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About Me

Alexander Pope once wrote, "What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed." If you can really grasp that concept, then you'll have a much better understanding of foreigners and drunks.

I believe Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon posed one of the great existential questions of our time when he queried an unsuspecting young Judge Harold T. Stone, "Why do men have nipples?"

If religion is the "opiate of the masses," does that explain the "war on drugs?"

Diversity: if more people appreciated the old adage "Same sh!t, different pile," I believe the world would be a better place.

Everybody's got issues - know which ones to subscribe to.

My Interests

Wikipedia, globetrotting, travel, grilling, barbecue, gastronomy, dartistry, pinball wizardry, foosball hooliganism, Melrose Trading Post , Steve Jobs' Stanford address , poker.

I'd like to meet:

Sentient beings being sentient.

Music:

Beethoven, Hank, El Tito, Cash, Gainsbourg, Tom Jones, Sabbath, Curtis Mayfield, Nick Drake, Melvins, Fugazi, Mr. Bungle, Eric Avery, QOTSA, Celery, Stanford Prison Experiment, Yann Tiersen, DJ Spooky, Torrance crooning "Dead Flowers" outside the BR.

Movies:

Lebowski, Spinal Tap, Man Bites Dog, Future Primitive, Anchorman, Grizzly Man, True Romance, Rules of Attraction, Riding Giants, El Macho Versus The Canadian Mummies Of Mars , Bad Santa. Anything with Bill Paxton.

Television:

Johnny Staccato, Frontline, Merrie Melodies, Lost, exploitation commercials. Even though Tom Green Live isn't technically a TV show, it's genius.

Books:

Many literati seem unnecessarily condescending - keep steeping Darjeeling. Nabokov, Raymond Carver, Charlie Kaufman, Twain's adages, East of Eden, Book of Five Rings, Into Thin Air, Der Struwwelpeter, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Orality and Literacy.

Heroes:

The Dude. And Snake Plissken.

My Blog

Presidents of the USA - 3/21/08 - The Roxy Theatre

Cronies and Phonies,It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce that The Presidents of the United States of America (aka the band you may only remember for singing "Peaches" and "Lump" be...
Posted by MC on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:57:00 PST

RIP Kiss or Kill

Went to Kiss or Kill for the first and last time last night, in light of the fact that's it's over. Bummed that I'd never been before despite numerous invites over the years. Good people, good tunes.Y...
Posted by MC on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:40:00 PST

Rich Harter & Harry Perry - LA Musicans That Kill

I was at the Roxy last night for a Levi's/Paper Mag party that featured Ima Robot. The show was great.I went outside to catch a breath of fresh air and ran into Rich Harter. Now, I met Rich about a ye...
Posted by MC on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:51:00 PST

L.A.R.D. on Myspace Is Official!

Phonies and Cronies,Well, we finally broke down and did it: LARD - the Los Angeles Regional Darters Official Myspace Group for the masses is finally here!I know a lot of you had been begging me to do ...
Posted by MC on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:02:00 PST

Fit Like A Fuxedo

My good buddy CPoo told me about The Fuxedos a couple of weeks ago with tales of great ribaldry. They were playing at Safari Sam's last night, so I decided to meet up with him and check them out. I we...
Posted by MC on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:28:00 PST

Two Things I Recently Saw That Made Me Laugh

Enjoy! And if you don't feel like sitting through this entire four minute video below, I strongly suggest skipping to the phone conversation around the three minute mark. It only gets better....
Posted by MC on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:35:00 PST

MySpace, Legal Recourse and Nourishing the Society of Fear

My brother posted this yesterday and I thought I'd share it:"Lawyers on MySpace While listening to NPR this morning, I he...
Posted by MC on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:38:00 PST

She's choppin' Celery

I've had a few inquiries about the profile song on my page from people who aren't familiar with Celery, the greatest band ever to emerge from St. Louis, MO. Yes, even moreso than Uncle Tupelo and the ...
Posted by MC on Fri, 11 May 2007 11:50:00 PST

The Medium Is The Massage (Sans Happy Ending)

Phonies and Cronies,First off, I want to thank my loyal subscribers - thank you for your comments, input and bullshit over the years. Much appreciated. To those of you that aren't adept, you can subsc...
Posted by MC on Fri, 04 May 2007 04:29:00 PST

United We One-Night Stand

XX and XYs,My car has an American Flag on it. I didn't put that flag there, my brother did. I believe it was his tribute to the post-9/11 "United We Stand" ideology. But what does that flag represent ...
Posted by MC on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:37:00 PST