music, sushi, brighton, uk (my second home), england in general. attending the best concert venues all around the world. band research; living, breathing and burping music; traveling world for best gigs; focusing on seeing the world in person rather than sending in a stand-in; planning my trip to Scandinavia; chicago cubs (this is the year -- the 100th year); learning to snowboard so i can ride next year in a half pipe competition; hockey
"life is what happens while you are making other plans."
~John Lennon~
"we're wrecking like trains"~ jesus' son
"i drive cars that shift themselves." ~ Buffalo 66
"distraction is an obstruction to the construction. "~ the science of sleep
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." ~Oscar Wilde~
I'd like to meet:
kexp listeners and great bands
Music:
kexp.org -- kexp 90.3 FM Seattle (the best radio station in the world)
recent obsessions: lykke li, shout out louds, foals
THE WAY TO MY HEART IS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING BANDS:
doves -- "pounding" and "there goes the fear" do me in every time. watch their videos. fave song and video of all time is "there goes the fear"
Beatles, Clearlake, Radiohead, Gene, Mew
engineers, ride, mark gardener, blur, south, foals, the beautiful south, the the, the smiths, elbow, lykke li, muse, the twilight sad, the chemical brothers, mason proper, the ramones, the wrens, the verve, kid loco, K&D, stars, the clash, editors, queen, yeasayer (also see my top friends)
Movies:
buffalo 66 (classic and my fave film of all time), dumb & dumber
fight club, audition (the perfect dating movie), requiem for a dream, y tu mama tambien, volver, the happiness of the katakuris, 24 hour party people, the colors trilogy, sex & lucia, gimme shelter, wedding crashers, anchorman, motorcycle diaries, science of sleep, the sea inside, pretty in pink
directors: vincent gallo, pedro almodovar, danny boyle, david lynch, takashi miike, darren aronofsky, peter greenaway, mike leigh, john hughes, woody allen (older stuff), julie taymor
actors: gael bernal garcia, johnny depp, jude law, christian bale
Television:
current: lost, ugly betty, shameless
long live arrested development and twin peaks
Books:
bret easton ellis, nick hornby, james frey's a million tiny pieces
Heroes:
martha stewart in her ankle cuff (those are hot). i want to organize rock concerts in prison. see kasabian's l.s.f. video.
