DAVID BOWIE and I am tempted to just leave it at that! But there's more. TOP TEN (now): Cocteau Twins, Joni Mitchell, soundtrack to Bladerunner, Cabaret Voltaire, The Jam, Kate Bush, Beth Orton, Everything But the Girl, Caia. SECOND TEN (10-20): Stereolab, Erykah Badu, Ani DiFranco, The Clash, Arrested Development, Innocence Mission, 10,000 Maniacs, William Orbit, King of Woolworth's, Milt Jackson. ALBUM I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE MOST LATELY: _All That We Let In_ by the Indigo Girls. ALBUM I WILL BE LISTENING TO A LOT THE REST OF THE YEAR: Vince Guaraldi Christmas Music for Peanuts Special (Charlie Brown). COOL MUSIC I FOUND ON EMUSIC.COM AND FELL IN LOVE WITH: Machine Love, Tosca, Greg Long, Lemon Jelly, Flunk, Magic Sound Fabric, Bebel Gilberto, Cat Power, AB+, Harold Budd, Phobos, Thievery Corporation, Transglobal Underground, DJ Logic, Diesel Boy.
STUFF THAT’S OFTEN IN MY TOP 20: Radiohead, Elvis Costello,
Portishead, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, the Smiths, St. Germain, Vangelis, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, Public Enemy, Paul Weller, MOBY, U2, Cowboy Junkies, Tom Waits, Kraftwerk, DJ SHADOW, David Sylvian, Japan, Talking Heads, SADE, Bauhaus, Indigo Girls, Morrissey, The WHO, They Might Be Giants, DEVO, Patti Smith, BREEDERS, PIXIES, Bjork, Psychedelic Furs, David Byrne, The Specials, The English Beat, Hooverphonic, LAURIE ANDERSON, Joy Division, New Order, Nick Cave, R.E.M., the Buggles, Jane Siberry, Sarah McLachlan, Lush, Super Furry Animals, Lori Carson, Rickie Lee Jones, Joe Jackson, XTC, Steely Dan, Sigur Ros, Keiko Matsui, Spyro Gyra, David Sanborn. ASSORTED COOL ELECTRONIC STUFF: the Orb, 19.5 Collective. Art of Noise, The Future Sound of London, Aphex Twin, Killing Joke, Boards of Canada. SOME OF MY FAVE HIP-HOP: India.Arie, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Mos Def, Macy Gray, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Roots. ASSORTED OTHER COOL SHIT: Aimee Mann, Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis, GLOWFRIENDS, Dead Can Dance, Sinead O'Connor, Paul Simon, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, The Postal Service, Laura Veirs, Martha Wainwright, TV on the Radio, Futureheads, Fiona Apple, Scout Niblett, Imogen Heap, Rebecca Fanya, Sundays, Clannad, Liz Story, Regina Carter, Straight Ahead, ALL THINGS PUNK (Ramones), Billy Bragg, Belle & Sebsatian, Bruce Cockburn, Lou Reed, ROXY MUSIC, Police and Sting, BRUCE, Fleetwood Mac, Weakerthans, Fugees, TLC, NIN, Tool, Ministry, Go-Betweens, Sugarcubes, Dvorak, Debussey, Chopin, Delibes, Schubert, Suzanne Vega, London Suede, Supergrass, Ennio Morricone, Yes, Genesis, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Chorus Line, Kermit the Frog, Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Once More With Feeling," ...and so many countless others... but this is rather a lot, eh?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, thirtysomething, Felicity, Angel, Mad About You, LOST, the 4400, Alias, Dawson's Creek, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, the Daily Show, SNL, 24, Prison Break, Carnivale, Boston Legal, and way too many others.
Books
Right now, Blindness by Saramago, Discworld 2 by Terry Pratchett, and Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy. But all time and also recently: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenger, the Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, The World According to Garp and most anything by John Irving, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, anything by Margaret Atwood but especially The Handmaid's Tale, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera, Tao Te Ching, Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau, Cunt by Inga Muscio, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, everything by George RR Martin, LOTR, PULLMAN's Dark Materials saga, PATTERN RECOGNITION by William Gibson...
Heroes
We're supposed to have heroes? What do we do with them when we have them? I have secret heroes or maybe I don't have any. I am my own hero.
chris's Details
Status:
Single
Hometown:
KALAMAZOO, MI
Body type:
5' 11" / Athletic
Ethnicity:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Undecided
Education:
Post grad
Occupation:
writer of stuff
chris's Schools
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Creative Writing: Fiction
Minor: Literature
Clubs: drinking, writing, drinking, reading writing aloud, drinking, schmoozing, drinking, sex, and drinking.
Current Courses:
not a bad idea :) any thoughts on what to do? lately, i've been downing coffee like it's going outta style, so ... maybe that wouldn't be the best option ... :)
Just passin' through and wanted to let you know I was checkin' in. Word of the week (10/22-10/29) is "BRILLIANT" I truly hope all is well with you and that this moment catches you with a smile.
