Music collecting/researching/compiling/listening - Texas Rollergirls - collecting cookbooks - cocktails - reading - dancing like an idiot - cranking the tunes - swimming/swimming naked - thrift stores - bizarre fashion choices - community theater and radio - cooking - silkscreens - acting - Eddie Izzard - cake decorating - Dave Chappelle - Zach Galifianakis - Mitch Hedberg R.I.P. - David Cross - sewing - movies - singing - heavy metal karaoke - soap making - dogs / dog shows - tattoos and the process - record/toy conventions - 70's/80's pop culture - drag queens - pinball - zines - board games - Boyd - used record stores/collecting vinyl - flea markets - cereal - Spencer Tunick - Scrabble - useless trivia - drums - incense - birth control - bath products - cool shoes/boots - the smell of vinegar - my lil' family - toilet humor - da challow - sassy girls - sensitive boys - genderbenders - drag kings - a good fart - a good belch - Black Label beer - Live Oak Hefe Weizen - midwivery - being crafty - cool t-shirts - rollerderby - video games - journals - cheerleading competitions - Kozik - DB Velveeda - Lithium Picnic - Perry Bible Fellowship/PBF Comix - the maryjane - sex toy parties - Mad Libs - Nintendo Gamecube/Mario Party - attached parenting - children's advocacy - gay/lesbian rights - getting exercise - ugly decoupage - road atlases - italian culture - Warhol - Isaac Mizrahi - Alexis Arquette - theme parties - saying Fuck - water slides - pogo sticks - cotton candy - genki sudo - hot baths/jacuzzis - volcanic stone massages - Texas Hold'em - a good beat box - Mexican martinis - John Waters/Divine - vodka cherry sours - laughing until it hurts...and a bunch of other shit
Eddie Izzard (although I'm having issues about that new show "The Riches".) Anyone who remembers/watched that 70's kid show "Vegetable Soup". Skilled bocce players. Self-fellators. Cotton candy enthusiasts. John Waters. Jennifer Saunders. Erykah Badu. Paul Feig. Ricky Gervais. Juliette Lewis. Isaac Mizrahi. Frances McDormand. Morgan Freeman. Grace Jones. Emo Phillips. Michael Wincott. Sean Lennon. Patricia Field. Tim Burton. David Bowie. Prince. Paul Reubens. Jason Bateman. Francis Conroy. If they were still alive, I would love to meet: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Steve McQueen, Vincent Price, John Sex, Frank Zappa, Andy Warhol, Pig Champion, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Anne Bancroft, Divine, Jim Henson, Bill Hicks and Anissa Jones (who played Buffy on Family Affair). All I ask is you not be a douchebag.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.... Bad Brains - Kyuss - Prince - Ramones - Stevie Wonder - Jeff Buckley - Crisis - David Bowie - Scissorfight - Louis Prima - Sarah Vaughn - old Metallica - The Knife - Tenacious D - Melvins - Outkast - Duran Duran - Knitters - X - Marvin Gaye - Joan Jett - Wolfmother - Mos Def - Dwarves - Beastie Boys - Juliette And The Licks - Adam Ant - Ween - Misfits - Cave In - Wendy And Lisa - Rev.Horton Heat - Dolly Parton - QOTSA - Mastodon - Imogen Heap - The Sword - GWAR - Johnny Cash - Turbonegro - Alabama Thunderpussy - Angie Stone - Isis - Beatles - Sepultura - Erykah Badu - EWF - Bauhaus - Motown - Probot - NERD/Pharrell - Thee Hypnotics - The Roots - Kate Bush - Cocteau Twins - 6L6 - De La Soul - Neko Case - Speedealer - Mingus - Pharcyde - Honkeyball - Sam Black Church - Siouxsie - Muddy Waters - The Stooges - Jill Scott - Action Swingers - Fu Manchu - Social D - Roberta Flack - Incubus - old Kiss - Lena Horne - Lunachicks - Chic - Joan As Police Woman - Supersuckers - AC/DC - Redman - A Tribe Called Quest - Floetry - Ice Cube - Motorhead - La Gritona - Aretha Franklin - The Mars Volta - Unida - White Zombie - classic Journey & Rush - Dead Can Dance - Sex Pistols - Coltrane - Toilet Boys - Danzig - Slo Burn - Jane's Addiction - Donny Hathaway - Black Star - Tree - Amplified Heat - Ministry - Fantomas - Mr.Bungle - Roadsaw - Stompbox - The Cure - Kudgel - Alicia Keys - Rufus Wainwright - Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - Billie Holiday - Shostakovich - Slapshot - Mazzy Star - Chevy Heston - Zeke - Sleep - The Meatmen - Doc Hopper - Ozzy Sabbath - Maxwell - SOAD - Guerrero - Shonen Knife - Guilford - Diamanda Galas - Killing Joke - The Clash - Shudder to Think - Flametrick Subs - Bovachevo - Slow Horse - Nick Cave - The Birthday Party - Black Helicopter - Janet Jackson - BowWowWow - Motley Crue - Les Mystere De Voix Bulgares - Spore - Led Zeppelin - Soundgarden - Suicide Contest - Irreverends - Foo Fighters - Nashville Pussy - Fuzzbox - DeeeLite - Eagles of Death Metal - Japan/David Sylvian - The Dead Motley Sex Maidens - 70's ballad shit like Ambrosia, Bread, Dan Fogelberg.... I could go on and on and on....
