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| full name | tommy |
| age | 43 |
| location | portland, oregon |
| gender | male |
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mostly here to see some music.
haven't made a mix in a long time. got a lot of new ish i'd like to use, and i'm tired of looking at my old mixes. brace yourselves for the returning.
:):
haven't made a mix in a long time. got a lot of new ish i'd like to use, and i'm tired of looking at my old mixes. brace yourselves for the returning.
:):
Badges
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Happy Valentine's day from the MTC staff. We really love you guys. That said, put your pants on and get out before we call the cops.
awarded on 2007-02-14
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2006-11-01
The Level 15 Badge
Welcome to level 15! If we had a dollar, we'd give it to you...
awarded on 2007-06-06
The Beta Badge II
A slightly-less exclusive reward for special people. Thanks for helping us out with our second stage of beta testing. We love you silly guinea pigs!
awarded on 2006-08-04
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-07-05
Favorite Music Artists
- solex, buck 65, jdilla
- don caballero, tmbg
- pinback, mf doom
- build to spill, daedelus
- hella, heavy vegetable
Favorite things to look at
- bridges, dogs, insects
- cartoons, comics,
- tidal waves, food prep
- animals, children, adults
- night light, movie houses
Favorite whoa
- synthesizers/guitars
- baking like cookies, pies, bread
- boxing, sex
- candy & chocolate
- bourbon, tequila, mixes, brews
Favorite albums, perhaps
- blue screen life - pinback
- american don - dc
- pick up - solex
- donuts - j dilla
- chirpin hard - spencer seim
nopolian's Highest Ranked Mixtapes
nopolian's Mixtapes
1646 points (Level 3) · 10/13/07 5:16pm
my sister's taste in music is dope. how appropriate that i make a mixtape for her on her birthday. october 13 is a badass birthday. elizabeth is a badass sister. this mix is a quaint collection of badass songs divided by donuts, one of my favorite albums that i think liz would really enjoy. next time you come to town, sis, we'll enjoy it together! i love you!
1890 points (Level 4) · 8/19/07 6:29pm
egg whites are nice, but dry out the dough before baking, my route calls for taking it slow - simply cater to taste, to get your cookies to crisp, don't waste mixing energy by hooking your wrist - and omit an egg, remember temperature, bake low, it's more than just the wet to dry ingredient ratio - keep it warm, 325, watch closely, if it puffs up, don't be alarmed, let it rise - it'll settle completely, give a generous greasing before so you can pry from their settlement neatly - try to skip the inferno, batches burn post-sheet internally considering residual heat - and that's true for every cookie you bake, 'cause any bookie will take the odds of this tidbit slipping past you - patience is virtue for a perfectly done one, but face it, puffy tastes better to some tongues - so add back the egg from the last dough, attention those who gastro-battle with lactose - this dough lacks dairy, most importantly butter, but the flavor remains if applied the right shortening dose - up the fahrenheit 50 degrees, or else heat up anywhere else a standard 160 celsius - lastly, we gussy this cookie up by using cake flour, enhancing its puffiness vastly - chewy comes third, and for people like me the consensus tends toward this cookie being preferred - bread flour evens and rises, it airates, qualities delicate to heating devices - more brown sugar than white aids the gooey aspect utilizing the molasses inside - don't add the sugar until the butter's heated and melted, molecules are still bound when you cream it - take out an egg white and make that my quote of the day, it dries dough, but the yoke is okay - that's it, coveted cookies you don't cook, you bake three kinds make a rookie fall in love with his oven mit
http://www.s endspace.com/file/yriwtp/
http://www.s endspace.com/file/yriwtp/
2470 points (Level 5) · 12/10/06 3:13pm
this is a mix i made for the mix contest. there's not much i have to say about it. it's heavy, tasty, light, and razor thin! mind your step.
2141 points (Level 5) · 11/1/06 5:57pm
a mix for your first threesome. with two women or two men, depending on your preference. more precisely, it's for those who have not only thought about doing it, but really have it in them to make it as sexxy as it can be.
2750 points (Level 6) · 10/11/06 3:23pm
i recently read about banksy's release of imposter paris hilton cds containing slanderous tracks and doctored photos of the space princess. then i deducted that paris hilton was actually releasing a cd.
her album is wonderful, to be sure, and i felt compelled to celebrate her artistic expression in all its surefire glory.
"golden throats" was rhino's 1988 effort to showcase celebrities singing familiar songs, but i'd like to take it a step further. this is a mixtape of some genuine attempts of non-musical celebrities to actually write and perform songs.
her album is wonderful, to be sure, and i felt compelled to celebrate her artistic expression in all its surefire glory.
