NPR, BBN, knitting, TV, maudlin music, really deep thoughts, and plotting your eventual demise.
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3rd Bass, the Afghan Whigs (Greg Dulli = Yum!), Aimee Mann, Annie Lennox, Archers of Loaf, the B-52's, Babes in Toyland, Bad Religion, Badly Drawn Boy, Beat Happening, Belly, Ben Folds Five, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Blur, the Breeders, the Brian Jonestown Massacre (Anton Newcombe for Secretary of State!), Bright Eyes, Buffalo Tom, Cake Like, Camper Van Beethoven, Catherine Wheel, Circus Monkey (They're better than Spinal Tap!) the Connells, Cracker, Crash Test Dummies, Crossfade, the Cure, Daisy Chainsaw, Dandelion, Dave Matthews Band, Dead Milkmen Depeche Mode, Devo, Dinosaur Jr., Elbow, Eugenius, Firehose, The Flaming Lips, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Gilbert & Sullivan, Grant Lee Buffalo, Gumball, Howard Jones, Howlin' Maggie, Human League, Imperial Teen, the Jayhawks, Jeff Buckley, the Jim Carroll Band, Jon Brion, Josh Rouse, Juliana Hatfield, Keane, Kristin Hersh, L7, Ledbelly, Liz Phair, the Lemonheads (Wherefore art thou, Evan Dando?), Longpigs, Lush, Madness, Maggie Estep, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, Michael Penn, the Mooney Suzuki, Morphine, Morrissey, Mudhoney, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, New Order, Nick Drake, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, the Ocean Blue, OK Go, Our Lady Peace, Outkast, Paul Westerberg, Pearl Jam (post-Vs.), Pere Ubu, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd (post-Syd), the Pixies, PJ Harvey, the Posies, Possum Dixon, Psychedelic Furs, R.E.M., Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rilo Kiley, Robert Johnson, Rocket from the Crypt, Sebadoh, Semisonic, Shudder to Think, Sloan, the Smiths (file under: I'll dance to anything by. . .), Sonic Youth, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, Soup Dragons, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stephen Sondheim, Sting, Suede, Sugar, the Sundays, Sunny Day Real Estate, Talking Heads, Teenage Fanclub, They Might Be Giants, Three Times One Minus One (Ooh, Girl Ooh!), Tom Maxwell, Tonic, Type O Negative, U2, Underworld, Unrest, Urge Overkill, Velocity Girl, Velvet Monkeys, the Verve, Violent Femmes, the Wolfgang Press
1991: The Year Punk Broke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam & Steve ("The night decrees its own appreciations for some mortals treading the River Styx"), Adventures in Babysitting, Alice In Wonderland (Disney animated version), American Beauty, American Psycho, The Anniversary Party, Bandwagon, The Basketball Diaries, Beautiful Thing, The Beniker Gang, Better Off Dead, Big Eden, Big Girls Don't Cry - They Get Even, The Boy Who Could Fly, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, Buffalo '66, Career Opportunities, A Christmas Story, Chuck and Buck, Clue, Corky Romano, Daydream Believers, The Daytrippers, Dead Poets' Society, Dig!, Dogfight, Eagle vs. Shark, The Elegant Universe, Freeway, French Kiss, Gas Food Lodging, Georgia, Get Real, Getting to Know You, Ghost Ship, Goodfellas, Grease 2, The Great Outdoors, Hairspray, Half-Baked, the Harry Potter movies, He Said She Said, Heaven Help Us, Heavenly Creatures, Henry Fool, Household Saints, Howard the Duck (That’s right. I went there.) The Hudsucker Proxy, I Heart Huckabees, I Love You to Death, I Shot A Man In Vegas, It's My Party, It's Pat, Jane Eyre (most versions), Jeffrey, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Labyrinth, Ladies in Lavender, The Lady in White, Last Holiday, Latter Days, Life is Beautiful, Little Manhattan, Longtime Companion, The Lost Boys, Love Actually, The Love Letter, Magnolia, Man of the Century, Metropolitan, Mommie Dearest, Mother, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Napoleon Dynamite, The Neverending Story, Niagara Niagara A Night at the Roxbury, Noises Off, Once Bitten, The Opposite of Sex, Party Girl, Pecker, Peggy Sue Got Married, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice (the 6-hour A&E Version), The Princess Bride, Punch-Drunk Love, The Quiet Room, Quiz Show, Raising Arizona, Ruby Jean and Joe, Savannah Smiles, Scrooged, Secrets and Lies, Seven Minutes in Heaven, The Shining, Sid and Nancy, Single White Female, Singles, A Slipping-Down Life, Slums of Beverly Hills, The Station Agent, Strange Days, Strangers With Candy: The Movie, Sudden Manhattan (Requiescat In Pace, Adrienne Shelley), Superstar, Sweeney Todd, Sweethearts, Swimming With Sharks, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Teen Witch, This is Spinal Tap!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Three Amigos!, ‘Til There Was You, Trainspotting, Trees Lounge, Trust, The Unbelievable Truth, Urbania, Waiting for Guffman, Welcome to the Dollhouse, What a Girl Wants, What the *Bleep* Do We Know?, The Whole Wide World, X-Men (and the sequels), The Young Poisoner's Handbook, You've Got Mail, and tons of others.
Fairly Current: A Haunting, American Dad, American Justice, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Best Week Ever, The Big Gay Sketch Show, Big Love, The Colbert Report, Cold Case Files, Corner Gas, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Doctor Who, Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, Forensic Files, Halfway Home, Human Giant, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List, King of the Hill, Knitty Gritty, Kyle XY, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Lost, The Office US, Reno 911!, Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in the World, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, The Simpsons, The Soup, 'Til Death Do Us Part, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Good Job!, Ugly Betty, Veggietales
Oldies but Goodies: Absolutely Fabulous, Alice, The Andy Griffith Show, Are You Being Served?, Arrested Development, As Time Goes By, Blind Date, Blow Out, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Breaking Bonaduce, Cosmos, The Critic, The Donna Reed Show, Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, Exit 57, Father Knows Best, Flavor of Love, Forever Knight (Oh, LaCroix!), Frasier, Futurama, Gary and Mike, The Golden Girls, Hey Monie!, Home Movies, I'll Fly Away, Inuyasha, Jonathan Creek, Kath and Kim, Keeping Up Appearances, The Kids in the Hall, Last of the Summer Wine, Little Britain, Lovespring International, Manchild, The Monkees, Monkey Dust, The Moth, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Murder in Mind, My Hero, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Joel over Mike), The Oblongs, The Office UK, Queer as Folk (U.S.), Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Roswell, Sifl and Olly, Sliders, The Sopranos, The Starter Wife, The State, Stella, Strangers With Candy, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Twilight Zone (original), Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Vacant Lot, Waiting for God, Will and Grace, Work Out, as well as old-school Saturday Morning cartoons (e.g, Foofur, Gummi Bears, Jem, Kissyfur, Spiderman and His Amazing Friends, etc.) and old-school cheesy dramas and sitcoms (e.g., 21 Jump Street, 3-2-1 Contact, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Day by Day, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Don't Just Sit There, Down To Earth, Duets, The Electric Company, E/R! (the Clooney comedy before the Clooney drama), Hello Larry, It's A Living, It's Your Move, Jennifer Slept Here, Kids Incorporated, My Secret Identity, Nurses, Out of This World, Perfect Strangers, Punky Brewster, and anything that had Glenn Scarpelli in it).
Currently reading: Knowing God By His Names (A 31-Day Experiment) by Dick Purnell
Favorite writers: Edwin Abbott (a.k.a. A. Square), Dante Alighieri, Jane Austen, Albert Camus, Lewis Carroll, Bruce Catton, Will Cuppy, Dr. Stephen Davey, Christine Feehan, Edward Gorey, Spalding Gray, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, Heloise and Abelard, Michio Kaku, Jack Kerouac, Annette Curtis Klause, Nicolo Machiavelli, Peter McWilliams, Herman Melville, A.A. Milne, George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Roach, David Sedaris, L.J. Smith, Iyanla Van Zandt, Vivian Vande Velde, and a bunch of others I'm not thinking of right now.
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