As you read this I'm reading up on how to get my shit, my car, and my pets across the pond and out of this country.....going out to shows...when there are any, New Haven not the cultural mecca it was talked up to be, dodging disasters, possessing the ability to kick ass in scrabble, finishing the jumble in less than 20 seconds flat
Music:
it's all over the place....the muffs, elliott smith, supersuckers, distillers, spinanes, le tigre,beastie boys, louis XIV, the killers, the shins, flaming lips, yeah yeah yeahs, the disassociatives, raveonettes, the late afghan whigs (greg where did you go..), beck, blur, ween, death from above 1979, hot hot heat, franz ferdinand, the rakes, hard-FI, arctic monkeys, brmc, nous non plus, sonic youth, sparklehorse, von bondies, redd kross, pj harvey, white stripes, fugazi, lucinda williams, death cab, snivelling shits, jon spencer, murder city devils, delta 72, iggy pop, the kills, lcd soundsystem, kaiser chiefs, the figgs,guided by voices, radiohead,the strokes, beck, yada yada yada
Movies:
the professional, trainspotting, amelie, memento, office space, ususal suspects, scarface, reservoir dogs, welcome to the dollhouse,fast times at ridgemont high, road trip, memento, rushmore, shaun of the dead, the fifth element, old monty python flicks, any actual scary horror film, old john hughs films --still waiting for Jake to show up in the porsche, say anything--and Lloyd where are you???, better off dead, so I married an axe murderer--we have a piper down!,true romance
Television:
any sleazy tabloid program...I like to see celebrities looking hard like the rest of us, yes....I still will watch an episode or two of cops...still waiting to see someone I know, or with my luck dated, get busted, TLC for the surgery programs , the usual HBO programs (six feet under,etc.)
oh yeah.....and the infamous "kitten kong" episode of the goodies...sick,stupid yet funny
Books:
Augusten Burroughs has just become my new hero....
