taking naps, fake meat, Twin Peaks, Steve Perry, mallomars, not talking, Chu- Hi, Vivienne Westwood, Arsenal FC, whiskey, being the blackjack champion, lap steel, Peter Saville, tones and beeps, scrubbing my bathtub, BBC radiophonic workshop, being an idealist and not a realist, Carson Ellis, heated car seats, Robert Motherwell, MTA subway smell, William Eggleston, yelling at my television during basketball season, Nino's white miracle pizza, NPR, falling down, summer beards, and working on being a kinder, gentler me. with little success.
sorry. the cheese stands alone.
low. great lake swimmers. califone. dylan. anything that utilizes dry ice, worms and heavy basslines.
films of Charles and Ray Eames, any Tarkovsky, The 39 Steps, Wings of Desire, Jeux Interdits, Assault on Precinct 13, Manhattan, CB4, Harold and Maude, 8 1/2, Sleeper, The 400 Blows, Shopgirl, Blue Velvet, Heathers, Anaconda.
cities of the underworld. anything with Anthony Bourdain.
the death of the grown-up: how america's arrested development is bringing down western civilization; d. west. how to see yourself as you really are; dalai lama. t.s. eliot.