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Darin

How do you get an elephant out of the theatre?---------------------------------------------------- -

About Me

I play guitar
Escort Service
The Bat Mastersons
The Mumbles
Smart Patrol
Hello My Name is
RSK (sometimes, when needed)
The Vikings of Fine Dining
and a couple of other projects to be out in a place near you soon
Stuff from the past

FSC, Underdog, Numerous things in the DFW area from fuzzy times, studio work, played on a number of releases, I also have very little memory of most of that...Hey....ya know...good times.....

Things that make me smile

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Oh I've met people. Oh, who I'd like to meet? Well.........Sooner than you'd think.seriously sooner than you'd think.......

Music:

Serious issues here. Everything from Abba to Zappa...all points in between.

Movies:

Being There, Head, Better off Dead, Strange Brew, Almost Famous, Garden State, Say Anything, Quadrophenia, Harvey, The Godfather, Nap Dyn, Valley Girl,About a boy, High Fidelity,Hedwig and the angry inch,The Ruling Class, Run Lola Run, Rear Window, All the Presidents Men, Trainspotting, Marx Brothers(first 3) The Graduate, Eternal Sunshine, Kurosawa's "Dreams", I don't like snuff films. Also, I kinda felt sorry for the horse in that other movie I watched

Television:

not a lot of it. Less and less actually.

Books:

The Razors Edge, Everything Hunter S Thompson has written, Me talk pretty one day,Dave Eggers-A heartbreaking work of staggering Genius...The Sun Also Rises, Nick Hornby (Long Way Down in particular)Chuck Klosterman-Fargo Rock City, Autobiography of a Yogi, Lamb- Christopher Moore (get it today!), all of Kurt V, Confederacy of Dunces,Rand,The Great Gatsby, On the road, Oh the places you'll go

My Blog

Put Frank on the phone

Ahhhh..The weekend. Zero plans, zero stress, zero, zero. A busy week needs an appropriate ending. I have no idea what that will be. Writing a tons of stuff for the "Bat" thing, lots of poppy crap, but...
Posted by Darin on Fri, 11 May 2007 08:25:00 PST

Jesus Shaves

It's almost Easter again, and I thought of this story from David Sedaris. It's oddly Easter related, and it is quite funny...it always is.  Just a quick set up. He is living in France, taking Fre...
Posted by Darin on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:44:00 PST

yeah, yeah, I get it.

Jokes and Music. . More people bond over that stuff than I can calculate. Even back in the 1st grade I can recall developing my friends with jokes. Or laughter in general, maybe not jokes but being a ...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:57:00 PST

movin' just keep movin............

. Yjj2@
Posted by Darin on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:20:00 PST

the cosmic kid in full costume dress

Typed fast, excuse typo's..some of my best friends are typo's......... Well it's upon us. Saturday night will be the final Mumbles show for awhile if ever. It's been a really fun ride. I've played in ...
Posted by Darin on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:08:00 PST

Songs as a kid

Ya know....I still get the "punch" I got when I was a kid listening to a song for the first time. I remember the first time music really hit me. I was in a "Shakey's" Pizza parlor and this place ...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:00 PST

I can't even look, I mean I can, I mean I can't, I mean I can...

Ok, so I say's to the guy I says&."Really?" I just get a nod and a smile. So starts my day as I finish shaving and walk away from the mirror.  I'm actually listening to "Waiting in Vain" and reme...
Posted by Darin on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:57:00 PST

What a difference a day makes....

So, last night was great. It was Fat Tuesday Night, went out with friends who really make me laugh. I mean hard to breath laughter at times. That was really kinda all I needed I think. I said it was t...
Posted by Darin on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST

Focus...It's all about focus

So, this has been an insane 3 weeks. My profession has been beating me down, I just can't get any traction for some reason. Anybody out there use contract or contract to hire IT Talent? Call me.E...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:13:00 PST

Blahhhhg

Ahh...................Don't know what it means. I'm just glad it's been written down.....   Tiny European carsAre dropping from the skyTheir wonderfully efficientEngines fueled by Spanish wineMay...
Posted by Darin on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:42:00 PST