top five interests of all time (in no particular order):1. chris 2. my family (or mi familia, considering our dago-ness.) 3. music of all sorts 4. all the pretty things 5. all the not so pretty things
my birth parents, but we won't go into that here.
q and not u, interpol, placebo, fugazi, sebadoh, air, beastie boys, pixies, black eyes, jawbreaker, cursive, white octave, planesmistakenforstars, jawbox, converge, hot hot heat, rapture, faint, aeffect, replacements, mars volta, radiohead, at the drive in, grade, dismemberment plan, dj shadow, smiths, minor threat, embrace (washington d.c.), miles davis, wilco, sunny day real estate, mineral, death cab for cutie, smoking popes, milemarker, rites of spring, pedro the lion, samiam, nation of ulysses, sigur ros, tom waits, operation ivy, tribe called quest, descendents, dinosaur jr., elvis costello, fIREHOSE, husker du, johnny cash, sleater-kinney, weakerthans, super/system, tv on the radio, circle jerks, bloc party, nick cave and the bad seeds, !!!, lou barlow, make up, frank sinatra, television, the arcade fire, thelonius monk, big black, luscious jackson, joy division, the cure, sonic youth, minutemen, the weakerthans, my bloody valentine, etc.
ferris bueller's day off, high fidelity, requiem for a dream, goodfellas, decline of western civilization, pi, raging bull, cool hand luke, secretary, spun, trainspotting, almost famous, say anything, etc........
kill your television.
kerouac, palahniuk, ginsburg, ferlinghetti, burroughs, banks, cummings, cassady, etc.......
my late grandfather benjamin campese, and my wife chris for being constant sources of inspiration. oh yeah, and ian mackaye, guy picciotto, joe lally and brendan canty for being the greatest rock band ever.