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Edward Appleby

i am an american aquarium drinker.

About Me

I've got style for miles and miles, so much style its wasted

My Interests

Let's see, I cook quite well; i play a fucking fierce game of Air Hockey and/or Ping Pong; drinking Jameson, good Vodka, good Sake; Haribo Gummi Bears, i play guitar, bass, keys/drum machine on my bitch: the Tascam 424 four-track, now the new and improved Tascam DP-01 digi 8-track; fucking shit up drum machine style; girls, women; sushi; fine cuisine; fine style; tea; JH; history; action figures; making films/music videos/animations; writing plays; imaginary friends; leisure; recliners; the word 'fuck'; cooking; salty language; dive bars; eroticism; kicking your ass at scrabble; playing music; my dog Meko; parenthetical phrasings ( ); vinyl; shots; tennis; making out; general illegality; women's sunglasses; nighttime; good fashion; getting mail; myredhair; flirting; failure; writing; blah blah fucking blah put that voltron cleavage on, i want to put some irony in my mouth

I'd like to meet:

__________________________________________________________la ura, the receptionist - ___________________________________________________________ BRAWNDO , cause... you know, it's got electrolytes and shit - ___________________________________________________________ god - good times !!! ___________________________________________________________r orshach - ___________________________________________________________ the fuckin' Pryor - ___________________________________________________________ just the tip - ___________________________________________________________ members only - ___________________________________________________________s torm shadow - ___________________________________________________________p eople of a discerning nature, those worth meeting, cynics, dictators, despots, the fine food, johnnie walker in his many splendored colors, optimus prime...

Music:

Aside from the classics (Beatles, JULIANA HATFIELD, PHILIP GLASS, My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, Cure, Fugazi, Slint, the minutemen, Radiohead, Stones, the Police, anything Steve Albini, the Clash, ELLIOTT SMITH, Beethoven, Joy Division, Violent Femmes, SHELLAC,Blake Babies, Roxy Music, V Underground, spacemen 3, Spiritualized*, Cap'n Jazz, U2, Cash, Eno, Bowie, Nirvana, Bjork, PAVEMENT, NIN) Helmet, Owls, Owen, Joan of Arc, Jawbox, Afghan Whigs, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Coltrane, django Reinhardt, Van Der Graaf Generator, Can, Rush, Pink Floyd, the Who, Sonic Youth, Tortoise, Sam Prekop, Bikini Kill, Talking Heads, Land of the Loops, old Modest Mouse, Juliana Hatfield, Cat Power, Pixies/Lemonheads, Sinatra, Death Cab, mogwai, Drive Like Jehu, Nada Surf, El Guapo, Q and not U, j Buckley, the sea and cake, tortoise, QOTSA, kyuss, Interpol, adult., Leonard Cohen, Aloha, Sleater Kinney, pinback, Sky Corvair/Ghosts and Vodka, angels of light, the notwist, slowdive, Ween, Thursday, Cursive, Jim O'rourke, thepolice, Yo La Tengo, Gang of Four, James Chance, Big Black, Boards of Canada, cex, b.fleischmann, Squarepusher, Silversun Pickups, PJ Harvey, the Flaming Lips, 16 Horsepower, spacemen 3, minus the bear, death from above 1979, franz ferdinand, bloc party, suede, elastica, bis, the verve, PULP, minor threat, rites of spring, nick drake, jay z, the Diabolical Biz Markee, jon spencer bx, Kid606, James Brown, Issac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, De La, Handsome Boy Modelling School, beasties, Miles Davis, Wilco, patsy cline, willie nelson, spoon, television, rilo kiley, Depeche Mode, John Adams, Terry Riley, Cage, Thomas Newman, electric birds, Labradford, Elliott Goldenthal, Stars of the Lid, Marumari, Pan American, Matmos, Aix Em Klemm, Steve Reich, R Sakamoto, Le Tigre, John Fruciante, black heart procession, Air, Beck, Yume Bitsu, bauhaus, Terminal 4, making women moan, Psychadelic Furs----Matador, Mammoth, Rephlex, Warp, Thrill Jockey, Sub Pop, Barsuk, Dischord, Anodyne, Touch and Go, self released, DeSoto...NPR, bands with exceptionally beautiful but coy and mysterious female members..._______________(good KC music) Shiner, The Storied Northwest, Stella Link, the Life and Times, Shots Fired, Pornhuskers, Overstep, Roman Numerals, Giants Chair, Boys Life, Great Fire of 1666, Doris Henson, Season to Risk, me, Anvil Chorus, Elevator Division, tj dovebelly, reggie, Schooled in Victory, Panel Donor, Traindodge, proudentall, riddleofsteel, the Golden Republic, Olympic Size, Hot Children, namelessnumberheadman, etc.

