Alex Smith

Denison University

Managing Editor/Freelance Writer

the Gathering, Firewatercircus, ILM, ILE, ILX

Music, Film, Photography, Journalism, New York City

"Please Kill Me" by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain, "Oh The Glory of It All" by Sean Wilsey, "Low Life" by Luc Sante, "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury, "Helter Skelter" by Vincent Bugliose, "Wreckers of Civilization" by Simon Ford, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris, "Et Tu, Babe" by Mark Leyner, "A Handful of Dust" by Evelyn Waugh, "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain, "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer, "The Secret History of Rock" by Roni Sarig, "Rip It Up and Start Again" by Simon Reynolds, "Gentlemanly Repose" by Mike Ruffino, "Our Band Could Be Your Life' by Michael Azzerad, "Needs Must" by Kris Needs, "45" by Bill Drummond

"After Hours", "Blow-Up", "Picnic at Hanging Rock", "The Taking of Pelham 123", "Suburbia", "The Wicker Man", "Local Hero", "The Warriors", "the Exorcist", "Downtown `81", "The Conversation", "The Last Wave"

KILLING JOKE, Cop Shoot Cop, Firewater, the Stranglers, Ramones, COIL, Throbbing Gristle, the Clash, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Pop Group, the Birthday Party, Devo, XTC, Circle Jerks, Buzzcocks, This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Motorhead, (vintage) Kiss, the Misfits, the Stooges, Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, Julian Cope, Gavin Friday, the Virgin Prunes, Sisters of Mercy, Massive Attack, Skeleton Key, Queen, the Wonder Stuff, Bowie, Iron Maiden, the Wedding Present, Volcano Suns, the Velvet Underground, Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Barkmarket, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Cold Feet

Libra

Native New Yorker very late to the table on this whole Friendster thing. Currently struggling to extricate m'self from a vocational cul de sac. Marrried with child. Somewhat renowned for many firmly held opinions and the volcanic expression of same, but my bark is worse than my bite (marriage'll do that to ya, so beware!) I'm sure I'll end up adding to/ammeding this so stay tuned.

Fellow music-zealots and aspiring journalists. Like-minds. Cool folk.