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Marcus

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About Me

I'm Marcus and I love music. In a lot of ways I'm like a combination of Bob Dylan,Patrick Wolf,Batman and Woody Allen. I'm also a very big fan of eggs in general.I play with several bands/artists which include(but aren't limited to): MOTH!FIGHT!,Leatherbag,Bunnyphonic,Azul,Buttercup,Eaton Lake Tonics,Real Live Tigers,Karrie Hopper,Alejandro Escovedo,Bill Baird and Silent Sunset,Ethan Azarian,The Happy Bullets,Snowbyrd, W-S Burn,etc...I also play solo VERY frequently you should probably just go here:www.myspace.com/marcusrubio. I feel that these videos paint an accurate picture of who I am as a person:

My Interests

Music,books,writing,art

I'd like to meet:

Dylan,Cohen,Tweedy,Burroughs,Kerouac,Murakami,Glass,Reich, Waits,you-all the regulars

Music:

BOB DYLAN, Wilco, Andrew Bird, Buttercup, Pavement, LEONARD COHEN, Paul Westerberg, Jacques Brel, PRINCE, W-S Burn, the Gourds, Jandek, Meatloaf, Girl Talk, Okkervil River, Owen Pallett, SMOG, Beirut, Talk ing Heads, NICK CAVE, the Microphones, the Silver Jews, Will Oldham, the Velvet Underground, MOTH!FIGHT!, David Israel, Real Live Tigers, Philip Glass, Bach, Steve Reich, Ravel, Johnny Cash, Brian Wilson, Woody Guthrie, Weird Weeds, Belle and Sebastian, Lambchop, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Patrick Wolf, Bill Baird, Gram Parsons, the Flaming Lips, Paul Simon, Alan Licht, the Arcade Fire, XBXRX, TOM WAITS, Neil Young, Broken Social Scene, Laurie Anderson, Yo La Tengo, Spanish folk songs, tape hiss, pure noise, clanging objects and Don't Stop Believing

Movies:

Art films,explosions and comedy

Television:

12 OZ. MOUSE, THE X FILES, TWIN PEAKS,SIMPSONS

Books:

Haruki Murakami, ,Alan Moore,Franz Kafka,J.D. Salinger,John Steinbeck,Jack Kerouac,Lewis Carrol,William S. Burroughs,JM Coetze,David Mamet,Chaim Potok,Truman Capote,Bret Easton Ellis,Allen Ginsberg,Neil Gaiman,Shakespeare,Chuck Klosterman,David Sedaris,Irwin Tang,Edgar Allen Poe,Charles Bukowski,Imre Kertesz,Art Speilgman,Harvey Pekar, Roald Dahl,the guy who wrote Mr.Wilson's Cabinent of Wonders,Daniel Clowes Comic books/graphic novels,Craig Thompson,Comic books and graphic novels in general,Jonathan Safran Foer(Everything is Illuminated),etc...

Heroes:

Andrew Bird,Alejandro Escovedo,Joe Reyes,Erik Sanden,John Lennon,Jeff Tweedy,Sufjan Stevens,Stephen Colbert,Jon Stewart,Henry David Thoreau,Abraham Lincoln,Al Gore,Tom Waits,Nels Cline,Batman,Jon Dee Graham and Brian Wilson

My Blog

The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips show was absolutely incredible-it was one of the most outwardly positive shows I've ever witnessed. They really do bring people together live. This was especially apparent when during...
Posted by Marcus on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

CD RELEASE!!!

WOOO!!!! At long last next Saturday September 22nd will be the offical CD release partay for the Life Of Pillows. This show will be taking place at the luxurious Limelight(2718 N.St.Mary's) along with...
Posted by Marcus on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:34:00 PST

It Was Raining From The First

 I've been listening to nothing but Dylan for the last few days and I honestly think I could see the rest of my year doing very much of the same. My last major Dylan phase was around 7th or 8th G...
Posted by Marcus on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:53:00 PST

If It Was Warm She Wouldn't Wear Much More

I think Rasberry Beret by Prince is the best song ever.
Posted by Marcus on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:51:00 PST

Can I tell you that you are the purple in me?

I (very very very) sadly missed the Animal Collective show tonight because it was sold out. I wound up seeing an extremely cool polka band though and I bought a hat.  Also I think Purple Bot...
Posted by Marcus on Mon, 28 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Moth!Fight! show at Fl!ght tonight(boy talk about lucky rhyming!)! I had a blast, I love playing with Moth!Fight! more than anything on the planet and it was so ...
Posted by Marcus on Sun, 13 May 2007 12:00:00 PST

I'm Only Inbetween Without You

 While singing (and dancing) along to the Cure at intense volumes with my windows down may've not been my proudest moment, it was certainly one of my most enjoyable.EDIT: I should also menti...
Posted by Marcus on Fri, 11 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

Are You Mamal?

I'm really bummed that Kurt Vonnegut died today. It's so strange because I just finished the Slaughter House Five a couple weeks back and I was really getting into him. But in a way it actually kind o...
Posted by Marcus on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:10:00 PST

I think...

I might be slightly obsessed with Will Oldham...and minimalism.
Posted by Marcus on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:39:00 PST

When You Walk-It's A Parade

I'm so tired that my eyes are vibrating. It's been an incredible couple of days- practice with Moth!Fight!,recording with Bill Baird of Sound Team/Sunset(((,and one gig in Blanco and one in town all i...
Posted by Marcus on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:10:00 PST