Maurice

I'd like to meet:

Downtrotten, unsung underdogs, travailing through life with their heart on their sleeves. Beautiful losers. Doomed souls. Wallflowers. Failures. Melancholic hearts. Winos. Deadbeats. Washouts.

I would've liked to have met the following:

Phoebe Cates.

Or

Marianne Faithfull.

Or

Sable Starr.

Or

Bebe Buell.

Or

Anita Pallenberg.

Or

Cherie Currie.

Or

Stevie Nicks.

Or

Robin Johnson.

Music:

Perhaps the most important thing in my life. And so far, it's the only thing in life that never lets me down and is always there for me.
My favorites:
The Stones.

Hanoi Rocks.

Hollywood Brats. Slade. Rod Stewart and Faces stuff.

New York Dolls. Jacobites and Nikki Sudden's solo or Dave Kusworth other projects.

The Band.

Dogs D'Amour.

Rose Tattoo. Blind Willie McTell. The Boys. Little Richard.

Black Crowes.

Only Ones. Aerosmith.

The Replacements. Bukka White. Slim Harpo. Izzy Stradlin (any solo stuff or Ju Ju Hounds)

Elmore James. The Travelling Wilburys. The Everly Brothers. Thin Lizzy. Chuck Berry.

The Stooges. Otis Redding.

Hank Williams. Mud. Fallen Angels. Heartbreakers
(or solo Johnny Thunders)

Mott The Hoople. Bessie Smith. Etta James. James Brown. Buzzcocks. Cheap Trick. Dead Boys.
(or Stiv Bators solo stuff)

Joneses.

Howlin' Wolf.

Lonnie Johnson. The Crybabys.

Odetta. The Damned. Motley Crue. The Cult. Blind Blake. Lords of the New Church.

Quireboys.

Big Mama Thornton. Big Star.

Bob Dylan.

U-Roy. Johnny Paycheck. The Clash. The Drifters. The Zombies.
Merle Haggard. The James Gang. Muddy Waters.

Jerry Lee Lewis. Irma Thomas. Curtis Mayfield. The Coasters. Maxine Brown. The Carpettes. Faster Pussycat. Kris Kristofferson. Eddie Cochran.

James Carr. Neil Young.

Fats Domino.

T. Rex. Cream. Townes Van Zandt. Henry Thomas. Del Shannon. The Pointed Sticks. Charlie Feathers. Jerry Jeff Walker. Nikki Sudden. Howlin' Wolf. Louis Jordan.

The Kinks. The Byrds. Memphis Minnie. David Bowie. The Who. Tennessee Ernie Ford. Generation X. Charley Patton. Ramones. John Lee Hooker. Incredible Kidda Band. The Birthday Party. Leroy Carr. Public Enemy. Martha & The Vandellas. Patsy Cline. Flying Burrito Brothers
(or Gram Parsons solo stuff, of course). James Brown. Skip James. Richard Hell & The Voidoids. Sam Cooke.

Leadbelly. Big Bill Broonzy. Ritchie Valenz. Mick Ronson. The Carter Family. George Jones.

Johnny Cash. The Vibrators. Buck Owens. Bruce Springsteen. Waylon Jennings. Bling Lemon Jefferson. Alice Cooper. Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Velvet Underground. Queen. Solomon Burke. Loretta Lynn. Sweet. The Allman Brothers Band. Fred McDowell. The Undertones. Flamin' Groovies. Exploding Hearts. Eddie and The Hot Rods. AC/DC.

Not your band.

Movies:

Raging Bull. Rebel Without A Cause. Annie Hall. Gimme Shelter. Midnight Cowboy. The 400 Blows. The Searchers. Blue Velvet. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Blade Runner. Bonnie And Clyde. Almost Famous. The Decline Of The Western Civilization (part I and II). The Bride of Frankenstein. Velvet Goldmine. Harold and Maude. Taxi Driver. The Exterminating Angel. To Kill A Mockingbird. Vertigo. Breathless. Shadows. The Apartment. Modern Times. The Seven Samurai.
Yeah, so I'm a film nerd. So what? Fuck you.

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Television:

The Simpsons. Lost. The Twilight Zone. Freaks and Geeks. Arrested Development. Scrubs. The Office. Entourage. Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The Young Ones. My Name is Earl. Twin Peaks. Quantum Leap.

Books:

Heroes:

Brian Wilson. Brian Jones. Keef. Billy Wilder. Martin Scorsese. Steven Tyler in the 70's. Marlon Brando. Tyla. Lester Bangs. Hugh Hefner. Kris Kristofferson. Eddie Cochran. The Band. Johnny Cash. Ritchie Valens. Johnny Thunders. Nikki Sudden. Hanoi Rocks. Stiv Bators. Rodney Bingenheimer. Terry Southern. Woody Allen. Jay Jay Diamond. Andy McCoy. Traci Lords. Syd Barrett. Howard Stern. Iggy Pop. Otis Redding. David Bowie. Rod Stewart in the 70's. Ronnie Wood. Buddy Holly. Chuck Berry. Bob Dylan. Muddy Waters. Hank Williams. James Brown. Joe Strummer. Dee Dee. Bo Didley. Prince. Bruce Springsteen. Francois Truffaut. Jimmi Hendrix. My mom. My sister. My brother. My dad.