e.j. friedman

General

We cannot run from who we are. Our destiny chooses us.

Music

I like a lot of music, but keep that new country away from me please.

Movies

Parasite, The Master, Rounders, Killer of Sheep, Moonlight, Cidade de Deus (City of God), Citizen Kane, Le Samourai, The Bad News Bears (with Walter Matthau), Crumb, Breaking Away, Wet Hot American Summer, Gummo, The Shawshank Redemption, Fresh, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Over The Edge, My Own Private Idaho, Sneakers, L.I.E., Super Size Me!, The Piano, Happiness, Manufacturing Consent, The Cooler, American Splendor, Scarface, The French Connection, The Game, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, The Accountant, Transamerica, Capote, Brokeback Mountain, Across 110th Street, Murderball, House of Games, Boys Don't Cry, The Sting, Cool Hand Luke, Oldboy, Hustle & Flow, Crash

Television

Euphoria, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Wire, The Sopranos, The Queen's Gambit, Your Honor, Chopped, Guy's Grocery Games, The Golden Girls, Night Court, Curb Your Enthusiasm -- Let's face it, we've all watched every damn show during COVID times.

Books

Ready Player One, It Came From Memphis, Sing Backwards And Weep: A Memoir, Stealing Fire, The Plot Against America, Cathedral, The Stories of John Cheever, White Noise, The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, In Our Time, The Little Prince, Feel This Book, Barrel Fever, Naked, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Middlesex, Prozac Nation, 'Tis, A Million Little Pieces, Everything Is Illuminated

Heroes

Joni Mitchell, Bobby Womack, Sam Cooke, John Prine, Jackson Browne, Phoebe Bridgers, Billy Bragg, Bob Mould, Lee Hazlewood, Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Michael Stipe, Joe Strummer, Neil Young, Gram Parsons

Instagram

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