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Trouble.

keep the car running

About Me

do i have to tell the story of a thousand rainy days since we first met? it's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet.

My Interests

reunions, circles, keytar, ninja photography, waves, smooth grooves, music that simultaneously breaks my heart and glues the pieces back together again, owning a dancefloor, bunnies, the search for the perfect taco, rockstar lifestyle cultivation, sleeping in, losing track of time, semantics, creation and destruction, the space in between notes, anticipation

I'd like to meet:

my good twin.

Music:

the beatles, the police, phish, trey, mark farina, radiohead, death cab for cutie, bjork, neil young, erick morillo, the postal service, beck, roger sanchez, jay-z, marques wyatt, talking heads, beastie boys, sufjan stevens, tv on the radio, dj shadow, prince, stevie wonder, derek and the dominos, sly, air, plaid, james brown, pink floyd, led zeppelin, biggie, flaming lips, masters at work, coldplay, allman brothers, rolling stones, massive attack, kenny loggins, pink floyd, the white stripes, tea leaf green, derrick carter, mylo, al green, grateful dead, arcade fire, badly drawn boy, tribe called quest

Movies:

american beauty, lost in translation, karate kid, amelie, almost famous, teen wolf, the royal tenenbaums, i heart huckabees, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, empire strikes back, fight club, the princess bride, boogie nights, kill bill, human traffic, me and you and everyone we know, y tu mama tambien, dazed and confused, the comedians of comedy, fletch, thumbsucker, brown bunny, donnie darko, storytelling, pan's labyrinth

Television:

the simpsons, six feet under, sopranos, lost, heroes, arrested development, adult swim, daily show, family guy, golden girls, conan, project runway, the office (bbc and us), kids in the hall, twin peaks, it's always sunny in philadelphia, entourage

Books:

pretty much anything by tom robbins, on the road, the alchemist, hero with a thousand faces, way of the peaceful warrior, cat's cradle, siddhartha, fluke, the tao of physics, sex drugs and cocoa puffs, naked, extremely loud and incredibly close

Heroes:

george harrison, joseph campbell, tom dowd, ahmet ertegun, david cross, sarah silverman, my mom

My Blog

i'm bringing new year's back.

in an attempt to make the memories last as long as the overzealous dancing bruises, i put together a few thoughts about trey's nye shenanigans. luckily, jeff kravitz agreed to add some images, and the...
Posted by Trouble. on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:58:00 PST

internet killed the indie rock star

Remember when music used to play hard to get? You had to really work for it before the internet slapped a pair of fishnets on music's subtle curves and pimped her out on every street corner in town. F...
Posted by Trouble. on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:30:00 PST

mid-year's resolutions

New Year's is a really shitty time to evaluate your life and make much needed adjustments. January is too fucking cold to keep anything in perspective, and the desperation and remorse that circle arou...
Posted by Trouble. on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:50:00 PST

the eternal song

has life always been defined by the simultaneously brief and eternal stroke of 5 minutes? i've never been a schedule person, avoided a watch like it was the fucking scarlet letter of corporate da...
Posted by Trouble. on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:18:00 PST

bright lights, big city

self·ish   adj. Concerned chiefly or only with oneself   Is it worse to be selfish or dishonest? A city like New York breeds a unique blend of the two, with a splash of self-delusi...
Posted by Trouble. on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:47:00 PST