john profile picture

john

About Me

popular culture no longer applies to me.

My Interests

music and instruments, writing, archiving, picture-taking, atmosphere, geography, making lists, Nordic countries, getting away, languages, proper grammar, changes over time, cats, driving around at night, dancing foolishly, eyeliner, baci, hugging, blissing out, the scent of vanilla, cities, de stijl, modernism, the Glass House, late nights, winter and fall, walking, hidden places, the beach at night, out for dinner, food (esp. italian peasant food, indian, curry, dessert), H&M, chai, chocolate, Kahlua&Milk, Nutella, wine, offensive humor, apple computers, concert films, old tailored clothing, my band, my friends, pajamas, sleeping, solitude, simplicity, quiet.

Music:

Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Muse, The Cure, Sigur Rós, Radiohead, Beatles, Arcade Fire, Jens Lekman, Scott Walker, Slowdive, Interpol, Morrissey, The Smiths, U2 (the older the better), Joy Division, New Order, Johnny Cash, Afghan Whigs, Bach, Bauhaus, Beach Boys, Björk, Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, Dresden Dolls, Dungen, Ennio Morricone, Coil, Franz Ferdinand, Jesus and Mary Chain, King Crimson, Kraftwerk, Low, Mew, My Bloody Valentine, Neko Case, Nirvana, Portishead, Rachmaninov, the Raveonettes, Sufjan Stevens, Serena Maneesh, the Sisters of Mercy, (older)nine inch nails, the White Stripes, Philip Glass, Julee Cruise, Angelo Badalamenti, Black Tamborine, Suede.

drones, voices, crooning, orchestral, tons of reverb, Spectorian walls of sound, moody christmas music, gentle strumming, organs/choirs in large churches, weeping violins and slide guitars, grand pianos.

musical endeavors: Shark , The Tyler Trudeau Attempt , Freudecai , Apse .

Movies:

Ingmar Bergman, David Lynch, Tarantino, anything on the Criterion Collection, anything profound.

Television:

comedy central, food network, conan, married with children, the state, arrested development, seinfeld, family guy, six feet under, the office.

Books:

i have a strange relationship with books...

Heroes:

"we could be heroes."