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Liz

Liz Spikol

About Me

I'm the senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly, where I write the column "The Trouble With Spikol," and the book review column, "Lit Gloss." I also do mental health advocacy and prison reform work. Check out my blog at The Trouble With Spikol

My Interests

pretty girls, Pretty Girls Make Graves, stuffed animals, Animal Collective, puffy unicorn stickers, Puffy Ami Yumi, rainbows, Rainbow Coalition, midriff tops, You're the Top.

I'd like to meet:

People who feel their souls have been shaped by Dostoevsky novels but also like Cute Overload. People who want to go the movies all the time. People who love animals more than people. People who play chess. People who can show me how to use my D80.

Music:

Divine Comedy, Destroyer, Flaming Lips, the Who, Cole Porter, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sufjan Stevens, Waldemar Bastos, Caetano Veloso, Cesaria Evora, Jorge Ben, Lang Lang, Acuarela Records, Mountain Goats, the Streets, Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen, Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Anthony Braxton, Death Cab for Cutie, Belle and Sebastian, Pet Sounds, Vinicius Cantuaria, Astrud Gilberto, Jobim, Victoria Williams, the Roches, Van Morrison, Townes van Zandt, Trouble With Sweeney, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Polyphonic Spree, Bowie, Bollywood soundtracks, Tropicalia, more

Movies:

Diner

Television:

The Sopranos, Arrested Development, The Office (both), Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Oz, Deadwood

Books:

The Idiot, A Fan's Notes, John Ashberry, Arcades Project, Periodic Table, Hernandez Bros., Martin Amis, Black Hole, Zadie Smith, The Forsyte Saga in its entirety,