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WFMU's Beware of the Blog
The Center of The Action
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
focusing, detecting, sincerity, onomatopoeia, things that are free, dance parties, rock shows, road trips, cheese, cocktails, Netflix, New Jersey, reading, kitchen experiments, trying to rein in my procrastination, Coney Island, high stakes trivia games, striving for self-actualization through careful karaoke song selection...
Cock-eyed optimists. And David Tennant.
Oh, you know... the Rolling Stones, the Who, Yo La Tengo, the Hold Steady, Ted Leo, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Belle and Sebastian, Stereolab, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Daniel Johnston, Nick Cave, Neko Case, Cat Power, Clinic, Bjork, Black Sabbath, Heart, AC/DC, Superchunk, Girls Against Boys, the Misfits, the Flaming Lips, David Bowie, Deee-lite, Mary J. Blige, Dusty Springfield and on and on and on and on... Oh, and Show Tunes. Because, deep down, I am a big geek.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Amelie, The Lady Eve, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill, North by Northwest, Rififi, The Royal Tenenbaums, Singin' In the Rain, Down by Law, Jules et Jim, The Godfather, The Godfather II, Better Off Dead, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Stop Making Sense, Brain Candy, Bring it On, Raising Arizona, Zoolander, the Warriors, Withnail and I...
Flight of the Conchords, Heroes, the OC, Arrested Development, the Office (British and American), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Adult Swim, 90210, Doctor Who, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations
A Confederacy of Dunces, Breakfast of Champions, Motherless Brooklyn, The Great Gatsby, Cash by Johnny Cash, Motley Crue- The Dirt, In Cold Blood, Valley of the Dolls, A Walk in the Woods, Tom Robbins (although his last few haven't been up to snuff) JD Salinger, Gabriel Garcia Marqeuz, Douglas Adams, Salman Rusdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris ... Right now I'm reading Guided by Voices, a Brief History (aka Hunting Accidents.) I can't decide how I feel about Jim Greer's writing style. (Update-I've decided. Jim Greer can suck it.)I recently finished a collection of short stories by Julie Orringer called How to Breathe Underwater which you should go out and get right this second. Seriously.
Jackie Clarke, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and Jack Silbert.