| General | Treadmills, Film (the making and the viewing of), Writing, Reading, Music (creating and listening), Not Making Sense and/or Things That Fail to Make Sense But Entertain. | | Music | Neon Blonde, Blood Brothers, The Mall, The Advantage, Slint, June of 44, Sonic Youth, Tortoise, Tristeza, Album Leaf, Frog Eyes, Pixies, Wire, Neutral Milk Hotel, Massive Attack, Guided By Voices, Fugazi, Sleater Kinney, Lightning Bolt, The New Pornographers, Royal Trux, The Evens, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Constantines, Explosions in the Sky, Xiu Xiu, Mudhoney, Silver Jews, John Parish, Minotaur Shock, Wolf Eyes, Pelican, The Boredoms, Howling Hex, Helmet, Don Caballero, Tomahawk, Cave In, Superchunk, Flying Saucer Attack, Portastatic, The Hold Steady, Helium, Ladytron, Boards of Canada, Sigur Ros, Coloma, Belong, Fennesz, Boredoms, Deerhoof, Iron & Wine, OOIOO, Animal Collective, Comet Gain, Bright, Dinosaur Jr, Gorillaz, Blur, Kinks, Swans, Flaming Lips, Stone Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, Elbow, Radiohead, Offspring, Nada Surf, Polaris, Television, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, REM, Calexico, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Beck, Nirvana, Violent Femmes, Le Tigre, Faith Healers, Laura Veirs, Q and Not U, Archer Prewitt, Cranes, Swervedriver, Teenage Fanclub, Lenola, The Shins, Lush, Chapterhouse, Tricky, Lucksmiths, Medicine, Slowdive, Can, Yo La Tengo, Feist, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Catherine Wheel, My Bloody Valentine, Boo Radleys, Built to Spill, Pavement, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Rancid, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, The Go! Team, The Mars Volta, Clientele, !!!, The Wrens, Fiery Furnaces, Jets to Brazil, Cursive, Thrice, Architecture in Helsinki, The Apples in Stereo, The Field Mice, Ride, Autolux, The Ponys, Mogwai, Arcade Fire, Spoon, Belly, Stephen Malkmus, Primal Scream, Sparklehorse, Grandaddy, Broken Social Scene, Smog, Decemberists, Interpol, Thrice, Dead Kennedys, Pinback, The Rum Diary, From Monument to Masses, UNKLE, The Sea and Cake, My Morning Jacket, Wolf Parade, Flotation Toy Warning, John Vanderslice, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Blonde Redhead, Bettie Serveert, Cocteau Twins, Spoon, Dismemberment Plan, Rage Against the Machine, Doves, Bjork, The Specials, Mooney Suzuki, Engineers, The Breeders, Bear vs Shark, The Hives, White Stripes, Oasis, Velvet Underground, Happy Mondays, Super Furry Animals, British Sea Power, Embrace, XTC, The Smiths, Portishead, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, The Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Kills, Swell, Chemical Brothers, Kid Loco, Soul Coughing, Red Snapper, Aim, Manual, Thievery Corporation, Baby Mammoth, Clinic, St Germain, Sneaker Pimps, Air, Aphex Twin, Mouse on Mars, Rjd2, MC Chris, DJ Shadow, Jedi Mind Tricks, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Deltron 3030, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Kid Koala, The Walkmen, Aberfeldy, Stereolab, Autechre, Orbital, Eluvium, LCD Soundsystem, Out Hud, Morcheeba, Royksopp, Icarus, Hanna, The Prodigy, Kilowatthours, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, The Pillows, Yoko Kanno, The Seatbelts, Brian Eno, MSI, Badly Drawn Boy, Modest Mouse, Incubus, Tenacious D, The Ramones...the list is ever-growing | | Movies | Rather than just drop a bunch of random films in here (I’ve seen too many excellent films to do that), I’m going to list my top 10 of each decade backtracking to the 50s. The lists are, of course, subject to change. Many other great films rest within these decades.
00s (So Far)
1. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
2. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
3. Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino, 2003-2004)
4. George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
5. Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)
6. Better Luck Tomorrow (Justin Lin, 2003)
7. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000)
8. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
9. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
90s
1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
2. Fresh (Boaz Yakin, 1994)
3. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
4. In The Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997)
5. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
6. Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999)
7. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
8. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
9. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
10. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)
80s
1. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)
2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
3. My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
4. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
5. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
6. Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
8. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
9. Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989)
10. House of Games (Dave Mamet, 1987)
70s
1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
2. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
3. Cries & Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)
4. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
5. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1973)
6. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
7. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
8. Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970)
9. Night Moves (Arthur Penn, 1975)
10. Patton (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970)
60s
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
2. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
4. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
5. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)
6. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
7. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
8. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
9. Loves of a Blonde (Milos Forman, 1965)
10. Night of the Living Dead (George Romero, 1968)
50s
1. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
2. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
4. Forty Guns (Samuel Fuller, 1957)
5. Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957)
6. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
7. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
8. Touch of Evil (Orson Wells, 1958)
9. Duck Amuck (Chuck Jones, 1953)
10. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) | | Television | Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Occasional Stand-Up...and Adult Swim. That's about it.
Anime:FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Trigun, Outlaw Star, Yu Yu Hakusho, Escaflowne, Macross Plus, Haibane Renmei, 08th MS Team, Alien Nine, Paranoia Agent, Naruto, Kino's Journey, Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, Berserk, Big O, Witch Hunter Robin, Flame of Recca, Blue Gender, Azumanga Daioh, Betterman, Chobits, Evangelion, Excel Saga, Fruits Basket, Full Metal Panic, Now and Then Here and There, Kiddygrade, Lupin, Macross Plus, Patlabor, Read or Die, Lain, Slayers, The SoulTaker... | | Books | Currently My Favorite Authors:
Gene Wolfe
Neil Gaiman
Richard K. Morgan
William Gibson
George R.R. Martin | | Heroes | Gene Wolfe
Stephen Malkmus
Thurston Moore
David Gordon Green (Right)
Gus Van Sant (Center) |
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