bikes, radio documentary, narrative, silkscreened comics, well-written zines, creative non-fiction, creative cooking, good house meetings, landscape painting, book binding, small bikable cities with an edge, succulent plants, feminism, radical geography
fun folks in chicago who will show me the city and show me a good time. especially on bikes.
amy winehouse, grizzly bear, daniel johnston, dylan (finally), johnny & june carter cash, the finches. also, dirty projectors, larkin grimm, nat baldwin, we're twins, flashpapr & fred thomas, mirah, the blow, os mutantes, caetano veloso (most all other tropicalia), 6 organs of admittance, joanna newsome, barnacled, the eyesores, laurie anderson, ted leo, jacob berendes, elvis costello, black eyes, fugazi, lungfish, mountain goats, micah blue smalldone, the big huge, urdog, black forest/black sea, billy bragg, deer tick, yoni gordon, parlour, shedding, smog, hawk and a hacksaw, bread and roses, this bike is a pipe bomb, the terribles, cool breeze, will oldham in his various guises, konono no. 1. lady sovereign is pretty cool.
girl fight, sans soleil & other chris marker, movies by ben russell, ben coonley's pony trilogy, apocalypse now, mulholland drive, Cold Comfort Farm, Paper Moon. Sherlock Holmes mini series starring Jeremy Brett, care bears adventures in wonderland, unsere afrikareise, royal tennenbaums, city of lost children, city of god, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, wayne's world, walk the line, **werner herzog**.
what's that? i listen to the radio.
cometbus, scenery (mike t's zine), george orwell's social reporting, barbara ehrenreich, john berger, neil smith's new urban frontiers, lauren slater, joan didion, judith butler, nine stories, tom wolfe's "radical chic & mau-mauing the flak catchers, " dave mckean's cages & mr. punch, harry potter, handmade books...and yes, foucault
hannah arendt, werner herzog, chris marker, john berger, miranda july, anna friz, alix spigel, peter clowney, neil smith, kaye mortley, sherre delys, joan didion, walt bartman, ken howard, bell hooks.