planting things, Koi, music, creating more music with my favorite people, teaching art, making art, playing with my kids, playing with my cats, mowing my lawn (weird, I know) getting lost in good books and magazines (I love Bomb and Filter) writing kooky lyrics.
People who refer to themselves in the third person.
Castle, The Sharktopus, Acadia and the asteroid, Magnetic Fields, the New Year, Viva Voce, Belle and Sebastian, Nina Anastasia, Lovey, The Handsome Family, Treasure State, Joel Phelps, Comsat Angels, Neu, Hmmm... since I had my hard drive erased by a sophomore, I don't have the same tunes, but new stuff includes old stuff likeGuidedbyVoices,Cloudead,coachwhips,clapyourhandssayyeah, gary newman,imarobot,americanmusicclub,blocparty,destroyer, the modern lovers, neutralmilkhotel, USS Horsewhip, Les Rita Mitsouko, Edith Piaf, The Undertones, Let's Active, Fastbacks, Black heart procession, Grant Lee Phillips, Wire, Bluegrass, the cure, tones on tail, soft cell, depeche mode new order, smiths, psychedelic furs, joy division, bauhaus gary numan / tubeway army, duran duran, placebo, the faint postal service, siouxsie, bjork, blondie, kate bush, joan jett, janes addiction, pixies, prefab sprout, prince, bowie trex, iggy, lou, elliot smith, replacements, beatles, brian wilson / beach boys, shudder to think, american music club, the damned
I will always have an afinity for The Hunger, Harold and Maude, Amalie, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Secretary, The Black Stallion (corny, but beautiful.) Thanks to Tim Cook for introducing me to almost the entire Criterion collection. Some of my favorites are: Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, Many films by Yasujiro Ozu, I Know where I am going (Powell and Pressburger) All That Heaven Allows, The Lady Eve, Mon Oncle, Bunuels such as The discreet charm of the Bourgeoisie, Grey Gardens, A Nous la Liberte, My man godfrey, Contempt,
Sunday Morning on CBS.
The Bone People, any Maya Angelou, Million little pieces, Geek Love, The AP vertical team guide for 2D design. I have read 'The Hot Dog' about 20 times this week. It is a level one easy reader, so it doesn't take a lot of my time and the message is always so uplifting.
Gina Gregerson.