readin', watchin' films, eatin', drinkin', bangin' the guitars, puttin' on the records, foolin' with the crib. travelin' skiin' fishin' when the rare time window comes along these days.
Elvis.I dig it when a Bunny calls me a "big wig" and pronounces "precipitous" correctly
The Replacements/St. Paul Westerberg, Slobberbone, Joe Pernice, Handsome Family, Husker Du, Otis Redding, George Jones, The King Elvis, Uncle Tupelo/Jay Farrar/Son Volt, Drive-by Truckers, Whiskeytown/Ryan, Cat Power, Neil Young, Dinosaur Jr., Superchunk, Centro-matic, Aphex Twin, Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon, The Fall, Pavement/Malkmus, Big Star, Superchunk, The Faces/old Rod Stewart, Wilco, Joy Division/New Order, My Bloody Valentine, Guided by Voices, Silver Jews, Neko Case, My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, Grand Champeen, Stones, Beatles, Dylan, Hank Williams, Richard Buckner, Damien Jurado, Steely Dan, Hank/Cash/Waylon/Willie/Merle
American Movie, Goodfellas, Paris Texas, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Cuckoo's Nest, Tender Mercies, Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, Hard Day's Night, Fletch, The Deer Hunter, Office Space, Full Metal Jacket, Donnie Darko, dumb Arnold movies, any Beat Takeshi or Clint Eastwood, any Kurosawa, any Lynch. Lots of stuff, I like my Netflix.
Simpsons, Seinfeld, I don't keep abreast of the latest shows so well.... COPS? does that count? what year is this? OK.... now The Office.
Favorites..... mmmm OK.... The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, any Murakami, Franny and Zooey, Last Train to Memphis, For Whom the Bell Tolls, New York Trilogy, Snow Country, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Kafka, books about music and art, Crime and Punishment, Faulkner, PJ O'Rourke stuff....
They know who they are. I salute their spandex AND capes.