zerodoug
48 years old
Los Angeles
Male
About
how do i say this? well... mix john scofield, malcolm x, willy wonka, john hodgman, italo calvino, william james, philip k dick, chuck palahniuk, will self, larry david, charlie kaufman, montaigne, and andy partridge and you're getting close. impossible you say? well perhaps you're right. but that's how it feels.
that is all.
:-P
Text(5)
Mar 30, 2008
prose poem
I am surrounded by the pieces of this huge
puzzle: here's a piece I call my wife, and
here's an odd one I call convictions, here's
conventions, here's collisions, conflagrations,
congratulations. Such a puzzle this is! I
like to grease up all the pieces …
Mar 30, 2008
truth
"We associate truth with convenience, with what most closely accords with self-interest and personal well-being or promises best to avoid awkward effort or unwelcome dislocation of life. We also find acceptable what contributes most to self-esteem." - John Kenneth Galbraith
Mar 16, 2008
"And I will give him the morning star."
"And I will give him the morning star."
That is from Revelation--once again. I have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little starbursts of writing from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language--and it is not because I am a …
Movies
o brother where art thou, full metal jacket, fight club, dr. strangelove, paths of glory, the madness of king george, the usual suspects, snatch, lost in translation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, garden state, delicatessen, city of lost children, betty blue, hannah and her sisters, barton fink, fargo, awakenings, underworld, brazil, the fisher king, fear and loathing in las vegas, silence of the lambs, angel heart, shine
Music
john scofield, peter gabriel, xtc, a tribe called quest, de la soul, beethoven, buckshot lefunque, the chemical brothers, the dust brothers, chick corea, the clash, common, cypress hill, donald fagen, steely dan, elvis costello, everything but the girl, george clinton, hybrid, BT, wes montgomery, scott joplin, kraftwerk, linkin park, living colour, marcus miller, mark mothersbaugh, mike stern, miles davis, pat metheny, the police, propellerheads, psychedelic furs, public enemy, red hot chili peppers, roni size, camille saint-saens, seal, the specials, stan getz, supertramp, tears for fears, the the, thomas dolby, vernon reid, yellowjackets
Literature
invisible cities, foucault's pendulum, valis, shadows of the mind, kiss me judas, penny dreadful, hell's half acre, my idea of fun, life:the film, buzz, neuromancer, pattern recognition, tom jones, good to great, confederacy of dunces
TV/DVD
wonder showzen, the office, rome, deadwood, curb your enthusiasm, heroes, the daily show, the chappelle show, Patton Oswalt, Dave Chappelle, Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Richard Pryor, Ricky Jervais
Activities
"You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains., You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek., But first, first you must travel, a long and difficult road., A road fraught with peril., You shall see things., Wonderful to tell., You shall see;, a cow on the roof of a cotton house., And oh, so many startlements., I cannot tell you how long this road shall be., But, fear not the obstacles in your path., For fate has vouchsafed your reward., Though the road may wind., Yea your hearts grow weary, still shall you follow that road, even unto, your salvation.", -, Tiresias, (the blind man does have a name)
zerodoug, Mar 13, 2007:
so far this is turning out pretty well. now we have to figure out how to have an online party. it's hard to get people to come to an event without booze.
Maybe a series of coordinated chat rooms, each with a topic being discussed by significant numbers in the group. Webcams would be cool. I might try an IFC critique party. Every body who is interested looks at a selected film on IFC that day and then jumps in a forum or one of two chat rooms. Room 1: Thumbs up Room 2: Thumbs down. Obviously you can switch rooms on a whim.
even better, maybe a bittorrent of a short film created by a Virb member.
suggestions anyone? what's the use of a friends page if you never talk to each other. social nets are too one to one oriented. We need a many to many environment.
Monkeypaw, Mar 13, 2007:
Fastanstic idea. I should have thought of that! Wow...I'm from the midwest as well....at this rate you may have to change your criteria to people in the Midwest who HAVEN"T heard of COLC. It's getting crowded in here with all the midwesterners....
Indy, Mar 12, 2007:
An interesting litmus test you have there. I have a feeling that you may truly find out if other people who like City of Lost Children are indeed friend worthy.
Jackie, Mar 12, 2007:
hello. using cinematic taste as an indicator of intelligence might just well get you into trouble...
Marcus, Mar 12, 2007:
I live in the midwest and not only have I seen City of Lost Children, I own a copy on widescreen VHS.
Marley, Mar 12, 2007:
Hell, I'll add anyone who has even HEARD of City of Lost Children....I live in the Midwest, enough said, right?
jenna, Mar 12, 2007:
Yeah, I'm a newby also. I'm going on 48 or so hrs now.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. "
I think you might appreciate that one. : ) I sure hope so.
Jazz Lemming, Mar 10, 2007:
Hey, just to say thanks for listening, and for being the first friend added.
JL
Victrola, Mar 9, 2007:
haha thanks for the great message with your add request.