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  • Chris Thacker

  • 26 / Male
  • San Francisco, California, US
  • Last Login: 11/23/2009

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Interests

  • General

    modern rock music (playing, watching, listening, creating)(indie, alternative, shoegaze, britpop, britrock)

    Ohio State sports

    snowboarding, volleyball, cards (euchre, poker), beaches, health and fitness, entertainment related technology (eg: apple/ipod/xbox), ncaa football and basketball, scrabble, short term obsessiveness, photography, art deco, 50s-60s media/fashion/tech, sarcasm, dry humor, cereal combinations

  • Music

    Catherine Wheel
    Swervedriver
    The Doves
    Interpol
    Badly Drawn Boy
    Adorable
    Mystery Machine
    Beatles
    Radiohead
    The Eels
    and too many other unknowns to list ... check out the list on the right for what i'm currently listening to or alternapop.com

  • Movies

    steve martin, christopher guest and michael mckean comedy films
    dumb and dumber, national lampoon's vacation, fletch

  • Heroes

    grandparents, parents

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends
  • Hometown: Raised in Columbus, Ohio. Live in San Francisco.
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 6' 0" / Athletic
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Education: College graduate

Schools

Networking

Companies

  • UCSF

    • San Francisco, CA US
    • Programmer/Analyst
    2001-present

  • Sapient

    • San Francisco, CA US
    2000

What I'm Listening To

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Film School - Film SchoolInterpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Rollerskate Skinny - Horsedrawn WishesThe Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters

Young Galaxy - Young GalaxyDoves - The Last Broadcast

Catherine Wheel - ChromeA.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder

The Stone Roses - The Complete Stone RosesSwervedriver - Mezcal Head

 1 Film School - Film School
2 Interpol-Turn on the Bright Lights
3 Swervedriver-Juggernaut Rides '89-'98
4 Buffalo Tom-Three Easy Pieces
5 Rollerskate Skinny-Horsedrawn Wishes
6 The Twilight Sad-Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters
7 Editors-An End Has A Start
7 Pixies-Surfer Rosa
7 Film School-Brilliant Career
10 Fields-Everything Last Winter
10 Silver Screen-The Greatest Story Never Told
12 The Shins-Wincing the Night Away
12 Daydream Nation-Bella Vendetta
12 Young Galaxy-Young Galaxy
12 Doves-The Last Broadcast
16 The Shins-Chutes Too Narrow
16 Snowden-Anti-Anti
16 Catherine Wheel-Chrome
16 A.C. Newman-The Slow Wonder
20 The Stone Roses-The Complete Stone Roses
21 Swervedriver-Mezcal Head
21 Thrushes-Sun Come Undone
21 The Libertines-The Libertines
24 The Duke Spirit-Cuts Across the Land
24 Midlake-The Trials of Van Occupanther
24 Yo La Tengo-Electr-o-pura
27 Uncut-Those Who Were Hung Hang Here
27 Track a Tiger-We Moved Like Ghosts
27 Engineers-Engineers
30 Engine 88-Clean Your Room
30 Mystery Machine-10 Speed
30 Kasabian-Kasabian
30 city-state-Monument
34 Catherine Wheel-Ferment
34 Editors-The Back Room
34 Broken Social Scene-You Forgot It in People
34 Asobi Seksu-Citrus
34 Calla-Collisions
34 The Dandy Warhols-Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
34 The Cinematics-A Strange Education
41 Spoon-Gimme Fiction
41 The Charlatans-Up At The Lake
41 The Dandy Warhols-Welcome to the Monkey House
41 Interpol-Antics
41 Buffalo Tom-Big Red Letter Day
41 Seachange-On Fire, With Love
41 Mystery Machine-Headfirst into Everything
41 The Smiths-The Queen Is Dead
41 Sister Vanilla-Little Pop Rock
41 The National-The National
41 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Take Them On, On Your Own
52 Joy Division-Substance
52 Pixies-Trompe le Monde
52 Oasis-Definitely Maybe
52 The National-Alligator
52 The Libertines-Up the Bracket
52 Yo La Tengo-I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
52 Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
52 Peter Bjorn and John-Falling Out
52 Ambulance LTD-LP
61 The Stone Roses-The Stone Roses
61 Sleepover Disaster-Loud Is the New Quiet
61 Uncut-Modern Currencies
61 Snow Patrol-Songs for Polarbears
61 I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness-Fear Is on Our Side
61 The Smashing Pumpkins-Zeitgeist
61 Polak-Swansongs
61 Snow Patrol-Final Straw
61 Medicine-The Buried Life
61 Adorable-Against Perfection
61 Arcade Fire-Funeral
61 Ride-Nowhere
61 The Replacements-Let It Be
74 Silversun Pickups-Carnavas
74 Eels-Souljacker
74 Grizzly Bear-Yellow House
74 The Strokes-Is This It
74 Polak-Rubbernecking
74 The Charlatans-Tellin' Stories
74 Peel-Peel
74 Autolux-Future Perfect

