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Chris

If ya can't join em...beat em

About Me

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My Interests

The idea of traveling, hockey, civil war, driving, inner peace (well .. in conjunction with the other things ...so maybe "living with the demons in harmony" is a better title,) ghost stories, NOOMA.com, MOG army, EQ2, compilation cd and tape making, football, hills, letters in wine bottles, American folklore, art, the lost art of storytelling.

Music:

Joy Division, The Replacements, The Blue Nile, Afghan Whigs, Mojave 3, Jesus and Mary Chain, Lucero, Matthew Ryan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Curve, Arab Strap, Pulp, Come, Fugazi, Phoenix, Palace Brothers, Johnny Cash, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, Social Distortion, Archers of Loaf, Crooked Fingers, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo, New Order, The Faint, Iron Maiden, Outkast, The Cure, Danzig, Bad Brains, The Pretenders, Prince, My Bloody Valentine, Grifters..blah de blah

Movies:

Brick, Rushmore, Lost in Translation, V for Vendetta, A Very Long Engagement, Amelie, Kicking and Screaming (not the Will Ferrell one,) The Life Aquatic, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Amelie, Annie Hall, Mirrormask.

Books:

Rob Bell "Velvet Elvis," Steven King's "The Dark Tower" series, Anne Rice "The Witching Hour," JRR Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Nick Hornby "How To Be Good," Dan Brown "Angels and Demons," Neil Gaiman "American Gods," Edgar Lee Masters "Spoon River Anthology," CS Lewis "The Chronicles of Narnia," Herman Hesse "Beneath The Wheel," Playwright Sam Sheppard, Umberto Eco "The Name of the Rose," William Faulkner "As I Lay Dying," Anthony Bourdain "Kitchen Confidental."

Heroes:

Paul Westerberg, My Dad, Martin Luther King Jr, V, Johnny Cash .. ..

My Blog

The dusty brigand and the necromancer

Long story short, if you didn't get my bulletin, I've moved. Yep, out of the "Nashville" area and closer to my work in Franklin. It's certainly different, but been fun. I have a new roommate, and doub...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:59:00 PST

Random Musica Paradiso v.2 / Zork IV

Haven't done one of these on myspace since last year, and I'm still a little under the weather and need to retire early tonight, so this will be a good way to wind down. Those new to reading my silly ...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:39:00 PST

2007

16 days into 2007, and until today, there were yellow tulips blooming in the yard and little rust colored ladybugs had invaded the house. Not right...but this is not the theme for this year. Yeah, yea...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:39:00 PST

2006

I suppose no pseudo blog is complete without some sort of "year in review" or "best of" blog to end or begin the new year. 2006 wasn't a "terrific" year for me, but did have some bright spots in an ot...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:39:00 PST

Ophelia

Hello nosey readers, it's been a while. Not much has changed in my world since my last blog however. Still the silent woodsman and slave to the grindstone. Christmas is coming, and that always lighten...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:11:00 PST

Roland

Almost 2am and I'm feeling the toll of trying to navigate a huge ship on my back. But, I don't want to talk shop in this blog like the previous 2 or 3. Well, other than my fictional reference of cours...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:00 PST

Gold thread

When all else fails, I consider it very important to just focus on what works and stab that until it bleeds. To make this metaphor less serial killer, I mean grab that ray of light, or gold thread and...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:40:00 PST

Pegasi sirens

Well, some of you know, some of you might have heard, and yet others are in the cold, so I decided to announce my newish career move. In a few weeks, I will be handing over my duties as chef of The Ye...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:02:00 PST

YouTube Goodness... "the must sees"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPQQScnyks Archers of Loaf video for "what did you expect" Don't make bands like this anymore, sadly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU01xX77fxM Sonic Youth live in B...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:50:00 PST

Random Musica Paradiso!

So, I play this game at night because I don't watch TV, and get bored and don't feel like reading or playing video games (Yes, I know the irony, I don't watch TV, but I play video games ... so sue me,...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:54:00 PST