 Al's Profile |
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I'm gonna stay young... eh, fuck it.... 7 Seconds have WAY better songs than that one! |
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| Age: | 48 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Peabody, Massachusetts |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| BodyType: | Average |
| Zodiac: |  Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18) |
| Last Login: | Jun 21, 2008 (114 days back) |
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About Me |
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Dude! You're 100% from Massachusetts! Dude! Me and Sully and Fitzie and Sean are gonna hit Landsdowne tonight after the game, hang out at the Beerworks. I'll pick you up at the Coop at 6. North Central The Midland The West The Northeast Philadelphia The Inland North The South What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
What do you want to know? Older, perhaps a bit more cantankerous but not completely cynical (yet). Proud to be a liberal/progressive/whatever, Red Sox, Celtics (yes, I'm back on the bandwagon) and Patriots fan and insatiable music/record nerd. I've been the publisher of Suburban Voice (originally Suburban Punk) since 1982, although it's been on hiatus since 2003. I'm making attempts to end that hiatus but, in the meantime you can read my SV blog . I'm also a columnist for Maximum Rock 'n Roll , AMP Magazine and Mass Movement . I also host an on-line radio show Sonic Overload that is updated each Monday. Finally, I share my life with my wonderful wife Ellen, who is a social worker and that's a lot more impressive than anything I do. We've been married since 1988 and she puts up with way more from me than she should. |
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My Interests |
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| Music, baseball, football, boxing, reading, listening to left-wing pinko radio and grilling food that is very bad for me. | |
I'd like to meet:PAY ATTENTION... ONE MORE FUCKING TIME... I'll only add you if I already know you or if you send me a message along with the add request. Really, that's all it takes and I'll probably add you unless you're a racist, sexist, homophobe or flag-waving pay-tree-ot. Also, I love getting comments... especially like this one:
... but please don't use that space for big ads or flyers. They'll be deleted immediately and you'll get a Stephen Colbert "Wag of the Finger"
That being said... welcome! |
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Music:7 Seconds, 9 Shocks Terror, AC/DC, Adolescents, Aerosmith (first four albums), Amdi Petersens Arme, Appendix, Articles of Faith, Bad Brains, Batallion of Saints, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Buzzcocks, Career Suicide, Caustic Christ, Chicago (early), Clash, Count Five, Crucifix, Damned, Dead Boys, DEVO, Dictators, Die Kreuzen, Dillinger Four, Direct Control, Discharge, DOA, Dr. Know, Effigies, Faith, FU’s, Gang Of Four, Husker Du, Iggy & The Stooges, Jam, Jerry’s Kids, Jesus Lizard, John Coltrane, Judas Priest, Killing Joke, Leatherface, Limp Wrist, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Motorhead, Naked Raygun, Negative Approach, New Bomb Turks, Out Cold, Pagans, PIL, Poison Idea, Public Enemy, Ramones, Really Red, Ruts, Saints, Scream, Sex Pistols, Slayer, State, Stiff Little Fingers, Subhumans (both UK and Canada), Sweet, Teengenerate, Toxic Reasons, Urban Waste, Void, Wipers, Wire, World Burns To Death, X-Ray Spex... really, the list is endless |
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Movies:Godfather I/II, Animal House, Network, It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Blues Brothers, Kentucky Fried Movie, URGH! A Music War, Decline of Western Civilization, Clerks, Repo Man, Taxi Driver, Woody Allen movies, especially his earlier, funnier ones... |
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Television:Baseball, football, basketball, Jeopardy, 60 Minutes, Greater Boston, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, old sitcoms and cartoons |
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Books:"Ball Four" by Jim Bouton, "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" by Lester Bangs (my biggest influence/inspiration in my writing), "Commodify Your Dissent" by Thomas Frank, music reference guides (the perfect bathroom reading!). I could lie and say I read lots of Chomsky and Zinn but, while I basically agree with their ideas, I find my attention wandering when I read them... so it's mainly books about music and sports |
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Heroes:"Whatever happened to the heroes? No more heroes anymore!" |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Swampscott, MA |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | I don't want kids |
| Education: | College graduate |
