these are all people who i like a lot, whose art/music/lives/work i like a lot, and i think maybe they like me too. SWEET.

musician friends!:

anna vogelzang - my life partner: major vocals, never too many lady feelings.
emily hope price - mistress of cello who loves candy and laughs well.
the world/inferno friendship society - one of my surrogate families, if you haven't seen them, you're stupid.
death first! - l hardcore. with best bud danO on guitar.
against me! - these anarchopunx are all grown up and still killing it.
tom gabel - mr. against me! goes solo, and i like it!
the hold steady - dudes who rock dude rock.
kate ferencz - looks like twiggy but punker and with bigger eyes.
whack - 914 diner punk, as composed by max gordon.
pearl and the beard - 3 sweaty people. they yell and sing. harmonies, stomping, and clapping for days.
travis sehorn and the pebble light - montana friend, smells bad, writes sweet songs.
the drinkers themselves - i will always love this band so much.
no one and the somebodies - westchester's foremost family band. i <3 yankous.
anti social music - too smart for their own good. too good for your level of intelligence.
franz nicolay - that guy.
amanda fucking palmer - she got killed and she kills it.
anthony da costa - fave friend, baby boy, folk phenom, capricious capricorn.
the dresden dolls - infamous cabaret punk duo.
vivian girls - straight outta new brunswick.
tiger saw - dylan metrano writes nice songs, nice people play along.
yula and the extended family - the heart of israel, mixed with kate bush and emir kusterisca.
men who lunch - 914 noel coward punks.
mischief brew - folk punk like it should be.
sxip shirey - i never knew a man could make sounds like that.
tv on the radio - some of the nicest boys with make some of the nicest noise.
leftover crack - everyone's favorite squatter punks.
guignol - gypsy klezmer killers.
good luck - the best band ever of all time.
art brut - england's solution to their weather.
demander - beautiful women and dave kurutz rock you.
the debutante hour - strange pop for brave people.
bushwick book club - nerdy songwriters write nerdy songs about nerdy books, it's so cool.
jason anderson - live the magic.
spoonboy - this just in, "solo punk boy communicates, and does it well!"
the max levine ensemble - diy pop punk from dc, the baltimore oriole may or may not be a member.

non-musician friends!:

whitesmith entertainment - my managers! awesome women working hard for the hilarious and brilliant.
third story records - david bilmas' homemade-health food-and-bicycle-powered record label.
kim smith - my hot canadian web designer who always has a killer haircut. hi kim!
fistolo records - erik and denise double-handedly save punk for the kids.
encycolpedia pictura - brilliant west coast kids make brilliant videos.
missoula oblongata - traveling theater for hippies, punks, and parents alike.
dc pierson - hilariously hardworking. lord of the pun.
sara benincasa - giving, gabbing, gorgeous. also, she's very funny.
superlefty - emily weinstein attends to all my wants and needs with her blog.
konstantin sergeyev - grumpy russian who takes gorgeous photographs.
brian c. carter - for all of your design needs (he also loves 'alien' and 'jaws').
nicholas gazin - my favorite creep cartoonist.
barnaby whitfield - the art slaughters me. he works in pastels and works on my heart.
mediavox - spooky and gorgeous film and video production.
designglut - ladies with an amazing aesthetic sense and work ethic.
colin atrophy - old friend/charming punk cut from the same cloth as i consumes every nyc slice ever.
russell j. - one of my children moved to japan, to teach japanese and flip out, i miss him.
john agnello - the man, the myth, the legend.