Movies:

FILMMAKERS: fritz lang, errol morris, charlie chaplin, stan brakhage, mya deren, tarantino, dziga vertov, tarkovsky, david lynch , early lucas/coppola, michel gondry, howard hawks, wes anderson, hitchcock, david fincher, p.t. anderson, robert wilson, tim burton, david mamet, cohen brothers, jim jarmusch, oliver stone, scorcese, godard, a little frank capra, jean cocteau, jeunett, stanley kubrick, darren aronofsky, orson welles, godfrey reggio, kurosowa, preston sturges,terry gilliam, richard linklater, sam raimi, robert rodriguez........____________ FILMS: metropolis, koyannisquatsi, the fog of war, a brief history of time, velvet goldmine, eternal sunshine, evil dead, star wars trilogy, garden state, pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, tetsuo the iron man, eraserhead, touch of evil, oscar and lucinda, waking life, before sunrise/sunset, M, natural born killers, the big lebowski, man with a movie camera, willy wonka, the lover, requiem for a dream, fight club, alien/s, lost highway, rushmore/tennenbaums , the life aquatic, citizen kane, philip glass' cocteau operas, einstein on the beach, a clockwork orange, full metal jacket, the great dictator, dr. strangelove, sin city, freddy got fingered, cabin boy, anchorman, pee wee's big adventure, fear and loathing, the shawshank redemption, miller's crossing, eight men out.

Television:

when i'm around a tv: news, Royals, Chiefs, KU, Ali G, Deadwood, ROME, Entourage, Iron Chef, Jeopardy, A Cook's Tour, no reservations, naked chef, King of the Hill, Family Guy, 24, Nova, Squidbillies, Aquateen Hunger Force, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Tim and Eric's Awesome Show Great Job, the Boondocks, the Larry Sanders Show, Kids in the Hall, Briscoe County Jr., Get A Life, Dr. Katz, Simpsons, old school Cheers, the Office (US and UK), Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Colbert Report, old Letterman, the History Channel, PBS, Adult Swim, Food Network

Books:

Franz Kafka, Robert Pinsky, Bukowski, Ben Jonson, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Anthony Burgess, Vonnegut, Spalding Gray, Eric Bogosian, Hunter S. Thompson, Shell Silverstein, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Steven Hawking, Shakespeare, Eugene O'neill, Sophacles, Sartre, kerouac, Cabeza De Vaca, w.s. Burroughs, Ginsberg, H.G. Wells, RayBradbury, the Giving Tree, Bill James, Bill Simmons, Joe Posnanski, Orwell, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, synthesizer manuals, V for Vendetta, Sin City, 300, comic books, history, erotica, Buried Child/True West, my own blathered musings on the inherently sensuous nature of baseball, box scores, food labels, food writings myself and otherwise, bbc.net, the onion, the Watchmen

Heroes:

mom and dad, Chaplin, Kubrick, lynch, lennon, jhatfield, Jack Bauer, anthony bourdain, caesar, mario batali, nicolascline, Mickey Mantle, Hunter S., kk, Goran Ivanisevic, kirk hinrich, penguins, Bill Simmons, D Boon, honesty, apathy, the Lay-Z-Boy recliner, malkmus e smith bill the butcher

fergus al swearengen Ben Katz donquixote philip glass

My Blog

i miss rushmore, i miss the seasons

i wish that i knew what i know now, when i was younger
Posted by Edward Appleby on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:19:00 PST

I cannot be stopped...

... i cannot be reasoned with. it is written. bow down. get a taste: you will taste the wrath of savage. perhaps tastes bitter? no one desires crushing fits of defeat. dont bother with the ping or ...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:33:00 PST

afternoon smiles and delights

tis nice waking up to splendored homecrafted sushi on a cloudy thursday; complete with edamame and shrimp tempura bites in homegrown/made red chili sauce. or so i imagined, and woke up ...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:45:00 PST

does Jesus have a star on the Walk of Fame?

Fucking muppets have Stars i think. (would they be Fuppets? hmmm...) Tony Danza has one. Lindsay Lohan's tissue for wiping cum off of her face even has a Star. Other great child diddlers and mu...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:53:00 PST

summer babe

-Summer Babe - by Pavement Ice baby,I saw your girlfriend and she wasEating her fingers like theyre just another mealBut she waits thereIn the levee washesMixin cocktails with a plastic-tipped cigarMy...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Sat, 27 May 2006 05:35:00 PST

tofu in basil

yum, this was pretty damn good. indeed! yep, i'm a stupid food geek. seared tofu in basil sake sauce   2 tablespoons, vegetable or peanut oil block extra firm tofu, sliced into 2 x 2 inch cube...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:06:00 PST

beautiful girls

i just watched 'beautiful girls' again. what a great fucking movie. flawless. natalie portman in this movie, top 10 character all time. no doubt. snow and winter and guys fretting over women and their...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:16:00 PST

the piano - because its better than curing polio

seriously. whomever invented the piano is better than Jonas Salk. or the guy who invented the TV dinner. or the kind soul who invented Connect Four (got three in a row, go for one more. go for it, CON...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:04:00 PST

boxing and the art of deconstructing another human

i was lucky enough to witness one of the finest displays of human dismantling i've ever seen. i know boxing isn't cool to most people, but i enjoy a good fisticuffs on occasion. i'm a rowdy irishman,...
Posted by Edward Appleby on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:39:00 PST

red lamb goes to heaven

red lamb goes to heaven a precursor. I fixed some lamb chops a couple of days ago, seared on both sides, bone in, to medium rare. ate some, saved the rest. used bones and parts to make a lamb stock....
Posted by Edward Appleby on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:23:00 PST