Rodriguez
Hearted on the 13th Oct, 2008
FL sits down with '70s legend and cult icon Rodriguez to talk about music, his hometown and returning "to the working class".
A rider at the gates of dawn who takes no prisoners....no seriously
Interests
Music, music, music, film, reading, telling jokes, listening to people tell jokes, not watching Kyle Sandilands on television, not listening to Kyle Sandilands on radio
Fave Music
Guided by Voices, Destroyer, The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Midlake, Calexico, Son Volt, John Coltrane, The National, Pavement, Ween, Davendra Banhart, Robert Pollard, Tom Waits, Afghan Whigs, Big Star, British Sea Power, The Pixies, The Grateful Dead, Iron and Wine, Joan of Arc, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Deathray Davies, Nick Drake, Nada Surf, Okkervil River, Richard Cheese, The Silver jews, The Who, Dead Kennedy's, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, Slint, Tortoise, Sunset Rubdown, to name but a few
Fave Movies
The Big Lebowski, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Mondo Trasho, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Ichi the Killer, DOA 1, 2, 3, City of Lost Souls, Gozu, Battle Royale, Lady Snowblood, The Crazies, Haute Tension, Suspiria, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, plus many many more
Fave Books
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Johnathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated - JS Foer, Candide - Voltaire, Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut, Naked Lunch - W, S Burroughs, Nova Express - W, S Burroughs, The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac, Big Sur - Jack Kerouac, Sombrero Fallout - Richard Brautigan, again too many to list here
His Favourite Artists (5)
Destroyer
became a fan on the 22nd Sep, 2008
Guided By Voices
became a fan on the 22nd Sep, 2008
Pavement
became a fan on the 22nd Sep, 2008
Pink Mountaintops
became a fan on the 22nd Sep, 2008
sloan
became a fan on the 22nd Sep, 2008
His Favourite Articles
Events He's Going To
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Events He Went To
Van She Album Tour
18/09/2008 > The Cambridge Hotel
Gearing up for what is set to be a huge 2008, those fearless explorers of new-wave, post-punk, Van She are celebrating the release of their debut album ‘V’ by hitting the road with their next installment of what’s quickly becoming everyone’s favor
