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Clay

claiborneparnell

About Me

I live in beautiful Upper Darby, PA, a stone's throw from the Philly city line. I'm in a band called Brothers Past. In the past seven years we've played well over 700 shows in 42 states and five provinces and put out two studio records, an ep and a live album. In short, we've been very busy. I also have a band called BioDiesel which consists of myself, Johnny Rabb (the world's fastest drummer) and a rotating cast of keyboardists - we like to play Jungle... and other stuff... we're currently planning a release and a tour. This summer, I teamed up with members of the New Deal for a project called The Join we're planning on doing it again sometime. For Halloween, I've tapped Mike Greenfield and Ian McGuire for a special performance billed as Pet Cemetery. Most of these bands are in my top friends if you'd like to know more.
My other passion is politics, but I thought it would be safer for everyone to have my career in music and have politics just as a hobby (that is, until I make my bid for mayor). However, I did coordinate volunteers for the Bob Casey for Senate campaign (we won!) and continue to work with the Delaware County Democratic Party. I've also been working for a Democratic candidate for DA in Montgomery Co. PA.
I'm a Southerner by birth and a Yankee by coincidence. Anyone that knows me will tell you that I'm no stranger to a good time.

My Interests

pretty much everything.. but especially politics, music and travel

I'd like to meet:

Max Fischer, Bill Clinton, Bruce Springsteen, Asia Argento, Don Quixote, Barack Obama, someone with an airplane I can borrow, Jesus

Music:

Anything that is interesting or right. Sometimes I'm on a back road in the middle of nowhere and that scratchy, AM, classic counrty station is the best thing in the world. Sometimes it's 4am at a boisterous party and "Youth Gone Wild" comes on and things go to another level. Springsteen on the Jersey Turnpike. Stereolab on the streets of Montreal. The Grateful Dead when you're waiting to bail a bandmate out of jail. Morphine when the lights are off. See what I'm sayin'?.............. Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips, The Boss, Squarepusher, Faith No More, Soul Coughing, Morphine, Orchard Lounge, Interpol, Dirty Television, Jimmy Swift Band, Tom Petty, Sufjan Stevens, Boards of Canada, De La Soul, Brazilian Girls, Radiohead, System of a Down, G n'R, Bjork, Metallica, Stereolab, THE SOMEBODIES, Ray Bong and the Bongaloids, those four guys from Vermont, Dr. Kosmos, Washington Lane

Movies:

The Big Lebowski ( and other Cohen Bros.), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Pulp Fiction, Back to the Future, Dr. Strangelove, Fletch, Rushmore, Fight Club, The Parent Trap, Ghostbusters, Wonderboys, Vacation, Sideways, Spinal Tap, so many more

Television:

not so much... but guilty pleasures include The Colbert Report, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Anderson Cooper 360, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Ice Road Truckers!, etc.

Books:

Slaughter House Five (and other Vonnegut), Charlotte's Web, Media Monopoly, The Rum Diary (and other Thompson),On the Road

Heroes:

Ben Franklin, Bill Clinton, Bruce Springsteen, St. Francis de Salles, Cliff Burton, Hunter Thompson