Time Bandits, Fisher King, Yng Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Miller's Crossing, Hudsucker Proxy, Spinal Tap, Kentucky Fried Movie, Clerks, Shaun of the Dead, No Country for Old Men, The Muppet Movie, The Aristocrats, Love and Death, Sleeper
MUSIC
Alejandro Escovedo, Blue Mountain, Beaver Nelson, FRank Zappa, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Blue Mountain, Kenny Roby/6 String Drag, Whiskeytown/Ryan Adams, Pixies/Frank Blag, Daniel Johnston, Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt/Wilco, Warren Zevon, Joe Henry, Robbie Fulks, Tom Waits, the Jayhawks, Primus, King Crimson/Adrian Belew, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Chuck Berry, The Bottle Rockets, Robby Roadsteamer, Built to Spill, Superchunk, The Torch Marauder, Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five
BOOKS
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, CAtch-22, Mother Night, World War Z, The Unstrung Harp (Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel), Three Bricks Shy (And the Load Filled Up), Cannery Row, Born Standing Up (Steve Martin), Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Intrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit, The Motel Life
I'm a writer/musician living in Massachusetts. I cover the comedy scene for the Boston Glob and write about comedy, music, and the arts for various local and national publications. I also write a blog called the Optimistic Curmudgeon.
