independent/lo-fi/bubblegum/60s/shoegazey pop music, serial TV with my girl, dog hugs, ranting about drug prohibition, songwriting, editing songs to my liking, PHP/JS/CSS, satire, Onion + AV Club, thrifting, skateboarding poorly, dreams where I still skate well, skate videos, EA skate.
Music
layers of bright, ringing guitars... 60s girl groups like the caravelles, innocence mission, lilys, magnetic fields, cure, moose, sundays, abba, late 60s kinks, zombies, pet sounds, eggstone & early cardigans (brilliant trampoline studios production), late of montreal, dolly mixture/birdie, trash can sinatras, shins, broadcast, clientele, dusty, loretta, patsy, louvin bros, bubblegum, disco, early 90s hip hop.
I have an unhealthly obsession with Moose's album Live a Little Love a Lot. It does everything for me musically that a record could do.
I walked down the aisle to vashti bunyan's "glow worm".
Movies
rushmore, raising arizona, the jerk, airplane!, this is spinal tap!, ABBA videos, spike jonze stuff, amelie, polyester, anchorman, the incredibles, aquatic life, hot fuzz...
Television
flight of the conchords!, arrested development, buffy, firefly, simpsons, futurama, battlestar, carnivale, wonderfalls, twin peaks, spaced, lost, dead like me, daily show, mad men, the wire.
Books
just finished reefer madness (all about black markets). Still plodding through cryptonimicon. zombie survival guide, where wizards stay up late, anything onion-related, programming references, I count on friends to lend good ones. thewaragainstsilence, tape op, wired, almost everything on av club.
About me: Punthusiast, programmer, drug law reformer, thrift shopper, board gamer, aging skateboarder. Frequently find myself lost in Wikipedia or tracking down old video games for emulators I'll never get around to installing because I'm afraid I'll waste more time. I love playing music but the glacial pace of my songwriting and home recording tends to cost me bands, latest being the french horns.
Also see: mrclay.org, lately mostly about the societal ills of drug prohibitions. Don't smoke nor drink, just a lot of reading; it's a dangerous thing.
Who I'd like to meet: The squares who brought Scrabble or sci-fi DVDs to the party. People who see the good in everyone. Ray Davies. AIM = mr7clay
Steve! I'm sorry we've been out of touch! Thank you SO much for everything you did for us this weekend. We went ahead and threw away a ton of stuff so that we won't be surprised by the amount of crap we have again. We owe you and intend to repay you for your favor. I hope you're doing wonderful!
also, oh my god! you can find old games?! please, please, i would love you forever if you could find me the orgegon trail!!! "dana has dysentery, lose 3 days"..."jeff has died from a snake bite" ...wait a second, that's not funny--hits a little too close to home. how 'bout "jeff has a broken arm and can no longer harrass snakes, lose 2 days"? yeah, that's better.
holy smokes, times ten. i had no idea you were getting hitched until i saw Dana's photos tonight. well well well . . . i am super happy to hear the news! congratulations, Sir Clay! you and the gang have come a long way . . .
i went on a nostalgia kick, and revisited the french horns songs on the website, and especially the new songs you were working on.
they're great, man. i mean, they're wonderful. especially engineer. do you have any more completed tracks, or anything you'd want to share more?
i hear a great album. i'm sorry that the whole thing fizzled. i said it last time we met, but i'll say it again - never put down your guitar and your mic! never!!!
Yay! I'm so happy friends were listening. I haven't programmed a show since high school and I had forgotten how much fun it is! Now I can't wait until Kristen has another gig, hehe.
