useless information, love from afar, albums, character actors, arts and crafts, muppets, sarcasm, old new york, black&white photography, wasting time and/or alienating people, mixtapes, abe vigoda, the viewpoints, day trips, theatrical endeavors, electric boogaloo, allergy meds, amusement parks, revival houses, thrifting, pina bausch, the variety slang dictionary, russian constructivism, board games, synthtastic sounds, free stuff, count blah, the following words: hullabaloo/hornswoggle/hootenanny, imogene coca, root beer floats, finding a copy of the day the clown cried, creative people
new wave and postpunk, bubblegum and sunshine pop, powerpop of yesteryear, AM Gold, 80s R&B dance, old school klezmer, ye-ye, britpop, tin pan alley, northern soul, two-tone ska, old school rap, girl groups of the 30s, 40s and 60s, brill building, british d.i.y. from the 70s and 80s, k-tel comps, scandinavian wonderfulness especially the labrador label, factory records, girls in the garage, phil spector's wall of sound, stuff they play on vh-1 classic's the alternative, the smiths, the cure, new order, metric/emily haines, lucksmiths, ELO, dinah washington, 70s bowie, fletcher henderson, my favorite, neil finn, kurt weill, the organ, pyromania by def leppard, 70s stevie wonder, glenn tilbrook, my teenage stride, the metric mile, barcelona, darren hanlon, crunchy frog label esp. superheroes, oliver north boy choir and epo-555, the young knives, the research, field music, jon brion, naked eyes, hot chip live, hall and oates, human league, early talking heads, paul williams, cole porter, le tigre, the monkees, steely dan, the chalets, joe raposo, prince, madonna's first album, little jimmy scott, stereo total, cab calloway, meredith monk, the last emperor soundtrack, jacques lu cont and all the other names stuart price uses, danielson, ed's redeeming qualities, the left banke, kings of convenience/the whitest boy alive/erlend oye, helen forrest, trembling blue stars, the waitresses, frank london, siouxsie, emmit rhodes, elvis costello, duran duran, josh rouse, the DBs, ethel merman disco album, look sharp by joe jackson, the raincoats first album, hommage a piazzolla by gideon kremer, raymond scott, kitty wells, housemartins/early beautiful south, lida husik, cut copy, fats waller, billy childish, mp3blogs
some like it hot/other billy wilder, singin in the rain, persuasion, hudsucker proxy, simple men, women on verge of nervous breakdown, topsy turvy, the women, real life (i mean the albert brooks film), hard day's night, the apple, gene wilder, keane, night of the hunter, five corners, harvey, stand-in, the station agent, funny bones, princess bride, danny kaye, documentaries, dracula: pages from a virgin's diary, breaking glass, ballet russes, sue, matewan, beaver trilogy, austin pendleton, downfall, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, michael winterbottom, john cazale, thelma ritter, escape from and return to witch mountain, postcards from the edge, office space, that's entertainment I and II, better off dead, trees lounge, coalminer's daughter, M, howard hawks, mel brooks, ellen kuras, tom noonan, bill nighy, woody allen in the 80s, east side story, urgh a music war, what is the deal with amanda plummer?
bbc america - stuff like state of play/little britain season one/wire in the blood etc, arrested development, vh-1 classic when they only play videos, freaks&geeks, the office usa and uk, bea arthur, the wire, the corner, rome, deadwood, sctv, pbs, masterpiece theatre, muppet show, sesame street, trio - tv out of the box, hugh laurie, james spader, square pegs, brooklyn bridge, 30 rock, your show of shows, north hollywood/judd apatow, animated h. jon benjamin, daily show, all dramas that shoot on the east coast, ben stiller show, my so-called life, new york noise, the bridge, shows for an anglophile, keen eddie, degrassi the next generation, mr. show, slings and arrows, bakersfield pd, andy richter controls the universe, spaced, afterschool specials, veronica mars, spike on buffy, tom fontana except for that bedford diaries thing, turner classic movies, ifc, sundance, family ties, st. elsewhere, lots and lots of junk
carson mccullers, f. scott fitzgerald, chaim potok, heinrich boll, rilke, auden, cummings, dorothy parker, gogol, chekhov, mac wellman and lots of plays, the all-of-a-kind family books