melodic composition, the English language, zines, independent publishing, minimizing my consumption, introversion, vinyl records and audiocassettes, home recording, veganism, crushes, girl groups of the 1960s, pauperism, DIY, reading aloud, motorized stuffed animals who shimmy while singing songs, crossword puzzles, recycling, eating contests, dancing, voluntary sobriety, ruined Irish castles, dal tarka, text adventure games, providing the voice for inanimate objects, bicycling, the punk rock ethic, Ms. Pac-man, karaoke
My benefactor.
classic soul and R&B; the Zombies, the Left Banke, the Beach Boys and pure pop in all its forms; New Jack Swing and anything related to the East Coast Family ("Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD"); folk; girl groups, boy bands (old and new) and anything with Phil Spector's name on it or a Red Bird Records logo on the label; AM gold / bubblegum hits of the '60s and '70s; Motown; the Glenn Danzig songbook until 1994 or so
Pump Up The Volume, The Apartment, Harold and Maude, Race For Your Life Charlie Brown, Henry Fool
I wish I knew how to read.
Warren Oates