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LowBrow

judge me not lest ye be judged thineself

About Me


I implore you all to get yer arses down to the club sometime, because it's the best friggin' night in Hartford!

I like to travel. A lot. See where I've been . . . Virtual Tourist!

My Interests

Snowboarding, Travel, Britpop, Glam, Punk, Rockabilly, Vintage Clothing, Movies, Books, lowbrow culture, Ashtanga Yoga, World of Warcraft

I'd like to meet:

1960's era Maureen O'Hara and Julie Newmar (the only catwoman for me.)

Music:

Komeda, Editors, the passage, Kill Lizzie, Foetus, Supersuckers, Reverend Horton Heat, New Model Army, Spiderbait, The New Pornographers, Wolfgang Press, Barry Adamson, Heavenly, Asylum Street Spankers, Be Bop Deluxe, Felt, Firewater, X, Killing Joke, Ohgr, Old 97's, Pop Will Eat Itself, Robert Gordon, Supergrass, The Beautiful South, The Fall, The Damned, The Stranglers, Toyah, Ute Lemper, XTC, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash

Movies:

A History of Violence, The Maltese Falcon, Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers, Baraka, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gangs of New York, Eddie Izzard anything

Television:

Mad Men, Rescue Me, Nathan Barley, Battlestar Galactica, Entourage, Arrested Development, The Daily Show/Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Venture Brothers, Blackadder, Dream On, The Family Guy, Buffy et. al.

From the British version of Coupling, The Giggle Loop

Books:

Iaian M. Banks The Use of Weapons, Neil Gaiman American Gods, Umberto Eco Foucault's Pendulum, Robert Anton Wilson Cosmic Trigger, Alfred Bester The Stars My Destination, Donna Tart The Secret History, Katherine Dunn Geek Love, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Howard Zinn A People's History of the United States, Henry Miller Tropic of Cancer, Chuck Palahniuk Choke

Heroes:

Bruce Campbell, Groucho Marx, Robert Anton Wilson, J.G. Thirlwell, Howard Zinn

My Blog

Photos: Shag Frenzy/Brass Pony Vintage Fashion Show

I'd say last night was ridiculously successful for L.J. and Thomas of brasspony.com.  The clothes, the hair, the makeup, were all well received by the adoring crowd.  If you saw anything you...
Posted by LowBrow on Sun, 18 May 2008 12:02:00 PST

Shag Frenzy Photos April 2008

It was a mixed blessing last night, with the celebration of Sara's birthday, and the farewell to our all time favorite Shag Frenzy team member Natalie as she departs for music industry domination in N...
Posted by LowBrow on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:44:00 PST

Shag Frenzy Photos for March 2008

Luckily the colossal ’roid rage filled Neanderthals didn’t descend on Sweet Jane’s as feared, and all was right with the world for Saint Patrick’s Day...
Posted by LowBrow on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:30:00 PST

2008.02.16 - A great Shag is its own reward

Apparently, everyone's VD cleared up in time for Saturday night, and didn't stop anyone from getting down . . .And a huge thank you to special guest professional photographer Chion Wolf, who snapped s...
Posted by LowBrow on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:27:00 PST

Shag Photos: The Frenz Experiment, January 2008

A whopping thanks to smarty for providing the cake for DJ Johnny Stranglers birthday bash.  The night began huge with an old school vinyl spinoff between Strangler and guest DJ Sanchez.  DJ ...
Posted by LowBrow on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:51:00 PST

2008 Edge World Question Center

Every year they ask the big thinkers a serious question. The answers are often compelling and challenging.  Here's this years question:What Have You Changed Your Mind About?...
Posted by LowBrow on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:58:00 PST

Shag Frenzy 150, Snow 0. Satellite photos enclosed.

Bless you all for braving what turned out to be a weak and insignificant storm, and see you all in the New Year, and many before I am sure....
Posted by LowBrow on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:16:00 PST

r.a.w. / R.I.P.

Sigh. One of my heros just died and I can't think of anything interesting to say.  If you haven't heard of him, shame on me for not forcing him on you. Go read . . . . . . just be sure to wear a ...
Posted by LowBrow on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:11:00 PST

Photos: Shag Frenzy/metromix mashup

Things to be thankful for . . .Sweet Jane's for opening their doors and bottles for us to conquer each month.connecticut metromix for the loads of free schwag and being all around swell lads and lass...
Posted by LowBrow on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:30:00 PST

Parent-child dancing shoes

If these don't make you go awwwwwww . . . bring your heartstrings in for a tuneup ASAP....
Posted by LowBrow on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:09:00 PST