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Dale

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has been a bad, bad MOGger. 3-yr anniversary passed with nary a word. I shall rectify ... tomorrow.

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over 3 years ago

Total Posts

513

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12643

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

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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

      • No

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

      • Record Labels I Love

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

      • 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

      • The family to date

        Married for 16 yrs, three boys: 15, 11, 8

      • 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!

      Raised on MTV Posts

      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
      • Miscellaneous Placebo lyrics

      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

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      Teach the children well
      1 day ago

      As I mentioned in my last post, I've had ample opportunity to work with our teenage youth here in Wichita, for which I am quite grateful. I've really enjoyed it, because they're still alive and not weighed down by the cares of the world.However, their music education has been sorely lacking. They don't even know Joy Division, for Pete's sake! I attribute this to the following factors:They live ...

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      Hey, remember me?
      3 days ago

      I used to be on here a lot, but hardly darken these corridors anymore. It's a shame, really, because it's not like I don't spend any time online. My three-year MOGiversary passed and I couldn't think of a thing to post. Then again, it was Father's Day and my mind was elsewhere.So, let me take a moment and get you all caught up.This summer marks my fifth year in a row volunteering at a week-long...

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      So what if it's not Sunday yet ...
      about 1 month ago

      This cover demands immediate attention, and I will comply.In this corner: Oliver Ackermann and the merry noise merchants of A Place to Bury Strangers.In that corner: Jim and William Reid, the malevolent Scottish brothers behind proto-noise behemoths the Jesus and Mary Chain, and their song "Just Out of Reach". This happens to be a favorite JAMC song for the huge bass line and MASSIVE guitar rif...

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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
      • 62 pounds (28 kg) - 27 Mar
      • 50 pounds (23 kg) - 14 Mar
      • 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
      • 9 pounds (4 kg) - 6 Jan

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        Best Music I've Recently Seen

        • 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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