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Contraflow

i said to these clouds, 'no more am i blind'

About Me

there really isn't anything about me, is there? uh, well, uh, i, uh, like curry. I guess.

My Interests

aged gouda, india pale ales, vindaloos _and_ kormas

I'd like to meet:

God, I can't even keep up with the people that I know, why would I need more?

Music:

Scott Walker, stuff with lots of synthesizers, really jangly stuff, really noisy stuff, Frank Sinatra's "That's Life" and the Go-Betweens

Movies:

God, I don't even watch movies anymore. I'm a sensitive artist and can't stand to be in theatres

Television:

Lost, Futurama, Upright Citizens Brigade, Colbert Report, porn

Books:

just magazines, i'm afraid

Heroes:

Hunter Thompson and President Bush

My Blog

Steve Gilliard RIP

My favorite blogger, Steve Gilliard, died on Saturday. I was first introduced to Gilliard via a link to this post in the wake of hurricane Katrina. Some people lost faith in America after Bush won, ...
Posted by Contraflow on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:09:00 PST

new french tits

i can't believe that I just found 43 songs by hefner that I'd never heard before. apparently there's some sort of 2 disc b-side collection called catfight! that collects stuff that never made it onto...
Posted by Contraflow on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

i am away from my desk

Alright bitches,I will be in San Francisco for a week. Entertain yourselves in the interim; I intend to come back with stories. I won't be checking this for a few days, so use comments to tell me so...
Posted by Contraflow on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:37:00 PST

bad news/good news

The bad news for today is the following:Look at this rosy snapshot of our economy.And if you think we can survive all that, that human life will find a way and we'll just go back to living on farms or...
Posted by Contraflow on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:59:00 PST

waiting for LOST to come on...

So tonight they're supposed to answer why John Locke is in a wheelchair (though not why the most faith-based character on the show is named after a 17th century blank slate philosopher)....In the mean...
Posted by Contraflow on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:03:00 PST

inland empire

I just went and saw Inland Empire last night. I'm not going to try to review it, since it goes beyond the usual good/bad movie dichotomy to the simple notion of "will you bear with david lynch?"I wil...
Posted by Contraflow on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:19:00 PST

non-routine embarrassments

In two days I have my first actual panel interview of my life. I'm nervous as hell, but not for the usual reasons. I'm afraid of the whole thing turning into some sort of algonquin round table verba...
Posted by Contraflow on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:41:00 PST

your year-end listening

The playlist of 2006 in a nutshell for you:Asobi Seksu-- "Goodbye"The Pipettes--"Pull Shapes"all the catchiness of a 4-min girl group hit in a 2 min package. Mew--"The Zookeeper's Boy"Gnarls Barkley-...
Posted by Contraflow on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:25:00 PST

2am

has anyone ever tried watching movies on comedy central at 2am? There are films that have never seen the inside of a cineplex, an independent theatre, or even the most bedraggled film festival ever. ...
Posted by Contraflow on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST

open source macaroni and cheese

Does everyone know the idea of open source software? feel free to use, edit and improve it--just keep it public. Also, let me know your ideas, too, so i can improve on them. incidentally, this is w...
Posted by Contraflow on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:22:00 PST