What Defines You
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MUSIC: Wookiefoot
One of my buds used to live next door to some of those guys.
That's awesome. Where are you/him from? It's a pretty small amount of people that know about them.
They started a huge conscious shift in me. Maybe it was coming anyway but they were definitely the catalyst.
edit I saw listen for some reason when you put live. Small world. I at one time lived a dozen blocka or so from them in Mpls.
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Small world eh? He said they were very cool people and great next door neighbors.
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some of the most down to earth, amazing people I've meet have been thanks to Wookiefoot and their festivals, they really do attract and bring the good out of people.
You still in Mpls? I might be back in the area in the fall, if I am we should get together and have a beer and stare at each others jeans.
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Tell me more about wookiefoot?!?! I'm interested to know what they are about and what kind of music they play.
"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"
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Indeed I am, definitely holler!
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Tell me more about wookiefoot?!?! I'm interested to know what they are about and what kind of music they play.
"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"
I spent a lot of time sitting here trying to think how to describe wookiefoot. Wookiefoot cannot be described. The best thing I can say is go to their band page and see for yourself.
They grew from a backyard band into a band which holds a yearly festival which proceeds go to charity and a 3000 person music festival in the fall. It's a festival in the midwest where like minded individuals hang out under some oak trees listening to music where like minded individuals can be hard to find sometimes. This will be their 10 year now and I was at the 3rd through 8th, I could go there this year even after missing the last couple and still see a lot of people I knew from previous years, it's gotten to be a small community where you see the same people year after year.
I cannot say enough good things about them and it's been interesting watching them progress as a band over 10 years from their first album to their sixth album and they have all been good. I have listened to all of them for countless hours as I've driven across the US and countless more in front of computer. And their side projects have been good also for the most part.
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MUSIC: Bloodthirsty Butchers, Anamanaguchi
FILM: Robocop, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
BOOK: Hard-Boiled Wonderland & The End Of The World - Haruki Murakami
CLOTHING: Western shirts, unsanforized denim, long wallets.
FOOTWEAR: My "Paint By Numbers" Vans slip-on sneakers, accidentally thrown out by Mom after I moved to Japan…
TRANSPORTATION: Bicycle
HOBBIES: Writing fiction, playing electric guitar, old-school video games.
FOOD: Tonkatsu, dark chocolate, anything with red bean paste in it.
DRINK: Tap water.
RELATIONSHIP: My parents and brothers.
THING I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: Maybe my computer. -
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ICON - Superman, I don't do religion but Superman is the closest I get to worship. True inspiration.
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great.
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I finally got around to reading "Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption" last year, it amazes me how many good movies have come from Stephen King's work
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Music: Leonard Cohen. Alexandra Leaving must be the best song ever written.
Book: Lord of the Rings
Film: Pulp Fiction. And Braindead. And Goodfellas. And absolutely not Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson, how could you!)
Sport: Cycling. Used to be Football (soccer), but the Qatar World Cup ruined it for me and I’ve been unable to recover.
Food: Difficult - there is so much to choose from. I’ll settle for Moules Frites. Edit: Actually, Moules Frites doesn’t define me. Pasta does - pasta with mushrooms in one form or another must be my signature dish.
Drink: Wine. Mosel Riesling with a little residual sweetness, Aged Nebbiolo or Premier Cru Chablis.
Alcohol: Defining - then it must be smoky/peaty Single Malt.
Clothing: IH 726 OLV. And wool. I love wearing wool.
Footwear: I love having bare feet. When It comes to shoes and boots I prefer Goodyear (or similar) welded leather - with a weakness for Chelsea boots. Basically the best quality I can afford.
Relationship: my wife.
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Shawshank Redemption - great film, great read as well.
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I’ve never seen this thread! I appreciate the resurrection.
Shawshank Redemption is pretty perfect. I’ve heard the phenomenon of catching a couple mins of a movie on TV, only to realize you are now hopelessly stuck watching it, as being “Shawshanked.” Another good example: the Temptations movie.
Also @Giles I love that your two essential bands listed are Bowie and CONVERGE. Hell yeah, man.
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Well hell that was a nice walk down memory lane. So many amazing forumites no longer hanging out here. Hope they’re all well and still rocking 21oz.
