I am a freelance writer living in San Diego. My work regularly appears in San Diego CityBEAT Magazine (www.sdcitybeat.com), The San Diego Reader (www.sdreader.com), Modern Drunkard Magazine (www.drunkard.com) and several other alternative weeklies around the country.
Music
It's 11:13 pm and I'm listening to Wolfmother. These guys are shredders. a few minutes ago it was TV on the Radio. Yesterday it was Built to Spill. Last year it was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Tomorrow it will be the Lollipop 6 for all I know. One thing is for sure though, through it all there was voice and wit of Ray Davies.
Movies
Movies are a passion. I Wish I could make them. If I did make movies I'd emulate writer/directors like Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), Woody Allen, Charlie Kaufman, Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) Sidney Lumet (Network/Dog Day Afternoon). I probably wouldn't bother trying to make movies like the Coen Brothers do. Those two are nuts. Totally and awesomely nuts.
Television
For me, it's all about HBO. They created these fantastic R-rated programs with great writing and a boundary-testing attitude and were hugely successful: The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood,Ali G, Big Love, Real Time with Bill Maher, Larry Sanders show, and going all the way back to the beginning of HBO serials with Dream On -- another show I adored.
regular TV's ok too: My Name is Earl, Reno 911, Lost, South Park, Celebrity Death Match, the Law and Order series, Arrested Development, and yes, even some of the reality shows like Apprentice and Survivor.
Books
Oh jeez. Where to begin? Perhaps with the funniest book I ever read: A Confederacy of Dunces. I don't know a single person who has read that and doesn't agree. For serious books, I think the Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski is a must read. Check out Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer for real true mountain climbing adventures, Bill Bryson for studies on Americana, language, and other cultural observations, read anything by Vonnegut, TC Boyle, Richard Ford, Bukowski, HS Thompson, and how can you not love the shit out of Tom Robbins? Jitterbug Perfume and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues are straight up Masterpieces.
Blue Stocking Books (3817 Fifth Avenue: Hillcrest)
Borders (1072 Camino Del Rio N.: Mission Valley
The Black (5017 Newport Ave: Ocean Beach)
M-Theory Records (915 Washington Street: San Diego)
The Grove (3010 Juniper Street: South Park)
Warwicks (7812 Girard Avenue: La Jolla)
Ducky Waddles (414 North Coast HWY 101: Encinitas)
Rock, Paper Scissors Galleria (4976 Newport: Ocean Beach)
Who I'd like to meet:
REVIEWS OF BARZILLA
“Edwin Decker is offensive, irreverent and inappropriate. I can’t believe I haven’t slept with him yet.”
(Anya Marina, disc jockey, KBZT radio 94/9 FM San Diego)
“At times whimsical and wonderful, at times brutal and twisted, at other times pained and longing, Edwin Decker doesn't let you get comfortable.”
(Dave Rolland, editor, San Diego CityBeat)
“While most poetry is filled with head-scratching “isms,” Decker’s more likely to scratch his pits and wonder whether God has great abs. He is a poet with whom you’d take a nip before converting to your own made-up religion.”
(Troy Johnson, host of Fox Rox, Fox Channel 6 San Diego)
Hey Edwin! I'm a good friend of Patti's... she tells me you're a cool guy, although looking at your profile picture, you should give up pipe-smoking I think! :) I hope you have a great weekend and a very...
Sight & Sound feat. Apes of Wrath, The Old In Out, Sven-Eric Seaholm, Caburlesque Kittens, The Gift/Curse, and More - TONIGHT @ Planet Rooth Gallery - 3811 Ray St. 92104
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I WENT TO OB ELEMENTARY! Hello from Finland! It's a name-dropping FRENZY!!! I just released my new cd featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Lanegan, Steve Berlin (los lobos), Chris and Carla from the Walkabouts, Peter Case, Scott McCaughey (YFF, REM)and Jim Roth (built to spill). CD has liner notes by Biographer Charles R. Cross (BackStreets-Springsteen...Heavier than Heaven-Cobain...Roomful of Mirrors-Hendrix...etc. Also I have finally put "Passing Thru" on my site as well for you to hear...this is the one with Eddie Vedder, Victoria Williams, and Carla Torgerson trading verses with me...it has not been availablé for a long time, and I also have it on i-tunes, etunes, amazon and rhapsody. Okay...I hope you are doing well!
