Competition, introspection, expansion, celebration, meditation, saving the nation.
..And You Will Know Us.., Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, B-52s, Bikini Kill, Black Sabbath, Bloc Party, Blues Explosion, Brian Eno, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Briefs, Built to Spill, Calexico, Clash, Cramps, Cure, Dandy Warhols, Dead Can Dance, Death Cab, Devo, Donnas, Doves, Eagles of Death Metal, Earlimart, Faint, Fall, Flaming Lips, Fugazi, Futureheads, Gang of Four, Gay-Gays!, Grandaddy, Iggy Pop, Imperial Teen, Interpol , Isaac Hayes, Kasabian, Killers, Stephen Malkmus, Minus the Bear, Neil Young , New Order, Nirvana, Pavement, Peter Gabriel, Pinback, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Prince, Q and not U, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Red House Painters, Replacements, Richard Buckner, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, Silversun Pickups, Slayer, Sleater Kinney, Smiths, Sonic Youth, Soviettes, Spoon, Stevie Wonder, Stooges, T. Rex, The International Noise Conspiracy, The Jam, The Kills , Throbbing Gristle, Tom Waits, Turbonegro, U.N.K.L.E. , Uncle Tupelo, Walkmen, X, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dwight Yoakum
Godfather II still holds up as the perfect movie. Also dig: The Conformist, A Bande-a-Parte, Godfadder One, Empire Strikes Back, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, The Thin Red Line, Badlands, The Hours, Goodfellas... etc.
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Currently reading: A Brief History of Nearly Everything