When I get bored in study hall, this is what I do
Top five….
all time favorite songs
1. fiona apple – across the universe (beatles cover)
2. radiohead – idioteque
3. blind melon – no rain
4. the smashing pumpkins – 33
5. bruce springsteen – thunder road
jimmy eat world songs
1. for me this is heaven
2. roller queen
3. table for glasses
4. the authority song
5. lucky denver mint
radiohead songs
1. idioteque
2. let down
3. how I made my millions
4. the bends
5. climbing up the walls
ash songs
1. oh yeah
2. folk song
3. shining light
4. someday
5. innocent smile
r.e.m. songs
1. nightswimming
2. the sidewinder sleeps tonite
3. find the river
4. sitting still
5. let me in
best musical experiences of my life
1. first concert I ever played (with no jargon) – december 31, 1998
2. r.e.m. in concert – september 11, 1999
3. radiohead in concert – april 15, 1998
4. listening to “the bends” for my first time – sometime back in 1996
5. playing my first real guitar the day my parents bought it for me– also sometime back in 1996 (shortly after #4)
favorite places in maine/new hampshire
1. wells beach
2. bull moose music
3. mt ag.
4. middle of the woods in the boonies of york
5. my car
tim burton movies
1. edwards scissorhands
2. pee wee’s big adventure
3. mars attacks
4. beetlejuice
5. batman
recocurring mad tv characters
1. stuart
2. the mannequin killer
3. coffee guy
4. rusty
5. steven segal
reasons i go to wells beach as opposed to others
1. there's not as many people as at other beaches
2. its much more quiet
3. THE JETTI
4. more people go there to relax or read, rather than reveal their body to the passing public
5. its more likely to be in a tim burton film
smashing pumpkins songs
1. 33
2. medillia of the grey skies
3. wound
4. once upon a time
5. bodies
things i miss from elementary school
1. the existence of alternative music
2. the lack of study halls
3. trends consisting of dumb jokes and playground injuries
4. spirits being a lot higher
5. being popular with the girls, because i was the only guy i knew who would admit i liked them
things that make me smile
1. nightswimming
2. rickenbacker guitars
3. christmas eve
4. my neice when she's happy to see me
5. cowgirls
favorite guitar players
1. jimi hendrix (of course)
2. kevin shields
3. billy corgan
4. eddie van halen
5. elliot smith
reasons weezer's blue album is MUCH better than the green album
1. "only in dreams"
2. better bridges/breaks
3. more emotional vocals
4. better guitar solos
5. slightly longer songs
favorite painful agonizing songs to listen to after getting yer heart ripped out and thrown on the floor
1. the cure - the kiss
2. the smashing pumpkins - bodies
3. weezer - only in dreams
4. adam sandler - somebody kill me :D
5. jimmy eat world - table for glasses
favorite vocalists
1. thom yorke
2. robert smith
3. jim atkins
4. jeff buckley
5. kurt cobain
sappy (in a good way) rock love songs
1. ben folds - the luckiest
2. r.e.m. - be mine
3. the smashing pumpkins - luna
4. big star - thirteen
5. ash - shining light
ray bradbury stories (due to change, seeing as i havent read them all yet)
1. one timeless spring
2. the long rain
3. the rocket man
4. the town where no one got off
5. in a season of calm weather
songs i'd like to cover live -
1. eric clapton - wonderful tonight
2. bruce springsteen - badlands
3. bruce springsteen - born to run
4. buffalo springfield - for what it's worth
5. faith no more - we care a lot
christmas albums i'd like to see! -
1. an underworld christmas
2. elliot smith sings your favorites!
3. a jimmy eat world christmas - a collection of jim's most depressing holiday tracks
4. the pixies christmas reunion
5. the cure's holiday bash!!
favorite christmas movies/specials
1. it's a wonderful life
2. a muppet christmas carol
3. a charlie brown christmas
4. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
5. die hard
favorite things about christmas
1. Jesus
2. the music
3. egg nog
4. the lights
5. the movies
favorite christmas songs
1. "i heard the bells on christmas day" - words by henry wadsworth longfellow, music by j. baptiste calkin
2. "O come o come emmanuel" - traditional
3. "silent night! holy night!" - words by joseph mohr, music by franz griiber
4. "o holy night" - W.E. Parker
5. "god rest, ye merry gentlemen" - traditional
most listened to bands right now (as of december 15, 2001)
1.jimmy eat world
2.ida
3.weezer
4.the cranberries
5.daft punk
favorite things about being awake late night
1. im the only one awake (not that that's always the case, but it usually is)
2. that moment right when i realized that im tired enough to go to bed
3. time to think
4. silence
5. stars
favorite albums for a mellow state of mind -
1. the cranberries - no need to argue
2. radiohead - kid a
3. bruce springsteen - nebraska
4. ida - will you find me
5. the smashing pumpkins - tonight tonight single
reasons why i am NOT a true music snob
1. i still listen to a mainstream radio station
2. my vinyl collection consits of only 2 records, and they've both been released in the last ten years
3. i watch CMT
4. i still watch the grammies
5. i do NOT own every bob dylan album
greatest things about being done with high school
1. no more people thinking im a bad christian because of my grades
2. no more loud people in the halls
3. no more crazy high school girls
4. no more smelly sandwiches
5. no more lunch detentions
worst things about being out of high school
1. no more being 100% sure what youre doing next year
2. the "what are you doing with your life" lectures from everyone
3. work is much worse than school
4. can't get away with tardiness as easily
5. "growing up", in the sense youre not aloud to have as much fun because its deemed "immature"
favorite music videos -
1. fiona apple - across the universe
2. jessica andrews - who i am (hehehe)
3. the foo fighers - everlong
4. bjork - big time sensuality
5. the cure - why can't i be you?
coolest animated characters on television
1. (the one and only) bugs bunny
2. milhouse - the simpsons
3. trent - daria
4. ralph wiggum - the simpsons
5. courage, the cowardly dog
