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Gary "burnvictim77"

I am here for Friends

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

a man without any organs. Or an organ that can play itself without a man. I'd also enjoy a chance to go back in time, meet my Great Great Great Great Grandfather and shoot him in the wiener.

Promise Her Anything, But Give Her Free Will.

Music:

Brit Invasion/Garage/Pysche/60s Pop: The Kinks, The Beatles (esp. Revolver), The Zombies, Donovan, The Idle Race, The Move, Tomorrow, Syd Barrett/The Pink Floyd, The Smoke, The Who, The Pretty Things, Apple, Blossom Toes, Dantalian's Chariot, The Monks, Love, The Misunderstood, Scott Walker, Cliff Wade, The End, Daisy Chain, Shocking Blue
70s Punk/Post-Punk/Art Punk/New Wave: Wire, XTC/Dukes of Stratosphear, DEVO, The Cars, old Joe Jackson, The Adverts, Crass, Joy Division, Rudimentary Peni, Omega Tribe, Zounds, Swell Maps, Tubeway Army/Gary Numan, Adam & the Ants, Gang of Four, Colin Newman, X (Australia), Squeeze, B-Movie, The Residents, The Fuses, Chameleons, Psychedelic Furs, Modern English.
Alternative/Indie Rock: Pixies, old Weezer, Blur, The Pogues, Spoon, McLusky, Pond, Babes in Toyland, Nirvana, Daisy Chainsaw, The Shins, Komeda, Franz Ferdinand, The Coral, RockFour, Slow Jets, Oranges Band, Guided by Voices, Fiona Apple, Dandy Warhols, Ween, Frank Black (w/ and w/o the Catholics), Breeders, The Amps, Elastica, Mudhoney.

Movies:

Great Movies: Time Bandits, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Princess-Bride, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), The Hotel New Hampshire, Miller's Crossing, The Royal Tenennbaums, The Virgin Suicides, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Stranglelove, Happiness, Kill Bill vols 1 & 2, I Love You Alice B. Toklas, Buffalo 66, The Shipping News, Amores Perros, True Romance, Best in Show, Gummo, the orignal Star Warses, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, I Love You To Death, Office Space, American Beauty, Down with Love, 10 Things I Hate About You, Bridget Jones's Diary, Dead Alive, M*A*S*H, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Ed Wood, Magnolia, American Movie.
For Camp Value: Max Magician and the Legend of the Rings, The Adventures of Young Van Helsing, Fantasy Mission Force, Laser Blast, Warriors of the Wasteland, Mutant Hunt, Robot Holocaust.
Favorite Moviemakers: Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Kaufman, Wes Anderson, P.T. Anderson. Lasse Hallstr�m, Sofia Coppola, Harmony Korine, Quentine Tarantino.

Television:

Soap, At Last the 1948 Show, Lost, Mr. Show, Carnivale, Deadwood, Feasting on Asphalt, Bargain Hunt, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under (RIP), Northern Exposure, The John Larroquette Show, The State, Kids in the Hall, The Simpsons, Chappelle's Show, M*A*S*H, Arrested Development, Good Eats, The Prisoner, Reno 911!, Tales from the Dark Side, House, Stella, Monk, Jonathan Creek, Are You Being Served?, Invasion.

Books:

A Clockwork Orange, The Clockwork Testament or Enerby's End, Through the Looking Glass, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Primal Screamer by Nick Blinko (of Rudimentary Peni), City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer, The Prestige by Christophere Priest, The Witch Hunter series by C.L. Werner, American Gods and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

Heroes:


Riley Martin,

Gene Ray,
Buckaroo Banzai, Harry Houdini, Solomon Kane, Mathias Thulmann, Neil Gaiman, Peter Sellers, and Andy KaufmanAnd this guy:

My Blog

Wal-Mart and Economic Ignorance

I was skimming an article in an issue of Reason magazine the last time I was at Beezard's apartment called The 4 Boneheaded Biases of Stupid Voters (And we're all stupid voters.) It narrowed the misco...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:31:00 PST

Big Dumb Lies: Fascism Equals Corporatism

Corporate controlled government is Fascism. This is a very stupid lie that is frequently repeated in political debates on the Internets by young leftwing wannabes and, unfortunately, by old washed-up ...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:47:00 PST

The Florida Kid Was Begging to Be Tasered?

Okay, so if you haven't seen a full video yet, here it is.And yeah, Andrew Meyers seems to be a wacky cospiracy theorist, but let's put that point aside for the moment. What we are dealing with is a s...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:21:00 PST

Parental Rights and Responsibility II

I'll try one more to convey the misunderstanding.The current scenario says that a man is responsible for the offspring of his sexual relations, even from casual sex. That's the law and that's the trad...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:14:00 PST

Philo-Group Post:Anti-Capitalist Gives His Sentiments...

Russ wrote:It also falls under the philosophy of americans... Get as much as you can for the least price. Make the most money for the least amount of work and do whatever you want so long as you can m...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:02:00 PST

Why I Cannot Get Down with

There is a small, but tenacious, movement present on the Internet, chanting the Battle Cry "Impeach Bush!" If you ask them why they think he should be impeached, they will produce for you a laundry l...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:19:00 PST

How to Tell Young Children About God

I find that it helps children to understand God if, when explaining the concept to them, you dress up like God yourself. It is very simple to put together the costume. Martha Stewart even has some poi...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:46:00 PST

Determinism and Morality

(originally posted as a response in the Philosophy/Critical Theory group).Long post, but worth the read for anyone who wants a defense against free willers telling determinists they can't believe in m...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:59:00 PST

Divination by the letters of your name.

Find the letters in your name. These tell you what you are like. G: You never let people tell you what time it is.A: You like to drink the blood of animals.R: Your mind has been warped by chaos. Y : B...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:44:00 PST

Another Attempt to Clarify a Liberty-based Position...

Meet, Garrett. Another angst ridden youth who hates the world and mankind, but pretends to be compasionate and interested in resolving the issues that cause him to gnash his teeth and cut his arms. He...
Posted by Gary "burnvictim77" on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:02:00 PST