Sun 5 Dec 2004
Welcome to my morphing Christmas list. You can be one of two people: 1. A person who helps to fulfill these wishes, or 2. A person who helps to ruin my Christmas. Check back daily for changes and additions!!
This is my address:
Andrew Earles
PO Box 820912
Memphis TN 38182
(Note: I’m leaving for a cruise (w/Mom) on 12/18, and will be returning 12/25. Items either need to arrive prior to 12/18, or my PO Box needs to be overflowing on 12/27 - your choice)
A cure for whatever ails my 1986 Jeep Cherokee - I’ve pulled two full years of hearty service from this truck, so to defy logic, I can’t let it go. When it died, it died right in front of my apartment, rolling nicely into a parking space. Now, that’s respect. Probably a fuel pump, bee tee dbl u.
A cure for this year’s wallop of seasonal depression
Oooohhhh……this bookself, or two….
New CD’s: The Slowdive 2CD retrospective, Jesu, Cult Of Luna, Hood, Smoke and Smoke, Autistic Daughters, Ted Leo, and the latest and last issue of Bananafish Magazine. I’m trying to get back in the game, folks. Bothering publicists/labels, though they have no problem bothering me, might bring me half of this list.
A cheap, used copy of this easy-to-find book
An iPod of decent capacity
More writing gigs
An attractive nightstand
A special cat food formula that eliminates shedding, shitting, moving whilst on bed with a human, hair balls/vomiting, and eating, but promotes fetching, walking upright on hind legs, a 987 word vocabulary, and the wearing of a monocle.
The Best American Crime Writing of 2002, 2003, and 2004
Motel America: A State-By-State Tour Guide to Nostalic Stopovers
Troy Piava’s Lost America
Assorted Fire Events: Stories by David Means
The Secret Goldfish: Stories by David Means
A Toyota Landcruiser - Early 80’s (round headlights). Less than 130,000 mi. No stupid shit (lift, winch, racks, etc).
A 4+ mega pixel digital camera - Reputable brand.
William T. Vollmann’s Rising Up Rising Down (Seven Volume Set)
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Plus Index of Contributors
V/A Love, Peace & Poetry: African Psychedelic Music (Shadoks Music ) - CD or LP
Simon Finn’s Pass The Distance - I have this ripped onto a computer that I never sit in front of.
Sontag & Kael: Opposites Attract Me by Craig Seligman
Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.’s Desert Origins deluxe reissue
Spirit They’re Gone Spirit by Animal Collective