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M. Szklarz

Nature is a language... can't you read?

About Me

I am insecure and have a taste for fine cheese. I believe Titus Pullo to be the greatest man ever to have fictionally lived. I am in constant need of a Thai coffee. I think I may be a sex-istentialist. Which is probably not what you think I mean by that.Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to Alice: I don't much care where. The Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go. Alice: …so long as I get somewhere. The Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.

My Interests

Zombies

Batman
girls who wear lacey "boy-cut" unmentionables

Slugs
Final Fantasy
Sharon Tate:

I'd like to meet:

Vikings. Or Banditos. Or banditos who hate (and fight) Vikings. Ninjas vs. Pirates is child's shit.

Music:

Mew, Steve Reich, Nels Cline, Jacque du Tronc, Mercury Program, Omar Sosa, Tears for Fears, Cornelius, Chromeo...

Movies:

Wild Zero, Oldboy, Mirrormask, Battle Royale, 28 ________ later(s), Undead,

Television:

Pee Wee's Playhouse. No Reservations (with Anthony Bourdain)

Books:

Snow Crash - Battle Royale - Tom Robbins - Jeff Noon - Lewis Carrol -

Heroes:

Alan Rickman. Severus Snape.

My Blog

If you want to learn to play blues.

Get yourself a woman!Also, great lines spoken by the furiously awesome Danko Jones:I was born in fire, and baptized in sweat. I love rediscovering old albums. I also love Snakebites (Guiness + Hard ...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:36:00 PST

Bat For Lashes = Awesome

Saw this music video, and absolutely had to post it. The site I saw it on said it reminded them of Donnie Darko, and I agree. Not too mention that the guys with the balloons are the creepiest thing ...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:24:00 PST

Excellence

Happy thoughts:Last night I bought a 1978 88-key excellent condition Fender Rhodes piano. It cost me 900 dollars.Today, Ryan informed me we made a 1000 dollars a piece off of the Ninja Turtle soundt...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:19:00 PST

Maman.

I was right. Leavng my phone ringer set on "high" was an smart decision. My superior - Pizzicato's assitant manager M. Flink - awoke me by phone call this previous mother's-day. I had, nearly upon ...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:16:00 PST

Mayday.

I may finally have chugged the big pepto-bismal of life bottle. I'm excited. Decisions have been reached. After spending my time amidst those French folk and their colleges, and being horribly deto...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:00:00 PST

Sizzle Bizzle Sizzle Wizzle

Sunday has arrived, and the ticket to the Texas live-music gateway has expired. It was filled with mixed emotions (seriously!). For some reason, SXSW was just not quite as good as the last two years...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:03:00 PST

Texas = where I am.

Not of course, that Portland cares. A strong reminder of why I am moving. Anyway, unless fate hates me as much as I suspect, I will be seeing Iggy Pop within the next few days, and David Cross. Of ...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:03:00 PST

Aural Consternation

I get slightly upset when I find out that my favorite lyrics are actually not what I think they are. Recently, I discovered in Abandoned Pools "Start Over", Walters does not sing, "Think of all the l...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:19:00 PST

To-rye-to-rye-A

There was a lady bug on my snare drum today. I first thought her to be a chunk of wood the shed'd off one of my sticks, but noticed her dots and confirmed her bugness. I don't know how she crawled i...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:49:00 PST

Birthday Ordeal.

Well, it's my Golden Birthday in two weeks. So, we're gonna kick it old school, or something. Here's the event plans (roughly), I am inviting everyone to join me in this wonderous ceremony celebrati...
Posted by M. Szklarz on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:35:00 PST