I love music. Especially punk, garage rawk, indie, power pop, and 60s soul and R 'n' B. I also like: my nerdy record collection, 60s Mopars, historic architecture, foreign and domestic travel, collecting cheap souvenir snowglobes, World's Fair paraphernalia (esp. from the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition), hard-boiled/noir/pulp novels, and cats (meow!).
Someone who can find me a job where I get to listen to records at high volume all day. And that's all. That would be my entire job. Just listening to records.
Blondie, Reigning Sound, Otis Redding, Radio Birdman, The Boys, Exploding Hearts (RIP), Teenage Head, Sam Cooke, Oblivians, Replacements, Sonics, Riverboat Gamblers, Thee Headcoats, New York Dolls, Heartbreakers, Aretha Franklin, X (American and Australian), The Saints, Lulu, Descendents, Scientists, Preacher’s Kids, Sam & Dave, Real Kids, Mr. Airplane Man, Marked Men, Flamin' Groovies, Dictators, Pagans, The Spits, M.O.T.O., Weirdos, Wreckless Eric, Raspberries, Only Ones, Plimsouls, The Lashes, Ted Leo, Ramones, Nikki Corvette, Cool Jerks, The Shivvers, The Hold Steady, Dead Moon, Superchunk, Angry Angles, Gentleman Jesse, River City Tanlines, Dutch Masters, Head, Okmoniks, Golden Boys, Boston Chinks, Kinks, Pretty Things, The Beat, The Runaways, Big Star, Devo
Rififi, Miller's Crossing, Ghost Dog, Lost in Translation, Pretty in Pink, Sexy Beast, We Jam Econo, L.A. Confidential, Valley Girl, Raging Bull, Rushmore.
My favorite authors include: Dasheill Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Charles Willeford, George Pelecanos, Nick Hornby, and David Sedaris. Lately, I'm reading design magazines.