Bouncing, Writing, Podcasting, Chilling, Worrying
I'd like to meet:
A copy editor (see above)
Music:
In somewhat particular order: Phish, The Grateful Dead, the Disco Biscuits, My Morning Jacket, American Babies, Ambulance LTD, The Shins, The Benevento/Russo Duo, Talking Heads, The Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, The Well Dressed Groomsmen (formally the Groophmen), The SLIP, moe., SCI, Neil Young, The National, The Postal Service, Guster, the Allman Brothers Band, Pearl Jam, Steely Dan, R.E.M., Brazilian Girls, Gillian Welch, Coconut Records, Silversun Pickups, Dr. Dog, Built to Spill, The Whigs, Louts, Daft Punk, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Rouge Wave, Herbie Hancock, AGP, The Black Crowes, the New Deal, MMW, Wilco, Bruce Hornsby, STS9, Yo La Tengo, JGB, Arlo Guthrie, Pink Floyd, Lake Trout, ALO, Apollo Sunshine, Ominous Seapods, bluegrass, The Flaming Lips, Sam Champion, Warren Haynes, Umphrey’s McGee, Phil Ochs, Television, The Counting Crows (August and Everything After; Recovering the Satellites), Interpol, Galactic, Soulive, watered down downtown jazz, American Babies, Les Claypool, the Elected, Reid Genauer, Anitbalas, Broken Social Scene, The Velvet Underground, Brothers Past, Stephen Malkmus, Robert Randolph, hippie-rock for hipsters, hipster-rock for hippies……
Movies:
Groundhog Day, Goodfellows, the Usual Suspects, Kevin Smith, Almost Famous, American Pie, Garden State, Paths of Glory, Dave, the Basketball Diaries, Memento, Wayne's World, Dazed and Confused, Dr. Strangelove, Fast Times, Claire's Knee, Transformers: The Movie, Office Space, Bill and Ted's, Grosse Pointe Blank, Donnie Brasco, Election, Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, Private Parts, Old Joy, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead, A Fish Called Wanda, End of Century, Bittersweet Motel, Police Academy, Spinal Tap and pretty much any other post-suburban coming-of-age film you can think of
Television:
Simpsons, Sopranos, Seinfeld, and, once upon a time, Saved by the Bell
Books:
The All Music Guide, A Clockwork Orange, Sweet Hereafter, David Ives' All in the Timing, Live from New York, A Long Strange Trip, Dark Star, Lolita, Death in Venice, Nine Stories, Grendal, Jambands, Wide Sargasso Sea, The Pharmer’s Almanac, Heart of Darkness, De Capo's Best Music Writing, Lester Bangs and the many blogs I frequent on my way to work each morning