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Paul

I view the future like it's hindsight.

About Me

Reasonably content, then I drink and see if that changes, which it often does. Haven't punched anyone since the third grade. Paying dues and parking tickets and paying no mind and paying for some decisions I've made. Getting ready to make a new record and tour. I use big words. I make dollars.

My Interests

Bass, gym-ratting, reading, songwriting, journaling, sweaty basement shows, black coffee, bitchy women with self-confidence, good food, hardcore punk, hip-hop, and driving my van.

I'd like to meet:

Tom Araya. Laila Ali. Muhammad Ali. Glen E. Friedman.

Music:

The new Brother Ali. I hope I make something that good someday.

Books:

"Ready for Revolution: the Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael" with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell.

My Blog

from a Northland poster

I hate a song that makes you think you are not any good.I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose.Bound to lose.No good to nobody.No good for nothing.Because you are too old or...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:42:00 PST

We all have to get bored to get by

I decided that today was the day to go through the avalanche of paper and detritus that had built up on the far side of my bedroom where I don't usually walk.  Part of the cleaning involved going...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:14:00 PST

only a little bit of night sky between me and the next cup of coffee

Jenna seems to be getting me a slew of fake porn star friend requests these days instead of real ones. I don't actually own any Jenna Jameson porn.  I'm just fascinated by the fact that she ...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:15:00 PST

Pondering hayrides and minigolf or some shit; maybe that's what really works

Hmm... blink and you miss it.  Like a movie that you begin to watch named after her that starts out to be fascinating, you keep watching, night after night after night, wondering about what makes...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:57:00 PST

Say hello to my little friend!

Natalie went into the hopsital early in the a.m. on August 18th and was still awake enough that afternoon to give me a call about an hour before she gave birth. The drugs in that epidural must ha...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:35:00 PST

Related, afterhours, not necessarily recommended

too good at thisuntouchableyour concerns disregardednever caughtalways make it homewake up fine in the morningwhy listen to youwhen you're wrong? ------------------------------ I see you skimming your...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:39:00 PST

"I can barely see the fuckin' road... where the fuck do I turn?"

Back today from having played a show up north last night, this time at the request of another group of kids putting on a show.  Felt very strange blowing into town late, in the midst of a bl...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:16:00 PST

Winona postscript

Before we played we wandered around fairly desolate downtown Winona and got some food at a coffee shop.  As we got back nearer the house where we played, someone said, "Hey, you should go check o...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST

Pause button

I'm at a point again where lots of cool things are happening all at once and the price to pay is constant fatigue.  I'm able to hold it together for work, playing shows, and spending time with ne...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 26 May 2006 07:14:00 PST

Things I learned this weekend

* Teenage girls in Bemidji who want to be in the front at a hardcore show don't let a bunch of boys deter them in the slightest.  (Big thanks to Meggo and Amiee.) * At least one of us g...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 16 May 2006 07:18:00 PST