John

Music:

Lots and lots of stuff; it'd be nice to have the energy to get out to more shows, though.

I run the teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy Loud Devices record label (on this myspace thing at www.myspace.com/louddevices ).

Obligatory long list of bands I like: The Fall, The Ex, The Mekons, Eleventh Dream Day, Radio Birdman, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Archer Prewitt, The Afghan Whigs (back in a previous age I compiled what for a time was the authoritative Afghan Whigs discography -- now superceded by the dullicious.com Afghan Whigs discography and the Whigs, Twilight Singers, and related projects discography at summerskiss.com ), Greg Dulli, Guided By Voices, Laura Cantrell, Edith Frost, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Brokeback, Half Man Half Biscuit, Circus Lupus, Red Eyed Legends, Simon Joyner, Bishop Allen, Ashtray Boy, Marty Robbins, The Handsome Family, The Raincoats, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, MOTO, The Ponys, Magnetic Fields, Stereo Total, Vive la Fete, Quickspace, Grimble Grumble, Freakwater, Sally Timms, R.E.M., Merle Haggard, George Jones, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Hamicks, Galactic Inmate, Bastro, Bedhead, Slowdive, Kleenex, LiLiPUT, The Rezillos, The Replacements, Galaxie 500, Bevis Frond, The Aislers Set, Aden, Currituck Co., The Purrs, Johnny Cash, Creme Blush, A Certain Ratio, The Goblins, The Jam, Field Mice, The Coctails, Dog Faced Hermans, Television Personalities, The Dirty Three, The Tindersticks, The Undertones, Wire

Television:

Veronica Mars, uh, Battlestar Galactica

Was watching Drive, but they cancelled it just as it was getting interesting.

Selected fave shows: Firefly, Buffy..., Arrested Development, Sports Night, The Office...

Books:

Just finished: Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce

Heroes: