Music - listening to and making it, movies, bowling, billiards, soccer, hikes, nature, friends, beers, martinis, kissing, dancing, minigolf, drive-ins, sweaters, sudoku, extra sharp cheddar cheese, eggwhites, diners, dominoes, scrabble, wine, ropeswings, art, technology, cities, scooters, driving, wii-ing, countrysides, laughing well beyond the point that it hurts your face, lying on my roof and staring at the stars, fall - specifically october a.k.a. the greatest month to be alive!
Anybody who rocks, or rolls... But preferably rocks.And people with scooters who want to cruise the streets of Hartford with me!
I enjoy anything that is well written/performed, or recorded well. My tastes lie all over the map, but some of my favorites include:Radiohead, Bjork, Ben Folds, Elliott Smith, Cake, Beck, Superdrag, Blur, Jimmy Eat World, Imogen Heap, AIR, Gorillaz, NIN, The Velvet Underground, Belle and Sebastian, Sondre Lerche, The Shins, Mates Of State, The Eels, Weezer, Rooney, Hot Hot Heat, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Pinback, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, The Strokes, Ben Kweller, Sean Lennon, Josh Rouse, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Blonde Redhead, Mars Volta, The Starlight Mints, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Franz Ferdinand, OK GO, Muse, Foo Fighters, Jamiroquai, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Travis, 311, Stereolab, Jon Brion, Iron and Wine, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, St. Vincent, Amy Winehouse, Andrew Bird, Apples In Stereo, Heatmiser, John Scoffield, Medeski Martin and Wood, Nick Drake, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys, Queen, The Kinks, The Temptations, The Beatles.
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND!!! Oh yeah, and the Lord of The Rings trilogy, Dancer in the Dark, The Darjeeling Limited, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Bottle Rocket, Lost In Translation, The Virgin Suicides, Zoolander, The Science of Sleep, Good Will Hunting, Pi, Leon (the Professional), CQ, Ronin, High Fidelity, Pool Hall Junkies, Wet Hot American Summer, Revenge of the Nerds, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Walk The Line, Being John Malkovich, Oustside Providence, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, I ♥ Huckabees, Adaptation, Punch Drunk Love.
Don't watch that much, but when I do it's likely Scrubs, THe Office, The Wonder Years, CSI, Late Night with Conan O'Brian, or the best show ever - LOST.
"Recording the Beatles," by some dudes I can't remember, "No Logo" by Naomi Klein, "Kabuki: Skin Deep" by David Mack, "This Book Will Change Your Life Again" by Benrik.
My parents. Mates of State. Jon Brion. The people who made the music, films, and books on my lists above.