2004-08-11 « »
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First Record Bought: tape: the metallica black album, at a mall in sheboygan. cd: in utero by nirvana.

First Concert: def leppard, when i was 12 with my mom. they were my favorite band for many years.

Favourite Music Movie: oh my god obviously hard day's night.

Favourite Music Book: high fidelity

Favourite Songwriter: maybe bobby wratten

Favourite Producer: the fellow who did eternal sunshine for the spotless mind. also stephen soderburg, usually.

Favourite Record Label: shelflife i think. um for 45s - buddah!

Favourite Magazine: design magazines that cost like $12 and weigh thirty pounds usually. and are the size of a tv tray. yeah, those

Favourite Bassist: the boy from barcelona. i dont know if he plays bass though

Favourite Album Cover: i really like holiday's album covers, all of them. that miguel migs album from last year or so. most brazilian electronic comps have excellent artwork.

Favourite Teen Idol: well, mark ruffalo has recently become a hollywood pretty boy which is grotesque as i adore his tooth so much and they always make him hide it in the seventeen magazine pictures, christ. but teen idol, justin timberlake and his cat-shaped head.

Artist Who Broke Your Heart: oh, easily: tim booth. absolutely.

Artist You Will Always Believe In: paul westerberg, not always his music but always his voice.

Singer Who Makes Your Skin Crawl: sarah mclaughlan.

Singer Who Makes You Swoon: duh the boy from barcelona, and the girl too. Favourite Sound: i love a good click every now and again

Album You Will Always Defend: journey's greatest hits. always always, not even to be ironic

Album You Own That No One Else Does: oh god. hm, wilson phillips s/t. joshua kadison: painted desert serenade. mr big: lean into it. firehouse: hold your fire. richard marx: rush street. all of these were my favorite albums at one time and i love having them in my collection because it's so good to listen to something i really loved

Classic Album You Own but Don't Like: okay i have a christopher cross record... um and honeymoon suite har har

Artist You're Supposed to Like but Don't: white stripes who are so terribly horrible it makes sense they're mainstream popular but they're also hipster popular, i dont know why

Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like: most of tim booth's new album

Band That Should Break Up: well, tim booth should just stop making music because he obviously forgot how to do it, and move on to recording audio books because his speaking voice is insane gorgeous

Band That Should Re-form: okay i just want to see jacques dutronc live when he was like 26

Guilty Pleasure: eamon, "don't want you back" oh shit i could listen to that song over and over. also daniel beddingfield "if youre not the one"

Favourite Music DVD: hm, radiohead's dvds are always really perfect

Concert You Wish You'd Seen: woodstock. i'm sorry, i just do. also a live taping of hullaballoo where i could dance on tv.

Dream Collaboration: rose melberg and the singer for tahiti 80, oh yeah.