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Dee Calhoun

they confiscated everything, even the stuff we didn't steal

About Me

big nasty leather-lunged screaming bastard, vocalist/bassist for Land Of Doom ...I am the Operations Supervisor in the DC office of Traffic.com Inc...I reside with my lovely wife and our wonderful daughter and son ...for other tidbits, photos, and sounds, visit my official site .

My Interests

music, film, old horror/suspense radio shows, comics, tattoos, baseball (I'm a fan of the team that used to be the Baltimore Orioles), web design, recording, cunning linguistics

I'd like to meet:

people who are cool, down to earth, and who are comfortable with just being themselves...and liking loud music is a big plus :)

Music:

Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Biomechanical, Iced Earth, Nevermore, Iron Maiden, Ronnie James Dio, Kiss, Testament, Pantera, Black Label Society, Down, Trouble, Johnny Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Mamas and the Papas...if it has attitude and is well-thought, then I enjoy it

Movies:

anything with great dialogue, memorable characters, and a captivating storyline...I am also a horror fanatic...far too many films to name, although some favorites that immediately come to mind are The Usual Suspects, Se7en, Night of the Living Dead, National Lampoon's Animal House, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Clockwork Orange, Halloween, Casablanca, The Sting, Pulp Fiction, Citizen Kane, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, Rear Window, The Dirty Dozen, Tombstone, High Noon, and many many more

Television:

Dexter, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, The Sopranos, Big Love, West Wing, Buffy, Carnivale, The Outer Limits, Malcolm In The Middle, Penn & Teller: Bullshit, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Rifleman, The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All In The Family, Sanford And Son, just to name a few

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Brian Keene, Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis

Heroes:

my parents

My Blog

it seems I struck a nerve...

...not that it will do any good. But, no one likes to fire and miss, do they?
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:52:00 PST

Happy Birthday Mom

My dear mum would've been 82 years old today.  I'm reminded today of some of my mother's colorful phrases.  Keep in mind that she came from very humble beginnings in an extremely rural part...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:20:00 PST

George Carlin's Views on Aging (brilliant)

George Carlin's Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:12:00 PST

After Therapy Tentative Recording Dates

After Therapy have set a tentative block of dates in mid-February to enter the studio to record their epic track (Bloody) Valentine.Fans of the band are already familiar with the song, as several live...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:29:00 PST

Moving!!!!!

If I'm a little scarce on these parts for the next few weeks, it's because I am MOVING  We had been talking for several months about putting the house on the market, and right around the hol...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:21:00 PST

To My Wife On Her Birthday:

I love you darlin', you are absolutely the milk in my corn flakes. I would thank you for "saving me," but I realized how cliched that is, and as a creative writer I think I'm above that.  So inst...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:14:00 PST

Happy Halloween!

If you TP my house, make sure it's the good stuff.  Waste not, want not.
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:17:00 PST

officially bored off my ass

FIFTY things you might not know about me. 1. What is (are) your middle name (s)?Brian2. What size is your bed?full3. What are you listening to right now?see below4. What are the last 2 digits in your...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:05:00 PST

thanks everyone

Thanks for all the emails and messages regarding Rob's first birthday.  We had a great time on Saturday watching him go kooky over cake and watching him decide which new toy to play with next ...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:24:00 PST

Hangman's Demo update

I'm happy to report that with the completion of Cold War, the vocals for Hangman's Demo are now about halfway complete.  There are now five finished songs for the project.  Up next...
Posted by Dee Calhoun on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:21:00 PST