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Tony

Give 'em the Odd-Ball Run-Around!

About Me

Graphic designer. Improv comedian. Digital filmmaker. Writer. Actor. Nerd. Burly heartthrob.

My Interests

Literature, film, design, cooking, quiet moments of inactivity.

I'd like to meet:

Friends. And friends of friends.

Music:

Miles Davis, Al Green, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Cake, Booker T & the MGs, Coleman Hawkins, Daft Punk, David Byrne, Devo, Duke Ellington, the Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis, Fats Waller, Gilbert & Sullivan, Henry Mancini, the Incredible Bongo Band, Issac Hayes, James Brown, John Linnell, Johnny Cash, Kevin MacLeod, the KLF, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Maceo Parker, Michael Buble, Nate Dogg & Warren G, Orbital, Paul Williams, Presidents of the United States of America, Raymond Scott, Reel Big Fish, Rudy Ray Moore, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Scott Morgan, Sigur Ros, Spike Jones, The Stranglers, Thelonious Monk, They Might Be Giants, Tommy Dorsey, Undisputed Truth, Vangelis, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Wilco

Movies:

There are, honestly, too many to mention. Maybe I'll devote a day to updating this section.

Television:

Lost, Doctor Who, The Sopranos, Big Love, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Rome, Torchwood

Books:

"The Club Dumas" and "The Seville Covenant" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Lullaby" by Chuck Palahaniuk, "Night of the Hunter" by Thomas Stark, "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis, "Snow Crash" by Neal Stepenson, "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler, "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Heroes:

Dario Argento, Robert Altman, Wes Anderson, Orson Welles, Robert Rodriguez, Toshiro Mifune

My Blog

Me Minds Not On Me Work At All

In that oh-so-timid state between "almost recovered" and "completely well," there's nothing that makes you feel as accomplished as finally getting a leg up on your dirty laundry. By current count, I o...
Posted by Tony on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:13:00 PST

Look At My Fingers; They Vibrate

Video is rendering tonight as I try and solve the problem of why the ComedyCity slideshow isn't updating. I'd better get this solved by noon, or else I am going to ruin someone's Valentine's Day. It's...
Posted by Tony on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:49:00 PST

The Real Fake Album Cover Story

Tonight I got caught up in a thread on Forumopolis involving creating your own ficticious album covers for non-existant bands based on a few random search results from the internets. It's a great desi...
Posted by Tony on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

Wikipedia Alternative Rock Group Generator

Go to WIkipedia and press "Random article." The title of the article is your band name. Select "Random article" again for the name of your album, and for twelve tracks.Paul HarrisHighway 502Tracklist:...
Posted by Tony on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:51:00 PST

The Piano and Other Regrets

"Do you know what my father used to say to me? He said 'Arthur,' because that was my name. He said 'Arthur, you're a carbuncle on the behind of humanity.'"-Peter Ustinov, "Topkapi"Tonight is one of th...
Posted by Tony on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:56:00 PST

Notes From The Under Story

Inspired by Courtney Collins, who is by and large the most extreme Christmas nerd I know, it's time to start getting in the spirit of things. :D I need to dig out my rocket ship stocking.So ...
Posted by Tony on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:37:00 PST

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

There are days when you eat because you're hungry. There are nights where you eat because it just makes you feel better.I'm trying to figure out if I want this post to keep going in that vein.We opene...
Posted by Tony on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:23:00 PST

Only The Briefest Of Updates

So, where have I been? Rehearsing Slaphappy, which you can read about in this preview article from the Green Bay Press-Gazette.Going to school. Oh... joy. :DAnd... that's it. But, isn't that enough?I'...
Posted by Tony on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:55:00 PST

Lame.

There are 20 to 30 vertical lines in my monitor that have burned out so far. I'm watching two new ones forming as I type. They're starting from the top and the bottom of teh screen, reaching out for e...
Posted by Tony on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:33:00 PST

All Day Long Im Sitting Singing Songs For Everyone

I always wonder if it's natural for people to mood swing as heavily as I do. Tonight's is a gargantuan sort of swing; Foucault's Pendulum swaying huge and precariously from side to side.Which reminds ...
Posted by Tony on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:44:00 PST