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Shannon Barrett

"What is this, the bad cop/retarded cop routine?"

About Me

I live in Texas with my wife, Lara. we have no children or pets and spend most of our time pursuing our artistic endeavors.
For me that includes singing and writing in the rock band 'far star', making experimental noise with 'h...n', and making electronic music in 'of sparks and stars'.
Lara is an amazing photographer and she also sings and does music in 'of sparks and stars'.
Almost everyone I know is trying to supersize their lives by buying more of everything bigger and larger. I feel just the opposite. We own a pretty small house and unless something unforeseen happens (like children or obesity) we probably won't upgrade for a while. My favorite part of touring an Ikea store is their displays that show you all the stuff you can do with only 230 square feet! Maybe if we ever sell our house to move closer to our friend in Dallas we can try to find something even smaller.

My Interests

anything music: writing, listening, playing, etc.
being married, staying married (7 years now...)
being fit, running another marathon.
becoming better at what i do, getting promoted at work, learning more.
reconciling with my past.
not having kids yet.
not having a tricked out myspace profile. creating lists.

I'd like to meet:

my twitter friends ..

Music:

most recently (August 2008): girl talk, dan le sac vs scroobius pip, ghostland observatory, katy perry
most often: aaron sprink, aloha, arab strap, arcade fire, arthur russell, beastie boys, belle and sabastian, beulah, bill mallonee, blink 182, built to spill, camper van beethoven, centro-matic, the chemistry set, cocteau twins, coldplay, the cure, cush, the danielson famile, david garza, the dillenger escape plan, dizzee rascal, el gato, elliot smith, everclear, faith no more, the fire theft, the flaming lips, franz ferdinand, the gloria record, guided by voices, guns n roses, hayden, hella, hot rod circuit, interpol, jamiroquai, jane's addiction, jay farrar, jets to brazil, jimmy eat world, john reuben, john vanderslice, joseph arthur, josh pearson, kent, the killers, ladytron, the lassie foundation, lift to experience, lisa loeb, lsu, mf doom, michael knott, minus the bear, mission of burma, mogwai, morrissey, the mountain goats, nine inch nails, of montreal, pavement, pedro the lion, pell mell, peter gabriel, pink floyd, poor old lu, presidents of the united states of america, public enemy, R.E.M., radiohead, remy zero, roadside monument, robot brown, saetia, say hi to your mom, sleater-kinney, the smiths, sole, son volt, soul coughing, the southern sea, starflyer 59, starsailor, stavesacre, the strokes, sugar, sunny day real estate, the swans, thursday, victory at sea, vigilantes of love, the violet burning, the waiting, the walkmen

Movies:

Most recently: lately i've had no patience with movies. i forced myself to watch 3:10 To Yuma and it was good.
Video Games: Jade Empire, The Orange Box (xbox 360), Final Fantasy VII (playstation).

Television:

we cancelled our cable because of the writer's strike...
TV on dvd: arrested development, gilmore girls, the venture bros., the adventures of pete and pete, sports night

Books:

currently reading/listening: anything by jeff fox
After a 15 year hiatus I've actually purchased some comic books. Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Battlestar Gallactica, The Walking Dead

Heroes:

people who keep doing what they love even after there is adequate evidence that they've failed.

My Blog

September 16, 2007 - New Far Star song "Waking Up, 2:15" on KDGE!

Far Star just finished mixing and mastering our EP "Back to Life".  We're finalizing all of the artwork, etc but in the meantime we're streaming our first single "Waking Up, 2:15" exclusively on ...
Posted by Shannon Barrett on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:49:00 PST

July 26, 2007 - Waking Up, Looking in the Mirror

so we sort of have a morning pattern where the alarm goes off at 6:51 and I get up and turn it off. I then head to the bathroom to empty the bladder then brush my teeth.  And I always end up givi...
Posted by Shannon Barrett on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:16:00 PST

May 4, 2007 - updates

these are going to be the most pitiful updates ever.  primarly because i need to get up right now, turn off my laptop, leave the coffee shop and walk to work.  but before i do that a few thi...
Posted by Shannon Barrett on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:38:00 PST

February 16, 2004 - check one check two

i hate journaling. which is why i have a live journal called "sbarrett hates journaling"here it is: http://slowdrown.livejournal.com-shannon
Posted by Shannon Barrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST