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Matthew Serra

mediokritykills

About Me

"Nice and Blue (pt. Two)"

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

interesting people.

Music:

a lily, anathallo, akron/family, amiina, a silver mt zion, the beatles, billy bates, the books, botch, brian eno, cave in, chrono cross soundtrack, chrono trigger soundtrack, clogs, converge, cool hand luke, coworker, the dirty projectors, denali, the dodos, efterklang, eric whitacre, everything now!, every time i die, fairweather, flaming lips, foxhole, iron & wine, isis, james blackshaw, jeff buckley, KAYO DOT, king crimson, lovedrug, make a rising, mare, the mars volta, mastodon, maudlin of the well, mewithoutYou, the microphones, michael hedges, the minus tide, minus the bear, mogwai, mount eerie, psalters, radiohead, red sparowes, refused, scarlet, shai hulud, sigur ros, sleeping people, sleepytime gorilla museum, sufjan stevens, tartar lamb, timbre, toby driver, tosca tango orchestra, the weakerthans, wolf parade, wovenhand

Movies:

memento, princess mononoke, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, spirited away, howl's moving castle, identity, monty python and the holy grail, duplex, hook, snatch

Television:

above all ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT! also: home movies, space ghost coast to coast, aqua teen hunger force, family guy

Books:

the stranger, ender's game, speaker for the dead, xenocide, children of the mind, ender's shadow, shadow of the hegemon, shadow puppets, lord of the flies, the chronicles of narnia, calvin and hobbes, harry potter, 25th hour, a scanner darkly

My Blog

2007 top 10

1. Dirty Projectors - Rise Above1. Akron/Family - Love is Simple3. Canon Blue - Colonies4. The Dodos - Beware the Maniacs5. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice6. James Blackshaw - Cloud of Unknowing7. Radi...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:05:00 PST

so i noticed...

...that my blog ends up being viewed like a lot for some reason. i don't really get it, especially because i don't really post anything new, yet views keep going up. i was wondering if i have a stal...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:44:00 PST

hm.

If love isn't real, then I am insane.
Posted by Matthew Serra on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:37:00 PST

I have the best ideas when I'm falling asleep

This afternoon as I was on my way home, I decided to take a nap, and to block out the music permeating the car, I put on some Brian Eno. During Dance 1, I had a half-dream about a man bowing down and ...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

i think about science sometimes?

 i'm wondering how drawn the line is between physical and mental perception.  last night drifting to sleep, i concentrated on looking directly into bright lights in my mind, and as i became ...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:34:00 PST

pro life/choice?

I've come to the realization that the abortion question really isn't about whether killing is wrong or not. I think most people will agree that killing a person should not be illegal. What I think it ...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:02:00 PST

modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank

For thousands of years, Modest Mouse has been making independent rock "cool," allowing jock and reject alike to enjoy the pleasures of their creations.  Topping number one one the charts, We Were...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:19:00 PST

kayo dot - choirs of the eye

Starving artists are a cliché that will never grow old.  Kayo Dot, the best band you never heard of, lives this phrase, supplementing their small music-produced revenue by taking part in medical ...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:16:00 PST

cursive - happy hollow

Cursive's previous album, The Ugly Organ,  a creatively written, well produced, and emotionally stimulating trip through the muddy swamps of Tim Kasher's depressing mind, carves a hole difficult ...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:17:00 PST

The Mars Volta - Amputechture

Both praised and bashed, the unmistakable Mars Volta always leave a strong impression.  Whether you enjoy them or not, you can't say they aren't original.  However, I've observed in quasi-e...
Posted by Matthew Serra on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:49:00 PST