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Brian

I ride with the terror deep within my stomach.

About Me

I live in Brooklyn with my wife Susannah and dog Ramona. You can hear my music at http://www.birdwire.org, http://www.kookenhoomen.com, and http://www.myspace.com/birdwire.

My Interests

music, social work, tearing shit up.

Music:

Jamie Lidell.
Department of Eagles.
Talking Heads.
Wayne Shorter.
The Modern Lovers.
M Ward.
M.I.A.
Wilco.
Fela Kuti.
Albert King.
Devendra Banhart.
Richard Goode.
Joni Mitchell.
Arcade Fire.
Bill Frisell.
Radiohead.
Mississippi John Hurt.
kooken & hoomen.
!!!.
O.U.T.H.U.D.
A.C. Newman.
Animal Collective.
Bjork.
Elizabeth Cotten.
The Black Keys.
The Books.
Bright Eyes.
John Coltrane.
The Beatles.
Califone.
Burnt Friedman.
The Clash.
Do Make Say Think.
Efterklang.
Elliott Smith.
Grateful Dead.
Vinyat Khan.
Ghazal.
Interpol.
Juana Molina.
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
Lambchop.
Bonnie Prince Billy.
Neil Young.
Nick Drake.
Phish.
Neil Young.
Silvio Rodriguez.
Sufjan Stevens.

Movies:

Dead Man. Fantastic Planet. Anchorman.

Television:

Susannah and I really like to watch Wife Swap. It's trashy. But it also says more about race and class in America than any other major network program that I know of.

Books:

"Fortress of Solitude" by Jonathan Lethem
"The Adventures of Augie March" by Saul Bellow
"Random Family" by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
"The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
"White Teeth" by Zadie Smith

Heroes:

Animal, Krishnamurthi