I'd like to meet:
Elliott Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003)
"Angeles"
Music:
My favorite bands? Well, a true junkee would not only love a few. I honestly love all of these artists, so here is an incomplete but fairly accurate snapshot of what you could hear in my cd player at any given time. It is a waaaaaaayyy long list, but these are all folks that I have either loved for years or only recently gotten into. Here goes (no particular order):
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Jesus & Mary Chain
The Cure
Neil Young
Joy Division
The Clash
Depeche Mode
Pixies
Buzzcocks
Social Distortion
Mike Ness
Nick Cave
Lloyd Cole
Elliott Smith
Catherine Wheel
Rob Dickinson
50ftMonster
Psychedelic Furs
Richard Butler
Love Spit Love
New Order
Echo & the Bunnymen
Electrafixion
The Breeders
Ramones
Pistols
Cocteau Twins
Therapy?
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ride
Suede
The Tears
Elvis Costello
Leonard Cohen
Sisters of Mercy
The Church
The Velvets
Bowie
The Afghan Whigs
KMFDM
ChemLab
Sister Machine Gun
Skinny Puppy
Thrill Kill Kult
Marilyn Manson
NIN
Ministry
Front Line Assembly
Front 242
Stabbing Westward
Nitzer Ebb
Leatherstrip/Klute
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Stooges
Peter Gabriel
Eno
Roxy Music
Bryan Ferry
Gary Numan
The Stone Roses
The Charlatans UK
The White Stripes
Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Origin (acoustic Santa Monica, 1990-92)
Jane's Addiction
Faith No More
Radiohead
The Wolfgang Press
She Wants Revenge
B.R.M.C.
Interpol
The Killers
The Strokes
Coldplay
Black Tie Dynasty
Grant Lee Buffalo
Dead Kennedys
Stevie Ray
Love and Rockets
Peter Murphy
Daniel Ash
Bauhaus
R.E.M.
INXS
Midnight Oil
Curve
Lush
This Mortal Coil
T. Rex/Marc Bolan
The Mission (UK)
Everclear
Pet Shop Boys
Erasure
Thompson Twins
Duran Duran
Tori Amos
Robbie Williams
U2 (old stuff)
Black Sabbath (the Ozzy years)
Floyd
Zeppelin
Beatles
Stones
Doors
Jimi
Jimmy Buffett
Miles
Ella (best female vocalist of all time)
Monk
Mingus
Dizzy
Bird
Max
Art
Coltrane
Duke
Satchmo
Tom Jones (no laughing, he's THE MAN)
Alison Krauss (2nd best female vocalist of all time)
old Motown stuff (Stevie, Smokey, Temptations, etc.)
old country stuff (Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Hank Sr.)