Oh, you know me.
"Turn it off! I don't like that surfin' shit. Rock and roll's been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died." - Milner from American Graffiti
True friends.
A pen and some paper.
A place to call home.
Here: Every artist on my mp3 player. I add more once in a while. I have entire discographies for some artists, while others just have a song or two. If you want to know if I like the same band(s) you do, hit Ctrl+F and type in the name. You might find it. 1910 Fruitgum Company. 20 Fingers. 50 Cent. :(. Aaron Neville. Adverts. Al Wilson. Alice Cooper. Allman Brothers Band. Animals. Anti-Nowhere League. Archie Bell & the Drells. Arctic Monkeys. Aretha Franklin. Arlo Guthrie. Arthur Conley. Association. Atlantic Starr. At The Drive-In. ATV. B-52's. B.B. King. B.J. Thomas. Bachman Turner-Overdrive. Bad Company. The Band. Barracudas. Barrett Strong. Barry McGuire. Beach Boys. Beatles. Beck. Beethoven. Ben E. King. Beulah. Big Joe Turner. Big Mama Thornton. Bill Haley & his Comets. Bill Withers. Billy Bragg. Black Keys. Black Lips. Blind Melon. Blood, Sweat & Tears. Blue Oyster Cult. Blues Brothers. Blur. Bob Dylan. Bobby Day. Bobby Freeman. Bobby Fuller Four. Booker T. & the MG's. Boston. Box Tops. Boys. Brenton Wood. Bright Eyes. Buddy Holly. Buffalo Springfield. Buzzcocks. Byrds. Canned Heat. Capitols. Captain Beefheart. Carl Perkins. Carole King. Cars. Casinos. Catheters. Chamillionaire. Champs. Charles Brown. Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. Cheap Trick. Chiffons. Chocolate Watchband. Chords. Chubby Checker. Chuck Berry. Clarence Carter. Clash. Climax. Coasters. Coldplay. COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS! Contours. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose. Corsairs. Country Joe & the Fish. Cream. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Crests. Crystals. Curtis Lee. D4L. Damned. Danny & the Juniors. Dead Boys. Dead Kennedys. Dee Clark. Deep Purple. Dells. Descendents. Dethklok. Devo. Diamonds. Dion. Dionne Warwick. Distillers. Donovan. Doobie Brothers. Doors. Dr. Dre. Dresden Dolls. Drifters. Dropkick Murphys. Duprees. Dynamite Hack. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. Eddie Money. Edgar Winter Group. Edsels. Electric Lizards. Electric Six. Elmore James. Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Eric Burdon. Eric Clapton. Esquires. Exploding Hearts. Exploited. Fats Domino. Five Stairsteps. Flaming Lips. Flamingoes. Foghat. Foo Fighters. Foreigner. Four Tops. Frank Sinatra. Frankie Ford. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. Franz Ferdinand. Fray. Freddy Cannon. Free. From First to Last. Garbage. Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Gary Numan. Gary Puckett. Gatemouth Moore. Gene Chandler. Generation X. George Thoroughgood & the Destroyers. Gladys Knight & the Pips. Golden Earring. Graham Coxon. Grass Roots. Green Day. Guess Who. Hank Ballard. Hives. Hollies. Howlin' Wolf. Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns. Iggy Pop & the Stooges. Impressions. Iron Butterfly. Isley Brothers. Jackie Wilson. Jackson Browne. Jaggerz. Jam. James Blunt. James Brown. Jan & Dean. Jay-Z. Jaynetts. Jefferson Airplane. Jerry Butler. Jerry Lee Lewis. Jim Carroll Band. Jimi Hendrix Experience. Jimmy Gilmer. Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs. Jimmy Jones. Jimmy Ruffin. Jimmy Soul. Joe Cocker. Joe Williams. Joey Dee. Joey Dee & the Starliters. John Fred & His Playboy Band. John Lee Hooker. John Lennon. John Mayall. Johnny & the Hurricanes. Johnny Ace. Johnny Cash. Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers. Johnny Winter. Junior Walker & the All-Stars. Kaiser Chiefs. Kanye West. Kelis. Killers. Kingsmen. Kinks. Lady Sovereign. Larry Williams. Le Tigre. Leadbelly. Led Zeppelin. Lee Dorsey. Lemon Demon. Lenny Welch. Lightnin' Hopkins. Link Wray. Little Caesar & the Romans. Little Richard. Little Willie John. Lloyd Price. Lou Reed. Louis Armstrong. Louis Jordan. Loverboy. Lovin' Spoonful. Mamas & the Papas. Marcy Playground. Marshall Tucker Band. Martha & the Vandellas. Marvelettes. Marvin Gaye. Mary Wells. MC5. McCoys. Medium Medium. Members. Meteors. Modern Lovers. Modest Mouse. Monkees. Monks. Monotones. Moody Blues. Mountain. Mr. Oizo. Muddy Waters. N.W.A. Nelly. Nerves. Neurotics. New Radicals. New York Dolls. Night Ranger. Noise For Heroes! Norman Greenbaum. Nosebleeds. Oasis. Only Ones. Operation Ivy. Otis Redding. Outkast. Pack. Paul Revere & the Raiders. Paul Wall. Percy Sledge. Peter, Paul, & Mary. Petey Pablo. Pink Floyd. Platters. Pop Rivets. Preston Epps. Public Enemy. Public Image Ltd. Queen. Raconteurs. Radio Birdman. Rage Against the Machine. Ramones. Rancid. Rare Earth. Rascals. Ray Charles. Redskins. R.E.M. REO Speedwagon. Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Rick Derringer. Ricky Nelson. Righteous Brothers. Ritchie Valens. Robert Johnson. Rolling Stones. Ronny & the Daytonas. Roommates. Ruts. Saints. Sam & Dave. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. Sammy Turner. Sandy Nelson. Scientists. Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Selecter. Seu Jorge. Sex Pistols. Shades of Blue. Sham 69. She Wants Revenge. Shirelles. Shivvers. Silhouettes. Siouxsie & the Banshees. Skeeter Davis. Skyliners. Sly & the Family Stone. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Snoop Dogg. Social Distortion. Soft Cell. Son House. Specials. Spencer Davis Group. Spice Girls. Spinners. St. Lunatics. Status Quo. Steel Pulse. Stephen Stills. Steppenwolf. Steve Miller Band. Stevie Wonder. Stiff Little Fingers. Strawberry Alarm Clock. Stray Cats. Sublime. Sugarhill Gang. Suicide Machines. Supertramp. Supremes. Syd Barrett. Syndicate of Sound. T. Rex. Ted Nugent. Teenage Head. Television. Temptations. Ten Years After. Tennessee Ernie Ford. Terry Stafford. Tiny Tim. Tommy James & the Shondelles. Traffic. Troggs. Tubeway Army. Turtles. UK Subs. Undertones. Varukers. Velvet Underground. Verve. Vibrators. Vic Goddard. Violent Femmes. Wallflowers. War. Ween. White Stripes. White Town. Who. Wilbert Harrison. Wilson Pickett. Wire. Wreckless Eric. X-Ray Spex. Yardbirds. Yardbirds w/Sonny Boy Williamson. Youngbloods. Zombies.
I'm not real picky. I like nearly every movie I've ever seen. If it's based on a true story, about "crazy" people, has good music, great [classic] cars, makes me think, or can make me laugh, I'm down.
"A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain"
- Marilee Strong.
"Matilda"
- Roald Dahl.
"The Language of Goldfish"
- Zibby Oneal.
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales"
- Oliver Sacks.
"The View From Saturday"
- E.L. Konigsburg.
"England's Dreaming"
- Jon Savage.
"And I Don't Want To Live This Life"
- Deborah Spungen.
"Animal Farm"
- George Orwell.
"12 Days On The Road With the Sex Pistols"
- Noel Monk.
"Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs"
- John Lydon.
"Johnny Got His Gun"
- Dalton Trumbo.
"An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness"
- Kay Redfield Jamison.
"Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk"
Take no heroes, only inspiration.