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Gareth

"post-punk has been revived with none of the ideology. It's been reduced to style" - Jarvis Cocker

About Me

A native of Washington D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland.I am incredibly passionate towards music and film. If I can get some stellar albums and see some exceptional shows, then I am in heaven for months.There is more, but I never know what to say in these things. I hate describing myself to others. Odds are I am too biased to be a fair judge of my character, so I rely on others to do the bashing. Rambling on about myself seem pointless, so I am done...with the exception of what's below.Music I am currently savoring: Ed Kuepper, Robyn Hitchcock, the Saints, the Soft Boys, the Go-Betweens, Bowie, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with the same interests. Anyone with a wicked sense of humour. Anyone who loves Michael Mann, Neil LaBute, and Stephin Merritt. "Someone with whom to dance"

Music:

Magnetic Fields, New Model Army, Catherine Wheel, 50ft Monster, Primal Scream, Luke Haines, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, the Clash, Cinerama, the Wedding Present, Sparks, the Lucy Show, Sisters of Mercy, Melys, Stereolab, Pulp, Fabulous Poodles, the 6ths, Future Bible Heroes, Gothic Archies, Stephin Merritt, the Divine Comedy, Mick Harvey, Dirty Three, Beta Band, House of Love, Lori and the Chameleons, Men Without Hats, Shriekback, Super Furry Animals, the Triffids, Laura Cantrell, Young Marble Giants, the Redskins, Goldfrapp, the La's, the Real People, Lush, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Ellen Aim & the Attackers, Brakes, Electric Soft Parade, Graham Coxon, Caesars, Go! Team, Sugababes, Spoon, Broadcast, Inspiral Carpets, the Jam, the Beat, Devo, the Specials, Fine Young Cannibals, Ride, Mighty Lemon Drops, Go-Go's, Social Distortion, Peter Murphy, Love & Rockets, Lightning Seeds, Charlatans, Field Mice, Another Sunny Day, Trembling Blue Stars, Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love, Bongos, Pet Shop Boys, Sugar, Husker Du, Elastica, the Sundays, Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Animals, Love, Kinks, Stones, Bo Diddley, Robert Johnson, Otis Redding, Leonard Cohen, Hasil Adkins, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, the Anicents, Easterhouse, the Godfathers, Peter Schilling, Serge Gainsbourg, Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Jesus & Mary Chain, Auteurs, Black Box Recorder, Grinderman, the Fall, the Bats, the Skids, the Ruts, the Saints, Smiths, Swervedriver, Stone Roses, Talk Talk, Altered Images, Undertones, Boomtown Rats, 999, Stiff Little Fingers, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Underworld, Moby (early years), XTC, the Primitives, McCarthy, the Flatmates, the Darling Buds, the Waterboys, the Go-Betweens, Dexy's, the Chills, the Nerves, the Nips, the Lines, the Wake, Stockholm Monsters, Girls At Our Best!, Yaz, Magazine, Gang of Four, Ultravox, Yo La Tengo, Bronski Beat, scores to Michael Mann films, Dave Holmes, John Barry, Enino Morricone, Alan Moulder, Flood, Steve Albini, Tim-Friese Green, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Phil Spector, Ronettes, Shangri-Las, Tommy James and the Shondells, Purple Gang, Felt, the Passions, the Neurotics, Robyn Hitchcock, the Soft Boys, Edwyn Collins, Orange Juice, Mark Lanegan, Dirtbombs, Abecedarians, Mick Turner, and many many more.

Movies:

Anything from Michael Mann, Michael Winterbottom, Paul Greengrass, Jonathan Glazer, Baz Luhrmann, Fernando Meirelles, David Lynch, Alfonso Curon, David Mamet, and Neil LaBute (the latter two being more for the stories, they never aspired to be great directors and it shows). I also love Miami Vice, Streets of Fire, High Fidelity, Serenity, Love & Death, Moulin Rouge, 24 Hour Party People, Heat, The Insider, Birth, Sexy Beast, City of God, State and Main, The Shape of Things, and many others.

Television:

THE WIRE (greatest show i've ever seen), CRIME STORY season 1, Black Books, Spaced, How I Met Your Mother, DEADWOOD, Life on Mars, Rescue Me, anything from Joss Whedon, Newsradio, Simpsons, Arrested Development, Faerie Tale Theatre, Extras.

Books:

London Fields, High Fidelity, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Watch Your Mouth, Seconds of Pleasure, Other People, Night Games, Naked, Oleanna (play), Bash (play), And The Ass Saw The Angel. Pretty much anything from Martin Amis, Nick Hornby, David Mamet, and Neil LaBute. Going by the titles my books sound really dirty.

Heroes:

my parents, Joe Strummer, Justin Sullivan, John Peel.