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Boom Pow Awesome Now

So long......and thanks for all the fish

About Me

I look forward to MBV headlining Coachella '09.

My Interests

Things involving very hot or very cold water. Subtlety, minge, eschatology. Passive consumption. other shit .
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I'd like to meet:

Friends for Last.fm and Soulseek. The ProTools literate. John Titor. Those interested in eschatology. Stephen Colbert. Zach Galifianakis.

The wittily prescient:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." -H.L. Mencken, 1920

Music:

Neutral Milk Hotel . this .
This is who I listened to most this week:

Movies:

Wet Hot American Summer, Citizen Kane, Style Wars, kung fu, Little Miss Sunshine, Science of Sleep, Kubric, City of God

Television:

The Colbert Report, UCB, Intervention, Strangers With Candy, Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, Finder's Keepers, South Park

Books:

Calvin and Hobbes, Vice , PostSecret ,David Sedaris, Salinger, Wikipedia , Lindsayism , Stereogum , MsSweeney's , my dictionary, and Maakies

Heroes:

(legally) democratically elected South American heads of state, Lenny Bruce, The Weather Underground, Billy Childish, Jeff Mangum , Tony Millionaire

My Blog

Im recording again (and the first song is online)

hear it (and download it and add it to your profile) here: The Back C.C.'s Myspace pageI also setup a last page for the band: The Back C.C.'s on Last.fmAnd I'm pseudo managing them. Holler about shows...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:02:00 PST

Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs

Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs.  I've always wondered quantitatively which is more addictive, in what way, and what gets you off most.  Finally a study to do tha...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:53:00 PST

Know any Kwaito or Baile Funk/Funk Carioca?

I downloaded Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats and a portion of Favela Chic Postnove, and there's some good stuff, but there must be better out there. Anybody have any suggestions?I've touched no Kwa...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:36:00 PST

Anybody familiar with the "death from above" setup 6FS used?

The live PA setup or recording. I'm going to keep googling and look at old video and pictures of Six Finger Satellite, but if anybody knows how they recording or setup for shows I'd appreciate learni...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:45:00 PST

"Do you like to laugh?"

My friend Sherri posted this from Overheard in New York which reminded me of what will follow:Comedy ticket guy: Hey, do you like to laugh?Goth chick: No. Do I look like I like to laugh?Comedy ticket ...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:12:00 PST

Mitt Romney is gaff-tastic

He has better name recognition and cred than most, but he can't stop saying dumb shit. I personally guarantee he will never be president. Oh, and he's mormon. And he addresses polygamy. Ahem. "I ...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:59:00 PST

After 27 years, I'm only now British

I grew up thinking I was half German and half Scottish. Then at some point round elementary school, I found out 25% of the German part was also Swiss; so half Scottish, 37% German and 13% Swiss. A c...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:21:00 PST

Give me your weird cold remedy

I wish to nip this cold at the bud.So far I've tried these three: Hot Tottie, water, and a shot glass filled with a teaspoon of money, a crushed fresh clove of garlic in hot water.
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:02:00 PST

My mom watches about 31 hours of television a week

I'm at my parents house, they're away, and while they're gone my mom has DVRed a whole shitload of things. So I thought, "That's a lot of shit! Exactly how much shit is this?". So I counted and in ...
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:20:00 PST

Owning your own private island

Has never been easier. Click and dream: Private Islands Online.
Posted by Boom Pow Awesome Now on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:57:00 PST