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37 RECORD-STORE CLERKS FEARED DEAD IN YO LA TENGO CONCERT DISASTERAthens, GA—Thirty-seven record-store clerks are missing and feared dead in the aftermath of a partial roof collapse during a Yo La Tengo concert Monday."We're trying our best to rescue these clerks, but, realistically, there's not a lot of hope," said emergency worker Len Guzman, standing outside the 40 Watt Club, where the tragedy occurred. "These people are simply not in the physical condition to survive this sort of trauma. It's just a twisted mass of black-frame glasses and ironic Girl Scouts T-shirts in there."Also believed to be among the missing are seven freelance rock critics, five vinyl junkies, two 'zine publishers, an art-school dropout, and a college-radio DJ.The collapse occurred approximately 30 minutes into the Hoboken, NJ, band's set, when a poorly installed rooftop heating-and-cooling unit came loose and crashed through the roof, bringing several massive steel beams down with it.Andy Ringler, an assistant manager at Wuxtry Records, sustained head trauma when he ran back into the building to rescue a fellow clerk."I just had to help," said Ringler, listed in stable condition at a nearby hospital. "I saw all these people coming out bleeding and dazed. I gave up my vintage Galaxie 500 shirt just to help some guy bandage his arm. It was horrible."Added Ringler: "I just pray they can somehow get this club rebuilt in time for next month's Dismemberment Plan/Death Cab For Cutie show. That's a fantastic double bill."Joe Gaer was among the lucky record-store clerks who escaped unscathed."I was in the bathroom when it happened," said Gaer, a part-time cashier at School Kids Records. "There was this loud crashing sound, followed by even louder crashing, and then all these screams. If I hadn't left to take a leak during 'Moby Octopad'—to be honest, never one of my favorite songs on I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One—I'd probably be among the dead.""It's just tragic," Gaer continued. "I heard they were going to play Daniel Johnston's 'Speeding Motorcycle.' They almost never do that one live."Devastated by the disaster, Athens record-store owners are still holding out hope that their employees are still alive."All I can do is wait and pray they'll find them," said Bert's Discount Records owner Bert Halyard, who lost clerks Todd Fischer and Dan Harris in the collapse. "They were going to start an experimental/math-rock band together. Dan had a really nice Moog synthesizer and an original pressing of the first Squirrel Bait EP."As of press time, police and emergency rescue workers were still sifting through the wreckage for copies of Magnet, heated debates over the definition of emo, and other signs of record-store-clerk life."I haven't seen this much senseless hipster carnage since the Great Sebadoh Fire Of '93," said rescue worker Larry Kolterman, finding a green-and-gold suede Puma sneaker in the rubble. "It's such a shame that all those bastions of indie-rock geekitude had to go in their prime. Their cries of 'sellout' have been forever silenced."
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My Interests

good music. new music. old music. loud music. gigs. travel. living in London and never wanting to go home. Turkey. Germany. Poland. Sweden. vikings. dreaming about places i've never been. movies. prolonging my academic career for as long as possible. beards. furniture. old master paintings. ghosts. people watching. history. books. time travel (i wish). stripes. laziness and procrastination in all their many incarnations. hair dye. modernism. EastEnders omnibus on sundays. chocolate. record shopping. Antiques Roadshow. Agatha Christie. white shoes. burritos. mysteries. sleuthing. nostalgia.

I'd like to meet:

Germans and Swedes...men with beards...people with good taste in music who like to go to gigs, so I don't have to go by myself...also Paul Simonon, circa 1980. Check out those cheekbones.

Music:

Yes, Please: ABC, AC/DC, Air, AL GREEN, Alfie, American Analog Set, The Animals, Arab Strap, The Arcade Fire, Autolux, Aztec Camera, Badly Drawn Boy, Barry White, Bart Davenport, Baxter Dury, THE BEATLES, The Bee Gees, Beirut, Belle and Sebastian, Bergman Rock, The Beta Band, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Blondie, Blue Oyster Cult, Blur, The Boo Radleys, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Broadcast, Built to Spill, THE BUZZCOCKS, Camera Obscura, The Charlatans, The Clash, The Clientele, Clinic, Clor, The Creation, CCR, CSNY, CSS, The Cure, Cut/Copy, The Cuts, David Bowie, The Dears, The Delgados, DEPECHE MODE, Dexy's MR, The Divine Comedy, Doves, Duran Duran, Earlimart, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Editors, Elevator to Hell, ELO, Elliott Smith, Elton John, The (English) Beat, Erasure, The Exploding Hearts, Felt, Field Music, Fields, Fleetwood Mac, Franz Ferdinand, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, Gene, Goldfrapp, GRANDADDY, Grizzly Bear, The Guess Who, Hall & Oates, Hard-Fi, Hefner, The Hollies, Hot Chip, The House of Love, The Human League, I Am Kloot, INTERPOL, The Jam, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jim Noir, JOSEF K, JOY DIVISION, Joy Zipper, Kings of Convenience, The Kinks, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, LED ZEPPELIN, The Lightning Seeds, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Love Is All, The Lovemakers, Lush, Madness, Magazine, Material Issue, Maximo Park, Midlake, Minor Threat, Miss Kittin, Mogwai, The Moody Blues, MORRISSEY, Moving Units, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, Neutral Milk Hotel, NEW ORDER, New Young Pony Club, The Ocean Blue, The Only Ones, Orange Juice, OMD, Pavement, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Bjorn and John, Phoenix, Pinback, The Pixies, The Psychadelic Furs, PULP, The Radio Dept., Radiohead, The Rakes, The Rapture, Richard Hawley, Ride, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, The Sea and Cake, Sebastien Tellier, The Shins, Shop Assistants, Simon and Garfunkel, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smithereens, THE SMITHS, Soft Cell, The Sound, The Specials, Stereolab, Stevie Wonder, The Stills, The Stone Roses, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, SUEDE, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Supertramp, T. Rex, The Teardrop Explodes, Tears For Fears, Teenage Fanclub, Test Icicles, Thee More Shallows, Tocotronic, Tom Petty, Toto, Tubeway Army, The Tyde, early U2, The Undertones, The Velvet Underground, Voxtrot, The Walkmen, the first Weezer album, that White Rose Movement song, The Who, Wire, Yaz, Yo La Tengo, The Zombies, Zoot Woman, and on and on and on.............

Movies:

The Princess Bride, Dig!, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Amelie, Labyrinth, Office Space, 16 Candles, Indiana Jones trilogy (not the Temple of Doom though), City of God, Trainspotting, Lord of the Rings, Sexy Beast, Time Bandits, 24 Hour Party People, Pretty in Pink (I love you Duckie), Twin Falls Idaho, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Muriel's Wedding, Quadrophenia, the Goonies, Amores Perros and Y Tu Mama Tambien, 28 Days Later, Adventures in Babysitting, Rushmore and The Royal Tennenbaums,The Neverending Story, etc etc

Television:

EASTENDERS!!! Antiques Roadshow. Shameless. Mystery! on PBS and public television in general. The Office. Golden Girls. Murder She Wrote. Father Ted. Poirot and Miss Marple adaptations. Lost. The Amazing Race. Six Feet Under. Little Britain. Fraggle Rock! Any program to do with history, archaeology, ghosts, or travel...I watch too much TV.

Books:

Anything by Agatha Christie. The Count of Monte Cristo. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. High Fidelity. James and the Giant Peach. Pope Joan. Period/history stuff. Random books from thrift stores that turn out to be amazing.