Over 5,000 songs on the iPod. Mostly hiphop: Nas. Ghostface. Kweli. Mos Def. Hova. Dead Prez. Little Brother. Kanye. Cage. MF Doom. Common. Jay Dilla. Murs. Rhymesayers. Def Jux. The Roots. And on and on.... Jazz. Soul 70's. Bob. The Beatles. Marvin. Anything that makes the headboard bump.
Movies
If there's sex, drugs, or violence, I'll probably like it.
Television
The Sopranos. The Office. The Wire. Dexter. Entourage. Weeds. Football.
Books
Anything by Bukowski. Lately, I've been reading Jonathan Safran Foer, Ryan Boudinot, Aimee Bender, David Rakoff, Elizabeth Bishop, Henry Miller, David Wagoner, Studs Terkel, myself, and Playboy. I'm a subscriber.
Heroes
My grandfather- wearing a wifebeater, long shorts, and high socks watering his lawn.
Archbisop Molloy High School
Jamaica,New York
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: 2 O'Clock Club. The Loiterers. Q37 Bus Stop.
Issue 1 comes to life with Darby Larson's "Electroencephalography" where an experiment in robot-building goes terribly awry. And if you've ever woken up with an unexpected physical deformity—say, an arrow in your heart—you'll truly enjoy the next story. There's also a smattering of flash fiction and psychedelia; a straight-out story where things aren't what they seem, poetry that takes you from the perverse to the sublime, some magic realism, science fiction, and a few letters to another species thrown in for good measure. We haven't forgotten those of you with a literary bent. In addition, the artwork in this issue is particularly strong, with oil paintings, watercolors, photography, and photo illustrations complementing the words with which they are paired.
