Brian Heater

hard knocks, santa cruz

assistant editor, freelance word enthusiast

bedford communications, zagat, skyscraper, rockpile, spin magazine, diw, skyscraper, aversion, ink19, amplifier, the ny press, resonance, village green preservation society, the _____ generation

teenage symphonies to god, 4-tracks, brian jones, delta blues, vespas, rodents, 60s garage rock, mods, beat poets, UG comix, self-publishing, ironic t-shirts, bros, super burritos, submarine sandwiches, rock shows, cockney rhyming slang, sea monsters, dinosaurs

one hundred years of solitude, catcher in the rye, messiah (vidal), armies of the night, confederacy of dunces, dharma bums, labyrinths, the great shark hunt, psychotic reactions, slouching toward bethlehem, breakfast of champions, eightball, hate, kavalier & clay, white noise, cometbus, krazy kat

wet hot american summer, big lebowski, roger & me, slacker, fear and loathing, royal tennenbaums, trainspotting, star wars, rejected, waiting for guffman, battle royale, manhattan, mystery train, brazil, citizen kane, dr. strangelove, kill bill vol. 1

beatles, clash, small faces, buzzcocks, a tribe, skip james, who, beck, specials, pixies, madness, the beat, the slackers, mountain goats, dylan, t-rex, neutral milk hotel, slow gherkin, elvis c, kinks, jam, vu, bowie, hepcat, guided by voices, the insane warplings of roky erickson (syd barrett too), beach boys, the stones, shins, pavement, malkmus solo, hate mail express, the snaps, the lsd, lesterjett, the thermals, supergrass, charles mingus, charlie parker, bobby darrin, dino, dirtbombs, smokey robinson, the supremes, stevie wonder, jr. walker and the allstars, the temptations, book t and the mg's, wilson picket, weezer, beulah, apples in stereo, siren six, ted leo, howlin wolf

newsradio, mr. show, simpsons, parker lewis, family guy, home movies, invader zim, kids in the hall, sifl & ollie, curb your enthusiasm, we are the 80's (vh-1 classic), adventures of pete & pete, the office

Taurus

1. i don't really like morrissey or coldplay--sorry in advance.
2. i haven't seen garden state, but am told by reliable sources that it would not be a film that i would enjoy.
3. i read headlines and weep silently on a fairly regular basis. i have two pet hamsters. they sleep in my room with me. we have seperate beds.
4. i write things, a lot. sometimes i get to write about music and comic books for money. this, it turns out, is a rather good deal.
5. i enjoyed all three of the new star wars films. i am only partly ashamed by this fact.
6. i used to run a radio station.

captain beefheart, jive talking robots, cello players, new
yorkers, people who enjoy pickles, can recommend a good public image limited record and appreciate both fuzzy mammals and dinosaurs on a non-ironic level.