music, criticism (serious or humorous), ideas moreso in theory than in practice, animals, sleep, blurring the lines of consciousness, near-total darkness, the idea of writing a letter
I'd like to meet:
'we had already decided upon closing the house. all the preparations for the journey were carried out smoothly and expeditiously with my wife's diligent help. my mood of elation persisted up to the end. on the last day we spent in our old home, however, a feeling of melancholy came over me. i don't know whether it is the same with others, but departure from rooms that have become dear to me always affects me strongly. once more a piece of life was slipping away from me and would henceforth be only a memory. i walked to the window. outside it was dark, everything barren with autumn. i actually felt a pain at my heart as i stared into the night sky, sewn with tiny stars.
then a friendly arm was put around my neck.'
Music:
strengths: lightning bolt, kraftwerk, the suicide file, american nightmare, the velvet underground, can, ariel pink, the clash, pixies/frank black, galaxie 500, band of horses, brian eno, add n to (x), slint, smiths/morrissey, the locust, nurse with wound, ooioo, vashti bunyan, a silver mt zion, cluster, os mutantes, tom waits, black dice, wire, sun city girls, akron/family, nick drake, olivia tremor control, hella, t rex, fela kuti, suicide, calexico, camera obscura, nina nastasia, joy division, stereolab, comets on fire, guided by voices, oneida, richard youngs
weaknesses: sparks, mates of state, abba, oldies (not motown), animal collective/panda bear, eric b & rakim, joanna newsom, new order, talking heads, early belle & sebastian, yes, squeeze, ladytron, fischerspooner, danielson famile, neutral milk hotel, cat power
Movies:
office space, bicycle thieves, harakiri (seppuku), seven samurai, m, pi, pulp fiction, branded to kill, die hard 1-3, double suicide, unforgiven, the running man, oldboy, onibaba, the lives of others, the rules of the game, 8 1/2, once upon a time in the west, steamroller and the violin, el topo / holy mountain
Television:
the shield, arrested development, nip/tuck, kid notorious, futurama, the tick, sports night, six feet 'freakin' under on bravo, seinfeld, curb your enthusiasm (minus 'the producers' episode), it's always sunny in philadelphia
Books:
kafka, nabokov, camus, heym, benjamin, mann, kubin, dostoevsky, other 'classics', impressionism, expressionism, one thing with many authors, things that are not fantasy novels.
anything that matt stock cherishes is something that i will not like
