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xjasonsmithx

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About Me

My name is Jason. I am currently serving as a board member for the Mid South Peace and Justice Center . I coordinate for the local Food Not Bombs group. I play bass in a band called That Was Then . I work for American Apparel . I'm studying Sociology at The University of Memphis .

My Interests

Sociology, Punk Rock, Vietnamese food, Faith, Staying Healthy, the Civil Rights movement, Abstaining from Drugs and Alcohol. Playing Bass, Homeless Issues, Simple living, Vegetarianism.

I'd like to meet:

Im down for meeting anyone really. AIM - xjasonsmithx

Music:

That Was Then
While I Breathe I Hope

Movies:

malcolm x, goodnight and good luck, little miss sunshine, rocky balboa, v for vendetta, girl interupted, steal this movie, the royal tenenbaums, star wars, the blues brothers, american history x, rushmoore, standing in the shadows of motown, ferris buler's day off, bottle rocket, bowling for columbine.

Television:

The Simpsons, Democracy Now, The Office.

Books:

Other Lands Have Dreams by Kathy Kelly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Jesus and Nonviolence by Walter Wink, Feminism Is for Everybody by Bell Hooks, the poetry of Langston Hughes, any of the writings by Martin Luther King Jr., Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Micheal Moore, Starwars, The Great Gatsby, Anything on the civil rights movement, Girl Interupted, A Lesson Before Dying. Time on Two Crosses by Bayard Rustin. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.

Heroes:

Social: Martin Luther King Jr., Jesus Christ, Ghandi, Malcolm X, Kathy Kelly.

Musical: James Jamerson, Paul Chambers, Miles Davis, Bob Babbitt, Sting, Phil Collins, Geddy Lee.

My Blog

New Shai Hulud album out 5.27.08, new song posted on their page!

So this is one of my favorite bands of all time and they have a new album coming out really soon. I'm pretty excited about anything these guys do so I may be a little biased but it should live up to t...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:58:00 PST

Tom and Zach of RAGE playing at a CIW protest...

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Posted by xjasonsmithx on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:13:00 PST

Martin Luther King, Easter, and me.

Martin Luther King, Easter, and me.    This is quite an odd day of reflection for me. Thirty-nine years ago at this time Memphis was in flames from riots over the assassination of Dr. M...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:07:00 PST

In exactly one month...

I will be livin' it up in NYC with none other than 1/3rd of the Hong Kong Danger Duo himself, Mr. Brian Wallace! We are going to just, eat veggie food, not take any shit, get disscounts at A...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:26:00 PST

1984

I finnished reading this book for the first time last night, and ironicly enough I really liked and disliked it at the same time. That was such a depressing ending. The 3rd section of the book takes s...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:04:00 PST

Update from Joel G. from the occupied Palestinian Territories.

This is a message from my best friend Joel G. He is currently working with a group called Christian Peacemakers Teams in the Palestinian Territories. No matter what your thoughts on the subject you ar...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:04:00 PST

Shows in the mid south you should attend. (because I will be at all of them)

SOME SHOWS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AND GO TO:Saturday Sept 16th-Little Rock ArkDie Young(eulogy)That Was Then(Armada In Flames)Now Soliders@ Vino's6pmwww.myspace.com/fcgmymwww.myspace.com/dieyoungTXHCw w...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:07:00 PST

Bush in Memphis this Friday! (UPDATED PROTEST INFO!)

*PLEASE DISTRIBUTE* Come join us as the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Democracy For Memphis and other local progressive groups as we join forces to protest the arrival of President George W. Bus...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:30:00 PST

Nacho Libre

I really liked this movie. I think you just have to go into it knowing that it is a PG movie that Nickelodeon put out and not think its going to be like other Jack Black movies or Napoleon Dynamite. E...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:31:00 PST

For those times when your foundations get shaken

Its a really odd and humbling feeling when something bad happens on such a grand scale and you are just sitting there with your mouth open questioning everything you know. Didn't sleep much. Still ups...
Posted by xjasonsmithx on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:19:00 PST