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Claude McCready

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

While I'm still here in the flesh residing on Planet Earth, I kill time breaking computers, being weird, and getting songs together for my DJ shows which I do once in a while. I love music! Punk, electro, industrial, 80's, metal, goth, old rap, alternative, Westley Willis!!!
I was telling this guy at work today about Burning Man and trying to describe it. I quickly realized I made it sound lame and boring so I just said 'it's something I just can't describe.' He says, "So it's something so weird, so bizarre that nobody can describe, right?....Kind of like how you are." Best thing anyone has ever said to me.
Things I LIKE:
Martial Arts, mutants, electricity, being weird, old video games, electronic music, fall and winter, the 80's, Max Headroom, counterculture, time travel, science, interesting hair styles, teleport modules, Martin Gore, Halloween, weird people, DJing, "shockin' out", black, darkness, ambient lighting, skylines, skyscrapers, aliens, the rise and fall of pretty much anything, Mike Score, Pinbot, vintage electronic gear, anything analog, eccentric people, dangerous experiments, NOT fucking up, useful technology, crazy wild animals, hair follicle cloning, futuristic ray guns, obscure 80's pop music, abstract art, clubbing, robots, Patrick Nagel, the paranormal, ghosts, reincarnation, 24-bit sound systems, hot punk, cool funk, chainsaws, the internet, overcast days, foggy nights, rust, exploring the ghettos, the internet, custom built cars for practical uses (Burning Man cars), pop culture, very character driven books and movies
Things I Don't Like:
House music, the internet, hysterical and illogical people of all types, maladjusted children, sunny days in the winter, news media, misinformation, most top 40 music, people who won't look me in the eye when I speak to them, fake people, most country and folk music, drugs, snooty people, "in" lingo, the sound of dogs drinking water, the grammys, MTV, "cool" kids, naive people who believe everything they read on the internet, hysterical women, disease, animal cruelty, bullies, bad people.
I know I have a long list of things I hate but my mantra has always been "live and let live". I try to reason and understand people of all types. I love meeting new people, getting to know and understand people have a strong interest in counterculture, mostly things a bit outside "the norm". If you can tell me something really weird that has happened to you that I have not heard before you will become my next best friend! I find humans interesting but somewhat disappointing and it's my curiosity to understand why people are the way they are and how they developed to who they are in present time. I say this as if I'm not exactly human myself? But what am I? Yeah, I don't really know but I'm working on it.
Best advice I can give you: Don't take me too seriously because I don't know what I'm talking about half the time anyway. ha ha
"It's not who you are, it's what you wear.
I mean, who really cares who you you are, anyway?"
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"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." -John Lennon

My Interests



You put down a bowl of food and water for the dog and as he eats the food and drinks the water he thinks, "how wonderful this food and water appearing is, you must be God, I worship you". You also put down food and water for the cat who thinks, "food and water appearing as I want it, I must be God, worship me....and this food is stale by 10 minutes, bring me more!

Me as new born baby. How cute.

I'd like to meet:

I have always had an interest in people. The more bizarre, the more screwed up and eccentric the better! People with fresh ideas....creative thinkers who don't subscribe to "the norm" and those who think and live outside of the box (not in a cardboard box). People who are truly unique and don't realize how "strange" they are compared to the rest of society.I've always wanted my best friend to be a mad scientist.

Music:

Adam and the Ants
ALTAiR
Contagion
XTC
Thomas Dolby
Information Society

Micro Chip League
Wire
Morrissey
And One
Skinny Puppy
Nitzer Ebb
X-Ray Spex
The K.L.F
Black Flag
Bad Religion
Public Enemy
Ice T
X
David Bowie
Gary Numan
Sister Machine Gun
Radiohead
Joy Division
Def Leppard
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
OMD
Queen (Highlander era)
Peter Murphy
Queensryche
Killing Joke
Twisted Sister
Duran Duran
Pet Shop Boys
Motley Crue
Megadeth
Die Warzau
KMFDM
NUMB
X Marks The Pedwalk
The Prodigy
The New York Dolls
Van Halen
Missing Persons
Tears for Fears
D.H.I
Kool Moe Dee
Alice In Chains
Belfegore
Motorhead
Billy Idol
Camouflage
U2 (1987-1997)
CCCP
Billy Joel
Dead or Alive
George Michael
INXS
NIN
New Order
Suicide Commando
Manowar
Oingo Boingo
Peter Gabriel
The Power Station
Prince
Front 242
Sisters of Mercy
Recoil
Ministry
Re-Flex
Dead Kennedys
Front Line Assemby
Sammy Hagar
Peaches
Iced Earth
Judas Priest
Sheila E
Slayer
W.A.S.P
The Cult
The Human League
Thompson Twins
Utah Saints
Trans-X
YAZ
Iron Maiden
A Flock of Seagulls
ACDC
Ratt
Guns N Roses
NWA
Public Enemy
Depeche Mode
Faith No More
Love and Rockets
Sir Mix A Lot
Public Image Ltd
Peter Godwin
T-REX

