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harrycross

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm Harry. I live in the thriving metropolis of Scranton, Pa. I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the world Robynn. I have two kids, a 13 year old daughter and a 9 year old son. I coach little league baseball as well as 7 & 8 year old basketball, that's a trip. Aside from that I go to shows when I can get a babysitter and take the kids basically where ever they want to go. I've been collecting records since I was 5 , yes I still have it- the first KISS lp (in case anyones wondering) and punk records since I was 15.

My Interests

records, coffee, records, going to shows, records, reading, records, punk rock, records, tattoos, records, movies, records, and trying to be the best damn parent I can be!

Music:

Most any punk/oi/hardcore/killed by death. Especially: Cock Sparrer, Toy Dolls, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam, The Clash, Skrewdriver, The Undertones. The Outcasts, Ramones, Dead Boys, Husker Du, Descendents, Agent Orange, Angry Somoans, Black Flag, Youth Brigade, 7 Seconds, SSD, Posion Idea, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Cro-Mags, Minor Threat, Naked Raygun, Negative Approach, Necros, Misfits, Gorilla Biscuits, Underdog, Judge, Sheer Terror, Token Entry, Unit Pride, Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine, Jawbreaker, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, Good Riddance, Kill Your Idols, Kid Dynamite, The Radicts, Dropkick Murphys, Dead End Cruisers, Swingin Utters, Those Unknown, Niblick Henbane, The Boils, The Templars, One Man Army. Hank Williams sr, Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, early SUN Records rockabilly (esp. Billy Lee Reily), Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, Buddy Holly. 1980's new wave and power pop stuff.

Movies:

Campy horror/sci-fi movies from the '50's (Ed Wood style), All the early Universal Studios monster movies, any Marilyn Monroe film, zombie, gore, B-movies, 80's teen/brat pack/Molly Ringwald films, indepentent films, old live videos (especially early '80's hardcore bands), Dogtown and Z Boys, The Filth and the Fury, Westway to the World, Suburbia, Decline of the Western Cilivization, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Almost Famous, Citizen Kane, Patriot, Swing Kids, Snatch, Fight Club, Sid and Nancy, X-Men, Spiderman, Indiana Jones, Star Wars (original three), most Johnny Depp films, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Heathers, Gleaming the Cube, Pump up the Volume, and of course my life story.... High Fidelity.
Which John Cusack Are You?

Television:

CSI, Criminal Minds, The Office, The Simpsons, and baseball games. I don't watch a hell of a lot of TV.

Books:

Mostly music history books, especially dealing with the birth of the punk scene or my favorite bands ( England's Dreaming, No Irish, No Black, No Dogs, Punk Diary...), Lord of the Rings, Jack Kerouac (esp. On the Road), early Stephen King, Clive Barker, and accounts of serial killers (time life...), Maxim, Money, Sports Illustrated, and Barracuda magazines. And of course comic books: spiderman, jla, batman, THE GOON (by far the BEST book published today!)

My Blog

5", 6", 7", & 8"s.....

5"Anti-Heros Live on a Five Headache H.R. #40 PINKDropkick Murphys Live on a Five Headache H.R. #52 GREYThe Vindictives Seventeen The Skull Duggery Label CS1800 The Wretched Ones Live on a Five Headac...
Posted by harrycross on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:14:00 PST

Fat old guys should NEVER hop fences!!!!

So we travel all the way out to the middle of nowhere Long Island to the Kill Your Idols record release show, finally find the place and there's no parking to be found. Some kid out front says to just...
Posted by harrycross on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Jawbreaker is the best therapy

8 years ago today was by far the worst day of my life. My wife and I had a baby girl (named Alex) who passed away two hours after birth. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I went home later that ...
Posted by harrycross on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

How Hardcore are you?

YOU ARE HARDCORE! YOU AREN'T AN EFFING POSER! Youknow what hardcore's about and you are here forthe music. You go to shows and support yourscene and try to change society but you aren'tlame. We need...
Posted by harrycross on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST