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Leah:
Site Designer, Writer, Photographer
(That's me on the right with Brian from Goldfinger)
E-mail Leah
Oh
yeah, I sold out and got a MySpace
page, too
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| Location: |
The
ATH |
| Occupation: |
Pick
one: Lawyer, record label owner (www.anchorlessrecords.com),
music writer for various newspapers, photographer, intern
for World Audience Management |
| Favorite
Bands: |
Green
Day, Oasis, New Found Glory, Fallout Boy, Yellowcard, Atreyu,The
Letters Organize, Thrice, No Motiv, Flickerstick, Exhaustra,
Guster, Butch Walker, Moments in Grace, Unwritten Law, The
Matches, He Is Legend, Over It, Motion City Soundtrack, Armor
for Sleep |
| 5
CDs that Changed My Life: |
Dookie
by Green Day; Punk in Drublic by NoFX; New Found
Glory by New Found Glory; Nevermind by Nirvana;
Life in General by MxPx |
| Favorite
Movies: |
"Shakespeare
in Love"; "Good Will Hunting"; "Ferris
Bueller's Day Off" |
| Favorite
Books: |
The
Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Catcher in the Rye by J.D.
Salinger; Nothing Feels Good by Andy Greenwald |
| Turn
Ons: |
Going
to shows, good music, and punk rock/emo boys....haha |
| Turn
Offs: |
People
who don't say 'Thank You'; People who tell you what they think
you want to hear instead of the truth |
| Personal
Quote: |
“If
you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit
your friends” and “The only true currency in this
bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re
uncool.”
-both from Almost Famous |
| Anything
Else? |
See
Carlo and Chris' responses below |
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About
Rockpress.net:
I started
this webzine as a place to publish my photos, concert reviews,
interviews and CD reviews, many of which wouldn't otherwise see
the light of day in the newspapers I write for. So, I designed
the site and asked a few friends to help me out with the content.
I am always looking for random submissions, writers, photographers,
so if you feel like submitting something for the site, feel free
to e-mail it on over.
Also,
this site would never be possible without the help of the many
publicists and record labels that have given me the opportunity
to interview and review their bands. Thank you!
And
lastly, thank you to all of the amazing bands who have provided
the soundtrack for my life. Your music has truly inspired me.
I am forever grateful.
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| Location: |
Milan,
Italy |
| Occupation: |
College
Student |
| Favorite
Bands: |
Bad
Religion, Limp, Goldfinger, The Suicide Machines, Kid Dynamite...the
list could go on for something like 138 more bands, but I'll
keep it short |
| 5
CDs that Changed My Life: |
Stranger
Than Fiction
by Bad Religion; Goldfinger by Goldfinger; White
Trash Two Heebs and a Bean by NoFX; Duh by Lagwagon;
Shorter Faster Louder by Kid Dynamite |
| Favorite
Movies: |
"There's
Something About Mary" |
| Favorite
Books: |
Brave
New World
by Aldous Huxley; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
| Turn
Ons: |
Vegetarian
food, indie-rock shows |
| Turn
Offs: |
Envy,
fake modesty |
| Personal
Quote: |
"If you do it, why
do you of it? If you don't do you, why don't you do it?" |
| Anything
Else? |
Sometimes
I feel like I like music more than people. |
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| Location: |
In
between one mood and the next, but living to the fullest |
| Occupation: |
Working
for Red Distro/Sony |
| Favorite
Bands: |
Avail,
Ours, Deftones, Iron Maiden, South, Strike Anywhere, plus
most jazz |
| 5
CDs that Changed My Life: |
Master
of Puppets by Metallica; Seventh Son of a Seventh
Son by Iron Maiden; Ver the James by Avail;
Distorted Lullabyes by Ours; My War by Black
Flag |
| Favorite
Movies: |
"Mallrats";
"Office Space"; "Star Wars" (old school);
Anything with Sean Penn in it |
| Favorite
Books: |
Get
in the Van
by Henry Rollins, Let It Blurt by Lester Bangs |
| Turn
Ons: |
Life,
music |
| Turn
Offs: |
People
that take what they have for granted, liars, and laziness
(quit your bitching and go do it) |
| Personal
Quote: |
"Dude,
that's amazing" or "Just another day in paradise" |
| Anything
Else? |
I'm
a music geek. I think people that download music or burn
CDs are lazy and bastardizing a good thing. Take the time
to be brave and go buy good music, even if you can only
buy one CD a month. If that is the case, then make that
CD your everything and put some GOD DAMN heart into it.
