball, Almost Famous, The Usual Suspects, Star Wars Episodes II-VI, High Fidelity, American Beauty

Television:

Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, Married With Children, You Can't Do That On Television!, Knight Rider, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thundercats, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Spongebob Squarepants, basically anything with Hasselhoff.

Books:

Dream Brother by David Browne
The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil
1984 by George Orwell

Heroes:

Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant, Thom Yorke, Matt Good, anyone who thinks reality TV is the worst thing ever created.

My Blog

my hero

Check out some videos of Jeff Buckley ... my inspiration and mainly just my hero. Rest in peace, you beautiful musical anomaly.Forget HerEverybody Here Wants YouLast GoodbyeThis is only the tip of the...
Posted by Doug [Broken Halo] on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:32:00 PST

screw you and your shitty myspace layout too

I will say it, out of all the social networking sites out there, MySpace is by far the ugliest, and dumbest. But why is it so popular? I have no idea. Some things on the internet ju...
Posted by Doug [Broken Halo] on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:26:00 PST

The Smurfs were Communists

Check this out, it's insane. My buddy Chris from my class is doing an essay on how the Smurfs were Commies.. and here's the proof he's got to back it up. http://www.iamlost.com/features/smurfs/commie...
Posted by Doug [Broken Halo] on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:12:00 PST

Ben Folds webcast ... oh my god

so I stumbled onto Ben Folds' myspace page today and holy shit, he has an amazing webcast of a live show from October 24 ... if you're a Ben Folds fan (or not) you gotta check it out ... Folds rocks....
Posted by Doug [Broken Halo] on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:52:00 PST

assignments up the yin-yang

... and here i am typing in my blog! jeebus. anyways I have no idea who reads this thing ... but I feel it prudent to say some stuff... I've been cruising around myspace browsing other people's profi...
Posted by Doug [Broken Halo] on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:24:00 PST