Mike

Favorite Albums

coldplay - parachutes, bloc party - silent alarm, arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am that's what i'm not, american nightmare - background music, the arcade fire - funeral, belle & sebastian - the life pursuit, black flag - damaged, the bouncing souls - how i spent my summer vacation, brand new - your favorite weapon, boysetsfire - after the eulogy, catch 22 - keasbey nights, civ - set your goals, the clash - london calling, cursive - domestica, death cab for cutie - transatlanticism, death from above 1979 - you're a woman i'm a machine, dr. dog - shame shame, dropkick murphy's - do or die, elliott smith - either/or, every time i die - last night in town, face to face - face to face, finch - what it is to burn, frank turner - love ire & song, from autumn to ashes - too bad you're beautiful, the gaslight anthem - the '59 sound, glassjaw - everything you ever wanted to know about sil

Favorite Bands

the bands that have been influenced by morrissey and/or the smiths, a good chunk of the indie scene from england, the long island/new jersey punk scene circa 1996, the bands from american hardcore (the film) plus gorilla biscuits, the kinsella borthers and most of the offspring of bands they're in, jazz and blues singers that have been dead for over two decades

Favorite Books

the girl with the dragon tattoo, the girl who played with fire, the girl who kicked the hornets' nest, american hardcore: a tribal history, gangster no. 2; longy zwillman, the da vinci code, the soul of baseball, i was right on time, get capone

Favorite Movies

anything written or directed by quentin tarantino and kevin smith, films with simon pegg and nick frost in them, guy ritchie's british gangster films, the universal monsters collection circa 1931 to 1955, and most things with philip seymour hoffman in it, the godfather collection

Favorite TV Shows

the walking dead, the big bang theory, boardwalk empire, dexter, breaking bad, it's always sunny in philadelphia, true blood, sons of anarchy, south park, modern family, bates motel, the americans, the wonder years, boy meets world, salute your shorts, doug, 2 broke girls