Music, Photography, Graphic Design, Museums, Claremont parties, Bowling nights in Jersey, and spending time at The Thomas
someone who inspires
"I saw Ryan [Adams] play a secret show on Tuesday night at the Borderline. It was great to see him play such a small room. He is so f'ing good that I want to stop what I am doing and rethink my whole decision to make music. His voice just flows out of him like water out of sparkling new tap. Completely effortless. I think he probably wrote most of the songs in the car on the way to the show. I say this not because they were bad, they were beautiful, but I know him and he is that good, and that type of artist that can do shit like that." - Leona Naess
yup - alphabetically straight from the pod: The Album Leaf
ANI DIFRANCO
The Arcade Fire, Brandtson, Brown Couch, Cassey Golie Band, Counting Crows, Damien Rice, David Gray
DCFC
Eastmountainsouth, Filter, Finch, Fiona Apple, The Format, The Frames, Fruit Bats, G Love, Girl Talk, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Grand Buffet, Hall & Oats, Halloween Alaska, Hot Rod Circuit, The Hush Sound, In Flight Safety, Incubus, Jazz is Dead
THE JEALOUS SOUND
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEW
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
Johnny Lang, Jon McLaughlin,
JONI MITCHELL
Kenna, The Kooks, Leona Naess, Liz Phair, Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, Mates of State, Matt Pond PA, Mazzy Star, Minus the Bear, The New Self Defense
NINE INCH NAILS
Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Pete Murray, Phil Collins
PHOENIX
PJ loughran, The Police, Postal Service, The Push Stars, Ray LaMontagne, Recover, Refused
REGINA SPEKTOR
RYAN ADAMS (AND THE CARDINALS)
Self, Sheryl Crow, Sia
THE SMYRK
Snow Patrol, Speechwriters LLC, Spill Canvas
SPOON
Stars, Teitur, Third Eye Blind, Throwback, Tom Petty (and his Heartbreakers)
TORI AMOS
Tracy Chapman, Train, Tristan Prettyman, Van Morrison, The Wannadies
WHISKEYTOWN
THE WHITE STRIPES
Zerofour, The Zutons
No Country For Old Men, High Fidelity, Sandlot, Goonies, Big Lebowski, Mallrats, Big Lebowski, Empire Records, Serendipity, Crash, Boondock Saints, Vanilla Sky, Beautiful Girls, Out Cold, Usual Suspects, Billy Madison, Life As a House, Closer, Life of David Gale
THE WIRE, Lost, HouseMD, and Entourage
No Country For Old Men, The Westing Game, Slaughterhouse Five, Bluebeard, Secret Lives of Bees, any Elmore Leonard books, The Fountainhead, Ferris Beach, and The Cat in the Hat