spending money i don't have on records i wish i had more time to listen to, buying more books than i'll ever be able to read in my life, writing letters to strangers, nervousness.org, overanalyzing music, wasting time, blowing bubbles in the dark, eating pie for breakfast, drinking beer, making felt monsters, tofu scramble, going to shows, my elementary school-style kraftwerk, grapefruit juice, punk/indie rock, being groupietastic, hanging out with my cat, vegan baking, pirate porn, www.seashepherd.org
people with radical ideas, those who have strong convictions without being self-righteous, musicians, artists, activists, kids who spent too much time in their bedrooms reading liner notes, readers, writers, drinkers, those who are down with sin, anyone who can make me laugh, people who don't make me crazy, those who can entertain themselves, crafty grrlz, crazy cat ladies, anyone who shares my love/hate relationship with people, people who are interested in more than themselves, Aaron Turner's hands, and any other hands willing to help me with Girls Rock Denver (a benefit for the Girls Rock Camp Alliance--December 14th--mark your calendars).
the broadways, the mountain goats, xiu xiu, young people, isis, black heart procession, jimmy scott, the weakerthans, a day in black and white, mark lanegan, the smiths, the dead science, the jim yoshii pile-up, kill me tomorrow, morrissey, neurosis, charlie parker, propagandhi, the buzzcocks, archers of loaf, june of 44, shoplifting, transistor transistor, the dooms uk, willie dixon, thelonious monk, centro-matic, pelican, afghan whigs, deerhoof, bud powell, bad weather california, doseone, casiotone for the painfully alone, grand buffet, pat benatar, subtle, lou barlow/sebadoh, the shapeshifters, the damned, navies, other friends' bands not included above, all my fake bands, and so far all bands that have crashed with me
Anything by David Lynch, Lars Von Trier, or Tom DiCillo; Rubin and Ed (actually, Crispin Glover movies in general), Delicatessen, I Stand Alone, When the Rain Lifts, Fist of Legend, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Clockwork Orange, Henry and June, The Man with Two Brains, Tromeo and Juliet, Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore, Hulmerist
Father Ted, Twin Peaks, MASH, All in the Family, Fishing with John, the Simpsons, Six Feet Under
I love reading social theory. I have a ton of books about punk and indie rock. Anything by Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, Nick Hornby, Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut, or Tom Robbins. More Noise Please by Steven Jesse Bernstein, The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills, The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer, Since the Layoffs and Working Stiff's Manifesto by Iain Levison, Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch by Hollis Gillespie, Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy by Jeff Ferrell, Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman, Anthropology by Dan Rhodes, The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Fancy Froglin's Sexy Forest by James Kochalka, Newjack by Ted Conover, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago, Where the Girls Are and Listening In by Susan J. Douglas
besides the superhero that I am: Spiderman, the Incredible Hulk, Emma Goldman, my grandfather, Karl Marx, Sheila Whiteley, Captain Paul Watson, anyone willing to give me a neckrub