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Jack

Peel & eat & repeat.

About Me

Jack Was Skippy
Autodidactic. Oenophile. Audiophile. Nautical. Full. Rad cute.

"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." - Ernest Hemingway

My Interests

Queso, and the fine art of eating it. Old fashioned cocktails. Reading maps. Building furniture out of 50s school desk parts. Collecting as many versions of "God Only Knows" known to man.

I'd like to meet:

Park Slope afternoon dipsomaniacs. People who think doublewide baby strollers should be banned from Brooklyn sidewalks. Primitive painters. Wiffle ball enthusiasts. Fans of my lovely record label. People whose answers don't fit neatly into the answers they give you for vacuous online polls.

Music:

What I'm listening to right NOW:

Loney Dear, Phoenix, Fruit Bats, Dolly Parton, Teenage Fanclub, Hot Chip, Cheap Trick, Animal Collective, Francoise Hardy, Midlake, Lee Morgan, Air, Enon, Celtic Frost, Everly Brothers, Hall & Oates, Kleenex Girl Wonder, 10cc, Brian Eno, The Changes, Flying Burrito Brothers, Sloan, The Louvin Brothers, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Lupe Fiasco, The Bees, The Band, Sparklehorse, Fujiya & Miyagi, Firefall, The Cribs, Black Sabbath, The Blue Nile, Low, The Sea & Cake, Division Day, Stevie Wonder, Deerhoof, Kool & The Gang, Peter Bjorn & John.

Movies:

The Party, Kung Fu Hustle, In The Realms Of The Unreal, City Of God, The Matador, Donnie Darko, Harold + Kumar Go To White Castle, Logan's Run, The Apartment, Sleepaway Camp, Some Girls, Scarecrow, Liquid Sky, Splash.

Television:

Mythbusters, Barefoot Contessa, Six Feet Under, Gimme A Break, Baseball Tonight, Match Game, P.O.V.

HOW IS THIS NOT ON DVD BY NOW????!!!

Books:

Kitchen Confidential. The Man Who Ate Everything. The Book Of Salt. Wine + War.

Heroes:

Greg Maddux, John deBrigard, Olivia Newton-John, Ernest Hemingway, James Pimm, Andre Gregory, Paul Wellstone.

My Blog

Wings Of Sound II: me and you

Fez, October 15th, 7:30 through the night. My absolute favorite bands are playing the annual March Records' CMJ show, and you'll be there, right? Dirty On Purpose, Fancey (Todd & Kurt from New P...
Posted by Jack on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST