boys. bands. boys in bands. whiskey. whiskers. boys with whiskers. bands with whiskers. boys in bands with whiskers. boys who drink whiskey. boys with whiskers who drink whiskey. and my favorite, boys with whiskers that are in bands and drink whiskey. add in tattoos, sass, ass, grass. not so much cash. it changes people.
the conductor of the train to sassy town. who may or may not be this guy but i'm pretty sure it is him:i mean he looks like a conductor of some sort, right?also, .. width="425" height="350" ..
i guess i respond to lyrics and vocals more than anything else. that explains most of my favorites. but let us not forget the importance of ass-shake-abilty. all men, in time, must shake that thang. no not that thang. the groooove thang. and now, the list-jawbreaker, gnarls barkley, mute math, romeo void, my chemical romance, doves, fugazi, jawbox, self, prince, camper van beethoven, george gershwin, jets to brazil, bjork, the police, fiona apple, soundgarden, faith no more, burning airlines, coheed and cambria, nirvana, green day, at the drive-in, audioslave, bad brains, nirvana, the deftones, blonde redhead, glassjaw, mr. bungle, eagles of death metal, billy idol, apollo up, interpol, rachels, the mars volta, low, led zeppelin, the cure, the clash, june of 44, dianogah, beastie boys, beck, citizen cope, modest mouse, blood brothers, radiohead, the walkmen, david bowie, the casket lottery, elvis costello, built to spill, kyuss, death cab for cutie, mos def, outkast, the pixies, failure, etta james, muse, nine inch nails, portishead, queens of the stoneage, bloc party, three mille pilot, the lucky guns, the vines, the white stripes, the yeah yeah yeahs, the rapture, velvet underground, slint, jeff buckley, pretty girls make graves, foo fighters, jeru the damaja, sunny day real estate, shellac, p.j. harvey, sigur ros, any band mike shepherd has ever been in, more when i feel like it.and if your band sounds like these bands, i will probably not like your band. do something new, damn you.and just so you know, i hate courtney love. it is my humble opinion that she should be torn limb from limb by dave and chris. but that's enough of my odd fantasies held over from the 8th fucking grade.
i like war movies. yes. all of them. also, kubrick, the coen brothers, wes anderson. anything with bill murray. donie darko. the exorcist is also a favorite. and dark comedy, like mommy dearest.
cartoons that are not for children.
The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Karski : How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust by Jan Karski (i actually met this guy. he was amazing.) ,The Autobiography of Henry VIII : With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George (fictional autobiography. very fun.), East Goes West by Younghill Kang, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Twenty Love Poems: And a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, Little Birds by Anais Nin. Anything at all written by Chuck Palahniuk.
my mom. real men. and any straight, white boy who can, and will, cut a rug. so, i guess jesse hughes and mikhail baryshnikov. and no, i did not have to spell check that. i've been in love with Misha my whole life.