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Sydney & John Finnegan

Why are frogs falling from the sky?

About Me



I'm the kind of guy who you meet then say "He seems alright." Then later you think "Wow, he's kind of a dork." But a little bit later you can't help but think "He may be a dork, but damn if I don't want to be him." Then you realize you can't and weep.

My Interests

Music:

Beatles, Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jon Brion, Iron and Wine, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Arcade Fire, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Broken Social Scene, Sean Lennon, Beck, Aimee Mann, Bill Withers, Damien Jurado, Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Band of Horses, The Walkmen, The Pipettes, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man, Bloc Party, Death Cab For Cutie, Nick Drake, Buzzcocks, The Tyde, The Action, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Otis Redding, Spoon, Beirut, Lady Sovereign, James Brown, The Stooges, Joanna Newsom, The Rapture, Brendan Benson, Hall & Oates, Sunset Rubdown, My Morning Jacket, Franz Ferdinand, The Fiery Furnaces, Steely Dan, Kings of Convenience, The Postal Srvice, Sparklehorse, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Grandaddy, The Futureheads, TV On the Radio, The Shins, Elliot Smith, Rilo Kiley, The New Pornographers, Handsome Furs, A.C. Newman, Supergrass, The Black Keys, Badly Drawn Boy, The Delgados, Hayden, matt pond PA, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Doves, Rachel's, Wolf Parade, Ben Folds, Architecture In Helsinki, Interpol, The Stills, Max Richter, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, M. Ward, The Kills, The Von Bondies, The Bronx, The Anniversary, Sound Team, Small Sins
RADIOHEAD -Idioteque(live/SNL)

Movies:

Magnolia, Goodfellas, Royal Tennenbaums, All the Real Girls, In the Bedroom, I ♥ Huckabees, Godfather I & II, Wet Hot American Summer, 21 Grams, People vs Larry Flynt, Punck-Drunk Love, Nashville, Big Lebowski, Bottle Rocket, Spirited Away, Boogie Nights, Happiness, Raging Bull, Talk to Her, Lolita, Better Off Dead, On the Waterfront, Dazed and Confused, Dog Day Afternoon, Rushmore, The Station Agent, Taxi Driver, Bully, Out of Sight, Clockwork Orange, The Apartment, Serpico, Traffic, Lost in Tanslation, Shopgirl GOODFELLAS

MAGNOLIA

ALL THE REAL GIRLS

Television:

Simpsons, Mr.Show, Freaks & Geeks, Rome, 24, Sopranos, Conan O'Brien, Arrested Development, The Shield, Undeclared, Brotherhood, Carnivale, Dinner For Five

Books:

Shakespere, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Eric Bogosian, Cat's Cradle, The Stranger, Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs and all other Chuck Klosterman, Sociology & Cultural Studies books, Political Commentary

My Blog

Gilbert's Music Corner: 2006

Top 50 Albums of 2006   01 Beirut  Gulag Orkestar   02 TV on the Radio  Return to Cookie Mountain   03 The Hold Steady  Boys and Girls in America   04 Asobi Seksu  Citrus &...
Posted by Sydney & John Finnegan on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:15:00 PST

CITIZEN COKANE

Alright, so for my Film Apprciation final we had to take some nondescript dialogue and make a movie around it. This is my groups film that I put together with Joseph's help. Enjoy my first film..........
Posted by Sydney & John Finnegan on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:10:00 PST

What do you know....

I am tired I am busy I am at school all the time. I am in an amazing show that is the greatest theatre experience I have ever been privaleged to be a part of. I am in the midst of working with great f...
Posted by Sydney & John Finnegan on Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:04:00 PST

What I need to do....

I just want to leave........cut myself off from the world. Yet I don't know if I could really do that. I think maybe I just need to get my mind off of certain persons, places, or things. Anybody have ...
Posted by Sydney & John Finnegan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

vegas...pt. 2

just kidding this isn't part 2 of the vegas story because that was a long time ago and i never got around to writng again. i started something and didn't finish it........shocking. well its the 5th...
Posted by Sydney & John Finnegan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Destination: VEGAS!!!! pt.1

Ladies and Gentleman, boys and girl, welcome to the wonderful and enchanting world of gilbert's journal. In our first encounter with our hero we find him traveling to Burbank with his loyal companion ...
Posted by Sydney & John Finnegan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST