being a studier but not a slave to popular culture. any forms of street art specifically from barcelona and toulouse. trying to dream up my very own design phenomena. coming up with concept magazines that never seem to get past the editor's letter. going on adventures with the surst. learning anything and everything i can about pop music. matching bright yellow wedges with something from my mom's closet. laughing much harder than i should on a daily basis. compulsively purchasing magazines (xlr8r, urb, and missbehave are my favorites). spellchecking things i wasn't asked to spellcheck. putting on false eyelashes even when i'm not leaving my house. looking for the next band, the next track, the next dj or hideous piece of clothing to obsess over. driving up to la to see bands who will be down in san diego the next day anyway. forcing my taste in music on people. compulsively touching up my hair. singing in the shower. collecting cheap sunglasses. filling out crossword puzzles in my sleep. throwing together some pretty ridiculous playlists. writing, writing, writing. word.
people who don't suck. bands that don't suck. djs that don't suck. just try not to suck and i'll add you.
aaron lacrate, a-trak, altered images, armand van helden, the au pairs, basement jaxx, belle & sebastian, big star, the black ghosts, bonde do role, boys noize, bush tetras, the buzzcocks, calvin harris, a certain ratio, the charlatans uk, the chemical brothers, chicken lips, chromeo, classixx, clipse, the cool kids, crystal castles, cut copy, datA, daft punk, danger, datarock, the deadly syndrome, dfa1979, del the funky homosapien, delta 5, digitalism, d-i-m, dirty south, dizzee rascal, dj blaqstarr, dj gina turner, does it offend you yeah?, dragonette, duke dumont, escort, esg, essential logic, fannypack, felix da housecat, fischerspooner, flosstradamus, foreign islands, franz ferdinand, francoise hardy, friendly fires, fugazi, fujiya & miyagi, gameboy/gamegirl, gang of four, ghostland observatory, gil scott-heron, the glamour, glass candy, goose, the gossip, grafiti, gramme, greens keepers, guns n' bombs, hadouken!, heartsrevoltuion, hollywood holt, holy ghost!, hot chip, hot pink delorean, the icarus line, in flagranti, the jam, jamie t, jape, jeremy jay, the jesus and mary chain, joy division, the juan maclean, juiceboxxx, junior boys, junior senior, junkie xl, just jack, justice, justin timberlake, k.i.m, kanye west, kasper bjorke, kenna, kid cudi, kid sister, the kills, kissy sell out, klaxons, the knife, kudu, la riots, ladyhawke, late of the pier, lcd soundsystem, le castle vania, lfo, the like, lo-fi-fnk, the long blondes, love is all, lupe fiasco, m.i.a, m83, mano, matt & kim, matthew dear, mekon, mgmt, mic terror, midnight juggernauts, missy elliot, modern lovers, modeselektor, moving units, mr. oizo, mstrkrft, muscles, my bloody valentine, mylo, mystery jets, new young pony club, numero, out hud, palermo disko machine, panther, para one, peaches, phoenix, pink enemy, plastic little, pnau, the presets, primal scream, primary 1, professor murder, public image ltd, pulp, punks jump up, purple crush, quando quango, radio 4, radiohead, the raincoats, the rakes, the rapture, riot in belgium, royksopp, run-dmc, sally shapiro, santogold, scanners, scritti politti, sebastiAn, sebastien grainger, sebastien tellier, shitdisco, shocking pinks, shout out out out out, simian mobile disco, siriusmo, the slits, sneaky sound system, soulwax, spank rock, spektrum, split enz, squeeze, ssion, stanton warriors, the stooges, sunny day sets fire, surkin, talking heads, teenage bad girl, teenager, the teenagers, teenagers in tokyo, teki latex, tepr, theatre of disco, thieves like us, thom yorke, thunderheist, tiga, the ting tings, tokyo police club, tom vek, the touch, toxic avenger, treasure fingers, trevor loveys, tronik youth, ursula 1000, van she, villains, the virgins, vitalic, walter meego, the whip, white rabbits, white williams, whitey, wire, yacht, yelle, yo la tengo, yo majesty, yuksek, the zombies, zongamin... and really whatever else has a beat you can dance to.
secretary, party monster, the royal tennenbaums, pretty persuasion, art school confidential, little miss sunshine, thumbsucker, rushmore, mean girls, dead man on campus, office space, i heart huckabees, shopgirl, the cable guy, biodome, legally blonde, zoolander, billy madison, clerks.
top chef and anything else on bravo. saturday night live on dvd considering the new seasons suck. and i'm a firm believer that clone high and wondershowen should both definitely be resurrected.
margaret cho's 'i have chosen to stay and fight'. anything by nick hornsby or carl hiaasen. i went through an awkward irving welsh phase, and i hate helen fielding's career. the perks of being a wallflower makes me want stab people, but there's no shame in a little dr seuss every now and then.
i love lydia way too much.
my favorite djs, both radio and club. namely elhaam for inspiring me to get into djing myself and gina turner for continuing to motivate me to only get better. also, all san diego county djs for not just moving up to la to get the gigs and continuing to hold it down over here.
also my older sister for teaching me more than she's aware, my friend renee for keeping me level-headed and continuing to motivate me to pursue the things i'd consider otherwise impossible for me to do, and cher. because i really like cher.