accents, pints that don't get the coaster soggy, theoretical physics conversations at 3am, pretentious books, junky tv shows on the sly, cherries on tiny swords, french insults, late night hot dog stands in the theater district, suburban piano rock, infectious laughter from friends who tried to keep a straight face (but failed).
jim henson and every muppet he ever made
buster bluth. savion glover. audrey hepburn. anyone who doesn't criticize people's food at work. people who don't leave. kindred spirits.
charlie chaplin
a bartender with a mermaid tattoo. little orphan annie. people who have good stories to tell & a streak of mischief. anyone who can be bold and respectful simultaneously.eddie izzard...Here's a video that Beth and I made for the Tivoli's Mile High Sci-Fi comedy show when they showed "Terminator" this summer... if you even considered laughing at the "Moon Pie!" line, we would get along.
Terminator DOS2.0
nick drake. calexico. interpol. ben folds. matson jones. elliott smith. the mars volta. wilco. beethoven. mozart. death cab. postal service. bobby mcferrin. the cure. radiohead. bjork. spoon. yo yo ma. bob dylan. david bowie. devotchka. slim cessna. john coltrane. azure ray. beck. miles davis. tom waits. modest mouse. iron and wine. ambulance ltd. ella fitzgerald. dave brubeck quartet. rilo kiley. this is exhausting. i quit.
rivers and tides (andy goldsworthy), capote, eternal sunshine, amelie, wit, the kid (chaplin's), modern times, kramer vs kramer, cinema paradiso, crimes and misdemeanors, manhattan, wayne's world, so i married an axe murderer, waiting for guffman, the black stallion, elephant man, wiseman docs, harold and maude,lost in yonkers, to kill a mockingbird, much ado about nothing... good lord. everything. Have You Seen a Buster Keaton Movie Today?
vintage: reading rainbow! the cosby show (denise huxtable is my idol), family ties, punky brewster.less-vintage: the sopranos, mystery science theater, inside the actors studio, arrested development, the daily show and many guilty secrets
bridge to terabithia, in search of lost time, ulysses, portrait of the artist, flowers for algernon, the elegant universe, catcher in the rye, franny & zooey, le petit prince, where the red fern grows, the terror, summer of night, wallace stevens collected poetry, the french lieutenant's woman, the shining, the giver, lolita, some faulkner, hemingway's short stories, collected plays of neil simon, william shakespeare's complete works, to kill a mockingbird, dorothy parker, unbearable lightness of being
not oprah. so it could be you...