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About Me

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My Interests

http://chrisfromartschool.blogspot.com (ART), Rock and Roll, early NY Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave, No Wave, tea w/ honey

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

RAMONES, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, PIXIES, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Birthday Party, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Neco Case, the Moldy Peaches, THE FALL, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, the New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Blondie, Talking Heads, DEVO, the Velvet Underground, the Dead Boys, Johnathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Sonic YOUth, Wilco, the Replacements, the BEACH BOYS, Syd Barrett, The Jesus And Mary Chain, the Flaming Lips, Daniel Johnston, the Misfits, the Cramps, Pussy Galore, PJ Harvey, Chicks On Speed, Beck, Liars, Ben Kweller, M. Ward, Jenny Lewis, Leadbelly, Little Richard, the Kinks, the Sonics, Charles Ives, Frank Sinatra, Billy Jole

Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Garden State, lost in translation, Big Fish, napoleon dynamite, O'brother were art thou?, Ray Johnson: How To Draw A Bunny, the Graduate, Dr. Strangelove, the Pink Panther(s), Being There, the Jerk, Rock and Roll High School w.. the RAMONES, End Of The Centery: the story of the RAMONES, RAMONES RAW, Sid and Nancy, and other ROCK-U-menteries

Television:

good for kicking, or ch.13

Books:

Please Kill Me: the oral history of punk(my bible),Post Office, by Charles Bukowski,(Currently Reading) Rip It Up And Start Again: postpunk 1978-1984, by Simon Reynolds,can't wait to start my David Sedaris books!!!

Heroes:

you are my hero.and...

My Blog

Bo Diddley Is Jesus

Just try and guess my title reference. Anyhow, I had the pleasure and honer of seeing the man in person at the first Garage Fest. Really! As soon as he hit the stage everyone turned around, stopped ev...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:52:00 PST

Daniel Johnston @ Highline Ballroom 2/21 2008

I just started seeing shows again. I'm usually the guy with an extra ticket. I didn't get a ticket for Daniel Johnston, but I didn't want to miss the show either. So I thought I'd...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:37:00 PST

Daniel Johnston performs tomorrow night!

And I don't have a ticket!!! I have an older blog from when I got to see him a year ago(in a larger venue!) If you want to see how much I appretiate him and his art and music, take a...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:07:00 PST

R.I.P. Hilly Kristal (CBGB)

R.I.P. Hilly Kristal----------------------------------------------------- --------------------CBGB Founder, Hilly Kristal Dies at Age 75 NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It is with dee...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:52:00 PST

Ben Kweller @ Southpaw July 31st

I went to see Ben Kweller @ Southpaw July 31st. for 'On My Way' night from his 3 night stint playing all 3 records, each night playing one of his records in it's entirety. I went on 2nd re...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:56:00 PST

it's the SoNiC TV eYe FuN Time BIRTHDAY sUpRiSe!!!

For my Birthday(tomorrow) try and name everyone you possibly can in this sonic youth video for teenage riot(other than SY). Pleeeeeeeeeaasse!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOW4ZVahtB8 Hint, a...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:13:00 PST

R.I.P. Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard)

R.I.P. Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard) 1917-2007 http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/ http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/05/mr_wizar d_qanda &nb...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:20:00 PST

thejesusandmarychain 5\22 @ Webster Hall

I'm rather TORN. Yet, there are 2 bands that have made up for my not seeing Sonic YOUth support their last record. Deer Hoof, so much fun! And then there was the Jesus And Mary Chain...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:37:00 PST

Daniel Johnston 5\15\2007 (follow-up)

It was funny how he walked by us suddenly while on the will-call line. No support acts, goes on about 9. Just him, his nylon string guitar, played a couple songs like that--I felt like we ...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:05:00 PST

Daniel Johnston: not so late, still so great!

Tomorrow evening I will be attending a Daniel Johnston concert. As soon as I punch that punch-out clock right in the face, I'm high-tailing it down to ol' brooklyn and I'm gonna have me a grand ...
Posted by chris (from ART-school) on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:05:00 PST