Movies:

Christine
Max Headroom
Robocop
Trainspotting
Requiem For A Dream
American Psycho
Johnny Mnemonic
Batman
Batman Begins
Vanillia Sky
The Running Man
Terminator
Commando
Predator
Rocky I-V
Teen Wolf
Eyes Wide Shut
Transformers (the animated film, not that gorked rubbish Hollywood did to piss on the Transformers legacy.....bastards!
American Beauty
Top Gun
Mad Max
Beetlejuice
The Philadephia Experiment
Back to the Future
Pulp Fiction
What About Bob?
Office Space
Bill and Ted
Rambo

Television:

Television has ruined lives but some of it can be educational.

Transformers (the cartoon)
Thundercats
Robotech
Max Headroom
He-Man
Go-Bots
Heathcliff
The REAL Ghostbusters
Dungeons and Dragons
Hulk Hogan's Rockin' Wrestling
Captain N
Bionic Six
Video Power
Dino-Riders
The Highwayman
The Science Channel
Discovery Channel

Books:

Cyberpunk and other types of "hard" science fiction.
Brave New World - Adolus Huxley
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlien
Tao of Jeet Kune Do - Bruce Lee
The Culture of Fear
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Golem 100 - Alfred Bester
Interzone - William S. Burroughs
The Dirt
The Celestine Prophecy
For Us, The Living - Robert Heinlien
All You Zombies - Robert Heinlien

Heroes:

John Rambo
Rocky Balboa
Mason Storm
Morrissey
Weird people
Controversial people
Mad scientists
Michael J. Fox
John Lennon
People who make an effort to help people and do good in the world
People who stand up for their believes by not allowing society to bully them into thinking otherwise.
People who blur the line between normal and insane
Claudia Mitchell
John Titor
George McFly
My friends
Max Headroom
Crispin Glover

My Blog

Running free

Today I saw a dog running faster than I've ever seen a dog run before across a parking lot outside of Subway in Issaquah.  It was a mid sized dog, like a cocker spaniel or something. This dog ha...
Posted by Claude McCready on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:52:00 PST

Bird attacks man

Today when I was at lunch I got out of my car and was attacked by a bird.  I got out of my car, kind of turned to my right and a crow came flying into my left shoulder.  I firmly believe thi...
Posted by Claude McCready on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

Fucking robbed!!!

I was just looking at my hair (again) and reminded myself how much I paid to make myself look this good. A little over a week ago I was feeling sorry for myself and how pathetic my hair looked so I de...
Posted by Claude McCready on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:29:00 PST

It's Offical

PUNK ROCK IS DEAD. I was expecting to see him break something......but that never happened.  I guess I'm at a loss of words and I really don't know what to think about of this.  In this vide...
Posted by Claude McCready on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:54:00 PST

Mutant dog found dead

'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine  
Posted by Claude McCready on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:03:00 PST

3 against 1

So last night Amanda and I went down to Tacoma to see Diamond David Lee Roth.  I could not fucking believe that it takes 3 guitarists to play Eddie Van Halen's songs!!!  There must have been...
Posted by Claude McCready on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:24:00 PST

Tunneling through time

Interesting how the mind works. Wednesday morning I work up with recall of dream I had concerning time travel. Recently, I started a new job and while I've been in this training class, the guy sitting...
Posted by Claude McCready on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:58:00 PST

8:08am

For the past 3 days in a row I've been waking up in the morning at the exact same time. When I look at the clock it always says 8:08am. I'm being serious about this. My clock in the bedroom is about...
Posted by Claude McCready on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Raaaaaaw

Star Wars Horoscope for Taurus You are a dependable creature, but you do tend to be stubborn. You like material possessions and love to win at games. You hate being bossed around or l...
Posted by Claude McCready on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The world in my eyes

. You scored as Modernist. Modernism represents the thought that science and reason are all we need to carry on. Religion is unnecessary and any sort of spirituality halts progress. You believe everyt...
Posted by Claude McCready on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST