I'm creating this blog to keep in touch with my few friends. And also because I don't have very much contact with the world outside of my little prison so this might be a way for me to communicate. Well with this blog I hope to keep my friends from forgetting about me as I do not reach out as often as I should and I hope that maybe some other folks might stumble upon the blog and maybe, just maybe find some of the posts interesting. Probably not, whatever.
For those who don't know me, the Hermit is a swell guy. Friendly, nice, intelligent and good sense of humor. However due to circumstance, unlucky coincidences and medical conditions the hermit became.....well a hermit. Even though he is a hermit, he pays close attention to what's going on, especially culturally. Not too difficult nowadays with all these media devices. The Hermit also pays close attention on his rare trips outside.
The hermit is male, 30's, lives in New York. If you would like to contact the hermit, feel free to email him haplesshermit@yahoo.com He will get back to you soon....unless it's a bad day then it may take a while.
Favorite Music
Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, R.E.M.
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Bad Religion, Bee Gees, Faith No More, Joe Jacskon, Jane's Addiction, John Lennon solo stuff, Pixies, Rage Against the Machine, Smiths (some Morrisey solo stuff too) Suzanne Vega
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Abba, Fiona Apple, Beach Boys, Concrete Blond, Depeche Mode, Willie Dixon, Peter Gabriel, Gap Band, Guns N' Roses(86-90 only), Misfits, Morris Day and the Time, Radiohead, Sade, Frank Zappa
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Favorite Books
1984, Animal Farm, Beautiful Losers, Catcher in the Rye, Flowers for Algernon, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird
Non Fiction
Noam Chomsky (Manufacturing Consent, Media Control..., Understanding Power)
Marvin Harris (Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches, Our Kind)
Michael Parenti (Inventing Reality, Dirty Truths)
Carl Sagan (Demon-Haunted World, Billions and Billions)
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. Film
Currently anything by the Coen Brothers, especially Fargo, Big Lobowski and O Brother Where Art Thou and anything by Todd Solondz especially Happiness. The Hermit's favorites have been Godfather I and II and the original Star Wars Trilogy. For teen angst the Hermit chose Breakfast Club and later Pump Up the Volume. Favorite horror movie is The Exorcist. Favorite War movie is Full Metal Jacket. Erotic Thriller is Eyes Wide Shut. Favorite Sci-Fi movie is Planet of the Apes. Pulp Fiction is also one of the Hermit's favorites.
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TV
All in the Family, Boondocks, the original Cosmos series, Family Guy, Munsters, Twilight Zone. Nowadays the Hermit prefers a lot of science and nature programming, documentaries on society, culture and history, Frontline on PBS, Bill Moyers, news programs from Canada and Europe, Daily Show and Corbert.
These are just a few things off the top of my head. The Hermit's taste is eclectic and sometimes esoteric. However, even though he is a hermit, he does try to remain aware of the latest fads. He just doesn't have to like them.
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