Immortal Technique. Soft Pink Truth. Michael Jackson. Cut Chemist. Rolling Stones (Let it Bleed). Against Me!. Crimson Curse. Madonna. Prince. jdwalker. Ice Cube. Cage. Count Bass D. Gabe FM. Paris. MF Doom. Shortkut. James Brown. The Locust. Mad Villain. Sage Francis. Johnny Cash. Ratatat. Gang Starr. The Locust. Rage Against the Machine. Ghosts of Pasha. Wolf Parade. Swing Kids.
Movies
Scratch. My Own Private Idaho. Keepin' Time: Live. The Dreamers. Being John Malcovich. The Witches.
Television
Appearing on “Larry King Live” in 1995, Jesse Helms, then the senior senator from North Carolina, fielded a call from an unusual admirer. Helms deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, the caller gushed, “for everything you’ve done to help keep down the niggers.” Given the rank ugliness of the sentiment — the guest host, Robert Novak, called it, with considerable understatement, “politically incorrect” — Helms could only pause before responding. But the hesitation couldn’t suppress his gut instincts. “Whoops, well, thank you, I think,” he said. With prodding from Novak, he added that he’d been spanked as a child for using the N-word and noted (with a delicious hint of uncertainty), “I don’t think I’ve used it since.” As for the caller’s main point — the virtue of keeping down blacks — it passed without comment.
--David Greenberg, "R, North Carolina," New York Times Book Review, 02/10/08
Books
“‘What we need,’ one of those scary critics who write for the serious magazines said recently, ‘is more straight talking about bad books.’ Well, of course we do. It’s hard to think of anything we need more, in fact. Because then, surely, people would stop reading bad books, and writers would stop writing them, and the only books that anyone read or wrote would be the ones that the scary critics in the serious magazines liked, and the would be a happier place, unless you happen to enjoy reading books that the scary critics don’t like—in which case the world would be an unhappier place for you. Tough.
I am an all around exposer.”
Nick Hornby. Stuff I’ve been Reading, The Believer Magazine, October ‘06
About me: I do somewhat enjoy the life of the nomad. I always imagined heroes, villains, Socrates, adventurers, Benjamin, Christ and his disciples, etc. to be folks who were defined somewhat by their simple need for a place to stay for the night; who didn't have anywhere else to go; who had long ago ceased understanding the concept of "home." Home, after all, is a moot point when you're fighting good, bad, evil, or yourself. After a long enough time surfing around, I find that I very much enjoy a strange couch, bed, floor, whatever, as much as my back and neck do not. Perhaps, after a long enough stay away from my own rented living space, it too will become just another provider of a temporary surface for my hard-to-settle head.
Who I'd like to meet: "The popular music then was 'How Much is that Doggy In the Window.' That was in our reality. Our reality was bleak to begin with. Our reality was fear." -Bob Dylan
hey alex, it's been forever, i miss you from time to time :) i should be having a baby this week, so start to get scared for future generations, of course i knew you already were, sorry to put more fear on your plate. love, jess
"Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure." Aldous Huxley
I want very much to travel with you, but I have a 4 day refresher course for Ski Patrol Nov 13-16 and a plane ticket home on the 17th... my budget is nil. I'm driving with Matt Hutton from Maine to Tahoe on Dec 1st. I want to help
hey uncel alex, i just wanted to say thank you for the card, and the cash or course too, but im still only 19, although next year if you happen to think im 21 feel free to send a 12 pack my way.
Hi Zander - If at all possible leave Saturday June 28th open its Jenn's graduation party I'm trying to get invites out today or tomorrow, pass it on to Faith pls. Also send me your most current address, or I can just send it to Dad.
Thanks Love you, Great work your doing you make me proud.
Happy Birthday Alex! I can honestly say I wouldn't have had any idea it was your birthday if it wasn't for Myspace. Here's to another year of sharing cold electronic communication!
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