aLeX Spaulding

The Purnell School, Tisch School of The Arts NYU, The Glasgow School of Art

cog in the research slavery department

www.noisefornothing.com

art, indie rock, the occasional freudian interlude, new order, biking, minimlism, modern architecture, yoga, alien encounters of the third kind, robot dancing, german accents, the name max, corn field spirals, the word dude

I read a lot of books yo....for my research. some of them are really interesting some of them make me seem like a pretentious ass. but some of the good books that i have read lately....jarhead, and you shall know our velocity, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, the republic, noise water meat, the pixies: fool the world, dirt: the motely crue story, lemmy from motorhead's autobio, anything by chuck klosterman, bret easton elliis....less than zero and books that seem to follow in the vein.

the big lebowski, The Squid and the Whale, Goodnight and Goodluck, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle...not the most mentally challenging film but its cool. Gerry, Thumbsucker, My Own Private Idaho, Talk to Her, waiting for guffman, best in show...etc.

double leopards/workbench/religious knives/heavy tapes, william basinski, wire...oh loves me the wire, rolling stones, cash, gang starr, yeah yeah yeahs, radiohead, nick cave and the bad seeds, john cage, fleetwood mac....(you know you do as well), mogwai, diplo, jay z, biggie smalls, johnny cash, postal service, del la soul, aphex twin, silver jews, pavement, mendoza line, the national, xombie, hive mind, buck 65, mark langen, malcolm middleton, low, logreybeam, alva noto, scanner, belinda carlise, wolf eyes, lightening bolt, AC/DC, Motorhead, Judas Priest, atmosphere, shudder to think, the volebeats, The Pixies, Bonnie Prince Billy, Tape, The Talking Heads, Jens Lekman, Jeff Mills, Jimmy Edgar, Jamie Lidell, The Jam, Hookers Green No. 1, Tunng, The Black Keys, Heartless Bastards, Weezer, Steve Reich, Terry Reily, Robert Pollard, The Strokes, Interpol, Gang of Four, The Buzzcocks, rainer maria....and the list goes on.

strangers with candy, 24, Rescue Me, Prision Break, The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, Green Wing, Six Feet Under, Weeds, Miami Ink. i like tv shows about dysfunctional families or Kiefer Sutherland saving the world....

Well lets see, I probably have an unrealistic view of the world due to the fact that I have been in some sort of educational institution for well my life. I am doing a PhD in phenomenlogical spatial experiences through sound, and I am a terriable bore. I worry about how many books I have to read, re-potting my plants, finding weed in Scotland...no easy feat mind you. I excel at wasting time particuarly my own googling inane things like the royal family, but i loves me my music....never as happy as when i am sitting in my spare room playing records...

Who don't i want to meet...wait i am not a huge fan of people so that might be a lot of people. i would like to meet people who have to some degree of success limited the amount of emotional baggage they have down to a carry on, instead of a set of steamer trunks and a sherpa, i would like to meet people who will carry the conversation and tell me where to go for dinner. would like to meet people who constantly say yeah lets just have one more drink....fuck it we're already drunk whats the difference in the hangover.