| Occupation: | writer/DJ/general instigator and troublemaker |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Somethings missing... |
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| I've got to do something about the lawn mower I use. It was actually a replacement I got last year when the place I sent my old mower to be repaired lost it. That's rightthey couldn't find my mower. ... Posted by Al on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:58:00 PST |
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Matt Frado R.I.P. |
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| Matt Frado, who played in a number of local bands (including The Epidemic, The Knox, Legions of Hell and Unholy Goatfucker) and also worked the shows at Welfare Records, passed away on Friday. I... Posted by Al on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:31:00 PST |
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The incredible shrinking ice cream container |
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| This could be construed as a free ad but I absolutely love Edy's ice cream. I buy the "slow churned," lower fat/lower calorie typemint chip, chocolate chip and orange/vanilla swirl are some of my fav... Posted by Al on Sat, 10 May 2008 03:50:00 PST |
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So this band I was in has a 7 inch coming out |
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| Yep, it's true. No System or, more accurately, yours truly performing No System songs with different musicians. We'll get to that in a bit but, first, a self-indulgent trip down musical memory lane. I... Posted by Al on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:49:00 PST |
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Guys, its only a game (part 2) |
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| Warning: sports content ahead for those of you who chide me for writing about the topic. Go listen to "I Hate Sports" by 7 Seconds while wondering why, if Kevin Seconds hated sports so much, he thanke... Posted by Al on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:35:00 PST |
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Im NOT voting for McCain |
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| Yep, flip-flopping once again. What can I say? I’m fickle...OK, that’s enough. Not only am I not voting for McCain, I never planned to. In the unlikely instance you took anything I wrote o... Posted by Al on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:32:00 PST |
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Im voting for McCain (*updated!) |
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| The title of this blog might come as a surprise to anyone who knows about my political leanings, which are pretty left of center. Certainly to the left of the moderates who control the Democratic part... Posted by Al on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:06:00 PST |
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Eulogy |
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| There was this friend of mine, needed something we couldn’t give convenient answers and a cheap way out killed himself without actually dying, took a blunt lie and gouged out his mind And I ca... Posted by Al on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:32:00 PST |
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Happy birthday Mr. Orr |
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| I was talking to Ellen about my favorite local athletes of all time. For the Patriots, it was Steve Grogan. He wasn’t the most gifted player but the classic "plugger." He got it done--one tough ... Posted by Al on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:42:00 PST |
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NAS-FUPS and other dubious musical memories |
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| A musical theme, for a change. No politics but there will be the inevitable personal reminiscence. Above this blog, you’ll notice a music player. Think of it as a soundtrack... Posted by Al on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:48:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Ellen, Bonnie, Andy, Donna, Hanging Round the Ceiling Half the Time Dork, Katrin, malice as fashion, Michelle Phoenix, yazzattakk, marc, Thats How I Escaped My Certain Fate... for real!, Mary, Supercharged Yeti Striding Through The Cosmos, Anna, we have cockroaches, Madscriptor, Thrashead, Colleen, ANNA, Bow Echo, xtina, Ed, Dog, Here for the Music, Craig, moe, katie, AinJill or Devil?!, abby ellin, xsteveobjectx, t, the Samhain Kid, Dave, mark, Twisted Rico, TEW, STRANGLEHOLD, Hale The New Dawn, destroy exxon, Nightstick Justice, Laura, Bob, AVIVA, Kevin, KAOS, AMP Mag Matt, honeybopsoaps.etsy.com, Zombi, The Todd, CULDESAC, Radovan, Erica, jorge, Tiina B, Riot Nrrrd™, Caroline, Melissa, xb.j.x, LEASA CATERA, Kyle F., Polk Records, Sabs
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