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Dean

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About Me

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My Interests

tv commercials that can captivate my attention, cheap beer, modern art, botany, trying new restaurants, international politics, the sunday nytimes crossword, airstream trailers, black coffee, sneakers, Kruk and Kuip announcing Giants games, browsing ebay for music gear, homemade smoothies, impressing my coworkers with my officeplace kitchen skills

Music:

Interpol, The Beatles, The Mars Volta, The Libertines, The Arcade Fire, X, The Beach Boys, Built to Spill, The Cure, Pinback, Clinic, Death Cab, The Postal Service, Jimmy Eat World, Joy Division, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Phenomenauts, The Pixies, Placebo, Radiohead, The Shins, The Who, The Decemberists, The White Stipes, DJ Shadow, Johnny Cash, Bloc Party, Bowie, Death From Above 1979, Kent, Dylan, Belle & Sebastian, Trail of Dead, Elefant, Oranger, The Sex Pistols, Spoon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Weezer, Muse, TV On The Radio, Secret Machines, .....the list goes on and on....

Movies:

donnie darko, the godfather, the princess bride, trainspotting, city of god, memento, the wes anderson catalog, the big lebowski, the prestige

Television:

curb, unscripted (for purely selfish reasons), the family guy, the daily show, the office (the american version is acceptable), the sopranos, entourage (fluff, yet good for one or two good chuckles per episode), arrested development, seinfeld

Books:

me talk pretty one day, invisible monsters, east of eden, you shall know our velocity, sex drugs and cocoa puffs, a.h.w.o.s.g., less than zero, the alchemist, the kite runner, anything by bill simmons

Heroes:

Jann Wenner, Mark Cuban, Jehanne d'Arc, Steve Jobs, Mom, Wayne Coyne, Salvador Dali, Larry Harvey, Prairie Prince, Julia Child, Marc Emery, (him) --

My Blog

Deans List 4

The "Squeeze with Cheese" burger from The Squeeze Inn, ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Sacramento, CA.  http://www.yelp.com/biz/oAgWlgoFCCvSKT4bERpl...
Posted by Dean on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:04:00 PST

Deans List 3

Peanut butter toast + coffee is a perfectly fine breakfast.  End of story. Click tracks and drummers who are willing to use them to their advantage. MySpace friend-whoring bands t...
Posted by Dean on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:05:00 PST

Deans List 2

Pumpkins at the Fillmore (Any time a band this accomplished plays my all-time favorite venue, it's a must see.) Ratatat  Classics (Yes, it's mighty bold to call your second full-length "Classics," b...
Posted by Dean on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:30:00 PST

Dean's List 1

Thank you Artie for giving me the inspiration to start my own list. I may have to lift a few from you for this first edition, but hey, I guess this shows that we both have great taste.So here goes, ep...
Posted by Dean on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:48:00 PST

I am now reminded why I paid $2.99 for a Sopranos cell phone ring tone

And that is because it is by FAR the best thing TV has had to offer in the last 10 years.  Or maybe 20 years.  Or maybe ever.  Check out this wrap up of last night's episode: http://med...
Posted by Dean on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:23:00 PST

Keith Richards snorts father

If there was ever a question of Keith Richards' rock n' roll lifestyle, this truly ends the debate. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_en_mu/people_keith _richards_5  ...
Posted by Dean on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:12:00 PST

When life gives you lemons...

Like the age-old saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make bilk!   http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070131p2a00m0n a026000c.html?bilk...
Posted by Dean on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:34:00 PST

My 7x7 Winning Restaurant Review

So, thanks to my lovely girlfriend, I submitted an entry to 7x7 for their "Be A Critic" restaurant review contest, and whaddya know, here 'tis in print. ...
Posted by Dean on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:32:00 PST

Burning Man 2007

I'm not sure there is much better to day dream about when given a few free minutes at the office.  I just came across this quote when browsing around for art car ideas for Fishman's soon-to-be t...
Posted by Dean on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:18:00 PST

Radiohead Live 2006

Thank you, JaseMan.  http://www.lders.nl/
Posted by Dean on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:33:00 PST