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Greg Bird

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About Me


I LOVE SF.
Things to do if you like good music:
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THINGS I LIKE (in alphabetical order): absolut mandrin, absynthe, alan watts, alex grey, alphabetical order, ambigrams, animation, apple II, aranciata, astonishment, atari 2600, audrey horne, auralism, aventinus, bassaholics anonymous, BBQing, being yourself, beer, belgian ales, ben and jerry's, biking, birds, blasthaus, boat parties, boddington's, breakthrough experiences, brilliance, brunettes, bubblicious original flavor, buddhism, burning the man, camo on girls, canasta, candy, cats, chazzing, chicago house, chicago-style deep dish pizza, chocolate peanutbutter ice cream, civil liberties, classic arcade games, cleverness, coffee, collage art, collections, comfortable silence, communication, compassion, cooking, cool color combinations, cool ranch doritos, cool shoes, corduroy, craigslist, creativity, crisp speakers, crispy tacos, crushes, cunning linguists, cute smiles, DAG's myspace rants, dairy queen, dancing machines, danny elfman, decibel festival, DEMF, detroit techno, diet dr. pepper, dimethyltryptamine, dirtybirds, dirty rap, discogs.com, diversity, diving in, "doing good" and "doing stuff", dsl, electronics, elfie, equality, eroticism, esalen, experimentation, family, feminists, finding something you thought was lost forever, filter, fixing things, flannelbat, flannel sheets, foot rubs, forgiveness, frank lloyd wright, freedom, free refills, friendliness, french kissing, fresh cool air, fresh from the dryer socks, freshly shaved skin, frisbee, funkiness, future primitive, garage sales, gatorade, generosity, getting buck wild, getting enough rest, getting in free, getting to 100%, ghetto-anything, giant schnauzers, .gifs, girl DJs, girl power, goals, going there, golden gate park, golden sunrise, good storytelling, google maps, green cine, guacamole, guinness, happy hour, halloween costumes, hamsters, harmonies, having standards, hearing a great song the for first time, homemade stuff, honesty, hops, hotties, hot tea, hot tubs, hot wings, houseboats, house music, houseparties, huge cheap burritos, hugs, humility, indie rock, indo, infinity, inner beauty, innuendo, inside jokes, insight, instant messaging, integrity, intelligence, interesting handwriting, jack russel terriers, jellyfish, john lennon, jokes, jung, kegstands, kitties, keroppi, [KONTROL], lao tzu, lasagne, laughing really hard, leffe, little star pizza, live PAs, long hot showers, lo-res, love, loyalty, lucid dreams, lunch dates, luv 'n' haight, lust, lysergic acid diethylamide, machine elves, making lists, making people laugh, making up alternate lyrics, martin luther king jr., mashed potatoes and gravy, maslow, mazes, m.c.escher, mdma, meaning, meditation, meeting a cool new friend, memphis minnie's, metacritic.com, microhouse, midwesterners, minimalism, minimal techno, minneapolis, mint, mix-tapes, menthols, morning sex, mr. show, muscle relaxers, music, mutek, my job, my red hot car, myspace, my wonderful friends, natural woodgrain, nature, naughtiness, nicknames, no regrets, non-violence, not taking life too seriously, nudity, old saturday morning cartoons, old school celtics, old video games, orangina, open bars, open-mindedness, optimism, organization, paid holidays, paintings, passing a joint, pastrami and provalone, paths, patterns, peace, pee-wee, personal hygene, phil hartman, photography, pictionary, pigtails, pikachu, pinball machines, planet earth in hd, plants, playing cards, playing horse, pornos, postcards, presents, pretty eyes, psychedelics, psychology, puns, rabbit fur, randomness, rave flyers, raving on, real friends, redemption, respect, riddles, rides home, riding my bike to work, roland 303s and 808s, role-playing, rumpleminz, running with vonstroke, san francisco, sapphires, sarcasm, satori, scrabble, seeing my friends succeed, sensuality, serenity, sex, sharpies, sharp wits, shiny emerald green, short check-out lines, sierra nevada, silver, singing along, skin on skin, sleding, sleeping in, sleepovers, smoothies, snooze buttons, snuggling, soft things, sol lewitt, soulseek, south sea seafood village, space heaters, spf 50 sunblock, spicy beef satay soup @ PPQ (yum), stap[e, stand-up comedy, stoli vanilla, stompy, subtlety, sugar, sunset parties / sunset people, super mario bros., super puzzle fighter 2 turbo (best vs. videogame ever), surfing the net, sweating, swimming, swordfish, sympathy, synthesizers, sweets, taboo, taking pictures, taoism, tequila shots, terrence mckenna, tetris, thai food, thanksgiving, the blunt rollin' bitches, the champagne of beers, the distinctive burn of coca-cola, the endup's soundsystem, the fact that bert and ernie are best friends, the fact that my likes list is longer than my dislikes list, the light rock inferno, the mind of god, the onion, the pabst blue angels, the smell of shampoo on hair, the smell of a cute girl's neck, the top, thigh-high tubesocks, things you can't explain, tobasco chipotle sauce on pizza, todd oldham, tools, trust, t-shirts, tu lan, turning it up to 11, ultima, underground parties, valium, vanilla, velour, vicodin, waking up next to someone you love, walls of sound, warm photocopies, watching fire, watching movies, water, weekends, when you can't tell techno from house, white tic-tacs, whiskey, will farrell, winamp, wine, winging it, winks, women's rights, working for it, yorkies, zen. THINGS I DON'T LIKE (in alphabetical order): 1015 folsom, action movies, addiction, anise, anxiety, arguing, arrogance, ashtray breath, bad cookware, bad feng shui, baile funk, beating yourself up, below zero weather, big hair, birkenstocks, black licorice, b.o., bongos at clubs, both george bushes, boxers that have too big of a hole in front and/or no button so your schlong keeps popping out, broken bones, broken car windows, broken promises, CDs that skip, celebrity endorsements, celebrity politicians, censorship, chapped lips, cheap tippers, cheaply made furniture, cheaters, cliches, clothes that don't fit right, cockiness, cokeheads, computer problems, COPS, corporate takeovers, crappy soundsystems, crystal meth, dayglo anything, dead cellphone batteries, death of loved ones, debt, depression, dirty fingernails, dirty hippies, dirty laundry, disrespect, DJs that just don't care anymore, dogma, domestic disputes, dust, edited up "reality TV", email overload, emo haircuts, EXTREME ad campaigns, fads, fake boobs, fatties in spandex, fear, fernet, flaking, fighting, forced software upgrades, forgetting peoples names, forgetting your password, frat boys, gambling, getting too drunk, going in circles, gold, greed, hangovers, haters, hay consuelo, headaches, homophobes, ignorance, infomercials, ingenuine comments, insecurity, insomnia, jealousy, jobs you don't like, juicy tomato seeds, julia roberts' mouth, just missing the bus, laziness, liars, lonliness, losing stuff, materialism, mean drunks, media-shaped ideals, misogyny, mosquitos, mushrooms as food, my alarm clock going off, negativity, new country, nitevibe's bullshit "dreamteam", over-crowded buses, oysters, paper cuts, "paris hilton" by mu, parking tickets, patchouli instead of deodorant, paul oakenfold, people who fart in crowds cuz it can't be pinned on them, people who think all dance music sounds the same, people who leave fingerprints on your computer screen, people who think they should be "on the list" "just because", people whose main "hobby" is smoking pot, plastic bongs, pointless drama, poor blowjob technique, pop-up windows, pretension, procrastination (i'm bad), "progressive" house, pro-life advertisments, racism, rap-metal, razor scooters, regret, republicans, restaurant tables that don't sit squarely, riding muni in the morning, ruby skye, rush limbaugh, ruts, sam adams, scaredy cats, second hand smoke, sending ads as personal messages, seventies bush, shallowness, sheep mentality, shiny cowboy hats, shit talkers, sleep deprivation, sleeping in cold rooms, snobs, southern comfort, spammers, spare changers, spiders, spikey hair (on dudes, amanda), spilling drinks, splinters, standard poodles, stealing, steve aoki, stuffy rooms, superficiality, sweatshops, tans / tan lines, lame tattos, texting when you could just call, the cost of drinking in a bar, the fact that i spent thousands of dollars on CDs i can now download for free, the fact that there's tons of candy right next to my desk, the "greek system", the lack of music on MTV, the los angeles mentality, the people on dating shows, the soundsystem at rx, the smell coming from taqueria can-cun in the morning, the "unnecessary" use of "quotation marks", the war on civil liberties, tiesto, tighty-whiteys, tinnitus, tipper gore, too much caffiene, trance, trashy talk shows, vacuum cleaners with shitty suction, vanity, violence, war, weak cocktails, what happened to michael jackson, wifebeaters on males, wintogreen, zubaz.

