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Will

Why don't we move over here where there's more room to groove - Bruce Lee

About Me

Recently, I was leaving my aunt’s apartment in Queens, NYC and going through the same self reflection / inner narration I go through every time I am out there. Thinking about my family before me and every thing they went through to create a life for their children and grandchildren. Which, in turn, leads me to wonder if I can create a life for myself that includes a small Brooklyn apartment, gainful employment, walks in Prospect Park, and other similarly idealized activities; or would I be sent back to Detroit beaten and defeated? Anyways, I was thinking about this as I walked into the corner Dunkin Donuts to buy a coffee before I jumped on F-train, and (I kid you not) Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” was playing on the radio. This is the least ironic moment of my life to involve Journey.My new blog: Primordial Panda

My Interests

Cooking (Southwestern, Chinese, French, Italian, American traditional). Music. Movies. Disc Golf. Hiking. Biking. Writing. Small Carpentry. DIY Projects. Videogames.

I'd like to meet:

My evil twin, because maybe he can grow facial hair.

Music:

David Bowie. Tom Waits. Nick Drake. Trail of Dead. Iron & Wine. The Cure. Modest Mouse. Built to Spill. Polyphonic Spree. Wilco. Johnny Cash. Arcade Fire. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Wolf Parade. The Ramones. Bob Dylan. Destroyer. Fugazi. The Evans. The Fiery Furnaces. Radiohead. The Clientel. Flaiming Lips. Morphine. Nirvana. Pavement. New Pornographers. Portishead. The Pixies. GNR. The White Stripes. Neil Young. The Postal Service. Silver Jews. Spiritualized. Sufjan Stevens. Damien Rice. Talking Heads. Tapes N Tapes. Sunset Rubdown. The Band. Yo La Tengo. Jesus Christ Superstar. Avenue Q.

Movies:

Wes Anderson's. LOTR. Star Wars. Godfather. Lost in Translation. Garden State. The Matrix. Kubric's. Jarmusch's. Coen Bros.' Anchorman. Miyizaki's. Nothing cracks my up like old Mel Brooks movies.

Television:

Simpsons. Lost. 24. Daily Show. Colbert Report. Arrested Development. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Seinfeld. Good Eats.

Books:

Just gave "Beasts of No Nation" by Uzodinma Iweala a shot. If you are one of the people who recommended this book to me, beware because I might punch you in the throat the next time I see you. "How Soccer Explains the World." Anthony Bourdain. "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" by Chuck Klosterman. "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon. "Cash" by Johnny Cash. Kerouac. Bill 'The Sports Guy' Simmons. Neil Gaiman. I read Mick Wall’s Guns N’ Roses: The Most Dangerous Band in the World when I was thirteen. This book led to Axl actually calling out Mick Wall and challenging him to a fight on the Use Your Illusion track Get in the Ring. I was possibly a little young to be reading that book.

My Blog

Top 18 albums of 2006

Top 18 Albums of 2006   18) Johnny Cash American V: A Hundred Highways   The last album released in Johnny Cash's lifetime, American IV, was a near perfect climax to his career. Resonant son...
Posted by Will on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:21:00 PST

Dr. ESPN: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tony Romos Blackness

I used to love ESPN. That was before the World Wide Leader reduced all highlight packages to 30 seconds or less and decided the only stories sports fans must care about are T.O., the newly sainted Ton...
Posted by Will on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:05:00 PST

I don't know what you will like

There is something you need to know about me.   I have no idea what you will like.   I do not know what album/novel/movie is going to be your own personal Shangri-La, and you know what, I am...
Posted by Will on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:11:00 PST

The Hold Steady - boys and girls in America

Remember the scene towards the end of High Fidelity when the three clerks are just floored by the demo record cut by the shop lifting youths Justin and Vince? The demo is so good it causes Rob Gordon ...
Posted by Will on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:21:00 PST

NYC

I will be back in the city in a matter of days. It would be nice to cook my aunt dinner and feel like part of the city again. NYC, more than any other city of have been to, is so devisive in that you ...
Posted by Will on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:50:00 PST

Memphis

Meant to post a while back. Better late than never I guess.   Kings should eat this well. It was three days of foodie goodness. I ate pancakes at the Millrace Old Mill in Ohio (one of the 42 stil...
Posted by Will on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:44:00 PST

Detroit, now with 15% less dank

Here are some random thoughts about the last few shows and working in the city:   Working in the city has been refreshing after spending two years in the mecca of suburban sprawl that is Farming...
Posted by Will on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:15:00 PST

An Interesting Prerogative

So, while I was working today, I arranged to transfer money to a couple of prisoners. While working on this, I made a crack that tomorrow must be cigarette day. I was quickly informed that most ...
Posted by Will on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:56:00 PST

Tom Waits @ The Detroit Opera House!

There are a few once in a lifetime performers I really regret never seeing live (Pavement, Nirvana, pre-cornrows Guns N Roses). But, there is one artist, above all others, I knew I would not be able t...
Posted by Will on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:21:00 PST

Joga Bonito: My World Cup Blog

After one week of play, these are some of my favorite moments from the 2006 World Cup.   The Mask   In the 92nd minute of play, Ecuadors Ivan Kaviedes scored a punctuation goal giving Ecuado...
Posted by Will on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:15:00 PST