fancylad

Profession: Writer, Editor, Bon Vivant

Hobbies & Interests: A full flask of vodka, Being completely politically incorrect, Bits of rockabilly culture, Bossa Nova, The Sweet Science, Champagne, Clarks shoes, Collecting vinyl, Corduroy, Dadaism, Denial, Fender Thinline guitars, Freakbeat, French music, Girls in A-line dresses, Googling ex-girlfriends, Hotel lounges and bars, Instant messaging, Knowing it all, Merseybeat, Mike Mills (the artist), Minimal design, Misanthropy, Mocking stupid hippy ideals, Music snobbery, My local, Naugahyde, MINI Coopers, Old motels, Passive aggression, Revenge, Readymade magazine, Scouring thrift stores, Screening phone calls, Stewing in my own juices, Tapered trousers, the occasional clove cigarette, Thinking about yesteryear, vespas

Favorite Books: Lipstick Traces, everything by Judy Blume, London Fields, Book of Disquiet, The Collective Works of Crank, 1984, Brighton Rock, Lolita, England Made Me, The Joy of Cooking, The Graduate, The Outsiders, Zagat's restaurant guides, Party of One, Get in the Van

Favorite Movies & TV Shows: Wet Hot American Summer, Rushmore, The Bad News Bears (1976), Sixteen Candles, This is Spinal Tap, Quadrophenia, Goldfinger, Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Harold and Maude, Bullit, Hedwig, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Le Mans, Lost in Translation, Meatballs, The Karate Kid, To Sir With Love, A Clockwork Orange, Made, Rudy, Rocky, Strangers with Candy, the original Degrassi High, The White Shadow, Arrested Development, Beverly Hills 90210, The Office UK, Freaks and Geeks, the Larry Sanders Show, Get A Life, Miami Ink, Small Spaces Big Style, The Benny Hill Show

Education: San Dimas HIgh School, Cal State Fullerton, School of Hard Knocks

Associations & Clubs: Bikini Inspectors Club of America (Treasurer)

Favorite Music: The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Interpol, Saint Etienne, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Morrissey, Billy Bragg, Run-DMC, The Cardigans, Roxy Music, De La Soul, The Go! Team, Liz Phair still, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jesus and Mary Chain, Yves Montand, '60s-era Rolling Stones, Bizet, the Wedding Present, the Troggs, Lloyd Cole, Teenage Fanclub, Tindersticks, Metric, The Specials, Orange Juice/Edwyn Collins, The Jam, The Kinks, Lush, Wilco, The Who, Serge Gainsbourg, G Love and Special Sauce, The Stone Roses, The Sonics, My Morning Jacket, Nicola Conte, Cocteau Twins, Pulp, T-Rex, Wire, Suede, Strawberry Switchblade, Zero 7, Cornershop, Earlimart, Air, BRMC, Hedwig, The Ramones, NWA, The Velvet Underground, Bettye Swann, The Clash, Pixies, Amy Winehouse, Gene Loves Jezebel, Sonic Youth, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Shirley Bassey, John Coltrane, Be Your Own Pet, Wire, Spinanes, Trashcan Sinatras, Thievery Corporation, Stereolab, Black Keys, AC/DC, the Banana Splits, Bebel Gilberto

I Am an Expert In: Everything. Really.