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christopher

"During childhood we learn to live in this world. But childhood cannot be repeated and that is in ma

About Me

www.christopherwilley.com

My Interests

My wife and our friends, my studio time/art, food, movies, music, the occasional video game with buddies, camping, travel, and reading.

Music:

NEO-FOLK/INDIE/ACOUSTIC (I listen to these people all the time!!!)
Alanis Morissette
*Alexi Murdoch
Allison Crowe
*Anais Mitchell
Andrew Bird
Anousheh Khalili
Azure Ray
Benjamin Gibbard
Bic Runga
*Bosque Brown
Cara Dillon
Cat Power
Connie Dover
Damien Rice
Death Cab For Cutie
Diane Cluck
Edie Carey
*Emiliana Torrini
Fiona Apple
*Feist
Gary Jules
*Gillian Welch
Heatmiser
*Hem
Horse Feathers
*Iron & Wine
Jack Johnson
John Mayer
Jose Gonzalez
*Kate Havnevik
*Kate Rusby
Katie Sawicki
Luka Bloom
*Martha Wainwright
Meric Long
Mia Doi Todd
*Mindy Smith
Missy Higgins
Neko Case
Nick Drake
*Nickel Creek
Norah Jones
Patty Griffin
Plumb
Ray LaMontagne
Red House Painters
*Regina Spektor
Rosie Thomas
Rufus Wainwright
Sarah McLachlan
Snow Patrol
*Sufjan Stevens
Sun Kil Moon
Tegan And Sara
The Ditty Bops
The Dresden Dolls
The Format
Tori Amos
*Vienna Teng
*William Fitzsimmons
Yonder Mountain String Band
ELECTRONICA (I listen to this when I'm not listening to the chilled stuff.)
Air
Aphex Twin
*Bjork
Cex
Daft Punk
Deltron 3030
Everything But The Girl
Fatboy Slim
*Four Tet
Frou Frou
Gorillaz
*Imogen Heap
*Lamb
*Massive Attack
Moby
*Mogwai
Portishead
*Radiohead
*Shantel
*Sigur Ros
Sneaker Pimps
Snow Patrol
Squarepusher
*Telepopmusik
The Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
The Dust Brothers
The Killers
The Third Eye Foundation
Thievery Corporation
*Thom Yorke
Tricky
Zero 7
HARDER STUFF (I don't listen to this stuff to much anymore...)
*A Perfect Circle
*At The Drive-In
Breaking Benjamin
*Daughtry
Deftones
Disturbed
Evanescence
Finger Eleven
Godsmack
Incubus
Live
Marilyn Manson
*Nickelback
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Puddle Of Mudd
Rage Against The Machine
Rob Zombie
*Seether
Seven Mary Three
*Sevendust
Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden
Staind
Stone Temple Pilots
System Of A Down
Temple Of The Dog
Toadies
*Tool
Trapt
White Zombie

Movies:

CHILDHOOD:
Goonies
Flight of the Navigator
Neverending Story
The Princess Bride
The Police Academy Movies
Ghostbusters
Commando
The National Lampoons Vacation Movies
Bloodsport
Gremlins
Spaceballs
Topgun
Vampire Hunter D
Mad Max: Return to Thunderdome
Can't Buy Me Love
Summer School
Robin Hood
Untamed Heart
The Lion King
Bennie and Joon
Ace Ventura
Tommy Boy
Weekend at Bernies
Short Circuit
Beatlejuice
TEENS:
Point of No Return
Independence Day
Men in Black
Edward Scissorhands
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Dumb and Dumber
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Contact
Seven
Pitch Black
What Dreams May Come
American Pie
Good Will Hunting
Primal Fear
Willy Wonka (the original)
American Beauty
American History X
The Matrix
Romeo + Juliet
Office Space
The Usual Suspects
COLLEGE: Boondock Saints
Saving Private Ryan
Snatch
Pi
Donnie Darko
SLC Punk
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Waking Life
Dirty Pretty Things
Life is Beautiful
Hero
Iron Monkey
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Garden State
Spirited Away
Amelie
SINCE COLLEGE:
Napoleon Dynamite
L'Auberge Espagnole
A Very Long Engagement
Man on Fire
Pride and Prejudice
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Everything is illuminated
Little Miss Sunshine
Science of Sleep

My Blog

leaving milwaukee...

After long speculation, and a little hesitation, Tonia and I made a big decision last night:I got into Graduate School at San Francisco Art Institute to study New Genres. Tonia and I will be moving t...
Posted by christopher on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:25:00 PST

today...

i saw greenland
Posted by christopher on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:59:00 PST

today...

i saw a child crying in bloody terror... she was sitting on a mall santa's lap
Posted by christopher on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:57:00 PST

today...

I saw a young indian man with a complete unibrow.
Posted by christopher on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:46:00 PST

today...

This morning I saw an old man happily singing to himself in the trainstation... he wasn't going anywhere.
Posted by christopher on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:26:00 PST

today...

I saw a man eat the quizzno's wrapper that his sandwich was in... I saw him stop chewing, look at the bite marks on the paper, shrug, and continue chewing.
Posted by christopher on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:24:00 PST

I'm bad at this.

To whom it may concern: This is the first time I've written for months on Myspace. If you're a friend, and you wrote me in the past like 3 months- I am sorry for being an ass- but I'll write you back ...
Posted by christopher on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:53:00 PST

today...

Today I saw a bum pushing a shopping cart full of cans... his hat read "Shit Happens."
Posted by christopher on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:37:00 PST

Today...

Today I woke up on the beach in Florida...
Posted by christopher on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:57:00 PST

Today...

Today I threw away all the brazilian nuts...
Posted by christopher on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:13:00 PST