Books, literary fiction, music, crime, politics and law.
"Genuine politics -- politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole." -- Vaclav Havel, writer and former president of Czechoslovakia.
Beatles, Clash, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, Dandy Warhols, Doors, Led Zeppelin, Modern Lovers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Replacements, The Strokes, Shins, Talking Heads, U2, Wreckless Eric, X, and so on.
American Beauty, Animal House, Annie Hall, Before Sunrise, Breakfast Club, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Celebrity, Chasing Amy, Dazed and Confused, Dr. No, Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider, Ellie Parker, The Godfather, The Graduate, Lawrence of Arabia, Manhattan, Mostly Martha, Saturday Night Fever, Shampoo, Something About Mary, Stranger Than Fiction, Wedding Crashers, Zoolander.
Author of "The King of Methlehem," "Never Mind Nirvana," "Carnival Desires," and "Sad Movies." Fan of Steve Almond, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bret Easton Ellis, Peter Farrelly, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tama Janowitz, Jack Keroauc, Jay McInerney, Haruki Murakami, Boris Pasternak, Tom Perrotta, Philip Roth, and many others.