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Music
Andrew Bird
Asteroid Galaxy Tour
Badly Drawn Boy
THE BEATLES
Beck
Beirut
Belle & Sebastian
Ben Kweller
Blitzen Trapper
Blue Van
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Brandon Benson
Cake
Carbon Leaf
CAT STEVENS
Cher
The Clash
Coldplay
Cold War Kids
Cornershop
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Danny Michel
THE DECEMBERISTS
The Dodos
Donavan Frankenreiter
The Doobie Brothers
The Dresden Dolls
Eisling
Elliot Smith
Emiliana Torrini
Essex Green
Fatboy Slim
Feist
Fiona Apple
Fleet Foxes
Flogging Molly
Florence And The Machine
FRANZ FERDINAND
The Fratellis
Frou Frou
Gnarls Barkley
Herman's Hermits
Hockey
Hot Hot Heat
Howard Shore
Imogen Heap
Jack Johnson
Kasabian
Keane
KT Tunstall
LED ZEPPELIN
Little Joy
The Mabuses
Madness
The Mamas and the Papas
Matt & Kim
Men at Work
M.I.A.
Mika
Moby
MODEST MOUSE
The New Pornographers
Nickel Creek
The Noisettes
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Poe
The Proclaimers
Queen
Rachael Yamagata
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rufus Wainwright
Salem al Fakir
The Scissor Sisters
THE SHINS
Simon & Garfunkel
Sodastream
Steriogram
Sufjan Stevens
Suzanne Vega
Spoon
They Might Be Giants
Three Dog Night
The Ting Tings
Toto
Vampire Weekend
Vanessa Carlton
The Virgins
Van Morrison
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Warren Zevon
The Waterboys
The Who
XTC
Yves Klein Blue
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Frasier old sitcoms the Simpsons Malcolm in the Middle Carnivale Star Trek King of the Hill Firefly the X Files the Office Flight of the Conchords
my life isn't that complicated.
i would rather be weird and fucked up than boring.
"and the soul wears out the breast,
and the heart must pause to breathe,
and love itself have a rest." -Lord Byron
"are you classified as human?"
"negative, i am a meat popsicle." - the fifth element
"i wish i was a fisherman
tumblin' on the seas
far away from dry land
and it's bitter memories;
casting out my sweet line
with abandonment and love
no ceiling bearing down on me
save the starry sky above
with light in my head, you in my arms." -fisherman's blues, The Waterboys
"harold, everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. you just can't let the world judge you too much." -Harold and Maude
"vice, virtue. it's best not to be too moral. you cheat yourself out of too much life. aim above morality. if you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully."
-Harold and Maude
"I'd just as soon listen to the rain...than to your sermon." - Rashoman
"you gave him your life savings?"
"yes. I was saving to become a doctor or lawyer. but this was world peace." - kung fu hustle
"Welcome to the George Bush era; Me Me Me!" - the golden girls
"what is this, wonka, some kind of a fun house?"
"why, having fun?" - willy wonka & the chocolate factory
"You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life I swear." -Garden State
Sweet Lorretta's 1st Annual Folk Festival, Denver, mid-1970's. From left Jack Mathes, Larry Rothwell, Marshall Miller, Jim, Steve Brown.
Who I'd like to meet: charo, terry pratchett, cher, da vinci, rembrandt, napolean buenoparte, frankie godoy, cat stevens, john lennon, alfonse mucha, tim curry, barack obama, and j.r.r. tolkien.
and especially lisa, from america's next top model cycle 5:
too shay, too shay, I guess you might have bested myself this time around little blond girl, but next time we shall see. Will your speech craft skills be good enough next time...!?