Downloading/burning is not taking just money from the labels
or artists, it's taking away a chance to continue writing
good music and it's killing the mom and pop record stores
that care about music. Keep doing it and watch, we fill
fuck up a perfectly good thing and have to rely on Best
Buys/Mediaplays and the bullshit stores in a mall for our
music. No way those folks are car-less souls that look at
working in a record store as a job that does not ask "Do
you want fries with that?" Eat a dick you heartless
bastards, go independent, go to shows, buy from the bands,
buy from the small indie shops and let's bring back good
record stores. |
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| Location: |
Hotlanta |
| Occupation: |
In
the real world I'm an I.T. Project Manager for a matress company.
Really. |
| Favorite
Bands: |
Ahhhh...Coheed
and Cambria, Five Iron Frenzy, 311, Favorite, Motion City
Soundtrack, Harry Connick, Jr., Far, Brand New, Nonpoint |
| 5
CDs that Changed My Life: |
1.
Our Newest Album Ever by Five Iron Frenzy
2.
Water & Solutions by Far
3.
Grassroots by 311
4.
Blue Light Red Light by Harry Connick, Jr
5.
Supermercado by 2 Skinnee J's |
| Favorite
Books: |
Hardball
by Chris Matthews; Night by Elie Wiesel; Billboard
Guide to Music Publicity (because it got me out of a
year of college) |
| Favorite
Movies: |
Anything
with a high school, a party, or a prom. "Can't Hardly
Wait"; "Girl"; "Memphis Belle"; "Pirates
of the Caribbean" |
| Turn
Ons: |
Live
music, buying magazines for pictures, candles, New York pizza,
Steve Madden shows, tall socks (don't ask) |
| Turn
Offs: |
Lettuce,
vocal effects to make a crappy singer sound good, I-Hate-My-Mommy
Bands, random instant messages, pretentious ponker bands |
| Personal
Quote: |
"Kick
'em in the crotch!" |
| Anything
Else? |
www.jsolar.com
and www.favoritemakesmusic.com |
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| Location: |
Atlantish,
Georgia |
| Occupation: |
Law
Student |
| Favorite
Bands: |
M.
Ward, No Motiv, No River City, Sleater Kinney, Yellowcard |
| 5
CDs that Changed My Life: |
1.
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
-- You know that flashback scene towards the end of "SLC
Punk"...it happened just like that, but it wasn't Minor
Threat, it was the Dead Kennedys
2.
Surfer Rosa by the Pixies -- Caribou saved my life
3.
Rid of Me by PJ Harvey -- One day I was a girl,
then I listened to this CD...and on that day I became a
woman. EW, not like that!
4.
Post by Bjork -- Angry, ugly, night to happy, beautiful
day
5.
Automatic for the People by REM -- Henry Matlack
Wieman (1946-1999) R.I.P. |
| Favorite
Books: |
Fiction:
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera;
Non-Fiction: Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon
Kabat-Zinn; Children's: The Story of Fourteen Bears
by Evelyn Scott |
| Favorite
Movies: |
Fiction:
"Todo Sobre Mi Madre"; Musical: "Meet Me in
St. Louis"; Documentary: "The Thin Blue Line";
Mockumentary: "Waiting for Guffman"; Children's:
"Lady and the Tramp" |
| Turn
Ons: |
The
ocean, open-mindedness and well-applied cologne |
| Turn
Offs: |
Suburbia,
conceitedness and conformity |
| Personal
Quote: |
"Le
coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point.....The
heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."
-- Blaise Pascal |
| Anything
Else? |
Three
words that describe me: demiurgic, magical realist |
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