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Russ Crandall

About Me

27 years young.
click here to download an album i recently recorded. for free.

wedding slideshow: russjaneywedding.shutterfly.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/15/2005
Band Members: Russ Crandall and his band of musicants
Influences: Most of my favorites, alphabetically:
The American Analog Set, Animal Collective, The Appleseed Cast, The Arcade Fire, Art Brut, At The Drive-In, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Bedhead, Belle And Sebastian, Ben Kweller, Blonde Redhead, The Blood Brothers, The Boy Least Likely To, Broken Social Scene, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Creeper Lagoon, Crystal Skulls, Damien Jurado, Danielson, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, Denison Witmer, Devendra Banhart, The Dismemberment Plan, Dolour, Easy Big Fella, Elliott Smith, Espers, Figurines, The Flaming Lips, For Stars, Franz Ferdinand, Frodus, Go! Team, The Good Life, Grandaddy, Guided By Voices, Harvey Danger, Headphones, Hot Hot Heat, Iron And Wine, Islands, Jawbreaker, Jets To Brazil, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, John Vanderslice, Jose Gonzalez, Junip, Karate, Kepler, Kevin Devine, Kind Of Like Spitting, Kings Of Convenience, LCD Soundsystem, Led Zeppelin, Looper, Lucero, Luke Temple, Luxury, Mclusky, Michael Jackson, The Microphones, Minus The Bear, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Muse, Nada Surf, The New Year, Nick Drake, Okkervil River, Old Canes, Onelinedrawing, Pavement, Pedro The Lion/David Bazan, Radiohead, Robbers On High Street, Rocky Votolato, Rogue Wave, Ryan Adams, Sharks Keep Moving, Shearwater, The Shins, The Smiths, Spoon, The Strokes, Subset, Sufjan Stevens, Summer At Shatter Creek, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sunset Rubdown, Talking Heads, Tapes 'n Tapes, The Thermals, TV On The Radio, Vermont, Vetiver, Weezer, Wilco, Wolf Parade, The Wrens.
Sounds Like: Does NOT sound like:
onions, mustard, american culture, hospitals, swimming, spiders, magazines, shortness of breath, running errands.
Record Label: Campbell's Soup labels
Type of Label: None

My Blog

** Hello. Read Me First. **

I started writing "reviews" a while back.  Some are actually legitimate reviews, but most are just my views on things, or updates on my life. They've been adding up, and some folks aren't readin...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:49:00 PST

Adios

If you've been following my road trip saga lately, you may have asked yourself, "why?". A not-so-heavily-guarded secret of mine is that Janey and I are flying to San Diego tonight, and on September 5...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:08:00 PST

Road Trip Album - 8/25/2007

As I have made abundantly clear in my last review, I spent the last 30 days on the mainland, and 17 of those on a road trip from Seattle to Ohio and back. During my road trip I wrote and recorded a ne...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:47:00 PST

Road Trip - 8/14/2007

Review - Road Trip 2007As many of you may already know, on July 24th I set forth on a 30-day road trip. Several things prompted my trip, but most importantly is that my boss (the incorrigible Mr. Bus...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:39:00 PST

Myspace Surveys - 8/9/2007

Review: Myspace surveysMyspace had a bit of a facelift a month or two ago, as you all may have noticed. One thing I noticed is that band profiles (like my own, because, you know, I'm a band and all) ...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:45:00 PST

Xbox 360 - 5/28/2007

ReviewXbox 360So. I bought an Xbox 360 Elite a few weeks ago, after much deliberation. Deliberation was as follows:1. My first "next-gen" console.Although I bought the Nintendo Wii last year, it do...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:06:00 PST

Deep Sea Fishing - 5/6/2007

ReviewDeep Sea FishingLast weekend, some friends and I rented a charter and went deep sea fishing off the North Shore.  Here is our catch:(I'm in the middle)You may ask: how many of those fish di...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Sun, 06 May 2007 01:03:00 PST

Seal - Crazy - 4/28/2007

ReviewSeal's "Crazy"This will be my last cover for a while. It was less a recording project for me as it was an experiment with my new Macbook and its music recording program, Garageband.For the past...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:50:00 PST

Honolulu Symphony Pops - Beatles - 4/27/2007

ReviewJaney and I just got back from Honolulu Sympnony Pops' Beatles/Sgt. Pepper's tribute. This year is the 40th anniversary of the album's debut, by the way. Can you believe that Paul McCartney wa...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:11:00 PST

My 20 Favorite Games Of All Time - 4/16/2007

This list is a long time coming.  I originally wrote it before Christmas, but started playing a game I knew would eventually make this list, so I had to wait and finish it so I could fit it in he...
Posted by Russ Crandall on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:51:00 PST