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.... Shaolin Soccer - Home For The Holidays - Dazed & Confused - John Waters flicks - 70's/80's horror ( The Changeling, Friday the 13th Pt. 2, TX Chainsaw, etc ) - Leon - Hedwig and The Angry Inch - Battle Royale - Basquiat- Fight Club - Chappelle's Block Party- Garden State - Oldboy - Dogfight - The Big Lebowski - Purple Rain - Mulholland Drive - Rollerball (orig.) - Jaws - Murderball - Harold & Kumar GTWC - The Broken Hearts Club - Repo Man - Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - Waiting... - Napoleon Dynamite - Decline & Fall of Western Civilization: 1 & 2 - Bad Lieutenant - Run Ronnie Run - Brain Candy - School of Rock - Mystery Men - Takashi Miike flicks- Times Square - Big Night -Tim Burton -Rock & Roll High School - Rushmore - CB4 - Empire Strikes Back - Shakes The Clown- Bound - The Snapper - The Road to Wellville - Harold & Maude - Broadcast News - The Ninth Gate - LOTR Trilogy - 80's teen/John Hughes stuff - 200 Cigarettes - Moonstruck - Liquid Sky - Princess Bride - The Hunger- American Psycho - GoodFellas - His Girl Friday - Shawshank Redemption - It's A Wonderful Life- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - Ed Wood - Velvet Goldmine - Boogie Nights- Closer -Secretary - Run Lola Run - The Royal Tenenbaums - Psycho - True Romance- Dogs In Space - Little Women - Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - The Croupier - Carrie - Sleepy Hollow - Roadside Prophets - Little Voice -Pandemonium - Pretty Smart -Cheech & Chong - Broadcast News - My Left Foot - Silence of the Lambs - Wigstock - Love, Valor, Compassion! -It's My Party - Auntie Mame - Hands on a Hard Body - Amadeus - Eating Raoul - Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Empire of the Sun - Re-Animator - Corrina, Corrina - My Life's in Turnaround - Dogma - Rosemary's Baby - Lost in Translation - Suburbia ( Spheeris version ) - The Shining - Yellowbeard/Monty Python - High Fidelity - Grease - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Seven Samurai - How to Marry a Millionaire - When A Stranger Calls (the orig.) - The Ice Storm - 40 Year Old Virgin - PCU - Burnt Offerings - Ringu - Delicatessen - Go! - Mallrats - Old School - Anchorman - South Park Bigger...Uncut - Swingers - Tokyo Decadance - Under the Cherry Moon... and more and more and more....
Freaks and Geeks - Six Feet Under - Big Love - The Office ( BBC and US ) - Scrubs - Ninja Warrior - The Daily Show - The Colbert Report - Entourage - Project Runway (when it's on) - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge - Extras - AbFab - The Family Guy - Discovery Channel - Man Bites Dog - Sex and The City -Adult Swim - Animal Planet - MST3K - Monty Python - Isaac Mizrahi - Food Network - Mythbusters - Strangers With Candy - Arrested Development - Mr. Show - Extreme Home Makeover - Match Game - Curb Your Enthusiasm - Insomniac - 90210 reruns - Queer Eye - Chappelle Show - Crocodile Hunter Diaries - Parking Lot - Brady Bunch - Queer As Folk - I love sitting up for many hours watching VH-1 video block shows like The Alternative, Metal Mania, Classic Request, We Are The 80's...just to see what fucked up shit from my youth they will show ( because I'm a junkie for it )...and for my son....Spongebob
Michelle Tea - David Sedaris - Caroline Knapp - Bradley Denton - Russell Banks - Katherine Dunn - Chuck Klosterman - Paul Feig - Chuck Palahniuk - Lisa Carver - Tama Janowitz - Candyfreak by Steve Almond - Jim Goad - Vladamir Nabakov - America, The Beautiful by Moon Zappa - 8 Ball Girls by Gini Sikes - A. Maupin "Tales Of The City" - Bukowski - Rollins - "I'm With The Band" - "And I Don't Want To Live This Life"- Rock & The Pop Narcotic - "Inconsolable..." by Marrit Ingman - Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal by Dan Bukszpan- Tolkien - cookbooks from the 60's - 70's - Judy Blume teen girl stuff - The Great Brain - the classics like Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar, To Kill A Mockingbird, Lolita, Great Expectations - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and If I Ran The Zoo - Ginnie & Geneva ( pre-teen book from the 40's ) The Lorax, If I Ran The Zoo (other Seuss stuff) Maurice Sendak and Shel Silverstein (stuff we read to our boys) and I LOOOOOVE reading road atlases/maps of states. It's oddly comforting to me.
My great grandmother Noni for popping out 13 children ( her poor uterus ) - the guy that stood in front of the tanks in Tieneman Sq. - anyone that has the courage to go against the grain and fight for what they believe regardless of outcome, money, or notoriety (as long as it doesn't wrongfully destroy somebody or something else) - James Kim - Bat Manuel ( superhero ) - My husband ( for being one of the most passionate and decent guys I've ever met ) - all my Texas Rollergirl sistas who take a lickin and keep on tickin. - Bill Hicks, Jon Stewart, and many other comedians/social observers that have the balls to speak their mind. Katharine Hepburn, for always wearing pants and making it look good. My grandmother Ethel, for NEVER wearing pants a day in her 88 years of life ( sure, I think it's crazy - but it was something she believed in and you have to respect that ). William Morrison and John C. Wharton, for inventing cotton candy.