IF YOU'RE IN NYC IN JUNE, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO SEE ONE OF LUKE RATHBORNE'S SHOWS. DETAILS BELOW:
These things are shamelessly important to me:
music . poker . reading . chicago bears . fine suits . not-so-fine drink . Kio and Nigel . f.c. barcelona . surfing the world wide internet . rolled up aces over kings .
Why, Whiplash the rodeo monkey, of course.
in alphabetical order, by first name (because, yes...i have O.C.D.): Adam Green . Air . Al Green . Albert Hammond, Jr. . Albert Hammond, Sr. . Apples in Stereo . The Arcade Fire . Arctic Monkeys . The Beach Boys . The Beatles . Beck . Bee Gees . Ben Folds Five . Ben Kweller . Beulah . Billy Idol . Black Rebel Motorcycle Club . Blondie . Blur . Bob Dylan . Bob Marley . The Bravery . Brian Eno . Bruce Springsteen . Buddy Holly . Built To Spill . The Cardigans . The Cars . Cheap Trick . The Clash . Cornershop . Cotton Mather . The Cure . Cyndi Lauper . The Dandy Warhols . David Bowie . The Dead Trees . Devo . Donovan . The Doors . Duran Duran . Eagles of Death Metal . Eels . Elastica . Elliott Smith . Elton John . Elvis Costello . Elvis Presley . Eugene Kelly . The Flaming Lips . Fountains of Wayne . French Kicks . George Harrison . Guided By Voices . Hall & Oates . Har Mar Superstar . Harry Nilsson . Iggy Pop . The Inmen . Jackson 5 . James Brown . Jeff Buckley . The Jesus & Mary Chain . Jody Porter . John Lennon . Johnny Cash . Jonathan Richman . Joy Division . The Killers . Kings of Leon . The Kinks . Leonard Cohen . Lou Reed . Luke Rathborne . The Magnetic Fields . Marvin Gaye . Matt Sharp . MGMT . Michael Jackson . The Modern Lovers . The Moldy Peaches . The Mooney Suzuki . Morrissey . The Muffs . My Morning Jacket . Nada Surf . Neil Young . New Order . Nick Drake . Nirvana . Oasis . Papas Fritas . Patsy Cline . Paul Simon . Pavement . Pearl Jam . The Pixies . The Pogues . The Police . The Presidents of the United States of America . The Pretenders . Prince . Pulp . Queen . R.E.M. . Radiohead . The Ramones . Ray Charles . The Realistics . Regina Spektor . The Rentals . Rod Stewart . The Rolling Stones . Rondelles . Roy Orbison . Ryan Adams . Sean Lennon . Sean Na Na . Sex Pistols . Sloan . Smashing Pumpkins . The Smiths . Smokey Robinson . The Sounds . Stan Getz . Stevie Wonder . Stone Temple Pilots . The Stooges . The Strokes . Sublime . Superdrag . Supergrass . Talk Talk . Talking Heads . The Temptations . that dog. . Tom Petty . Traveling Wilburys . Vampire Weekend . Van Morrison . The Vaselines . The Velvet Underground . Violent Femmes . Weezer . The White Stripes . The Who . Willie Nelson . Amy Winehouse . The Wrens . Yeah Yeah Yeahs . You Am I
Anything by The Marx Bros. . Let It Be . 12 Monkeys . Adaptation. . Bottlerocket . The Royal Tenenbaums . The Life Aquatic . Rushmore . The Darjeeling Limited . The Fisher King . Glengarry Glen Ross . Rounders . Gimme Shelter . Weezer:Video Capture Device . Dig! . Annie Hall . Abre Los Ojos (Spanish) . The Squid And The Whale . Punch-Drunk Love . Magnolia . The Big Lebowski . Kill Bill:Vol I & II . This Is Spinal Tap . Lost In Translation
24 . The Family Guy . The Chappelle Show . Chicago Bears' Games . Extras . Seinfeld . The Office (UK) . Barcelona Futból Matches . The Office (US) . Mr. Show . Arrested Development . The Simpsons . Aqua Teen Hunger Force . Entourage . The Sopranos . Flight of the Conchords
Man Without A County (Vonnegut) . Crime & Punishment (Dostoyevsky) . The Sound and The Fury (Faulkner) . The Secret Life of Salvidor Dalà (DalÃ) . Meditations (Descartes) . Fear And Trembling (Kierkegaard) . Super System & Super System II:A Course In Power Poker (Brunson) . 100 Years Of Solitude (Garcia Marquez) . Howling At The Moon (Yetnikoff) . Love In The Time Of Cholera (Garcia Marquez) . The Cave (Saramago) . Survivor (Palahniuk) . Fight Club (Palahniuk) . Invisible Monsters (Palahniuk) . In Cold Blood (Capote) . Lies (And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them) (Franken) . The Celestine Prophecy (Redfield) . In My Life:The Brian Epstein Story (Gellar) . Stoned (Loog Oldham) Chronicles:Vol I (Dylan) . Hitmen (Dannen) . A Farewell To Arms (Hemingway) . The Torrents Of Spring (Hemingway) . Miss Lonleyhearts (West) . A People's History Of The United States (Zinn) . 1984 (Orwell) . Brave New World (Huxley) . Catcher In The Rye (Salinger) . The Grapes Of Wrath (Steinbeck) . The Pearl (Steinbeck) . Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) . Cash:The Autobiography (Cash) . No One Here Gets Out Alive (Hopkins & Sugarman) . Come As You Are (Azerrad) . Bringing Down The House (Mezrich) . On The Road (Kerouac) . The Portable Plato (Plato; edited by Buchanon) . Play Poker Like The Pros (Hellmuth) . Making The Final Table (Lindgren) . Harpo Speaks (Marx & Barber) . The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Chabon) . The Origin Of Species (Darwin) . The Sense Of Being Stared At (Sheldrake) . The Rum Diaries (Thompson) . Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas (Thompson)
My pop... you're a good man, Chip! don't let anyone tell you differently, and don't take any shit from anyone.