perfect pop songs, vintage guitars and amps, light beer, burritos, Parliament Lights, Camel No. 9's, Pepsi, diet 7Up, girls with pink handled switchblades, cute girls who are smarter than me, doin'-it, teen movies, books about people who do much more interesting things than i do, silk screening, tight denim, girls who can sing along to the Ramones, the Heats, andthe Replacements, kissing, spontanious BBQs, being mean, comic books, late night bike rides
power pop nerds, other old Lookout! fans, potential bandmates, girls who are easily impressed... and a younger Tina Fay. grrrowl.
Songs that i'm in love with this week:
*Monkees - "She"
*Troggs - "Cousin Jane"
*Minds - "Plastic Girls"
*Clorox Girls - "Straight to my Heart"
*Gizmos - "Bible Belt Baby"
*Neighborhoods - "No Place Like Home"
*Excell - "Tonight in the Park"
*Boys - "Weekend"
*Letters - "No Body Loves Me"
*Squeeze - "Up the Junction"
*Mouse and the Traps - "Sometimes You Just Can't Win"
*Apache - "Russian Roulette"
*Tom Petty - "Anything That's Rock and Roll"
*Nick Gilder - "Backstreet Noise"
*Smokie - "Don't Play Your Rock and Roll"
*Roky Erickson - "She Don't Know She Loves Me Yet"
*Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Seven Days Too Long"
*Smokie - "Living Next Door to Alice"
*Choir - "I Only Did It 'Cause I Felt So Lonely"
*ELO - "Can't Get It Out of My Head"
*Milk'N'Cookies - "Typicaly Teenage"
*Nilsson - "Lottery Song"
"Planet of the Apes" (the originals there jack, none of that tim burton bullshit for me), most of Kevin Smith's films, "the Adventures of Sebastian Cole", "Ramones: End of the Century" (who knew they were that fucked up?), teen movies, "Wild Zero", "the Jerk", "Phantom of the Paradise", "This is Spinal Tap", "A Walk to Remember" (so young, so brave)
"Angel", "Family Guy", "Simpsons", "Daily Show", "the Shield", "Invader Zim", "That 70's Show" (until Topher Grace left), "Lost", "Twin Peaks", "Heroes", "the Black Donnellys", "the Riches"
"Wind Up Bird Chronicals", "Please Kill Me", "We've Got the Nutron Bomb", both of Mick Foley's autobiographies, "Star Wars" novels i pick up at flea markets in florida, "King Dork" (oh, come on! it's a good book!), "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" (waaaay better than it's sequel, "If You Give A Moose A Muffin"), "Armed to the Teeth With Lipstick" ("Nina" kinda sucked though... i mean, yeah it does make it's point about kids growing up way too fast and what not, but c'mon Blag, we all know you love young girls, does there really need to be a novel-ette about it?), Bukowski (yeah, i know obviously), assorted comic titles, and of course my favorite monthly publication "Ass and Amo".
David "Hot Pants" Sparks