WELL, THERES SILENT FRENCH FILMS, REALITY T.V., SMALL DOGS, DRUM CIRCLES, THE IRON MAN COMPETITION, PILL POPPERS, PEOPLE WHO PLAY LACROSS, SEGA, FIG NEWTONS AND PEOPLE WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE AT A GUN SHOW: I DO MY BEST TO STEER CLEAR OF ALL THESE THINGS.THERE'S ALSO BADMINTON, BAKING DONUTS, HISTORY, INTELLEGENT CONVERSATIONS, WHISKEY COCKTAILS, QUOTING MOVIES, PLAYING MUSIC, AND STORYTELLING: THIS IS THE STUFF I TRY TO VERE TOWARDS.
Stuff that's really turnin' my proverbial crank lately:Strike Anywhere: "Chalkline", "Instinct"No Trigger: "Bust Tropical"American Steel: "Smile On Me", "Old Croy Road", "Decycle"The Broadways: "TV Song", "This Routine", "Second Grade Cells"The Brokedowns: "Dan Has Powers"Farewell To Twilight: "This Town Is A Rumor"Hot Water Music: "Our Own Way"The Loved Ones: "Player Hater Anthem", "Arsenic"Das Kapital: "Died True"Alkaline Trio: "For Your Lungs Only", "Mr. Chainsaw"Bruce Springsteen: "Radio Nowhere"Things Fall Apart: "Mired In Lockstep"Garrison Killer: All of it.
BIG LEBOWSKI, SLACKERS, FARGO, RUSHMORE AND ALL OF WES ANDERSON'S OTHER MOVIES, THE LOST BOYS, MY DOG SKIP, AIR BUD 2: THE GOLDEN RECIEVER, DREAMQUEST, ADAPTATION, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, LABRYNTH, LORD OF THE RINGS, ROCKY ANTHOLOGY, DESPERADO, LET'S EAT THAI, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, COVEN, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AARON GLAZA: HISTORY IN THE MAKING, CLERKS AND ALL OF KEVIN SMITH'S OTHER MOVIES EXCEPT JERSEY GIRL (ALTHOUGH IN ALL FAIRNESS I HAVEN'T SEEN IT), MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, CASABLANCA, WAYNE'S WORLD I AND II, ALL THE STAR WARS MOVIES, ALL OF QT'S MOVIES, SPUN, UP AND CUMMERS VOLS 2, 7, 43, 69, 69 1/2, 90, AND 91, WATERWORLD (I'M ACTUALLY SERIOUS, I KNOW, I KNOW...), SANDLOT.....DID I SAY MY DOG SKIP?
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, BRITISH 'OFFICE', SCUBBS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIAM, SEINFELD, FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN 'OFFICE', SIMPSONS, HISTORY CHANNEL, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, ALL THOSE CHANNELS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME BUT AWESOME NONETHELESS. THE POINT IS MOOT, HOWEVER, AS I RARELY WATCH TV.
THE HOBBIT LORD OF THE RINGS AND SILMARILLION, CULTURE OF FEAR, ANIMAL FARM, ANYTHING R.L. STIEN, NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE, AARON GLAZA: FROM POPPER TO MASTER CHEF AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN; MY STORY, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (CAIR PARAVEL AND SHIT), THE TRADGEDY OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY, 1984, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, FRANKENSTEIN, HOMAGE TO CATALGONIA...I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE MANY MANY BIOGRAPHIES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE WRITTEN ABOUT ME WILL BE TOTALLY KILLER
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