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Surly

Saving the world one dog at a time

About Me

I'd rather have a few good real friends than a lot of half assed ones. I prefer the company of dogs. Life is beautiful but humans are a constant source of disappointment. I have my senators on speed dial. The only thing I hate more than injustice is complacency. I hate people who are afraid to be themselves. I think Wal-Mart, MTV, and their ignorant consumers are destroying America. I LIVE FOR ROCK AND ROLL. I'm frontman for Seattle garage punks THE EARACHES. I'm actually an optimist. History - especially art history - turns me on. I've spent my entire life practicing to be an old man. You probably don't really want to be my friend, but go ahead and try anyway.

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My Interests

rescuing dogs, animal rights, audio engineering, sex, drugs, and rock n' roll, women's history, civil rights history, all the other history you won't learn in school, photography, top shelf vodka, destroying capitalism, poetry, fair trade coffee, the next revolution, freedom of expression, local bands, educating young people about the history of rock and roll, fader lust, HIGH OCTANE

I'd like to meet:

dogs, young musicians, an honest politician, old musicians--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- WHO I DON"T WANT TO MEET: random bands that suck (i.e., YOUR band), bands/people who already have thousands of friends, emo kids, strippers, models, and other various hussies - basically, if I don't already know you off of cyberspace you'd better send a convincing message along with your request telling me why you want to be my friend. They don't call me surly for nothing ya know. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------

Music:

the entire history of rock and roll with big props to: Chuck Berry, The Velvet Underground, Big Boys, Minutemen, The Stooges, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones, X, The Yardbirds, T. Rex, Bo Diddley, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Booker T. and the MGs, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), the crawling kingsnake: John Lee Hooker,The Clash, The Buzzcocks, The Saints, The Ventures, Joy Division, Agitpop, Gang of Four, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr., The Fleshtones, MC5, Martha Reeve and the Vandellas, Sly and the Family Stone, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Oblivians, the Cramps, The BellRaysLOCAL BANDS: Ms. Led, Danielli, The Electric Kisses, The Gloryholes, Glorious Day, The Cops, The Mexican Blackbirds, The Amazombies, The Briefs, Snitches Get Stitches, 76 Charger, The Fucking Eagles, 4 Easy Pieces, Ape City R&B, The Boss Martians, The Whore Moans, The Femurs, Zack Static Sect, Drive It Like You Stole It, The Suspicions, The Coloffs, The Paper Dolls, The High RollersGO SEE THESE BANDS LIVE!! the Jukebox Zeros, the Jeff Dahl Band, the Earps, the Glass Heroes, the L.A. Slumlords, Sonic Love Affair, ADZ, Tijuana Knife Fight, Voodoo Reef, The Heartaches

Movies:

Wild Zero, Down By Law, Double Indemnity, Night Nurse, Baby Face-almost anything with Barbara Stanwyck, Coffy, Breathless, Seven Samurai, Gilda, Suddenly Last Summer, Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman, Wings of Desire, 8 1/2, The Seventh Seal (Bergman), Young Frankenstein, Office Space, Dazed & Confused

Television:

The History Channel turns my crank, the Simpsons, King of the Hill, Kung Fu, Hawaii Five-O, Home Movies, any Quinn-Martin production, Perry Mason, and of course: POLICE WOMAN

Books:

Greek Tragedies, the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu, The Dhammapada, A People's History by Howard Zinn, The History of Art by H.W. Jansen, Mickey Spillane, Keats, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, William Carlos Williams, Lynda Barry, Richard Brautigan, Bukowski, the Rolling Stone Record Guide (was my bible in jr. high), most of the Beatniks-esp. Jack, Robert Frost, Anne Sexton, Hemingway, biographies of: rock stars, producers, artists, old movie stars, women's rights leaders, civil rights activists, historical figures

Heroes:

d. boon, Tim Kerr, Mike Carrol, Lori Penney, Zelda Penney, Zoot Horn Rollo, Captain Beefheart, Joey Ramone, Joan of Arc, Shirley Chisolm, Rosa Parks, Exene Cervenka, Shirley Muldowney, Leo Fender, Freddy Tavares (co-creator of the Stratocaster), Les Paul, Kearney Barton, Kathleen Hanna, Tammy Wynette, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman Scott, Steve Cropper, Tina Turner & the Ikettes, Patti Smith, Greg Cartwright, August Spies, Buddy Guy, Carl Stalling (musical director for ALL the classic Looney Toons), Mick Ronson, Eddie Angel, Beethoven, Johnny Cash, Martin Luther King Jr., Sterling Morrison, Joe Strummer, Robin Trower, Joan Jett, Tony Visconti, Elisabeth Cotton, Barbara Stanwyck, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Pam Grier, Cynthia Peterson (Trumpet- Sly & the Family Stone), Dr. Peter Wasserman, the inventor of soft serve ice cream, anyone who helps rescue animals in need, anyone who stands firm in their convictions in the face of overwhelming adversity

My Blog

Top Five Food Gross Outs

5. The smell of milk (odd because I drink it a lot) 4. The smell of refined sugar (it's the smell of evil!) 3. The smell of white bread, especially as it's being toasted (carryover from my job at...
Posted by Surly on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:34:00 PST

State of Mind or Fashion Statement?

I was talking with a friend about how his mates chastised him for liking a certain band  and I gotta tell ya I HATE that shit. The notion that certain bands are acceptable and...
Posted by Surly on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:14:00 PST

favorite albums

Favorite Albums of all time (subject to revision at any given moment and in less of a particular order than you might think): 1. BLOOD ON THE TRACKS -Bob Dylan 2. DOUBLE NICKELS ON THE DIME -Minutemen...
Posted by Surly on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:20:00 PST