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the name is luke

YOU're the vulgarian, you fuck!!

About Me

i am human. i bleed. i laugh. i make mistakes. i work for a living. i brake for animals. i don't lie. i hate the price of gasoline. i watch the news. AIM - lukezraRyder Chaves Gregory - walking at 10 months old. i'm impressed.

My Interests

music - the Philadelphia 76ers - Xbox - my cat, Theo - snowboarding - traveling - quality cinema - bad food - "techmology" - bowling - taking photographs

I'd like to meet:

HST, Borat Sagdiyev

Music:

stereolab, drive like jehu, the police, shiner, shudder to think, hum, failure, year of the rabbit, death cab for cutie, mice parade, bjork, plus/minus, broken social scene, stars, refused, soul side, killswitch engage, pinback, hot snakes, minus the bear, fugazi, the fucking champs, radiohead, elliott smith, nick drake, blinker the star, grandaddy, a tribe called quest, postal service, the mars volta, the fullblast, the sea and cake, meshuggah, engine down, quicksand, cave in, chavez, dag nasty, leeway, jawbox, burning airlines, national skyline, steely dan, john coltrane, miles davis, jeff buckley, weather report, mahavishnu orchestra, don caballero, lamb of god, tortoise, turmoil

Movies:

Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dr. Strangelove, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Irreversible, City of God, Fight Club, Hudsucker Proxy, Best in Show, Vampire's Kiss, Amores Perros, Waiting For Guffman, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Rushmore, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, anything by Lynch, Coen or PT Anderson

Television:

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Da Ali G Show - Chappelle's Show - The Contender - Dinner For Five - The Simpsons - Real Time with Bill Maher - fuckin' Deadwood, you cocksucker - Six Feet Under - Seinfeld - Inside the NBA - News Night with Aaron Brown - HBO's America Undercover series - most anything on the Discovery Channel

Books:

Willard and His Bowling Trophies, In Cold Blood, On The Road, Dance of Days, The Official NBA Encyclopedia, McSweeneys

Heroes:

Allen Iverson, Jack Black, Thelonius Monk, Elliott Smith, Bjork

My Blog

REQUEST: with my birthday approaching....

i politely request that if you would like to leave a birthday wish for me, that you do so without posting a big, bloated, colorful "happy birthday!!!" picture.  i mean, i am as narcisisstic as th...
Posted by the name is luke on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:57:00 PST

The finest quote ever written....

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin (1755)He was talking to you, GWB.IMPEACH NOW....
Posted by the name is luke on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:29:00 PST

I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE!

I swear to God everytime I hear more shit about this administration I experience a strange involuntary physical reaction. I whimper a little bit and my chest gets tight as if I'm about to cry. I can't...
Posted by the name is luke on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:43:00 PST

underrated

Soundgarden - Superunknown (dust it off!) Edie Falco The Fullblast Hey Mercedes - Loses Control The Cable Guy Ralph Nader's potentially catastrophic influence in November M83 Metric Billy Crud...
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

mother-fucking Chavez...

the rock gods are shining upon me...for it was announced recently that Chavez, one of the truly underrated NYC rock bands of the mid-90's, will reconvene for one show. The deal: The NYC Fuck Cancer B...
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I met one of my heroes last night...

well, i didn't really MEET him, but...here's how it went...I went to the Trocadero in Philly to catch DCFC. They were opening for Ben Kweller and were therefore off stage by like 9:20pm. We were headi...
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

This will be a BUSY MONTH....

3/26 (tonight) - BrokenSocial Scene/Stars - TLA, Philadelphia, Pa. 3/28 - Grandaddy/Fire Theft/Hey Mercedes - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ 4/13 - Death Cab/Ben Kweller - Trocadero, Philadelphia...
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

holy fucking shit. it may be the movie of the decade. see it for yourself and then we'll talk.
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

www.airamericaradio.com - it's about time...

on March 31st, 2004 Air America Radio will launch. 24/7 talk radio with a liberal-slant. regular hosts include Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo and Chuck D among others. it will air on 1190am (WLIB) in...
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Separation of Church and State

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof&  First Amendment I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of the whole American...
Posted by the name is luke on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST