elephants, rocks, sign language, theology, arts and crafts, books, green, garlic salt
REM, sufjan stevens, psalters, mewithoutyou, devotchka, romantica, cory chisel and the wandering sons, caedmon's call, spaghetti western string company, mates of state, rocky votolato, patsy cline, sigur ros, american analog set, rufus wainwright, neutral milk hotel, morphine, yo la tengo, wilco, havalina rail co, iron&wine, people like solomon burke, otis redding, wilson pickett (RIP). currently listening to: the Once soundtrack.
MUSICALS!
Mandi and i are on a musical binge. this is what we have seen since fall 2005:
-pirates of penzance
-the king & i
-oklahoma
-state fair
-fiddler on the roof
-mary poppins
-sound of music
-crybaby
-west side story
-brigadoon
-7 brides for 7 brothers
-annie
-chicago
-willy wonka & the chocolate factory (old)
-south pacific
-bedknobs & broomsticks
-grease
-grease 2
-hms pinafore
-lil shop of horrors
-singin in the rain
-on the town
-popeye
-into the woods
-jesus christ superstar
-an american in paris
-anchors away
-the wizard of oz
-sweeney todd (new favorite)
-kiss me kate
-godspell
-moulin rouge
-the wiz
-gigi
-joseph & the amazing technicolor dreamcoat
-cats
-how to succeed in business without really trying
-covergirl
-42nd street
-willy wonka and the chocolate factory (new)
-top hat
-chitty chitty bang bang
-holiday inn
-white christmas
-the phantom of the opera
-meet me in st. louis
-rent
-annie get your gun
-bye bye birdie
-the producers (old)
-the 10 commandments
-the producers (new)
-the gay divorcee
-Hairspray
other stuff:
little shop of horrors, LA Story, high fidelity, jesus christ superstar, reality bites, stuff by tim burton, wes anderson, christopher guest, the coen brothers, and movies about war, history, or mobsters. and um, musicals.
new favorites are Into The Wild and Once.
the x-files, the sopranos, six feet under, lost, arrested development, the office, big love, creature comforts.
the freedom of simplicity, a prayer for owen meany, the book of common prayer, AHWOSG, the poisonwood bible, the time traveler's wife, the story we find ourselves in, amusing ourselves to death, native son, the red tent, everything by david sedaris, chaim potok, or rob bell, traveling mercies, middlesex, stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers, the corrections, girl meets god, extremely loud and incredibly close, the tipping point, the ragamuffin gospel, the color of water, the BFG and other roald dahl books, the scent of god, the devil in the white city. currently reading: Bodies in Motion and at Rest.
those that love well.