Shawn Ritchie

Regular Chicago guy with a fondness for words words words.

I'm a pretty regular guy. Well, a bit more likely than the average to have conversations over drinks that touch on both the White Sox AND Camus, but I get bored easily.

Politically, I'm a social liberal/fiscal conservative isolationist, which basically means I'm fucked. I'm voting Obama '08 mostly because I simply can't handle the thought of that warmed-over corpse with anger management issues running our country for four years. Or, more likely, into the ground within one.

Musically, I like flashy guitar work and nice vocal harmonies. Everything else is negotiable. Except having a twang in your voice. You can fuck right off if you do, Tex.

Technologically, I'm a whore. I'm not a UNIX guy, a Mac guy, an MS dude... I use all and sundry, usually all in the same day. I'm much more of a "what will get this task done best" kinda person than any sort of brand loyalist. Well, 'cept for Fender guitars. There is no other.

This is getting long enough, so let's end here.