weather or the progression or decline in the talent of local sports teams.
see "heroes"
otis redding, check berry, muddy waters, howlin' wolf, the zombies, the kinks, the stones, the move, the creation, the beach boys, them, the sonics, the who, devo, mirah, black lips, teh stabs, supercharger, the staggers, the flaming groovies/sideburns, Q65, the smoke, thee midnighters, the gories, the brides, kim fowley, the dead boys, gentleman jessie, the carbonaras, dirtbombs, ny dolls, wire, gun club, the action, hellacopters, the rangers, richard and the young lions, larry and the blue NOTES, blood on the wall, the ramones, the smiths, the exploding hearts, the riffs, the spits, king louie, the devil dogs, josie cotton, nicki and the corvettes, the vikings, sweet baby, of montreal, turbonegro, dead moon, the epoxies, the minds, the makers, the thermals, ? and the mysterians, fabien del sol and the bristols, the hex, el paso hot button, please step out of the vehicle, red riders, legends, the flesh, velvet underground, hum, belle and sebastian, serge gainsborg, bossanova, kings of convenience , plastic bertrand, x, the clash, holly golightly, the headcoats, the headcoatees, the wailers, link wray, the kaisers, teddy boys, the wildhearts, the heart attacks, the mono-men, dan melchoir, nomads, the seekers, supersnazz, the nazz, naz nomad, the damned, the spiders, the in-betweens, chants r & b, the pretty things, girl trouble, the milkshakes, buff medways, etc., bowie, beck, sam & dave, the bar-kays, booker t and the mgs, stevie wonder, tommy james and the shondells, the searchers, the ventures, the yardbirds, the birds, the benders, ike and tina turner, little richard, curtis mayfield, the rascals, paul revere and the raiders, elliott smith, joey paz (lunz moth), the cars, dressy bessy, the pebbles (both of them), vasolines, adam green, husker du, blonde redhead, blondie, brian jonestown massacre, the pretty things, the outsiders, the byrds, the guess who, the vibrators, the wipers, the dictators, the reatards, oblivians, descendants, northridge rangers, rockin ramrods, fuzz/fleshtones, the pleasure seekers, julee cruise, ben kweller, the fugees, magnetic feilds, my favorite, mr. airplane man, eric's trip, fine china, love of diagrams, seu jorge, nation of ulysses, the ponys, 13th floor elevators, blue cheer, count five, five by five, strawberry alarm clock, 1910 fruitgum co., the equals, ohio express, the kasenetz-katz, the townsmen, the mummies, the beau brummels, the haunted, a jacks and the cleansers, teengenarate, the seeds, the pack (the 70's german punk band not the other... thing.)
royal tenenbaums, annie hall, sweet and lowdown, the graduate, easy rider, 8 1/2, legend, goodfellas, wild angels, the maltese falcon, casablanca, blue velvet, buffalo 66, deconstructing harry, rushmore, bottle rocket, quadrophenia, rock n roll high school, high fidelity, better off dead, say anything, mullholland dr., dawn of the dead, evil dead, army of darkness, cabin fever, the elmchanted forest, stand by me, little shop of horror (the 80' version), the lost boys, being john malkovich, eternal sunshine.., the goonies
conan o'brien, the cobert report, the chaser, sopranos, entourage, courage the cowardly dog, arrested development, the simpsons, futurama, the daily show
geek love, catch 22, slaughterhouse five, survivor, the giving tree, the decline of western civilization(s), fargo rock city, killing yourself to live, sex, drugs and cocoa puffs, high fidelity, rules of attraction, glamorama, the proud highway, fear and loathing in america
woody allen & excene cervenka