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Joel

About Me

i've been told i look like jimmy pop ali from the bloodhound gangI hope to someday ride a horse-------------------------------"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon -------------Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. (African Proverb) -------------------------"What?I get to eat subs and watch TV?"-me,after returning home to find my leftover submarine sandwich soon after looking at the TV. ------- "That place used to have a really good Caesar salad. Then they changed the dressing." -- Todd Barry, on the Caesar salad at a neighborhood restaurant

My Interests

turbojugendom growing old

I'd like to meet:

Tired, poor and huddled masses.Preferably tired,poor and huddled masses that don't have a lot of movies and images on their page.I'm sure you're very nice but you make my computer run slow.

Music:

mucho mucho: el-p RJD2 MF Grimm Mogwai Joanna Newsom Mastodon Mulutu Astatke Ween Bad Religion Girl Talk The Release of Sweetness plenty more...

Movies:

Boring documentaries like Why We Fight and Capturing the Friedmans Foreign films like Memories of Murder and the Barbarian Invasions Quirky indies like Me,You and Everyone We Know and Dumb comedies like Airplane and Old School also love all the Christopher Guest movies and lots more,I'm a huge movie geek

Television:

The office(both versions) Strangers with Candy Mr Show Kids in the Hall Daily Show/Colbert Report(nightly ritual) Curb Your Enthusiasm OZ

Books:

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is my favorite of all time also of late: Terence McKenna-Food of the Gods Matthew Sharpe-Jamestown Timeless classics(to me): Cats Cradle-Kurt Vonnegut A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess Heart is a Lonely Hunter-Carson McCullers Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand(long but worth it)

Heroes:

Jacob Sussenberger

My Blog

don’t believe the hype

Here's the latest poll results for the Democracy for America 2008 pulse poll. Representative Dennis Kucinich 31.97% 49364 Former Vice President Al Gore 24.77% 38242 Former Senator John Edwards 15.6%...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:51:00 PST

sell me sell me!!!

Thanks myspace and facebook. And I thought Jasmine was just new to Boston and needed someone to show her around.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/ 2007/11/05/AR2007110501628.html?wpi...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:37:00 PST

whats wrong with this pictograph

Here's a story from the Times about India's plans to pump tons of money into their military. Oddly, in this story there doesn't seem to be any concern about what kind of repurcussions this will have ...
Posted by Joel on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:47:00 PST

Yo Bumrush the Show

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/53796
Posted by Joel on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:40:00 PST

Go on garbanzo

This one is a bit long but it's very interesting and brings up a good point about the immigration issue and our inherent predudices against people of Spanish descent.If  you're bored, give your b...
Posted by Joel on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:10:00 PST

Vincent

This is Tim Burton's first film. It's like Nightmare Before Christmas meets Dr.Seuss, very nice. http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=2713...
Posted by Joel on Thu, 25 May 2006 09:56:00 PST

Compact like a Chunky bar

Here's a quick piece on Neil Young's new album and how rock music has basically been taken over by corporate giants. It's crazy that our generation hasn't produced one musician with a profound message...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 22 May 2006 07:44:00 PST

I can see the light!

This guy is fucking amazing on a Riley Martin level Let the spirit inside your muthafuckin heart http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/spirit-of-truth.html...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 15 May 2006 12:05:00 PST

We all need some hypocrisy!

Someone please explain the logic in this one. By alienating one of the most powerful countries in the middle east, we're supposed to form a union free of US hostility? Denying nuclear weapons inspecto...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 10 May 2006 10:44:00 PST

Chippin', cause that's all that life is

Here's a summary of the "Failed State Index" of 2006. Now look at  the "stable" countries and you'll notice a curious pattern. The index, which is based on a dozen social, economi...
Posted by Joel on Thu, 04 May 2006 10:27:00 PST