Literature, cultural theory, psychosocial behavior models, Diet Coke, exuberance.
Anyone down for cultural dissection with a side of random!
Hyperliterate balladeers (Fiona Apple, The Decemberists, Okkervil River, The Arcade Fire); post-punk/synth pop/goth rock (The Cure, Morrissey, New Order, Depeche Mode); delectable pop confections (Kylie Minogue, Phoenix); electronic odds and ends (Ratatat, Junior Boys)
After Life, The Barbarian Invasions, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Before Sunset, Best of Youth, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Me and You and Everyone We Know
Twin Peaks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The X-Files, Arrested Development, The Office
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Also, most things from Joan Didion, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Franzen, James Joyce, Zadie Smith, Louis Menand, and James Agee Currently re-reading: Possession by A.S. Byatt
Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag, Joan Didion