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Father McKenzie

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

So, realize that MySpace isn't exactly the most relevant political forum, however, Ron Paul is extremely rad. The newest Okkervil River record is really amazing. 'The DaVinci Code' sucks (and not in the 'it's an affront to my beliefs kind of way). Theodore Suess Giesel is incredible. The 80's wasn't cool even when it was the 80's. And the 90's are only slightly better by comparison. Oprah is a tool. People who need assistance from a book categorized as "Self Help" always seem oblivious to the irony of their situation. Religion isn't a buffet table.
It seems like every other day some half-naked myspace girl wants me to watch her strip naked via webcam; which means all that 'Axe' body spray is really starting to pay off. Bill Maher sucks, no matter how many "New Rules" he comes up with. Shel Silverstein is the rhymecologist. I tend to favor Cats over Dogs. I find myself supporting Israel more and more, despite the prevailing trend the other way. Jeremy Jackson is awful.
Keep hope alive ...

My Interests

Whatever happens to work. I don't enjoy eating meat with dairy for some reason.

I'd like to meet:


My fellow comrades stuggling under the yoke of burgeois oppression. That, or anyone willing to treat me to free food.

Music:

the Beatles, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Soul Position, Prefuse 73, Bob Dylan, Baptist Generals, So Called, Golem, At the Drive-In, the 5.6.7.8's, Minus the Bear, Roots, Buck 65, Appleseed Cast, the White Stripes, the Go, Mates of State, Ben Harper, Matisyahu (sometimes), Mr. Lif, Tool, Ween, Outkast, Beastie Boys, the Muffs, Lyrics Born, Led Zeppelin, Barry White, the Blood Brothers, Deftones, the Postal Service, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Helmet, AC/DC, Tosca, Thursday, Weezer, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, the Who, Richard and Linda Thompson, !!!, Hole, Jethro Tull, Jeff Buckley, Animal Collective, Sage Francis, Company Flow, Nirvana, the Features, Califone, the Delfonics, Enon, Uncle Tupelo, Hi-Tek, Flogging Molly, Explosions in the Sky, Wilco, Akrobatix, Modest Mouse, Heart, Built to Spill, No FX, Velvet Underground, Planes Mistaken for Stars, the Scissor Sisters, Pretty Things, El-P, John Lennon (solo stuff), MC5, Pearl Jam, Pee Shy, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Beach Boys, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Agent Orange, Detroit Cobras, the Arcade Fire, Long Beach Dub Allstars, the Streets, Sublime, DJ Shadow, Marvin Gaye, Son House, Ramones, Pinehurst Kids, Meat Puppets, Ben Kweller, Al Green, the Black Keys, Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, Robert Johnson, Miles Davis, Slightly Stoopid, Muddy Waters ... Whatever makes my ears smile ...

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Citizen Kane, Big Lebowski, Rushmore, Day After Tomorrow, Magnolia, Almost Famous, Irreversible, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Graduate, Six-String Samurai, The Prophecy, Boondock Saints, Narc, American Splendor, Amores Perros, Toy Story 1 and 2, City of God, GG Alin: Hated, Cloak and Dagger, Punch Drunk Love, American Beauty, Princess Monoke, Elephant, Hercules in New York, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Big Fish, Zoolander, Harvey, All About My Mother, 12 Monkeys, The Zero Effect, Meet Joe Black, Scratch, Romeo and Juliet, Donnie Darko, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Being John Malkovich, Bringing out the Dead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Postman Always Rings Twice, 21 Grams, Zatoichi, Fargo, Terminator 1,2, and 3 (somewhat), Night of the Living Dead, X-Files: Fight the Future, Bourne Identity, Finding Nemo, Hard Eight, Killing Zoe, The Last Unicorn, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Fight Club, Enemy Mine, Goodfellas, True Romance, Chasing Amy, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dumb and Dumber, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Videodrome, Clerks, Stir of Echos, Animal House, Donnie Brasco, Back to the Future 1 2 and 3, Alien, Aliens, Evil Dead 1 and 2, Army of Darkness, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Man Bites Dog, Flight of the Navigator ... etcetera, etcetera, etcetera ...

Television:

Most of the shows I watched avidly have either been cancelled or are now off the air. X-Files ... the Critic ... Freaks and Geeks ... Carnivale ... Firefly ... etc etc ... I do however dig 'Family Guy' on occasion, and 'Heroes' is also pretty rad.

Books:

1. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
2. House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
3. Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
4. Lightning - Dean Koontz
5. How Does Aspirin Find A Headache and Other Questions Kids Ask - Various Authors
Other Props to:
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
AND: Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Heroes:

Simone (Simcha) Luzzatto. If you don't know who that is ... it's worth the 10 seconds it takes to google it.

My Blog

Words of the prophets written on subway walls ...

When did we become such a passive society?  The best I can hope is that: should the world come to an end, G-d might atleast be willing send out a text message, or blog about it on OpenJournal ......
Posted by Father McKenzie on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:50:00 PST

Concerning retreads and broken quills ...

A friend of mine recently quoted the old saying "In life, sometimes you get to be the hammer and other times, the nail."  To which he added the line (possibly of his own making) "And still other ...
Posted by Father McKenzie on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:00:00 PST

It's my job to keep punk rock elite ...

- - - - - - -If you've been to my profile more than twice (and there aren't very many of you), then you might notice that I hadn't blogged in quite some time.  And since I have absolutely nothing...
Posted by Father McKenzie on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:54:00 PST

Tikkun Olam ...

A Collection of some Random Thoughts ... So, I have to admit to being rather fond of the rock n' roll played by the rather oddly named guys of "...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead." And whil...
Posted by Father McKenzie on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:10:00 PST

gaza and zionism gone to shit ...

To the Twelve Tribes Scattered Amongst the Nations, What the hell is Sharon thinking pulling out of Gaza?  Sharon has got to be losing his mind. As for Hamas, it lost it's collective mind back i...
Posted by Father McKenzie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

not quite as broke ...

Folk,As of today I am now employed by the kick ass "Borders Group"  So if you need a place to pick up the new Harry Potter or South Beach Diet, I'm your guy.  Let me know.  Otherwise, h...
Posted by Father McKenzie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Scratched CDs ? (A Short Play)

People:This profile used to be that of the 'Movie Exchange.' However, due to certain recent occurences ... mainly that it is no longer my place of employ ... that profile isn't so much here anymore. H...
Posted by Father McKenzie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST