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Dale

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My Status

fading into anger, just a means to an end ...

Member Since

over 3 years ago

Total Posts

540

Total Comments

12853

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      My First Album Was

      My First Concert Was

      • Depeche Mode/OMD/Wire/Thomas Dolby The Rose Bowl - June 1988

      Top Songs This Week

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        Vital Signs

        • Mogger Since

          June 21, 2006

        • EMCD

          = Evil Music Crack Dealer

        • MOG's resident

          Data demon, PC-geeking, weight-dropping, no-drinking nice lil' Mormon boy :D

        • Record Labels I Love

          Factory, Creation, 4AD, Domino, Labrador, Safranin Sound, DiscError

        • No

          I did not spill paint on these Docs; they came that way.

        • Words To Live By

          "When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself not because of demands made by the Church, but because of the knowledge within his heart" - Gordon B. Hinckley, 1910-2008 RIP

        • Alive Since

          July 23, 1969

        • Family to date

          Married for 17 yrs, three boys ages 15, 12, 9

        • The e-family to date

          Greeneyedgirls in Leeds, Denver, Philly, Seattle, and Chicago; funk-soul brothers in Minneapolis, Indy, London and Denver

        • Red Rocks

          Now OFF the list of classic music venues where I need to see a concert. WHOO HOO!

        Lyric Of The Week

        • "My neck hurts, cause i've been cutting moons/my hands hurt, cause i cut them from you" The Organ - There Is Nothing I Can Do
        • "These things I know/you're unknown" Maps - To The Sky
        • "I don't feel well/I've got this rattling in my chest/And the doctor says I should give it up because I'm clinically obsessed." Long Blondes - Lust In The Movies
        • "Pandora's box reveals a new surprise/can't wait to see your eyes/now you've been tantalized." The Church - Tantalized
        • "Well I've gone restless, well I don't care/I got fifteen bucks worth of savoir faire" UNKLE (w/Josh Homme) - Restless
        • "Tonight make me unstoppable/And I will charm, I will slice, I will dazzle, I will outshine them all" Bloc Party - The Prayer
        • "You listen to trash but it's not rock 'n' roll" Howling Bells - Low Happening
        • "What you get is all real/I can't put on an act/It takes brains to do that anyway" XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton
        • "Repeat till it clings true/I've been lied to by the likes of you/From that point of view/I get the privilege to enlighten you" The Radio Dept. - Tell
        • "I think of him, I think of him with you instead/I wish him dead/you say that he, you say that he's nothing like me/but how can that be?" Pale Saints - Sight Of You
        • "Is it my own reflection I see/If you take the weight off, take the weight off me?" The Mary Onettes - The Companion
        • “But I crumble completely when you cry/it seems that once again you had to greet me with goodbye” Arctic Monkeys - 505
        • "Please say you'll stay/If I told you once I told you/Twice not to believe a word I/Say, you're the only one to make me feel that way" Velocity Girl - My Forgotten Favorite
        • "I sympathize with your new cause, I've fallen in love with all of your flaws" For Against - The Effect

        Favorite Albums of 2007

        • #01: Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
        • #02: Ceremony - Disappear
        • #03: The Mary Onettes
        • #04: A Place To Bury Strangers
        • #05: New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
        • #06: UNKLE - War Stories
        • #07: Cinematics - A Strange Education
        • #08: Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
        • #09: Emma Pollock - Watch The Fireworks
        • #10: The National - Boxer

        My Nominations for the MOG Great 501

        • Day 1: Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
        • Day 2: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
        • Day 3: New Order - Power, Corruption And Lies
        • Day 4: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
        • Day 5: Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
        • Day 6: Curve - Gift
        • Day 7: Lush - Split
        • Day 8: Public Image Limited - Second Edition
        • Day 9: The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters

        Posts

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        The nose knows, or so it goes
        1 day ago

        So the word came out today that rap kingpin 50 Cent has a new fragrance coming out soon. You can read all about it on XXL Mag's website. Go check it out, I'll wait.Back already? Good, good.Now, I've not caught a whiff of Fiddy's perfume, nor will I. However, take a good hard look at the man selling the perfume.Does this look like a person that smells good? Personally, I look at this picture, an...

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        Pounding the pavement, as it were
        8 days ago

        Sometimes, it just takes a good bicycle ride to remind you how epic a song can be.For my exercise routine, I try to mix up running with long rides on the bicycle. It keeps me a bit more motivated, not doing the same thing over and over. However, they each need different musical accompaniment, IMHO. When I run, I need to keep my spirits up, since it's harder, so I keep the 2GB Nano stuffed full ...

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        Because I'm terrible at waiting ...
        18 days ago

        ... and as I've already discussed, I love Halloween, I hereby present my third annual Halloween mix. Now with easy distribution!Now I take pride in my Halloween mixes, but I think that hving to not repeat myself has forced me to get a bit deeper from the creeps and chills this time, and the mix shines as a result.Shock Cinema - Mutineers ReconsiderCranes - ClearThe December Sound - No Heaven Li...

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        Weight Loss To Date

        • 161 lbs (73 kg) - 28 Apr
        • 140 pounds (63.5 kg) - 14 Dec
        • 123 pounds (56 kg) - 13 Oct
        • 97 pounds (44 kg) - 13 July
        • 83 pounds (37.6 kg) - 29 May
        • 79 pounds (36 kg) - 24 May
        • 72 pounds (33 kg) - 5 May
        • 67 pounds (30 kg) - 18 Apr
        • 65 pounds (29 kg) - 6 Apr
        • 39 pounds (18 kg) - 24 Feb
        • 34 pounds (15 kg) - 17 Feb
        • 28 pounds (13 kg) - 10 Feb
        • 27 pounds (12.5 kg) - 3 Feb
        • 21 pounds (10 kg) - 27 Jan
        • 19 pounds (9 kg) - 19 Jan
        • 13 pounds (6 kg) - 12 Jan

        Shows I'm Going To

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          Best Music I've Recently Seen

          • My Bloody Valentine El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA - 16 April 2009
          • Monolith Festival Red Rocks, Morrison, CO - 13 Sep 2008
          • Coachella Festival Empire Polo Fiels, Indio, CA - 25-27 April 2008
          • A Place to Bury Strangers Conservatory, Oklahoma City - 11 March 2008
          • Placebo Beaumont Club, Kansas City - 14 April 2007
          • The Cinematics Granada Theatre, Lawrence - 12 April 2007
          • Silversun Pickups Conservatory, Oklahoma City - 14 March 2007
          • Deerhoof Conservatory, Oklahoma City - 7 March 2007
          • Forward Russia Conservatory, Oklahoma City - 9 December 2006
          • Kasabian The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS - 3 October 2006
          • Curiosa Festival Tweeter Center, Tinley Park, IL - 12 August 2004
          • Interpol/The Stills Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO - 23 September 2003
          • Wire/Reno Divorce Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO - 6 September 2003

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