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karlkrocks
- Feb 16, 2023
- 4 min
The Service Industry
Around 2013 financial stability became a problem, so I had to find a job. People had often told me that I would be a great bartender, so...
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karlkrocks
- Jan 25, 2023
- 3 min
Changing my Mind
After I had a stroke in 2017, my future seemed pretty bleak. I was living with my ex for about a year afterward, but it became clear...
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karlkrocks
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
Waking Life
Waking Life is Probably the most Philosophical movie of all time. There are so many ideas to challenge the way you think about everything...
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karlkrocks
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
The Trocadero
I heard that the Trocadero might re-open as a venue for live music. I have so many memories of that place. I saw Moby there when he was...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 26, 2022
- 1 min
Flight of the Conchords
I started re-watching them again, and I forgot how much I liked Flight of the Conchords. Rhymenocerous and Hiphopappotumus and Bowie's In...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Gogol Bordello
Some friends took me to see a band I'd never heard of, but they promised me I'd have fun. The band was called Gogol Bordello, and I've...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Phone Cord
A friend of mine used to sell drugs. It's not the profession of choice, by any means, but it was mostly to ravers that were going to get...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
Radiohead For Haiti
Around the time that I started dating my last girlfriend, Radiohead was playing a benefit show for Haiti in Los Angeles, across the...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
Bonnaroo
I DJed at a party in Tennessee coinciding with Bonnaroo starting the day afterward or something. Radiohead was headlining, and I was...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 16, 2022
- 1 min
Gazelle
It'd be so easy for me to not do anything but watch movies and think that my life is over. That's what I did for years. F that. I do hand...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 15, 2022
- 1 min
Kool Rave
There was a party called Kool Rave in Philadelphia in the early 90s. It was in a warehouse in Philly somewhere and was shut down by the...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
Slurp!
There was a magazine called Slurp that I loved. I'm sure other people remember it fondly as well. It was a newspaper-sized rave...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 12, 2022
- 1 min
Fat Caps
When I was younger, I used to write graffiti. I loved it and still do. It was closely connected to the lifestyle I was living. Phaser or...
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karlkrocks
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
The Khyber
The Khyber was awesome. I've DJed there, played there with my band, went there for a wedding reception, and drank there countless times....
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karlkrocks
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
Long Distance
When I was a little kid I used to make calls to London all the time. My Grandmother would be furious when she'd see the bills. I'd call...
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karlkrocks
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
Rollerblades And Nunchuks
I used to live in a kinda sketchy part of North Philly. Some friends used to live in the same building as well, and my friend and I...
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karlkrocks
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
Insects
Insects and such really freak me out nowadays. They're so unpredictable and because of my condition and such intense OCD, I feel the need...
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karlkrocks
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
Theme Songs
TV show theme songs were awesome growing up. I used to watch shows just for them. Cheers, Magnum, PI, Welcome Back, Kotter, Miami Vice,...
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karlkrocks
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
Love Park
Love Park was a skate Mecca for so many skaters in the 90s, And I used to skate there all the time. I was in a crowd of people gathered...
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