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Cotten

born in a barrel of butcher knives

About Me

Professor and musician, every day is a struggle against puritan tendencies

My Interests

Playing and listening to music, motorcycles, movies, tennis, squash, traveling, reading & writing

I'd like to meet:

Cool people in this town, so I don't go out of my mind here. Also potential bandmates.

Music:

Cat Power, Husker Du, Carter Family, Flaming Lips, Manu Chao, Smog, Dirty Three, Shellac, Animal Collective, Richard Buckner, PJ Harvey, Gang of Four, Rolling Stones, Trojan rocksteady, old righteous soul music, the giants of old-skool country music, and just about anything on old beatdown vinyl.

Movies:

Days of Heaven, Fahrenheit 911, Nashville, Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko, Secretary, Boogie Nights, City of God, Near Dark, Barry Lyndon

Television:

Simpsons, Daily Show, Homicide, Deadwood, The Wire

Books:

I have a love/hate relationship with these objects.

Heroes:

Junkie saxophonists and all mediocrities who write long biographies as though someone cared.