Damien Rice Videos | Music Videos | Chicago Relocationi have a diverse taste in music. i can listen to pretty much anything and appreciate the quality of work for what it is. from classical to classic/hard rock, alternative to salsa, hell metal to jazz, i can jam to it all. music is music. its all about using someone elses poetry to decribe how you feel. anything that has a geniue and interesting sound and cognitive lyrics always gets the charlie stamp of approval. dont get me wrong thou, i still jam to some songs that lyrically make absolutley no sense. im not always about well thought out poetry. there are times when randomness is extraordinarily comforting. for the most part, i listen to alternative music. but i absolutely love 80's music. ive always said i was born in the wrong era. should have been a teen in the 80's. i would have ssooo been a new-waiver. some of my favorite bands of all time are (in no particular order): depeche mode (nough said), the cure (robert smith fucking roxs!!! disintigration is one of the best albums ever), the stokes, linkin park, U2 (the joshua tree is phenomenal), metallica, led zepllin (damn i sux at spelling), micheal jackson ( now come on now, dont act like classic mike doesnt jam. billie jean is the shit!!), foo fighters, fuel, goo goo dolls, nirvana (of course), mana, coldplay (yes, im secure enough with my masculinity to admit i jam to coldplay), pink floyd, gypsy kings, sara mclachlan, robert miles, and so on and so forth. see what i mean.
hi....my name is charlie and im a movie junkie. HI CHARLIE. i am an absolute movie junkie. there is seriously no hope for me. but before you go about labeling me as just another mindless zombie, hear me out. i can watch just about anything, but in my heart of hearts, i LOVE films that are actually well formulated whether they be drama, action, comedy, foreign, etc. although techniquely speaking i do not posess the proper qualifications to go about evaluating the quality of a film, i'd like to believe my taste in cinema is rather refined and definately distinguished. blame it on being a writer. i am not another mindless idiot destined to feed off the overly produced, overly marketed, special-effect compilations hollywood calls a movie nowadays. blockbusters can be good and all but theres so much more out there. TRUST ME. some of my favorits are as followed in no particular order:1. Pinero 2. SLC Punk 3. High Fidelity 4. Bull Durham 5. Heights 6. Closer 7. Y Tu Mama Tambien 8. American Beauty 9. Usual Suspects 10. Reality Bites (this movie got me in soo much trouble. lol. you have no idea. i would definately be ethan hawke's character. no question) 11. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes is one of the most underated film directors of all time. any of his films would be on this list but out of emotional attachment, this one will suffice).you see what i mean. the list just goes on and on and on.....
i know what your thinking. "uuuuoooohhh, how original". well before you start mouthing off know this: it has nothing to do with the fact that we share the same name.....okay so am lying, it has a little to do with the name. i only lie on tuesdays though (for future reference). but seriously, come on, who better than charlie brown as a hero? think about it. what other icon in american pop culture has endured as much shit as charlie brown? his parents were never around. he practically raised him and his sister by himself. his teachers were always fucking with him, always trying to make an example out of him not to mention the fact that they were all stoners. were any of ya'll ever capable of understanding what they said? i sure as hell never did. lucy always made it a point to humilate the man (even when there was no one around to share the joke. WTF!!). his friends always jumped ship on him, constantly leaving him out of shit and the one friend he did have, Linus, walked around with a blanket clutched at his side. a FUCKING blanket people!!! charlie brown had enough shit going against him as it is, now he had to worry about people questioning his masculinaty? you know how hard it is to do away with a "bert and ernie" rumor when your boy rolls with a blanket? the man has a curveball that doesnt break, cant throw a fast ball by stevie wonder, sucked at spelling (if i remember correctly), could never fly a kite, and couldnt kick a football if his life depended on it. charlie brown never got any respect. i mean his dog snoopy had more pull in the neighborhood than he did. do you know how fucked up life has to be in order for your DOG to be cooler and have more friends than you? its a fucking dog man!!! you cant even begin to imagine how detramental that is to the self esteem. cause you know snoopy never kept that shit to himself. nnnooo, he always had to brag about the guys nite out and the late nite hook-ups. BUT....through it all, through all this bullshit, charlie brown never lost sight of what was important. he always kept his eye on the prize. he always kept his eye on the little red-head girl, he never turned his back on his friends, he never told linus "get rid of that fucking blanket man damn!!", he always made sure his sister was straight and that the bills were paid, clothes were washed, dinner on the table, he always stayed in school, he had a pen pal for years even when that shit wasnt cool anymore, he always kept pitching even though his shit was getting rocked, he always was a gentleman, and he always fed his dog. he NEVER lost sight of what was important. he ALWAYS kept moving forward. although his attitude was often somber, he always kept moving forward. things always seemed to work out for him. so i ask you, who better than charlie brown?