rock and roll (indie rock, some mainstream stuff too),
sports (the Sox and Patriots, Celtics and Bruins, more or less in that order), Middle East politics and history, etc.
The Godfather movies, The Dark Night, Spaceballs, Crash, 8 Mile, Goodfellas, The Departed, Spiderman 1 and 2, Back To The Future (all of them), Star Wars (the original 3 in the order they came out), Dumb and Dumber, Ice Age
Television
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Morning Joe
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Colbert Report
24
Baseball Tonight (ESPN) and all things Red Sox and Pats
..Sports Soup (on Versus)
Books
Broken Government by John W. Dean
The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock & Roll by Brett Milano. (Everyone into Boston rock should buy it)
Fiasco by Thomas Ricks
Conservatives Without Conscience by John W. Dean
Hostile Takeover by David Sirota
The Kurds: A People In Search of Their Homeland by Keven McKiernan
Al Franken's Lying Liars book
Feeding The Monster by Seth Mnookin
State of Denial by Bob Woodward
The Missing Peace by Dennis Ross
A History of the Modern Middle East (Third Edition) by William L. Cleveland
HUBRIS by David Corn and Michael Isikoff (of Newsweek)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction. Teacher's Edition.
Heroes
Joe and Valerie Wilson, Bono, John Lennon, Billy Corgan
University Of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
Graduated: 2005
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Political Science
Minor: Communications
2000 to 2005
Northeastern University
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Political Science
1998 to 2000
North Quincy High
Quincy, MASSACHUSETTS
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Piano/Guitar (in Renaissance Program)
15 years of experience (more or less) playing the axe (electric/acoustic/7 strings/bass guitar); classically trained piano player in pre-teen years/early teens; other smaller instruments (and drums - though I don't consider myself a drummer).
I do my own thing (part metal, part indie/jangle/alt rock/punk-ish rock) on guitar, sometimes keyboard/piano at home. AND yes I have been in rock bands and would Love to join one again at some point - if it's the right fit for me.
Recently worked as sports stringer/correspondent for a small town newspaper and currently write for Blogcritics Magazine (covering sports/music/politics).
I worked for my college newspaper (MASS MEDIA @ Umass-Boston) for two years (2004 to early 2006), mostly in the Arts department (as a music journalist/critic - national and local artists).
Journalist at the 2004 Democratic National Convention for a special, one-time newspaper (MEDIA NATION) that was distributed by the BOSTON GLOBE (to the world baby!) every day during the DNC. Me and my Umass-Boston (and Harvard) colleagues were featured on PBS and MSNBC during the DNC as well. Best (4) week(s) ever!
hey chuck whats up sorry i didnt get back to you but i have been so busy when i got back from mexico got 3 friends here from italy so i been showin them around i been meanin to call you but its been crazy but we will link up soon take it easy bro :>D
Hey. We are thinking about coming down Sunday December 30th. Does that work for everyone? Ask them and let us know...we figured we'd get down in the morning and stay late. Make sure everyone gets that day off from work, too!
Well thank you. I'm only semi-sorry to see that BC lost, but only because I'm a Hokies girl : ) I was going to email you after the game (I read the email you sent your dad, he forwarded it to my mom) and you were talking some trash about VT, LOL
I'm VERY psyched we'll get to see you next month! Now all we need is a date to do it! Can't wait!
Life IS good for Boston fans! I didn't get to see the Patriots game, but I did watch the gamecast at espn.com. What an awesome game! I love being a Boston fan! : )
Yes, I was bummed that VA Tech lost that game to BC. We need to stop playing you guys on Thursday nights; we have 3 losses on Thursday night game, and they are ALL to BC! I couldn't BELIEVE it when I saw the highlights the next morning. Ugh!
Virginia Tech plays "Enter Sandman" at the beginning of every football game just before the players enter. The stadium becomes electrified, it's awesome : ) That's great that Casey is home. You guys must miss her. I sent her a message yesterday saying hi.
Hey! It was AWESOME to see you this weekend. You look great! I'm lovin' the new beard! : ) I hope to see you guys soon, for my show if you wanted to go and could make it. If not, hopefully at Christmas!
Our new song "Island to City" has finally been completed and put up on our site. Please give it a listen when you have a chance and thanks again for listening,
Much Love,
-The Olive League
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