Music. Food. Cats. Antique posters and advertising media (Edward Penfield, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc.). Working in a recording studio. The 60s. Movies. Ballet. Fashion. Riding the bus or being in transit with music. Walking to the store. The smell of spring blossoms. Those who began their artistic journey as followers and evolved into leaders. Modern art. Science. Trivia games. Computers. Playing pool. Vintage VW Bug. Vintage and muscle cars (environmental consequences notwithstanding). History, politics, government. Marlon Brando and Paul Newman. Architecture. Breakdancing competitions. Military coats. Nostalgic smells. The seasons. The mountains. Persian rugs. Natural and co-op food markets. Drawing. Floorplans. Interiors. Sideburns.
Music:
Neil Young, The Beatles, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, The Left Banke, Manassas/Stephen Stills, The Verve, The Small Faces, Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis, Flying Burrito Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Innocence Mission, early Bee Gees, Teenage Fanclub, Sigur Ros, Everly Brothers, Travis, Coldplay, Carole King, The Rolling Stones, Zombies, Mojave 3, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Kinks, David Bowie, Wilco, Brendan Benson, The Grass Roots, Talking Heads, 80s new wave, Harry Nilsson, Simon & Garfunkel, The Supremes, Grandaddy, U2, The White Stripes, Ben Kweller, The Helio Sequence, Acetone, Jet, House On a Hill, Mogwai, The Killers, America, Television, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who, Michael Nesmith, The Police, Sting, early INXS, T. Rex, Tim Hardin, The Frames, Charlatans UK, Reggie Watts, old-school Heart, Lucinda Williams, Skip Spence, Moby Grape, Frank Sinatra, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Beck, old-school Madonna, The Raconteurs, Sam Cooke, Linford Detweiler, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Fleetwoods, Billie Holiday, Jayhawks, Red House Painters, Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens, some Arcade Fire, Bill Withers, Al Green, Uncle Tupelo, a little Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Hank Williams, "Clapton and The Who", any pop band with great vocal harmonies, 60s-70s music in general, much 80s music from my childhood, various old soul/R & B, a whole gamut of classical music, and much, much more... The list could seriously go on.
Movies:
Manhattan, On the Waterfront (1954), Sweet & Lowdown, Jeremiah Johnson, Play It Again Sam, Road Warrior, Two Lane Blacktop, Saved!, The Apartment (1960), The Manchurian Candidate (2005), Harold & Maude, More American Graffiti, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, original Star Wars trilogy, Master and Commander, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Twin Peaks and Arrested Development on DVD, Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea, Das Boot, Lord of the Rings, various sci-fi, any music documentary or band film...
Television:
THE X-FILES. Ken Burns documentaries on PBS. American Masters/American Experience. Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Charlie Rose. Washington Week. The stellar programming on PBS (I'm serious). I don't have cable.
Books:
"Journey To Ixtlan"
"Tales Of Power"
"A Separate Reality"
"The Power of Silence"
and other Carlos Castaneda books
Recently read: On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Now reading: Chronicles by Bob Dylan and
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