"golden throats" was rhino's 1988 effort to showcase celebrities singing familiar songs, but i'd like to take it a step further. this is a mixtape of some genuine attempts of non-musical celebrities to actually write and perform songs.
2200 points (Level 5) · 10/10/06 11:06am
this mix started as an assembly of songs with strong buildups and explosions at the end. then it was a mix that was supposed to be one big buildup...start sadly, build up, explode, and descend from the first track to the last. i wanted to represent a coming of age, so to speak - learning something important and continuing on the wiser.
then i started taking out songs and throwing in new ones, so now it's a bit of all three. it's tightened to 10 tracks as it's supposed to be a sudden realization type of event, which it only kind of is now.
despite the scattered description i think this is one of my favorite mixes i've made so far, so i'm interested in seeing how people respond.
then i started taking out songs and throwing in new ones, so now it's a bit of all three. it's tightened to 10 tracks as it's supposed to be a sudden realization type of event, which it only kind of is now.
despite the scattered description i think this is one of my favorite mixes i've made so far, so i'm interested in seeing how people respond.
2154 points (Level 5) · 10/4/06 4:19pm
a cornelius song played at random on my mp3 player, and it hit spot on my mood, which was light, hazy, distorted, cool, confusing, and happy. it made me want to quit whatever it is i do in my life and spend the rest of these days wandering the world and listening to songs like these. you know, the lazy wo/man's ultimate fantasy? i'm pretty sure you all have this experience from time to time. here's the mix it inspired.
2248 points (Level 5) · 9/19/06 8:53am
these a few of my favorite hip hop songs, mostly from back in school. i generalized this mix because, frankly, i don't make many mixes entirely of hip hop. so i've assembled some of the notable hip hop experiences i've had. i put a lot of my focus on the flow of this mix, and i ordered the tracks to transition as smoothly as possible from each one to the next, which is why most of what i explain in the descriptions is sound.
1982 points (Level 4) · 9/7/06 3:05pm
this mix focuses mostly on the aspects of school that make you never want to step back into those buildings again. most of my scholastic experience was in a sheltered, mostly-white catholic school. if you go to your 10 or 20 year reunion simply to verify that those people are as crazy as you now think they are, you may want to play this mix in the car on the way there.
2313 points (Level 5) · 8/31/06 1:59pm
one day i broke up with my girlfriend. three days later, we were back into it (snafu). this is the mix i made for her, trying to explain why i am the way i am, and why i do the things i do. i concede it's not technically a good mixtape...repeat artists, clumpiness, and so on. but as a part of the collective, i think it's only right that i put my real life mixes out there. stay tuned for a blisteringly cold iceheap of a mixtape, though. for serial.
2463 points (Level 5) · 8/22/06 10:50am
this mix is dedicated to the pirates, conquistadores, and explorers of love, youthful and bloodthirsty. not the love of a happily married couple, but the love of bouys and gulls, naive and seasick, with a lot to learn but never to understand.
just for fun, i'm gonna let the girls and guys tell it separately, ladies first. and for the sake of balance, i'll throw the duets in the middle.
i picked each of these songs like a preschooler picks a pumpkin. and with mudded palms and fingers i'd like to hand it off to the community for smashing on my porch, depending on what kind of neighborhood this is.
just for fun, i'm gonna let the girls and guys tell it separately, ladies first. and for the sake of balance, i'll throw the duets in the middle.
i picked each of these songs like a preschooler picks a pumpkin. and with mudded palms and fingers i'd like to hand it off to the community for smashing on my porch, depending on what kind of neighborhood this is.
2502 points (Level 6) · 8/18/06 9:42am
my sophomore effort is another otherworldly mixtape. redundant? maybe. asshole. but i'm talking movies here. generally, there's a hue of 80s adrenaline cheese, fantastic boyish indulgence, and and a sense of mystery. a certain elusive character ties these movies together, except possibly for the beastly disney track. but it certainly rocks in its lynchmob mania. also, all of the movies are at least partially animated, claymated, puppeted, or costumed.
2953 points (Level 6) · 8/10/06 2:21pm
this mix narrates the true story from when i was commissioned by a hypersecret-turned-rogue faction of the japanese military to probe the harpold galaxy. my mission, to the faction, was to defuse a curious radiation pulsating from one of the axes in the galaxy's seventh frond. my personal goal, however, was to make it home alive, albiet 3 thousand millennia in the future. it began with thud on my doorstep one autumn afternoon in atlanta, georgia.
Tag Board (86)
Team Robot Member
I like it when I don't know most of the stuff on a mix. Makes me go out and seek some of it out. Thanks for the nice message though, and happy new year.
12/31/07 5:42pm
Level 14
Your mixes are pretty badass if I say so. Lately, I am having trouble with coming up with a theme...thanks for getting my head sputtering again.
12/5/07 3:51pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I knew i was gonna forget some people in my mixtape descriptions and i realized I forgot you. Ill make it up to you. I promise.
11/14/07 2:07am
The Lotto Badge
Nope, but I just saw you have put a link up, so I will, when I get on my own computer again, one day. Also, the mix literal mix..?
11/6/07 10:31am
The Lotto Badge
Oh thanks! It wasn't a "upload this mix"-demand (well maybe a request?), I was probably going to download the songs myself, but THANKS. And of course, birthday mixes come first, respect. :)
10/16/07 3:22am
The Festivus '08 Badge
I respect that you can have an opnion but keep it to yourself, we do send messages, and if I wanted advice-I'd ask Dr. Phil---Your not my foe it's just really not any of your beezwax.
3/31/07 2:00pm
The Patton Badge
my crazy work schedule is beginning to calm down. fancy a beer sometime this week/weekend? i lost your number because i'm disorganized.
3/14/07 1:46am
The Patton Badge
"i'm sorry, my friends, but big butts are not to be celebrated in lyric form. baby got back is to music what dane cook is to comedy."
i don't know how i missed that... but it's great. and true. especially the last part.
i don't know how i missed that... but it's great. and true. especially the last part.
1/23/07 7:42pm
Team Robot Member
Cheers. That Santo and Johnny track is just about the first music I heard!
12/31/06 6:30pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
sorry i missed your message. i wasn't ignoring you...
11/30/06 4:52pm
The Level 21 Badge
You might enjoy my new mix: "d-loot's Sexy Party"
http://www.mixtapec ollective.org/mixtape/?mix=1058
http://www.mixtapec ollective.org/mixtape/?mix=1058
11/2/06 6:45am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Yeah, a while ago. I can't get into the new album. They shouldn't have let her sing. The first two were fantastic.
10/27/06 11:23pm
The Yay! Badge IV
we need you to make a monster mix man........
by midnight
by midnight
10/17/06 7:19pm
The Yay! Badge IV
hey here you go.
driving to andrews and amys wedding
http://www.s endspace.com/file/sik1k7
driving to andrews and amys wedding
http://www.s endspace.com/file/sik1k7
10/17/06 7:18pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Make a monster mix. We need to turn these robots into scrap metal.
10/15/06 9:19pm
The Level 10 Badge
It seemed like it might be sarcastic based on your other one. It's okay, it's just not very nice to tell someone that they've wasted your time. I'm sensi. ;)
10/13/06 10:16pm
The Level 10 Badge
ya, that was my first mixtape on here. So ahh thanks, but +1 for being in the "throes" of egoism.
10/13/06 2:25pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
i think you're right. more people need to get in tune with the message... one that's obviously from a higher power.
10/12/06 4:53pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
don't know if you care, but sorry for posting my "technical foul" mix so close to yours in date (since it included two of the same songs). i think it's crazy that you included those. i had entered that shaq track, which i know you saw, so that's funny that you added the kobe track. i almost used one of his other ones, but stuck with my original idea! i gave your mix full pts... it's great!
10/12/06 11:46am
The Audiobiography Badge
Not a stupid notion at all. Pleasure to meet you *trades scent*
10/3/06 8:11pm
The Audiobiography Badge
Did you tag my board? Because i got a message to say you did, but i can't see it. Word.
10/3/06 7:18pm
The Badge of Mystery
You who make me think too much far too early in the am. THX!
10/3/06 9:30am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
i also hate the word "emoticon." i hate the word "avatar" too.
i'm not a big fan of cell phone use, either, although i do have one.
i'm not a big fan of cell phone use, either, although i do have one.
9/30/06 8:51am
The Badge of Mystery
Hahaha, welll... my dad's gf is a huge fan, and she convinced us to go with her last year. My dad would pay all expenses and I'd just be there to camp, drink, make fun of people, and have "family bonding time," or something to that extent. I actually had fun, even if I don't really like the band and I loathe the fanbase, so we went again this year with a bigger party posse, and once again it was fun. The camping and drinking much more so than the concert, naturally.
9/29/06 10:40am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
I read the book because I love memoirs. Enjoyed it.
I saw the movie because I love Christina Ricci, but didn't enjoy it. It's probably my least favorite film of hers.
