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Lia Matera

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About Me

I write novels (audio of the most recent is on iTunes, others are listed/excerpted at www.liamatera.com).

My Interests

Politics, music

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking for suggestions about new bands, if you can gauge my taste from the "music" part of my profile. Some concerts I've loved: Radiohead, Muse, Mando Diao, Arctic Monkeys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Art Brut, TV on the Radio, Franz Ferdinand, The Streets, Lady Sovereign, Kaiser Chiefs, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, The Mars Volta, Dirty Pretty Things, Interpol, White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie, They Might Be Giants, The Rakes, Be Your Own Pet, Arcade Fire, New Pornographers, Built To Spill, Bright Eyes.Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
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|Beirut - Elephant Gun

Peter, Bjorn & John - Objects of My Affection |OF MONTREAL - SUFFER FOR FASHION BONDE DO ROLE - SOLTA O FRANGONOI - ORGANIC STRUCTURETED LEO - BOMB REPEAT BOMB

Music:

Duels, Presets, The Rapture, Jamie T, Sunshine Underground, TV on the Radio, Art Brut, Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Band of Horses, Wolfmother, Jarvis Cocker, Mando Diao, Thermals, Radiohead, The Faint, Fischerspooner, Pulp, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Shins, The Streets, Klaxons, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, The Mars Volta, Libertines, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, M.I.A., Fratellis, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Neutral Milk Hotel, Dizzee Rascal, Plan B, Forward Russia, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dirty Pretty Things, Of Montreal, Peter Bjorn and John, Fujiya & Miyami, Handsome Furs, Bonde do Role, Beirut, Charlatans, Eels, Electric Six, The Hold Steady, The Rakes, Social Distortion, Zutons, The National, Yourcodenameis:Milo, Superstrings, Dzierzynski Bitz, Mr. Humbert, Brothers Grim, Rocker Mice from Mars, Sabaka, Sakura, Pompeya, Noi, Polysics

Movies:

Memento, The Usual Suspects, Adaptation, Godfather 1 and 2

Television:

Subterranean, Entourage, The Wire, The Shield, Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars, Buffy

Books:

Austen, Auster, Bulgakov, Chandler, Haddon, Hornby, Lethem, Y. Martel, Sciascia, Vonnegut; suspense, thrillers, science fiction

Heroes:

Sarcastro, from The Tick