So indie it hurts
I was just talking on the phone to my friend, Alex. He is so indie that he will not even admit it. He was actually insulted when I called him indie.
Um, OK, here's his My Space music list:
The Commodores, Manzel, Fox, Equals, Greg Kihn, Hello, Arrow, Cassiano, The Grass Roots, Trooper, Jimmy Castor Bunch, XTC, Joe Jackson, Dr. John, Brian Auger, Blue Cheer, Eric B. and Rakim, New Edition, Mountain, Todd Rundgren, Blue Oyster Cult, Cymande, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Alice Cooper Band, James Gang, Boston, Fela Kuti, Arab Strap, Magnetic Fields, Black Oak Arkansas, The Jaggerz, Paul Winley, Vaughn Mason Crew, Hawkwind, Sweet, Rare Earth, Kiss, Kebekelectrik, Jacques Perey Miles Davis, Donald Byrd &; The Blackbyrds, 2 Many DJ's, Roy Ayers, Cars, Love, Heart, Suzi Quattro, MC5, Lou Reed, Bowie, Small Faces, Velvet Underground, Television, Modern Lovers, Richard Hell, Gram Parsons, Os Mutantes, UFO, Nazz, Galt Macdermot, Baby Huey, Hall & Oates, Nick Lowe, 10cc, TYA, Kinks, Rainbow, Nazareth, CCR, Wizzard, Leon Russel, Joe Bataan, Pogues, Clash, NWA, Public Enemy, Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Ike Turner, Tim Maia, Cesaria Evora, Jorge Ben, Isley Brothers, Jacques Dutronc, Musical Youth, Leonard Cohen, Slade, T.Rex, Stooges, Horace Andy, Ramones, Betty Davis, Gang Of Four, Serge Gainsbourg, Elvis Costello, The Hollies,The Faces, The Magnetic Fields, Pixies, David Axelrod, The Sonics, Gypsy Kings, BTO, Uriah Heap, Eiffel 65, Venga Boys and of course Aqua
Here's his movie list:
Dollars, The Anderson Tapes, Zardoz, La Decima Vittima, Modesty Blaze, To Catch A Theif, Battle Royal, Slap Shot, Repo Man, La Jette, Last Year at Marienbad, Last Tango in Paris, Planet Of The Apes, Ghost In The Shell, Mimbo, Taxing Women, 8 1/2, Thomas Crown Affair, Manhattan, Battle Royal, Graduate, Harold & Maude, Sabrina, Fountainhead, Trading Places, Shampoo, Kagemusha, Clockwork Orange, 24 Hour Party People, Kiss Saves Santa, Robot Cop II: The Musical, The Philadelphia Story On Ice, Schindler's List: A Marionette Masterpiece
Television:
The Prisoner, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Blue Gender, Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Banacek, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Trigun, The Office, Manchild, Coupling, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Ready Steady Go, Soul Train, MusikLaden, Peter Gunn, The Blues, Super 70's, Metal Mania, Hellsing, Escaflowne, Outlaw Star, Parallel Dual, Bubblegum Crisis, Reign: The Conqueror, RahXephon, .hack//SIGN, Harvey Birdman
Books:
Motorcycle Diaries, Speed Tribes, Forest People, Coin Locker Babies, Amusing Ourselves To Death, Affluenza, Almost Transparent Blue, Song Of Roland, Prehistoric Art, Antigone, Granta, Zoo Story, Guide To Perplexed, Inferno, 1984, Quest For Human Beauty
Um, hi, the Magnetic Fields is a dead giveaway.
And Serge Gainsbourg? Gang of Four? 24 Hour Party People? And Harold & Maude! Classic indie. Hello! Don't get me started on Suzi Quatro.
Um, OK, and look at this picture he posted:
I swear to god I'm going to have nightmares tonight. David Hasselhoff is bad enough, but David Hasselhoff in a morphing speedo? Yeesh! But you know what, even that's indie.
Alex said: "I'm not indie! Just because I live in Silverlake? I'm the guy who jogs in Runynon Canyon with a t-shirt that says YOUR SCRIPT SUCKS. I'm not indie!"
I said: "You're so indie that you won't even admit you're indie. You're afraid of being associated with the trucker hat people -- is that it?"
He said: "If I make a portrait out of macaroni, can I not be indie anymore? Can I just be khaki? How do I switch from indie to khaki? Is there an application I need to fill out? What's the process? What's the next step?"
I said: "I'm sorry, but you're indie. Will you still come to my party?"
He said: "No. I'm breaking up with you. You can keep the blog but I want the Ronald Reagan commemorative plates. Actually just the one with him on the ranch. He sure does look good in a cowboy hat."
Postscript: We were just IMing. It went like this:
maudehayworth: actually
maudehayworth: i just noticed
maudehayworth: you listed the magnetic fields twice
maudehayworth: that means something
darlingofdebt: ha
maudehayworth: hahaha
darlingofdebt: i hate you
maudehayworth: i saw them last summer
maudehayworth: they were great
maudehayworth: you love me
darlingofdebt: if we weren't already broken up I would break up with you again
Um, OK, here's his My Space music list:
The Commodores, Manzel, Fox, Equals, Greg Kihn, Hello, Arrow, Cassiano, The Grass Roots, Trooper, Jimmy Castor Bunch, XTC, Joe Jackson, Dr. John, Brian Auger, Blue Cheer, Eric B. and Rakim, New Edition, Mountain, Todd Rundgren, Blue Oyster Cult, Cymande, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Alice Cooper Band, James Gang, Boston, Fela Kuti, Arab Strap, Magnetic Fields, Black Oak Arkansas, The Jaggerz, Paul Winley, Vaughn Mason Crew, Hawkwind, Sweet, Rare Earth, Kiss, Kebekelectrik, Jacques Perey Miles Davis, Donald Byrd &; The Blackbyrds, 2 Many DJ's, Roy Ayers, Cars, Love, Heart, Suzi Quattro, MC5, Lou Reed, Bowie, Small Faces, Velvet Underground, Television, Modern Lovers, Richard Hell, Gram Parsons, Os Mutantes, UFO, Nazz, Galt Macdermot, Baby Huey, Hall & Oates, Nick Lowe, 10cc, TYA, Kinks, Rainbow, Nazareth, CCR, Wizzard, Leon Russel, Joe Bataan, Pogues, Clash, NWA, Public Enemy, Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Ike Turner, Tim Maia, Cesaria Evora, Jorge Ben, Isley Brothers, Jacques Dutronc, Musical Youth, Leonard Cohen, Slade, T.Rex, Stooges, Horace Andy, Ramones, Betty Davis, Gang Of Four, Serge Gainsbourg, Elvis Costello, The Hollies,The Faces, The Magnetic Fields, Pixies, David Axelrod, The Sonics, Gypsy Kings, BTO, Uriah Heap, Eiffel 65, Venga Boys and of course Aqua
Here's his movie list:
Dollars, The Anderson Tapes, Zardoz, La Decima Vittima, Modesty Blaze, To Catch A Theif, Battle Royal, Slap Shot, Repo Man, La Jette, Last Year at Marienbad, Last Tango in Paris, Planet Of The Apes, Ghost In The Shell, Mimbo, Taxing Women, 8 1/2, Thomas Crown Affair, Manhattan, Battle Royal, Graduate, Harold & Maude, Sabrina, Fountainhead, Trading Places, Shampoo, Kagemusha, Clockwork Orange, 24 Hour Party People, Kiss Saves Santa, Robot Cop II: The Musical, The Philadelphia Story On Ice, Schindler's List: A Marionette Masterpiece
Television:
The Prisoner, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Blue Gender, Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Banacek, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Trigun, The Office, Manchild, Coupling, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Ready Steady Go, Soul Train, MusikLaden, Peter Gunn, The Blues, Super 70's, Metal Mania, Hellsing, Escaflowne, Outlaw Star, Parallel Dual, Bubblegum Crisis, Reign: The Conqueror, RahXephon, .hack//SIGN, Harvey Birdman
Books:
Motorcycle Diaries, Speed Tribes, Forest People, Coin Locker Babies, Amusing Ourselves To Death, Affluenza, Almost Transparent Blue, Song Of Roland, Prehistoric Art, Antigone, Granta, Zoo Story, Guide To Perplexed, Inferno, 1984, Quest For Human Beauty
Um, hi, the Magnetic Fields is a dead giveaway.
And Serge Gainsbourg? Gang of Four? 24 Hour Party People? And Harold & Maude! Classic indie. Hello! Don't get me started on Suzi Quatro.
Um, OK, and look at this picture he posted:
I swear to god I'm going to have nightmares tonight. David Hasselhoff is bad enough, but David Hasselhoff in a morphing speedo? Yeesh! But you know what, even that's indie.
Alex said: "I'm not indie! Just because I live in Silverlake? I'm the guy who jogs in Runynon Canyon with a t-shirt that says YOUR SCRIPT SUCKS. I'm not indie!"
I said: "You're so indie that you won't even admit you're indie. You're afraid of being associated with the trucker hat people -- is that it?"
He said: "If I make a portrait out of macaroni, can I not be indie anymore? Can I just be khaki? How do I switch from indie to khaki? Is there an application I need to fill out? What's the process? What's the next step?"
I said: "I'm sorry, but you're indie. Will you still come to my party?"
He said: "No. I'm breaking up with you. You can keep the blog but I want the Ronald Reagan commemorative plates. Actually just the one with him on the ranch. He sure does look good in a cowboy hat."
Postscript: We were just IMing. It went like this:
maudehayworth: actually
maudehayworth: i just noticed
maudehayworth: you listed the magnetic fields twice
maudehayworth: that means something
darlingofdebt: ha
maudehayworth: hahaha
darlingofdebt: i hate you
maudehayworth: i saw them last summer
maudehayworth: they were great
maudehayworth: you love me
darlingofdebt: if we weren't already broken up I would break up with you again