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The Name of This Person is Paul

So, um, you know, um...

About Me

Hello. My name is Paul. I like to subvert things. I don't wear a wristwatch yet. I'm not as precocious as I used to be.

My Interests

Cinema. Pop music. Other music. Scrabble. Dining out. Barhopping. Ambiguity. Travel. Dilettantism. Magazines. Art. The arts. Whole foods. Foods. Retro-futurism. Angry Young Mannerisms. Emo Phillips. 8-bit Nintendo. Running shirtless through the rain while listening to Red Rockers' "China," just before the credits roll. E.C. Comics. Photography. Smartassery. I am one über-hip motherfucker. Pea soup. Spiders.

I'd like to meet:

Loose women. Lonely billionaires with terminal cancer.

Last ten films I watched:
Mars Attacks! (second viewing) , The Fall , The Big Lebowski (second viewing) , My Own Private Idaho , Linda Lovelace For President , The Last Mistress , War, Inc. (walked out after one hour) , Pineapple Express , Brand Upon the Brain! , Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (second viewing) .

Music:

Talking Heads. Cocteau Twins. XTC. Broadcast. Devo. Kate Bush. Drink Me. Blondie. Laurie Anderson. Dead Can Dance. Kraftwerk. Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart. Pram. Stereolab. The Slits. Siouxsie & the Banshees. Marty Robbins. Komeda. Tom Waits. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. PiL. Crime & the City Solution. Joy Division. Pulp. Scott Walker. Roxy Music. The Magnetic Fields. The Plastics. The Beach Boys. Roy Orbison. Pixies. Tuxedomoon. The Field Mice. The Jazz Butcher. Serge Gainsbourg. Piano Magic. The Kinks. Leonard Cohen. The Left Banke. American Analog Set. The Housemartins. Death in June. Jacques Brel. Momus. Robert Wyatt. Mouse on Mars. Suede. The Sugarcubes. Soul Coughing. The Smiths. Slowdive. Yma Sumac. Esquivel. Felt. Peter Gabriel. Sam Phillips. Ultravox. David Bowie. Baby Bird. T-Rex. Orange Juice. The Pogues. I Start Counting. Adam and the Ants. Banda Ionica. The Monochrome Set. Blur. Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Buddy Holly. Lee Hazlewood. Martha and the Muffins. Raymond Scott. Richard Davis. The Residents. Balanescu Quartet. Shonen Knife. Sparks. Swans. Trash Can Sinatras. Suburban Lawns...

Movies:

Until the End of the World. Apocalypse Now. La Belle et la Bête. Red. The Conversation. Stop Making Sense. Scenes from a Marriage. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sherlock, Jr. Au Hasard Balthazar. Imitation of Life. The Last Emperor. Topsy-Turvy. The Shop Around the Corner. The Leopard Man. Vertigo. Notorious. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. La Dolce Vita. My Night at Maud's. Woman in the Dunes. Children of Paradise. Paris, Texas. The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover. Picnic at Hanging Rock. Radio On. Girl on the Bridge. Sunset Boulevard. The Last Picture Show. Wings of Desire. The Reflecting Skin. Un Cœur en Hiver. The Young Poisoner's Handbook. The 400 Blows. The Wicker Man. Beetlejuice. Me and You and Everyone We Know. Babe. Coming Apart. It's a Wonderful Life. Wild at Heart. Taxi Driver. Diva. The Cameraman. Stars in My Crown. Boy Meets Girl. Manhattan. Hiroshima, Mon Amour. The Ninth Configuration. Monsieur Hire. The Mystery of Rampo. True Stories...

Television:

The Office (BBC). Curb Your Enthusiasm. Trigger Happy TV. Kids in the Hall. The Gong Show. SCTV. The Larry Sanders Show. Mystery Science Theater 3000. The Upright Citizen's Brigade. The Vacant Lot. Siskel & Ebert. Taxi. The Daily Show. Peep Show. Wonder Showzen.

Books:

Tropic of Cancer. Ham on Rye. On the Road. The Story of the Eye. Elements of Style. The Catcher in the Rye...

I should pick up a book now and then.

Heroes:

I would bow to no one.

My Blog

I’ve been spending too much time on the Official Website of Glenn Shadix

Will someone intervene?  A group of caring, concerned friends, perhaps?
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:43:00 PST

Some words about NYCs ban on trans-fats (and about AOL)

Two or three years ago, it was announced that New York City had approved a ban on trans fats in prepared foods that would be instituted in 2008, giving restaurateurs ample time to reformulate their re...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:09:00 PST

Poll: R.E.M. vs. The English Beat

R.E.M. and The English Beat will be performing in Broward County at the same time, on the same night, at different venues.  I can't make up my mind, although I am leaning toward The English Beat....
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:49:00 PST

Best and Worst Films of 2007

Not that I'm anyone of any journalistic importance, but compiling a Top 10 has been an annual tradition since about 1995.  To dial down the pretentiousness a bit, I'll present my top 10 here stri...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:06:00 PST

S. Cargo

I ate escargot today for the first time in, oh, a decade.  For some reason, French cuisine is one I've had few opportunities to experience.  "I feel like Italian" or "Let's get Chinese," but...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:24:00 PST

For Scrabble spazzes only... (''spazzes''...what an awesome bingo!)

When I cannot play Scrabble with John, which happens mostly only two nights a week, I need to get my fix somewhere, so anonymous online glory-hole Scrabble via scrabulous.com is my supplier.Yesterday,...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:52:00 PST

"Transformers...Better than Sex"

Transformers is the only Michael Bay movie to date that I've remotely liked.  That said, I cannot agree with this reviewer: http://www.canmag.com/nw/8190-transformers-review My guess is that...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:58:00 PST

Troubled Actor Tom Sizemore

It is of this directionless nobody's opinion that if Tom Sizemore ever works again (and given Hollywood's multiple planes of prestige, e.g., the direct-to-dvd market, he will), he should be formally b...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:14:00 PST

Some photos from the Athens PopFest

Ok, per Emily's request.  Sorry this took so long.  Most of these photos suck and are from Day 5 performers only, 'cause I was on bed rest the other four days.The view from the backseat:Astr...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:57:00 PST

Solveig Dommartin 1961 - 2007

I just learned that Solveig Dommartin, the exquisite French star of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire and Until the End of the World (which, if you know me well, you'll recognize as my favorite film), died...
Posted by The Name of This Person is Paul on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:22:00 PST