My Interests

collecting and listening to music, dancing, partying, hanging with my fantastic friends, swimming, biking, organizing, building stuff, writing, psychology, photography, the internets, quantum physics, dreams, cats, nice weather, good wine and beer, punchy bass, inspiring art, social justice, inner beauty, honesty, love, humor, zen. ...and doing it, of course!

I'd like to meet:

spirit animals. machine elves. old souls. people that laugh at my jokes.

Music:

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minimal techno & microhouse: richie hawtin, ricardo villalobos, robag wruhme, mike ink/gas/studio one, audio werner, steve bug, zip and sammy dee, john tejada, magda, luciano, dan bell, jay haze, akufen/horror inc., isolee, galoppierende zuversicht, pheek, broker/dealer, troy pierce, michael mayer, superpitcher, markus nikolai, thomas brinkmann, donnacha costello, mathew jonson, alex smoke, herbert, swayzak, matthew dear, claude vonstroke, perlon, bruchstuecke, kompakt, playhouse, poker flat, palette, circus company, telegraph, m-nus. house & tech-house: derrick carter, terry lee brown jr, isolee, justin martin & sammy d, e-tones, chris b., ian pooley, hesohi, brett johnson, jacob london, joshua (iz), jt donaldson, nikola, dj boogie, dj deeon, dj slugo, dj funk, dj assault. techno: mike dearborn, woody mcbride, jeff mills, plastikman, the surgeon, speedy j, adam beyer, acid scout, t-1000, hoschi, rob hood, dylan drazen, all the detroit originators. hip-hop: nate dogg, mos def, jay-z, tribe called quest, de la soul, aaliyah, lyrics born, biggie smalls, snoop dogg, warren g, prefuse 73, murs, eminem, faith evans, beastie boys, dj neil armstrong, z-trip. other stuff: old prince, beatles, pixies, old stereolab, pavement, orb, tones on tail, new order, funkadelic, sonic youth, nirvana, the breeders, jane's addiction, th' faith healers, boards of canada, squarepusher, too pure records, aphex twin, experimental liquor museum, modeselektor, meat beat/tino corp., the smiths, my bloody valentine, joy division, velvet underground, kraftwerk, can, pj harvey, u2, bowie, queen, low, tortoise, beck, K&D, the cure, bjork, deee-lite, depeche mode, ebtg, yo la tengo, swell, trip shakespeare, alicia keys, misfits, bob marley, old metallica, good classic rock, early 90's club anthems, chill d&b, john coltrane, tv theme songs, breakfast cereal commercials. 10 for a desert island:

Movies:

pee wee's big adventure, american beauty, memento, dazed & confused, boogie nights, breakfast club, old school, high fidelity, hedwig and the angry inch, trainspotting, office space, donnie darko, friday, contact, harold and maude, harold and kumar, i heart huckabees, the 40 year old virgin, super bad, paradise lost, fight club, ringu, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, vacation, elf, woody allen, documentaries.

Television:

the simpsons, twin peaks, curb your enthusiasm, family guy, jeopardy, vh1 culture re-hashes, ren and stimpy, antiques roadshow, blind date, this old house, cooking shows, planet earth in hd, the history channel, good SNL skits.

Books:

anything and everything by alan watts...especailly "this is it" and "the book", tao te ching, douglas rushkoff - cyberia, wilhelm reich - listen little man, paulo coelho - the alchemist, j.d. salinger - franny and zooey, art books, photography books, psychology books, onion compendiums, vice dos and don'ts, guinness book of world records.

Heroes:

bully the shoulder-rider (rest in peace), mahatma gandhi, the dalai lama, martin luther king jr., alan watts, alex grey, ram dass, john lennon, rosa parks, yoda, timothy leary, terrence mckenna, bill hicks, bob marley, al gore, richie hawtin, chris bastian, barclay crenshaw, and, although i'm not a christian, jesus had some good things to say.