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gijs!

Down With A World In Which The Guarantee That We Will Not Die Of Starvation Has Been Purchased With

About Me


Every Poet A Thief, Every Thief A Poet.

Friend, Lover, Son, Brother, Wanderer, Believer, Perpetual 13 Year Old, Hardcore Kid, Youthful Idealist, Hopeless Romantic, Music Enthousiast, Graphic Designer, Leisure Photographer, Zine Maker, Show Booker, Skateboarder, Transatlantic Summertime Traveller, Dancer, Record Collector, Vegan, Straight Edge, Anarchist.

I'm psyched on life!

My Interests

Hardcore Music and Punk Kids, Friends, Transatlantic Friendships, Sleepless Nights and Pretty Eyes, Shiny Silver Things Like Bianchi Pistas And Mac Powerbooks, Summer Days, Philly Kids, Traveling, Road Trips, Shows and Dance Parties, Movie Nights, Sunday Afternoon Bagels And Beans Routine, Vegan Restaurants, Fixed Gear Bicycles, Skateboarding, Swingsets, Porches, Mixtapes, Record Collecting, Late Night Conversations and Lazy Mornings, Skipping School, Books by Jeanette Winterson, Herfst Tea, Virgils Rootbeer and Soy Icecream, Wasting Time On MySpace And Money On eBay, Pop Culture, Philosophy, Politics, DIY Ethics, Animal, Earth And Self-Liberation, Literature, Contemperary Art, Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration, Independent Media, RE/FUSE Zine and Kids. The Mosh, The Edge, The Core. You Know What's Up.

I'd like to meet:


Romance, Passion, Adventure & Trouble. Kids With The Courage To Care.

FRIENDSHIP!
My Friends Will Save The World!

Mego!

Melanie!

Santina!

Kelly!

Ernesto!

Eline!

Caspar!

Niels!

Nick!

Patrick!

John!

RE/FUSE!

More: Partners In Crime!

Music:

Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Reagan Youth, Iggy And The Stooges, MC5, The Ramones, Chain Of Strength, Mouthpiece, Unbroken, Converge, American Nightmare, The Suicide File, Panic, Dead Stop, Atari, Betrayed, Modern Life Is War, Catharsis!, Umlaut, Zegota, Refused (Are Fucking Dead), Lack, The Spectacle, His Hero Is Gone, Tragedy, From Ashes Rise, No Parade, Acme, Annihilation Time, Baroness, Sunn 0))), Earth, Belegost, Fucked Up, Career Suicide, The Swarm aka Knee Deep In The Dead, Ruination, Orchid, Jawbreaker! The Weakerthans! Hot Water Music! The Get Up Kids!, Fall Out Boy, Death Cab For Cutie, The Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band With Choir, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Explosions In The Sky, Dead Prez, Embrace, The Insurgent, Defiance, Ohio!, Seven Generations, Gather, Attrition, Kingdom, To Kill, Eye Of Judgement, War, Water And The Plague, Omission, Amen Ra, Rise And Fall, Shikari, Antillectual, Seein'Red, ManLiftingBanner, Tenement Kids, Union Town, About Paris, Rock And Roll Socialites, The Smiths, Social Distortion, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen will always be The Boss.

Movies:

High Fidelity, Almost Famous, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Bottlerocket, The Squid And The Wale, Donnie Darko, Zoolander, Anchorman, Wedding Crashers, all Kevin Smith movies but especially Mallrats and Chasing Amy, The Goonies, Stand By Me, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times At Richmond High, Ferris Buellers Day Off, The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys, Harold And Maude, Groundhog Day, The Karate Kid, The Star Wars, Back To The Future, Indiana Jones and The Lord Of The Rings Trilogies, Natural Borns Killers, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Point Break, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, American Beauty, Pleasantville, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Night On Earth, Requiem For A Dream, The Virgin Suicides, Amelie, Delicatessen, La Cite D'Enfants Perdue, Dark City, Repo Man, Monsters Inc. Bowling For Columbine, Supersize Me, Flight From Death; The Quest For Immortality, What Barry Says, Teenage Tourettes Camp Documentary, Black Label: Kills, Zero: Misled Youth + Dying To Live, Toy Machine: Welcome To Hell, In Bed With Madonna, End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones, The Edge Of Quarrel, Refused Are Fucking Dead, Minor Threat Live At Buff Hall.

Television:

Is Fucking Stupid, Dude.

Books:

Jeanette Winsterson; The Passion, Written On The Body, Sexing The Cherry, Art And Lies, Art Objects, Gut Symmetries, The World And Other Places, The Powerbook, LightHouseKeeping, Weight, Tanglewreck. Chuck Palahniuk; Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Choke. Nick Hornby; High Fidelity. David Sedaris; Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim Klootzak. Chuck Klosterman; Fargo Rock City. Antoine De Saint-Exupery; The Little Prince. Paulo Coelho; The Alchemist. Maurice Sendak; Where The Wild Things Are. Alain De Botton; The Consolations Of Philosophy, How Proust Can Change Your Life. Herman Hesse; Demian, Steppenwolf. Albert Camus; The Plague. Michel Houellebecq; Whatever, Atomised. John Gardner; Grendel. Daniel Quinn; Ishmael. Ted Kaczinski; The Unabomber Manifesto. Mack; Evasion. Chris Hatteras; Fire And Lightning, Hib And Kika; Off The Map, CrimethInc; For Beginners + Recipes For Disaster, Bill Mason; Confessions Of A Master Jewel Thief, Aldous Huxley; Brave New World. Don DeLillo; White Noise, Underworld, Cosmopolis. Tom Robbins; The Jitterbug Perfume, Raoul Vaneigem; The Revolution Of Everyday Life. Oh, and Charles Bukowski; Some depressing short story that Lydia made me read the first night we met, Josh MacPhee; Stecil Pirates. Paul Joannides; The Guide To Getting It On! Mötley Crüe; The Dirt, Johnny Cash; Cash, Aaron Cometbus; Despite Everything. Dan Sinker; We Owe You Nothing (Punk Planet, Selected Interviews). Henry Rollins; Get In The Van, Mark Andersen; Dance Of Days, Beth Lahickey; All Ages - Reflections On Straight Edge.

Heroes:

"This is the customary time when the defendant expresses regret for the crimes they committed, so let me do that because I am not without my regrets. I am here today to be sentenced for my participation in releasing mink from 6 fur farms. I regret it was only 6. I'm also here today to be sentenced for my participation in the freeing of 8,000 mink from those farms. I regret it was only 8,000. It is my understanding of those 6 farms, only 2 of them have since shut down. I regret it was only 2. More than anything, I regret my restraint, because whatever damage we did to those businesses, if those farms were left standing, and if one animal was left behind, then it wasn't enough. I don't wish to validate this proceeding by begging for mercy or appealing to the conscience of the court, because I know if this system had a conscience I would not be here, and in my place would be all the butchers, vivisectors, and fur farmers of the world. Just as I will remain unbowed before this court- who would see me imprisoned for an act of conscience- I will also deny the fur farmers in the room the pleasure of seeing me bow down before them. To those people here whose sheds I may have visited in 1997, let me tell you directly for the first time, it was a pleasure to raid your farms, and to free those animals you held captive. It is to those animals I answer to, not you or this court. I will forever mark those nights on your property as the most rewarding experience of my life. And to those farmers or other savages who may read my words in the future and smile at my fate, just remember: We have put more of you in bankruptcy than you have put liberators in prison. Don't forget that. Let me thank everyone in the courtroom who came to support me today. It is my last wish before prison that each of you drive to a nearby fur farm tonight, tear down its fence and open every cage. That's all."- Peter Young's statement to the court at his sentencing on 11/08/05 My Friends Will Save The World. Sign X___________.

My Blog

RE/FUSE 05 OUT NOW!

RE/FUSE 05 pre orders taken!Motherfuckers! Yes! RE/fuse 05 is finally out! We are very happy with the result and we are convinced of the fact that it contains many hours of quality reading and viewing...
Posted by gijs! on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:24:00 PST

FUCK FOX NEWS

god, how fucking lame. or as katy said; FUCKING PATHETIC. fox news bought myspace for $580 million from the media company that owned it. justin pierson already up and left. expect some changes kids. w...
Posted by gijs! on Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:22:00 PST

RE/FUSE 04, OUT NOW!

MOTHERFUCKERS! RE/FUSE issue 04 is finally out. containing interviews with IAN MACKAYE, MIKE KIRSCH (TORCHES TO ROME, PLEASE INFORM THE CAPTAIN..), best band in the world LOOK BACK AND LAUGH, dutc...
Posted by gijs! on Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:54:00 PST