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Leisure

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About Me

Yo....I am into cool music, good beer, and worldwide traveling. I currently am working towards a Ph.D in Cognitive Anthropology. I am from the US but in the UK studying. I play music as well.....in a band called Leisure McCorkle. I toured the uS last summer with by good friends from K-zoo called Maryz Eyez. K-zoo is like my second home. If rocking it out is your thing...then I am your friend.cheerio and check out www.leisuremccorkle.com

My Interests

Music, Bicycles, hiking, guitar, piano, architecture, dead languages, and oh yea adult beverages. ha!

I'd like to meet:

People who love life and want to have a great deal of fun...sprinkled with some intellectualism...over lots and lots of ale. I'm a Sag.

Music:

Elliott Smith, Del Amitri, Jellyfish, Weezer, Cowboy Mouth, Blue Dogs, Fountains of Wayne, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Ramones, Urge Overkill etc...

Movies:

Of course.... Braveheart, The Matrix, Eyes Wide Shut, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Jerk, The Big Lebowski, Trainspotting, The Full Monty, Waking Ned Devine, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Like Water for Chocolate, Dogma, Gladiator, Rob Roy, The Commitments, Sid and Nancy, Pink Floyd Live at pompeii, Hero, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Good Will Hunting, James Bond etc...

Books:

Pascal Boyer's "Religion Explained" Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point Commanding Heights - J. Derrida's Of Grammatology - Guns, Germs, and Steel - The Prehistory of the Mind - The Prophets of Extremity - A short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Shakesphere - anything with a good plot!

My Blog

Another Indian Jones Adventure

Well Kiddos! It seems that my life is a never ending adventure chalk (not Kansas you heathens) full of weird turns and twists of life. I am headed off to Europe around May 20th and will be in or aroun...
Posted by Leisure on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:39:00 PST

Leisure on MTVs The Real World

Well sure as all get out.....my friend Katie from Chicago called me and let me know that my song "Does She Really Know?" from Jet Set Baby (MoRisen) was on MTV's The Real World Sidney last week. Well ...
Posted by Leisure on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:38:00 PST

Roger Corless

Well...I got home from the Pub tonight and I found out that one of my fave Profs, mentors, and friends -Roger Corless passed away. He was the most amazing teacher. Roger was a specialist in Buddhism a...
Posted by Leisure on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:39:00 PST

Elliot Smith

I was just thinking about Elliot today and so I went to Youtube and watched a couple of videos by him taking by various fans. It bummed me out that he is gone....but I am also very happy that he left ...
Posted by Leisure on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:29:00 PST

Where the hell am I???????

I now sleep at weird times...because I haven't been in a time zone for longer than a couple of weeks. That's all right.....lots of thinking going on these days. Writing up my Ph.D. dissertation.....a ...
Posted by Leisure on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:36:00 PST

DUBLIN town!

wel Murph and I are off to dublin town (god's country as Murph calls it) to have a last pint of the finest pint in all the free world...that would be a pint of Guinness from MULLIGANS. there simply is...
Posted by Leisure on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:53:00 PST

from Japan to Belfast

well....it has been a crazy month....kicked it in Japan for 9 days...and it was awesome. headed back to Michigan for Rae Rae's wedding and a show to boot with the Maryz Eyez boys....probably the last ...
Posted by Leisure on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:18:00 PST

Charlotte, NC! bebe!

well I am finishing up the semester here in the next couple weeks before I go to europe for a little RnR! ha! Need to find something fun to do before I leave. something different, something crazy! &n...
Posted by Leisure on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:38:00 PST

Aarhus, Denmark

well the Murph and I have been rocking Aarhus for a couple of nights this week and we missed our plane this morning...so we will be back out again tonight....5am last calls are touch on the body...but...
Posted by Leisure on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:36:00 PST

New Records ready to Roll

WEll kids  its on!  Scheduling two records to record for the fall. Look for two completely different records and a full band all over the country. Yes, I know I am crazy for doing this shit ...
Posted by Leisure on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST