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About Me

just your regular unasuming guy, makin' it in the big city. i play alot of soccer, eat alot of sweets and pump alot of music into my head. i'm working on the most drawn out master's thesis ever (exaggeration), and learning the finer points of texas hold 'em. I collect live bootlegs and have taken up the hobby of recording them as well with seven in the record books so far.

Check it, I watch alot of movies, but not so much television unless it's the simpsons or lost. or family guy. or fucking dexter. Snap, can't leave out The Office, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm or Kids in the Hall. Shit I guess I do catch quite a bit of the TV. Oh, and can't forget frontline (gotta keep up on the conspiracy theories). i'll never stop wearing vans and i'm addicted to traveling. and that's everything about me there is to know.

Prepare for your humiliation!

My Interests

chocolate, samba, futbol, rock n roll, noir, rioja, vans off the wall, espaÃ±ol, espresso, talk radio, cinnabon, not-so-super-models, bourbon, french fries, revolution

I'd like to meet:

Oh, the stories this man has to tell.

Music:

in no particular order: depeche mode, damien rice, juanes, superdrag, david bowie, the cure, jeff buckley, tool, duran duran, run dmc, u2, bauhaus, caetano veloso, roger clyne and the peacemakers, kraftwerk, the smiths and morrissey (in that order), matthew sweet, echo and the bunnymen, gary numan, the kinky wizards, nelly furtado, gin blossoms, the chameleons, gang of four, frank sinatra, dwight yoakam, murder city devils, turbonegro, the faint, billy joel, the tea party, prince, led zepplin, wir sind helden, toad the wet sprocket, new order, mos def, hedwig and the angry inch, possum dixon, van halen, camper van beethoven, del amitri, the legendary pink dots, al green, feist, chet baker, love and rockets

Movies:

are the dope shit.

Some favorites: High Fidelity, Das Boot, Reservoir Dogs, Brazil, Tierra, Double Indemnity, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Insomnia(1997), Blade Runner, Rififi, Star Wars, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Napoleon Dynamite, Dark City, Throne of Blood, Zero Effect, American Psycho, Bicycle Thieves, Pump Up the Volume, The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, It's A Wonderful Life

Television:

Heroes:

Heroes come bearing guitars for to decimate the barriers of social tyranny with searing melodies and white hot licks.

My Blog

Album of the Week: Ministry - With Sympathy

This has been the album of the last two weeks, but since hardly any one reads my music recommendations I'm not too concerned with keeping up, so on with it... With Sympathy is Ministry's first and bes...
Posted by kevy_metal on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:28:00 PST

Nice rhymes...for being hard of hearing.

Is it just me or do hip-hoppers say "what" alot? Often in the exclamatory too, "My rhymes 'll fuck you up. What!". Hmm, homey must be deaf. Which is not def...mos def. I guess what they say about rock...
Posted by kevy_metal on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:40:00 PST

Album of the Week: Damien Rice - O

I vividly recall the first time I heard Damien Rice: I had been napping on the couch with the radio playing and awoke to "The Blower's Daughter" and "Cannonball" playing back-to-back on Nik Harcourt's...
Posted by kevy_metal on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:52:00 PST

Album of the Week: Low - Christmas

The Christmas album for those who've had their fill of cozy, schmaltzy holiday music. Low's interpretation is perfect listening for those days you are overwhelmed with the excess of Christmastime. The...
Posted by kevy_metal on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:39:00 PST

Album of the Week: Juanes - Un Dia Normal

Despite my summaries of these albums becoming increasingly inarticulate I am commited to preaching the gospel of good music. So I press on. Recently Juanes released his fourth solo album, "La Vida...E...
Posted by kevy_metal on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:03:00 PST

Album of the Week: The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight

Despite not having nearly as many hit singles, or albums, The Cardigans are not a far cry from ABBA as one of the greatest bands to come out of Sweden. Known most commonly by their late 90's hit Lovef...
Posted by kevy_metal on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:00:00 PST

Album of the Week: Possum Dixon - Star Maps

Having not updated my page in a long while this has been the "album of the weeks". Possum Dixon is a greatly underappreciated band from the 90's that made three major label albums and called it a day....
Posted by kevy_metal on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:04:00 PST

The Day The Earth Stood Still

I was strolling through the city today and noticed something different about the experience. It wasn't quite the same as previous excursions. The atmosphere was peaceful, tranquil. Sidewalks weren't c...
Posted by kevy_metal on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:18:00 PST

Album of the Week: Pulp - This Is Hardcore

I'm not a huge fan of Pulp (this is the only album of theirs I have). The Pulp fans say though that This Is Hardcore was the beginning of the end for them. The album to follow this one was not well r...
Posted by kevy_metal on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:24:00 PST

Cash Money 4evah!

There's a series of credit card commercials on the TV lately that are designed to make you embarrassed to be using cash rather than the oh-so-convenient (albeit evil) credit card. They usually go some...
Posted by kevy_metal on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:39:00 PST