clarity, manchester, morrissey, comics, british kitchen sink films, the smiths, adam ant, the salford lads club and leslie holmes, really getting back into writing again, ireland and my family history, my new imac, doctor who, guinness, girl groups from the 50s/60s, green curry, paul rudd, my wii, autumn, veganism, fabio, as he is an unintentional genius, unpopulated libraries, garth marenghi, neil gaiman, positive/empathetic people, degrassi jr. high, brian wood's comics (especially demo), the state, my three wonderful sisters and our connectivity, sparks and the mael brothers in general, feminism, condiments, the shore, writing poetry/fiction, strangers in paradise, oni press, frank o'hara, bubble pearl, halloween, affinity, ginger, reading, abandoned buildings, contagious laughter, cutting my own hair, english breakfast tea, sushi, rankin/bass productions, finally engaging in the task of re-alphabetizing and organizing my vinyl records, and subsequently being covered in dust.
ronald and russell mael's parents; i am beyond curious as to what type of people/parenting style could produce such odd and unequivocal creative genius.
i took this picture in manchester in the hopes that i could post it and find someone to recreate it on my wall. if this sounds like your kind of thing, then i guess i'd like to meet you.
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a thousand of my cds and over half as many lps have taken over my home...then there is the tape arsenal in the basement of my childhood home, but here are a handful of the things i enjoy: morrissey, sparks, the smiths, electronic, the ordinary boys, leatherface, the cribs, everything phil spector, adam ant,big star, biff bang pow!, mission of burma, the shangri-las, orange juice, del shannon, monochrome set, everything stephin merritt has ever done, primarily the magnetic fields and the 6ths, erasure, elvis presley, suede, big boys, the popguns, the streets, petula clark, dag nasty, lush, sandie shaw, yaz, crowded house, the pixies, cock sparrer, bauhaus, polaris, hefner, the crystals, wedding present, the replacements, supercar, the buzzcocks, go sailor, catherine wheel, pulp, pony club, belle & sebastian, polysics, rites of spring, the boyfriends, neil diamond, billie davis, cinerama, the clash, turning point, samiam, nick cave, the ronettes, james, old lemonheads, new order, alphaville, shudder to think, sticks & stones, ride, david bowie, flake music, the shins, hellbender, nick drake, jonathan richman, adorable, magazine, the stone roses, the misfits, my bloody valentine, heavenly, the go-betweens, archers of loaf, built to spill, doug martsch, gene, neutral milk hotel, luna, billy bragg, the who, joy division, ted leo, modest mouse, three mile pilot, red house painters, mark kozelek, sun kil moon, jawbreaker, the pogues, shane macgowan, megacity 4, the cars,smoking popes, lifetime, frank black. i feel like all to which i've been listening lately is the smoking popes, sparks, and morrissey. certain times in your life call for very particular playlists, i suppose.
some favorites: a taste of honey, labyrinth, saturday night and sunday morning, darling, amelie, my beautiful laundrette, a room at the top, kes, lucas, the loneliness of the long distance runner, prick up your ears, bedazzled, the commitments, this sporting life, jude, nana, monster squad, i am a camera, withnail and i, pretty in pink, teen witch, wet hot american summer, the family way, wings of desire, all about lily chou-chou, bottle rocket, rushmore, the royal tenenbaums, in the mood for love, dolls (2002), the jazz singer, the pumpkin eater, shopgirl, once, who put the m in manchester?, blue velvet, halloween, license to drive, teen wolf, made in britain, cinema paradiso, wonder boys, castle in the sky, look back in anger, ghost world, battle royale, various comic adaptations (even the goofy/bad ones), brain candy, say anything, some kind of wonderful, mannequin, harry potter 1-4, mr. jealousy.
doctor who, degrassi, all things alan partridge, the o.c., veronica mars, the office, flight of the conchords, curb your enthusiasm, my so-called life, buffy, angel, mr. show, freaks and geeks, undeclared, kids in the hall, the state, stella, alfred hitchcock presents, arrested development, beverly hills 90210 (now on dvd!), growing pains, heroes, kyle xy (because it is alternately awesome/bad throwback 90's-esque t.v.)
frank o'hara, roddy doyle, anselm berrigan, carol adams, martin amis, ian mcewan, alison bechdel, chynna clugston-major, neil gaiman, haruki murakami, john ashbery, john yau, adrienne rich, paul bowles, john robbins, terry moore, alan moore, lawrence ferlinghetti, ted hughes, alice notley, derrick jensen, jack kerouac, shelagh delaney, john berryman, jeanette winterson, banana yoshimoto, michael chabon, garth ennis. i collect a lot of comics (about 15 current titles per week, and the constant amassing of back issues,) so a list would just be ridiculous. i am slightly partial to the vertigo imprint and dc over marvel, although i collect a good deal of marvel comics, and many independent titles.
my father, and timothy barrett morris.