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- Location: Lawrence
- Hometown: Minneapolis
- Comments: 982 (view all or subscribe via RSS)
How I came to live in Lawrence
I worked for Geological Survey and went to Kansas. I couldn't stay there, I just couldn't. I don't like to explain myself.
Favorite Web sites
http://www.reason.com
http://www.m-w.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.allmusic.com
http://www.metacritic.org
others
Favorite music
That depends on my mood...
Some favorites right this second:
Interpol
Field Music
Super Furry Animals
The Orb
Ulrich Schnauss
Tangerine Dream
Kraftwerk
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Spacemen 3
Alice in Chains
The Chameleons UK
Nina Simone
Favorite books
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell
The Courage to Write - Ralph Keyes
Clear and Simple As the Truth: Writing Classic Prose - Francis Noel Thomas and Mark Turner
Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students - James Elkins
Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles - Thomas Sowell
Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell
Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold! - Jeanne Martinet ( most hilarious book ever)
anything by Edward Gorey
Favorite TV shows
South Park
Mad Men (I was against the idea at first, it seemed too stylized and self-indulgent, but it's addicting...like a 60s Entourage)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Peep Show
The Office UK
Extras
Spaced
Favorite movies
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Rear Window
Closer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Spirited Away
Cocaine Cowboys
Heat
Ratatouille
Art School Confidential
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- Editorial: Poor process May 19, 2013
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