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John Claude Esh

If I can't be famous I won't get out of bed...

About Me

Aristocrat of the working class.
Cheeky. Overly opinionated. Equally blessed and cursed.
I do consider what you drink. Carefully.
When I was younger I once asked my mother if there was anything wrong with being judgmental. She told me it was o.k. to have standards.
Books > People
Happy When It Rains.

My Interests

Escapism, Airships, Stars, Claire Danes, Perfect Pop Songs, Rain, Comfortable silences, Bartending, Shoegaze, Classicalism, Crosswords in bed, Superstition, Reading voraciously, Nachos, Freckles, Hip-Hop, Import Pressings, 45s, Siamese Cats, Spaghetti Westerns, Minimalism Vs. Clutter, The art of drinking well, Motown/StaxVolt/Atlantic, Aquarians, Studio Ghibli, Final Fantasy, Yoshitaka Amano, Corgis, Gyros, Noir (Cinema and Literature), 50's and 60's French Cinema, Highbrow, Gin, The smell of old books, Cold, Iceland, Derision, Ferries, Chivalry, Panda eyes, Travel by train, Drunken Noodles, Shin Megami Tensei, Talking about the weather, Mille Bornes, Gelato, Manual 35mm, The warmth of analog, Food Courts

I'd like to meet:

Partners in crime.
Bookworms
Pinball Wizards.
Adventurers.
Homebodies.
Cinephiles.
Old Hearts.
Probably not you. Well maybe, but probably not.

Home

Movies:

Om Gud Vill, Kiss Me Deadly, Sunset Blvd., The Wickerman (1973), To Kill A Mockingbird, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Brick, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Alfie (1966), Old Boy, Tirez sur le pianiste, The Aristocrats, In Cold Blood, Un long dimanche de fianailles, Le Trou, Batoru Rowaiaru, Princess Mononoke, bout de souffle, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amlie Poulain, Wasabi, Bob Le Flambeur, The Reflecting Skin, Josie And The Pussycats, Hitchcock, Race For Your Life Charlie Brown, Ascenseur pour l'chafaud, Bande a part, Delicatessen, Spoorloos, Harvey, Imitation Of Life, Charade, 6 Moral Tales, Spirited Away, Cape Fear (1961), My Neighbor Totoro, Withnail And I, Zatoichi, Le Peau Douce, The Long Good Friday, Night Of The Hunter, The Bicycle Thief, Kikujiro, Blade Runner, Aguirre: The Wrath Of God, Before Sunrise/Sunset, The Thin Man..., The Hustler, Le roi de coeur, Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Coup de torchon, Vivre sa vie, The Dreamers, The Cat Returns

Television:

The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lost, MythBusters, Doc Martin, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The I.T. Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, every Law & Order ever, Doctor Who, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Books:

David Goodis, Robert O' Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Mikael Niemi, Edward Gorey, Robert E. Howard, Sebastien Japrisot, Cornell Woolrich, Mike Mignola, Ian Fleming, Steven Erikson, Raymond Chandler, Michael Moorcock, Tony Millionaire, Kingsley and Martin Amis, Fritz Lieber, Sue Townsend, Alain-Fournier, Jim Thompson, Shirow Masamune, Chris Onstad, Edgar Allan Poe, Kobo Abe, Philip Pullman, Adrian Tomine, H.P. Lovecraft, Michael Ende, Graham Greene, August Derleth, Charles Schulz, Herman Hesse, Koushun Takami, Jim Mahfood, J.G. Ballard, John Allison, Cees Noteboom, P.G. Wodehouse, George R. R. Martin, Douglas Adams, Bill Buford, Chester Himes, Elizabeth Smart, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Al Columbia

Heroes:


Kingsley Amis

My Blog

Its completely official now.

Flight Information DELTA CONFIRMATION : C8E****TICKET : 0062164******* Bkng Meals/ Seat/Day Date Flight Status Class ...
Posted by John Claude Esh on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:04:00 PST

Portland. See ya in February.

Well, I made up my mind. I'm moving back February 5th. I'll buy the plane ticket around the end of August. Talked to my mom about it as well. She's going to lend me some cash if I need it and as well ...
Posted by John Claude Esh on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:45:00 PST

Maybe the West is the best?

I'm beginning to realize now it's not that it's going to take me awhile to find the kind of bartending job I want here, it's that they don't actually exist. I'd really to further my experience into re...
Posted by John Claude Esh on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:23:00 PST

Also.

So I ended up getting called into work last night for the Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) show. Pretty much amazing. Not that much drinking though. J.R. said it was because a good chunk of ...
Posted by John Claude Esh on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

Today...

I saw... ...which was cute. I liked it. I'd recommend it. Yeah.And bought...Sushi with Sharon as well. A feast of fish....
Posted by John Claude Esh on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:36:00 PST

Well. Happy Birthday to me.

Look at what comes out the day before I turn 31...Double DVD of Roxy Music footage. Thank you, Bryan Ferry. Thank you....
Posted by John Claude Esh on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:19:00 PST

Heres where the story begins...

I kinda forgot how much I liked The Sundays. Jangle-pop! Also, you've got 3 more months of me then I'm out of your hair forever. I really don't think I'll ever be out this way again......
Posted by John Claude Esh on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:53:00 PST

I love television!

And the people who say they "hate it" or "never watch it" are being fucking idiots. It's a medium, folks. Just like music, just like painting, just like literature, just like cinema. Sure, there's a ...
Posted by John Claude Esh on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:15:00 PST

I need...

...one of these.Hopefully I find a job quickly after moving to Providence so I can treat myself to this little beauty....
Posted by John Claude Esh on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:13:00 PST

I saved Crystal Castles from starving...

No, really. I did.
Posted by John Claude Esh on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:08:00 PST