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Nick Van Axl

I'm even lethal when I'm unarmed.

About Me

The opportunity to speak of one's self is a strange thing, akin to a child being forced to explain their actions, so I never really know what to put here. As a result of this, I update it roughly as frequently as Rage Against The Machine puts out a new album. I have a deep seated hatred for Chain letters and take just about every opportunity to make fun of them. and the people who forward them to me. I have trouble taking much seriously. I would like to take this moment to inform you that if you take me too seriously, than you probably deserve the offense that you are going to take. I have some superficial shit that might be something that you relate to. One is that I love Hockey. My team is the Edmonton Oilers. My other favorite sports teams are The Dallas Cowboys, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, Denver University Pioneers, and the Denver Broncos. I really only follow Hockey though. I am a music fiend and love sharing music with others. I play Bass. If you would like to hear some of my work, check out www.myspace.com/oranjmechanik If not, I understand. I am also involved in a project to publish an art/poetry/writing book. If you would like to know more about that, check it out at www.myspace.com/dichotomypress THat is enough for now I think... I could update this later, but that really isn't very likely... ...Oh yeah... And I am excessively hairy. and I have coffee breath. and my nutsac itches.

My Interests

Art, Philosophy, Chess, Heartfelt Bastardery, Music, Literature, Hight Art, Low Art, Outsider Art, Film, Pipe Smoking (tobacco), Human Nature, Life (the Cereal, the Game, and the Existence!)

I'd like to meet:

People or aliens that can appreciate beauty where they find it, be it in the taste of an irish whiskey or in the grace of a b-girl's movements. I would like to meet people with soul, heart and minds. People who can intelligently banter and make me think. B-Girls, Outcasts, Idealists, Freedom-fighters, and normal folks who want to join me in building a cosmopolitan Utopia. I would like to meet Biz Markie, That gorgeous redhead from That 70s Show, Nelson Mandela, and Larry Flynt. We could all have a roundtable discussion on the long-term effects of cold-war politics in modern Russia. A subject that I really know little about. Ultimately I would like to meet people with hearts, brains, and ears. That use them. If not all the time, then at least some of the time...

Music:

This Might be the part of the profile that I update... I am gonna post a list of records that I am feeling at the moment. By the time I finish it, it might be outdated, but such is life. 10. Cunninglynguists- A Piece Of The Strange 9. Citizen Cope- The Clarence Greenwood Recordings 8. Acid Bath- Paegan Terrorist Tactics 7. De La Soul- Buhloone Mind State 6. The Clash- The Clash 5. Leftover Crack- Fuck World Trade 4. Fishbone- In Your Face 3. Frank Zappa- Joe's Garage 2. King Tubby- King Tunny's In Fine Style 1. Nacao Zumbi- Nacao Zumbi

Movies:

Brazil, Nuit et brouillard (Night And Fog), Godzilla Vs. Mothra, Bamboozled, The Big Lebowski, Hero, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, F For Fake, UHF, Style Wars, Breakin', The Last Dragon, V for Vendetta, anything with Bruce Lee, Tarnation,This Movie Is Not Yet Rated, Nothing But a Man, Maxed Out, .
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Television:

I watch Hockey. Been catching up on Deadwood, My Name is Earle, I wish they would bring back "the Awful Truth" by Michael Moore,

Books:

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max, In The Belly Of The Beast by Jack Henry Abbott, Behold A Pale Horse, This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund, How To Talk Dirty And Influence People By Lenny Bruce, Cosmic Trigger Vol. 1-3 By Robert Anton Wilson, All Things Censored By Mumia Abu-Jamal, My Life Is My Sundance: The Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier, In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse by Peter Mattheisen, Much of the written word of Henry Rollins and Charles Bukowski, Ruminations By KRS-One, Crossing the Rubicon by Michael Ruppert, The War On Freedom by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce, Apocalypse Culture 1 and 2 ed. Adam Parfery, Live From Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal, See A Grown Man Cry by Henry Rollins, Groucho And I by Groucho Marx, Everything You Know Is Wrong by Disinfo press, Abuse Your Illusions by Disinfo Press, Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky, There's A God On The Mic: The 50 greatest MCs of All Time by Kool Moe Dee Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Native Son by Richard A. Wright Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton The Constitution of the United States Of America American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor House Of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Poetic License: In Poems and Song by Curtis Mayfield THe Vulture and The Nigger Factory by Gil Scott Heron

Heroes:

My Parents, Frank Zappa, The Zapatista Movement, Chuck D, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Assata Shakur, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, The feller who made Ren and Stimpy, Robert Anton Wilson, Public Enemy, Willie Stargell, Eric Brewer, Grant Fuhr, Peter Gabriel, Oxmo Puccino, Jello Biafra, Bill Hicks, Bootsy Collins, Vernon Reid, Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, Bill Withers and so many more...

My Blog

On Immigration, and Sarah Palin

 A couple of articles that I found interesting and profound.   Fear -- The Engine of Politics [col. writ. 8/27/08]  (c) '08 Mumia Abu-Jamal         Althoug...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:54:00 PST

Roll Out!

So here I roll out...Just wanted to drop a line to those that I haven't been in contact, I know that I haven't been a very good myspace friend to very many of you, for that I kinda apologize, I get fl...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:03:00 PST

L-Y-R to the I-C-S...

I am putting this on a blog because it took FAR too long to actually do. Do this survey or you will forever have the voice of Fran Drescher and the physique of Danny De Vito.You must quote Song Lyrics...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:24:00 PST

Mc Kinney on Sean Bell

Statement on the Sean Bell Verdictby Cynthia McKinneyApril 26, 2008The legislation and histories of the time, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of ...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:10:00 PST

The afterbirth of the random

OK, I was inspired that in a week I had read a blog from the Elusive Derrick, N.W.P., and Sheree... So here goes. I have been getting back into photography. I have laid my camera aside for far too lon...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:12:00 PST

"He will Make Cheney Look Like Ghandi"

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):1) John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Now he says his position has ...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:21:00 PST

Hannah Taged Dis azz!

So the "rules" of being "Tagged" go a little something like this; The "Motherfucker" that recieves said "Tag" is supposed to list 10 unusual "things" about "Them". Since I am the "Motherfucker" that r...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:32:00 PST

Toilets and such...

TAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have been Tagged!! You must complete this survey and then tag 5 others forcing them to complete the survey and tag five others. Once you are done with the survey p...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:33:00 PST

One of the reasons I smoke a pipe...

Fred HannaHow the pipe stimulates thought and contemplation Literature is replete with the idea that the pipe stimulates thought, contemplation and problem solving. For example, Sherlock Holmes menti...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:17:00 PST

Taggery re-united: Washed-up shitheads play songs you hated in the 80s.

Here's how you play:Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself. At the end choose 5 people to be tagged, listing thei...
Posted by Nick Van Axl on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:19:00 PST