writing, art, photography, going to shows, community service/social change, burritos, thunderstorms, Washington DC, San Francisco, Baltimore, politics, movies, traveling, road trips, record shopping, spirituality, sensuality, theology, music, djing, driving, dancing, mountains, reading, college sports, being a night owl, libraries, book stores, public transportation, tea, poetry, grammar, blake schartzenbach, cooking, psychobilly, ska, rockabilly, hardcore, straight edge, democratic party, keeping it real, literature, zines, human rights, 9:30 club, movies, journalism, boys who dye their hair black and aren't goth, pop culture, the 1980s, bluegrass, jazz, goth, electronic music, going out, golden retrievers, history of punk/music scenes, blue skies, watching the snow fall,john waters, dark humor, mischief
I'd like to meet:
something real and comforting
ps- To those who aren't friends, if you think we might know each other or have something in common and could possibly be friends, send me a message.
Music:
DEPECHE MODE, Circa Survive, Elvis Costello, Massive Attack, She Wants Revenge, Morrissey, Sugarcult, the cult, inxs, guns and roses, h2o, minor threat, mighty mighty bosstones, new order, the smiths, lily allen, amy winehouse, jimi hendrix, the cure, the beatles, beastie boys, stevie ray vaughn, muddy waters, bb king, otis redding, nick cave and the bad seeds, led zeplin, bleeding through, 18 visions, dj shadow, vnv nation, andrew wk, tiger army, bauhaus, sisters of mercy, joy division, nick drake, peter murphy, bob dylan, sarah mclachlan, thievery corperation, u2, the offspring, omd, tsunami bomb, nirvana, pearl jam, hole, alice in chains, screaming trees, deftones, interpol, audioslave, soundgarden, sonic youth, blonde redhead, rage against the machine, the stills, the static age, the strokes, rancid, the distillers, bikini kill, the electric six, black flag, the clash, echo and the bunnymen, duran duran, tears for fears, judas priest, ac/dc, shelter, snapcase, ryan adams, the promise ring,stone temple pilots, john coltrain, miles davis, billie holiday, bob marley, mary prankster, greenday, the donnas, blondie, the ramones, velvet underground, david bowie, Joan Jett, black tape for a blue girl, soul whirling somewhere, necromantix, misfits, fat boy slim, oasis, bush, everclear, muse, feeder, radiohead, coldplay, bad religion, peter gabriel, dead can dance, the replacements, ataris, fugazi, rites of spring, embrace, face to face, flogging molly, the pogues, less than jake, reel big fish, siouxsie sioux and the banshees, stars, thursday, cursive, coheed and cambria, aqualung, alkaline trio, bob mould, lush, ministry,lostprophets,the used, david sylvian, the new york dolls, queen, the blue nile, bronski beat, portishead, rem, kate bush, kanye west, kriss kross (not really, just sort of), tribe called quest, run dmc, LL Cool J, B-52's, Monaco, Electronic, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Blur, Pet Shop Boys, The Roots, Aretha Franklin, Esthero, Underworld, Crystal Method, Kenna, Sam and Dave, Eric Clapton, Cream, Allman brothers, Robert Johnson, Dr. Ralph Stanly, Betty Lavette, James Hunter, Prince, (old) stevie wonder, ray charles, elvis, buddy holly, johnny cash, willie nelson, asleep at the wheel, leonard cohen, julee cruise, kylie minogue, lisa lisa and the cult jam, orbital, A Fire Inside, curve, recoil, george clinton, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, the knife, Miles Davis... trust me this list can go on forever
Movies:
star wars movies, wings of desire, until the end of the world (pretty much any wim wenders movies), don't look back (bob dylan documentary), a band of outsiders, breathless, depeche mode 101 (great documentary about one of my favorite bands), nightmare before christmas, sleepy hollow, 9 1/2 weeks, pulp fiction, ghost world, trainspotting, 24 hour party people, slc punk, black cat/white cat, get real, monty python and the holy grail, the life of brian, the last temptation of christ, sixteen candles, buffy the vampire slayer, pretty in pink, lost boys, breakfast club, farris buller's day off, fast times at ridgemont high, the crow, any johny depp movie, snatch, lock stock and two smoking barells, velvet goldmine, another state of mind (good old school documentary about hardcore and punk), american beauty, donnie darko, office space, lost in translation, pecker, chung king express, talk to her, north by northwest, valley girl, crybaby, manchurian candidate, rattle and hum, habit, the good girl, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, in the name of the father, ballad of jack and rose, the cabinet of dr. caligari, oh brother where art thou?, real geniuses, kill bill, hackers, the saint, robin hood: men in tights, ghostbusters, instrument (documentary on fugazi), bad education, saved, my beautiful laundrette, the departed, ect... i used to minor in film at frostburg state u, but i still try to take classes in film studies. i love a lot of movies and as you can tell, there's much more than what i just listed.
Television:
anderson cooper, absolutely fabulous,arrested development, hex, northern exposure, twin peaks, kids in the hall, saturday night live (circa 1976, and early 90s), pancake mountain, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, Miami Ink, Mindfreak
Books:
i used to be an english lit major so this might take a while.... frankenstein, high fedelity, about a boy, jane eyre, wuthering heights, anything by shakespeare, city of glass... i love paul auster. he is one crazy writer. how soon is never, trainspotting, dance of days: two decades of punk in the nation's capital, the awakening, i know why the caged bird sings, the crow, maus, a seperate peace, dracula, the last temptation of christ, sorrows of a young werther, persepolis, on the road, catcher in the rye, maggie cassady...
okay i'm just going list my favorite authors since i can't think at the moment:
maya angelou, dylan thomas, oscar wilde, emily bronte, charlotte bronte, mary shelly, paul auster, kate chopin, nick hornsby, jd salinger, pablo neruda, jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, jan beatty, michael hoover, gore vidal, lester bangs, jimmy carter
Heroes:
my mom, mark andersen, david marchand, cole distanislao
