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About Me

I updated this page on: 8/7/2007
http://www.dougkochmanski.com
"Turn it up, turn it up. Little bit higher. Radio."
"Out with the kickers and the truckers and the cowboy angels. And a good saloon in every single town. And I remember something you once told me. And I'll be damned if it did not come true. Twenty-thousand roads I went down, down down, and they all led me straight back home to you."
"My father said, 'Son, we're lucky in this town. It's a beautiful place to be born. It just wraps it's arms around you. Nobody crowds you, nobody goes it alone. That flag flying over the courthouse means that certain things are set in stone. Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.'"
"Someday, girl, I don't know when—we'll get to that place where we really want to go, and we'll walk in the sun. But, until then, tramps like us? Baby, we were born to run."
I JOINED MYSPACE.COM TO SHAMELESSLY PROMOTE MY BAND .
25 in Pittsburgh. 32" waist/31" inseam. Pink is not my favorite color. I like the cold and the snow; I'm in Pittsburgh because I want to be in Pittsburgh. Odd? Art Director at IdeaMill . Available for parties. Have friends; like them. Listen to music; like it. Watch films; like some of them. Enjoy sitcoms, circa. 1987, 1993, 1994. Want to get a new pair of glasses. iTunes library is @ 35,401 (I've blown right-the-fuck past 20,000.). Live with/married to/love Breanne (Wilcox) Kochmanski . She's a stylist/I get free styling. We just bought our first house. In Aspinwall. I do not not type correctly. I need a ride to Funkytown. Can be found at Lot 17, The Sharp Edge, Kelly's Bar & Lounge, The Harris Grill or Havana after 8:00 PM, on most nights. Drinking Budweiser. Used to be the drummer for quite-rocking/about-to-reunite Pittsburgh-based Long Time Darlings . Currently playing drums for Ben Hardt . I'll give you $1,000,000 for a night with your monkey. Chicken Fingers are good. These pants don't fit right. Fuck the FOCUS FACTOR—they revoked my driver's license (I got it back). I steal music, but, if I like it, I'll go buy it. Calvin (the dog) is the man (face/butt). Lots of times, I go to Jerry's Records in Squirrel Hill on my lunch break and forget to eat. Spectacular vinyl collection is @ 1,712 (most everything is first-pressing—fuck reissues). I (used to) have a big pyramid of 20 oz. soda bottle caps in my office. My desk is a giant door on sawhorses—and it's great. I buy really cheap furniture that people think is too fucked-up to qualify as cool or antique and I make it awesome. Our apartment is gorgeous—but, our house (soon) will be nicer. NFL/Steelers mental case. Metal rules. It's not my fault. Feed the bear a tasty chicken/put a bag over the bear's head. Often misinformed. I kind-of live under a creative commons license. Problems problem-solving? "If you love someone, set them free. (If they come back, set them on fire.)" Fruits of neglecting social interaction? Why? Everyone needs a little rug in their lives. (Make yours a sheepskin.) Find other cities more glamorous than Pittsburgh; doesn't make me want to leave Pittsburgh. I think Pittsburghland is the bestest amusement park ever!

My Interests

Music, collecting vinyl (I'm fucking addicted to records), fixing/remodeling/renovating our house, design (especially designing flyers), old shirts, going to rock shows, traveling abroad, chicken, my iPod, piracy, interior decoration (seriously), rocking, restoring old furniture, designing/building new furniture, being stupid in-love, etc.

I'd like to meet:

People who will (someday) come to see my band play—serious inquiries only, please. (Don't I sound like an ass?) Seriously—pirates, misfits, bears, monkeys, bedfellows, snowmen, useless people (deep breath)—what? And, well... I already met Breanne (she was the Homecoming Queen—that's kind of hot).

Music:



I've decided to thin out the list and nix all the bands I had listed just so my list would look cool. Granted, I do like all those bands and I do own and listen to thier music, but, I figure it's better to list just the bands/artists that I'm really, really into. That's a better representation of me, right? Here we go: The Boss, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, The Flying Burrito Bros./Gram Parsons, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Wolf Parade, Heartless Bastards, Led Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, The Faces, The Hold Steady, Spoon, Van Morrison, The Fiery Furnaces, Rilo Kiley, New Pornographers, The Deadly Snakes, Ted Leo + The Pharmacists, Neil Young, Songs: Ohia, Willie Nelson, My Morning Jacket, Bonnie Prince Billy, Bowie, The National, Kings of Leon, Elton John, Interpol, Nick Cave, The Magnolia Electric Co., Townes Van Zandt, The Kinks, Billy Joel, Belle & Sebastian, Death From Above 1979, The Anomoanon, Jackson Browne, Steely Dan, Bob Seger.

Movies:

Almost Famous, Rosemary's Baby, The Royal Tennenbaums, About Schmidt, Big, Little Miss Sunshine, Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill, Ordinary People, High Fidelity, Vanilla Sky, Lost in Translation, Buffalo 66, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A History of Violence.

Television:

American Idol, Sex and the City, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Late Show w/ David Letterman, Roseanne, Law & Order.

Books:

On the Road, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Mainlines & Bloodfeasts.

Heroes:

"My heroes have always been cowboys, and they still are, it seems. Sadly in search of and one step in back of themselves and their slow-moving dreams."

My Blog

Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

That's rightI'm back, baby.My return to the stage. I'm playing drums for Ben Hardt. Ben's got a new album coming out. It's really good. It's called Ben Hardt and His Symphony. It's got an honest-to-G...
Posted by Douglas" on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:53:00 PST

Comic: Braveheart/Hannibal

As interpreted by Jason and Adam:
Posted by Douglas" on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Comic: It's a Wonderful Life


Posted by Douglas" on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Comic: Indiana Jones

I decided to start using my MySpace blog to do comic strips. Crappy Photoshop recreations of my friends and I. Recreations of famous movie moments. I don't have a title for this, yet. Here's the first...
Posted by Douglas" on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Young Thousands.

(The Mountain Goats are fucking rad.) Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargo and the sunlight on the water sets a switch off, in your brain. The things that you've got coming...
Posted by Douglas" on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Blog this, bitch!

ALL PERTINENT BLOG-TYPE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED @:dougkochmanski.comI play my music louder than you'd like me to.
Posted by Douglas" on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST