native chicagoan living in dc.
musician and music promoter.
generally pretty satisfied with life these days.
I've been listening to this today:
music, writing, recording, literature, guitars, darts, journalism, coffee, sports, quiet, dive bars, synthesizers, venues, publicity, philosophy, beer, effects pedals, politics, news, history.
"...and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
~kerouac
musicians. artists. writers. actors. intellectuals. characters. philosophers. socialities. introverts. hipsters. rebels. visionaries. dancers. dreamers. romantics. revolutionaries.
The Chris Connelly weekly charts:
Almost Famous.
American Beauty.
Adaptation.
The Usual Suspects.
Star Wars.
Empire Records.
The Princess Bride.
Memento.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The Fountain.
No Country for Old Men.
Radiohead: Live at Astoria.
U2: Elevation.
Pink Floyd: PULSE.
LOST.
24.
Firefly.
The 4400.
Project Runway.
Real Time with Bill Maher
Currently reading: Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Recently finished:
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father
Stephen King, The Shining
Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
Bob Spitz, The Beatles
Charles Bukowski, Love is a Dog from Hell
Charles Bukowski, War All The Time
Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
Chuck Palahniuk, Lullabye
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Imre Kertesz, Liquidation
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Of all time:
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
William Golding, The Lord of the Flies
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
my parents.