Books and writing by and/or about:
The Beat writers
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Lester Bangs
Christopher Hitchens
Freud, Nietzsche, and Marx (The unHoly Trinity of Literary Criticism)
The Romantic Poets (Blake, Byron, et al)
Ernest Hemingway
Henry Miller
Contemporary Irish Literature
Modern and Ancient History
The Existentialists (Sartre, Camus, Beckett)
Classical Studies (philosophy, poetry, drama, ancient histories)
The O.E.D.
[Auto] Biographies
The Ruskies (Chekhov, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, etc. up to Solzhenitsyn and Yevtushenko)
Oreintal Poetry
Physics for Not-Quite-Dummies (Sagan, Hawking, Greene)
The Bible (a.k.a. Physics for fucking idiots)
Restoration Poetry and Drama
Shakespeare
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Rolling Stone Magazine
Vanity Fair Magazine
The Globe and Mail (online)
BBC World Service (online)
The Washington Post (online)
The New York Times (online)
Heroes
"...there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms."
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"Once you become a pickle, you can never be a cucumber again"
- Steve Earle
" Leave the gun... Take the cannolis"
- Peter Clemenza
CAPILANO COLLEGE
North Vancouver, Canada
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Professional Communications
2006 to 2007
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver, Canada
Graduated: 2001
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Literature
Minor: History, Philosophy, Classical Studies
About me:
I am an indie music enthusiast who wants the world to know how great indie music can be. Whether you're sitting alone with a guitar playing originals on YouTube or slugging it out gigging to get your name out, you're my kind of people. The eyes of the world will be on Vancouver in 2010. Let's get their ears here first, otherwise the Olympics will just be one big corporate circle jerk (in the music as well...heh). Music journalism has degraded to the point of merely updating the social registry with the latest thing someone has done, not played. I'm not here to write about celebrity. I want to write about the music I love and those who love to play it.
"ars longa, vita brevis"
Who I'd like to meet: Lester Bangs and Hunter S. Thompson over a drink and a game of cards and/or someone who can explain to me in proper English why the media are so driven to put Britney Spears in her grave (w/ film at 11!).
I'm all about Indie too so we have this in common. I just take myself and journey out to venues, take photos and try to give the indie bands what they so deserve, a lot of love from me. I wish everyone would do this.
I'll be doing my own podcast show in the coming months, I'm very excited about it. Congratulations on starting yours!
It looks like you have definitely travelled to Toronto, if you come this way again, let me know.
Have a great week, keep in touch.
Much Love, Mary-Elizabeth Gilbert (Mary) Creator & Founder Meg-a Music Toronto “Live your dreams, don’t just dream them…” www.megamusictoronto.com
HEY! Just wanted to let you know that we're playing a show, Saturday August 2nd at The Media Club on Cambie St... Would love to see you there! You can check out profile for more details.
