Darth Drabek

I've got a more recent pic here..... it's kind of scary though, so fair warning. This winter I grew a beard, then when I shaved it I thought I'd have some fun first.

Me, about a year ago when I was still in college and still occasionally appearing in photos.

If I can't dig something up, I'll just take a picture of it. Rancid - Junkie Man

That one brings me back.... albeit to the mid-90s when I was listening to a lot of Fishbone and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Social Distortion - Untitled A Social Distortion gig poster from their 2005 NYC show is the centerpiece of my living room. It's a skeleton in a suit, complete with fedora and smoking tommy gun. City skyline in the background... it's pretty badass. Tried finding an image online of the poster, couldn't find it. It was limited edition, something like only 150 printed.

The two songs already posted on this page are exceptionally excellent. I will add a third... The Who - Love Reign O'er Me Note: There is a possiblity that there are now more than two songs on page 101 of this thread. I had to take a phone call in the middle of this post, which prevented me from completing my latest entry. Damn work always getting in the way of talking about music.

Well somebody's on a punk rock binge.... Guttermouth was great live. That singer is one spastic dude, I gotta say. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - One Tin Soldier (cover of that hippie song from Billy Jack)

I wouldn't recommend playing Malkavian for your first playthrough. I just think you'd appreciate their "insight" more when you already have an idea about the plot. Toreadors are good first characters. They are meant to be suave, smooth talkers, but they also have Celerity, a power that makes melee combat a breeze even if they're not built like a tank.

Geez, first the Dallas Morning News, now Gamestop. What's next on the list, Craigboy? Belgian waffles? Because NOBODY hates Belgian waffles.

That's the one problem with my snooty Ventrue. Thinks he's too good for bum blood, so he pukes it up, the bastard. So do Tremere's get any clan-specific quests from The Wizard King? I'm assuming they get a swanky pad upstairs from Max's place after they clear up the plague problem, but what then?

Teenage Fanclub - Some People Try to **** With You This song is sooooooooo good. And I am convinced the solo is played on a recorder. Not a flute, a recorder. Genius.

Yeah, it smoothed things over with Vandal the blood dealer pretty well. Although I am wondering about the alternate ways to pass that situation. I screwed up the whole "thin blood" quest on my first playthrough, then used dementation on Vandal as a Malk and now dominate as a Vantrue. However, there was a persuade option that led to Vandal asking me to tell a gruesome story about the worst way I'd "violenced up somebody," and he'd let me buy blood again. My only dialogue option at that point was "I'm no killer." I wonder if that was because of high humanity, and I wonder what you could say to satisfy him.

Amen to that. I'm listening to The Who. Specifically, "The Seeker." Because I won't get to get what I'm after, 'til the day I die.

Oh man, I started a new game as a Ventrue. I know, I know, kiss-ass Cammy tool, right? Wrong! Dominate in dialogue is devious. For example, instead of convincing Chunk to open the Gallery Noir, I just make him do it. Then (and here's the kicker), I tell him to go somewhere... and dance. Next time I see our favorite security guard, he's flailing his limbs at the Asylum.

Once again, you guys go nuts while I'm away. Ummm.... "Black Cadillacs" and "Bukowski" were my favorites off that Modest Mouse record. Sometimes I think Modest Mouse is ripping off Tom Waits. And Pitchfork sucks harder than the 1,000 Shop Vacs sucking in unison. Bunch of no-talent hacks and rampant elitism. I must be slacking, because I haven't heard anything by this "Gnarls Barkley" collective, although I must admit the name is fantastic. I do know that the Twilight Singers have been covering "Crazy," which I believe is the hit, at their live shows. Also, is that AC album similar musically to their other work, because it seems the lyrics have taken quite the departure. And speak of the devil, Tom Waits - Singapore

Mojo Nixon with Jello Biafra - Are You Drinkin' With Me, Jesus? i know you can walk on the water but can you walk on this much beer? Genius.

I liked Bertram's ghoul, whatzizname. Also, Fat Larry was a great character. Nines' populist rhetoric was spot-on, and I also enjoyed Mercurio - maybe because his look is clearly inspired by Mike Patton. Oh and number one just might be GARY, boss.

Neil Young - The Needle and the Damage Done

I think people just have low expectations for the storylines in shooters, and high expectations for RPGs from veteran devs. It's a heritage that goes all the way back to Wolfenstein 3D and Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, continued through the various Quake and Unreal games that everybody just bought for the multiplayer anyway. Although I suppose the Half-Life games have tried to change the way a story can work in a shooter. Anyway, I'm playing Bloodlines again. That is, when I'm not playing Shenmue 2 or DOA2 Ultimate for the Xbox. Yes, I've been gaming a lot lately.

PB&J with creamy peanut butter and orange marmalade (i love the stuff, everyone else seems to hate it)

Oasis - Whatever

I've got the official patch, but for whatever reason that quest got screwed. And I was not about to slink around her apartment again while her boytoy chills on the couch.

My favorite "civilian fight" was between the two philosophers in Trademeet (BG2). "I hope you know I'm only being proven right, here."

If it's worth it, ya gotta protect it. I just bought an $80 cushioned, hardshell case for my late-1960s Gibson acoustic. I know I'll be moving again soon and that baby is worth thousands and only gonna appreciate, so I figure the expense is worth it to ensure its safety.

The Streets - It's Too Late It's about a guy who was always late, and it came back to bite him. There's a moral here! Last verse: I said meet me at the gates Leave now don't be late I waited for a while listening to her voicemail, mind set sail Then the facts turned me pale, wind rain and hail My fears unveiled, for my fair female She'd walked away, too little too late I step up the pace, walk past the gates, rain runs over my face Spirit falls from grace I purchase a hazy escape at the alcohol place in the chase Sat down I got a fat frown Weeping and drowning my senses For this love game's expensive I walk in a trance Got a wounded soldier stance The everyday geezers stares throw me off balance Now nothing holds significance And nothing holds relavance 'Cause the only thing I can see is her elegance