I saw the movie because I love Christina Ricci, but didn't enjoy it. It's probably my least favorite film of hers.
9/28/06 12:59pm
The Newbie Badge
you left a tag about power chords.. I haven't been on for a while so I wanted to respond. I will tell you this, it is cool that he is playing. Anything. I am happy for that. I do not play and wish I could. It is just good to see him doing something with his talent. Now, he doesn't live with me and he is learning from his stepdad so I am not really in the picture as far as influencing his talent so much. But thanks!! Trav
9/26/06 2:17pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
thank you - very kind! and p.s. "bright copper kettles" was always my favourite part of that song.
9/25/06 11:46am
Team Monster - Third Place
LIGHT TROUBLES SPEAK. THE WEIGHTY ARE STRUCK DUMB. THEREFORE IT IS SPOKEN:
EVERY TOOTH IN A MAN'S HEAD IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A DIAMOND.
EVERY TOOTH IN A MAN'S HEAD IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A DIAMOND.
9/21/06 9:20am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
man, you sure know how to pic random photos, just like it says!
9/19/06 4:10pm
The Badge of Mystery
Hehehe... "determination to comment" also known as "forum whore" or "most verbal" or "has too much time on her hands and likes to hear herself speak." At least one of those.
9/18/06 9:08pm
The Badge of Mystery
Also, your pic captions are probably my favorite on here.
9/17/06 3:04pm
The Badge of Mystery
I have a tendency to be cheery. I should probably stop.
9/17/06 3:03pm
The Level 5 Badge
not an original at all, it's a very edited Kurt Halsey Frederiksen. I thought it was apropos enough for here.
9/15/06 8:11pm
The Level 5 Badge
I'm sure I could give a similar augghghghghhgh of savory delight to some of the beers you listed, had I tried them out. But instead, a positive aughghghgh for pinback!
9/14/06 5:48pm
The Halloween 2006 Badge
my dream is to live in a downtown setting where all i need is a vespa or my two feet
9/14/06 3:26pm
Team Robot - First Place
haha, dont know if its allowed, but i did it nonetheless
9/13/06 5:04pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
you had left feedback for my hip hop High School Beatdown mix.
here's the sendspace link:
http://www.s endspace.com/file/az8gj4
here's the sendspace link:
http://www.s endspace.com/file/az8gj4
9/9/06 2:07pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
thanks for your comment on my 'back to school' mix. i posted the link to sendspace on the mix's site, but here it is in case you'd like to grab it:
http://www.se ndspace.com/file/ibxvu6
http://www.se ndspace.com/file/ibxvu6
9/9/06 3:35am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
sounds good...let me know if/when you do a hip hop mix.
9/8/06 11:55pm
The Level 21 Badge
Since you liked Criminal, you might like my latest mixtape.
Here is the mixtape, if you would like to hear it.
http://www.content-type.com/ -1057483884/doublesecretprobation.rar.htm
Here is the mixtape, if you would like to hear it.
http://www.content-type.com/ -1057483884/doublesecretprobation.rar.htm
9/8/06 10:21am
The Level 5 Badge
Being able to search for users and mixtapes would be nice.
9/7/06 10:29am
The Badge of Mystery
Oooh, that's a hell of a compliment. Thanks mucho!
9/6/06 10:26pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
http://www.se ndspace.com/file/6b282y
thought you may be interested. it's my mix titled 'sick heart' for contest 2 (sad songs). since you're a fan of buck 65 and all...
check it out if you have a chance.
thought you may be interested. it's my mix titled 'sick heart' for contest 2 (sad songs). since you're a fan of buck 65 and all...
check it out if you have a chance.
9/5/06 7:35am
The Level 21 Badge
i think maybe i have been hanging out with brian too much lately!
9/1/06 10:53am
Level 3
I know I need descriptions, but I chose those songs cause they show what I can't describe. ;)
9/1/06 7:10am
The Feedback Badge
Yeah, I was thinking about making Sunny Skies longer, but unfortunately didn't when I submitted it. Since then I added a few more tracks to my 'Sunny Skies' playlist.
8/23/06 2:30pm
The Level 21 Badge
Haha, awesome! 15 and pregnant is such a great movie!
8/22/06 12:49pm
The Welcome Committee Badge
I agree with what you said, Tommy. I just can't help but vent sometimes when people put others down for being differen than themselves, when they are trying to hard to be different from someone else, and in turn being everything BUT different.... The cycle just confuses and enrages me.
8/18/06 5:35pm
The Level 21 Badge
Welcome, Tommy. I'm guessing this is you.. you need to fill your shit out!
8/5/06 1:47pm
