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Brian

Above all else, there is music

About Me

I'm an aging audiophile, if 40 is aging, that is (huh...it might be, but I can only shrug). I spend my time and money aquiring and experiencing new and favorite tunes and bands. As long as I can remember, I have been a friend to music. I'm pretty sure I could go without food longer than I could go without music. I am picky though, so know that if I add you to my friends, I do not do so lightly. If I fail to comment on your efforts, it is due to time constraints, not from a lack of opinion.I read a quote once, from one Sir Francis Bacon, that read: "A wise man creates more opportunities than he finds." It is my hope that in some way I can utillize this idea to perpetuate the quality music that is literally bursting at the seams behind the crazy restrictive nature of the mainstream industry.

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My Interests

Have I mentioned music yet? LOL I also enjoy chilling outside, rain, spectator sports (Sonics -ugh-, Seahawks -yea!-, and Mariners -Ichiro!-), readings, writing, movies, some television, and last but not least...hanging out with my trilogy of cats.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, poets, and other cool folks.

Music:

Joseph Arthur (& The Lonely Astronauts), Daniel Lanois, 1 Giant Leap, Transglobal Underground, Afro Celt Sound System, The Dhol Foundation, Brian Eno, Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel, MIDIval Punditz, Heather Duby, Euphoria, Geoffrey Oryema, Gomez, Bear McCreary, Graham Pattison, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Radio Active, Kate Bush, Venus Hum, Patti Smith, The Crystal Method, Moby, Stan Ridgway, Drywall, The Ocean Blue, Femi Kuti, Tara Angell, Dead Can Dance, Julian Cope, Yello, William Orbit, Modest Mouse, REM, U2, This Picture, Laika, Supergrass, The Cocteau Twins, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Killing Joke, Y, Sojo Glider, Rehab, Editors, Joi...and the list keeps growing.There are, of course, the eclectic myriad who came before - and in many cases, along side - the brilliant aforementioned artists: The B-52s, Kiss, John Denver, Nick Drake, The Dead Kennedys, Ted Nugent, Molly Hatchet, Pink Floyd, Planet P, Thomas Dolby, Filter, The Police, AC/DC, Rush, Adam & The Ants, The Fixx, RKL, Soft Cell, Bad Brains, Slayer, D.R.I., Angry Samoans, SNFU, Poison Idea, The Dead Milkmen, Christian Death, The Accused, Suiciadal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Fugazi, Dag Nasty, Talk Talk, Supertramp, Talking Heads, Styx, Queen, The Tubes, David Bowie, The Wipers, Spliff, Gang Of Four, Ultravox, Roxy Music, Billy Joel, The Cars, Husker Du, The Replacement, Soul Asylum, Crumbsuckers, Circle Jerks, Charlatans U.K., Blind Boys Of Alabama, Badly Drawn Boy, Positive Black Soul, The Neville Brothers, Pearl Jam, Ministry, Z.Z. Top, Oingo Boingo, Beastie Boys, P.I.L., The Ramones, Fishbone, Slack, Descendents/All, Butthole Surfers, Live, Timbuk 3, Violent Femmes, The Clash, Primus, The Minutemen, Firehose, Wall Of Voodoo, English Beat, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Peter Murphy, Devo, The Kinks, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Missing Persons, Blondie, Dire Straits, Van Halen, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Big Audio Dynamite, Joe Strummer, Steve Vai, George Clinton, The Little River Band, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Paul Gross & David Keeley, Papa Wemba, Djivan Gisparian, Billy Bragg, Simon & Gurfunkle, Bob Dylan, Beck, Green Day, The Pretenders, Sex Pistols, Tenacious D, Foo Fighters....I'll stop there. You get the idea.

Movies:

1 Giant Leap, Serenity, Pi, Until The End of the World, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Stand, They Live, Lost Highway, The Remains of the Day, Six Degrees of Separation .. width="425" height="350" ..

Television:

Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, SG-1, Family Guy, Survivor, Red Dwarf, Father Ted, MI-5/Spooks, Millenium, Firefly, A Bit Of Fry & Laurie, My Hero, Frontline, Due South. I also really enjoy a good funny commercial

Books:

I'll pretty much read anything written by: Stephen King, Hugh Laurie (his second book will be out in September '07), Stephen Fry, Douglas Adams, Clive Barker, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Haruki Murakami.

Heroes:

Jamie Catto, Duncan Bridgeman, Joseph Arthur, TGU, and Johnny Kalsi.

My Blog

One Of The Lonely

Small fragment of a large boulder,fallen away for what seems no reason at all,dropped away from the wholenow just small and unimportant,its edges too jagged...too sharpfor anyone to hold tightly for l...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:27:00 PST

Untitled .1

There have been borders crossedand weather shifts like our minds do,moments of silence ringing outin days when sense means nothingand time is but a reminderof the two greatest truths,the endings and c...
Posted by Brian on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:04:00 PST

Identity

Trapped on perchthe fields for to watch,alone, accepting...exceptingoccasional passing strangerswho had no time,who take no noteof that which watches overcrops from which they only take,viewed with ra...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:53:00 PST

Recommendation: MOONSHOUT

The new Trans-global Underground arrived in my mailbox yesterday. They have traveled far and wide to collect a myriad artists for collaborative recording purposes since 1991. This new album, titled "M...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:28:00 PST

Together We Glide

Natures necessity pouring in lightwhere dark corners and choking dust once layin empty rooms filled with the memory of tearsboth of joy and sorrowmingling amidst our lost dreams,our lost selves yearni...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:22:00 PST

I Envision Arenas Too

Too many empty promisesclogging my airwaves,I tune them outnurturing ascending planes,never engaged in passive momentsdulling a diamondcarved from the soul of you and yours,insteadI remain opento...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

Not your daddy's Astronauts

Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts landed last night at Seattle's Neumos.  T'was a brilliant set, as always. The new material, from the new release Let's Just Be, played really well liv...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:53:00 PST

14,610

It's just a number,my number,not too random per se,nor will it hold its shape.A total,events collaged together like a ball of cotton candysticky sweet jumble of time.There was the moon landing,a ...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 01 May 2007 12:14:00 PST

opulent indulgence

Landfill Posterity. Is it just a word? Time pushes forward future becoming past a very real paradox invented disseminated by our existence our interpretation staring back in stunned silence at new fo...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:16:00 PST

Trench In The Sand

Trench In The Sand We used our shovels and dug all the day long, at times, the sweat pouring, filling our shoes with wet grit, blisters cropping 'tween some toes despite efforts to thwart invasive har...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:50:00 PST