I'd like to meet:
Bruce. Jim. Bob. Mike. Ellen. I think I've got a good plan down for the rest.
The Guillemots make me happy...
Music:
"Nada Surf" :
"... It didn’t really have a meaning...and now it's come to mean 'surfing on nothing' or 'dealing with whatever you have and making the best of it.' "
-- Ira Elliot, drummer
NADA SURF
"Always Love"
daily, the song in my heart
SIA
"Day Too Soon"
clap! clap!...she's incredible.
TRAVIS
"All I Wanna Do Is Rock"
when listening was no longer enough for me. the reason i finally picked up guitar
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Born to Run"
that night, as i stood there on my seat, i decided right there and then to devote the rest of my time here to finding my own personal meaning--for that song, and for my life. it was the sports arena, and i was 8.
BOB DYLAN
"Love Minus Zero"
it's bob. he's everybodys' bob.
OASIS
"The Masterplan"
for me, a band that has never fallen short on their promise. also, they make the most adorable cartoon characters.
BADLY DRAWN BOY
"Year of the Rat"
the hugs are there when the words just aren't.
LOS ABANDONED
"Heavy"
i miss pilar and the gang...
U2
"Original of the Species"
"...please stay a child somewhere in your heart..."
THE KILLERS
"Romeo & Juliet"
damn. they're just THAT good.
MATTHEW CAWS
"Blonde on Blonde"
...silly smiling souls, united in lullaby...
Movies:
A few I like :
Face/OffAs Good As It Gets
Groundhog Day
Good Will Hunting
The Big Lebowski
High Fidelity
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
Adaptation
The Truman Show
The Cable Guy
Dumb and Dumber
Liar Liar
Batman Forever
Amelie
So I Married An Axe Murderer Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Next Generation
Silence of the Lambs
Freddy vs. Jason
Strangeland
Donnie Darko
( I still don't get it)
The Godfather ( I & II )
The Rock
The Matrix ( I & II )
Star Wars
(4,5,6,--1,2,3)
Good Night
and Good Luck
The Last Samurai
The Chinese Connection
Office Space
Spiderman 2(seamless)
American Splendor
Back to the Future
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Cinderella Man
Quills
Braveheart
The Commitments
Empire Records
Can't Hardly Wait
Chasing Amy
Titanic
About Schmidt
About A Boy
Love Actually
Moulin Rouge
Drop Dead Fred
Mrs. Doubtfire
Garden State
Sideways
Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction
Sleepless in Seattle
You’ve Got Mail
Edward Scissorhands
Stand By Me (sincerely!)
Alex and Emma
Dog Park
Serendipity
Only You
Shopgirl
Rushmore
I Heart Huckabees
Singles
Orgazmo
Naked Gun
Airplane!
Annie
Ellen DeGeneres:
Here and Now
Pablo Francisco:
Bits and Pieces
Eddie Izzard: Glorious
Best I've seen lately:
Pan's Labyrinth
--the reason why movies are made
Little Miss Sunshine
Hannibal Rising
The Departed
Volver
300
Grindhouse
Spiderman 3
Transformers
Once
Superbad
Sicko
...ok. I give up lists...I've still never seen Blazing Saddles, or Duel to the Death, but apparently I should have...And maybe one day--MAYBE... I'll get past the opening scene of Suicide Club...I mean... whaoww...just thinking of it...ugh...
Television:
is the freegin'
Heroes:
...Robert Davenport, the bugle playing deaf guy down at Venice Beach who knows his "why"... the groggy girl at the 24-hour drive thru that's ready to feed me at 2 in the morning...Kevin Smith, because apparently he tips in benjamins...
