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Don

Celebrating 39 years of annoying the religious right...

About Me

Introverted & Extroverted randomly,simultaneously,and at all hours.Able to recite my entire record collection alphabetically..not really but let me attempt it for you!At some point recently i have developed the ability to talk friends out of reading my horoscope to me,which i have been trying to do,well,forever.

My Interests

Music makes my world spin,live or recorded.Other than that i like art,good movies,good beer,wine that doesn't come in a box,coffee,running away to NYC for a weekend,walking,going to see bands,rainy fall days,bars with character but not pretension,and trying to stay positive during the reign of King George Bushie.

I'd like to meet:

Other city folk & friendly bartenders

Music:

Luna,Velvets,Yo La Tengo,Spacemen 3,Magnetic Fields,Ramones,Clash,Slowdive,Ride,My Bloody Valentine,Nick Cave,Dinosaur Jr,Nick Drake,Palomar,Johnny Thunders,Blonde Redhead,Shonen Knife,Stereolab,Belle and Sebastian,Ted Leo and Rx,New York Dolls,Television,Tom Verlaine,The Smiths,Sonic Youth,Jesus and Mary Chain,Galaxie 500,Cocteau Twins,Iggy Pop,Bowie,Morrissey,Broken Social Scene,Undertones,Chelsea Graveyard,Blondie,Black Tambourine,Dean & Britta,Hope Sandoval,Opal,Lou Reed,Go Betweens,Heartbreakers,Damon & Naomi,Grasshopper...there's more but my finger's tired right now.

Movies:

Barfly,Rashomon,All Or Nothing,Contempt,Band Of Outsiders,Breathless,24 Hour Party People,High Fidelity,Downtown 81',Taxi Driver,Desperate Living,Rushmore,Royal Tenenbaums,Tales Of Ordinary Madness,Night On Earth,My Own Private Idaho,Best In Show,Trash,Blank Generation,Mystery Train,Down By Law,Lost In Translation,A Very Long Engagement....Godard,Jarmusch,Wes Anderson and John Waters are my favorites.

Television:

..is like chewing gum for the mind.

Books:

Bukowski,Fante,Kerouac,DeLillo,Vonnegut,Burroughs,Warhol..ba sically anything subversive ...

Heroes:

Anyone who can throw an instrument over their shoulder and make a million people happy...and my parents.

My Blog

Tired.........

So i was sitting at one of my local watering holes Sunday afternoon,having a few as is my custom,when i realized that it wasn't fun anymore.The bars,the people who aren't really your friend,the smoky,...
Posted by Don on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:26:00 PST

Kurt Vonnegut RIP

A truly great writer passed away yesterday in Kurt Vonnegut.To call him the Mark Twain of his (and my) generation doesn't give the man enough praise.His novels transcended generations(my mother loved ...
Posted by Don on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:56:00 PST

One For The Ages...

Pretty bad hangover today..i believe i had one or two too many drinks at Friends last night.Ah the rock star life,if only i could play guitar..
Posted by Don on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:23:00 PST