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Comments

Displaying 25 of 32 comments
  • MS. MAGGIE

    Apr 30 2009 5:48 AM

    Thanks, xoxo
  • isaias

    Apr 24 2009 2:11 AM

    hey bud how are u doing?
  • Aurora Pop

    Apr 16 2009 9:21 AM

    hello new friend! thank you! have a lovely spring!
  • TAPE

    Apr 9 2009 7:10 PM

    Thanks.
  • the sleepover disaster

    Mar 13 2009 2:50 PM

    South by Southwest kick off show!
  • Katalin

    Jan 2 2009 1:43 PM

    Hey Chris, thanks for being friends! Hope you had a great start to the new year :)
    Cheers!
  • Veil Veil Vanish

    Dec 10 2008 6:12 PM

    Right on, thanks Chris. btw, I loved seeing that Rollerskate Skinny album cover on your page.
    That album is fantastic!

    -Cameron / -vVv-
  • Kim

    Aug 12 2008 12:43 AM

    Hey...yes, I have an account on facebook. I am doing all of this so that I can check on the kids...UGH! They are growing up so fast!!!
  • Kelly

    Aug 7 2008 2:12 AM

    Hey sweets!! Hope all is well! Did ya see that the whole family has decided to join the Myspace world...oh and thought I had to let you know that I got tickets to the first OSU game...not a big one, but hey at least I'll be there!! Yay! Keep in touch! xoxoxo!
  • Kelly

    May 14 2008 10:26 PM

    ya know, i am soooo ready for a road trip! this just might be a good option! i'll definately keep in touch..never seen sf, let alone CA, so definate possibility! hope you enjoyed your special day..and yes, we are the only two w/o children..although i have 30 kids at my job..gotta love social work! talk soon!
  • PeggyPeggy McGuire

    May 14 2008 4:14 PM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nephew.......

    Love & miss you,
    Aunt Peggy
  • Kelly

    May 14 2008 11:20 AM

    HAPPY BIRHTDAY!! Soooo, when is the entire family going to get together again?? I miss ya! Hope all is well! Enjoy your special day!
  • Veil Veil Vanish

    Apr 16 2008 12:52 AM

    Hey thanks Chris. Great list of bands on your page.
    In fact that that looks like my record collection! Hope all is well and come out on the 25th to the Knockout!

    -vVv-
  • ports of call

    Jan 10 2008 6:46 PM

    thanks for listening to our album and posting about it on your site.
    glad you enjoy it!
    ports of call
  • Thrushes

    Jan 4 2008 12:29 PM

    hey chris,
    thanks so much for listening this year! we're hard at work on our next record, look for a Fall 08 release.


    hearts,
    thrushes
  • Kelly

    Nov 22 2007 2:53 AM

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Maybe I'll get to see you sometime in the near future??!! Miss ya!
  • Kelly

    Jun 25 2007 12:53 AM

    Just wanted to say hello!! Hope all is well in CA!! We miss you! Hope to see you soon!
  • Kelly

    May 17 2007 2:31 AM

    Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry I missed it! Hope all is well in CA!!
  • Shannon

    May 14 2007 10:11 AM

    Thacker!

    Happy happy birthday, my friend!

    Poppy and I are starting to think we might actually return to the West coast...perhaps next year we will help you celebrate in person!
  • Kelly

    Apr 28 2007 7:35 PM

    guess what?! i passed my test!! i get to graduate with my masters in june!! if you feel like sitting in the shoe for hours upon hours, come on over and have a visit!! your family here in wonderful ohio misses ya bunches! hope things are well!
  • Kelly

    Jan 6 2007 5:58 PM

    Ohio State Buckeyes
  • Shannon

    Nov 17 2006 1:06 AM

    O-H!
  • Kelly

    Oct 11 2006 3:50 AM

    hey you! how has california been treating you? i miss you! we are to get a rain/snow mix here starting thursday :( YUCK! tell everyone hi for me when you talk to them! hope to see you soon!
  • Shannon

    May 15 2006 1:17 AM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THACKER!!!

    Hope you are doing something lovely!

    Poppy says hi and happy b day too!!
  • Shannon

    Nov 22 2005 9:45 PM

    So, there are many many nice things I could say about Chris, countless compliments, but I figured it was best to keep it simple:

    1) He is a snappy dresser,
    2) He has a dry, imminently funny wit,
    3) He likes cool music.


    All lovely things, my friends.