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Brother Maxwell

he's setting all his papers on fire

About Me

I'm the most annoying person you'll ever meet. If you're still reading then you might be interested in this other stuff.
You'll notice that I go on(and on) about music. Sorry, music just happens to be the only thing I can rely on that consistently enhances whatever mood I'm in. Ok usually depression(especially during the winter). Dear god how I hate the shortest days of the year. Anyway, back to music. Yep. I like it. A lot of it. People get offended way too easily by my opinions about good/bad music. Stop taking it so personally.
There's nothing I like more than going to concerts and getting in for free. I don't mind paying once in awhile. The main point is that I really like being at bars watching a bunch of crummy morons act like jerks onstage. I've had a lot of friends who have been in bands. I haven't been in one yet... yet.
Friday nights I co-host Music To Break Things By (Friday nights 9:30-midnight ) Whatever, sometimes I have fun.
IM: Boez Lopy

My Interests

I collect things. Old guitars and organs, Exotic Lounge records. I tend to be drawn toward the kind of things no one else wants. I'm constantly looking for bizarre and unwanted instruments, the cheaper the better. Theremins, specifically. Not the new crappy kind. The old fashioned, hand made out of a wooden orange box kind.

I'd like to meet:

Assholes. Let me expand on this topic.. Music assholes. Purists, record collectors, those who seamlessly interlace song lyrics into daily conversation. People who aren't offended by the fact that I'm not a total asshole about rock n roll and people who won't offend me with their awful taste in music by trying to convince me it's as good as or better than the crap I listen to.

Music:

Everything: New Bomb Turks, Oblivians, Mummies, Drags, Statics, Spaceshits, Radio Birdman, Stooges, Screeching Weasel, Dead Milkmen, Pretty Things, Dead Kennedys, Zombies, Dead Boys, Pagans, Ramones, Air, Valient Thorr, Cococoma, Frank Zappa, They Might Be Giants, MC5, Mogwai, Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival, Elvis Costello, Soul Coughing, XTC, Martin Denny, Lenny Dee, Les Baxter, Woggles, Coasters, Amazing Royal Crowns, Annihilation Time, Baseball Furies, Beck, Tyrades, Knights Of The New Crusade, Dirtbombs, Cake, Butthole Surfers, Flaming Lips, Didjits, Fireballs Of Freedom, The Short-wave Set, Go-Nuts, Gaza Strippers, Hentchmen, Les Sexareenos, Hellacopters, Iron Maiden, Sonics, Mind Controls, Super Furry Animals, Talking Heads, Turbonegro, Wire, Tight Bros, Zodiac Killers, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Makers, Jack Oblivian, Greg Oblivian, Humpers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Guitar Wolf, Johnny Cash, Gospel Swingers, Devo, Guitar Wolf, Coachwhips, Cherry Valence and a bunch of stuff I forgot.

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Moron Movies, More Moron Movies

Television:

I attempt to avoid TV but there are some really good shows out there: Mythbusters, Good Eats... I can't think of any more, probably Tom and Jerry... who knows. Basically I hate TV but I watch it all the time.

Books:

Please Kill Me, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, Like Hell, The Incomplete Philosophy of Hope and Nonthings

My Blog

enough has finally become enough

FUCKING autosave is worthless! Almost as worthless as I felt today.I brokedown this evening. I buried my face in my pillow and shook for awhile. I'm afraid for my life. I wish I could remember every p...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:28:00 PST

my gamblin days are over

I'm about to start making a lot more money. Like, a lot a lot.Same job, but everyone in the company os being raised up to "market standard" because there's no more gigantic bonus at the end of the yea...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00:00 PST

Jap-pop? Why not.

Night-time playlist, now available with a side of optimism!5 of the few I just added.1. Talking Heads - The Good Thing2. Polysics - Black Out Fall Out3. Man... Or Astro-Man? - Philip K. Dick In The Pe...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:56:00 PST

alone upon the raging sea

I feel like total shit right now.Selections for tonight's playlists include The Cure - Show and other music I listened to ca. 2000 when I was depressed.And now the top 10 of tonight's list at random:1...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:43:00 PST

something's very wrong with me

some days I seriously question whether I'm a normally functioning human being. like, what if I actually am retarded or have some sort of brain damage that's keeping me from truly being able to grow up...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:19:00 PST

The Zombies - Imagine The Swan

I don't have the energy to make an entry about how this song is making me feel.I'm exhausted after yesterday and I wish it could be in a good way. It was, at least. But now I feel emotionally drained....
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:01:00 PST

a couple days later

I noticed I haven't gotten an assload of feedback from everyone. A few people have offered up some great ideas but here's the latest.So I was talking to Adam tonight over a few beers at Nemeth's and I...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:59:00 PST

quick update and more road trip rules

So far people have backed the roadtrip out of any options which really surprises me. Roadtrips require a little more commitment than showing up at a campsite. I've also had some of my out of state fri...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:33:00 PST

ok. here's the deal

I'll probably be posting this intermittently for the next couple weeks. Maybe not this exact post, but an update of sorts on developments.I'm trying to plan a vacation, a road trip or a camping trip. ...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:05:00 PST

aint it fun...

Just in case any of my friends were wondering.I'm really bored lately. I've got like nothing going on.So I'm going to assume this is all some weird and elaborate set-up for a giant surprise party for ...
Posted by Brother Maxwell on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:30:00 PST