John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, John Coltrane--the risen Trane, Miles Davis--electric, Velvet Underground, Fela Kuti, The Kinks, Serge Gainsbourg, Frank Zappa, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Mike Patton, Secret Chiefs 3, David Crosby, Talking Heads, Sly and The Family Stone, Ennio Moriconne, Nick Drake, Eric Dolphy, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, Tom Waits, Timo Ellis, Petra Haden, OOIOO, Boredoms, Melt Banana, Nina Simone, Marc Ribot, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Joy Division, The Stooges, Tom Tom Club, Jethro Tull, Man or Astroman?, Bernard Hermann, Peter Thomas, Raymond Scott, Andre Popp, Burt Bacharach, Buffalo Daughter, Curtis Mayfield, Os Mutantes, Stereo Total, Eric Dolphy, Bjork, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Lost Goat
Movies
Fassbinder, David Lynch, Godard, Truffaut, Kubrick, Jack Hill, Bergman, Sam Peckinpah, George Romero, Fellini, Sergio Leoni, John Waters, Antonioni, Akira Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Francois Ozon, Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, Hal Ashby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Barbarella, Fantastic Planet, Grey Gardens, Imagine, Madonna: Truth or Dare, Tommy, Do The Right Thing, Dolemite, The Mack, Near Dark, The Blues Brothers, Stop Making Sense, Battle Royale, The Sex and the Fury, The Point, Tubby the Tuba, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Valley Girl, The Coen Brothers, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Karate For Life
Television
The Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, Big Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm, America's Next Top Model, Jem and the Holograms, The Dick Cavett Show, Pee Wee's Playhouse, MST 3K, Project Runway
Books
Dennis Cooper, J.T. Leroy (even if he isn't real), Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, Jerzy Kosinski, Jerry Stahl, Bukowski, George Bataille, Pauline Reage, Henry Miller, Roald Dahl, Sartre, Camus, Donna Tartt, Katherine Dunn, Raymond Chandler, Hesse, Ryu Murukami, Mishima, William Burroughs, most of the Russians
About me:
Hey, so I wrote this book, Tweak, that is coming out in February. It's a memoir about the struggles of growing up and learning how to not hate yourself so much and, of course, it's about drug addiction, too--specifically, crystal meth and heroin and cocaine and pills and, well, everything really. But, uhmmm, it's just my experience and I don't mean for it to be anything more than that.
Recently I moved to Savannah where my girlfriend goes to school and I've been broke, building myself back up after a bad, bad relapse. And, anyway, I got a job at the school here as an art model, you know? Basically just 'cause it pays well and I don't have to talk to anyone. But this experience, of having to take off all my clothes and let a room full of people stare at me, well, it's been fucking hard as hell. I guess I just felt so vulnerable at first.
But, really, I mean, it's no different from the process of writing this book and putting it out there for everyone to see. So Tweak is me naked, stripped down and exposed. It's been embarassing and humiliating, but it's also been really cool in terms of getting honest with myself and allowing me to be who I really am. Writing Tweak was therapy for me. That's the most I can say about it. I mean, I don't know about anything but that.
Hope you're doing well. I'm reading this book that I really think you would like. I Am The New Black by Tracey Morgan. He's gone through some crazy shit too.
nic... im trying so hard to stay sober. ive been clean for just 3 days now. i still have dope in my bedroom... i still have pipes.. i still have needles.... and im trying to not go and grab it and do some... im trying to do it for me, but its so hard...
Hey, my name's Rachael from South Pasadena High School and for my english class we're supposed to write a letter to someone influential asking what summer reading book they recommend so if you could send me a mailing address that'd be greattt
Started reading your book this...well yesterday afternoon (I'm sure you know how insomnia makes the days run together) but I was hooked from the first line of your book. It's as addicting as the substance it's about
First, I wanted to thank you for sharing your story in Tweak. I learned a lot from it. I also saw your blogspot and to be honest it was kind of like looking a mirror in a way. Helping people is awesome, I don't think I could do it. I'd relapse pretty hard. So I'm helping myself first. thanks for the links in the back, they're really helpful. God bless you and your family you're pretty amazing. Take care of yourself. P.S. I saw a comment under me where she said "Tweak" was the first book I ever finished. Lol same here. " Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun."
i love your book. i have a friend going throuhg just about that same thing. how do i help him?? i dont know what to say t him anymore. shuld i just give up and let him do what he wants and to bothering him??
Nic, What's been goin on with you latley? You have a lot of people supporting you and hinking of you often. Just wondering what the latest is. Much love and encouragment. Kat
nic, thanks so much for the add.i'm currently reading your book tweak for the fourth time.i can never get enough of it.someone really close to me is going through something very similar to your story.it's just not so evolved yet.hopefully my family can talk some damn sense into this person.thanks for opening your story and heart out to all of us.it's helped a lot.
Hey, so I wrote this book, Tweak, that is coming out in February. It's a memoir about the struggles of growing up and learning how to not hate yourself so much and, of course, it's about drug addiction, too--specifically, crystal meth and heroin and cocaine and pills and, well, everything really. But, uhmmm, it's just my experience and I don't mean for it to be anything more than that.
Recently I moved to Savannah where my girlfriend goes to school and I've been broke, building myself back up after a bad, bad relapse. And, anyway, I got a job at the school here as an art model, you know? Basically just 'cause it pays well and I don't have to talk to anyone. But this experience, of having to take off all my clothes and let a room full of people stare at me, well, it's been fucking hard as hell. I guess I just felt so vulnerable at first.
But, really, I mean, it's no different from the process of writing this book and putting it out there for everyone to see. So Tweak is me naked, stripped down and exposed. It's been embarassing and humiliating, but it's also been really cool in terms of getting honest with myself and allowing me to be who I really am. Writing Tweak was therapy for me. That's the most I can say about it. I mean, I don't know about anything but that.
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