Brian O'Connell
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Our lives have been turned into online advertisements. But who cares?
Male
35 years old
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Last Login: 11/19/2009
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Brian O'Connell's Interests
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| General | Music, Politics, Buddhism, Arts, Gardening, Coffee, Life. | | Music | Frank Zappa, Phish, Michael Hedges, Trilok Gurtu, Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull, Gentile Giant, Oregon, Joe Jackson, Charles Mingus, Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Jefferson Airplain, Grateful Dead, Stevie Wonder, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ravi Shankar, King Crimson, Rush, moe., Aquarium Rescue Unit, Tuck and Patti, Flecktones, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Handcock, Ani Difranco, Santana, Adrian Belew, Stevie Ray Vaghan, Stavinsky, Varese, Debussy, Todd Rundgren, Talking Heads, The Clash, lot's of other world music, classical, folk and jazz...
Favorite Bassists: Jaco Pastorius, Tony Levin, Victor Wooten, Kai Echart, Jack Cassidy, Roger Waters, Scott Tunes, Phil Lesh, Paul Jackson, Charles Mingus, Steve Swallow, Mike Gordon, Stanley Clark, all the 70's British prog bassists. | | Movies | I Heart Huckabies, Never Cry Wolf, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Clockwork Orange, Citizen Kane, Art School Confidential, All Monty Python, To Kill a Mockingbird, Inherit the Wind, Napoleon Dynamite, Manufacturing Consent, Fast Food Nation, Micheal Moore and lots more. | | Television | TURN IT OFF! I cannot stand 99% of what is on TV. I think that it sucks completely. I encourage you to please not watch TV (or spend too much time on MySpace). To put it simply; it's just not cool. TV is corporate propaganda. The news is a bunch of sophmoric half truths and white lies told by fake acting men and pretty women with prominent jaw bones.
I try my best not to watch but sometimes I find myself channel surfing in a hotel room or someplace (no cable at home) and I'm disgusted by what I see. The focus on non-news like Anna Nicole or Amican Idol distracts people from the real issues such as the lack of democracy in our country, the miltary-industrial complex and the destruction of our environment.
That being said I sometimes watch CSPAN, Public Television or the News. I mostly watch DVD's if I'm gonna watch something.
I do enjoy Aqua Teen Hungar Force. | | Books | Anything by Noam Chomsky or Howard Zinn(People's History of the United States changed my life), The Autobiography of Malcolm X, other political books and non-fiction, Mark Twain, lots of Buddhist and Zen books, lots of magazines, indy media, alternative news sites, activist newspapers, as well as some mainstream press.
I can also get into the Lord of the Rings and biographys of Jerry Garcia, Paul Mcartney and stuff like that. | | Heroes | Hard to list but how about: Malcolm X, Martin Luthur King, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Cindy Sheehan, Ani Difranco, Jaco Pastorius, Archbishop Oscar Romero, all the bands and musicians that I'm inspired by, anyone who has ever had to stand up against repression and injustice. |
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Brian O'Connell's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking | | Hometown: | Buffalo, NY | | Body type: | More to love! | | Religion: | Buddhist | | Zodiac Sign: | Leo | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Agitator and Generally Fun Guy |
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Brian O'Connell's Schools
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Berklee College Of Music
Boston, MA
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Professional Music
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1996 to 1999 |
Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Music
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1994 to 1996 |
Villa Maria Academy
Buffalo, NY
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Music
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1993 to 1994 |
Villa Maria Academy
Buffalo, NY
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Music
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1993 to 1994 |
Amherst Central Hs
Amherst, NY
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Many areas.
Clubs: Student Council President
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1989 to 1993 |
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Brian O'Connell's Companies
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Equal Exchange
West Bridgewater, MA US
Food Service Sales Associate
Food Service Sales
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7/5/06-Present
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About me:
Born and raised in Amherst, NY (a suburb of Buffalo) and emigrated to Boston at age 22. Active in anti-war and social justice activism. I teach music lessons on bass and guitar and play bass in The Gary Backstrom Band (www.garybackstrom.com) plus solo shows on the Touch Guitar (www.warrguitars.com). By day I work in sales at a worker-owned cooperative company, Equal Exchange, which is the nations largest 100% Fair Trade Coffee company. I currently live in Jamaica Plain, MA with my amazing partner Jenna.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Old friends, musicians, former students (and new students) as well as activists and concerned citizens who want to break away from a corporate controlled culture that has been imposed from above by profit minded kings of commerce. MySpace is a little disturbing to me. Two words: Rubert Murdoch.
I hope to reach out and engage in some political, artistic and philosophical discussion in a democratic atmosphere. I seek those who are interested in speaking truth to power, setting our own ajenda of discussion and action (centered around humanitarianism, ecological sustainability and equal distribution of rights and resources) and generally promting open discussion on important issues.
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