I'd like to meet:
lord byron and shelley (during the laudanum years), william s burroughs, my new baby nephew who is far,far away,snow, little red riding hood (she needs a stern talking to), the wolf (ah the lure of the bad boy), francisco goya,augustus boal,john of fife, kandinsky,mabel stark - tiger tamer extraordinare (i don't support animals in circus' but her life was fascinating), anyone who makes me laugh, people who feel the gentle tug of the simple joys of life.Oh and anyone who has or is travelling, let me live vicariously through you,it won't hurt a bit i promise.
Music:
mogwai,tom waits, at the drive in, the go betweens, midlake, the brunettes, sparklehorse,bright eyes, neil young, art of fighting,swervedriver, fleetwood mac, the national, bloon, pavement,spiritualised,paradise motel,the magnetic fields, the pixies, beastie boys,my bloody valentine, sandpit, godspeed you! black emperor, cold war kids, velvet underground,spain,okkerville river, cocteau twins,the smurfs (beer, beer, smurfing beer, you don't get drunk and it isn't dear),boards of canada, tokey tones,augie march, the motels,life without buildings,sigur ros, wilco,broken social scene,sebadoh, nick drake,barry white,guns and roses, postal service,toto (africa - in my top ten), decoder ring,arab strap,patsy cline, gershwin,the smiths,armstrong,badly drawn boy,cowboy junkies,teenage fanclub, howling bells (thanks chris),...
Movies:
santa sangre, jesus of montreal, dirty rotten scoundrels, betty blue, cool hand luke,sommersault, the ice storm, lost in translation, blade runner - the first film i ever saw at the cinema when i was 8, the princess bride, unbearable lightness of being,tess, haunted summer,trust, naked (best film ever)- hate animal films ie The Bear-, spirited away,the killing fields,blood sucking freaks, robin hood (with Errol Flynn),shogun assasin,the colour purple,...
Books:
Anything by Henry Miller, Murakami,Tom Robbins, Kafka, Milan Kundera,venero armano, um, I really do read alot, honest,but I will have to add when I can think of what I've actually read, lame I know. Maybe I should give up on books and get some of those subliminal memory tapes to listen to while I sleep... Bukowski, Irvine Welsh, 1950's etiquette books. I love libraries as opposed to book hoarding, and horror of horrors I am a page-corner-folder, don't ever lend me a book.Brett Easton Ellis books - loved them all even his controversial most recent is it a book is it a biography. will self,anais nin,"moonbeam on a cat's ear" by marie louise gay,george elliot, tim winton - you are a god among men.
Heroes:
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from the fight