The Clash, the Buzzcocks, Sham, DK, the Pixies, Violent Femmes, Wire, the Damned, ska rocksteady and reggae, Tamla Motown, Northern Soul, Lee Perry, Amy Winehouse, Lady Saw. If I did drugs I would listen to more dub, but mostly it's just indie bands these days: Neutral Milk Hotel, CYHSY, Islands/Unicorns, Beirut, Blonde Redhead, the Hold Steady, Radiohead, etc.
Books
(not a complete list...)
Fiction writers: Chinua Achebe, Anita Amirrezvani, Isaac Babel, Pat Barker, Donald Barthelme, David Besmozgis, Peter Carey, Raymond Carver, Jill Ciment, Deborah Eisenberg, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jonathan Franzen, David Gates, Nikolai Gogol, Graham Greene, Sara Gruen, Ishiguro, Amy Hempel, Tara Ison, Denis Johnson, Knut Hamsun, David Leavitt, David Markson, Peter Markus, Garcia Marquez, Ian McEwan, Colum McCann, Leonard Michaels, Lorrie Moore, Alice Munro, Iris Murdoch, Nabokov, Padgett Powell, James Purdy, Salman Rushdie, J.D. Salinger, Sebald, Bruno Schulz, Gary Shteyngart, Patrick Suskind, Tolstoy, William Trevor.
Poets: John Berryman, Frank O'Hara, Wilfred Owen, Sylvia Plath, Tom Sleigh, Stevie Smith, C. K. Williams, Anne Winters.
Heroes
From the Buddha:
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."
"If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
("There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again." — W.H. Auden)
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More:
"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy." — Robert Louis Stevenson
"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at
your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait.
Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world
will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no
choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." — Kafka
"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character." — Emerson
"A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow." — Charlotte Bronte
"A mind too active is no mind at all." — Theodore Roethke
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On writing:
"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues." — Duke Ellington
"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music--the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself." — Henry Miller
"What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough." — Eugene Delacroix
"Much unhappiness comes into this world because of things left unsaid." — Dostoevsky
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More:
"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves, they find their own order . . . the continuous thread of revelation." — Eudora Welty
"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity." — Gilda Radner
"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." — Bukowski
"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience--well, that comes from poor judgment." — A.A. Milne
("You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." — Colette)
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New collection:
"Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised." — Marilyn Manson
"Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy." — Anthony Burgess
"Courtesy is the password to safety." — Chinese proverb (Lucky numbers 5, 18, 28, 37, 19, 24)
"You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light." — Vicomte de Chateaubriand
"Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony." — Robert Benchley
Eva's Details
Status:
Single
Hometown:
Miami, FL
Religion:
Buddhist
Zodiac Sign:
Aries
Occupation:
Literary agent, writer
Eva's Schools
Cuny Hunter College
New York,New York
Graduated: 2008
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: MFA in fiction
2006 to 2008
University Of Florida
Gainesville, FLORIDA
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Join us this coming Saturday 26 September at Dig Deeper for James Brown's Soul Sister #1, funk and soul legend Marva Whitney's first NYC show in 40 years, this time backed by the Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band, who will also be opening the night with their own set. Special guest DJ Pari will be joining DJ Honky and Mr. Robinson to spin soul and funk 45s for the dancefloor with us until 4am.
$10 advance will call tickets still available via Ticketweb - save money by reserving early...tickets will be $15 at the door if we have not sold out. Look forward to seeing you there!
I also just got back from Jamaica with - a whole heap of incredible new ska, rocksteady and early reggae 45s on labels like Beverley's, Top Deck, Tuneico, Treasure Isle and more! - a selection of Jamaican vinyl LPs we've never had in the store before! We've also got a new batch of Roots Reggae titles (not yet available on the regular site) in the CD Sale, and a huge selection of clearance 45s. You can only find out about the Secret Sales by signing up for the Stubborn Records e-mail list at http://www.versioncity.com/lists
Check out the Blue Greens live in Brooklyn! Blues/Jazz/Bop/Bam/Bing/Boom Feb 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Two Boots www. twobootsbrooklyn. com - no cover – -2 sets starting after 9 p.m. Dave Hillyard (the slackers) – Saxophones Simon “Barsinister” Chardiet – Guitars Artie Baguer – Bass JJ Murphy - Drums
Dig Deeper this coming Saturday 28 February with Chicago soul legend GARLAND GREEN in his first NYC performance in some 35 years since headlining the Apollo in the 1970s! This time backed by the Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band!
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Dig Deeper this coming Saturday 28 March with Atlanta soul and funk star DELIA "DEE DEE" GARTRELL in her first NYC performance in some 25 years! This time backed by the Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band! Not sure who is more excited about this show - Delia, her husband the Mighty Hannibal, or us!
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Check out the Blue Greens live in Brooklyn! Blues/Jazz/Bop/Bam/Bing/Boom Jan 23 – Brooklyn, Ny – Sunnys Bar www. sunnysredhook. com - no cover Dave Hillyard (the slackers) – Saxophones Simon “Barsinister” Chardiet – Guitars Artie Baguer – Bass Shay Hawkins - Drums
Dig Deeper this coming Saturday 24 January with Atlanta, Georgia soul and funk legend (and current Bronx resident) the MIGHTY HANNIBAL in a rare NYC performance, backed by the Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band. Special guest DJ Mr. Finewine!
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Dig Deeper this coming Saturday 22 November with Atlanta, Georgia soul star EULA COOPER flying in for her very first performance in NYC ever, backed by the Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band - and Binky Griptite from the Dap Kings on guitar!
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Dig Deeper this coming Saturday 25 October with Milkwaukee soul and funk legend Harvey Scales flying in for his first performance in NYC in over 20 years, backed by the Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band!
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