Any good lyrics. I have been known to fly across the country to see Van Morrison and Tom Waits. Regularly. It's worth it.
Son House, Bob Dylan, Chris Whitley, Nick Drake, Kathleen Edwards, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Westerburgh, Beth Orton, Counting Crows, Paul Simon, M. Ward, Melissa Ferrick, Damien Rice, Jesse Malin, Pushstars, Chris Trapper, Ray LaMontagne, Andrew Bird, Iron and Wine, Bright Eyes, The National, Them vs. Them, Marwood, Q Brothers, Sean Fox, Sean Smith, Looker, The Truth, Ryan Dupont Band.
Movies
Contempt, The Shoot Horses Don't They? There Will Be Blood, Days of Heaven, Mullholland Drive, A Face in the Crowd, Sideways, Goodfellas, Old Joy, Trainspotting, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Stand By Me, Five Easy Pieces, Spirited Away, The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D., Contact, Never Cry Wolf, Menace II Society, The King of Comedy, Waking the Dead, Broadcast News, Coal Miner's Daughter, Jesus’ Son, You Can Count on Me, Before Sunset, Tommy Boy, Superman: The Movie (1978).
Horror: Trouble Every Day, House on Haunted Hill (1958), All things Evil Dead, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Shining, Straw Dogs, Jacob’s Ladder, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Thing, Deliverance, The Descent.
Books
New Ones: Hunger by Knut Hamsun, Madame Bovary (I know, I read it in high school, too, but read it again)
Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips, Dubliners by Joyce, Fool’s Progress: An Honest Novel and Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, The Book of Daniel by EL Doctorow (aw hell, any Doctorow), A Moveable Feast by Hemingway, Cannery Row by Steinbeck, ANY AND ALL FAULKNER, Song of Solomon by Morrison, Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, Blood Meridian by McCarthy (yeah, The Road was awesome too). Moby Dick (yes, read it love it know it -- at least read Bartelby the Scrivener), Subterraneans by Kerouac (really I just picked one to sound discriminating, the truth is I'm no longer ashamed of my unabashed appreciation for all of Kerouac -- yes, as teenagers EVERYBODY loves him, but I've come to appreciate him even more intensely post-college (but ok, if I have to choose one, Subterraneans is truly a breathtaking masterpiece, especially if you read it in one sitting)), Borges, Cervantes, and on and on and on…
Poetry Collections: Riprap by Gary Snyder, Beforelife by Franz Wright, Sun Under Wood by Robert Hass, Leaves of Grass by Whitman, ANY AND ALL WALLACE STEVENS, Paris Spleen by Baudelaire (the Louise Verese translation), Satan Says by Sharon Olds, Picnic Lightning by Billy Collins, View with a Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska (translated by Stanislaw Brancsack and Clare Cavanagh).
Rider's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Sebastopol, CA
Body type:
5' 8"
Religion:
Atheist
Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius
Children:
Someday
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
Actor
Rider's Schools
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
Graduated: N/A
Degree: In Progress
Major: MFA, Fiction
How are you? What have you been up to? I'm sure most people get all fan girl around you but I'm gonna try and keep my cool...hahaha. I'm sure I suck at it.
AAhhhhh Rider do not leave us yet.....not on myspace. My connection just turns in to movies and on screen to see you...that is sad. Well give us another update when you get back on, always looking forward to it and your cutie face. x0 Hugsies!
hey rider! just wanted to stop by and tell you how much i love you and that boys meets world is my all time favorite show! i think you such a great writer and actor and wanted to let you know how much i admire and support you! love, ida :)
Hello there! Thank you very much for the add! Hope you are doing well! And hope to hear from you sometime! I'm a big fan, hope you had an amazing holiday season! :)
Rider, i know you're sick of people talking about boy meets world, but you were just SOOOO incredible in it!!!!! Honesty, one of the best shows of all time, and congrats on all your other projects! <3 Talia
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