Neal
Neal Becton
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and there was much rejoicing!
Male
47 years old
Le Droit Park, WASHINGTON DC
United States
Last Login: 12/7/2009
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Neal's Interests
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| General | Music (buying, playing, dancing to, going to live shows, etc), food, travel, crossword puzzles, back rubs, flea markets, laughing, and anything I haven't tried before. | | Music | Rock, pop, jazz, bossa, samba, axe, pagode, salsa, boogaloo, rhumba, downtempo, deep house, reggae, dub, dancehall, hip-hop, electro, funk, disco, country blues, electric blues, country, garage rock, psych rock, punk, new wave, no wave, metal, prog rock, exotica, emo, hardcore, zouk, afrobeat, ska, rai, banghra, krautrock, gamelan, and insert your favorite genre here.
Like Duke Ellington once said: "There are two kinds of music. Good music and other kind."
| | Movies | City of God, The Lady Killers (the original), The Great Escape, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Spellbound, Young Frankenstein, The Who Live at the Isle of Wight, The Godfather, Raising Arizona, Rushmore, Fargo, Sleeper, Run Lola Run and countless others. | | Television | Simpsons, Sopranos, news, Behind the Music, University of Georgia football games and not much else. | | Books | Biographies, history books, "High Fidelity", "Catch 22", "Still Life With Woodpecker", "The Structures of Everyday Life" "Bonfire of the Vanities (NOT the movie though) and way too many magazines and newspapers. | | Heroes | Fela Kuti, Nelson Mandela, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Jorge Ben and Charlize Theron. |
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The Clash, Under the Radar, Vinyl Junkies, Vinyl Collectors, the real D.C. area, DCNITES, Warehouse Nextdoor, We Dig
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Neal's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Atlanta | | Body type: | Body builder | | Religion: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Cancer | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Undecided | | Education: | College graduate | | Income: | $250,000 and Higher |
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Neal's Schools
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University Of Georgia
Athens, GEORGIA
Graduated: 1985
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Political Science/Spanish
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Neal's Companies
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Washington Post
DC, US
Editorial Aide/writer/researcher
News
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1995-2004
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Som Records
DC, DC US
Grand Poobah (aka owner)
Premier League
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2006-present
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About me:
I grew up in Atlanta but have also lived in London, Salamanca (Spain), Cleveland, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Crete. I have been to Cuba, Tahiti, Fiji, Venezuela, Brazil (3 times), Mexico, Egypt, Turkey, New Zealand, Israel, Australia (twice), New Jersey (many times) and a few places in between.
After a few careers (hotel management and journalism for starters) I chucked everything to buy and sell records (vinyl LP's). My store is called SOM Records and it's located at 1843 14th Street NW (between S and T) in DC 20009. Phone is 202-328-3345. Open every day from noon til late. Stop by and buy (or sell and trade).
http://www.somrecordsdc.com/index.html
Som Records.
I DJ the best (only?) all Brazilian DJ night in DC at Cafe Saint Ex (14th and T Streets NW) every third Thursday under the alias DJ Neville C.
Every last Friday I throw down at the Science Club (the best sound system in town).
Last Thursdays find me cohosting with DJ D-Mac the Modernist Society monthly social at Bourbon.
I also spin at Marvin one or two Saturdays a month where I play a mix of soul, funk, disco, reggae, and Latin.
I also DJ parties, demonstrations, dog shows, riots and a few weddings a year.
Got married to a lovely (and patient) woman named Martha in November of 2006. We have two lovely cats and a lot of credit card debt. We love barbecue, sleeping in, long road trips, dancing real close, thifting and hanging out with our friends.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Buena gente.
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