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polkinghamster

pass the chips lose the hoy...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

someone who can teach me how to play dis thing >>>

Music:

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2008 SlideShow of ShowsThe Supersuckers! "Luck"

Movies:

Born on the Fourth of July, Barfly (I discovered Albert King watching this movie), Airplane, Major League, Shortcuts, Boogie Nights, Blues Brothers, Shaun of the Dead, Harold and Maude.

Television:

just upgraded cable but still don't watch much tv. espn when I iron my shirts.

Books:

Everything by Edward Abbey. Robert Stone, Sherman Alexie, Neil Gaiman, Tom Perrotta, Chuck Palahniuk, Rick Moody, John Cheever, Susan Cheever, Nabakov, Bukowski, Eugene O'Neill, CS Lewis. In Cold Blood. Michael Patrick MacDonald's All Souls: A Family Story From Southie, Off the wall fiction, memoirs by alcoholics/junkies, homeless people and sports and music books/biographies. Joe Carducci's Rock and the Pop Narcotic. ..

Heroes:

St. Francis of Assisi, mom & dad..

My Blog

2007

Here's a slide show of shows I attended at which I also took photographs. Oh yeah, in 2007. 2007 SlideShow of ShowsThank you for your support...
Posted by polkinghamster on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:37:00 PST

2006

Well, 2006 came and went.  What a year.  I had vowed to go to less shows in 2006 which may or may not have happened.  Was rolling along nicely until I came down with mono in August.&nbs...
Posted by polkinghamster on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:42:00 PST

my blog

ok, I've got nothing to say but you can get at all my other sites like flickr, multiply, yahoo360, webshots, etc here:polk's blog...
Posted by polkinghamster on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:12:00 PST

Billy

RIP Billy Paper: Chicago Sun-Times (IL)Title: Teen killed on South Side: Police: Trip to buy drugs turns fatal for victim shot in headDate: April 9, 2006A 19-year-old south suburban man was shot in th...
Posted by polkinghamster on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:49:00 PST

Top Blues Songs

A friend was asking for my top blues songs the other day.  I listen to mostly post-war electric blues.  I have some pre-war stuff and like Charley Patton (I never "got" Robert Johnson), but ...
Posted by polkinghamster on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:59:00 PST

Blues Capital of the World

Magic Slim & the Teardrops @ Kingston Mines 2005-12-16 Slim playing Jon's Les Paul.  You don't see him playing anything other than his Jazzmaster very often. Some hipster joined them on s...
Posted by polkinghamster on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:45:00 PST