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Joyface

I know you think child killing is 'cool' like the LBC Soundsystems and the Animals Collected, but I'

About Me

I'm a musician. I like the sport of basketball.There really isn't much else to say... I mean, I could give you an existential rant, or my life story... but that wouldn't be very personal, would it? What a general question.

My Interests

Music, Cinema, Photography, Journalism, all of the arts really.

I'd like to meet:

The Devil, he'd be so pleased.

Music:

Animal Collective, 23 Skidoo, The Golden Palaminos, !!!, OOIOO, Anaksimandros, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Machine Drum, Prefuse 73, Boards of Canada, The Books, The Strokes, Monitor, Flux of Pink Indians, Brian Eno, Out Hud, Portishead, The Blood Brothers, Wolf Eyes, Yellow Swans, Cabaret Voltaire, Lightning Bolt, Sightings, Noxagt, Need New Body, Merzbow, Jandek, Metalux, Hair Police, Talking Heads, Suicide, Depeche Mode, EITS, GSYBE, Stereolab, Tortoise, Add N to (X), Jim O'Rourke, Wilco, Bark Psychosis, Uncle Tupelo, Johnny Cash, Slint, Flying Saucer Attack, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Jesus Lizard, The Swans, Non, Ut, Y Pants, Static, Lydia Lunch, 8-Eyed Spy, Rhys Chatham, Aube, Alan Licht, Chrome, Melt Banana, Throbbing Gristle, The Advantage, The dBs, The Cure, The Adverts, Death From Above 1979, Johann Johannson, The Mini-bosses, Gang of Four, Joy Division, The Pop Group, X, Nirvana, Melvins, Mekons, Psychic and Alternative TV, The Germs, The Wipers, Mission of Burma, The Pixies, Bjork, Mindflayer, Funkadelic, Can, Kraftwerk, Faust, Neu, Neubauten, TV on the Radio, The Liars, J.O.Y, Black Dice, Black Eyes, XBXRX, Menomena, Matmos, Adult., Circle Jerks, Laika, Aphex Twin, Autechre, John Cage, Stackhausen, Terry Reilly, Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Max Richter, Diplo, Dangermouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nas, Ultramagnetic MCs, Public Enemy, Kanye West, Xiu Xiu, Phillip Jeck, William Basinkski, Big Black, Rapeman, Birthday Party, Small Maps, Muffins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, New Order, Section 23, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Erase Eratta, Minutemen, Lilliput, Delta 5, Au Pairs, Django Reinhardt, ABC, Happy Mondays, Black Grabe, Stone Roses, Chameleons UK, Interpol, Blackalicious, MF Doom, Kool Keith, Capatain Beefheart, Whitehouse, Sonic Youth, Mars, DNA, Red Transistor, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Glenn Branca, James Chance, Theooretical Girls, Beatles, Velvet Underground, Drive Like Jehu, PIL, Buzzcocks, Magazine, Wire, Slits, Raincoats, Pink Section, Liquid Liquid, Essential Logic, X-Ray Specs, The Clash, Television, The Stooges, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, THE RESIDENTS.I haven't updated this part in 4 years and I'm not going to start now.

Movies:

Linklater, Fellini, Tarantino, Anderson, Almodovar, Ang Lee, Hitchcock, Vigo, Sophia Coppola, Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson

Television:

Sealab, Aqua Teen, South Park, Daily Show, Colbert Report.

Books:

Vonnegut, Burroughs, Thompson, Nabakov, Ellis, Hemmingway

Heroes:

Who's really that special?

My Blog

Alright. So I need to find a guitarist.

I'm starting a band.  I have like 17 songs, and I've recorded super-stripped down versions of a few.  Which can be found under the Tokyo Run here on MySpace.  Later the songs have taken...
Posted by Joyface on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I'm rockin the new Out Hud record.

What an amazing album. I never thought I'd dance, but it's bound to happen now.
Posted by Joyface on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Fuck anti-depressants and therapy, they've been obsolete since Screamadelica.

"Movin' On Up" by Primal Scream. I mean c'mon. Listen to that song and try not to be happy. I guess maybe your grandmother dying could fight off the joy train that is this song, but mine is dying a...
Posted by Joyface on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Three Albums I Love That Don't Often Get Mentioned When People Ask Me What Albums I Love

1. 2. 3. I love Lauryn Hill. I've loved her since she kicked-ass on Killing Me Softly. I don't care if I typically dislike cover songs, Roberta Flack got owned-supreme. I d...
Posted by Joyface on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Man, just... I want to be like... FUCK LONDON CALLING.

But I can't. It's like, somehow I need to figure out a reason to dislike this album. Here is what I know. 1. The Clash were kind of a bunch of tools. I mean, Strummer was cool, but they were way...
Posted by Joyface on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST