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Brian

We're On Fire.

About Me


Self destruction ain't the way
Drinking lye, playing in traffic
But it's kinda fun to walk that line
Dangling, hanging
Between crying and dying
Oh...and this:
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My Interests

Endorphins. Two-wheels. Performing. French-pressed black coffee. A well-timed smile. Style that costs more than money. Whiskey. Traveling.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians. Bikers. Hikers. Screamers. Singers. Drinkers. Eaters. Generally-know-how-to-have-a-good-timers.
And does this give you little tingles? If so, I'd like to meet you too:

Music:

Yes.

Movies:

"Shit. I know shit's bad right now, with all that starving bullshit, and the dust storms, and we are running out of french fries and burrito covers. But I got a solution."

Television:

Sore subject.

Books:

Now: You Can't Do That - George Seldes / Just finished: Alaska - James Mischner / All time: Lolita (finished this recently - all I can say is it was the most beautiful and truthful story I've ever read), The Grapes of Wrath, Catcher in Rye, The Great Gatsby, The Giving Tree, Where The Wild Things Are, Life on the Mississippi, Boss, Fast Food Nation, Facts and Fascism, A Walk in the Woods, Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, Bikes and Riders, Gilligan's Wake

Heroes:

John Steinbeck, Ralph Nader, Karl Cassel, my brother, my bartender, and these guys:

(One man's Situationist is just another man's Asshole.)

My Blog

I see you

With my X-ray glasses.   Mixed in with the masses. Standing on tiptoe, it was yours, you know.  Your rash decision And selfserving vision Made a life beyond repair. Your ...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:39:00 PST

Hall of Flame

I have a question about the NFL Hall Of Fame and their criteria for selection.  Two wide recievers, each with three Super Bowl Rings, were up for induction this weekend.One of them has 3 arrests,...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:14:00 PST

Pics from Double Door Last Night

Thanks for coming out, everybody!http://www.flickr.com/photos/66386425@N00/sets/721 57594513661722/...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:25:00 PST

Overheard at last night's rehearsal:

"More Deep Purple.  Less Dee-vo."-Rudy G....
Posted by Brian on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:40:00 PST

Supersoul Thursday

Good for $2 off door admission to The Midnight Shows @ Double Door on Thursday night. Send it to all your friends! Leave them in the bathroom stalls! Back up the office printer for an hour! ...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:00:00 PST

Fuck you, ComEd.

That is all.Oh, wait.  Ronald Reagan, fuck you, too.  ...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:32:00 PST

Pics from Saturday night

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66386425@N00/sets/7215759450695 0876/
Posted by Brian on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:27:00 PST

Show this week @ Double Door

This Thursday at Double Door. Right click on the ticket for $2 off the door admission to save. Print out as many copies as you want or email it to all your friends. Be super popular with The Midnight...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:42:00 PST

The All-American Boy Series, Part X: "The Post Office Delivers Everything. Even the Past."

Shortly before Christmas, I met up with a friend from college, who was here in Chicago for a band director's convention.  Ray is now a professor of trumpet and a band director at the University o...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:40:00 PST

Triple Grande Karma Latte

I am usually pretty good at taking all the extraneous stuff off of my bike when I park it in the basement of my office.  (Yes, my office has a bike room.  Yeah, that is pretty cool!)  ...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:28:00 PST