Ass Kicking, Name Taking. Inventorying the lists of names that i've made of the asses i've kicked. Film. The Record that Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston made together. Diet Coke, Altoids.
I'd like to meet:
Lou Reed, John Lennon, Robert Pollard, Mark Twain, Sam Fuller, Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Dorothy Parker, Terry Southern (yes this list contains dead folk) Nick Cave, Mr. T (just cause if I was ever at a party and needed a great ice breaker I can see a humorous anecdote about the former A-Teamer being just the ticket) a multitude of others.
Music:
The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, T.Rex, Syd Barrett, Os Mutantes, Pavement, The Flaming Lips, Jolie Holland, Pavement, Broadcast, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Anything associated with Elephant Six for that matter, Captain Beefheart, The Black Keys, The Black Heart Procession, The Black Lips, David Bowie, Love, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Cat Power, Can, John Coltrane, Daniel Johnston, Danielson, Nina Simone, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Air, Half Japanese, Guided By Voices, Brian Eno, The Arcade Fire, Television, The Ramones, Serge Gainsbourg, Edith Piaf, Elvis Costello, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth, Devendra Banhart, The Pastels, Joanna Newsom, Smog, Lush, Wire, Royal Trux and Neil Hagerty, Belle and Sebastian, anything Jim O' Rourke touches, Camera Obscura, The Unicorns, Islands, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Final Fantasy, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Ok that's enough if you want to talk music ask me and I will assemble a mix cd that will blow your mind and soothe your soul (like chicken soup)
Movies:
It's not fair for me to be asked this question really but i'll give it a go. I greatly enjoy the work of Jim Jarmusch, John Cassavettes, Hal Hartley. I dearly love David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry, Orson Welles and Sergio Leone. Typically anything that David Mamet can be associated with. Zardoz (come to my house we'll watch it) The Marx Brothers in general same goes for Buster Keaton and Tod Slaughter. The Maysles Brothers, Robert Drew (the creators of Direct Cinema in general) Noah Baumbach,The Loved One, Jandek on Corwood, Two Headed Cow, Easy Rider, Anything by Cocteau, Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby rules), Slacker (I have tons of respect for Linklater), Repo Man, The Machinist, Grey Gardens, Pickup on South Street, The Changeling, Paris Texas, Videodrome, The Last Picture Show, The Wild Bunch, The Warriors, Nightmare on Elm Street, Dawn of The Dead, Cemetary Man, Audition, Gozu, Donnie Darko, The Devil and Daniel Johnston (all of Jeff's films), El Topo, The Goonies, Dr. Strangelove so many others I'm sure i'm forgetting. Probably left of something important...shit.
Television:
I miss The State and Freaks and Geeks
Books:
anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Jim Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk, Charles Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, David Sedaris, Mark Leyner, Dave Eggers, Neal Pollack, Lester Bangs, Jack Kerouac, Irvine Welsh, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Grant Morrison, Bill Willingham, Alan Moore, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, J.D. Salinger, Dorothy Parker, Tom Robbins, Chuck Klosterman, Jean Paul Satre, Brian Wood, Greil Marcus, Peter Guralnick, Colin Escott, Terry Southern, I think Where the Wild Things Are and The Little Prince should be read by every child and then again when they reach adulthood as should The Thief of Always and The Westing Game. Lots more.
Heroes:
Batman mostly. Ooh wait I forgot Harry Dean Stanton.
