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Why do things that happen to stupid people keep happening to me? -Homer Simpson

About Me

MUSIC JUNKIE/LIST MAKER
TOP 100 CDs of 2007
(according to me)
Grinderman [Nick Cave] - Grinderman
Harvey,PJ - White Chalk
Smith,Elliott- New Moon [2xCD rarities comp]
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Siouxsie - Mantaray
Angels of Light – We Are Him
Iron & Wine - Shepherd's Dog
Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles Weider Offen
Black,Frank (Black Francis) – Bluefinger
Soulsavers –It's Not How Far You Fall
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
I'm Not There – O.S.T.
Dean [Wareham] & Britta [Phillips] - Back Numbers
Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
Blonde Redhead - 23
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Midnight Movies - Lion The Girl
Young,Neil - Chrome Dreams II
Crowded House - Farewell To The World
Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound
CocoRosie - The Adventures Of Ghosthorse &
Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Von Sudenfed [Mouse On Mars + Mark E. Smith] - Tromatic Reflexxions
Fall - Reformation Post T.L.C.
New Pornographers - Challengers
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Hunter, Ian - Shrunken Heads
Harvey,Mick - Two Of Diamonds
Wright,Shannon - Let In The Light
Gonzalez,Jose - In Our Nature
Gainsbourg,Charlotte - 5:55
Napolitano,Johnette - Scarred
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
Stooges - The Weirdness
UNKLE - War Stories
Haines,Luke – Off My Rocker At Art School
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Bjork - Volta
Schnauss,Ulrich - Goodbye
Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Moore,Thurston- Trees Outside The Academy
Cave,Nick/Ellis,Warren – Assassination of Jesse James O.S.T.
Tegan & Sara - The Con
Wire – Read & Burn 03 EP
Mitchell.Joni - Shine
M.I.A. - Kala
Horrors - Strange House
Phillips,Grant-Lee - Strangelet
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Arthur,Joseph - Let's Just Be
Low - Drums And Guns
Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate
Bear In Heaven – Red Bloom Of The Boom
Githead - Art Pop
Metheny,Pat/Mehldau,Brad Quartet -s.t.
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Mum - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy, Let Your Crooked Hands Be Holy
Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse
Sea And Cake - Everybody
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Hawley,Richard -Lady's Bridge
Finn,Tim – Imaginary Kingdom (US version)
Ferry,Bryan -Dylanesque
Drew,Kevin -Broken Social Scene Presents: Spirit If…
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
Caribou - Andorra
Davies, Ray – Working Man's Cafe
Brosseau,Tom - Grand Forks
Brosseau,Tom - Cavalier
Bird,Andrew- Armchair Apocrypha
Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
McCombs,Cass -Dropping The Writ
Smith,Patti - Twelve
Beirut – Flying Club Cup
Art In Manilla – Set The Wood sOn Fire
Stars -In Our Bedroom After The War
Apostle Of Hustle - National Anthem Of Nowhere
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Thompson,Richard - Sweet Warrior
Andrews,Ken - Secrets Of The Lost Satellite Dinosaur Fight
Clinic -Visitations
Vanderslice,John -Emerald City
Bonnie Prince Billy -Strange Form Of Life (EP)
Most Serene Republic -Population
Feist - The Remind
Liars – s/t
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Callahan,Bill [of Smog] - Woke On A Whaleheart
Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker
Gerrard,Lisa- The Silver Tree
O'Connor,Sinead - Theology
Rasputina – Oh Perilous World
Fripp & Eno – Beyond Even (1992-2006)
Iliketrains – Elegies To Lessons Learned
Banhart,Devendra -Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Hersh,Kristen - Learn To Sing Like A Star
National - Boxer
Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

My Interests

Music, Girls, Films, Politics, Science, Facts, Fiction, Conjecture, Hypocricy, Opinions, Contradictions, Spirituality, Materialism, Libido, Mosquito, Pillows, board games, even numbers, multiples of five, cats, dogs, nonsense, drama, comedy, tragedy, fear, depression, happiness.

I'd like to meet:

people

Music:

Nick Cave, Pj Harvey, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Joy Division, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, John and Alice Coltrane, Lou Reed/Velvet Underground, The Cure, Siouxsie, Bjork, David Sylvian/Japan, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop/Stooges, Neil Young, Todd Rundgren, Pixies/Frank Black, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, Kate Bush, Buzzcocks, Magazine, Television, Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Beatles, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Smiths/Morrissey, Gang Of Four, Pulp, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Jesus And Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Ani Difranco, Stereolab, Mogwai, Can, King Crimson, Genesis (w/ Gabriel), Yes, The Church, The The, Tindersticks, Bob Dylan, Joseph Arthur, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Gorecki, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock/Soft Boys, Wedding Present/Cinerama, The Fall, Rolling Stones, Three Mile Pilot, Pinback, Black Heart Procession, Rocket From The Crypt, Pere Ubu, Neil Finn, XTC, James, Belle And Sebastian, Modest Mouse, Allman Bros. (w/Duane), Led Zeppelin, Spinal Tap & many many more

Movies:

Dr. Strangelove (& all other Stanely Kubrick), Nightmare Before Xmas (& most other Tim Burton), most Woody Allen & David Lynch & Werner Herzog & Jim Jarmusch & Akira Kurosawa & Alfred Hitchcock, Marx Brothers, Wings Of Desire, Brazil, Life Of Brian, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Blade Runner, Slaughterhouse 5, Godfather I & II, High Fidelity (it's my life), Lost In Translation, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Man Who Fell To Earth, 24 Hour Party People, Fargo, Requiem For A Dream, The Killing Fields, Raging Bull, Pulp Fiction, Lost In America, This Is Spinal Tap, Best In Show, Harold & Maude, A Hard Day's Night and many others including 99 of AFI's Top 100 films of the 2oth Century (guess the really bad one).

Television:

Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Daily Show, Colbert Report, 60 Minutes, David Letterman, The Office (BBC version), Peep Show (BBC), Mighty Boosh (BBC), Greg The Bunny (IFC version), Harvey Birdman, Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost Coast To Coast, South Park, Twin Peaks, Nova, Now (on PBS), Nightline, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire (best cop show ever), Homicide (2nd best cop show ever), Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Subterranean, Strangers With Candy, and MONTY PYTHON. NO U.S. network sitcoms (except 30 Rock, I guess....and the U.S. version of The Office is good, not as good as the original UK version, but good).

Books:

I don't read enough. It's embarrassing. I like Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris, Nick Hornsby, Sarah Vowell, Hunter S. Thompson, William Burroughs and other writers who can make me laugh while talking about serious subjects. I also like to read about politics and (auto)biographies of interesting people, and all the classic novels which everybody knows 'cause you had to read them in school.

Heroes:

Darla Klecker