Things I do endorse: music. reading. disc golf. politics. traveling. record shops. alt+0153. bowling. mixtapes. learning piles and piles of useless facts to pretend i'm much more intelligent than I really am. www.artofthemix.org. hold 'em. show flyers. tetris. silkscreened posters. true love. Delusions Of Adequacy e-zine (www.adequacy.net). skee-ball. sitting down while you tinkle. Big Takeover paper zine. www.impactpress.com. www.audioscrobbler.com. all things math. spearmint chapstick. girl pants on girls. practicing almost-forgotten Spanish. the sweet pling of the banjo. hackey-sackin'. guilty pleasures. applying song lyrics to everyday life conversations. coffee and cigarettes. going for it on 4th-and-1, no matter what. moderate socialism. miniature golf. brief moments of zen. 'your mom' jokes. live music. overly-melodramatic Eye-talian opera singers. Cheese Roll. the return of the penny candy. stargazing. thrift stores. Soulseek P2P (www.slsknet.org, find me lurking and sharing here under the username beattheindiedrum). Old Spice. two-ply toilet paper. 50-ring+ cigars. Chuck Norris. bitter/dry/blatant/obtuse sarcasm. food. guitars. down-to-Earth mp3 blogs.
Things I do not endorse : George Dubya Bush. racism. people who chew with their mouth open. greed. anti-intellectualism. blind patriotism. guns. frivolous purchases. going to sleep. Fox News. 'going to the gym'. the Patriot Act. ignorance. hoes. excessive posturing. cheesecake. the RIAA. loud, obnoxious thug/jock infested bars. tribal tattoos. being heartbroken. penis envy. Nike (and all the other predators who continue to pay shit wages in Third World countries while charging outrageous sums of money for suspect quality stuff). flipped eyelids. iv's. playas. girl pants on boys. the South. iceberg lettuce. scene pics. lying. Rush Limbaugh. talking to babies like they're stupid. fashion whores. mistaking a sense of humor and outgoing personality for childishness. the dreaded socks-sandals-shorts trio. $8,000,000 candles. pick-up lines. lighting the wrong end of your cig. the military lifestyle.
My last meal: Battered Mug hot wings. pineapple upside-down cake. jalapeno deep-fried pierogies slathered in butter. tiramisu. alfredo anything. Boston cream (mmm)pie. scrambled eggs. t-bone steak, medium well. ginger ale. Utz's kettle-cooked potato chips. shrimp yakisoba. shrimp scampi. spaghetti with Debbie's special meat sauce (or Ragu). Georgia coffee. Philly cheesesteak. clab legs. stroganoff. sour watermelon patches. baked potato. bacon. orange cream soda. corn on the cob. Dorothy Sue's Swedish meatballs. Wendy's bacon cheddar mushroom melt. Kreider's blueberry crumb (mmm)pie. jambalaya. Lifesaver blueberries 'n cream lollipops. bruschetta. funnel cake. Butterball turkey. Wendy's chocolate Frosty. anything-goes fondue. Rold's Gold pretzels dipped in Breyer's chocolate ice cream. Middleswarth BBQ chips. breakfast burritos. banana cream (mmm)pie. lightly toasted cinnamon raisin bagel with butter. Gail's smooth 'n creamy potato salad. shoo-fly (mmm)pie. Lisa's Most Delicious Pasta Salad. Hershey's dark chocolate bar. Stouffer's French bread pizza. Ye Olde Ale House hot wings. Pizza Shop's buffalo chicken pizza (hot). 6-pack of Yard's Pale Ale. *burp*
1.) those who are as obsessive/compulsive about music as I am
2.) those who like to trade mixtapes
3.) a pink rhino
4.) anyone who appreciates the warm comfort of a stupid slap
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60's psyche and garage rawk. indie pop. lo-fi. indie (fookin) rock. post-rock. punk rawk (classic and new catchy pop-punk). power-pop. bluegrass. the Nuggets box sets. second wave emo. alt.country/roots rock/Americana. twee. Specific artistes : Guided By Voices. Jim Yoshii Pile-Up. Elvis Costello. The Beatles. DeVotchKa. The Beach Boys. Brendan Benson. Brandtson. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. Superchunk. Van Morrison. The Clash. Say Hi To Your Mom. Iggy & The Stooges. Buzzcocks. Kamikaze Hearts. Songs:Ohia, Penfold. Long Winters. Sleater-Kinney. Flaming Lips. Built To Spill. Cheap Trick. Neutral Milk Hotel. Of Montreal. M Ward. Starlings, TN. Frank Black/Pixies. Jolie Holland. Swearing At Motorists. Eels. Magnetic Fields. Red House Painters. Smog. Mountain Goats. Cloud Cult. Ryan Adams. Sebadoh. Gogol Bordello. Yo La Tengo. Mysteries Of Life. Sonic Youth. Centromatic/Will Johnson/South San Gabriel. Gifted Children. Wintersleep. Matt Pond PA. The Cramps. The Fall. Dead Kennedys. Sloan. Spoon. Emperor X. Appleseed Cast. My Bloody Valentine. Mendoza Line. The Capstan Shafts. Minus The Bear. Bottle Rockets. Owen. Godpseed You! Black Emperor. Ani Difranco. The Chameleons. Teenage Fanclub. Kristofer Astrom. Old Canes. Matt Costa. Ray Lamontagne. The Wedding Present.
Instruments that excite me: the vibraphone. phat Casio,, beats. trash can lids. banjo. cello. violin. theremin. castanets. handclaps. mandolin. timpani drums. cowbell. xylophone. zanzithophone. piano. the singing saw. sitar. washboard. DADGAD tuning. bass triangle. squealing pigs
Things you won't find me listening to : contemporary pop country shite. top 40 wuss rock. slow jass,,. cold, steely electronic bleepy-blippy crap. new-school rap. nu-metal. yanni.
The Adventures Of Baron von Munchausen. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Into The Wild. Evil Dead series. A Clockwork Orange. Stir Of Echoes. The Story of Ma and Pa Hymer: How Trash Was Made. Throw Momma From The Train. Reservoir Dogs. Across The Universe. The Usual Suspects. Howard the Duck. Shaun of the Dead. Caligula. Gummo. Bowling For Columbine. Raising Victor Vargas. The Big Lebowski. Coffee and Cigarettes. Monty Python's Holy Grail. The Godfather series. Hi Fidelity. Fahrenheit 911. Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Lord Of The Rings.
The Daily Show. Sopranos. X-Files.
The Dune series. Camus. Douglas Adams. Noam Chomsky. Terry Pratchett. Elmore Leonard. Al Franken. George Orwell. Howard Zinn. The Trouser Press Guide to 90's Rock. America : The Book. Zines - Big Takeover. Shredding Paper. Dagger. Skyscraper. Maximum RNR. Chunklet. Copper Press. Jersey Beat. TapeOp. Hit It Or Quit It. Cool Beans.
Bill Hicks. Eugene Debs. Canada.