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simon young

Add myspace.com/theslants first, then we'll talk.

About Me

I used to play bass for The Stivs .
Now I'm in The Slants .
I'm an ABC (American Born Chinese).
I like nice people, nice things.
All of my flaws are adorable.

My Interests


art
bunny
cooking
dining
dim sum
faith:hope:love
fashion
katana
literature
movies
music
philosophy
pho
photography
religious studies
shopping
sushi
triads/yakuza

I'd like to meet:

I've met my princess. She's nice, she's adorable.People at SLANTS shows

Music:

!!!
david bowie
johnny cash
the chinese stars
elvis costello
the faint
guns n roses
joy electric
murder city devils
new order/joy division
new york dolls
tom petty
pizzicato five
suzi quatro
saint entienne
stereolab
the ramones
teenage fanclub
zolar x

Movies:

2046
The Audition
Battle Royale
Brother
Hi-Fidelity
I In the Mood for Love
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone
Kill Bill
Life Aquatic
Old Boy
Say Anything
Sin City
Spirited Away

Books:

Johnny Cash
Julio Cortozar
Pamela Des Barres
Renee Decartes
Fyodor Dostoevsky
David Eggers
F. Scott Fitzgerald
God
Nick Hornby
C.S. Lewis
H.G Wells
Jules Verne

Heroes:

Pamela Des Barres
Elvis Costello
Domenico Dolce
Stefano Gabbana
Jesus Christ
John Maxwell
Declan McManus
Johnny Ramone
Ben Sherman

My Blog

Win a date with a Slant & cd release party

The album is coming along...a little behind, but I'm hoping that we can get things sent off for production this week. I'm happy that we've got a few things lined up to help promote though: 1) The...
Posted by simon young on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:43:00 PST

Cons Galore, Working, Recording & More

I've been working hard at getting The Slants some more gigs and it's paying off...we're booked for a few more anime conventions, so it's going to be off to AZ, TX, KY, and NYC...maybe elsewhere (lots ...
Posted by simon young on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:30:00 PST

Last night's SLANTS' show @ Ash St.

Last night, we made a return to the Ash St. Saloon. As always, we had a good time. Heather is absolutely one of the best sound engineers in the city and she's always taken care of The Slants as well a...
Posted by simon young on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:22:00 PST

Transformers

Last night, I went to see the Transformers movie. Despite some negative reviews and rumors about the movie, I thought that it was exceptionally good. I've actually been a die hard fan of the show sinc...
Posted by simon young on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:08:00 PST

Slants news: on radio, on film, in the news

KBOO radio/Asian Reporter/Slant-umentary It looks like The Slants will be on the radio again, hitting the airwaves on July 6th via KBOO 90.7 fm (see our show listings for details). The Northwest's v...
Posted by simon young on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:18:00 PST

Audio Clips from Our Radio Show

I uploaded a couple of tracks from our appearance on Crow Chow Radio to our myspace (myspace.com/theslants). If you missed the entire show, it will be broadcasted again for the next two Saturdays at 9...
Posted by simon young on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:50:00 PST

Fence Hopping, Wife Beating Creeps

On Saturday night, I was watching The Godfather 2 (it was the scene where they were looking for the guys who tried to shoot Micheal Corleone), when I heard a knock at the door. It was a policeman.He a...
Posted by simon young on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

A Few Down, Many to Go

I'm typing half-dressed, getting ready for yet another job interview. I'm averaging about five a week, which isn't bad considering that I am still working/schooling full time, playing in a band, and v...
Posted by simon young on Thu, 24 May 2007 05:57:00 PST

Money Isn't Everything...?

I've been looking around at jobs more actively lately. Today, I had two interviews-one phone, one in person. The second interview, I was offered a sales position twnety minutes into the interview and ...
Posted by simon young on Sat, 05 May 2007 06:03:00 PST

I'm flea & tick free now & breathe less

Those of you who've had the pleasure of visiting my bathroom in the last six months or so know that I've taken all of my soap, shampoo, etc. and put them in clear, uniform bottles; the "label" is a si...
Posted by simon young on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:11:00 PST