architecture, bungalows, buster keaton, children's books, new yorker, gardens, slowfood thing, porches, strong coffee, hapa, scotland, intaglio, trad animation, solar energy, social satire, comix, arts, ink painting (brush painting), drawing, early ren and stimpy, acrylic painting, photo, hikes, jump rope, birds, target marketing...
Beatrix Potter
bluegrasses, feelies, gobetweens, greek pop, harpsichord, jazz trio bop, nick lowe's early and late, luna, 80's diy powerpops, paddy mcaloon, rezillos, rubber soul, yo la tengoes...*** "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." -Steve Martin
Babbette's Feast, Broadway Danny Rose, Bofinger, Funny Face, The Jerk, The Midnight Cowboy, Disney's Pinochio, My Neighbor Totoro, Sexy Beast, The Station Agent, Raising Arizona, Triplets of Belleville, Eat Drink Man Woman
Mail order dvd is the best invention since sliced bread.
The L. Frank Baum Oz series, Harvey Kurtzman "Junglebook" (brilliant early social satire dashing corporations), Red Dirt; Growing up Okie, The Spices of Southeast Asia, A Field Guide to Sprawl...
Julia Morgan architect, Eartha Kitt, Stephen Colbert