all things polynesian. animation. old movies. old jazz. my 3 nephews. adventures. taking holidays. drinking rum. eating chocolate. making music. aquatic stuff.
Bruce Campbell and Clint Eastwood.
joy division, the cure, brian jonestown massacre, jesus and mary chain, social distortion, elvis, johnny cash, morrissey, the smiths, the raveonettes, the cramps, the animals, belle and sebastion, bright eyes, arcade fire, the pixies, siouxsie sioux, the national, jonathan fire*eater, the walkmen, my bloody valentine, the clash, broken social scene, echo and the bunnymen, modest mouse, the libertines, mazzy star, nancy sinatra, nico, gene vincent, johnny burnette, the ventures, django reinhardt, billie holiday, louie armstrong, artie shaw, charles mingus, charlie christian, benny goodman, debussey, mahler, bernard hermann, anything with a ukelele
casablanca, the third man, the good, the bad, and the ugly, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, edward scissorhands, ed wood, beetlejuice, hannah and her sisters, love and death, zelig, indiana jones, jaws, rushmore, the royal tenenbaums, lawrence of arabia, maltese falcon, out of the past, touch of evil, gilda, lost horizon, forbidden planet, king kong (1933), his girl friday, holiday, charade, swingers, joe vs. the volcano, the sting, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, rear window, north by northwest, the english patient, pride and prejudice, brick, the thin man, rebel without a cause, east of eden, teenagers from outer space, faster pussycat, kill,kill, riding giants, hunchbach of notre dame (1939), old horror with boris karloff, lon chaney, or bela lugosi, metropolis, pandora's box, calagari, and all the charlie chaplin and buster keaton i can get my hands on.
Either Turner Classic or the Travel Channel seem to be on in the background at most times. If the travel channel goes to the south pacific, you can just clear my schedule. Arrested Development remains hilarious no matter how many times i watch it. I love the animation, particularly The Simpsons, Wallace and Gromit, Loony Tunes, or Spongebob (helps me relate with my nephews, and i just like it anyway, dammit). Got a little obsessed with the Freaks and Geeks dvd a short while back. Sometimes i'll turn on the discovery channel in hopes of finding an astronomy or aquatic themed documentary.
Oscar Wilde remains a perennial favorite. Love the Harry Potter books, The Alchemist, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell, Live Fast Die Young was fascinating, Herman Hesse books...I was a philosophy major in college (and a film minor - what a horrible cliche), and i still enjoy confusing myself over Wittgenstein, Kant, Camus, and the likes there of. I also love books that deal with old hollywood and early cinema, the jazz age, and pulp magazine art.