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Chris

War Eagle, Go Stars and How Ya' Doin'!

About Me

Slow to find this thing ... I'm late 30's (arrrgghhhh), still a child at heart, extremely amazingly happily married to Ann, fanatic about AUBURN UNIVERSITY, work in grocery sales, NHL nut, former radio disc jockey in Dallas ('Snyder' RIP Merge 93.3 FM), have a tremendous circle of friends. Check out my blog at www.livejournal.com/users/seventhwave as I'm way too lazy to move it here. Myspace Graphics
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My Interests

Again, in no particular order: Auburn University, The gym, my IPOD, anything hockey related, family, family and family, biographies, following my NATIONAL CHAMPION Auburn Tigers (I don't care what the polls say or what you may think), internet doodling, live music, good wine, scuba, personal finance, screwing around in the kitchen

I'd like to meet:

This could change often. In no particular order: John Lennon, Ronald Reagan, You, Wayne Gretzky, Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Bono, Elvis Costello, Julius Erving, Sting, Jimmy Buffett, Jim Cramer, Berkeley Breathed ... stay tuned, more to follow.

Music:

This could take some time ... U2, Sting, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Police, ABC, XTC, 311, R.E.M., Al Green, Alice in Chains, Squeeze, John Mellencamp, Bob Schneider, Oasis, Coldplay. Hall and Oates, Kiss, Bela Fleck, Tears For Fears, Massive Attack, Level 42, Stone Temple Pilots, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Tom Petty, old Genesis, Jimmy Buffet, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, Duran Duran, The Kinks, Brad Thompson and his Undulating Band, Bjork, Poe, The Sugarcubes, BT, Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz, The Dandy Warhols, Fountains of Wayne, Dave Matthews Band, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Barenaked Ladies, Styx, Journey, Santana, The Eagles, Foo Fighters, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Counting Crows, Fiona Apple, INXS, John Mayer, Talking Heads, Old 97's, Cowboy Mouth, Crowded House, Gary Numan, Train, The Clash, Fishbone, Cheap Trick, The Getaway People, Radiohead, Marvin Gaye, Eurythmics, Robert Randolph, Lyle Lovett, Beastie Boys, Neal Young, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Live, Robert Cray, Yes, Queen, Rush, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Alicia Keys, Ben Harper, Cake, Chomsky, The Church, Concrete Blonde, Dave Feister and the Legendary Groove Monsters, Depeche Mode, David Gray, Devo, Doves, Everclear, Garbage, Hothouse Flowers, Howard Jones, Incubus, Janes Addiction, Joe Jackson, Joy Division, Madness, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Mavericks, Midnight Oil, Moby, Motley Crue, Nickel Creek, Peter Gabriel, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, The Psychedelic Furs, Ray Charles, Rush, Soul Asylum, The Darkness, De La Soul, Bob Mould, The Smiths, Husker Du, Steely Dan, Thomas Dolby, Travis, Todd Rundgren, Weezer, The Nixons, and ummm .... Gorillaz. That's enough for now.

Movies:

Again, in no particular order and subject to change: The Godfather, Almost Famous, High Fidelity, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Sideways, Goodfellas, Bull Durham, Miracle, Rounders, Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, Clerks, Ghandi, The Insider, Swingers, Wedding Crasher, Pulp Fiction, Hoosiers, American Pie, Braveheart, Tombstone, Gangs of New York

Television:

so about anything on HBO, including ... Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sex in the City. On normal TV Amazing Race, Two and a Half Men, Sportscenter, How I Met Your Mother, anything on the Food Network, My Name Is Earl, Letterman, Soundstage, Behind the Music, Austin City Limits

Books:

How about authors: Buffett, Dahl, Kipling, Wolfe, Covey, Bach, Hunter S. Thompson, Clavell

Heroes:

My Wife, My Parents, Bono, Wayne Gretzky, Jim Cramer and you.

My Blog

Mavs Mavs Mavs and Great Endings

So thoroughly enjoyed being in the arena for 'Mavs vs. Heat - The Rematch' last night.  I had amazing seats (six rows behind Tony Romo) and while the hype was a touch dulled by the lack of D Wade...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:27:00 PST

The Second Coming of Stevie Ray??

I can't believe this is the same guy that wrote 'Your Body is a Wonderland'.  If you don't dig the song, fast forward halfway through the video and check out the solo ... amazing.  Find me a...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST

The Saints Are Coming

U2 + Green Day + New Orleans Superdome prior to Saints vs. Falcons = A++      View it here.  Maybe even buy the shirt if you feel inclined to do so. Lot's going on, mayb...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:54:00 PST

Birthdays and Crow

Ann and I saw Sheryl Crow earlier this week.  Thanks to Bossman Scott Strong for the hospitality at Nokia/NextStage ... always cool to see old friends.  For someone who battled cancer earlie...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:57:00 PST

Let's Catch Up!

Let's Catch Up!Haven't scattershot (past tense of scattershoot) since September. Here ya' go!!** Busy. Really Busy. Productive? Yeah. Happy? More than I've ever been.** Family is fantastico. Wife is t...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 04 May 2006 07:12:00 PST

Kharma's A Bitch ... or I Hate Barry Bonds

Kharma's a bitch ... and bad things happen to bad people.I don't 'hate' many people, but I do hate Barry Bonds. More on that later, but I'm celebrating today as Sports Illustrated has dedicated their ...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:39:00 PST

Kazakhuh??

Does it make me geographically challenged if I've never heard of the country the the United States Men's Hockey Team beat in the Olympic Games yesterday?Where the hell is Kazakhstan and what do you ca...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:04:00 PST

Grammy Madness

All of my favorite musical elements were tossed into the great experiment that was the Grammy Awards last night, and it was the bomb ... I'm not usually much of an awards show type of guy, but with Co...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:14:00 PST