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swanny

what fresh hell is this?

About Me

i don't like to talk about myself. nope, not a bit. so there.

My Interests

pillagin', plunderin' and pastries

I'd like to meet:

laura bell bundy, henry kissinger, christopher hitchens, steven hawking, condi rice, eliza dushku, hillary rodham clinton, bill murray, aaron sorkin, bill simmons, neil young, david johanssen, david bowie, kim deal (kim, it's lame at 35 for me to even think about saying this, but fuck it, i would so do you! please drop the restraining order, i promise not to serenade you on the kazoo anymore), allen iverson, jim tressell, zoe deschanel (i would so kick kim deal out of bed for you...maybe), elmore leonard, snake stabler, jon stewart, barbara bush (the granny), oh i could go on all night...

Music:

iggy and the stooges, the pixies, mission of burma, the strokes, neil young, the allman brothers, the doors, the kinks, the pretenders, tom waits, leonard cohen, the dictators, the new york dolls, small faces, lynyrd skynyrd, waylon jennings, merle haggard, johnny cash, the misfits (glenn's version not the watered down poseur version), the luvvin brothers, todd rundgren, big star, white stripes, gram parsons, linda ronstadt, the beach boys, the refreshments, the replacements, los lobos, the 5-6-7-8's, black crowes, blind melon, joe walsh, the cure, donnie iris, eels, the grateful dead, the flying burrito brothers, frank zappa and the mothers of invention, the flying neutrinos, the david rose orchestra, led zeppelin, the who, janis joplin, scott joplin, zz top, u2, van halen (the david lee roth years, pre-1984), social distortion, the rolling stones, pink floyd, my bloody valentine, green day, motorhead, smashing pumpkins, husker du, circle jerks, dead kennedys, dead milkmen, dead boys, bad brains, agnostic front, the germs, bad religion, lyle lovett, kd lang, dwight yoakem, minor threat, suicidal tendencies, collective soul, nwa, stormtroopers of death, bob marley, peter tosh, jimmy cliff, stereolab, the rat pack (the chairman, dino and the boyz), yo la tengo, jimmy dale gilmore and the flatlanders

Movies:

in no apparent ordertequila sunrise, stuck on you, die hard, the dirty dozen, once upon a time in america, once upon a time in the west, rashoman, my life as a dog, track 29, anchorman, caddyshack, animal house, the blues brothers, we were soldiers, the searchers, to have and have not, his girl friday, in like flint, the magnificent seven, american history x, the lost boys, your friends and neighbors, the bourne identity, spiderman 1 & 2, blackhawk down, american beauty, the decline and fall of western civilization, risky business, sid and nancy, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, the ref, desperate hours, the night of the hunter, shaun of the dead, 28 days, my bloody valentine, the silence of the lambs, manhunter, 24 hour party people...to be continued

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My Blog

unplug the jukebox

ok, so tomorrow the senate begins debate russ' censure bill. this follows the release of the dems new plan for homeland defense. no disconnect there.jack abramoff gets the minimum. way to slam the ...
Posted by swanny on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:09:00 PST

animal farm

so my two stories of the day are the killer cat in connecticut and two years for a goldfish.a restraining order for a cat? i mean who hasn't wanted to attack the avon lady?was i the only one who hear...
Posted by swanny on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:56:00 PST

the news wars heat up

after this little bit in lloyd grove (scroll down...more...there ya go) i am waiting for them to choose their weapons in a duel to be moderated by zell miller. articles like this make me happy tha...
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the wolfman does the party circuit

already reported via wonkette and gawker is the story of the book party tina brown and harry evans threw for edward jay epstien's hollywood exploration the big picture at which the celebrity guest of ...
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

just when you thought it was safe to go back to the u.n.

yep, georgie once again proves up to the task as he names johnny "bring me the head of kofi annan" bolton as ambassador to the u.n. and as the world goes crazy a la the telegraph. what you didn't rea...
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ok, so putin's been reading the democratic underground

over the weekend my old buddy vlad putin defended his crackdown on freedoms and the media over thar in russia by equating them with bush firing dan rather. maybe vlad's been spending a little too muc...
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

david vs. the butcher of broadway part deux

it seems that either mikey riedel has a not so well disguised masochistic streak or he's been training and is trying to sucker david leveaux into a re-match. yesterday's article, lange deep sixes mis...
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what's the frequency, kenneth?

ny observer takes a look at the still ongoing scandal so eloquently and originally dubbed rathergate . thank goodness no one has looked at tim blair's account of the meeting in which the plan to use ...
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sweeeeet

yet another blog! i cannot keep up with my blogs!
Posted by swanny on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST