Music, writing, paradigm shifts, the cultural zeitgeist at large, Americana, random blogs, teen movies, left-handed guitars, good books, tattooed women, finally finding what I'm looking for, love and happiness.
Music
This could (and probably will) go on forever, so i'll just hit you with a general cross-section of current and all-time favorites: KISS, The Specials, TV on the Radio, Kanye West, Nas, Jay Dee (forever), The Clash, Hall and Oates, Madlib, Led Zeppelin, N.E.R.D., Justice, Fleetwood Mac, My Bloody Valentine, LCD Soundsystem, Van Halen, Jay-Z, THIN LIZZY!, Curve, Daft Punk, Stereolab, Earth, Wind and Fire, Theo Parrish, Moodymann, Prince, Massive Attack, David Bowie, The Cars, D'Angelo, The Police, J Geils Band, The Smiths, Kraftwerk, Atmosphere, Radiohead, Giant Drag, Swervedriver, Cheap Trick, Danger Mouse, The White Stripes, Electric Light Orchestra, Basic Channel, M.I.A. and this:
Movies
Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Foxes, The Hunger, Little Darlings, Office Space, Heathers, Wild Things, Half-Baked, Gummo, Bachelor Party, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Deconstructing Harry, Thirteen, Can't Hardly Wait, Little Children, Metropolitan, Wet Hot American Summer, Pootie Tang
Television
MSNBC, True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Law & Order SVU, Big Love
Books
Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Generation X by Douglas Copeland, On Writing by Stephen King, Class by Paul Fussell, Story of My Life by Jay McInerney, Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Heroes
Ma and Pa, The Electrifying Mojo, Russell Simmons, Cameron Crowe, me in 1992
About me: Kinda moody. Secretly emotional. Occasionally obsessive. OK, generally obsessive. Extreme Pisces. Complete music dork. DJ for life. Made in Detroit and damn proud of it. Fluent in girl talk. Met Thom Yorke and he was really nice. Best kept secret: I was John Bonham in a previous lifetime. Don't believe everything you read.
Who I'd like to meet: Believers, dreamers, thinkers, doers, anyone that used to hang out in Detroit clubs like Todd's, the Asylum and The Warehouse, You
Yah brah! It was ragin'. No prblems. Little waste. Water. Clean porta potties. Great weather. And I saw Phish. Shit, I barely went in the festival, cuz I was getting schwilly in the lot with the tour kids. One of the best festivals in the country for sure. BE Here Next Year, PLEASE!
