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Sam

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About Me


I'm Sam and I play drums. I'm currenly on the road with a guy named Ben, and have recently been in a band in Nashville with another guy named Ben. You may have heard me with The Comfies, Syd, The Boy Bathing, Hail to the Keith, Character, Mothlight, and Lifeboy. I am awful at phone communication and keeping in touch. I collect small cute toys and foreign fiction books with nice covers. I don't discriminate between low and high art. I make lists. I watch reality TV. My other homes are New York City and Florence. Italy. I will kick your ass in Mario Kart.

My DVD Collection

My Interests

music, movies, myth, travel, design, japanese toys, wii, water, mario kart, fairy tales, stanley kubrick, canons, scrabble, fantastic fiction, setlists, vitamin water, rube goldberg, drones, pop culture, orange, short stories, the oscars, twist endings, thomas newman, the hero's journey, landscapes, waterfalls, cactii, sam mendes, gashapon, astronomy, animation, hinky pinky, corn pudding, steadycam, reality tv, photography, frame narratives, the ocean, drew barrymore, the 90's, characters, annie's, dvds, 20 questions, sweet potatoes, piano sonatas, dreams, minimalism, stan brakhage, kerning, bird's-eye views, archetypes, milk, storybook cottages, book covers, organic food, guilty pleasures, plants, batman, ambient music, mr. rogers, the avant garde, terraforming, animal bridegrooms, oatmeal stouts, playmobile, modern art, harris savides, figurines, teenage mutant ninja turtles, cinematography, the future, imaginary beings, guinness, film festivals, nintendo, rolls, cats, dogs, chris van alsburg, tracking shots, lists, acting, intertextuality, fountains, harmonies, tapioca, rain, poster art, banzai, richard linklater, little bear and la-la, alfonso cuaron, miniatures, black holes, magical realism, goat cheese, ed emberley, fonts, montage, man ray, doubles, patterns, andy goldsworthy, butternut squash, dinosaurs, emmanuel lubezki, architecture, dick tracy, david attenborough, trailers, ancient civilizations, illustration, sam adams, anna karina, lewis caroll, film music, consumerism, transcendentalism, paradox.

I'd like to meet:

smart people

Music:

joe marc's brother, john mayer, air, character, radiohead, sigur ros, gabe dixon band, mates of state, ben kweller, rilo kiley, the features, four tet, beck, iron and wine, watercolor, the privates, lambchop, eef barzelay, silverchair, the band, wilco, josh rouse, devo, frou frou, the beatles, the beach boys, pearl jam, talking heads, superdrag, david mead, phoenix, rufus wainwright, the shins, tortoise, thomas newman, black sabbath, philip glass, verde, neil young, bjork, prefuse 73, cornelius, wilco, led zeppelin, travis, ben folds, U2, flaming lips, longwave, elefant, television, nirvana, michael nyman, weezer, RF, smashing pumpkins, beck, japancakes, boards of canada, stereolab, cortney tidwell, the pierces, how I became the bomb, de novo dahl, the nobility, slack, the clutters, explorers club, joe pisapia.

Movies:

2001: a space odyssey, amelie, before sunset, eyes wide shut, dark city, koyaanisqatsi, star wars, american beauty, magnolia, birth, children of men, great expectations, crouching tiger hidden dragon, the ice storm, waking life, black snake moan, the up series, whale rider, the 400 blows, swingers, little big man, l'eclisse, toy story, indecent proposal, united 93, barry lyndon, edward scissorhands, akira, manhattan, adaptation, the jerk, traffic, rushmore, marie antoinette, LA story, in the bedroom, the rules of the game, contact, contempt, donnie darko, band of outsiders, gladiator, gattaca, gerry, breathless, vertigo, casablanca, dreams, batman, dick tracy, marie antoinette, love me if you dare, borat, mulholland drive, the insider, the matrix, stalker, solaris, father of the bride, kramer vs, kramer, 8 1/2, the shining, man with a movie camera, lord of the rings, the decalogue, labyrinth, jules and jim, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, l'age d'or, the umbrellas of cherbourg, the new world, heaven.

Television:

lost, survivor, american idol, seinfeld, the office UK, the amazing race, project greenlight, da ali g show, 24, wheel of fortune, the twilight zone, the real world, jeopardy!, the mole, newlyweds, the simpsons, the x-files, jackass, inside the actors studio, conan o'brien. on deck: six feet under, firefly, entourage, veronica mars, the office US

Books:

the alchemist, the little prince, frankenstein, cosmos, if on a winter's night a traveler, zen & the art of motorcycle maintanance, lolita, his dark materials, the unbearable lightness of being, siddhartha, white noise, enchanted night, great expectations, where the wild things are, borges, calvino, cortazar, poe, philip k. dick, chris van alsburg, fairy tales and folklore.

Heroes:

joe pisapia, joseph campbell, carl sagan, stanley kubrick, ben fundis , mike davis , gabe dixon , matt mckee, my mother, father, and grandmother.

My Blog

A few new movie reviews...

    ...since it's been a while... SUPERBAD If I'm being completely honest, I don't exactly see eye-to-eye with the packed audiences of teenagers gobbling down these movies; I liked SUPE...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:51:00 PST

Halftime '07

I figured since it's been a while I'd post my favorite movies of the year so far. Here's the abridged version of my halftime report I just made for TheThree.23 movies seen so far.01. Black Snake MoanS...
Posted by Sam on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:00:00 PST

Your Idol thoughts, please.

With a few free mornings at the local Lexington coffee shop, slowly sipping as Mallory attends class a couple blocks over, I'm returning from my online hibernation not to discuss crappy new superhero ...
Posted by Sam on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:13:00 PST

home...kinda

    for may. but I'm making a b-line to lexington to see the lady. I'll be thus back and forth for the rest of the month... come play wii... come to keith's for the LOST finale... and w...
Posted by Sam on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:28:00 PST

Syd show in Nashville this Thursday night

Hey everyone, I'm back from tour, but I'm on another one for the next 10 days -- I'll be in Nashville with Syd this Thursday night at The French Quarter (yes, random I know) at 11pm. Come have a drink...
Posted by Sam on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:03:00 PST

The 1st Quarter

Looking for something to see this weekend? ZODIAC just might be a modern classic (from FIGHT CLUB and SEVEN's David Fincher). BLACK SNAKE MOAN blew me away... but it's not for everyone. If you're feel...
Posted by Sam on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:57:00 PST

SAM AND ROB'S BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA feat. DJ KIDSMEAL

the stars have aligned for the alliteration birthday party of the ages. saturday, february 24th, 2007 will find us in the 12th and final signs of the chinese and astrological zodiacs. it will also fin...
Posted by Sam on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:59:00 PST

My last shows with THE COMFIES

Friends and Comfies fans -- It looks like this weekend may very well be my last with The Comfies. Come rock out with us...... Friday night at 12th and Porter (wow, haven't played there in like seven y...
Posted by Sam on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:39:00 PST

On tour with Ben Folds

Friends,As some of you may have heard, I've been asked to play drums for Ben Folds on his 2 week European tour beginning this Friday. This is an enormous honor for me -- a once in a lifetime opportuni...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:25:00 PST

2006: The Year in Music

The first of my two-part 2006 look-back is now online (Top Ten Movies coming very soon!).My 10 favorite CDs of the year, plus the year in songs, shows, discoveries, and disappointments:samsmyth.blogsp...
Posted by Sam on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:25:00 PST