Hanging out with friends, learning, playing music, experiencing new things, and living every second of my life with the realization that I only live once and that I should have a great fucking time while I do.
Thurston Moore, David Geffen, Johnny Greenwood, Kim Gordon, Kirsten Dunst, Britney Spears (5 years ago), Thom Yorke, Queen Amidalla, Art Bell, Iggy Pop, Joe Escolante, Rodney Bingenhiemer, Steve Jones, Lindsay Lohan, Maggie Gyllenhaal
BANDS I LISTENED TO:
PRE HIGH SCHOOL "The Dark Ages"
Dr. Dre-the Chronic.
Snoop Dogg-Doggy Style.
E.P.M.D.
Ice Cube-Predator.
Naughty By Nature.
Color Me Bad.
Arrested Development.
HIGH SCHOOL 1994-1998
Nirvana.
Toadies.
Weezer.
Radiohead-The Bends, OK Computer.
Sonic Youth-Experimental Jet Set.., Dirty, Daydream Nation.
Beck-One Foot in the Grave, Stereopathetic Soul Manure.
Silverchair-Frogstomp, Freak Show.
Archers of Loaf-Vee Vee.
Foo Fighters- S/T.
Breeders-Last Splash.
(Flamming Lips)-Transmissions from...
Babes in Toyland.
Jesus Lizard-Shot.
Ash.
EARLY COLLEGE 1998-2000 "I become an indie kid, but don't know it yet"
Modest Mouse- Lonesome Crowded West, Long Drive.
Pavement-Crooked Rain.
Fugazi-13 songs, End Hits.
Shellac-At Action Park, Terraform.
Muse-Showbiz.
Sunny Day Real Estate-Diary.
Yo La Tengo-Hearts beating as One.
JC AND YEAR OFF Aug 2000-Dec 2001 "Chicago Lifestyle"
Pixies.
Modest Mouse-Moon and Antartica.
Built to Spill-Keep it Like a Secret, Perfect From Now On.
The Lupins.
Flaming Lips-Soft Builetin.
Radiohead-Kid A, Amnesiac.
Cap'n Jazz.
BACK TO COLLEGE Aug 2001-May 2004 "Enter College Radio"
Microphones.
Onieda.
Stereolab.
The Shins.
The Plan.
The Strokes.
White Stripes.
Radiohead-Hail to the Thief.
Modest Mouse-Sad Sappy Sucker, Everywhere and his Nasty Parlor Tricks.
Unicorns.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Trail of Dead.
INTERNSHIP Summer 2004 "Dim Mak Attack"
Die Monitr Batss.
Whirlwind Heat.
The Gossip.
Dios.
Franz Ferdinand.
FINAL SEMESTER Aug-Dec 2004 "Fucking Party BITCHES!!"
BLOC PARTY.
Mahjongg.
Prosaics.
MakeOut!.
Deerhoof.
Sleater Kinney.
Fresh to LA
Ex Models.
Go! Team.
Liars.
Cass MacCombs.
Dresden Dolls.
Giant Drag.
Rolling Blackouts.
LA's not so new
The Rakes
Autolux
Broadcast
Blonde Redhead
Neon Blonde
SuperSystem
Tom Vek
We Are Scientists
Death Cab
DFA 1979
Giant Drag
Maybe a little jaded June 20, 2006
The Duke Spirit
The Willowz
Weird Science Productions
Dirty Pretty Things
The Racontuers
The Charlatans
Young Love
Sonic Youth-again baby!!
Thom Yorke-What! a solo album??
Out Hud
Whitey
Wolfmother
The Sounds
CATCHING UP and other Indie Madness Sept 9, 2006
The Stooges
The Ramones
Television
Mission of Burma
Minutemen
Neil Young
Joy Division
The Ex
Oh No! Oh My!
Pink Enemy
Gettin Caught Up In It12-1-06
Snowden
Peter Bjorn and John
Tokyo Police Club
AntiMC
CSS
The Fields
Favourite Sons
The Deadly Syndrome
Whitey
TV on the Radio
Peaches
Albert Hammond Jr.
etc
etc
etc
Living in the Now July 4, 2007
Buttonhead
Klaxons (of course..)
Placebo
Damn, not too much exciting shit out there
Finally Some New Shit10-28-07
Lo Fi Fink
Sebastien Gringer
Jaugar Love
Crystal Casltes
Soulwax
Nov 21, 2007
RESPECT!!!
The Killers are moving into favorite band layer. They WILL rule the world someday!
BEST OF 2007
1. Snowden
2. PBJ
3. Anything that came out on Dim Mak
4. Everything else I should be remembering but can't right now (excluding all the trite, derivative, annoying shit)
Lost In the Void Feb 27, 2008
It's all about VAMPIRE WEEKEND Baby!!
Chromeo
Dan Sena's Mix Tape
Shocking Blue (and I'm not talking about Venus!)
The Doors
The Beatles
(I got an itch for the Classixxx I guess)
What A Newly Turned 28 Year Old Listens To May 8, 2008
The Virgins
The Bloody Beetroots
The Kills "Midnight Boom" - It's the dopest shit in soooo long!!!
The radio (Indie 103 mostly)
This American Life (what's up Ira Glass!!!)
Coast to Coast AM FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!
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ANTM, talk radio
Current reads: Mother Tongue, Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, The Art of the Schmooze (please don't tell anyone I'm reading this book)
Past reads: Kerouac. Ellis is probably appropriate for the last couple years of my life. I wish I were Holden Caufield. Like to read dorky books, how-to and learning stuff.