Things that are totally Awesome! Take penguins for instance. Penguins are totally awesome!
Music
the clash; the jam; adam Fucking ant; joy division; x; big black; slint; the briefs; the fall; stiff little fingers; husker du/sugar/bob mould; the replacements; the lights; dinosaur Jr; modest mouse; mission of burma; the who; nick cave and the bad seeds; tom waits; the dirty three; luna; unwound; karp; drive-by truckers; songs: ohia/magnolia electric co.; lots of americana; how much time do you have?
Movies
Miller's Crossing(anything Cohen); The Good the Bad and the Ugly; Better Off Dead; Anything Jim Jarmusch touches(more specifically, Dead Man); John fucking Carpenter; The Untochables; The Zero Effect; The Book of Life; Jaws; Bullet; Touch of Evil; The Third Man; Vertigo; Unforgiven; Straight to Hell; The Professional; Croupier; anything Danny Boyle; Goonies; Valley Girl; anything Muppet;
Television
No Reservations; Doctor Who; The Wire; Weeds;
Books
Italo Calvino is a Genius. Cormac Mcarthy is amazing. Paul Bowles, Phillip K. Dick, Irvine Welsh, Jose Saramago, James and the Giant Peach...
Heroes
Joe Strummer; Hunter S. Thompson; Spalding Gray; Tommy Stinson; Iggy Pop; Dennis Leary; Anthony Bourdain; Kermit the Frog; my Grandfather
actually it was takenbefore he hurried home and put on a slow, dumb show for me...and he cracked me up! aannnnnnnnd then i took advantage of him. yep. y'know, regular friday evenin. no biggie.
You are an asshole! I just realized you never came to Pdx to entertain me this summer...autumn it is then!
Amsterdam is pretty incredible and the bikers are so much hipper than at home, people txt at night while holding groceries in their other hand---It is making me reconsider my love for rules!
