Writing, music, writing about music, attempting to play music then realizing I should stick to writing about it, all things Italian, most things American (like pizza, beer and football), traveling, cooking, camping, photography, movies, reading, procrastinating, Bikram yoga, spending time with my friends committing random acts of humor.
A new pet Gecko. R.I.P. Gert.
1. LED ZEPPELIN. Period.
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-311
-99 Posse
-A Perfect Circle
-A Tribe Called Quest
-AC/DC
-Air
-Al Green
-Alice in Chains
-The Allman Bros
-Ambulance Ltd.
-America
-Andrea Bocelli
-Arcade Fire
-Arctic Monkeys
-Art Blakey
-Atmosphere
-Audioslave
-Autolux
-Badly Drawn Boy
-The Band
-A Band of Bees
-The Beach Boys
-Beastie Boys
-Beat the Devil
-The Beatles
-Beck
-Beirut
-Belle and Sebastian
-Ben Gibbard
-Ben Harper
-Besnard Lakes
-Bicycle Thief
-Bill Withers
-Billie Holiday
-The Black Angels
-Black Crowes
-The Black Hollies
-The Black Keys
-Black Lips
-Black Mountain
-Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
-Black Sabbath
-Blackalicious
-Blind Melon
-Blood Meridian
-Blur
-Bob Dylan
-Bob Marley
-Bob Seger
-Bowie
-Bright Eyes
-Broken Social Scene
-The Broken West
-Bruce Springsteen
-Buddy Guy
-Built to Spill
-Burning Spear
-Bush
-Carbine
-The Cars
-Cat Power
-CCR
-Charles Mingus
-Charlie Parker
-Chemical Brothers
-Chet Baker
-Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
-The Clash
-Cold War Kids
-Coldplay
-Cream
-The Cure
-Damian Marley
-David Gray
-David & The Citizens
-Death Cab
-The Decemberists
-Deftones
-Depeche Mode
-Dick Cheese
-Digable Planets
-Dinosaur Jr.
-Django Reinhardt
-Doobie Brothers
-The Doors
-Doves
-Duke Ellington
-Duran Duran
-Echo and the Bunnymen
-Eels
-el Jefe
-Ella Fitzgerald
-Elliot Smith
-Elvis Costello
-Erasure
-Eric Clapton
-Erykah Badu
-Etta James
-The Everly Brothers
-Faith No More
-Fatboy Slim
-Feist
-Fiery Furnaces
-Fiona Apple
-The Flaming Lips
-Fleetwood Mac
-Foo Fighters
-Fountains of Wayne
-The Frames
-Frank Sinatra
-Franz Ferdinand
-Frou Frou
-Fugazi
-G. Love
-GBV
-Gigi D’Agostino
-Gipsy Kings
-Godspeed You! Black Emperor
-Gogol Bordello
-Gomez
-Gorillaz
-Grandmaster Flash
-Grateful Dead
-Grey Does Matter
-Guns ‘N Roses
-Hall and Oates
-Honey Trap
-Hum
-Iggy Pop
-Incubus
-Interpol
-INXS
-Iron and Wine
-Jack Johnson
-Jam and Spoon
-James Brown
-James Taylor
-Jane's Addiction
-Janis Joplin
-Jeff Buckley
-Jesus and Mary Chain
-Jethro Tull
-Jimi Hendrix
-Joe Cocker
-Joe Satriani
-John Coltrane
-Joy Division
-Jurassic 5
-Kasabian
-Kings of Convenience
-The Kinks
-The Knife
-LCD Soundsystem
-Leonard Cohen
-Les Savy Fav
-Long Beach Dub Allstars
-The Long Winters
-Lou Reed
-Lubed Cube
-Lucy’s Fur Coat
-Lynryd Skynyrd
-M. Ward
-Mando Diao
-Manu Chao
-Mark Farina
-The Marshall Tucker Band
-Marvin Gaye
-Mason Jennings
-Massive Attack
-Matisyahu
-Mazzy Star
-Medeski Martin and Wood
-Metallica
-Michael Franti and Spearhead
-Midnight Movies
-Miles Davis
-The Misfits
-Moby
-Modest Mouse
-Mogwai
-The Moody Blues
-Morphine
-Mos Def
-Muddy Waters
-My Bloody Valentine
-My Morning Jacket
-Nada Surf
-The National
-Neil Young
-Neutral Milk Hotel
-New Order
-Nirvana
-No Doubt
-Of Montreal
-O.M.D.
-Oblio
-The Ocean Blue
-The Old Soul
-Otis Redding
-Outkast
-Ozomatli
-P.I.C.
-Paul Oakenfold
-Pearl Jam
-Pedro's Lion
-The Pernice Brothers
-Pete Yorn
-Phoenix Foundation
-Pink Floyd
-Pixies
-PJ Harvey
-Poe
-The Pogues
-The Police
-Porno for Pyros
-Portishead
-The Postal Service
-Psychedelic Furs
-Rachael Yamagata
-Radiohead
-Rage Against the Machine
-Ratatat
-Ray Charles
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Rilo Kiley
-RJD2
-Robert Johnson
-Robert Randolph
-Rodrigo y Gabriela
-Roger Waters
-Rogue Wave
-The Rolling Stones
-The Roots
-Santana
-Sara Bareilles
-Sarah McLachlan
-Scissor Sisters
-Secret Machines
-The Servant
-Sex Pistols
-Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
-The Shins
-Sigur Ros
-Silversun Pickups
-Slightly Stoopid
-Smashing Pumpkins
-Sound Team
-The Smiths
-Sneaker Pimps
-Snoop
-Sonic Youth
-Soul Coughing
-Soundgarden
-Spacehog
-Sparklehorse
-Spoon
-Starlight Mints
-Stars
-Steel Pulse
-Steely Dan
-Stellastarr*
-Steve Miller Band
-Stevie Ray Vaughan
-Stevie Wonder
-The Stone Roses
-Stone Temple Pilots
-The Strokes
-STS9
-Sublime
-Suede
-Sufjan Stevens
-Sun Kil Moon
-Super Furry Animals
-Taj Mahal
-Talking Heads
-Tapes 'n Tapes
-The Temptations
-They Might Be Giants
-Thin Lizzy
-Tiromancino
-Toadies
-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
-Tool
-Tracy Chapman
-Tricky
-TV on the Radio
-Two Loons for Tea
-U2
-Van Morrison
-The Velvet Underground
-Venus Hum
-Vinyl
-Violent Femmes
-The Walkmen
-We Are Scientists
-Ween
-Weezer
-The White Stripes
-Widespread Panic
-Wolfmother
-Wolf Parade
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs
-Yes
-Ziggy Marley
-The Zincs
-I could be here all day, but basically any classic or modern rock, blues, reggae, jazz, funk, soul, metal, punk, hip hop...anything but cheesy RnB (that means you R. Kelly)
The Princess Bride, Napoleon Dynamite, LOTR, Nightwatch, Goonies, Labyrinth, This is Spinal Tap, Office Space, Old School, Big Lebowski, The Godfather, Saving Silverman, Tommy Boy, Almost Famous, Devil’s Advocate, Super Troopers, Best in Show, Willy Wonka, Big Fish, Sin City, Pink Floyd: Live in Pompeii, Boondock Saints, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, any movie with Al Pacino or Vince Vaughn and any movie directed by Quentin Tarantino.
LOST (which has turned me into a certifiable maniac crafting theories in my sleep and conducting private investigations in my spare time), Heroes, 24, NFL (Raiders in the West, Eagles in the East - both quite depressing this season), Arrested Development, Mr. Show, The Office, Extras, Black Books, Little Britain, Seinfeld, Sex in the City, Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, rock docs, stony Discovery and History channel specials, Planet Earth, MXC, Chappelle Show, SNL (back in the good days).
How about authors...Joan Didion, David Sedaris, Chuck Klosterman, Paolo Coehlo, Daniel Quinn, Nick Hornby, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sergei Lukyanenko, Chuck Palahniuk, Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Lawrence Weschler, Jack Kerouac, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susan Orlean, Joseph Mitchell...I am tired of all of these lists...
My grandparents and whoever invented pizza.