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Oh yeah, and doing this
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2434192005
Fugazi
Shannon Wright
Sonic Youth
Shellac
Unwound
Drive Like Jehu
the Talking Heads
Fela Kuti
Bob Dylan
Hot Snakes
early Black Sabbath
the Smiths
Autolux
Miles Davis
CAN
Joy Division
Gang of Four.
the Jam
Wire
Baden Powell
(and 60's bossa nova in general)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
the Stooges
the Clash
Nation of Ulysses
Minor Threat
Black Flag
the Oxes.
Velvet Underground
the Wipers
Trans Am
Swiz
the Minutemen
John Coltrane
Born Against
Lightning Bolt
Wayne Shorter
My Bloody Valentine
Rites of Spring
Now playing:
CAN
Philip Glass
Uzeda
Francoise Hardy
Georgie James
Bowie
High on Fire
Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
Heat
Documentaries (historical, political, and nature)
The Triplets of Belleville
North by Northwest
The Shawshank Redemption
Apocalypse Now
The Royal Tennenbaums
and your standard Godfathers, original Star Wars, Lebowski, blah blah all that other shit that everyone likes.
"TV is a nickname, and nickname's are for friends, and TV is no friend of mine."
M. Dietrich
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins
A Hero of Our Time Mikhail Lermontov
The Happy Death and The Plague Camus
Heart of Darkness Conrad
as well as many works by any of the following: Chomsky, Marx, Miller, Zinn, Dostoevsky, Thoreau . . . it all boils down to history, philosophy, Russian lit, and liner notes.
This man:
"FUCK ROCK. Fuck cigarettes and slicked back hair that ends in a pony tail and a high door price. Maturity and progression do not mean status quo music and ideals. Under the false pretense of reaching new audiences, former punk bands bring us closer to square one, throwing out the window the foundation of independance which took years to build. This band is an attempt to reinforce those quickly eroding foundations. Maybe these "rock" types don't see it this way, but speaking as someone who has never been lured by the slippery slope of psuedo concerned UPC code post hardcore bullshit, common sense tells me that no matter how many reggae songs you write about human rights, your audience will still "rock out" and drink wine coolers. Then they'll go home and fuck like dogs to your politically concerned kick ass tunes. THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE!"-Adam from Born Against