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Hal

Mister Six smells... great!

About Me

During the day, I write closed captioning for TV shows. At night, I spend way too much of my time doing improv/sketch comedy-related stuff.
Things I want to do when I have more time: become a better guitarist, finally take a martial arts class like I've been wanting to for years, and actually call my fucking friends once in a while.
I am obsessed with Elvis Costello, the Pogues, and the comic book the Invisibles, and will not shut the fuck up about any of them.
My favourite foods are pumpkin pie, Indian food, and other kinds of spicy foreign muck. My favourite drinks are orange juice, peppermint tea, and blue Gatorade. My favourite drink-drinks are Guinness and whiskey.
I have a really good memory for trivial information, so people constantly think I'm obsessed with them and/or some subject, when really, I just can't forget your middle fucking name.
I don't think I've ever disliked anything Scottish.
If I die without having heard all music ever recorded and read every book ever written and watched every film and television show ever made, I will die unfulfilled.

My Interests

acting
American political history
astrology
backgammon
broccoli
comics
Discordianism
etymology
grammar
Guinness
immanentizing the Eschaton
improv comedy
Indian food
Jack Daniels
journalism
the Knicks
libertarianism
lucid dreaming
making up words
the Muppets
neurolinguistic programming
New York City history
pumpkin pie
Wilhelm Reich
wishing I had straight hair
the Yankees

I'd like to meet:

Willow Rosenberg.AIM = smettyjblog = http://halphillips.livejournal.comNaive Melody (This Must Be The Place) / Talking Heads

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Music:

Adrian Sherwood
the Afghan Whigs
Alec Empire
A Tribe Called Quest
Beck
David Shea
De La Soul
El-P
Elvis Costello
Elysian Fields
Firewater
Freeform
GG Allin
Hey Willpower
Imperial Teen
John Zorn
Kahimi Karie
Kid Koala
Lou Reed
Luscious Jackson
Marc Ribot
MC Paul Barman
Mike Doughty
Momus
the Neptunes
Outkast
Oval
Painkiller
Pharcyde
the Pogues
Portishead
Prefuse 73
Prince
Princess Superstar
Public Enemy
Public Image Ltd.
the Ramones
Rasputina
the Rentals
Rip Rig And Panic
the Slits
Soul Coughing
the Talking Heads
Timbaland
Tom Waits
the Violent Femmes

Movies:

Annie Hall
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Dogma
The Doom Generation
The Forbidden Zone
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Great Muppet Caper
High Fidelity
Kids
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
The Last Unicorn
Lost Highway
Moulin Rouge
Natural Born Killers
Nowhere
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Return To Oz
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Romeo + Juliet (Luhrmann)
The Royal Tenenbaums
South Park: Bigger Longer And Uncut
Team America: World Police
This Is Spinal Tap
Trust
Welcome To The Dollhouse
Wet Hot American Summer

Television:

Angel
The Ben Stiller Show
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Chappelle's Show
The Colbert Report
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Da Ali G Show
The Daily Show
Disinformation
Futurama
Get A Life
Kids In The Hall
King Of The Hill
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Reno 911
Saturday Night Live
SCTV
The Simpsons
South Park
Sports Night
The State
The Tom Green Show
Twin Peaks

Books:

1984
Anarchy For The Masses
Condensed Chaos
Ed The Happy Clown
Fox In Socks
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Invisibles
Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron
Measure For Measure
Monsters And Magical Sticks
Much Ado About Nothing
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Quantum Psychology
The Real Frank Zappa Book
Watchmen

Heroes:

Agent Dale Cooper
David Byrne
Doug Rushkoff
Elvis Costello
Grant Morrison
Matt Stone
Momus
Nat Hentoff
Paul O'Neill (Yankees, not Treasury)
Pharrell Williams
Prince
Robert Anton Wilson
Shane MacGowan
Tom Waits
Trey Parker

My Blog

metablog

I used to use a Livejournal blog. Then I started using this instead. Then I realized that nobody pays attention to Myspace blogs and that people are more likely to follow a link to my Livejournal than...
Posted by Hal on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:44:00 PST

some drunk stuff

Earlier today, I watched the David Byrne self-interview from the Stop Making Sense DVD, and it made me want to write a song about a house.As soon as improv stuff and crazy moving stuff wind down, I wa...
Posted by Hal on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:10:00 PST

improv nerd crap

This journal entry is about improv and will be of no interest to you if you are not an improv nerd.Sometimes I do good improv, and sometimes I do bad improv.Obviously, I have my strengths and weakness...
Posted by Hal on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:36:00 PST

Apartment Crap

Here's the deal:I cannot find ONE FUCKING  PERSON who wants to get an apartment with me on April 1.I've even resorted to posting an ad on Craigslist.  Nothing.Either I'm doing something wron...
Posted by Hal on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:43:00 PST

dip dop doop dup deep

I haven't slept well this past week. It's mostly not for lack of trying. I just can't sleep. Fucking why? Stress? Maybe.  I plan to move by March 1st. Don't have a place yet, although presumably ...
Posted by Hal on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:11:00 PST

Some Facts

I think the Talking Heads concert movie Stop Making Sense is the best guide to how one should live life. I don't mean that facetiously. The overall attitudes expressed in this concert movie are applic...
Posted by Hal on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:37:00 PST

A Blog Entry Consisting Entirely Of Lies

Earlier today, I ate some ice cream. Then I went to a fuck store and bought some fuck. Then I went to a fart store and farted. Then Elijah Wood and Michael Jackson made out on my nuts. Then a robot fr...
Posted by Hal on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:47:00 PST

Good And Bad Shit

Good Shit: Lately, playing my guitar = peace.  I don't think I enjoy anything else more. Bad Shit: I have my moments, but still don't feel okay about my improv prowess.  I'm wicked inconsis...
Posted by Hal on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:01:00 PST

Five Things You Don't Know About Me

I sort of finally got pseudo-tagged by Lynn Bixenspan.I blame myself for using a Myspace blog.Nobody counts that shit.Redheaded stepchild what what.Here are five things you don't know about me:1) I wa...
Posted by Hal on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:22:00 PST

puppies that think

Everything seemed sort of scary tonight. Just on the street, and in the subway. Like a weird guy sitting next to me and making weird faces. Little things like that. I've been reading lots of weird stu...
Posted by Hal on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:09:00 PST