Derby City Espresso
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | barista/coffee shop owner/soon to be Honduras resident and novelist |
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| Introduction | I've lived in (for at least 6 months and often longer): Chicago, IL Santa Cruz, CA Buffalo Grove, IL Eugene, OR Portland, OR Bend, OR Milan, Italy Adelaide, Australia on the road Torino, Italy Bonn, Germany Wiesbaden/Mainz Germany Louisville, KY (Ive visited tons of other places and lived in some of them for shorter periods of time. Countries Ive visited and traveled in: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Croatia Czech Republic England France Germany Gibralter Holland Italy Laos Morocco Poland Spain Switzerland Thailand USA |
| Interests | coffee, beer, tea, travel in Central America, Europe and SE Asia, scuba diving, live music, local culture,comic books |
| Favorite movies | Ghost World Lost In Translation Ghostbusters Good Luck & Good Night Syriana Stranger Than Paradise Zeitgeist Loose Change Star Wars original Trilogy, Big Lebowski, Kingpin, The Pianist, Doctor Strangelove, Indiana Jones trilogy, Matrix (the first one), Blade Runner, The Royal Tennebaums, Something About Mary, Lord of the Rings trilogy, X-Men (first one), Down By Law, Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Citizen Kane, O Brother Where Art Thou, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Bittersweet Motel, 2001, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Time Bandits, The Black Hole, The Witches of Eastwick, As Good As It Gets, Easy Rider, La Vita E' Bella, La Voce Della Luna, L'America, Anything with Bela Lugosi, Solaris, Grosse Point Blank, Being John Malkovitch, Invasion From Mars, Ali, Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing, Bird, Unforgivven, Pale Rider, The Aquatic Life with Steve Zissou, Magical Mystery Tour, Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz Grateful Dawg |
| Favorite music | Wilco Dr. Dog Pat Metheny Elvis Costello Amos Lee Arcade Fire LCD Soundsystem Futureman's Black Mozart Ensemble The Police Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy Antibalas Zappa Plays Zappa Wax Fang Roger Waters Kill Hannah Jimmie Vaughn Junior Brown Elana James & The Continental Two The Eels Ryan Adams Mute Math Mix Master Mike Gnarls Barkley The Flaming Lips Medeski, Martin & Wood Thievery Corporation Manu Chao Andrew Bird Pepper Poi Dog Pondering Melvin Seals Bonnaroo Lollapalloza Wood Brothers Seu Jorge Devandra Banhart Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove Ricky Skaggs Buddy Guy MMW w/DJ Logic, G. Love & Oliver Wood Radiohead Dr. John GRAB Sonic Youth Phil Lesh w/Jon Scofield Dave Matthews Band Black Crowes Belle & Sebastian New Pornographers Tood Snider Calexico/Iron & Wine Derek Trucks Band Keller Williams Southern Culture On The Skids My Morning Jacket Victor Wooten Matisyahu Robert Randolph & Family Band Dirty Dozen Brass Band Jack Johnson The Word James McMurtry Keller Williams Trey Anastasio George Porter Jr Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas Rebirth Brass Band Anders Osborne Pixies DJ Olive The Duo Critters Buggin Jonathan Richman Sex Mob Medeski, Martin & Wood w/ Marc Ribot & John Scofield Hives The Darkness Franz Ferdinan Phish John Scofield Trio Tortoise, David Murrary & Gwo Kai Masters DJ Krush Cowboy Junkies Stockholm Syndrom Ween Jay Farrar Ratdog Lucky Dube The Dead Bob Dylan Allman Brothers Karl Denson Tiny Universe Camper Van Beethoven Mars Mushrooms Yo La Tengo Tori Amos |
| Favorite books | Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling Oklahoma City Bombing The Supressed Truth - Jon Rappoport The Game Players of Titan - P.K. Dick McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories - edited by Michael Chabon Eye In THe Sky - P. K. Dick Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven - Alexi Sherman The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings] - edited by Scott Allie Little Lit: Strange Stories For Strange Kids - edited by Art Spiegelman & Franç oise Mouly Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night - edited by Art Spiegelman & Franç oise Mouly The Fixer - Joe Sacco Diary - Chuck Palanhiuk Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire Mr. Nice Guy - Howard Marks The Armies of the Night - Norman Mailer Indian Killer - Sherman Alexie A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers Hell's Angels - Hunter S. Thompson Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke A Reporter's Life - Walter Cronkite Clans of the Alphane Moon - Philip K. Dick Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig Lonley Planet: Morocco - various autors Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life - Toby Cecchini Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth Lonley Planet: Andalucia - various authors The Lost Tales Vol. 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien Tripster Monkey his fake book - Maxine Hong Kingston Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling |