The Contrarian Reviewer

• Age: 47
• Gender: Male
• Astrological Sign: Libra
• Zodiac Year: Ox
• Location: Stanwood : Washington : United States

About Me

"A country is not just what it does -- it is also what it tolerates." - Kurt Tucholsky
"It is to you, M. le Président, that I will shout out the truth with all the revulsion of a decent man." - Emile Zola

Interests

• Politics
• philosophy
• literature
• computers
• music.

Favorite Movies

• Local Hero; Quiz Show; Dr. Strangelove; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Hannah and Her Sisters; Annie Hall; When Harry Met Sally...; Silence of the Lambs; Brazil; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Alien/Aliens; anything with phasers.

Favorite Music

• Springsteen; U2; Elvis Costello; Sarah McLachlan; Neil Young; Joni Mitchell; R.E.M.; Graham Parker; Randy Newman; Talking Heads; the Psychedelic Furs; the Clash; Dylan; the Stones; the Who; Van Morrison; jazz/blues/gospel--basical ly anything with strong lyrics and/or lots of soul.

Favorite Books

• Fiction: The Sound and the Fury; As I Lay Dying; The Great Gatsby; All the King's Men; The Stranger; Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man; the Old Man and the Sea. Nonfiction: Land of Desire; United States; Cosmopolis; the Last Lion (both); Dave Barry Slept Here; anything by Barbara Ehrenreich.

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