Caetano Veloso, Bjork, New Order, 23 Skidoo, Stereolab, Rufus Wainwright, The Arcade Fire, Mah Jongg, Extreeme Animals, Lightning Bolt, Jim O' Rourke, Burt Bacharach, Belle & Sebastian, My Bloody Valentine, Brian Eno, Serge Gainsbourg, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Brian Wilson, Sigur Ros, The Divine Comedy, Scott Walker, Momus, Antony and the Johnsons, Mylo, !!!, Stereolab, Broadcast, Blonde Redhead, Tiga, any version of Popcorn, Love, Juiceboxxx, Doo Man Group, Kate Bush, Wu-Tang, E*Rock, Cave.
Movies
Turkish Delight, Punishment Park, The Soft Skin, A Band of Outsiders, F is For Fake, Sante Sangre, The Yes Men documentary, American Composers: John Cage (documentary by Peter Greenaway), The Weather Underground, Manhattan, Annie Hall, The Fast Runner, Nanuk of the North, Dawn of the Dead (original version), Trouble Everyday, Cannibal Holocaust, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Godfather, Titus, Time and Tide, Chung King Express, Pan's Layrinth, Children of Men, The Stuff, Barkley's Barnyard Critters.
Television
WonderShowzen, The Office, Trailer Park Boys, Tim and Eric, I wish I had cable and could watch This American Life.
Books
Codex Seraphinianus, WK Interact, Beautiful Losers, The Sweet Bye and Bye, The Art of Rebellion, Seventeen and J, Maeda@Media, Digital Resistance, Design For Kids, Drop Dead Cute, Lost Joy.
About me:
Elisa Harkins, aka Pooper, loves cute stuff. She's put in many years as an Internetologist, but all the advertising that comes along with Web programming and designing makes her queasy. So about a few years ago she started drawing large-scale caricatures of her native culture and affixing them to vacant storefronts. She also enjoys making zines (R.I.P., Digital Disobedients), making tiny videos of fucked-up stuff, DJing from elaborate set lists, Jagerbombs, and dancing. But her favorite past time is to illegally post her art in the street. Photos of her work have been published in Lumpen, New City Chicago, Punk Planet, and UR Chicago. To see what she's up to visit http://pooptronica.com.
-Liz Armstrong (Chicago Reader)
Who I'd like to meet: Cute, Talented, Ebullient people.
It’s that time of year again. The trees are barren, life-less skeletons, the air is nips at your neck like the hand of grim death, and evening are spent nursing hot toddies while dreaming of an end to this bitter melee. But cheer up, as there is a bright, sage-flavored light at the end of the tunnel –
THE FOURTH ANNUAL FRIENDSGIVING!
That’s right! Abra’s annual pre-thanksgiving thanksgiving for friends!
Sunday, November 23, 6:00 at Happy Dog, 1542 N. Milwaukee, 2nd fl. Bring a dish (rarebit, apple pandoughty, whatever you wish) and prepare to have your heart warmed and your spirits lifted by the company of your all forgiving friends!
Note – decision not to attend may result in the dissolution of our friendship or, at least until next year.
