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- Age: 1948
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Libra
- Zodiac Year: Rat
- Industry: Law
- Occupation: Attorney
- Location: St. Louis : Missouri : United States minor outlying islands
About Me
Native St. Louisian. Kicked out of town for four years to attend college. Devout eater of greasy food. Alt Country snob. I believe reading is good. I believe in the power of a good diner to heal our country's wounds.
Interests
Favorite Movies
- The Godfather
- I
- II and yes... even III
- A River Runs Through It
- Harold and Maude
- Forrest Gump
- Shawshank Redemption
- Office Space
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Casino
- Rounders
- Steel Magnolias (does that make me gay?)Yankee Doddle Dandy
- Hi Fidelity
- Ferris Buellers Day Off
- Animal House
- Caddy Shack
- Stripes
- Slap Shot
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Hustler and Cool Hand Luke.
Favorite Music
- Neil Young
- Bob Dylan
- Will Oldham
- Los Lobos
- Elvis Costello
- James Mc Murtry
- Okkerville River
- Ani Di Franco
- Lightning Hopkins
- Grateful Dead
- Old 97's
- Built To Spill
- Cracker
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Drive By Truckers
- Tom Waits
- Fountains of Wayne
- The Frames
- Frank Black and the Pixies
- Gillian Welch
- Graham Parker
- Greg Brown
- Hank Williams
- Wilco
- Uncle Tupelo
- Sun Volt
- Johnny Cash
- Lucinda Williams
- Steve Earle and The White Stripes. On the other hand I hate....Cold Play
- Widespread Panic (and jam bands generally along with whatever monosyllabic rock band is saving rock and roll thise year (i.e. the strokes
- the hives
- the the....)
- Big Hat country music (i.e. George Strait
- Toby Keith
- Keith Urban...)
- rap and hip hop though I do occasionally listen to Jay Z's Grey Album though i will never call it brilliant. i do not care any longer for Reggae but noticed when my son got my album collection out of the attic that I had an extensive reggae collection.... times change.
Favorite Books
- A Farewell To Arms
- Less Than Zero (Madisson Smartt Bell)
- White Man;s Grave (Richard Dooling)
- The Panic Hand (Jonathan Carroll) Anna Karenina
- The Razor's Edge
- Straight Man (Richard Russo)
- The Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor
- Cold Snap (Thom Jones)
- My Idea of Fun (Will Self)
- White Man's Grave (Richard Dooling)
- Bonfire of the vanities
- Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
- All the Pretty Horse (Cormac Mc Carthy)
- Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street (David Payne) The Truser Press Record Guide
- Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace) Slaughterhouse 5 and Catch 22
- The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen.. too many good books
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