Movies and Music

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Here’s 15 of my favorite films (this list changes all the time): 

  1. The Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975)
  2. The King of Comedy  (Scorsese, 1983)
  3. It’s a Wonderful Life  (Capra, 1946)
  4. Nights of Cabiria (Fellini, 1957)
  5. Jules and Jim (Truffaut, 1962)
  6. Imitation of Life (Sirk, 1956)
  7. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg  (Demy, 1964)
  8. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
  9. Floating Weeds  (Ozu, 1959)
  10. The Bicycle Thieves  (De Sica, 1948)
  11. The Last Picture Show  (Bogdanovich, 1971)
  12. Poetry (Chang-Dong, 2010)
  13. Fanny and Alexander (Bergman, 1982)
  14. Brief Encounter (Lean, 1945)
  15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

To check out what I’ve been watching lately, click Here and Here 

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I’m an avid hardcore punk fan – I started an instagram dedicated to my love of this music, which also incorporates my love of making lists. I’m currently working through my top 100 hardcore records of the 1990s. Here’s my top ten 90s hardcore records:

  1. 108, Threefold Misery
  2. Threadbare, Feeling Older Faster
  3. Chain of Strength, What Holds Us Apart
  4. Silent Majority, Life as a Spectator
  5. Heroin, Self-titled
  6. Ink & Dagger, Drive this Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart
  7. Poison Idea, Feel the Darkness
  8. Fuel, Self-titled
  9. Inside Out, No Spiritual Surrender
  10. Catharsis, Passion

And my top ten 80s hardcore records:

  1. Bad Brains, Rock for Light 
  2. Zero Boys, Vicious Circle
  3. Rites of Spring, End on End
  4. Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade
  5. Articles of Faith, Give Thanks
  6. Uniform Choice, Screaming for a Change
  7. Negative Approach, Self-titled
  8. Big Boys, No Matter How Long the Line is at the Cafeteria, There’s Always a Seat!
  9. Gorilla Biscuits, Start Today
  10. Minor Threat, Out of Step

And here are some 2020 records that I’ve been listening to as of late:

  1. Truth Cult, Off Fire
  2. Hum, Inlet
  3. Ultra Razzia/Dead Hero, ALRDMM/Todo O Nada
  4. Ganser, Just Look at the Sky
  5. Be Well, Self-titled
  6. Bitter Branches, This May Hurt a Bit
  7. Cold Meat, Hot and Flustered
  8. The Annihilated, Demo
  9. Gulch, Impenetrable Cerebral Force
  10. SPICE, SPICE

More of these lists in due time! If you’re in the Boston area and looking for punk and hardcore shows to attend, click Here