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ian

Revolution is the opiate of the intellectuals

About Me

I heard recently that the Large Sloth Lemur has gone extinct. Fuckers. Nobody is innnocent in this world... -- START: Phone Company Math --

Phone Company Math This is so painful to listen to. Apparently 0.002 cents = 0.002 dollars? .. -- END: Phone Company Math --..

My Interests

fhqwhgads, mix cd's, used book stores, reading, politics (left), coffee, drinking, camping, kayaking, muzik, being a rabble rouser.

I'd like to meet:

My hero. Failing that, anyone will do.

Music:

Shiza where do I start. . ..God Speed You Black Emperor, Bright Eyes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Violent Femmes, Radio Berlin, Explosions in the Sky, Dirty Three, Unwed Sailor, Fugazi, Velvet Underground, Sleater Kinney, Ikara Colt, The Sea and Cake, Black Heart Procession, Cinematic Orchestra, Oxes, The Hot Snakes, Les Savy Fav, Ugly Cassanova, Ween, Cul de Sac, Minor Threat, Propaghandi, Interpol, The Moldy Peaches, Bratmobile, Cat Power, Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, Dismemberment Plan, Jets To Brazil, Four-Hundred Years, Erics' Trip, Damien Jurado, Joan Jet, Modest Mouse, Moguai, Operation Ivy, The Hives, The International Noise Conspiracy, Phil Ochs, . . .And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Sonic Youth, At The Drive In, Sebadoh, Weeping Tile, Yo La Tengo, The Flaming Lips, - k, this list will not stop, but you get the idea.

Movies:

American Beauty, Swimming with Sharks, Amelie, Curtis's Charm, Ararat, The Corporation, Bowling for Columbine, Donnie Darko, Office Space, Way Downtown, Requem for a Dream, and Waking Life to name some

Television:

KILL YOUR TV! However, I fill my hard drive with episodes of Family Guy, Futurama, The Oblongs, Sealab 2021, Serial Experiments Lain, and of course Clone High. . . Although on TV the news is good, if you like satire I suppose.

Books:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1984, Catch 22, and non-fiction by Murray Dobbin, Maude Barlow, Noam Chomsky and the likes of them

Heroes:

yeah right heroes? Aren't they just the people you like, and then find out years later that they are drug adicts, womanizers, egotists, drunks, adulterers or other social malcontents - and then there are the ones that are charter members of the 27 club. Yeah right heroes?? You are out of your mind. . . .ButRosa Parks ,Emma Goldman , andMother Joneswere kinda cool.

My Blog

Nothing makes sence

       Now I am as self righteous and indignant as the next person - ha, OK, maybe a little more so - but lately I am finding the hypocracy of our lives a little too...
Posted by ian on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:12:00 PST

can you keep a secret?

OK, this is now old news - out planting I only get to use the computer for an hour once a week. It was on the way into camp fifty kilometers down some generic logging road on the outskirts of P...
Posted by ian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Equal parts Buddhism and Satanism

You scored as atheism. You are... an atheist, though you probably already knew this. Also, you probably have several people praying daily for your soul. Instead of simply being "nonreligious," athei...
Posted by ian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Self-Righteous

So, I feel the need to justify to everyone - the unbeknownst reader of my blurbs - why I was totally correct in "stealing" - to use such a pejorative; from my employer. Yes I accumulated a mass of kit...
Posted by ian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

waiting room

i am a patient boy i wait, i wait, i wait my time is like water down a drain everybody's moving, everything is moving please don't leave me to remain in the waiting room i don't want t...
Posted by ian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

5 best ALBUMS ever

in no particular order 1.) Hangedup - Kicker In Toe 2.) And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags and Codes 3.) Nirvana - Nevermind 4.) Fugazi - 13 Songs 5.) Modest Mouse - The Mo...
Posted by ian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Non-Dictionary definition of Capitalism

> >The Non-Dictionary definition of Capitalism > > > > > >Traditional Capitalism > > > >You have 2 cows. > >You sell one and buy a bull. > >Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. ...
Posted by ian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST