TSOL, fIREHOSE, Aqualung, the Cure, Buffalo Tom, Echo and the Bunnymen, Plus/Minus, 5th of May, Whiskeytown, The Eye, Pavement, the Winebottles, Replacements!, Joy Division (really New Order but that’s heresy, no?), the Specials (and all other Two Tone), Peter Gabriel, Fugazi (and MT), OLD R.E.M., Counting Crows, The Frames, The Smiths (not Morrissey), Broken Social Scene, John Irving, James Clavelle, LA CASA (West!), Fibonacci Numbers, Coffee – Black, Rushmore, Caddyshack, Lisa +4, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cannonball Run, Rivera’s Queso Dip, Patty Melts at Dinkers, Gretsch Silver Falcons, White V-neck t-shirts, Tulagis (Boulder), the Palace (LA), Old English Cars, SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME!, Pacifico (no lime) and long walks on the riverfront in late July…