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patrick

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is 10 years old. If you don't know it yet, you should.

About Me

CounterpointNet_Work - Suicide WatchmanThe Middle Show - Impression ShowcaseBratznet_work - Percussion Eruption Extrasnet_work-Percussion EruptionFear of A Black PlanetHarry PottermaniaiPhoneWiimbledon

My Interests

Sports radio and Adrienne. In that order.

I'd like to meet:

This little girl. Like right this minute.I'm nervous that we have collectively forgotten how funny this is.

Music:

REM, Pavement, David Bowie, Morrissey,The Thermals, The Hold Steady, Be Your Own Pet, JAMC, AC/DC, Uncle Tupelo, UGK (RIP Pimp C), Okkervil River, The National, Lupe Fiasco, T. Rex, Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys. The Soft Boys, Jesse Malin, The Queers, Arcade Fire, Peter Bjorn and John, the dbs, Lou Reed/Velvets, Harry Nilson, Clipse. Wilco, Rilo Kiley, MTX, Husker Du, The Replacements, The Feelies, Sloan, My Bloody Valentine, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, Thin Lizzy, Of Montreal, Ghostface, Raekwon, The Jam, The Undertones, The Byrds, Matthew Sweet, Faces, The Cure, Talking Heads, Neutral Milk Hotel, Alkaline Trio, Lagwagon, X, XTC, X-Ray Spex,Waylon, Willie, Johnny, Merle, Loretta, Patsy, Townes, Jay, Big, Dre, Pac, Joy Division. Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Public Enemy, Belle and Sebastian, Weston, Big Daddy Kane, (old school) LL, The Minutemen, The Afghan Whigs, Metric, The Kinks, The Decemberists, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, Belly, Sleater Kinney, The Pixies,TV on the Radio, Young Jeezy, The Walkmen, Springsteen, John Vanderslice, Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Band, The Drive-by Truckers and Neko Case.Also, do yourself a favor and watch this video. I'm not being ironic, it's awesome...

Movies:

I don't care for movies. I like television.

Television:

Buffy.. width="425" height="350" ....Roseanne.. ...."Arrested Development.. width="425" height="350" ....Friday Night Lights also Heroes but not so much because it's good but Kristen Bell...damn!

Books:

I just read Rob Sheffield's book "Love is a Mix Tape" in two sittings, in one day. It was really beautiful. My new years resolution is to finally read "Infinite Jest" and "David Copperfield" so we'll see...

Heroes:

Jeff Mangum.

My Blog

Top 50 Songs of 2007

Alright, so I usually explain why these songs are great but this year I'm not. It's just a list. Deal with it.NOTE: I may add descriptions later, I may not. We'll see.50.) "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pi...
Posted by patrick on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:43:00 PST

The L Train

For those of you who live in New York, I've recently decided that I am going to take the 6 train to Union Square and then transfer to the L and take it to 3rd Avenue because I'm pretty sure no one in ...
Posted by patrick on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:10:00 PST

Tag, Tag...Goose!

So, I've been "tagged" by Mara. What's tagged you ask. Let's consult with Maz...(Copied from her blog) The rules are: Once you've been tagged, write a blog with 10 weird or random things, facts or hab...
Posted by patrick on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:19:00 PST

Band Names

if I had a kick ass rock and roll band, I would name it one of these things...The Jackson SixJohnny Hates JewsLenny and the KravitzesThe Twenty SevensCastle GreyskullThe Bee BeardsAngela LansburyThe T...
Posted by patrick on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:07:00 PST

So long OC, I may be the only one, but I'll miss you.

So, the OC will end tonight to very little fanfare. No one really cares. It's become a punchline. While watching American Idol at work (yes, I watch television at work...all the time) on Tuesday, ther...
Posted by patrick on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:04:00 PST

The Best Records of 2006

Yep, here it goes the moment that exactly no one was waiting for... The Top 40 albums of the year as decided by me. No one else. Just me. It's what I like, you don't have to agree, but here they are.4...
Posted by patrick on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:50:00 PST

Best songs of 2006.

HiSo the year is coming to a close and that means that I get to self-righteously declare what I think is the best music of 2006! Aren't you all excited? I'm going to do records at a later date (what w...
Posted by patrick on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:13:00 PST

Michael Richards reinstates Jim Crow laws...

Based on an idea by myself and Franny Reynolds.
Posted by patrick on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:07:00 PST

Coogs

Yep, Coogs. As in Steve Coogan. Or Steven Coogan. Or the funniest person on the planet...in front of the camera at least. Steve Coogan is a genius. Dont believe me? Buy "I'm Alan Partridge" on DVD or ...
Posted by patrick on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:28:00 PST

Elections '06

So, I think I'm becoming a republican. No, not because I believe in anything the right says, I'm pretty apalled by all of it, but because of a guy I work with. My cousin Ann Marie is one of the smarte...
Posted by patrick on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:50:00 PST