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Adam

About Me

Going to Iceland this summer. Somehow plotting a return to the Bay after grad school. Making magic.

My Interests

Dancing in the dark(room). Making mixtapes. Mythology. Rock n roll. Photographs. The Oakland A's . Represent. http://www.artofphotographyshow.com/awards.html

Music:

I like dirty, garage-y rock n roll that gets in your pants.

OVENS, American Steel, Neverending Party, OVENS, Fleshies, Sebadoh, Abi Yoyos, French Quarter, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Julie Doiron, Broken Strings, Future Virgins, Sexy, Tulsa, Ghostface, Turf Talk, Saturday Looks Good To Me, The Shods, Hayden, Simone White, Joanna Newsom, Mary Weiss, Reigning Sound, Black Lips, Dirtbombs, King Khan and BBQ Show, The Deadly Snakes, The Hold Steady, John Prine, Creedence, Dead Moon, Nina Nastasia, Otis, Readyville, Nedelle, Lonelyhearts, and OVENS.

Movies:

The Princess Bride, The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk, Trust, Army of Darkness, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Delicatessan, UHF, In The Mood For Love, Once Upon A Time.

Books:

Right now: Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen.

Bastard out of Carolina, Slightly Out Of Focus, Never Mind The Pollacks, Our Band Could Be Your Life, How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life (The Center of Interest Will Not Hold may be my favorite short story.), Neil Gaiman, John Gardner, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Weschler, Alice Munro, Jonathan Carroll, Jonathan Lethem, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jack Gilbert, Tim Winton, Haruki Murakami, Brady Udall, Terry Goodkind, Lydia Davis, Craig Foltz, Elizabeth McCracken, Maurice Sendak.

Heroes:

Philip Perkis, Andy Satinsky, Robert Frank, John Fahey, Mike Watt, and Ricky Henderson.