Jake

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Introduction Jake lives in the Chicago area and teaches literature, composition, and communication studies. He writes for Spectrum Culture (wwww.spectrumculture.com) and PopMatters (www.popmatters.com). He's been known to play the saxophone and write some whacked-out poetry on occassion too.
Favorite Movies Vertigo, Pulp Fiction, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Annie Hall, City Lights, No Country for Old Men, Unforgiven, My Dinner with Andre
Favorite Music Jazz: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Bill Evans Indieish Rock: Radiohead, Wilco, TV on the Radio, Sufjan Stevens, Air, Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse
Favorite Books Blood Meridian, To the Lighthouse, The Winter of our Discontent, 1984, Cat's Cradle