my record collection is in storage in london (boo!), but there's nothing better than spending hours playing new wave 7 inches... i read a ton of fiction, it helps my mind unwind. i like comix too - jaime hernandez, charles burns, julie doucet amongst others.
new pals in nyc/brooklyn. people up for doing stuff - gigs, movies, galleries.
the slits, make-up, x, germs, kinks, sex pistols, b-52s, le tigre, fiery furnaces, huggy bear, the kills, the three johns, sons and daughters, modern lovers, boredoms, tracy and the plastics, unrest, gories, scritti politti, cramps, the fall, esg, velvet underground, ramones, p.i.l., buzzcocks, unwound, au pairs, electrelane, black flag, pussy galore, beat happening, royal trux, the damned, bikini kill, telepathe, white magic, the fall, bowwowwow, the monochrome set, sonic youth, CSS, we are wolves, the new sound of numbers, bonde do role, clinic, yo majesty
the conversation, the hired hand, buffalo 66, dreaming with the fishes, nowhere, tarnation, filth and the fury, rock and roll high school, 400 blows, chungking express, gummo, dog day afternoon, blood simple, the funeral, trees lounge, martin, shadows, l.a. takedown
the paperboy, fortress of solitude, geek love, virgin suicides, tender is the night, on the road, woe to live on, the bikeriders, the restraint of beasts, morvern callar, no beast so fierce, the history man, arthur and george, drugs are nice, wise blood, naked pueblo, the basic eight. comix: black hole, love & rockets, optic nerve, dirty plotte, persepolis,
john lydon, johnny ramone, patti smith, kathleen hanna